Just arrived in Belgium? Are you lost with the reality here?
Don't worry!
Every Tuesday, in the Trainee Weekly Newsletter:
* announcement of the intern's drink of the thursday,
* update of AIESEC in Belgium activities,
* interview of the Trainee of the week,
* and new trainees that arrived in Belgium that week !
In a few words, it is designed to make your experience in Belgium better ...
Enjoy reading,
Gaëtan
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Tuesday 18th of November 2008
.: This Editions Highlights :.
1. Interns Drink
What are you doing this Thursday night?
Hungarian Country Presentation
What?
A very cool cultural and learning event composed of 3 parts :
* Hungarian traditional folk dances
* An episode from a traditional folk-tale serie
* Pictures of the old traditional life of Hungary
* Hungarian drinks and dishes (sold between 1-2 euros) !
Put on comfortable shoes and clothes to be able to dance in it
After this, drinking is possible in the Cafe place of Ichec, and we will also bring some @ songs to make the party mood better if people get bored of traditional music :)
Where?
Ichec Campus - Room E 302
Haute Ecole ICHEC - 365 a, Rue au Bois - 1150 Bruxelles
how to get there from Metro stop "Montgomery"?When? Thrusday 20th of November 2008 from 8-8:30pm
2. Settled Events
What?
Fin arts museum (modern and ancient art) or museum of ancient cars at AutoWorld
arts: ticket here more info here
autoworld: price: here more info here
At Night, CHUUUT PARTY in Louvain-la-Neuve !!
More info about this event? Don't know if you can be housed?!
Housing provided for you if you email helenechertovich@gmail.com !!
Don't miss this opportunity to experience a unique party in Louvain-la-Neuve
Where?
Brussels
Central Station’s Main entrance
When?
Saturday, November 22nd, meeting at 1pm
Who?
All Brussels interns but also AIESEC members are welcome!
Intern Activity - Treasury Hunt by AIESEC ULB!
What?
Come and join us to discover brussels like you’ve never seen it before!!!(Try to bring the exact amount if possible...)
Where?
Brussels
Central Station’s Main entrance at 2pm
When?
Sunday, November 23rd, meeting at 6:30pm
Who?
All Brussels interns but also AIESEC members are welcome!
How?
Send an email to nicolas_deridder@hotmail.com before Thursday November 20th
"Shining India or Emerging China, which one we have to turn to" organized by AIESEC Louvain-la-Neuve!
source: theviewspaper.net
What?
A very cool cultural and learning event composed of 3 parts :
* A conference/debate
* Followed by a quizz
* Ending with an Asiatic diner :)
Where?
Louvain-la-Neuve campus
Université Catholique de Louvain
how to get there from Brussels Centrale?When?
27th of November, starting from 6:30pm
How?
Send an email to marine_lab@hotmail.com if you want to participate in the event!
It would be great if some of you could interact during conference :)
Free Entrance :)
"Inter-LC ice skating activity by AIESEC ULB!
What?
POSEIDON ice skating club - weekly Disco night.Entrance fee: 3,50€
Skates rental: 3,50€
(Try to bring the exact amount if possible...)
Where?
Avenue des Vaillants 4 1200 Woluwe St Lambert
Metro: Lign 1B Direction Stockel stop Tomberg
how to get there from metro station?
When?
Friday November 28th, meeting at 6:30pm
How?
Send an email to raphael.koelman@ulb.ac.be if you want to participate in the event!
3. Trainee of the week - Basia
Describe yourself...
#1: Where are you from?
Hey, I am from Poland!
# 2: When is your Birthday?
29th September 1984.
# 3: A favorite drink?
Cacao, white coffee and recently water at work :)
# 4: A positive feature about yourself?
Being positive and learning from experience.
# 5: Your favourite band?
I love few polish bands, i.e. Stare Dobre Malzenstwo, IRA, Chlopcy z Placu Broni, Hey.
# 6: I wish I could, but I can't...
* tell what is good answer when people ask you "Sa Va?"
* make my day longer and not resign from any of my daily activities
* have a car in Belgium
About AIESEC
# 1: How did you join AIESEC?
I wanted to fulfill my free time with sth practical. There was some boy story behind, but when I joined I do not remember the story anymore :)
#2: Why did you decided to go on internship in AIESEC?
That step was quite obvious for me as I spend in AIESEC 4 years already. Mainly I wanted to experience different things and to decide about my life by myself.
About Belgium
#1: Where are you working?
Alcatel-Lucent rocks!
#2: How long will your internship last?
One year, till end of August.
About your culture
#1: In a few words, what is your home country/region all about?
Poland is about having good time with great people into beautiful surroundings. You have to go there at least once!
Place I know the most is Krakow, my beautiful, lovely student city with amazing main market square, castle, dragon and unique pubs around.
#2: Tell us a bit about the most distinctive features about your country/region (folklore, food, drinks, carnivals or other festivities, etc.)
• almost 40 milion people and…
• Zubrowka and zoladkowa - drinks which make you happy,
• Most popular dance: Polonez (also car brand?)
• Beginning of May-crazy student festival-no classes but parties for almost 2 weeks!
• Pierogi
• Bigos
• OMG-I am hungry when writing these names
• Robert Kubica, Adam Malysz, Otylia Jedrzejczak-polish current sport stars
• Any familiar name: Chopin(music), Lech Walesa(politician), Marie Curie-Sklodowska, Robert Polanski(film), Pope John Paul II, Nicholas Copernicus, Twins? ?
# 3: What do you think is a very interesting feature or custom about your culture? (think about internationals saying, "wow, this is crazy!")
beautiful girls, challenge to learn the language, parties time and amount of alcohol there, real 4 seasons during the year, exellent food, good prices, hospitality….
nltr: you cannot find beers that are under 5Ocl ! Polish are serious drinkers !
# 4: One last word to end our interview?
Kiss.
4. New Trainees !
5. Video of the week
A different overview of Belgium ?
Watch this !
6. Your contribution?
One nice initiatives from YOU, the trainees side, would be doing country presentations. Why should you do this? Simply to promote your culture to other trainees and AIESEC members in order to be able to live more the value of "Living Diversity". How? Get in touch with trainees that are of the same nationality as you. Decide upon a place and date where it will happen. Prepare a nice country presentation and traditional stuff. Send this information to Gaëtan (gaetan.bouteiller@gmail.com) so he can promote it on the interns newsletter.
Housing
As we all are living in a foreign country we have some needs (finding accommodation, furniture,laptops,useful information, etc.). In order to make this settling down process more easy for all of us, if you know some good deals (someone leaves from Belgium and gives away furniture for free, there is a cool apartment next to yours at a cool price, you want to give away something, you hear about a cool concert happening in Belgium) send a mail on the interns group and let everybody know.
Have a good week !
Editor & Designer: Gaëtan Bouteiller