Thank you Aiesec!
Saturday 25 July 2015
Friday 24 July 2015
AIESEC: Building a better tomorrow
It has been a week since I completed my internship and I have now realized that I made the right decision to join this project instead of regular ones at IT companies. In this polished world of corporates, there is no place for the introverts and for the weak. Aiesec helped me gain global exposure beyond measures and this experience has helped me a lot with respect to my future goals in career. It has improved my communication skills, team building and leadership qualities which are crucial for any analytics and business solutions organization, which is basically my dream workspace. Due to the numerous presentations that I had to give in Russia, because of the social events there, I learnt a lot about the culture there and I got to know the manner in which professionals talk among themselves. Thank you Aiesec for this wonderful opportunity.
Swing of the magic wand: Transformed
With the strong feeling in mind that Europeans hate people from the third world nations, I started my 6 week long internship. Initially stubborn with the beliefs, I was introvert and hesitated to speak with a lot of strangers on the streets and shops. As I have already stated about removal of stereotypes in my previous blogs, this transformation took place almost magically.
The experience transformed the interns to that extent that we socialized with the locals there and also went to local ceremonies in their houses, people whom we didn't know how to communicate with a few days prior to this.
The internship has given a different perspective to life and this is valid for all the interns in the project. Through this internship, we have built our personalities to unimaginable extents.
The experience transformed the interns to that extent that we socialized with the locals there and also went to local ceremonies in their houses, people whom we didn't know how to communicate with a few days prior to this.
The internship has given a different perspective to life and this is valid for all the interns in the project. Through this internship, we have built our personalities to unimaginable extents.
Sunday 5 July 2015
The Internship Experience
I'm heading almost towards the end of my internship in Krasnodar Krai in Russia. Frankly speaking, before the internship started I was not very sure how well things would turn out to be. The level of English I observed in the airports, restaurants and public transports was horrible. I believe that Aiesec Russia did a good job by taking this initiative to teach Russian children English communication skills. I remember our first day at Federal Camp Smena when the children came to meet us. Truly speaking we couldn't understand them and they couldn't understand what we tried to say. But now most of them have improved significantly and they had even organized an English theatrical play two weeks ago.
The scenario cloned itself in Camp Green Light at Dederkoi, Tuapse as well. From the only English word " Hello" in their mental vocab dictionary, the children learned to introduce themselves, they learned how to count in English, the common animals and colors. I guess with more and more of similar exchange programs, Russia will soon have a solution to it's despicable English communication problem and tourists will have a better time in Russia.
Coming to food, I recommend tourists from the sub continent to carry spices with you. Usually we used to eat at KFC, Burger King and London Cafe when we stayed at major cities like Krasnodar, Tuapse, Anapa and Novorosiysk. But while staying in camp, the food was quite shabby and not up to the mark. Luckily a friend of mine from Pune had brought some Indian Mango pickle that made the food edible.
Our international team was awesome and the members of Aiesec who coordinated this project were friendly and cooperative as well.
Looking forward to a good trip to Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana, Rosa Khutor and Moscow in the upcoming few days.
Ciao!
The scenario cloned itself in Camp Green Light at Dederkoi, Tuapse as well. From the only English word " Hello" in their mental vocab dictionary, the children learned to introduce themselves, they learned how to count in English, the common animals and colors. I guess with more and more of similar exchange programs, Russia will soon have a solution to it's despicable English communication problem and tourists will have a better time in Russia.
Coming to food, I recommend tourists from the sub continent to carry spices with you. Usually we used to eat at KFC, Burger King and London Cafe when we stayed at major cities like Krasnodar, Tuapse, Anapa and Novorosiysk. But while staying in camp, the food was quite shabby and not up to the mark. Luckily a friend of mine from Pune had brought some Indian Mango pickle that made the food edible.
Our international team was awesome and the members of Aiesec who coordinated this project were friendly and cooperative as well.
Looking forward to a good trip to Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana, Rosa Khutor and Moscow in the upcoming few days.
Ciao!
