hakuna matata land

Ten Rules for Being Human

2010-06-12T10:19:00.001+03:00

1.	You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it's yours to keep for the entire period.
2.	You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, "life."
3.	There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately "work."
4.	Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.
5.	Learning lessons does not end. There's no part of life that doesn't contain its lessons. If you're alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned.
6.	"There" is no better a place than "here." When your "there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here."
7.	Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.
8.	What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9.	Your answers lie within you. The answers to life's questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.
10.	You will forget all this.

glimpse of childhood

2009-09-03T01:51:00.003+03:00

...reminds me of :high school/Joint pub/having a crush on the history teacher/ sweet puppy Boris/late night basketball/bike crash/learning how to swim/playing with my sis/recording songs/18th birthday/1st camp at Tusa...i miss being younger sometimes:p
younger and with no worries what so ever :D

PS: such times also reminds me of Chumbawamba :p

within ads...

2009-08-26T22:20:00.008+03:00

I've always liked commercials and some are good, some are bad, some stink actually...yet some...are extraordinary and make your day a little happier :)
choose the one you like best :)

in good spirit...

2009-08-20T14:16:00.004+03:00

...no matter what :)

The past few months, right after the exam session started, were really overwhelming with waaaaaaaay too much apartment stuff and AIESEC which is why the FUNK ME and afterward the trip to Timisoara were basically the only vacation i could "afford" over the summer

The Functional Meeting at Oradea was more than amazing: besides the first two days of track time that i really enjoyed as they were more like open discussions and i could get to know more about the ICX part in each LC, we also had our team-building at the pool- just lying in the sun, swimming, playing ping-pong around the table and volleyball in the sand- what more to ask for?!

Then the last couple of days were motivating and chillaaaxing : 'Pin-Pon' role-call, fun with Ibi and Puck, midnight 'How i met your mother' episodes, Global Village with Jolidon and Farmec stuff (:p), having pizza with soda (because it's a must!:-w), tiny turtle in the middle of the student campus, found out which way AIESEC Romania is going, laughed a lot and most of all...had tuns of fun :)

Then Timisoara came in the picture- really cool people, really good food, really nice city and really, definitely crazy LC! having the chance to see Vladutz and Dutzu preparing for their flight at 4a.m after a long beer night-out was definitely forth a 7 hours trip by train :p

So, back to Cluj...with some AIESEC stuff on my mind, EB hang-outs, family gatherings, movie nights in the office and just...taking it easy...cause at the end of the day it all comes down to enjoying every last minute of what's left of this summer!

The Joy of Life

2009-06-24T11:12:00.000+03:00

What do you think would be the worst mistake you could ever make?

It's the one question i could answer each time differently...why? because life is scary...because, as humans, we make mistakes all the time and because we sometimes don't have the guts to take a chance and risk.

But that's what life is about:

change dreams happiness goals risks fears confusion achievement desire greatness love nature passions hobbies work enthusiasm

so why sit all day long thinking about the things you'd want to do instead of actually doing them?
time flies so fast you can't imagine...don't wake up in your 40's regretting having not done bungee jumping or taking dance lessons in your 20's. Go ahead and make the jump. It will feel something like this:

...on motivation

2009-06-21T23:16:00.001+03:00

It's funny to see how hard it is in an NGO for a person to motivate others; it has nothing to do with money recognition, food tickets, vacation fees or anything of such kind...yet, there are some who manage to arise this spirit of team-work, desire to do something along with persons who have the same aspirations, to create, to implement, to design, to brainstorm...and to dream big.

A special person used to give me advice on how to motivate a team:

"I individualize them. Each person is a unique person who is motivated by something different. I try to find in them those things that motivate them and build up a 'scenery' for each one. Some need public recognition, others just need to be listened to, others need to feel their work appreciated.

Honestly, i think this way: people in AIESEC work hard because they believe in something, even though they don't have immediate results they surely make sacrifices for AIESEC. They may be at first demotivated for working hard yet seeing no soon results, but this doesn't mean i don't appreciate their involvement.

I would still encourage them and help them find solutions together to bring performance.

And in hard moments: the bear necessities and...Louie: Impossible is nothing!"

If before i asked myself why I do all these... I no longer have to..i found my answer...what about you?

biscuit! caramel! ciocolata! ICX!!! Non-Corporaaaaaaaaate!!!

2009-05-24T20:06:00.000+03:00

indeed!
a great team that i can't wait to spend time with... teach... and learn myself... have fun...work hard....Raise...Match...Realize!!!
with goods and bads, with ups and downs, with session time, with LCMs, with conferences, with "pinky and the brain", cake, bowling, T-shirts, NGOs, high-schools, trainees, platform...
with everything ICX is about...everything AIESEC is about...everything we cherish and want to achieve...for this, i am grateful to have you guys and damn proud to work with you!!!

