When it all started ... hard to say ...

At first! A passion for ... a region that was so far from home ... an incredible culture ... the enthusiasm, positive spirit and passion of its inhabitants ... the language ... the landscape ... Brazil, Mexico, Colombia ... a big dream of living between these people and learn from them, of visiting the beautiful places ....

It followed! The first trainee I've met ... Juan ... so different than Romanians, still so alike ... crazy and passionate about dancing and Latin music, ready to bring a change, 100% there for AIESEC Cluj Napoca ...

0708! Incredible experience in Turkey ... in two weeks I got to know not only the people, but also what is so special about them, why we feel so close to this culture, why we share so many things ... at this point I promised myself I will go there in an internship or visit ... but it never crossed my mind what has just happend!
IberoAmerica XPRO Application! I so wanted to apply at this conference but I never thought I could do it for IGN ... until one day somebody asked me ... why not? So with one hand and helped by two incredible ladies :) I applied and was elected!!! Biggest happiness ever to be able to facilitate in the region I love the most, to be there for them and to experience this lovely culture ... I hardly wait for it to happen!!!

People!

Ivan's visit in Romania ... him teaching me Colombian carols and dances
Rafa and Brazilian spirit popped out in our apartment in December
Sebas, Juan Manuel, Lucas, Lucia, Dante, Fatima ... Mexico, Colombia, Southern Cone ...

MCC 2008! It wasn't written for me next year to be in AIESEC Romania despite the fact that I wished so hard to happen ...

11 January 2008! An email received was saying "Dear Malina, Greetings from Santo Domingo!" and was promoting the MCP of AIESEC in Dominican Republic opportunity ... how did Felipe the current MCP, found out about me not being elected and my passion for this region I still have no idea ... but actually this is the magic of it ... knowing you have little angels that take care of you and help you more than they could ever imagined ... and I have a pretty big bunch of them, last month being a living proof of who they are and what is the mark they will leave in my life ...

Application and interview! Hard period in my life but still something inside me was saying ... This is so great! You can really do it! Is so challenging and different, so what you need right now! Is what you wanted for so long now!

I was and I still am guided by a feeling, not at all logic or explainable but a hunch, a dream, a passion, a desire that was saying YES!!! And it was simple ... I said YES to the greatest experience ever ... I said YES and was elected MCP of AIESEC in Dominican Republic ... my new home ...

I can not remember the last time I was so so happy, tired but happy deep inside ... happy for the year that will come, for the people I am going to be there for, for the places, for AIESEC, for me ... Since yesterday afternoon my heart has gone crazy and can not stop ... and I hope it won't!!!

I simply love this feeling and hardly wait to go there ... but until then ... I will ... spend my time here the best way possible ... help people and be close to them ... achieve my dream for which I applied in the MC ... enjoy each moment ... love .... care ....

This is a post for things that happen for a reason, for people that decide your future, but most importantly for my angeles ... for ... Vladutz, my 3 best friends (Ciuci, Lucki and Miha), Dani, my MC team and Mo, my family, my friends; for my new home, Santo Domingo!

To beautiful people and places ....

Thank you!!!

Dream and challenge

It is so interesting how after three months of crazy things happening around you ... mainly happy, fulfilling and dynamic moments ... decisions you take for your future and the passion you invest in building your dream, your strategy and the next year ... you pass trough a crucial moment when you see the reality ... PURE REALITY ... people that believe in you ... few people ... but people that know you both professionally and personally ... people that don't believe in you for no particular reasons, that are more opened to negative than positive feelings, ideas, motivation ... situations ... stupid and childish, mafia in the real sense of the word ... reactions ... so different ... uncertain future ...

And what I've learned from all this is how powerful can be one person, how different are the people and the reasons for their actions, how your GOAL is to run as fast as you can, fall if you have to, stand up and start the run again ... how is to have trust in yourself, in your integrity and to accept the reality and move on ...

Definitely I can not say is easy ... I passed through the same experience before but it was not that powerful ... I think it hurts that much because are 5 years from your life ... are your dreams for the organization you trust in ... is the vision you most believe in for the next year, are the people you admire that disappoint you ... it's LIFE!!!

For sure this is an experience you need to have in order to be prepared for life ... the life after this dream we are all living, AIESEC ...

I learned once more this lesson, and now I am prepared to start my journey again ... I am prepared to dream and challenge myself again ... by applying as MCP in Dominican Republic .... far from Romania, my family and friends, my reality, my language but definitely heading for a more challenging and diverse experience ... an experience that will change me even more ....

My endless purpose will be to dream and challenge ....

Flowers grow out of dark moments ...