Totally empty...
I wonder how I am going to solve everything. There were some important messages in my Inbox.
Hmm..that´s life also.
My life with volunteers
Sooo much fun with these people. Some highlights of the weekend:
We entered a food place and at the place where there is usually lots of vegetable was only an empty "container" with some ice on edges. When a personal came to accounter and expected an order from us, Maja full of concern said: "Hej, is everything OK? Then I would like to have tuna baguette"
Another story connected to food is from this evening. We were eating at an Indian restaurant. The food was really really good and the waiter was extremely nice. When he came after we have finished, he asked: "Was it good?" And I answered: " Yes it was very good. We will pay. It was sooo good that we will even pay"
Lord of war
The main idea of the movie was another question: Who is the bad one - the one who produces and exports guns or the one who pulls a trigger..
Knowing that people use guns if they have them gives responsibility to the producers..there is no doubt. But my bigger concern is about all those who are able to look at a human being and fire.
The main reason of wars, in my opinion, is possesion. We want to posses so much that we do not care life. That´s sad. Mostly because of the fact that there is enough of everything for everybody and because of the fact that we actually do not need that much as we think we do.
The EGTYF (currant ACTIVE) congress in 2004 decided to have in our policy programme denial of any toy guns. Weird even for some delegates. Yes I agree that it sounds radical but the question is: Why? Why should children play with guns? Why should they picture in their fantasy that they are killing and hurting?
This congress decision makes me being proud of ACTIVE.
Good bye hug!
Right now I´m missing...
Chocodesert
ACTIVE board
I like them a lot.
Devotion
A friend of mine told me that it is great to see my devotion to the work I do (for ACTIVE). And that sentence made me think. Am I devoted to the work? I think I am devoted to myself =) Because everything I do for ACTIVE is like living my dream.
Hurraaa!
This day
And have I mentioned that this day has been great?
Meeting with the IOGT - International office and IOGT-NTO International Institute gave me lots of visions and strenght. It is so cool to work for something I really believe in.
I can not wait untill IOGT International AC meeting in the end of October. Soon. =) Then we gonna decide who and how and when and I already know why =) Because we can have better world, where people feel good, cooperate, learn from each other, grow together and where alcohol works just as an external desinfection.
Almost like a puzzle =)
Fredrik is missing, Inese is behind the camera..
This day
This week
"I am here to serve you..hmm"
And I guess also Active people have noticed that. They can ask whenever and for whatever. It´s my pleasure to help if I can. If we just look at yesterday. There were some problems with traveling for some members of the preparation team of Strasbourg seminar so I stayed in the office untill half past eight and just helped. No problem. Then at eleven in the night I got sms from another member of the team: "I need to know the address of EYC and the name of the closest tram stop". Aha..I told to myself. OK. It happened to me also that I had not checked all the travel details before I went somewhere and I needed immediate help. And I got it from Fredrik without any complaints. So I really can understand that this can happen and I ran to the internet to find out (since I do not know such things just like that) and answered sms. What I really missed at that moment was kind of understanding that I also have some free time, maybe I rest on friday night after working 11,5 hour? Hmm...Or maybe I just do not work 24/7..
This is not about asking for help. I know that Active office work is more or less 24/7 and I know that the information needed at that time was very important and I did not hesitate for half a second to do everything to be able to answer it. This is more about the way of asking for help which equaled an order. That hurt a bit...
High cows
Give peace a chance
I wish you happy peace =)
The world has started spinnin the other direction..
Can anybody explain me what is happening? Extreme right wing has got back to the slovak parliament, they are getting votes in Germany and they got into some regional parliaments in Sweden. What is happening? Are people tired of diversity and tolerance? Are some peaceful days enough and now we need some "excitement" again? What are we afraid of when we close the door for understanding and solidarity? Variety?
I really do not understand.
But one thing is clear. I just have more energy to work for world without borders where humans appreciate each other, care about each other and their surrounding...
And I am sure I am not the only one!!!
Check check CHECK!
Btw..it is VERY GOOD to keep all the receipts in order from the beginning. I was sleeping minimum time during the bus tour cause I was doin finances in the nights, but it was SO WORTH it!
And I still think the bus tour was GREAT =)
Msn meeting
My life with volunteers
I have mentioned some time ago that the new volunteers arrived to Sweden. As I expected it is lot of fun with them. Today I am bringing some parts of dialogue with Maja:
We all live in a house placed in the very centre of town. On Maja´s first day in Sweden we decided to go out for a walk. We left the house, reached the pedistrian zone in 30 seconds I guess I mentioned smth like "This is the main shopping street in the town and there not far away you can see our castle" Right after that Maja asked: "How far is the centre?" Kristina: "Hmm..two steps" ..Maik: "Or one jump"
Another story about Maja. We were biking from the office to the town to have some lunch. I was biking as the first one and when looked back I could see all the others but Maja. So I slowed down, Maja reached us, then we went on. When we reached the place, I asked Maja: "Where were u in the beginning?" Maja answered. "I was in the end"..Hihi..I think it was very funny =)