I am in Belgium for already 25 days, time is flying like crazy.
In this rhytm September is just around the corner and the real craziness will start with recruitment, conferences and so on.
Since last weekend:
- transition-transition-transition
- cooking sarmale for the MC team - they were really gooood
- saw the parade on the Belgium National Day
- visited a cousin on Sunday
- had NTT planning meeting
- went to AIESEC ULB barbeque
- went shopping on Saturday and visited the Atomium (2nd time), Chinese pavilion and Japanese Tower
- proactively took extra responsibilites and became OCP of MC transition party ;)
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Friday, July 14, 2006
My B-day
On Friday was my birthday :)
Some special things about this day:
- just after midnight I got a "happy birthday!" call from alis
- Mada send me a very nice present by email
- I got "Happy B-day!" emails from people I didn't expect :)
- when I arrived in the MC office, colleagues started singing "Happy B-day"
I gave some thought to this event, turning 23 and I realised I am really young, in a period when I can do or start doing whatever goes through my mind.
Furthermore, these weekend I realised to things about myself which make me really happy, you know, some self-discovery things :)
In the afternoon, I went to Rotterdam for the AI transition Party so actually my B-day party was with a lot of strangers but still I felt good. I missed having dear friends with me!
As a present: pictures from this 16 days spent in Belgium and The Netherlands ;)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dan_rosca1/my_photos
Sa visam frumos!
Dan
Some special things about this day:
- just after midnight I got a "happy birthday!" call from alis
- Mada send me a very nice present by email
- I got "Happy B-day!" emails from people I didn't expect :)
- when I arrived in the MC office, colleagues started singing "Happy B-day"
I gave some thought to this event, turning 23 and I realised I am really young, in a period when I can do or start doing whatever goes through my mind.
Furthermore, these weekend I realised to things about myself which make me really happy, you know, some self-discovery things :)
In the afternoon, I went to Rotterdam for the AI transition Party so actually my B-day party was with a lot of strangers but still I felt good. I missed having dear friends with me!
As a present: pictures from this 16 days spent in Belgium and The Netherlands ;)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dan_rosca1/my_photos
Sa visam frumos!
Dan
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
First 10 days in Bruxelles
Things happening in these 10 days:
- MC meetings
- transition meetings and taking over responsabilities: meeting with NTT, with LC VP PDs, learning catalogue
- attending the General Assembly of AIESEC in Belgium
- had a meeting with 3 alumni from the 60', 70, and 90'
- signing the emapthy contract and renting contract for the house
- visiting Bruxelles
- MC team days including biking trip and a trip to Oostende, at the seaside
- LC visits at ULB and Leuven
On Friday is my birthday :) and I a going to Rotterdam for the AI transition party.
So far so good in Bruxelles ;)
Dan
- MC meetings
- transition meetings and taking over responsabilities: meeting with NTT, with LC VP PDs, learning catalogue
- attending the General Assembly of AIESEC in Belgium
- had a meeting with 3 alumni from the 60', 70, and 90'
- signing the emapthy contract and renting contract for the house
- visiting Bruxelles
- MC team days including biking trip and a trip to Oostende, at the seaside
- LC visits at ULB and Leuven
On Friday is my birthday :) and I a going to Rotterdam for the AI transition party.
So far so good in Bruxelles ;)
Dan
Monday, July 03, 2006
7/03 First day in the MC office
I believe this is quite important: FIRST DAY IN THE MC OFFICE
Agenda for my first day °)
- getting there around 9.45
- belgian breakfast
- transition plan
- MC updates
- lunch at a turkish fast food ... this will become a normal thing
- intertneting
- 1st transition meeting with Pedro on PD area; we discovered that PD can also stand for Pedro&Dan
- visiting the old city center and having an expectations meeting with our UK MC CEEDer, Jen
Now, some dailies:
- went to a bar where they have 2004 types of beer from almost all countries
- usually when someone enters a Turkish fast foods they are adressed in French but they are adressing me in Turkish ... do I look like a Turk??? Furthermore while passing by a restaurant the waiter asked me: "Morroco?? Portugal??" and than he saw my T-shirt with Romania on it and sayd "Romania?? Ce faci?"
