broadcasting live from IC still!
the conference is going well sofar - as far as the agenda is going it is not quite challenging at ALL! i thought it will be MUCH more of a challenge. as far as the logistics are going it's SHIT!! we have to walk for 20 mins to get to our hotel - the last few days i took a taxi coz my back is alawys fucked in the morning - talk about expenses!!
as far as the food is going it got ALOT better now - i stopped snacking and stoped drinking coke like i used to - i drink loads of water all the time. so i feel a bit healthier now.
as for the networking - i have talked to quite a few LCPs who were awesome! i made some nice friends i am more relaxed now and enjoying talking to LCPs, and some of them are is shittier situations than i am
as for fun - there's a whole lot of it! i have SO many AIESEC T-shirts now which is excelent. the parties are awesome so that's that!
that's all for now
Friday, August 27, 2004
Saturday, August 21, 2004
More IC
more newz from IC
up untill today never have i :
met the President of AIESEC International of 1951-52 one of the founding people of AIESEC
Met an isreali guy !
ate soo much after eating so little
met a cheerleader!! and she's DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
walked for 40 mins everyday - convention center to hotel back and fourth
was about to share a room with a korean GUY!
seen so many bees in my life
LOVED coke! it's really good here - i can only begin to imagine how pepsi tastes like if coke is that good (sorry to all the designated coke fans)
considered myself as AFRICAN
seen so many africans! who are sooo much fun by the way!
more later
up untill today never have i :
met the President of AIESEC International of 1951-52 one of the founding people of AIESEC
Met an isreali guy !
ate soo much after eating so little
met a cheerleader!! and she's DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
walked for 40 mins everyday - convention center to hotel back and fourth
was about to share a room with a korean GUY!
seen so many bees in my life
LOVED coke! it's really good here - i can only begin to imagine how pepsi tastes like if coke is that good (sorry to all the designated coke fans)
considered myself as AFRICAN
seen so many africans! who are sooo much fun by the way!
more later
Germany first 3 days
briefly in bullets:
1) starving - pork everywhere
2) shopping - now i figured why some people think shopping is fun
3) i can speak german
4) everything is on time
5) CC sucks
6) busy all the time
7) global village was okay
8) Vodafone are bastards!
1) starving - pork everywhere
2) shopping - now i figured why some people think shopping is fun
3) i can speak german
4) everything is on time
5) CC sucks
6) busy all the time
7) global village was okay
8) Vodafone are bastards!
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Goodbye Alex - Hello Germany
my last night in alex has been special.
i spent it with my friends then went to say bye to the remaining salaam trainees.
i said bye to my good friend kait - as you can see kait is no longer just a trainee for me - i will miss her dearly, she's one of the reasons my summer has been one of the best sofar!
i think she is for sure one of my favorite americans on earth! i know for sure though that i will see her again, afterall the US now is in my life plan, and kait, you're my no. one visitor there.
so as i prepare to leave to germany -insha2allah (there i said it,happy mom?)
i just realize how excited i am - for 14 years of my life germany and german has been part of my daily life. i learned the german map before i learned the eyptian map - i have studdied germany history and lit 10 more than my own country's! i am not saying it is good or bad, i am just saying i am glad i will acctually set foot there after 2 pervious failing attempts to get there.
The fact that i am going to the biggest AIESEC conference in the world does not excite me half as much as the fact that it is IN germany - with all of this i am finding it hard to sleep - and i have never felt like this about a trip before - i have always been so casual about it.
it has also made me realize how much i miss speaking german - how i love it - and how much i owe my school and my education that made me the person i am today and funnily that made me the AIESECer i am today!
I am also hopefully seeing "Brandy" - Herr Brandt - my Physics and Maths teacher from school - though i fear his cmments about my deteriorationg german ( hey he's a teacher that's his job) i am happy about seeing him and remembering the days on school - which weren't the best days - but i still long for them.
i spent it with my friends then went to say bye to the remaining salaam trainees.
i said bye to my good friend kait - as you can see kait is no longer just a trainee for me - i will miss her dearly, she's one of the reasons my summer has been one of the best sofar!
i think she is for sure one of my favorite americans on earth! i know for sure though that i will see her again, afterall the US now is in my life plan, and kait, you're my no. one visitor there.
so as i prepare to leave to germany -insha2allah (there i said it,happy mom?)
i just realize how excited i am - for 14 years of my life germany and german has been part of my daily life. i learned the german map before i learned the eyptian map - i have studdied germany history and lit 10 more than my own country's! i am not saying it is good or bad, i am just saying i am glad i will acctually set foot there after 2 pervious failing attempts to get there.
