NPS 2007 - before leaving

I'm on my way to the National Conference... Actually I will leave tomorrow but I am about to leave my appartment "armed" with my huge luggage :)

I cannot wait to see how it's going to be.

Wish me luck.

Moru

PwC, new members , LTS and confusion...

The past weeks have been full...

Two week-ends before I was in Warsaw, at the conference I was telling you about before with PwC and it was really really cool... I don't even know what to rank first: being delivered trainings by PwC, meeting a lot of Finance people or the fact that I enjoyed travelling alone again :) (I might skip the travelling part because again I had a plane phobia, with all the medicines that I took before the trip). Yes, so what to choose? I cannot say, but all in all, it was a good experience that I really needed. I had a lot of fun, I met new people and I met people that I knew before but did not expected to see them there (Dan, ex-LCP of @ Timisoara - whom although I did recognise I thought it is only a coincidence :) and Ahmed - delegate at ITC 2007 in Bucharest)


Returning back to Bucharest I went straight to the new members' final selection and although I was tired and felt pretty weird I decided to be there... You can see the "result" in the picture attached: the new members from the Finance team: Alina, Constantin, Diana B, Diana T and Patricia. Today we had our first meeting together and it was really cool :)



LTS 2007... I could call it a conference full of surprises: from myself... I finally got to know all the members from my team (because I was not present at the final interviews), had some nice sessions with them (with the help of Olivia) and experienced for the first time in my life (I think, or at least I don't remember another time) sleeping one hour during the night (but I will never do it again) and sleeping in the most weird place until now (I usually sleep wherever I feel I am sleepy - office, concert, meeting- but this time I slept during a working group... shame on me, but luckily there were only 5 minutes)... So I will never do the same mistake again. I promise :)

But with all these interesting past two week I still have no ideea what I wish at this moment... and I feel really confused: by people around me, by feelings, by wishes and especially by the future...

Should I follow my heart? Should I follow my mind? Should I be adventurous? Should I choose something "secure"? Should I stop asking myself? Should I talk? Should I shut up? Should I write? Should I keep this for me?

Most probably, I should stop asking myself because I realised that this is the only thing that harms me... I questioned myself a lot during the past month(s) and the only thing I succeeded in is being more confused, and each answer leaded to another question... And I don't see the end of this circle that stops me from going in the right direction.

I hope tomorrow will be better...

Moru

Outdoor weekend in Brasov

This weekend was the second one in the probation period for the future newies of @ BU and although I drove them crazy with "we are going to Moeciu" actually we spent it in Brasov...

Being there meda me think about my probabtion period and some memories came to my mind during the weekend while things happened just the same way...

During the party two years ago I remember I called Ale (VP Finance at that time) outside to talk about the budget for the event I was organizing as a task in the probation period... I don't remember her exact words but she told me something like "relax, we can talk tomorrow.. now it's a party"... and I was upset :)

This year: the same situation with the girls are organizing this year Alumni Party... And during the party we were doing the budget :)

It was a nice weekend althogh I freezed because I had to stay the whole afternoon in the dark at one of their tasks in order to find the "treasure"... But it was funny to see how people acted during that day... We saw fights, we saq frustration but also we saw people who enjoyed everything...

During the evening I was sooooo sleepy that yes, as usual I went to bed early... just that not in my bed (which was 15 minutes away)...

I realised that I have these moments when I just feel I need to do something... And it also happened that night.. Did it ever happen to you to wake up before the clock started to ring? Well, something like that. At 4:15 on saturday night I just woke up... I might have scared all the people in the room, but headed straight to the door and went downstairs, where... all my colleagues were ready to leave for our sleeping location... Strange that I felt that, especially during sleep...

Another strange moment like this was last year during a party when I switched off my mobile and put it in my jacket in another room... And at a given moment just headed to the mobile, turned it on and there it was a message for me... A message that made my day because I read it at the right moment... although I was planning to keep my mobile switched off and enjoy the party...

Although the weekend was very exhausting and at the same time very empowering, I came back home with a headache... And although I slept last night 11 hours, I went to bed again, because I was not feeling right.. And guess what? The phone started ringing like crazy, but it did not matter... Still a phone woke me up and ruined my sleep and now I cannot sleep anymore (it shouldn't be a tragedy because it is 10:30 but still...)

I hope that finally the week will start with a good sleep...

Moru