Week May 19th - 25th

This week I am working on:

• Weekly realisation campaign update on the AiS wiki
• Meeting Abhijit, VPICX of Chennai/India and attending his X presentation in Bern
• AdCo meeting on Wednesday in Zurich
• Preparing individual transition for my successor Jih-Ming
• Starting to clean the server and bringing order into my files!
  

Picture:


S'mores at their best!!!


Best moment(s):
The MCM on Thursday: definitely the most fun, random and yet sooo productive meeting we've had in our term so far! :-))) ; the Friday evening with the ladies... full of really weird and hilarious conversations ("i'm from the deep deep Siberian forest and don't want to talk to you"), with an interesting music mix in the background and of course yuuuummy American food! Marshmallows over a real fire!!!

Soundtrack:

Week May 12th - 18th

This week I am working on:

• Weekly realisation campaign update on the AiS wiki
• Working on the Switzerland Exchange wiki
• Preparing individual transition I will have with my successor Jih-Ming
  

Picture:

Living the good life with Annette

Best moment(s):
The 2 hours boat ride on the Lake of Lucerne between the Rütli and Lucerne: in company of a wonderful friend, the sun shining with a stunning blue sky, the water having an even more stunning green-shade, amidst the breath-taking scenery of the Swiss alps, feeling very lucky and very happy.

Soundtrack:
Stevans "The Missing Part"
MiNa "Praying Mantis"
Culcha Candela "Una Cosa"
Dynamite Deluxe "Dynamit"

Week May 5th - 11th

This week I am working on:

• Exchange Newsletter: The OGX and ICX realising campaign is launched!
• Meeting with my successor Jih-Ming concerning X NST
• Meeting Fabian, VPTM Basel on Monday
  
• Attending Career Days Zurich Tuesday morning
• Exchange coaching with Bettina, VPX Lugano
• LCP elections Lugano Tuesday
• ...all in all attending the LCMs of Bern, Lugano and Zurich - very busy week! :-)
  

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An incredible but true story: Abey feeling cold at Seba's B'day BBQ - Drazen (twice as big as Abey) offers him a sweater of his. After us mocking about the seemingly ridiculous offer of the Serbian intern, we have to realize that the sweater perfectly fits our South African friend. Learning point of this story: it can come very handy if someone does not know how to use a tumble dryer ;-))


Best moment(s):
Hearing of the success stories of 'my' VPXes concering the EPs in their LCs - you guys rock, am so proud! :-)) ; BBQs in Seebach & Aarau ; a wonderful walk along the Aare on Sunday with a great friend of mine ; tanning in my dad's garden on Sunday!

Soundtrack:
Radiohead 'Pablo Honey' (found it again in my old Genevan flat, yay!!!)

Week April 28th- 30th

This week I am working on:

• Send out new BSV guidelines
• Follow-up of the Exchange Funky at KICK-OFF
• Developing the EP and TN realization campaign
• KICK-OFF follow-up with companies
• Meeting Irina, the OCP of DO-IT 2008

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The first BBQ outside of the season - and this in the high north, in Stockholm!! What a beautiful, beautiful day it was.
Anna and me took full advantage of the sun ;-))


Best moment(s):

Working, sunbathing, BBQing, playing a Swedish game in the park, random&hilarious moments with the Swedish MC - all of this during 3 days in Stockholm last week.

Soundtrack/video of the week:




The one and only Harry&Barry

Week April 21st - 27th

This week I am working on:

I'm off for planning days with my team to Stockholm!!

• We will work on the conference output of KICK-OFF 2008 and define our focus until the end of our term
• We will plan transition for the upcoming MC team
• And last but not least spend some quality time with our lovely Swedish MC colleagues Linn, Joanna, Himanshu and João in the beautiful city of Stockholm

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Thanks for being there for me, you two :-)

Best moment(s):

Strolling through warm, sunny Stockholm, eating ice cream in Gamla Stan, a moment of complete relaxedness sunbathing on the stairs of the National Theatre and the following BBQ in the park next to the Vasa Museum. And of course - beating Joanna, João and Ivo three times together with Himanshu and Luca in this cool Swedish wood game which name I forgot. Woohoo! ;-)

Soundtrack:

Roxette - an hommage to the Swedes!!

Week April 14th - 20th

This week I am working on:

• KICK-OFF, KICK-OFF, KICK-OFF!!!
• More concretely, doing my job as a conference manager for the 3rd and last time during my MC term...
• Briefing the Newie Chair Ankit about the Newie and XPS tracks
• KICK-OFF agenda management with the lovely KO chair Mohcine

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From April 17th-20th, this awesome group of people rocked KICK-OFF 2008. I couldn't have asked for more. Thanks to them, thanks to the OC and thanks most of all to the delegates, who made this one hell of a wonderful, successful and random last national conference of my term.


The eXchange spirit at KICK-OFF! Thanks for everything guys, it is such a huge pleasure working with you!!!

Best moment(s):

During the huge stressful buzz of the KICK-OFF week: finding time for great discussions with some people I have not seen for such a long time, receiving signs of appreciation of people dear to my heart, a random moment with 'my exchangers' (exchange attack!!), seeing the smile back on someone's face after a difficult moment and the following hug, endless girl talk with my one and only Regi & Anna :-))

Soundtrack:

Xi Shua Shua

Week April 7th - 13th

This week I am working on:

• Chairing the OCP ACT election at the LCM Bern on Monday
  
• Session design Newie Track
• Logistical coordination with the Kick-Off OC
• SRB in Fribourg on Tuesday and maybe in Zurich on Saturday
  

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Newly trained mentors of AiS!

Best moment(s):

The IBM mentoring workshop in Zurich on Thursday ; the skiing weekend in Klosters full of very cool (aaawesome powdersnow!!!) but also veeeery strange (the official day of the EGG on Saturday..!?!) moments

Soundtrack:

Madonna & JT "4 minutes"