Riina kogemised

We had an LC Day last weekend when we discussed about what sort of projects are we going to have next year and so on. After 5 hours of hard work it was finally time to announce the new EB and I’m glad to say that working very close to me during the term of 2006/2007 are Siim as LCP, Siki as VP X and Vika as VP F. I’m really looking forward to it.

Besides all that, this pic is perfect to present you my newest skirt I got from Seppälä few weeks ago. I just love it ;)

Few photos from EB elections in Tartu. You can see all of them in my AIESEC LC Tallinn album.

And ofcourse, many thanks to our wonderful photographer Edgar for making these pictures and giving us such nice memories to remember through the pics ;)

Well, i guess i haven’t really wrote about it much yet, but for the sake of the future, i’ll do it now. But to be chronologically correct i’ll start in the beginning.

Oct 2005
I received this e-mail that AIESEC Tallinn is looking for new members. I had heard about it briefly in the past, mainly that students can go on a traineeship through them quite cheaply. So i contacted them, found out that i could become part of it and looked for some extra information. Didn’t go to any information events as they didn’t fit into my plans. Did consult with my bro and T and some others about @ and whether it’s something for me, they all advised me to make sure what i want and how much of my time i’m willing to give to @ and so on. I decided, i’d see what’s happening next months and then make my final decision.

Nov 2005 – Dec 2005
There were some communication problems, information didn’t get to me fast enough, missed some meetings and trainings and such, wasn’t quite sure, what’s happening in general, etc. Did attend to Christmas party, it was nice, but i guess i just wasn’t ready for it then.

Jan – Feb 2006
Nothing much happened, missed the chance to go to the Annual Conference, and also missed some other events. @ Tallinn lost its HR and things seemed to go downhill. Lost contact with a special friend of mine and that with losing HR made me quite pessimistic about my future in @. I didn’t know what were my possibilities, it was hard to understand why certain things were done certain way and so on and so on. Also went to some nice things- teambuilding evening listening to some student jazz and also Vastlapäev where some of our trainees were present as well.

March 2006
Began quite not so well. Some difficulties understanding why Synergy 2006 stuff was as it was. The highest peak in being pessimistic and almost ready to give up @ was right before the conference. But i had already payed the fee, so i went there. I was there from the very beginning until the very end and by saying i was there, i don’t mean just being physically there – i was really THERE! Amazing people, interesting sessions, such a great team, finding out who i would work with in @ Tallinn are just amazing. Great parties, both evenings and the best thing – no hangover, none so ever. There were minor setbacks, but all in all, it was just absolutely great! So that’s where i found my motivation :)
Later in March i took up being mentorship coordinator, found myself a mentor and things began to go uphill, really slowly, but up! I also found new challenges, possibilities and thought long and hard where to go and what to do next. So i applied! Applied to executive board position!

April 2006
Application deadline – i almost cried out loud cause i didn’t manage to answer almost 2 questions because i knew nothing of them and there was nowhere to ask for help as it was too late. But there was someone special who stood by me (and laughed at me :D) while filling out the last bits in that way-too-long application, so i had enough motivation to keep me going. Ahh, and then the elections – already the date was perfect – 13th :D fortunately not Friday. I was quite unhappy that we had to go to Tartu for it and pay a lot just for the party, but all in all, it was nice to hear all the presidents speak about their vision and so on.
I wasn’t that nervous about the speech, but as i had some trouble writing it, i wasn’t so sure of myself. Also the question and answer round – i felt certain, i answered all the questions wrong :D But i got my confidence vote and it was great to know of the support of our team.
Interviews next week, yet another tough task. It was my duty to show my interest and willingness to contribute. It all came down to simple things – how am i going to manage being in this team and how much do i know why am i doing this.

Few more days of grillin’ and chillin’ and more thinking and the result of all this?

I am the Vice President of People Development for the term 2006/2007 in AIESEC LC Tallinn!!!!!!!

Väike vahekokkuvõte kogunenud tsitaatidest, mis mulle ühel või teisel hetkel muljet on avaldanud ja olgu siinkohal veel lisatud, et enamus neist on mulle muljet avaldanud sõltumata sellest, kes ja mis põhjusel seda öelnud on. Ajaloo huvides panen ma siiski siia ka autorid kirja.