Monday 1 June 2015
Stereotypes
I have spent a full week of my Russian trip that was loaded with lots of fun, adventure, challenges and painful goodbyes. Like any foreigner in a new city, before my arrival I got lots of advises about living there intelligently, learnt about certain differences in our culture and I am indebted to the people who gave me the advises.
But having spent a week in Russia, in the picturesque Krasnodar Krai certain stereotypes are already removed from my mind about Russia and I hope the same goes from their side as well.
A few stereotypes that were removed from my mind are: Russian pipelines have vodka inside them and one would get gallons of vodka from kitchen tanks. Another stereotype that was removed is that Russian streets have bears running around on them. Everyone whom I encountered till now were very friendly to me so the stereotype that Russians lack international intelligence and cultural amalgamation got removed.
The stereotypes that India is a country where cows are found roaming around on main streets in all cities, that all Indians don't eat beef, Indians cannot drink much alcohol, all Indians are vegetarians were all removed from the minds of the stereotypical people of Russia. Of course, I met awesome friendly and cool people from Russia who are going to be my friends for life who have helped me a lot in this foreign country.
Tuesday 26 May 2015
LIVING WITH IRON MAN AND DMITRI(MIRON) IN KRASNODAR
At first I had no clue how it would be like to live with complete strangers in an apartment in a foreign city, but I am so very thankful to Lena, team leader of the Shining Russia project for selecting Val and Dmitri as my host. They are the coolest people I have met till date in Russia. I call Val Iron Man as he is a fan of every possible kind of Comic and he loves Iron Man. I should also mention that he looks strong like Iron Man also. They have welcomed me with wonderful Russian food like Dumplings, Chicken and Potato baked in Cheese and lots more.
The best part I like living with them is that they never get tired of playing FIFA in Xbox. They are crazy about FIFA. I initially lost all matches by 6, 7 goals but nowadays after practicing I loose only by 1 or 2 goals :D
Vodka shots, Beer, Hookah, you name it, they have it. The walls are decorated with Captain America and Batman posters. It is extremely cool to live with these guys here.
P.S: I have Panda bedsheets :P
At first I had no clue how it would be like to live with complete strangers in an apartment in a foreign city, but I am so very thankful to Lena, team leader of the Shining Russia project for selecting Val and Dmitri as my host. They are the coolest people I have met till date in Russia. I call Val Iron Man as he is a fan of every possible kind of Comic and he loves Iron Man. I should also mention that he looks strong like Iron Man also. They have welcomed me with wonderful Russian food like Dumplings, Chicken and Potato baked in Cheese and lots more.
The best part I like living with them is that they never get tired of playing FIFA in Xbox. They are crazy about FIFA. I initially lost all matches by 6, 7 goals but nowadays after practicing I loose only by 1 or 2 goals :D
Vodka shots, Beer, Hookah, you name it, they have it. The walls are decorated with Captain America and Batman posters. It is extremely cool to live with these guys here.
P.S: I have Panda bedsheets :P
FAREWELL TO INDIA FOR 7 WEEKS: PRIVET RUSSIA
It's my first foreign trip alone for such a long time without family and nonetheless I miss them. Having said that, people here in the Krasnodar district are awesome, they are extremely friendly and helpful.
My flight to Moscow got delayed by an hour and a half and as I result I got to spend a few extra precious hours in New Delhi.
Initially I had lots of queries and thoughts about the foreign nation, about their food, about the customs check at the airports and all. I was answering them one by one again and again till I boarded the Aeroflot Airlines and dozed off.
So I had mixed emotions about my solo foreign internship, ranging from eagerness and curiosity to a sweet adrenaline rush for the exciting times ahead.
It's my first foreign trip alone for such a long time without family and nonetheless I miss them. Having said that, people here in the Krasnodar district are awesome, they are extremely friendly and helpful.
My flight to Moscow got delayed by an hour and a half and as I result I got to spend a few extra precious hours in New Delhi.
Initially I had lots of queries and thoughts about the foreign nation, about their food, about the customs check at the airports and all. I was answering them one by one again and again till I boarded the Aeroflot Airlines and dozed off.
So I had mixed emotions about my solo foreign internship, ranging from eagerness and curiosity to a sweet adrenaline rush for the exciting times ahead.
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