Hiromi

Nope, this post is not about Japan or any other Asian country. By now I've realized that not everyone is into Asia as I am, so I keep that in mind when writing posts. :-) Well, this post is about a very talented Japanese pianist who plays a modern type of Jazz together with her band (drums, bass) and shows an unbelievable virtuosity and passion. Hiromi, who's only in her mid-twenties includes some electronic tunes in her play, which creates a great sound-frame.
And where did I hear from her? Well, I do have my connections (or guanxi in Chinese ;-)). By the way, did you know that there's a world-famous Jazz club called Marian's Jazz Room in Bern? Yesterday evening I went there to see the concert of Hiromi. I have to say, it was great! At least for the younger people in the audience, cause during the show some older "connaisseurs" left. Oh well, at least many others and I liked it and I can only recommend you to check the programme of Marian's Jazz Room, cause every now and then there are really cool artists coming to Bern.

WorldMUN - what's that?

Some semesters back I used to be a diligent student. In some ways I still am, at least when it comes to attending the lectures and pretending to be a "good" student. ;-)
Actually I think it's not bad to be interested in other things besides your studies, well, as long as you pass all the exams. To be honest, being a law student is not the most exciting thing, at least when you're doing your Bachelor's degree. So I'm trying to balance the lack of excitement in my studies with AIESEC (LC Bern rocks!), studying Chinese (the coolest language ever!) at uni and other projects such as attending Harvard WorldMUN 2007 (veeery cool!). But, what the heck is that? Never heard of it?

Well, Harvard WorldMUN (World Model United Nations) is a week-long conference comprised of 1500 university students from over 35 countries. It's a simulation of United Nations committees as well as other international organizations. Assigned to a specific country, in my case Thailand, the delegates debate topics in the committee from their country’s perspective. The goal at the end of the week is to produce a UN-style resolution that addresses the issues discussed over the week. Before the conference starts every delegate has to prepare two set topics for his committee (in my case the WHO) and hand in position papers. Doing so you need to put yourself in the position of the country you're representing and try to play your "role" as truthfully as possible.
The 16th edition of this interesting conference is taking place in Geneva (organized by EPFL) towards the end of March. I'm going there together with a delegation from the University of Bern. For more info you can check the WorldMUN-website (link on the right side) or my blog after the conference.

Not that you're getting a bad impression of studying law. In your Master's you can for example specialize on international and european law which in my opinion is much more interesting than for example Swiss criminal law (it sounds more thrilling than it actually is). So I'm very much looking forward to the new era after my Bachelor's degree! Yay! :-)

Exciting times

Yesterday evening the long awaited EB-elections took place. During the last weeks I was reflecting a lot about my future in AIESEC, about my visions and ideas for the LC, about my goals for a possible term and what really matters to me. No wonder that I was nervous before I had to go on "stage", deliver my speech and go through the Q & A. It was very important for me to convince the members, the EB and the MC VPs present. I wanted to show them why I made the decision to run for the LCP-position, what my goals are and why I'm the right person for this job. I'm so happy that eveything went well and according to the feedback I got people liked my speech and my answers in the Q & A. It was simply great to be elected as LCP! Still now I'm excited, thrilled...

Now I'm very motivated to start working. I would like to share my ideas with the great EB elect, have discussions about the future of the LC and develop strategies. I'm looking forward to the transition, to working with the MC and to simply everything that may come. There will be challenges, conflicts, difficult times - that's for sure. But that's part of the whole EB-experience and the intensive learning that's waiting for me. I really hope I can keep up the enthusiasm I'm having for the job right now!

Being that enthusiastic also has its bad sides, I'm totally neglecting my studies, even though I have exams in less than five weeks and should be studying. It's just hard not to be thinking about AIESEC, about the EB, about the future...

Elections coming up!

Tomorrow evening the EB-elections of LC Bern will take place. As I announced in my previous post, I'm applying for a position. I will run for the position of the LCP. I don't want to elaborate here on why I feel that I'm the suitable person for this job or do any kind of election campaign. Right now I'm just very excited and I hope that I can convince the people attending the LCM. I wish that after my speech and the Q & A the members will have confidence in me and elect me as their LCP!

I will apply for the EB!

Some of you know it already, others don't: I'm running for an EB-position! Already last year I thought about applying for the EB, but after some reflection I came to the conclusion that I was not ready for it. Now the situation is different, I gained experience in many fields thanks to the work in the TWIN OC, the ER team and the DO-IT OC. I think that I'm ready to take on responsibility and continue my AIESEC experience on the leader stage. I hope I will be elected and then have the chance to influence the future of LC Bern!