My memories from 2007

The New Year 2007 I was celebrating with my family in Sevastopol, Ukraine. Thanks my lovely family for great moment, for your support and love. I had a nice time with friends and relatives, now it’s just dream to meet them. But late in Kiev we had difficult, interesting & funny time. Difficult was one, because the work, a lot of work, one of the bright things in my memory from my MC term in Ukraine :) Interesting one it was because we made some difficult decision regarding future. And I guess from January we started to have more fun insight of team. Girls (Luka, Svetylka) I will not forget our “Kreshenskoe gadanie” (fortune telling). I don’t remember the result, but I remember that filling, Martini & Glintvein (Hot vine), oranges, Ukrainian chocolate and a lot of laughter!

The February was month when I put my SN form in Insight XP and the same time I had this feeling that I want more to do something in AIESEC, it took quite many time to make decision about MC international, thank you my MC team in Ukraine for helping me with conversation about my future.
There were sightsee in Kiev with Masha (Savranskaya), the Golden gate with “-12” or even colder :)! When we stated felling how worms the underground and even didn’t manage to go in café or restaurant. It was of the memorable for our event list ;)

The March, ha ha…, I remember just I was filling in different applications form, a lot of smart quotes everywhere, deep though etc. Of course, I remember the funny EB elections in Lvov. Even my trip to Lvov started without ticket in restaurant on the train, election process in Ukrainian langue and of course my favorite surname Dmiterco (I always sad Dmitrenko).
The second month of Spring I reaped the fruits of one's labor. I’ve been selected in MC Estonia, like MC VP Finance. I still remember this moment; I’ve been in SpringCo, during session I managed to pass interview, the test and pass the selection process. It was Friday afternoon, when I received the message from Marjam (my MCP) to the following effect: Dear, Inna you can find the result of election in your mail. Of course I had feeling that I haven’t been selected, but recently decided to check mail and I couldn’t believe the world: “The MC VP Finance AIESEC Estonia is Inna Kostyuk”, why I couldn’t believe, because I already thought that I wasn’t selected. It’s one of the best examples when people don’t know information making the decision and how assumptions influent on our decision.

The May I could call "the last meeting” month. I’ve been in Ukraine, but I started to miss already my family, friends and especially girls from MC Ukraine. I had the last meeting before my trip in Estonia with friends in Sevastopol, may be they even didn’t feel like this, because I already have been quite far away from them, the last walk in Kiev with Masha aka Luka, Svetylya aka Muza & Mashylka aka Pingvinchik. We had a lot of conversation about future about past what I really value in our friendship relationship.
The June, my new adventures in new country, with new people and with other culture (I may say even it’s so close by Ukraine, but the cultures different for sure I felled, I guess it’s more attitude of people). It was month of analyzing the previous XP and future life, review my goals and planes. Thank you the Lars Indermo, who agreed to be my mentor. From the beginning I started feel myself in Estonia like normal person who have work, personal life and should have fun and relax, this feeling I totally forgot in MC Ukraine :) Although I’m so grateful for my XP in Kiev, it was of the difficult, professional and stressful year.

The July was one of the significant months for myFamily, my sister getting married :) at that moment I made sure again that everything have a reason, because If I was selected in some other country I couldn’t manage to be on my sister’s wedding!:)
The few months in Estonia I could describe PARY, EVENTS, FESTIVALS and new life philosophy for me. Why new one? I really started to feel why important to care about myself, about my health and why I should love myself so much. During summer I was running at least 4 days per week, I woke up early, because the sun and sky in the morning are beautiful and I have a nice view from my window on 4^th flow.
I even can’t account how many party and even I’ve visited. The more memorable were: Song & Dance festival, the middle some on a Saarrema, AIESEC Birthday, what was so surprise for me (sport exercises, talking with alumni, games, some competitions and just freely conversation with everyone doesn’t matter alumni, member or MC, everything is simple)! Thank you to everyone who helped me to realize it.
The August, one of the bright even in AIESEC life is International Congress, in this year it was in Turkey. I guess it was my last IC, it was attractive. I met people whom I know before, I met my friends, whom I was missing, and we had a nice talking with Masha & Sveta; some interesting conversation with Deniss and Marjam. I guess I didn’t build network so much, I think I just invested in network which I have had before and I just enjoyed the life :)

The September was on of the difficult month in last year. I’m already afraid the reintegration time. I’ve been at home, in Ukraine. Something what I was dreaming about, I had the visa issue and I could come in Estonia till in the end of September, but when you know this exactly you can mange it, but when you every day expect that your documents will come, it’s so difficult. I couldn’t work normally, in the same time my team mates had the hot period. I felled lost, upset, and disappointed, when I’ve been far away, but I learn for sure, doesn’t meter where’re are, how important what are you doing.
In October I’ve come back in Estonia, Tallinn, I’ve been so happy to back to my apartment to see finally our new office in the city center. I met some challenges in my work, but in general I continued enjoying the life here. I made my trip plan and bought the tickets to Prague and Brussels.

The last month of Autumn I can call it like “traveling month”. I had the great finance weekend in Parnu, amazing and useful Finance meeting in Warsaw, and the marvelous weekend in Vilnius. Thank you my friend, Tadas, for your hospitality, I felt myself like at home when somebody care about me :) It first time when I felt as network really works.

And I’ve been selected as a FACI at LDS in Italy; it was my first international FACI XP. It was please to work with MC Italy, with don’t worry people without stressful situation and just enjoy the time and learn from it. Milan, Catania, Syracuse and Etna, it was fantastic time, new culture, hot and caring people. Of course I’ve been joyed to meet Mashylka and we had a few great talks but I’m also grateful the Stefano from Bacony University, who has been my guide in Milano, with whom we had a funny time, did sightsee, visited the night club and of course the Italian dinner with vine :)
And the last month of 2007, the December was one more month of adventures. I remember again trips between LCs, a lot of parties, almost every day of some working weeks and creasy Christmas preparations. I didn’t feel it, but it was interesting to observe when everybody likes creasy with present to parents, friends and relatives. I think it’s something similarly like we do before NY :) the cities in Estonia was decorating so much, I guess like other European cities.

I had not typical Catholic Christmas. I was celebrating that Catholic Christmas with girl from Germany. I haven’t met the Andrea before this December, but as usually the AIESECers she is interesting person and I had again the cultural discovering. Thank you Andrea, that you pushed me to visit some interesting places in Tallinn, for interesting conversation and funny time.

I had one of the work hard months in Estonia, but I motivated myself to have one of the best professional XP after finance report.

In the end of month I deep felled how I miss my family! And my sister made a great surprise for all of us before NY, she got born the baby and I become aunt! In that important moment I wanted even change my ticket to Prague on ticket to Sevastopol and spend at least 1 day with my family… But I convince myself what I’ll meet my friends in Prague, whom I miss so much and we’ll have a lot of fun, conversation and parties.

And the New Year Night was just Fabulous, Friendly and Funny.
I guess the year will be the same, although the challenges just help to feel a happiness.