Victoria Hotel Pitesti

... each and every one of those students will be something great! I have met high school students in town that are about the same age and they don't speak English or they don’t have such charisma as these students do. They might join AIESEC someday and somehow make a difference. I know.

I helped Olya, my roommate, to call out names and give out awards for the students. Romanian names are so difficult to read. I chose all the easy ones and gave the *******es ...

... Each country also had to have a presentation of some sort in the middle of the mall. I had a video of pictures of the USA with Californiacation playing in the background. It was nice because I was explaining the pictures as it moved along. They laughed and clapped for what I said. I had no idea what was so funny. Maybe the people at the mall were thinking that I was putting on the show. You know...they see this Asian girl with a baseball hat and two black stripes ...

... you can see from the pool are these four buildings. The trees and fence is covering everything else. What is interesting about these four buildings is that you can easily mistaken these similar four buildings at a different part of Pitesti. They are the same buildings, same height, same color, same distance apart from each other. These are the buildings built during the communist times. Which wasn't that long ago. My roommates tell me stories ...

... quickly so we walk to the well every other day. Then we had water later on in the day, but at one point I thought, “What am I going to do without water? Hmmm, this will be a new and interesting experience.”

Training

Then, I had a training on Presentation Structure with the kids. This training had a lot of information. They were really funny acting out scenarios of what to do and what not to do in a presentation. The two groups were really ...

... of problems. I tried to let them know that self-confidence is a really important thing to keep in mind. If you feel a certain way, people will see it through you and they will acknowledge it. Either it is a good or bad presence, people will see it. The feeling when you read this on the little sheet of paper and seeing their own handwriting. They were really honest about their problems. I wish I could help all of them. I hope I did after this session. There was ...

... too, but not as many as the good ones. The bad ones say that they want everyone to interact more or they want more games.

It’s really interesting. While I am presenting or talking in front of the class, there are always the same kids who talk the most in the class and kids who just sit there and stare off into space. Whenever I see those kids who sit there with their arms crossed or looking at their nails, it reminds me of my ...

... for my session, through my window, there were some people outside playing really loud Romanian music at 10 at night. I decided to look out and peek, but the group of people saw me and called out for me. They asked me my name and told me to join them. It was funny because there was this guy who was speaking Romanian to me and I didn’t understand and he kept going back and forth to his friend for a translation. His friend didn’t speak too much English either, but I understood ...

... goodnight.

I closed the door and it was a funny feeling. He said he was in love with me. That’s sweet, but I didn’t even know who he was and it’s pretty creepy that he followed to my room. I give him props to have the guts to knock on my door and ask if I would like to have a cup of cola with him.

The AIESECers said I don’t have to worry; those are typical Romanian guys As long as they are not rude. It’s different ...

... me the picture of the preacher that wrote that book and they both said they are going to be a preacher soon. Many people here are Christian Orthodox. They were really funny and friendly. While the two guys were talking to me, I turned around to see that the whole room was focused on our conversation. I think many of them never met a person outside of the country before. It feels quite nice.

One of the guys in AIESEC, Cosmin Serban, told me he plays the guitar and that he ...

... they meant take my time. Whoops. I turned a bit red like usual. I walked out of the hut-like bar and caught my bracelet on the straws on the hut and broke it and then I managed to bump my head on the wooden poles. I wasn't drunk I swear!! We just spent the Sunday afternoon in the park where everyone just relaxed and played games. People were starring at me left and right. There was even a guy who passed by me and pretended he was speaking Chinese to make fun of me. He ...