Stuck in my head

Green Day " Time of your life".. stuck in my head since tomorrow, don't know why... no I know why, but I don't know why I don't want to accept the reason.. anyways..this is the lyrics:)

Another turning point

A fork stuck in the road

Time grabs you by the wrist

Directs you where to go

So make the best of this test

And don't ask why

It's not a question

But a lesson learned in time

It's something unpredictable

But in the end is right

I hope you had the time of your life

So take the photographs

And still frames in your mind

Hang it on a shelf of

Good health and good time

Tattoos of memories

And dead skin on trial

For what it's worth

It was worth all the while

It's something unpredictable

But in the end is right

I hope you had the time of your life

My inner Color

Your Inner Color is Green

Your Personality: You are a high acheiver who is very competitive. You're bound to reach your goals, no matter how lofty. You in Love: Picky with high standards, it's hard to find your match. You need someone as driven as you are! Your Career: You need a high profile, challenging career to satisfy you. Consider finance, sales, or running your own company.

Italian Exchange Team

Yes! I finally know their faces:) This are almost all my VPXs from Italy:) It was so great to receive their picture and their message to me yesterday:) Can't wait to see them!!!

A place where it feels like home

Yesterday I was sitting in train and thinking what makes person to "feel home", and I came up with 3 things: people, place, personal connection.
If somebody would tell me few years ago that I'll have such place, and,moreover, it'd be in Western Ukraine, I'd never believe that. But yesterday, after my 3rd time in Ivano - Frankivsk I realized that I feel like being home there.
I've been 3 times to this city and each time was completely amazing for me, like a fairy tale! First time I visited it accidently - instead of skiing in Carpathians we moved to spend few days together with girls from my LC and I guess I'll remember those emotions forever.
This time I had my 2nd LC visit there - we spent almost 10 hours working together with new EB team: discussing priorities, CSFs, initiatives and laughing about different pronunciation percularities of some people (q-uality:))

It was my first visit during Spring round of LC visits and it gave me a lot of cool ideas on how to organize planning process itself, on local and country level. I wish I wouldn't have chance to implement it and see this very idea in action.

Apart from working time finally I had time to rest and just spend time together with my friends - walking(I believe that I know all places of interest in Franik already), talking, lauging, eating(I know almost all best caffees there as well), boiling wine (first time in my life and quite successfuly), watching Eurovision and taking hundreds of pictures;)

It was the time that I enjoy and value the most, time when I was myself, time when I had a chance to be with people that I love.

And then there was a race to train station:) I guess I made a lot of fun for girls and taxi driver panicing before the train:)

And then I had to say bye, it was easy to say it. But so difficult in the end to realize that most probably (if they will not come to Kiev) I'll not see these people for a long-long time...

I tend not to make myself promises, because usually it relates to something that is difficult to realize and that I can never skip because you can never forget what you promised to yourself.

But I made myself a promise, that whatever happens one day I'll come to that city to meet that people. because it feels like home there!

My visual DNA

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A new month ahead

0.53, I’m sitting at home and trying to create an action plan for coming month. May was never an easy month for me, but this one seems to be completely crazy.
My family – year in MC taught me to value time spent together with my family and I can’t imagine how will I say good bye to my mom and dad.. need to be mentally prepared for that. Moreover, need to prepare them for that.
My friends – almost as aboveJ but I have sooo many people I want to see and hug before I leave, and so limited time for thatL
My thesis – finally started, but moving to slowly. And I don’t have more then 1 week in a whole to complete it.
My visa – EU visas seem to be very difficult to get. That is something what actually scares me, but after all selection procedures I went trough this year I just can’t let any consul or whoever to stop me from achieving my goal
My transition – must be the easiest part to execute, but need to make myself do it, JFDIJ
My Italian – my daily lessons are just the beginning of a long story. It’s not easy to learn language alone, but I can do it, can do it, will do itJ I have 2 new books, hehe;)
My personal preparation and goal setting – something what I vitally need to do before I go to Italy, but why do I put it as the last priority always??? Does anybody have any idea how to make Masha Savranskaya do it before everything else.
My LC visits – dates set, tickets booked, excitedJ Can’t imagine saying good bye to some people in these LCs and one of the cities itself
My work – my last newsletter, digest, emails to community, forms audits, etc. Can’t believe I do it for the last time.
My personal space– no time for it this month, sorry…

But I’m supergirl and supergirls don’t cry…

SpringCo 2007

It’s over when it’s over…
My last conference as active member, MC member, facilitator of AIESEC in Ukraine is over.
Emotions? Don’t know.
I spent it almost the way I wanted – I wasn’t overloaded with sessions, so I had quite a few time to talk to people, enjoy time with my friends, observing elect EBs and MC.
There are few “snapshots” from this conference that I’ll always have in my mind
Time spent with new EB of Dnipropetrovs’k . I almost lost connection with them during this year but I just now have realized how important these people are for me. There was a new EB, people who where recruited after I left LC, people who I barely know (of course apart from Yanka). I didn’t know what to expect, and honestly saying (well, I don’t know why) I had rather negative expectations. But the time we spent together completely changed my mind;) Yanka, Vovka, Nastya, Nastya, Anya and Dashka, thank you very much for taking this responsibility of leading LC that I really love and care about!
Exchange commission – old. There are a lot of things that I can remember, a lot of emotions that I’d like to share, and one word – “gratitude” ….
MC 2006-07 good bye… I expected it to be difficult. But I never expected it to be that difficult.. I had so much to say, so many messages to send. But 5 minutes before the plenary I realized that I can never share all my experience, feelings, learnings and everything what happened to me during 4 years in AIESEC in Ukraine. I was listening to my team mates, staring at people in plenary and then it was my turn to speak. I never experienced such emotion speaking in front of the plenary – I don’t really remember everything what I told. I only remember faces of people. People that were sitting in plenary, standing next to me, being on the other part of the globe or just in other city in Ukraine. People that I love and value more then anything else, people who will always be in my heart, my friends.. who were last 4 years together with me, who made my AIESEC experience so unique. And this is the best memory I could imagine having after my good bye to AIESEC Ukraine…

Blog! Almost a new face:)

Girls can not use computers © Nestor
In fact I agree with Nestor, but there are small exceptions – in fact they can, but only sometimes!
I managed to give a new, better face to my blog – links to my friends’ blogs, new posts. The only thing left – my picture here:)

Updates about my future:)

Well, Masha back to normal life - not really having time for the blog;)
But, hey, I'm having my holidays now, which means I can dedicate some time to writing what is going on.
It has been almost one month since I'm elected to MC Italy, but I still remember everything as if it happened yesterday. It was an amazing feeling when all current and elect team in Italy were screaming, singing and congratulating me. then my team - the same, but they also poured water on me and laptop! I had a feeling of complete happiness:) and satisfaction with the fact that I reached the goal. Positive changes are visible!
I really can't wait to see my new team, move to Italy etc,etc:) but that'd be a topic for my next post I guess;)
It was also great to read all greetings that I received from different people, especially those whom you don't know.
What is also great - my lovely Innok was elected to Estonia as MCVPF!! So now my team mates, and just great friends are clear about their next year - Svetulya in Argentina, Inna in Estonia, Masha in Italy! Luka, we are waiting only for you:)
Now it's time to go and have my daily Italian lessoon - learning new language alone is not easy, learning it in trains and buses is even harder. But I'll manage.. and it's another story..:)