Learning to succeed

Sunday, April 29, 2007

MC male part hiking in swamps

There is not just the same origin - coming from the small town Valga - what unites male part of MC team 06-07. Both Siim and Deniss love nature. And last weekend we went to the 2-days hiking trip to the swamp area next to Peipsi Lake (Emajõue Suursoo Kaitseala).

Here are some visual highlights of the trip, which was both relaxing and impressive.


Modest, yet beautiful and surptising Estonian nature is something, which we are really proud of!



The total area of marshes and swamp forests is over fifth (around 22%) of Estonia's territory.



The old wooden house we spent a night in

Heroes of the nature :)

Transition - Transition



Helleluuja,

Pretty soon the "old" MC is leaving the place and the "new" one is stepping in the office...
For some people a sad day(the current mc), on the other mostly a happy one:) No matter the emotions, right now there are numerous transitions happening all over the organization, also in the MC.

Currently me and Inga are meeting every week and discussing about all the topics related to External Relations work and also about the role of MC. Doing it as practical as possible.

A great tradition by previous MC ER`s, are the dual meetings. We have done them with Inga for a while now. One of them is right here also. Me and Inga went to Saku together, to meet AIESEC`s fans there:)

People on the picture, from left: Inga, Kristiina (Saku Õlletehas, HR manager), Kerst (Saku Õlletehas, HR specialist and our alumni), Siim.

|Siim|

Saturday, April 21, 2007

We know how to have fun - MC crazy hair party!


Yeahhh!

There is a plenty of things we don't know how to do in our team.

But if there is one, which unites all of us, it is that we know how to have fun! :)

We proved it last Friday night, when we hosted "MC Crazy Hair Party". The dress code of the party was simple - crazy hair :) Ms. Pärn and Ms. Toms made crazy haircuts for themselves, for MC boys and for some more aiesecers, who cam to us.



Results was astonishing, as it can be seen on some of the pictures. :)

Mr. Säinas and Mr. Rutšeikov meanwhile spent many hours on preparing glourious session called "How to fail miserably or in other words how to be a loser?".



We had plenary time, we had group work and some elements of competition.

Here are some foundings of delegates about who is a true loser. We are not supposed to agree with all of them, but they can teach us some things anyway (in Estonian):



Tõeline luuser:

- Magab sessioonides

- Naudib enda seltskonda ja sära

- Ronib esimesel võimalusel lavale

- Ei tantsi AIESEC-i tantse

- Teeb moosist borsisuppi

- Tilgutab WC põrandale

- Prill-laua jätab üles

- Matkib Boratit

- Sööb vorsti

- Ei skoori! (kui, siis ainult aiesecareid)

- Kannab triibulist pluusi

- Kogub marke

- Tahab kakelda, aga saab alati peksa

- Omab arvutis pornot üle 5 Gb

- Parim sõber on ema

- Mõtleb terve tänase õhtu, kuidas ta homme juuksed lahti saab

- Üritab, üritab, üritab, aga ikka ei saa

- Üürib elu lõpuni korterit või elab juba 7. aastat ühikas

- 10 aastat autoloa järjekorras

- Elab emaga

- Tal on naine AIESECis

- On vait

- Musklite asemel on piim

- Ei ole kunagi exchange'i teinud

- Aeglane

- Kukekad ruudilised püksid

- Ei ole raamatuid käes hoidnud

- Sõidab 20. aastat vana BMWga

- Kannab sulgi või sarvi peas

- Ärkab esimesena konverentsil oma ruumis



And in the end - the old Chinese wisdom about how to be a true looser found and translated by Mr. Säinas and Mr. Rutšeikov:

How to be a true looser?

- Be a bitch.

- Kill small animals - don't care about anything.

- Tell others that they look ugly. Constantly.

- Speak about yourself. A lot.

- Take a lot of responsibilities and never finish them. Never.

- If you go out with your girlfriend, pretend that you forgot your wallet.

- Stink.

- Laugh at people. Especially when they fall down.



:)

Thursday, April 19, 2007

How the MC went to the Learning Cycle...




Our team once again discovered that it is a truly great project.

Thank you Klapid Eest! team for the great work.

MC team

Sunday, April 15, 2007

A weekend with X



The secondary heroes of the weekend - El padre Siim, Denissula



The primary heroes of the weekend, with some missing:)

Thursday, April 12, 2007

The Crazy Hair Party



Place: MC apartment, Akadeemia tee 5 –410
Date: 20th of April, Friday
Time: 20.00-…
Dress-code: hair

This year there have been several parties organized in MC apartment. To refresh your memory:
1. There was “It’s up to you” party in October. It was a hit party through the years of MC teams in AIESEC Estonia – there has never been so many participants in so small area J.
2. Men, discrimination party – The male of AIESEC Estonia gathered to talk about football, women and beer
3. Women, discrimination party – The female of AIESEC Estonia gathered to share the gossip and to mark down the competencies of ideal men.
So the MC 06/07 knows how to party and how to organize the greatest parties ;).

If you have been there, then you know what it is about…If you haven’t been there, then it is your last change! Yes, this is right – This will be the best, craziest and also the last official MC 06/07-house party.

This time it is all about hair – Make your hair look the craziest ever and you will be the hit of the night.
We have also prepared a punishment for those who are afraid of messing with their hair.
This is to give you a hint:


Off course this is AIESEC and we can’t have an event without learning.
There is going to be a learning circle about – “ How to handle failures and make them to be your success” – Hear all the mystery that has happened with the MC members this year and be ready to share your stories.

Monday, April 09, 2007

Why is it good to be in MC team 2006-2007




Recently we had discussion about why do we enjoy working in our team as it is. We have compiled the list of these things.



So, why is it good to be in MC team 2006-2007?




Because...



...we all are normal cool people

...we share the vision about development of AIESEC in Estonia

...we are reasonably professional and working hard, yet all appreciate humour and some randomness

...there is free and easy environment in team

...we have trust and respect towards each other

...we are trying to help each other by reasonable amount of criticism

...we have synergy in the team – we reach common solutions without unnecessary long arguments

...we have open and honest communication with each other