The fact that i am going to the biggest AIESEC conference in the world does not excite me half as much as the fact that it is IN germany - with all of this i am finding it hard to sleep - and i have never felt like this about a trip before - i have always been so casual about it.
it has also made me realize how much i miss speaking german - how i love it - and how much i owe my school and my education that made me the person i am today and funnily that made me the AIESECer i am today!
I am also hopefully seeing "Brandy" - Herr Brandt - my Physics and Maths teacher from school - though i fear his cmments about my deteriorationg german ( hey he's a teacher that's his job) i am happy about seeing him and remembering the days on school - which weren't the best days - but i still long for them.
A guy with the heart of gold!
so we are eating ice cream and nassef has this big ice cream with brownies then fudge ice cream then whipped cream then cherries.
we drive past an adorable yet utterly dirty 2 year old kid standing on the front of a car. Nassef goes on about how adorable he is - then he parks the car goes and feeds him his ice cream then leaves it to the kid and his brother.
How cute and adorable is that!
FYI nassef is one of the guys who would make you puzzled as to how come he has not had 100 girlfriends!
he's the only guy i know that would do such a sweet thing! hell i'd never do such a sweet thing not to mention for a KID!!
we drive past an adorable yet utterly dirty 2 year old kid standing on the front of a car. Nassef goes on about how adorable he is - then he parks the car goes and feeds him his ice cream then leaves it to the kid and his brother.
How cute and adorable is that!
FYI nassef is one of the guys who would make you puzzled as to how come he has not had 100 girlfriends!
he's the only guy i know that would do such a sweet thing! hell i'd never do such a sweet thing not to mention for a KID!!
Friday, August 13, 2004
beginnings are scary, endings are sad, but it is what's in the middle that counts
they say the beauty of AIESEC is that it ends! but at endings you really don't feel that.
Leila just left - and driving home from the station i knew i was gona miss her terribly, and the thought of coming back to her empty room brought me to tears.
This summer is a fun one, but also a very hard one - and if i do not go to germany it will be one of the hardest, coz then i will be soo alone.
I do not think i could have made it through the summer without leila and her support and help.
i hardly ever cry when someone leaves - like with gosia and leila are the only ones i can remember.
So thank you UK for sending her - and thank you leila for being such a genuinely nice and sweet and good friend!
xxx
Leila just left - and driving home from the station i knew i was gona miss her terribly, and the thought of coming back to her empty room brought me to tears.
This summer is a fun one, but also a very hard one - and if i do not go to germany it will be one of the hardest, coz then i will be soo alone.
I do not think i could have made it through the summer without leila and her support and help.
i hardly ever cry when someone leaves - like with gosia and leila are the only ones i can remember.
So thank you UK for sending her - and thank you leila for being such a genuinely nice and sweet and good friend!
xxx
Thursday, August 12, 2004
I am too young for this
yes! i am too young! but still! shit happnes
turns out those yucky back aches are a bit serious! since feb i had em but not very severe. after korea things exploded.
went to the doc - and i have a mini case of disc, one of the discs in my spine has moved, making every move quite painful.
now it's no big deal like i can beat it easily except i have to so do 3 things i hate the most
1) rest at home - if you know me you know i use the house for food and sleep - well not even food i eat out all the time
2) loose weight - if you really know me or if you just know of me you'll understand that McDonald's profits will really suffer from this as a consequence
3) work out - with the two universities and being president and hopefully i hope i hope chair the Exchange Quality Board (i wana apply for it.) and keeping up a social life the 24 hours in the day are just not enough!
on the good side i will be healthier and thinner! so all you HOT guys out there BEWARE!! :D
so now i am in bed resting with the computer set up in front of me - with the sole possession of 3 remote controls (TV Cable and CD player) the phone - my mobile and ofcourse the HR Process and HR PLanning Gude for the Member Develpment Process , and a notebook tro design a MEC! how ideal?
apparently it was the bag in korea that fucked my back coz i hat stupid egyptian food with me. so thank you korea!!
somone told me to put my pics on ofoto so everyone can see it. this makes perfectly good sense. my brother has it , all of AIESEC USA uses it so how come i never thought of it?
