Entering my 3rd cycle...
It's been a cool week since my last post. I already tried to write twice about my birthday, but both times i was thwarted by technology... Grrrr!!!
At the weekend i went for the first fitting of my suit. I am gonna ROCK the formal dinner at IC ;o) Then on Monday Laura arrived from Switzerland - our knight in shining armour to help us on this epic quest... We finished our team planning, and the Year of the Phoenix is now beginning!
Yesterday i spent the whole day in bed with a headache, fever, shivers etc. But now i am 95% fighting fit again! Still, at least my day of inertia allowed me to start reading a very cool book - The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (thanks, Dhruv, for the tip-off)
Oh yes and the small matter of my 24th birthday... :o) After working all afternoon in a cafe, we (Pui, Rina, Laura & me) were invited to dinner with some members of the AIESEC in Thailand Board of Advisors - senior managers from large companies who support AIESEC with advice, resources & contacts. It was pretty incredible to be discussing with them about the attitudes of Thai graduates, the expectations of Thai employers, and problems with the education system here - certainly much more than one could get from reading any book! And of course, being rich, powerful & older than us, they picked up the bill! Chris, i recommend you suggest this to Markus Mettler. Please forward me his response... :o)
The day finished in fabulous fashion with a trip to a karaoke bar! The very cool thing is that, unlike European karaoke bars - where you wait all night to sing one song, in the meantime being forced to listen to what seems like hundreds of drunken idiots wailing to Bohemian Rhapsody or Girls just wanna have fun - your group gets its own private booth! You choose all the songs, and the rest of the world is oblivious to the 'music' that you are creating! And of course this means you get to sing a lot, while having cocktails served to your booth!
Thanks to Dhruv, Regi, Cileia, Carissa, Sarah, Zuzi, Marcel, Steph & Rob for your messages. And special thanks to Bee for staying up late in Colombia to call me on the morning of my birthday :o)
Thank you Stefan for being the 1st person to call to wish me happy birthday (at 0:02!) I love you very much, and can't wait to see you in 6 weeks x
Wishing everyone an awesome weekend, will be back soon with pictures! (i have a promise to keep, Ms Renfer...)
At the weekend i went for the first fitting of my suit. I am gonna ROCK the formal dinner at IC ;o) Then on Monday Laura arrived from Switzerland - our knight in shining armour to help us on this epic quest... We finished our team planning, and the Year of the Phoenix is now beginning!
Yesterday i spent the whole day in bed with a headache, fever, shivers etc. But now i am 95% fighting fit again! Still, at least my day of inertia allowed me to start reading a very cool book - The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (thanks, Dhruv, for the tip-off)
Oh yes and the small matter of my 24th birthday... :o) After working all afternoon in a cafe, we (Pui, Rina, Laura & me) were invited to dinner with some members of the AIESEC in Thailand Board of Advisors - senior managers from large companies who support AIESEC with advice, resources & contacts. It was pretty incredible to be discussing with them about the attitudes of Thai graduates, the expectations of Thai employers, and problems with the education system here - certainly much more than one could get from reading any book! And of course, being rich, powerful & older than us, they picked up the bill! Chris, i recommend you suggest this to Markus Mettler. Please forward me his response... :o)
The day finished in fabulous fashion with a trip to a karaoke bar! The very cool thing is that, unlike European karaoke bars - where you wait all night to sing one song, in the meantime being forced to listen to what seems like hundreds of drunken idiots wailing to Bohemian Rhapsody or Girls just wanna have fun - your group gets its own private booth! You choose all the songs, and the rest of the world is oblivious to the 'music' that you are creating! And of course this means you get to sing a lot, while having cocktails served to your booth!
Thanks to Dhruv, Regi, Cileia, Carissa, Sarah, Zuzi, Marcel, Steph & Rob for your messages. And special thanks to Bee for staying up late in Colombia to call me on the morning of my birthday :o)
Thank you Stefan for being the 1st person to call to wish me happy birthday (at 0:02!) I love you very much, and can't wait to see you in 6 weeks x
Wishing everyone an awesome weekend, will be back soon with pictures! (i have a promise to keep, Ms Renfer...)
posted by Rob at
9:54 AM
6 Comments:
robbbbbbbbbbbieeeeeeeeeee ! you're getting a new suit? damn i can just see bee and zuzka squealing in delight. heck ill squeal a bit too in appreciation of a fashion icon's upgradation of essential evening wear.
yes, the fountainhead will rock your world. beware:)
looking forward to the pictures..
(belated) Happy Birthday!
hugs
so good to hear from you rob! just chairing my very first taskforce this weekend - it is amazing (what would i have done without zuzka's advice at 2am the eve of the meeting ;))... you have left a legacy behind. people talk a lot about you, how you have influenced them and made such a big difference to AiS. miss you lots! xxx
btw - there's NOTHING wrong with drunkenly wailing to girls just wanna have fun :)
Happy (belated) birthday Rob from Kiwiland.
We are in the same neigbourhood (I think).... at Thailand is nearer than most other countries.
And by the way... your club Manure seems to be having some problems with transfers this summer. Not ONE signing! Me thinks it might be time for the old gaffer to be eased out! if you really want to challenge for the title that is.
Treble of titles all-in-a-row anyone?
Rob, happy Birthday! Seems as if you were enjoying your time very much..:-) Cool to hear from you again! You wrote that you will be seeing Stefan? Will you come to Switzerland after IC?
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