AIESEC XP so far...wow, already a year?! time flies so fast...

2009-05-22T18:45:00.000+03:00

A little bit of sharing of my AIESEC experience so far...

- firstly....newie...a.k.a tiricar :P - nothing much happened, i was just like a birdy learning to fly..

- afterwards... InComing eXchange member on NGO team- Jo was my great Team Leader- she ihad a lot to do with who i am today, of my reason of staying in the organization & i could think pf no better person that could teach me so many things and have so much enthusiasm every day

- TRIX, at Suncuius - now this is another memorable conference...becoming an intermediate...oh, the joy... the achievement... the beeeeeer :P

- OC Communication for LPM, July 2008 at Racatau - one of the most amazing experiences one can face within a team- Deia, 10q for this amazing ride and kinky OC team- u guys rocked the house!!!

- OCP World Citizenship, autumn 2008
- 4 trainees, 6 high schools, press conference, Global Village, about 6 months in total...
- best experience of my life so far..with hard moments..,fluffy ones...joyful ones....and definitely an experience that made a whole lot more mature, more responsible, more confident that i am capable of doing a project
- great people beside me...Puckpuruck...the funny little adorely one...and not to forget Oana, my right hand, left leg, head and every kind of support you could think of :)

- other gerat conferences....NPS, WintCo, NC (good Lord now that was the most well organized conference i have ever attended so far! all bow before the OC and OCP- amazing is a humble word to describe it!)

- and lately...in winter...applied for Vice-President ICX Non-Corporate
- bumpy ride? i hope so!!! challenging? i very much hope so!!! an experience i will never forget? i know so!!! 9 more best friends? it's not a dream any more, it's becoming a fact!!!

- next to come? my dearly term...ICX NC members...PBOXes....25 ICXes...my goal? best experiences for the mbs, OC and of course, trainees!!!

1st conference is always the most memorable

2009-05-21T18:17:00.000+03:00

As a new kid on the block...a little scared about |strange"things happening around her....clapping a lot, a weird shout, different sessions, trainings, not so very familiar kind of parties...all these in what turned out to be one of the greatest conferences i've ever attended: RTS2, in autumn 2008.

The chair: Adi Rusu (requires no further details, obviously- he's one of the Alumni i admire most for the charisma, knowledge and of course, for being so damn funny)...sessions: from team buildings to funny games, time and project management trainings, CSR and so on...besides, the most important delivery made: AIESEC knowledge- what this is NGO is about, what the 3SOME GN1 is about and ...what the future hold for the newies in AIESEC.

Most important thing: everything! i can't choose- all the memories, activities, the unbelivebly wonderful place (including the pool:P)- Poiana Zanelor, and of course, new friends, some turning out to be best friends even (hei Oana:D).

As a final line: being there was the best thing that could happen to me at that time :)

where it all began

2009-05-20T01:06:00.000+03:00

Hello dearly beloved reader standing on the other side of the screen :)
Please feel not as a stranger but as a friend who is about to find out more about me

I'm Lou, a friendly person who enjoys nature, ice cream , laughing and, most of all, being surrounded by friends

You may be wondering (or not) what is the relevance of this message....it may not concern you....it may not involve you...it may not put a smile upon your face...but it sure means a great deal to me, as this was the beginning of a new Lou- a better Lou- a more mature Lou- a Lou with BFFs (allow me to actually use this word in order to emphasize the importance of the matter) whom i know for sure i will cherish for as long as i will remember 1+1

It's actually the middle of May '09, yet my journey began last year in April, on the 21st and how did i know about this bumpy ride? well, funny thing...i received a sms: "Te felicit pt ca de azi esti oficial membru al echipei de Incoming Exchange. Fi pregatit pentru o adevarata aventura. Din partea ICX, Dutzu."

Why it took me so long to write about this? I'm not sure exactly...i could imply several reasons (a.k.a false objectives :P) such as lack of time, ideas and so on...yet what determined me to write today...to start sharing today a tiny bit of my happy moments was determined actually by a presentation from a beer company who promoted the idea of drinking for pleasure, not to abuse. don't let your imagination run wild, you will understand this paragraph better as you keep reading

The presentation also implied a debate at one point regarding abuse of technology, alcohol, drugs and so on...any kind actually...and though i find myself in none, i related a lot to something else that wasn't mentioned: friends. Can a person actually be addicted to friends? I don't consider myself one, but I'm sure there would be a thin line there...

So, how i got into AIESEC?....well....the reason above would explain the whole philosophy...i wanted to meet more people, socialize, make friends, escape the routine of home-school-(internet)-home...it's actually a sad reason as AIESEC is so much more than just a friendly environment of young students and Gosh....was i about to find out how much more...

But you will convince yourself of that in the following posts :)...soon to come:P....