After Internship Movie

After Internship Movie!
Thank you Aiesec!

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 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!