- I just got my welcome package including a Stella Artois beer, an Expat Survival Guide, Leonidas Chocolate and a "Who moved my cheese?" book °)
This is it from July 3rd, my 1st day in the MC office
Agenda for my first day °)
- getting there around 9.45
- belgian breakfast
- transition plan
- MC updates
- lunch at a turkish fast food ... this will become a normal thing
- intertneting
- 1st transition meeting with Pedro on PD area; we discovered that PD can also stand for Pedro&Dan
- visiting the old city center and having an expectations meeting with our UK MC CEEDer, Jen
Now, some dailies:
- went to a bar where they have 2004 types of beer from almost all countries
- usually when someone enters a Turkish fast foods they are adressed in French but they are adressing me in Turkish ... do I look like a Turk??? Furthermore while passing by a restaurant the waiter asked me: "Morroco?? Portugal??" and than he saw my T-shirt with Romania on it and sayd "Romania?? Ce faci?"
- I just got my welcome package including a Stella Artois beer, an Expat Survival Guide, Leonidas Chocolate and a "Who moved my cheese?" book °)
This is it from July 3rd, my 1st day in the MC office
Sunday, July 02, 2006
First days in Belgium
Getting to Bruxelles
On Friday, June 30th I arrived in Bruxelles.
The trip was pleasant: 5 hours by minibus to budapest, waited for 3 hours, than a 2 hours flight to Charleroi, and finally 30 minutes by bus to Bruxelles.
I was very curious of my reaction when flying since it was the first time, but it was great, I love when the plane turns one side, it's like a rollercoaster :)
Reception in Belgium is different than in Timisoara for a new commer. We usually take good care of the new foreigners but here is different. Might be a combination of the fact that Belgium people are not so warm as Romanians and on the other side there are so many foreigners in Bruxelles that here is not so special to welcome a foreigner.
Living in Bruxelles
Adress: Rue Masseaux 41
Neighbourhood: The turkish one
A 4 rooms' apartment with kitchen and bathroom, 2nd floor
My room is 20 square meters, currently taken by Kevin. At the moment I am staying in the guests room by the end of July when MC transition is over.
Collegues in the apartment: Makis Karras (Greece) and another 1-2 foreigners. By the end of July Amritha (India) is staying there also.
First activities
On Friday I watched the last part of Argentina-Germany, went to the apartment, went around the neighbourhood for turkish food, got it, went back home and went to bed quite early.
On Saturday I went shopping to a supermarket which is very cheap, and than went to a picnic as one of the Romanian trainees in DHL is leaving, Daniela Ababei from Brasov. The picnic took place in a beatifull park called Parc de Woluwe. There were probably 30 people from 20 counties and the boys got to play football.
Saturday evening I went to an alumni who was celebrating his bithday and we also got to see France-Brazil 1-0
On Sunday I went shopping for more than 3 hours as July is the sales month in Belgium so prices for some products drop with 10 to 60 percent.
On Friday, June 30th I arrived in Bruxelles.
The trip was pleasant: 5 hours by minibus to budapest, waited for 3 hours, than a 2 hours flight to Charleroi, and finally 30 minutes by bus to Bruxelles.
I was very curious of my reaction when flying since it was the first time, but it was great, I love when the plane turns one side, it's like a rollercoaster :)
Reception in Belgium is different than in Timisoara for a new commer. We usually take good care of the new foreigners but here is different. Might be a combination of the fact that Belgium people are not so warm as Romanians and on the other side there are so many foreigners in Bruxelles that here is not so special to welcome a foreigner.
Living in Bruxelles
Adress: Rue Masseaux 41
Neighbourhood: The turkish one
A 4 rooms' apartment with kitchen and bathroom, 2nd floor
My room is 20 square meters, currently taken by Kevin. At the moment I am staying in the guests room by the end of July when MC transition is over.
Collegues in the apartment: Makis Karras (Greece) and another 1-2 foreigners. By the end of July Amritha (India) is staying there also.
First activities
On Friday I watched the last part of Argentina-Germany, went to the apartment, went around the neighbourhood for turkish food, got it, went back home and went to bed quite early.
On Saturday I went shopping to a supermarket which is very cheap, and than went to a picnic as one of the Romanian trainees in DHL is leaving, Daniela Ababei from Brasov. The picnic took place in a beatifull park called Parc de Woluwe. There were probably 30 people from 20 counties and the boys got to play football.
Saturday evening I went to an alumni who was celebrating his bithday and we also got to see France-Brazil 1-0
On Sunday I went shopping for more than 3 hours as July is the sales month in Belgium so prices for some products drop with 10 to 60 percent.
Romanians in Bruxelles
Since I arrived I met 6 Romanians, either having an internship, either working for a multinational company. I got to talk to some of them inlcuding Ase (Adriana Selage) former LCP in Timisoara 99-00, MC and MCP 01-02 and AI 02-03.
Tomorrow is going to be my first day at work :)
That's it for now!
I am looking forwrd for your comments
