The Promised post

OK, I am a man of honesty and If I said I am going to write in mid-June, I will.

But, I am quite reluctant to write a post.

Few days ago, I drafted a post titled "Summer holiday is incomplete without...", but my mind wandered off somewhere and I didn't publish it.

Don't put the blame on me (put it on Akon :p)! The room temperature and noise distraction affects attention span. Duh! It's hard to concentrate in this badly ventilated office.

Anyway, leave some comment about how you're spending your summer; I will include them and mention your id/name, or whatever.

Note to myself: to draw a comic stick figure sitting in a hot office, and upload it.

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Things I didn't know: Part 2 "Newsletter about Scholarships"

Would you like to study abroad? Do you think you should have free scholarship?

Do you think you're missing out a lot of scholarship opportunities?

Well, let them always stop by you .

You can have tons of information about scholarships, internships about studying abroad sent to your e-mail address. All you have to do is ask. There is a place where universities announce their scholarship to each other. Ms.Miroslava Cedidlova forwards them in a newsletter to every students who subscribed.

Here is how to do it:

1. Write an e-mail to: cedidlova@rektorat.utb.cz
   
1. Include your name (jmeno)
2. Surname (prijmeni)
3. Academic department (fakultu)
4. Year (rocnik)
5. Field of study (studijni obor)

You will receive tons of information about Programs, Summer courses and Scholarships offered from USA, Germany, UK and so on. Some of them come in Czech but they are pretty basic and obvious.

Good luck for your further education!

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AIESEC wants us to work abroad!

On 12th of March, Wednesday evening, I walked up to the tables on the first floor to relax after a long lecture. There I found an ad flyer by AIESEC saying "Neschovavej se!", meaning "Don't hide!". It was about traineeships, internships UTB students can have, and it was due in few minutes . So I went there, and took this picture!

There were 7 students who came for the ad, including me, 3 AIESEC members, and 3 trainees from abroad. The presentation was unfortunately in Czech, and I didn't understand most of what's being said. But here's what really sounds cool.

"AIESEC offers you opportunities to improve your foreign language skills, learn foreign culture and get hands-on experience on " says Zdenek, AIESEC member, who started the presentation. "Also you will attend preparation seminar for the internship from AIESEC"

I liked the idea, but it said it was for the 3rd year students and above. "There are four kind of internships/traineeships you can choose," said Lenka, another AIESEC presenter, "Management Traineeships, Technical Traineeships, Developmental Traineeships and Educational Traineeships".

Then, I started feeling drowsy for a few minutes because I didn't understand it. After awhile, Cigdem, a trainee from Turkey spoke about her experience. She said Turkish people didn't drink fizzy water, which was interesting.


Then spoke Eduardo from Columbia -- he's probably learning quite good Czech during his intern, as he answered one student's question in Czech. One thing I found interesting was that Colombians are happier than Czechs -- because of the sunnier weather.

Then a Czech guy, Lukas, talked about his internship experience in Turkey last year, but unfortunately he spoke in Czech so I can't recall anything he said.


Finally, there came Snake (Yes, it's his name) from China, who made a PowerPoint presentation with him to show his cultural shocks. He showed us that he found it hard to eat with spoon and fork, rather than chopsticks.
After the presentation, we discussed about internships. I asked whether I would qualify for an internship, but found out I could if I'm an AIESEC member. Piece of cake! I am going to meet them on Monday, and join them.

Oh, I forgot I'm giving out information to you. If you want to work abroad through AIESEC, you have to decide immediately. The deadline's coming soon!

Places you can find more information are:
www.aiesec.cz/zlin
lenka.stastna@aiesec.net
Here you can check your language skills and see if you can pass the test for internship. Yeah, there is a language test.
vyuka.jipka.cz/online-testy

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