Monday, January 18, 2010
Campus Support from NTU's office
School support like this gets us credibility! :)
Congrats AIESEC in NTU!
From: Chong-Goh Mei Eng
Sent: Fri 1/15/2010 9:19 AMTo: Undergrad (Full Time) Students
Subject: AIESEC Week 2010 - XXL - eXperience, eXchange, Leadership
Dear Students
Check out AIESEC's activities for opportunities to gain overseas experiences for your personal growth and development. Such experiences will enhance your resume and give you more talking points during interviews for internships and jobs. See below and attached files for more information on the upcoming AIESEC Week 2010.
Regards
Mrs Chong
CHONG-Goh Mei Eng (Mrs) | Deputy Director (Internship & Career Services) | Career & Attachment Office | Nanyang Technological University
Student Services Centre, Level 4, 42 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639815
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Hey NTU!
We hope everyone had an awesome holiday break. As we start the year 2010, AIESEC invites you to explore what we have in store for proactive individuals like YOU!
If you have not heard of AIESEC before:
AIESEC is the international platform that enables young people to explore and develop their leadership potential. AIESEC has over 61 years of experience in developing high-potential students into globally minded responsible leaders. AIESEC is presently the world's largest student-run organization, with over 38,000 members in over 1,700 universities across more than 107 countries and territories. Envisioning peace and fulfillment of humankind's potential, AIESEC offers many opportunities to build extensive international personal networks, to get decisive experiences and skills, and to have a positive impact on society and the world.
Do you think AIESEC is for you? Then this is your chance to get to know more about AIESEC! Rest assured, you will not regret it.
AIESEC Week 2010 - XXL - eXperience, eXchange, Leadership
AIESEC Week 2010 extends AIESEC's ultimate leadership experience and global learning environment to all NTU students, enabling YOU to discover the various opportunities for the nurturing and empowerment of future leaders.
AIESEC Week presents to you Global Village 2010: a unique opportunity to have a taste of authentic cultures and traditions of South and Southeast Asia, Africa and Central Eastern Europe in one venue. You can live the unforgettable experience of 'Wandering the world in an hour' while exploring the vast opportunities and projects of AIESEC, presented in the Exhibitions! Be inspired to go to eye-opening global conferences or raise the awareness of an issue you are passionate about overseas!
If you are into living the dream of not just stepping your foot into different countries, but working there, "AIESEC and me" series are there to present you AIESEC's Xchange opportunities, and ways to plan your exciting, growth-nurturing careers in AIESEC.
There will also be a Youth Forum for you to Xperience a professional, engaging dialogue on developing oneself to appeal to employers in today's globalised world with AIESEC Alumni and corporate executives, who are also Human Resource Professionals from Multi-National Companies.
Last but not the least, there will be Lucky Draws where you will have a chance to win gift vouchers, Sony MP3 Player or iPod Shuffle everyday!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Cheryl's Little Corner
I am starting my little section-cum-column in this blog - let's call it Cheryl's Little Corner for now. Over these couple of years, after travelling around the world as a fresh volunteer with AIESEC in 2007, I was inspired after meeting and speaking to outstanding youth leaders. Their level of maturity, professionalism, and love for society amazed me; 2007 marked the year where my curiosity pushed me to embark on my own journey to discover myself across different situations.
Why this section? I have been observing the growth of the AIESECers around me. Because I know these individuals, I can see the transformation in them, and wanted to share with you their thoughts and what little steps they took to become who they are today. I hope this will provide some insight into what little steps you can take next on your life journey...
"Me llamo Cathy.
Meu nome e Cathy.
I graduated with a degree in Economics, groomed from a Pure Science background and worked in various industries, various sectors - banking, technology, Project management, risk, non-profit movement and management of an international student organization, nationally.
What’s next?
I didn’t know.
I simply lay my hands on myaiesec.net and applied for an internship, any internship abroad. And Artemisia crosses my sight and hence there I applied and now I am in Brazil doing financial planning for a gastronomy-related social business. Truly. What is all of these crazily random encounters about?
I just came back from an amazing sharing session with Artemisia trainees and coordinators. We shared a lot, all the way from why we are where we are today to our vision and plans for the future. I admit that my times at my workplace is not fantastic and may not have turned out to be as warm as I expected but these all so-called challenges just left a space for me – a space for me to really think and reflect on the same question.
