NTMS.. AIESEC.. again...

NTMS was the first AIESEC Conference i wasn't a faci or an MC for long time.. I was ''just'' a trainee and no expectations apart from having fun, chilling out, drinking, sightseeing..

0ostende beach:me, nico,mike,danka + oostende city center

The conference was in Oostende (in the North - seaside city) , it would be nice to see a different place and also see Tolga and Ali (Turkish MC) who were facilitators in the conference soo I decided going there last Friday.

danka, augustin, nico,dana + turkish delegation in global village

I was going alone and luckily i met with a huge delegation from AIESEC Ichec and i joined them on the way. Augustin (mx), Dana (canada), Danka(slovak) and Jan(czech) were the first ones to arrive. Other trainees Fernanda(brazil),Edu(brazil), Boban(serbia), Alykhan(canada), Oskari(finland), Belhassen(tunisia), Mike(canada), Isabel(brazil), Paolo(portugal),leon(aus) and feidy (indonesia) showed up on Saturday..

my LC, AIESEC Ehsal

Drinking, having fun, sightseeing in Oostende were all good, but one of the most remarkable things in the conference was the session given by an academician (forgot his name) on Belgian culture. I have to admit that by working in an international company and living in a very international house, i am not very much involved in Belgian Culture. However one thing, i realized about most of the this nation is that the people are not very much aware of their past, even if they are, they don't know about their successes, their victories and they are too modest especially compared with the neighbor countries such as france , germany, holland etc..

mike, jan, me, fernanda + feedback session

Another important thing was the trainee feedback session, where we evaluated our internships, reception etc. Being in aiesec for 6 years, I am very much aware of how things should work but also i know that how they actually work in this organisation.. So the conclusion i came up with; the best way is not to have many expectations ;)