Some people in the house

On Thursday we had that honour to welcome two newcomers into AIESEC Ostrava interns family. And suprisingly this honour happened in AIESEC flat which means flat where I live... Now, thanks to this, I know much more about Hungary (Geri) and Hong Kong (Derek) - both of them on pic. I know how Hungarian wine tastes and how Hong Kong people greet each other:) But what I really know is what it means to have some people in the house. I mean - what it means to have 26 people in a flat:) I just hope neighbours will still be still so tolerant as they were that evening:)

I am now in sharing mood so let me tell you what I did during last few days.

On Tuesday my lovely roommates came. Just a few more days and our flat will finally be full of girls I like. I am looking forward to hot tea and hot wine during winter, girls´ talks, fun...

On Wednesday I had a very nice girls´ talk with my friend Peťa. There was so many things to say after more than a month we did not see each other...

On Thursday me and my roommate Maruška went to visit our friend Meeny from India who prepared Indian food for us. Then she predicted our future from tarot cards. Hmm, I rather did not have to ask as I heard something I did not want to hear...

On Friday I went to IKEA to buy some small things to make my room nice. Then I cleaned and made order a bit in my things to make my room really nice. Now it is almost ready - just a few details are missing. In the evening my roommate Zuzka came from her relatives visit and brought mushrooms. So we cleaned them and cut to prepare them to dry.

On Saturday Geri came. Geri is a Hungarian student who came to Ostrava for an internship in ING Corporation company. I am his trainee buddy so I will "take care" about him in next three months he will spend here. I accommodated him and showed him Ostrava a little bit. Then I worked on Train the Trainers cookbook. In the evening me and Zuzka watched a movie Any given Sunday.

Sunday - first autumn day. I followed in creating Train the Trainers cookbook and went to a park for a while to enjoy sunny day.

That is all:-) At least for a while.

PS: Are you confused in number and names of my roommates? I will tell you about them more in future, promise.

My morning

Today I decided to have a nice morning. The sun was shining, Indian summer was here. So I decided to start my day by walking in a park right next to my flat. It was so amazing - just walking along the river, enjoying trees, sun, quiet and sun. It was the best decision I could make.

13 in 12 challenge

Do you have a vision? I finally have it!!! Well, honestly I would rather call it challenge...

In my lovely organisation called AIESEC we discuss "vision in my life" very often. Sometimes it makes me feeling annoyed a bit as I did not have it defined. I talked about that with my lovely "Mystery Friend" and his opinion was vision does not have to be something huge and unreachable. He simply asked me how many countries I want to visit. I just replied I did not know. His response to this was: "What about visiting 13 countries in 12 months?" I must say first reaction coming to my mind was "WHAT???" "Are you crazy?" But what I really told allowed was: "Why not?"

So now I am making my plans to fulfill this challenge. I have no idea where to find money for it (as now I am absolutelly out of money). I have no idea how I will manage my university studies (as I am in 5th class and there is writing diploma thesis and master exams in front of me). I have no idea if I will succeed. In any case I will do my best and try.

Summer 2007 is definitely over. I must say it was the best summer I can remember. After 7 years full of summer job this summer I did not have any job. I just enjoyed, met many new people, traveled, got inspired - simply gained a big experience. I would like - here and now - thank all people who I met this summer and who helped to make it so special. THANK YOU. I will remember you because I do not want forget you.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain

My Turkey

I spent two wonderful weeks in Turkey in August. Wanna read more about it? Here we go:-) I have a crazy Mystery Friend - originally Slovak, currently in Pakistan. The only chance to meet him within a year was to go to Turkey where IC (AIESEC International Congress) was organized this year (you probably have heard about Mohammad and a mountain, haven´t you?:)

I must say I was very lucky. I applied for facilitating at You Can (another AIESEC conference) in Turkey to get to Turkey to see my Mystery Friend and was selected. In the same time I got an offer for accommodation in Istanbul from my Turkish friend Burak who I met in ITC. My Mystery Friend got visa at the very last moment so he could come to see me. And this was only a beginning of amazing days which were about to come.

First day me and my Mystery Friend decided to discover Istanbul ourselves. We spent a very nice time walking by Istanbul streets, admiring mosques, having a rest in parks, enjoying tea and fresh squeezed juice, discovering Grand Bazaar, having Turkish food and simply enjoying moments of a beautiful day.

In the evening we met our host Akin, one of the most hospitable and helpfull persons I have ever met. We have not meet ever before and he was so nice to take us to his flat, prepare Turkish meal for us, take us to many lovely places, help us to overcome challenges that appeared and simply said contributed to make my time spent in Istanbul very special and unforgettable. I will never forget your help Akin and will be happy to welcome you in the Czech Republic once.

Next day me, my Mystery Friend and Akin went by ship to Princess Island and had a nice trip there:) We climbed a high hill in the biggest heat to reach a top and to be appraised by beer - at least guys - and by a wonderful view on Istanbul. I liked that place a lot because there were not any cars just horse traps, nice nature, sunny weather, sea and two guys I like a lot:-)

After a few days in Istanbul it was a time to move to Bursa to become a part of You Can. Wanna know more details about my faci experience in this conference? Read HERE.