What’s next?
I still do not know.
What I know is this. Wherever you are, whatever you do, you’ve got to enjoy and make the full out of every single moment and opportunities you have at the moment. That includes partying hard, meeting enough people, building enough networks, leaving enough impact and good impressions, paving a secure enough path for whatever that is ahead of you (whatever that is). It’s ok if it is not clear but so long that you fight a good fight, things will slowly emerge onto the surface and then you will know that you fought a worthy fight.
Right now I have tons of opportunity to network and to know so much about (social) entrepreneurship, of meeting amazing people with amazing vision about their lives, their works and the world – just like how Muhammad Yunus managed to shake the entire world with his selflessly noblest vision of making poverty history.
The personal dilemma for me is this. Two contradictory expectations (or maybe they aren't that much of a contradiction after all). One is the realistic expectation of securing a well-paying job which usually is the norm and another is to really utilize all these experience and opportunities that I, again, randomly grasped and to really go all out against the norm and start my own social business venture.
Unsure, but I have no choice but to continue my journey and fight a good fight to continue to bump around, searching and enjoying every single bit of the little time I have.
p/s: Why is it simply too much to be someone I am not? So I don't look back and regret for not having reacted in the way I would have had reacted or said things which I would have had said and above all, to have not forgone doing something which I know by my very nature would have done. You can only be young once. You can only be yourself once. They're compromisingly parallel.
And here, cheers to a greatly amazing journey ahead."
Why this section? I have been observing the growth of the AIESECers around me. Because I know these individuals, I can see the transformation in them, and wanted to share with you their thoughts and what little steps they took to become who they are today. I hope this will provide some insight into what little steps you can take next on your life journey...
Meet Cathy,
a recent graduate from NUS currently based in Sao Paulo. In 2007, she travelled to India to work with an NGO. She returned to Singapore, and found herself volunteering with AIESEC. She later assumed a leadership position with the national team, overseeing the operations of the organization in the country. After completing her term with AIESEC, she opted for a management traineeship in Brazil with a Social Business Venture called Gastromotiva."Me llamo Cathy.
Meu nome e Cathy.
I graduated with a degree in Economics, groomed from a Pure Science background and worked in various industries, various sectors - banking, technology, Project management, risk, non-profit movement and management of an international student organization, nationally.
What’s next?
I didn’t know.
I simply lay my hands on myaiesec.net and applied for an internship, any internship abroad. And Artemisia crosses my sight and hence there I applied and now I am in Brazil doing financial planning for a gastronomy-related social business. Truly. What is all of these crazily random encounters about?
I just came back from an amazing sharing session with Artemisia trainees and coordinators. We shared a lot, all the way from why we are where we are today to our vision and plans for the future. I admit that my times at my workplace is not fantastic and may not have turned out to be as warm as I expected but these all so-called challenges just left a space for me – a space for me to really think and reflect on the same question.
What’s next?
I still do not know.
What I know is this. Wherever you are, whatever you do, you’ve got to enjoy and make the full out of every single moment and opportunities you have at the moment. That includes partying hard, meeting enough people, building enough networks, leaving enough impact and good impressions, paving a secure enough path for whatever that is ahead of you (whatever that is). It’s ok if it is not clear but so long that you fight a good fight, things will slowly emerge onto the surface and then you will know that you fought a worthy fight.
Right now I have tons of opportunity to network and to know so much about (social) entrepreneurship, of meeting amazing people with amazing vision about their lives, their works and the world – just like how Muhammad Yunus managed to shake the entire world with his selflessly noblest vision of making poverty history.
"The only place where poverty should be is in museums."
The personal dilemma for me is this. Two contradictory expectations (or maybe they aren't that much of a contradiction after all). One is the realistic expectation of securing a well-paying job which usually is the norm and another is to really utilize all these experience and opportunities that I, again, randomly grasped and to really go all out against the norm and start my own social business venture.
Unsure, but I have no choice but to continue my journey and fight a good fight to continue to bump around, searching and enjoying every single bit of the little time I have.
p/s: Why is it simply too much to be someone I am not? So I don't look back and regret for not having reacted in the way I would have had reacted or said things which I would have had said and above all, to have not forgone doing something which I know by my very nature would have done. You can only be young once. You can only be yourself once. They're compromisingly parallel.
And here, cheers to a greatly amazing journey ahead."
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