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My story- AIESEC International 0809
My story is a story full of fun, battles, learning, change, success, friends.
It started in February 08, when Juan came behind me and told me that he wants me to shine, and i was trembling like the fish out of the water..
it started when i got elected for a role that i had just an opinion about, coming from a very successful term as President of AIESEC in my country and an incredible team experience; determined, excited & scared but committed to see & support AIESEC globally to grow to the maximum, as my small AIESEC country did.
So, here i m coming in Rotterdam and this is where the party starts; this is where i ve experienced friendship, hard work, responsibillity, love, fights, fun, parties, laughter, community, house, conferences, mates, inspiration, exploring, challenge, plans, execution, numbers, learning, diversity, journeys, trust, fear, desire, questions, alcohol, family, focus, evolution, strange words (systen, quack, coff, officee etc), happiness, why's, desicions, losses, maturity, co operation, committment, planes, disappointement, people, spaces, success.
And now, i m full of owe for the people who surrounded me, full of respect for every single person who has driven & contributed to the organisational achievement that brought impact to the world;
full of gratitude for a team, for 21 other individuals that worked hard, that sacrificed a lot, that stood up for their beliefs, that they overdelivered what they promised, that became my friends, that supported me, that taught me so many things..
and the greatest learning of all...?
the greatest learning that i m taking with me is
CONNECTING TO DELIVER.
seeking for good, seeing complementary needs, creating mutual benefitial, win- win relationships, knowing that we are more powerful together than when we are apart, being honest & inclussive, being innovative & flexible, keeping things simple & cutting the crap.
And this is a fundamental principle of our community; a community that achieved 47% growth in the financial crisis.
I wish one day the world will become like this community; and i cant wait to receive news from my friends, from my team, AI 0809, that they are thriving in anything they do, no matter the path they follow, making the world this community.
Thank you Juan, Kate, Deepti, Mauricio, Lucy, Mo, Annika, Aditya, Emil, Li Zhen, Cindy, Laura, Lala, Pipe, Koni, Petra, Ewelina, Aman, Phil, Walter, Ellen.
I will always look up to you and i will be an ambassador of our message!
It started in February 08, when Juan came behind me and told me that he wants me to shine, and i was trembling like the fish out of the water..it started when i got elected for a role that i had just an opinion about, coming from a very successful term as President of AIESEC in my country and an incredible team experience; determined, excited & scared but committed to see & support AIESEC globally to grow to the maximum, as my small AIESEC country did.
So, here i m coming in Rotterdam and this is where the party starts; this is where i ve experienced friendship, hard work, responsibillity, love, fights, fun, parties, laughter, community, house, conferences, mates, inspiration, exploring, challenge, plans, execution, numbers, learning, diversity, journeys, trust, fear, desire, questions, alcohol, family, focus, evolution, strange words (systen, quack, coff, officee etc), happiness, why's, desicions, losses, maturity, co operation, committment, planes, disappointement, people, spaces, success.
And now, i m full of owe for the people who surrounded me, full of respect for every single person who has driven & contributed to the organisational achievement that brought impact to the world;
full of gratitude for a team, for 21 other individuals that worked hard, that sacrificed a lot, that stood up for their beliefs, that they overdelivered what they promised, that became my friends, that supported me, that taught me so many things..
and the greatest learning of all...?
the greatest learning that i m taking with me is
CONNECTING TO DELIVER.
seeking for good, seeing complementary needs, creating mutual benefitial, win- win relationships, knowing that we are more powerful together than when we are apart, being honest & inclussive, being innovative & flexible, keeping things simple & cutting the crap.
And this is a fundamental principle of our community; a community that achieved 47% growth in the financial crisis.
I wish one day the world will become like this community; and i cant wait to receive news from my friends, from my team, AI 0809, that they are thriving in anything they do, no matter the path they follow, making the world this community.
Thank you Juan, Kate, Deepti, Mauricio, Lucy, Mo, Annika, Aditya, Emil, Li Zhen, Cindy, Laura, Lala, Pipe, Koni, Petra, Ewelina, Aman, Phil, Walter, Ellen.
I will always look up to you and i will be an ambassador of our message!
"Let s dance little stranger, show me secret sins.. seduce me once again.."
Nouvelle Vague- my favorite
House of Action
Welcome to my house..The House where 2 Australians, 1 American and 1 Greek lived a year..
where a Brazilian lived for 5months.
a House that hosted parties.. GREAT parties;
"Opening", "Come as you are not", "I remember the night when...", dinner parties, movie parties, 80s nights..
sporcle nights... :)
a House that hosted people from all over the world; 1 month living with 15 more people, Lucy & I being the "hostel" managers- which coach is free tonight? which part of the floor? how many changes will we have tomorrow?
that hosted friends, hosted lovers, hosted family...
a House that hosted great conversations:what are the drivers of the world today? what are our thoughts? why this is happening? how should i react?
a House that lived laughter, crying, love, fear, pain, ultimate friendship, jokes, happiness, fights, bad smells, floods, broken pipes, cold, sun, flowers, creativity, candles all over the place...
that is equiped with "recycled" furniture, posters, DIY constructions (our table, our selves..)
