End of Intership:)

10 months have passed.
Looking back now it doesn't seem so much, but in the beginning I really thought it would be a big challenge.
I learned a lot of things, how to look at people, not be so judgemental, be more patient and rely more on me.
Last year my LC(local comittee Constanta) matched me for an ET intership, for teaching English in Slovakia, Spisska Nova Ves.So, in august 2008 I "landed" in Spisska Nova Ves to become the future "misses teacher otzeanu":)))
The beginning: hm- I was quite dissapointed- taking into account that the town is small and there weren't so many internationals around.
Cultural shocks: not very huge, our cultures are similar.
Some differences: I think Slovaks are slow thinkers, and that they are not as witty as Romanians. They are afraid of taking risks and they say they know stuff but then u realize they dont. Nevermind. The slovak food was also a little different and containing a lot of cabbage:)))
I was a little depressed when starting there. Also because I had some problems with the papers, due only to the lack of information( but when u are abroad everything tends to grow out of proportions) Everybody was telling me "don't panic Livy"-but of course I did. Then I got better.
I made new friends, aka a Hungarian boy who was also in an Intership there for two months. I must admit I really had fun with him, as we were travelling every weekend to some places.Also a girl from South Africa(Jaqui), she is great and she even visited Romania because she liked my best friend and me.:)Due to her, now I know there are lots of white people in South Africa:D
I was travelling almost every weekend, to my best friend in the Czech Rep. or to some places in Slovakia. I increased my network, I met interesting people and done some fun stuff.
I have also participated in some projects at school and I went with some students in gorgeous London.
One major experience was staying for 9 months with an old lady who was speaking only Slovak. I called her "grandma". She was really great: she was washing my clothes every week and sometimes she was even cooking for me. I had a nice time with her, we washed windows together:) She had a simple system to make me do smth: she just gave me the necessary tools and showed me what I had to clean or do:) Communication was difficult in the beginning, using a dictionary, but when I left, I could make simple conversation with her and I understood like 40% of what she was saying and showing me.
Communication wasn't very easy but I learned a lot from my colleagues and from my students.
My colleagues where great, they were my friends and my family there.
My students were quite polite and I consider them my friends, we both have a good memory of this experience.
The aiesecers there- they were friendly but I also had some minor conflicts, because of their organizing my coming there. But I had a nice time with them and I appreciate their help. I must admit some of them were very helpful and friendly.:)Thanks guys!
I liked being in another country so I decided to spend some more time in Sk, but in Bratislava.
Thanks AIESEC a lot for the opportunity of going abroud. The AIESEC network is just great! Really!
I advise everybody to take this kind of opportunity, it's a great experience!

Hugs,
Livy