Japan I'm coming

Maybe you're wondering what this title means as I've been telling everyone that I would go to China in spring...don't worry, this's still the case, but before that I'm travelling to Japan. This has been a plan for a while now, but it never worked out. Until now. Besides doing sightseeing in Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara for a couple of days I will be visiting two friends of mine in Tokyo. Mayo who I got to know in Shanghai one and a half years ago where she was an AIESEC-intern and Maija who I got to know two and a half years back at a seminar for expatriate finnish students (students with partly finnish background). I'm very much looking forward to seeing my friends again and also to experiencing a culture that is fascinating me. The mixture of modernity and tradition, the rich cultural heritage, the customs and of course also the food (I'm just lovin' it, can't wait to taste the real stuff!). I'm very lucky that I'm going now to Japan as the ticket fares are relatively low, there are only few tourists and I can stay at my friend's house. Japan, adventure part I, I'm coming!!!

Highlights of the week

These are the hightlights of this week:
- Snowboarding and enjoying the sun on the Wasserngrat-terrace on Monday
- Transition with the EB elect on Thursday and Friday
- Concert of the japanese pianist Hiromi (contemporary jazz) at Marian's Jazz Room in Bern
I hope next week is getting even better...;-)

One week of true relaxation

Just yesterday I came back from an amazing week in the mountains. It was the best thing that could happen to me as I just have finished my two last Bachelor exams and was in need of a break. So I spent one week in the beautiful village of Gstaad in the Bernese Oberland with my parents. I was sleeping in, reading books, snowboarding, relaxing and of course enjoying the beautiful weather and the snow. It was just wonderful!

Now I'm back in Bern, organizing the coming months and of course doing transition for the new LC Bern EB. Everything is going so fast, can't believe that my term will be over in only a couple of weeks...but there will be new adventures waiting for me!

Tired, but happy

The moment I've been waiting for so long has finally come, my two last Bachlor exams are written!!! After two five hour-exams and about two weeks of very serious preparation it was achieved. Maybe "achieved" is a bit exaggerated as I have no clue how the exams turned out and I will only know the results in six weeks. But until then I can enjoy the regained freedom, relax, sleep in, read the books that are waiting for me on my shelf, go snowboarding, prepare transition and finally organize the coming months.

After finishing my last exam on Friday at 13h I headed straight to the Lake of Constance where the member committee president of AIESEC in Switzerland for the term 08/09 was elected. It was very interesting to listen to the candidates, to see their passion and their motivation to make a change and to bring AiS further. But what I will remember this conference for is randomness that accompanied it. Starting on the train ride, continuing in the hallway of the house ("delaaaay!") and during the meals...it was just hilarious and I enjoyed it a lot. It was great to be together with a bunch of such cool people from all over Switzerland and once more live the spirit of the EBs of the term 07/08. I will definitely miss that as this was one of the last opportunities to come together before many of us, including me, start all kinds of new activities and adventures. This makes me feel sad, but at the same time I'm also grateful that I had the chance to experience such an intensive EB term and had the opporunity to not only develop both personally and professionally, but also met many great people that I otherwise would never had met! Thanks for that and let us continue the randomness!!! :-)