..drilling holes on the wall, taking the HORRIBLE garbage bags from the back yard when we came, the dead mouse, painting our walls, putting the fingerprints of our first visitors on the hall way, leaving messages of love & friendship on the black board, living for 2 months without hot water & heating system, having bucket showers, super barbeques, improvising, having crazy combinations of food for dinner..
The House of Action.
The Winners of Life.
Making the best (& the worst) of every day.
Creating our own family; our own world with our friends that we totally love..with our adventures & stories of which some will and some will not be forgotten.
A house that with a great frequency experiences arrivals, departures, arrivals and again departures...
soon, will experience one more departure, a big- no- return- departure from the current crew..
but as for its residents, for the house as well, this will also mean a new arrival!
New people will come for sure. New stories will be lived. New secrets will be said.
As we will continue our lives, as we will open a new cycle, the house will go through the same experience.. with us!
And as we will always remember each other..
as Marcio, Annika, Lucy, Kate and Sophie will always love & remember each other, we will always remember our house..
Same with our friends, and our visitors.Same with our team!
This is our House!
The House of Action! :)
See? In the end, we fixed it! We made it what it deserved to be!
And it will be always in the stories of AI 0809!
Cheers!
π- it s meaning and importance
When i was in school, and i was having my history & philosophy classes our professor told us the story of π.
π= 3.1415926535897932384664338327950288419716939937510
the mathematical constant of the circle' s circumference..
the constant that shows balance, the golden line.
mmm... circle.. balance.. perfection.
The circle is a perfect symbol- every part of the circle has equal distance from the center; the real conversations happen in a circle- where everyone has the same power, where if one person leaves the circle will close without being spoiled and when a new person is coming in, the circle will welcome him/her again, without the dynamic to be changed.
a circle of an experience; the spyral- the evolution.
the power of the circle
Anyways, the story is about π!
Do you know that ancient Greek words can be translated in mathematical forms?
So the word αγαπη (love) translated in mathematical form is 3,14, which is... π!
Not at all strange, as π symbolises balance, love symbolises balance.
If we take away the ego emotions that associate love with pain, the pure love, the love that means serving and being unselfish brings balance.
The love that is in the nature; the love that is in the mother for the child..
This is how our ancestors, related love with god; unselfish love, a love that is a principle of christianity in its theory.
Interesting, nah? π= αγαπη (love)= balance= being unselfish= god..
So... i think that this means.. that love is god; or god is love!
Yea.. it s love.
Love is also a unique characteristic of the human being.
Of the core of what a human being is.
So, I think that when we, the people, the humans that conquer the Earth and try to master Nature, will connect with our core, with what and who we really are...
the world will be better; because we will be serving, we will be offering, we will be respecting.
As Juan always tells me "Be good. Give good and good will come back to you" :p
Maybe it s true.. maybe it s not.
But still, i think we should be giving & doing good.
It s in our nature..
In love, in the nature, in the balance, in the golden line, in the circle, in π.
Thank you Mo mu :)
π= 3.1415926535897932384664338327950288419716939937510
the mathematical constant of the circle' s circumference..
the constant that shows balance, the golden line.
mmm... circle.. balance.. perfection.
The circle is a perfect symbol- every part of the circle has equal distance from the center; the real conversations happen in a circle- where everyone has the same power, where if one person leaves the circle will close without being spoiled and when a new person is coming in, the circle will welcome him/her again, without the dynamic to be changed.
a circle of an experience; the spyral- the evolution.
the power of the circle
Anyways, the story is about π!
Do you know that ancient Greek words can be translated in mathematical forms?
So the word αγαπη (love) translated in mathematical form is 3,14, which is... π!
Not at all strange, as π symbolises balance, love symbolises balance.
If we take away the ego emotions that associate love with pain, the pure love, the love that means serving and being unselfish brings balance.
The love that is in the nature; the love that is in the mother for the child..
This is how our ancestors, related love with god; unselfish love, a love that is a principle of christianity in its theory.
Interesting, nah? π= αγαπη (love)= balance= being unselfish= god..
So... i think that this means.. that love is god; or god is love!
Yea.. it s love.
Love is also a unique characteristic of the human being.
Of the core of what a human being is.
So, I think that when we, the people, the humans that conquer the Earth and try to master Nature, will connect with our core, with what and who we really are...
the world will be better; because we will be serving, we will be offering, we will be respecting.
As Juan always tells me "Be good. Give good and good will come back to you" :p
Maybe it s true.. maybe it s not.
But still, i think we should be giving & doing good.
It s in our nature..
In love, in the nature, in the balance, in the golden line, in the circle, in π.
Thank you Mo mu :)
HOME- the Earth
Earth is our HOME; see below the trailer of an AMAZING movie;
how the humans have changed the balance that is so essential for life? what the effects of it? how the planet, the life, the nature, our lives will be influenced & changed in the near future?
If you want to watch the whole movie, click HERE
how the humans have changed the balance that is so essential for life? what the effects of it? how the planet, the life, the nature, our lives will be influenced & changed in the near future?
If you want to watch the whole movie, click HERE