"It's almost unreal"

Yesterday, I arrived back in Rabat, Morocco to my flat on Rue Al Mariniyne. Back to my flat mates, back to normal (?) life, back to the mess in the bathroom and kitchen :) Flat seems more and more empty. Tommorow, there will be only 5 people living here whereas since the beginning I've got used to living with about 10 people at one time. I'm starting to be afraid of the silence that is more and more often here. But I guess we will have some new people here. Not that much as during summer but at least I will not be alone here.

I'm happy, sad and nostalgic at the same time.

Happy to experience this incredible conference, meet old friends and make new friends (or more). Happy to challenge myself and take a very brave decision. Happy to discover new country and amazing city. Was it really happening? Maybe, it was just a dream? It's so unreal!

On the other hand - sad and nostalgic. Sad to leave the conference, the city and of course the people. It was great to have this amazing reunion with all international MC members with Polish passports (emigracja zawsze razem!). Although I knew all of them, it was only at IC that I managed to get to know at least some of them really well! Especially you Cebulka;) And of course I was so happy to meet eva whom I will see in Macedonia next year, inchallah (if God allows – I’m sure He will)!

Last but not the least I miss you! The last thing that I could expect was meeting someone that I would like more than a friend. Especially, after unpleasant experience that I'd had, I didn't feel like getting involved into anything new. I just wanted to enjoy being single. However, I guess such things are not up to us. (it's NOT up to you:) Some force made us feel what we feel and make us try to overcome all the challenges. We'll see how things will go but something inside keeps telling me that we will do it! It's like a dream but the best thing is that it is NOT a dream! It seems so unreal but it is real.


I love when you do that hocus pocus to me.
The way that you touch, you've got the power to heal.
You give me that look, it's almost unreal. It's almost unreal.
(Roxette, "Almost Unreal")

one night only

So, this is my last night in Istanbul and Turkey. After almost 3 weeks, I'm going back HOME (yes, home) to Morocco. Time here was fabulous. Sightseeing, learning, developing, getting to know new people and spending time with one amazing person! I'll never forget it! And I'm gonna extremely miss it. On the other hand, I'm sure I will be able to transfer it into great results and achievements in AIESEC in Morocco and personally.

I feel happy, nostalgic and sad at the same time. I think I don't have words to express my feelings - maybe pictures will do it instead of me.

Good night.

UBS Growth Network Excellence Award for AIESEC in Morocco!

This is the only pic that I have with our amazing Award. As soon as I get them more I will upload them on picasa (so far there are about 20 pictures from the dinner when we received it).

It's an Award for whole year for overall growth and development of AIESEC in Morocco.

Extremely proud!!!!!!

"Yes, I'm ready to jump"

So today it's over! After 13 hectic, inspiring, motivating, challenging days, the 59th AIESEC International Congress is finished. I always feel sort of bad and nostalgic at the end of each amazing conference. The more incredible it is the harder for me it is to get back to "normal" life. And now imagine incredibility of an almost 2 weeks conference extremely well prepared by experienced AIESECers and representatives of various global companies or organizations. Add amazing and intelligent people from 100 countries, talking to them, getting to know them, being inspired.

It's not easy to go back home. Will Morocco seem for the first time a boring place? If yes (probably), I hope that only for a short while...



But, let's look at the future!
It's time for achievements, it's time for putting all your thoughts, inspirations into actions. It's time for hard working, for inspiring people, for driving change and making it happen. It's time to start making impact and showing others opportunities.



It's also time (still a few months) to think about my future. No sorry, no thinking. I know what to do! Now, it's time to start taking steps to achieve it. Start, shaping things in my mind and then in reality, start talking to people who can help you in achieving things and inspiring you. Set a plan and then successfully realize it!


trip to Macedonia in winter 2008? I'll do my best to be there!

rain!

Today, it was raining in Istanbul! It had been the first rain I saw since I left Poland! How weird! More than 3 months of rainless sky! After coming back to Morocco probably I won't see rain for long time since it usually rains only in winter!

I just wanted to share with you this stupid thing :) end of the post.

losing my Polish?

I'm losing my Polish! That's the fact. Hearing English, French and Arabic all the time must have had this influence!

But from the beginning...

August 15th, Mohammed V Airport, Casablanca. We are standing in the queue to do the check in. I'm holding my passport and suddenly one of my team mates is asking me to show it to him. Then he wants to know which of the three words on the cover is Polish (paszport, passport or passeport). With no hesitation I'm telling him that the first one. Then he is trying to read it. Unsuccessfully - he doesn't know Polish "sz" (in English pronounced as "sh"). So, I'm reading him - "paszport" (in English it would sound "pashport"). Then I'm realizing - no! it's not Polish, it sounds too weird. I'm looking again at the cover of paszport/passport/passeport and trying to figure out which word is Polish. After a while I'm finally reminding that indeed it is the first word "paszport". But it took me some time to recall it from my memory... Then I'm reading it again and realizing that it sounds so stupid with this "sz/sh". (sorry for Polish - brzmi to dla mnie jak slowo maszlo zamiast maslo:)

Still 10 months to leave Morocco. Will I be able to speak Polish in June? :)

The Opening Day of International Congress 2007 in Istanbul, Turkey!

It was an amazing day! The IC officially started at 21st of August called Day 0.

Have a look at the pics from:
The Opening Plenary!
The Global Village!
The Opening Ceremony!

4 new albums with more than 200 pics are uploaded!

Enjoy it!

enjoying International Congress!

It's really great to be here! I don't know how to express that!

Meeting old friends from Poland - speaking Polish with them and having all these funny conversations that even most Polish people wouldn't understand at all. Not only fun but also talking about what happens in our lives currently or what are our plans for the future. Challenging dialogues! Sharing experiences of being a member of another AIESEC country!

Meeting good friends from other countries - talking to them and feeling happy to see them again.

Meeting new people and establishing new relations! Having interesting discussions and again talking about presence and future! Sharing ideas and getting new ones from those who have different perspective.

Interacting with companies, AIESEC partners and sponsors - looking for those who can supply you with your professional future. Hearing from them that AIESEC is such an amazing organization and they envy us our AIESEC Experiences!

Exploring and discovering new cultures - more than 100 of them here at the same place at the same time!

And last but not the least - learning new things, getting ideas how you want to use certain things in terms of your professional role. Challenging yourself and learning from others as much as possible!

Although there are things that really piss me off, God bless the day when I joined this Organization and any other day that has made me be where I'm currently! And still there is a lot to be discovered and achieved! And I do hope it will be achieved!

May these networks last forever!