ahem ahem guess who's back so soon. some kind of hiatus yeah? okay, so i decided against staying overnight at the AIESEC recruitment orientation camp (AROC). it's not because i'm too lazy to, but because i'll be a cycle/ run marshaller for tomorrow's NUS triathlon at sentosa. i didn't attend the briefing last thursday so i don't know yet what i'm supposed to do. initially i thought i won't be able to go for the NUS triathlon thingy because of AROC, but i just found out this morning that i'm scheduled to be a marshaller tomorrow still, so i could still participate.
today i met many new people. *clap clap* memorable characters include the exchange girl from kyrgyzstan. actually she placed kyrgyzstan on the map for me, because i haven't heard of such a place until i met her. her country is near uzbekistan and all those other countries ending in -stan or -tan. she's the president of AIESEC local community in their country i think. then we also had a guest from canada, whom i initially thought was from the philippines because of her physical features. there was also this exchange guy from the US who emanated such confidence that i believe he would become a prominent political figure someday. students from johor bahru, malaysia also came to take part in the orientation with us, because they won't be having one of their own, if i had heard correctly. then of course AIESECers from NUS, NTU, and SMU, which are also a mix of students from different countries like china, india, malaysia, indonesia, philippines (yahoo!), etc.
there were only 3 students from NUS in my orientation group, which by the way is named PORTUGAL (yes, the country. AIESEC wanted to showcase its being global): me, kah meng, and justin. justin is this remarkable guy from the faculty of law, and i can see that he's not afraid of challenges. when we were discussing which core committee we'd like to join, he said straight away ICX, the only core committee that can give us opportunities to be exposed to the corporate world. honestly i also want to join this committee because i'd like to develop my marketing, negotiating, and interpersonal skills. what keeps me from doing so is my fear of failure. imagine having to persuade companies to sign up with our traineeship exchange programme. our seniors straight away told us we'd have to face countless rejections first. then if a company agrees to have meeting with you, you'd have to give presentations to the HR regional directors of the company. but justin's perspective is different, in that he wants to join the committee that could develop the skills he is most weak at. he said he wants to join ICX because he finds the tasks required most difficult for him. he added we're going to have to learn those skills someday anyway, so better learn them now. so there, when i submit my form for my choice of core department, the box adjacent to ICX would have a tick mark in it.
then kah meng,a malaysian who also stays in PGP. we are on the same wavelength when it comes to humor, as we were laughing like hyenas just now. i went back with him to PGP from AROC, along with natascha (his best friend/ girlfriend maybe?).
so far, i think AIESEC is a great organization and i'd like to stick with it for at least the whole of my sophomore year. by the way, AIESEC prides itself as being the largest student organization in the world (there's also AIESEC in UP dil, ateneo, etc), and i hope i can get the most out of my being an AIESECer.
today i met many new people. *clap clap* memorable characters include the exchange girl from kyrgyzstan. actually she placed kyrgyzstan on the map for me, because i haven't heard of such a place until i met her. her country is near uzbekistan and all those other countries ending in -stan or -tan. she's the president of AIESEC local community in their country i think. then we also had a guest from canada, whom i initially thought was from the philippines because of her physical features. there was also this exchange guy from the US who emanated such confidence that i believe he would become a prominent political figure someday. students from johor bahru, malaysia also came to take part in the orientation with us, because they won't be having one of their own, if i had heard correctly. then of course AIESECers from NUS, NTU, and SMU, which are also a mix of students from different countries like china, india, malaysia, indonesia, philippines (yahoo!), etc.
there were only 3 students from NUS in my orientation group, which by the way is named PORTUGAL (yes, the country. AIESEC wanted to showcase its being global): me, kah meng, and justin. justin is this remarkable guy from the faculty of law, and i can see that he's not afraid of challenges. when we were discussing which core committee we'd like to join, he said straight away ICX, the only core committee that can give us opportunities to be exposed to the corporate world. honestly i also want to join this committee because i'd like to develop my marketing, negotiating, and interpersonal skills. what keeps me from doing so is my fear of failure. imagine having to persuade companies to sign up with our traineeship exchange programme. our seniors straight away told us we'd have to face countless rejections first. then if a company agrees to have meeting with you, you'd have to give presentations to the HR regional directors of the company. but justin's perspective is different, in that he wants to join the committee that could develop the skills he is most weak at. he said he wants to join ICX because he finds the tasks required most difficult for him. he added we're going to have to learn those skills someday anyway, so better learn them now. so there, when i submit my form for my choice of core department, the box adjacent to ICX would have a tick mark in it.
then kah meng,a malaysian who also stays in PGP. we are on the same wavelength when it comes to humor, as we were laughing like hyenas just now. i went back with him to PGP from AROC, along with natascha (his best friend/ girlfriend maybe?).
so far, i think AIESEC is a great organization and i'd like to stick with it for at least the whole of my sophomore year. by the way, AIESEC prides itself as being the largest student organization in the world (there's also AIESEC in UP dil, ateneo, etc), and i hope i can get the most out of my being an AIESECer.
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