Sunday, July 31, 2005

Finally I got furniture

After almost a month of living here in Belguim I finally got furniture!!!
It was not that I was lazy and did not went to IKEA to buy something but it is that I have been very very busy with transition and this weekend was the first that I had free.

So all what I did this weekend was to build all the furniture and also to organize my stuff. (I finally finish umpacking :) )
Tomorrow our term oficially starts, so it will be a great day.
cu

Pedro

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Thursday, July 28, 2005

Help needed

Hello everybody some of you have already recieve this spam, but for the ones that have not seen it please check it and if you have the oportunity to help DO IT! because we never know when something like this will happend to us


Hi AIESEC members!
I am writing from Mexico, We need your help. We have one SN in Accra, Ghana, she is Sofia Mendez SN-In-MX-CJ-2005-1234. She presents a case of septicemia (bacterial infection in the sanguineous torrent) and pneumonia. Everything began with an infection of the urinary routes, later pancreatitis, problems with the kidney and the liver.
She cannot receive the special treatment or attention necessary in that country therefore she requires to be transferred to an European country (Switzerland) urgently, however the cost of this particular scenario is approximately of 80,000 dollars, just to move her to Europe in a special plane.
Please check this url, just in case that you do not trust:
http://www.diario.com.mx/portada/juarez/nota.asp?notaid=d2d7ba7baad763df0aa6b97bcce5ffe9
We are more than 80,000 AIESEC members!, What if we give at least 1 dollar? Just ONE dollar and we can save her life& She is not just a Mexican trainee, she is an AIESEC Trainee, Our trainee!.. This could be happening to you. Please help her, she needs our brotherhood to be at it's finest moment by helping out one of us.
Please, distribute this e-mail to your contacts!!
Imagine that you, your sister, or one of your trainees are in her shoes, what would you do? Make it Happen!
It's up to you!!!

Account: Aquiles Mendez 5177-1253-8694-9896 (He is her brother)
Bankwire: 00216 400 747 722 7146

For more info and to be updated of the case please check the AIESEC in Mexico boards http://www.aiesec.org.mx/boards/viewtopic.php?p=7540

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Monday, July 25, 2005

We have a plan


After a very cool and weekend we made our MC plan :)

We used around 20 flip charts so there was a moment all the room was full of them

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Saturday, July 23, 2005

Planning so far...

We are now on the middle of planning for the next year, it is nice here, we are on Kevin's house near Antwerp.
Well I just want to share with you that the national day here in Belgium is really cool, people goes out of the street and go to see the parade.
I went there but unfutunately I was not able to see the King.
Anyway near the parade there was a military shop where they were selling old military stuff and I hot a really cool sleeping bag for 10 euros. Now I have to go we need to continue with the planning.

Me and my sleepingbag

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Friday, July 22, 2005

MC transtion Party
The MC transtion party was a great party, it was nice to start meeting members from AIESEC in Belgium.
Also it was nice to share gifts with the old team, they gave us some cool presents :)
Thanks for all Old Team and I wish you the best for your future life.




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Wednesday, July 20, 2005

MC Transition Party

Well this week has been very very very crazy.
Transition is taking 100% of my day, yesterday we were on the office until 12 pm and we arrived at 9 am.
But you know I am really loving it, MC life is crazy but it is really interesting and big challenge.

Today we have our MC Transition party so I hope it will be cool.
Also tomorrow is Belgium day so it is a holiday here and they have a big parade so I will love to see it. Also tomorrow we go again to Antwerp for the weekend to have our planning.

Well that is all for now, I need to help prepare the party

Pedro

posted by pedroadrian @ 8:48 AM 1 Comments

Monday, July 18, 2005

AI transition party

I just came back from the AI Transition party it was really great :)
I saw so many old friends and also the party was great.

It was very different from last year mainly because last year I was by myself and now I went with my new team and I was on the MC Belgium Team (We lost on the first game but it was cool)

Sunday after the transition party we went walking around the city and also I ride the SPIDO a cool boat that takes you around Rotterdam.
Then we came back to Brussels after waiting for the train for more than 1 hour (because the one we were supposed to take was suddenly canceled)

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Thursday, July 14, 2005

Blogging on the garden

Today is a very nice and sunny day on Brussels and since we have a very nice garden on the office and we have wireless internet on the office, now I am enjoy the day and working outside.