turns out i am not that smart
i will put a link on the side!
leila is leaving - will miss her lvery much - i have an empty room in my house which makes me miss my bro even more.
i am now REALLY excited about germany - too bad i got no ticket yet! those bastards at the travel agency!
turns out those yucky back aches are a bit serious! since feb i had em but not very severe. after korea things exploded.
went to the doc - and i have a mini case of disc, one of the discs in my spine has moved, making every move quite painful.
now it's no big deal like i can beat it easily except i have to so do 3 things i hate the most
1) rest at home - if you know me you know i use the house for food and sleep - well not even food i eat out all the time
2) loose weight - if you really know me or if you just know of me you'll understand that McDonald's profits will really suffer from this as a consequence
3) work out - with the two universities and being president and hopefully i hope i hope chair the Exchange Quality Board (i wana apply for it.) and keeping up a social life the 24 hours in the day are just not enough!
on the good side i will be healthier and thinner! so all you HOT guys out there BEWARE!! :D
so now i am in bed resting with the computer set up in front of me - with the sole possession of 3 remote controls (TV Cable and CD player) the phone - my mobile and ofcourse the HR Process and HR PLanning Gude for the Member Develpment Process , and a notebook tro design a MEC! how ideal?
apparently it was the bag in korea that fucked my back coz i hat stupid egyptian food with me. so thank you korea!!
somone told me to put my pics on ofoto so everyone can see it. this makes perfectly good sense. my brother has it , all of AIESEC USA uses it so how come i never thought of it?
turns out i am not that smart
i will put a link on the side!
leila is leaving - will miss her lvery much - i have an empty room in my house which makes me miss my bro even more.
i am now REALLY excited about germany - too bad i got no ticket yet! those bastards at the travel agency!
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
My country is better than yours, damn right, it's better than yours
we all keep saying cultures are different not better, not worse - and different cultures are found in countries.
But do we really believe that? do we really think our country is not better than any other country?
when you love something you think it is the best thing - when you love a person you think he's the best person on earth - it seems only natural that you love your country therefore think it is the best.
but do how do you love your country when it rips you off, is stealing from you, does not support you? kills you like Irak kills its people - steals from you like many african countries do - or sends you to a war where there is zero benefit to you like the US, the UK and many other countries do.
you see other places better. but you notice all countries have something which you can complain about - somethings bother you more somethings bother you less.
The American Dream claims that you should go somewhere where the grass is greener - the pilgrims did it, and so did most of the americans till recent times. But if we all apply this theory everyone will move to the better place - and the original place is left abandoned - soon the better place becomes a worse place and people start to look for another better place. This means we're always on the move, and you loose all ties with your family your place and your home. like we say you can never really go back home again?
it's a choice that each one has to make - and as everyone is free to choose ( in some countries more than others) one should not be penelized for this choice - neither by his place of origin nor place of destination.
In theory this seems acceptable - at least to me - but in practice you'll still find people saying implicitly or explicitly:
my country is better than yours, damn right, it's better than yours.
can't people just be loyal to earth in general? coz you can't really say that my earth is better than yours? - unless you're talking to a marsian! lol
But do we really believe that? do we really think our country is not better than any other country?
when you love something you think it is the best thing - when you love a person you think he's the best person on earth - it seems only natural that you love your country therefore think it is the best.
but do how do you love your country when it rips you off, is stealing from you, does not support you? kills you like Irak kills its people - steals from you like many african countries do - or sends you to a war where there is zero benefit to you like the US, the UK and many other countries do.
you see other places better. but you notice all countries have something which you can complain about - somethings bother you more somethings bother you less.
The American Dream claims that you should go somewhere where the grass is greener - the pilgrims did it, and so did most of the americans till recent times. But if we all apply this theory everyone will move to the better place - and the original place is left abandoned - soon the better place becomes a worse place and people start to look for another better place. This means we're always on the move, and you loose all ties with your family your place and your home. like we say you can never really go back home again?
it's a choice that each one has to make - and as everyone is free to choose ( in some countries more than others) one should not be penelized for this choice - neither by his place of origin nor place of destination.
In theory this seems acceptable - at least to me - but in practice you'll still find people saying implicitly or explicitly:
my country is better than yours, damn right, it's better than yours.
can't people just be loyal to earth in general? coz you can't really say that my earth is better than yours? - unless you're talking to a marsian! lol
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