Ok now, blog updating time!!

First of all I'm gonna thank Zeno for helping me out in solving some technical issues I've been experiencing with my blog. As you've probably read before, I've been very much thinking about bloging or not anymore. It's a consequence of my very long self searching process I went trough this year. But I feel like this process is reaching his end and the answer is YES, will keep posting. So, let's see what I did since the end of september AIESECly speaking and personally:

Recruiting a new generation of members in AIESEC Tirgu Mures. I was a bit nervous about the way they will adapt to the AIESEC environemnt but in the end it looks like these guys turned out to be pretty cool. Hope they'll keep up in the same way, if not even better :)

NPS 2006, in Sovata - the biggest conference in AIESEC Romania and one of my happiest memories from AIESEC. It was an incredible challenge to face an extra of some 300 delegates together with the team but in the end it was mind blowing, not to mention the fact that AIESEC Tirgu Mures won Most Progressive LC. I don't think I'll ever find the words to describe how I felt in those moments, I don't know if I ever been prouder of myself or of the people around me as but I'm sure it's one of the stories that I will tell my grand children.

What you want is not always what you need - a very important lesson i learnt in 2006 in the really hard way. The euphoria of NPS was immediately shadowed by severe personal problems; not being able to face them as I would liked it to somehow lead me to this conclusion. The lack of balance is one of the things that becomes a sort of constant presence in my life; I cannot say I dislike it but sometimes it kicks me really hard when I least expect it and this was a painfull episode of that happening.

Running for the MC: I found these lines written in a post of mine aproximately one year ago:

I think I would like to run for MC once only for the experience itself, even if maybe I wouldn't have a chance of getting elected. It would be such a cool challenge to stand in front and let the people of AIESEC Romania test me and see what I'm made of. I don't now how I would do but for sure I would love it.

Well, these days I'm proud to say "been there, done that :)". Fabulos experience as I preddicted it. Besides the personal benefits I really wanted to be the first of AIESEC Tirgu Mures to be part of the MC (the leadership team of AIESEC Romania). Unfortunately this didin't happen but anyway, it's been great giving a shot :) I'm not gonna be overly positive with this and I'll admit that not being elected was very panifull... actually it even fuckin' heart for a few days. Even writing these lines brings back memories of the dreams I had abut my MC Term, espacially after receiving the professional confidence from the network; about that moment when your heart stops for a second and you pray to have water pooring on your head and it doesn't.

But anyway, no time for regrets. I do not consider it a failure after all because I know I rocked at it and if it were up to me, I would do it again in no time. I brought me a great plus of self confidence and belief in man I am becoming. I'm also congratulate Radu, my elected opponent and wish him best of luck on his MC Term.

As for me, my priorities have changed a bit and I decided that it is time to put an end to my AIESEC carrer in the beginning of April, after finishing my President term. I still cannot believe I'm saying this, as I've put all my heart and passion in this organization for the last 3 years, but somehow I feel like it's the right thing to do for my future. I'm gonna finish my term, make sure I graduate, get a job and hopefully go in an international internship in the first half of 2008.

And speaking of internships, Dragos a EB colleague last year and good friend as well made a came back from a his internship in Dubai, after some six months spent there. You can see us in the picture above. Talking to him I got to realize how impactfull can be an experience like this and how much I want it as well. But that's another story for another time, I think I wrote enough for now.

Yours truly,

Marius.