Also Amritha is doing the same so we are having fun on the garden.

Tomorrow we have AI visit and then we will go to Rotterdam to the AI transition party, so it will be a great weekend

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Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Hot water!!

Finally we got hot water!!!
and also electricity !!!
Now it is time to start buying furniture...

posted by pedroadrian @ 7:34 AM 2 Comments

Monday, July 11, 2005

Drinking on the city center

This weekend was great, we had the Belgium Integration Seminar and it was great I learned more about how does the Belgium people behaive.
After the integration semminar we went to for a drink on the middle of the city center, we just had like a small picnic with some beers. It was great! After that we went to a club and start drinking Tequila and Duvel Beer (Duvel beer is really strong like 14 degrees)
Also I learned something from beer the more destilated it is the stronger it is, it is the same as with Tequila, from now on I will only drink triple destilated beer :P

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Saturday, July 09, 2005

What a week!

This was a very crazy week, but I had lots of fun :)

This week transition started so at the moment I am trying to learn as much as a I can for next year.
Also we had team building days on Antwerp, it was really cool to start to get to know the group better and also to start intaracting with them. (I am sure that we will have great fun next year)

Well today is Saturday I am on the office, you might be thinking this guy is crazy always on the office working but the reason is that we STILL do not have electricity and hot water on our house. It has been almost a week and the electric company has conected our house to the electricity, every morning it is a pain to wake up and take a really cold shower.
I hope it is get solved soon.
That is all for now I will post pictures next time

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Sunday, July 03, 2005

IKEA trip!!

Yesterday I went to IKEA, I really wanted to go there after all good coments about the store. Well the store is nice but it just a big furniture store. (I have been in cooler shops on the USA or in Mexico). To be honest IKEA looks like a Sams Club or a COSTCO. I guess that most of the stores in Europe are really small and that is why everybody goes crazy with IKEA.
Anyway I had fun there and got my bed, I still need to go there to by more furniture for my room.
Also yesterday we finally moved to our new place, the place is nice but we do not have electricity and hot water, so it will probably work until thursday, so for next week there will only be cold showers.
Now I am on a Sunday at 6:11 pm on the MC office because there is nothing to do on the appartment. The good think is that we are going to have lunch on the city on a cool and turisitic restaurant
cu
Pedro
Me and Vija with our beds

posted by pedroadrian @ 9:06 AM 1 Comments

Friday, July 01, 2005

PDU!!

Today I was selected on the PDU for next year!!!
They sent spam a few hours ago

Dear People people,

After receiving 35 incredibly wonderful applications for membership of the Global People Development Unit 2005/06, it is my pleasure to announce the great individuals that will be driving People Development Strategies for AIESEC International for the 2005/06 term.

The new team has an image of true diversity with members being nationals of 11 countries&.

DRUMS ROLLS for the People Development Unit 2005/06!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pedro Aguirre- Mexico/Belgium- MCVP PD 05/06
Maria Ocampo Mercado- Mexico/Germany- National Exchange Co-ordinator 05/06
Daniela Doll- Germany/France- MCVP PD 05/06
Agnieszka Rychter-Poland/India- NST 04/05, Trainee
Ines Djuric - Croatia- MCVP HR&OGX 05/06
Gabreila Albescu- Romania- MCVP PD 05/06
Juan Cajiao- CAS- MCVP PD 05/06
Crystal Wong- Mainland China/Hong Kong- MCVP FN/Administrator 05/06
Jana Koukalova- Czech/UAE- MCVP PD&OGX 05/06
Pruthvi Desaraju- India- MCVP PD&OGX 05/06
Betty Abayo- Kenya/Uganda- MCVP HR&OGX 05/06
Abbey Kolade- Nigeria- MCVP PD 05/06
'Tobi Odunowo- Nigeria-  Chair, PDU 05/06

Congratulations to the People Development Unit 2005/06 and hope we have a great time with all the countries in the global network while performing our duties.

Kind regards,
'Tobi Odunowo
Chair, PDU 05/06

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