The Grand Finale
Last weekend I participated in my final conference in AIESEC Denmark - it was the annual summer meeting where all of the incoming executive board teams meet and discuss strategies and skills for the upcoming year.
It is a tradition in Denmark, that the outgoing MC team are the organising committee for the event. This means that my team was involved in the running the conference - all the things from organising the site, to cooking the meals, cleaning and washing etc.
Well you can imagine, that when it comes to domestic organisation and logic, I am severly lacking. Definately I have to confess to being the weakest link on the OC team. My main role in the end was:-
# Building a strong OC team & motivating everyone
# Being the face of the OC with all the delegates
# Party and social culture co-ordinator
Pretty much anything that is not cleaning or cooking based was me.
It was a good learning experience for sure, but I will admit that I think it is the last time I will take such a role.... and this is good news for everyone, believe me.
The conference itself was great I think, the new MC team doing a good job overall.
The worst part of the weekend was the goodbyes. So many of the members I will not be seeing again for a very long time and so it was definately waterworks in the final hour of the conference.
It is a weird feeling saying goodbye to a person, and realising that you may not see them again or at least for a very long time. It almost does not feel real when it is happening, because even though your mind tells you that it is the case, your heart is still not willing to believe it can be true.
There a few people that I got very emotional with - Jacob, Morten, Jose Manuel, Helene, Mette, Trine, Birthe, .... so many people who have affected me over the last year.
It is amazing that it is all coming to an end and a new chapter of my life is beginning in Montreal in just a few weeks time. Just when I feel like I am starting to belong, I have routines and some really amazing friendships I am shipping up and out again.
I think that definately this is the downside of having a more international existance. You meet and make some truely amazing connections with people, and then they are out of your life in a direct day to day sense. Of course, I will catch up with people in another time, and I will stay in contact, but I must say that it is weird thinking about doing it all again in just a few weeks time.
Starting from scratch, making new friends, getting involved in another culture. Of course it is what I want, but saying goodbye is very hard at the moment.
Also yesterday the new MC team left for IC in Hannover, Germany. That was hard, especially with Diego and Sam. In the last 2 months I have gotten quite close to them both, and count them among my most special friends. They both mean so much to me, and living together in the house from hell for a month has meant that we have spent almost all our time together.
So it is especially weird not having them around. You know when you spend all your hours with someone, and then when they are gone... it is like... blank. Quiet. Vacant. The good thing though is that we are all passionate about the Joy Company, and so I am confident that we will reunite in the not so distant future.
Plus I will be keeping in regular contact and chatting with them both whenever I can from Canada.
Ok, lunch is just about ready so I will write more later this afternoon.
It is a tradition in Denmark, that the outgoing MC team are the organising committee for the event. This means that my team was involved in the running the conference - all the things from organising the site, to cooking the meals, cleaning and washing etc.
Well you can imagine, that when it comes to domestic organisation and logic, I am severly lacking. Definately I have to confess to being the weakest link on the OC team. My main role in the end was:-
# Building a strong OC team & motivating everyone
# Being the face of the OC with all the delegates
# Party and social culture co-ordinator
Pretty much anything that is not cleaning or cooking based was me.
It was a good learning experience for sure, but I will admit that I think it is the last time I will take such a role.... and this is good news for everyone, believe me.
The conference itself was great I think, the new MC team doing a good job overall.
The worst part of the weekend was the goodbyes. So many of the members I will not be seeing again for a very long time and so it was definately waterworks in the final hour of the conference.
It is a weird feeling saying goodbye to a person, and realising that you may not see them again or at least for a very long time. It almost does not feel real when it is happening, because even though your mind tells you that it is the case, your heart is still not willing to believe it can be true.
There a few people that I got very emotional with - Jacob, Morten, Jose Manuel, Helene, Mette, Trine, Birthe, .... so many people who have affected me over the last year.
It is amazing that it is all coming to an end and a new chapter of my life is beginning in Montreal in just a few weeks time. Just when I feel like I am starting to belong, I have routines and some really amazing friendships I am shipping up and out again.
I think that definately this is the downside of having a more international existance. You meet and make some truely amazing connections with people, and then they are out of your life in a direct day to day sense. Of course, I will catch up with people in another time, and I will stay in contact, but I must say that it is weird thinking about doing it all again in just a few weeks time.
Starting from scratch, making new friends, getting involved in another culture. Of course it is what I want, but saying goodbye is very hard at the moment.
Also yesterday the new MC team left for IC in Hannover, Germany. That was hard, especially with Diego and Sam. In the last 2 months I have gotten quite close to them both, and count them among my most special friends. They both mean so much to me, and living together in the house from hell for a month has meant that we have spent almost all our time together.
So it is especially weird not having them around. You know when you spend all your hours with someone, and then when they are gone... it is like... blank. Quiet. Vacant. The good thing though is that we are all passionate about the Joy Company, and so I am confident that we will reunite in the not so distant future.
Plus I will be keeping in regular contact and chatting with them both whenever I can from Canada.
Ok, lunch is just about ready so I will write more later this afternoon.
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