“If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon.”
– George Aiken

“You’ve achieved success in your field when you don’t know whether what you’re doing is work or play.”
– Warren Beatty

“It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.”
– Peter Ustinov

“A psychiatrist is a fellow who asks you a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.”
– Joey Adams

“It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.”
– Samuel Butler

“Don’t try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.”
– Philip K. Dick

“Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.”
– Edgar Bergen

“When you’re through changing, you’re through.”
– Bruce Barton

“How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.”
– Benjamin Disraeli

“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
– Bertrand Russell

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.”
– Kurt Vonnegut

“It is always the best policy to speak the truth–unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.”
– Jerome K. Jerome

“Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.”
– Plato

“Confusion is always the most honest response.”
– Marty Indic

“People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.”
– Frederick Douglass
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Hea doonor,

Igal aastal aitab doonorite veri päästa tuhandete Eesti inimeste elu. Täname, et oled selles kaasa aidanud ja loodame, et Sa ei keeldu abist ka edaspidi.

Võib-olla oled juba kuulnud Põhja-Eesti Verekeskuse liitumisest Põhja-Eesti Regionaalhaiglaga. Seoses sellega jagame siinkohal Sinuga, meie tähtsaima koostööpartneriga, oma tulevikuplaane.

Verekeskuse liitumine regionaalhaiglaga toimub arvatavasti 2006. a suvel ning haigla koosseisus jätkame oma tegevust iseseisva üksusena. Sellega muutub küll verekeskuse juriidiline staatus, kuid mitte meie eesmärgid, ülesanded ja koostöö doonoritega.

Sinu kui doonori jaoks ei muutu esialgu midagi. Doonorite vastuvõtt jätkub Ädala tänava majas veel järgnevad 3-4 aastat. Peale regionaalhaigla Mustamäe korpuse renoveerimist valmivad seal uued ruumid ka Verekeskusele, mis on oma parema ligipääsetavuse tõttu paljudele doonoritele mugavam asukoht.

Doonoripäevade ja väljasõitude korraldamine jätkub nii Tallinnas kui ka mujal Eestis nagu varem.

Hetkel on Põhja-Eesti Verekeskus nelja Eesti verekeskuse seas ainus haiglast eraldiseisev verekeskus. Liitumine regionaalhaiglaga on seega üheks etapiks meie edasises arengus ning tagab meile nii vajaliku stabiilsuse.

Samas ei tähenda seotus ühe haiglaga selle patsientide eelistamist või doonorivere muutumist kaubaks. Peale liitumist jätkame Põhja-, Kesk- ja Lääne-Eesti piirkonna haiglate varustamist kvaliteetsete ja ohutute verepreparaatidega. Praegu saab Põhja-Eesti Verekeskusest verepreparaate 14 haiglat ning tulevikus võib nende arv veelgi kasvada.

Sinu abiga päästame patsientide elusid ja tänu Sulle saavad abivajajad vereülekande õigeaegselt. Iga veredoos on haige inimese jaoks endiselt ülioluline, sõltumata sellest, millises haiglas ta ravil viibib või kelle nime all verepreparaat valmistatakse. Doonorlus on ja jääb äärmiselt vajalikuks ja tänuväärseks tegevuseks.

Hea meelega vastame Sinu täiendavatele küsimustele ning loodame peatsele kohtumisele!

Parimate soovidega,
Põhja-Eesti Verekeskus

Täiendavat informatsiooni liitumise kohta leiad meie kodulehelt . Sinu küsimused on oodatud aadressile marina.talisainen@verekeskus.ee või telefonil 697 7022.

Tallinna tudengipäevad on läbi, rahvusvaheline nädal on läbi, AIESEC Tallinna lokaali uue juhatuse valimised on läbi ja ainus mis mulle praegu hetkel kõike seda meenutab on see pilt klubist Parlament, kus ma täiega rokkimas käisin :D

Vasakul on Merit, meie programmijuht ja paremal Raili, miss University 2006 :D

tulin just väljast, täiega sadas vihma :D Käisin seepärast, et O arvas, et ta kl 20ks ei pruugi koju jõuda ja minul on vaja mingi hetk IW välkadega söömas olla Sõpruse Rimi vastas asuvas Taipanis. Õhtul on tudengipäevade lõpetamise pidu ka, aga sellise halli ja masendava ilmaga pole mul küll mitte mingit peotuju. Hommikul ju täitsa päike paistis alles, kuhu ta küll nüüd jäänud on?

Mõtlesin, et peaks oma uue kevadjopi/mantli ka vist mingi veekindla asjaga üle tegema, praegu on nii, et natuke tibutab ja ma olen peaaegu kampsunini märg, no kus see siis kõlbab, ah?

a mis siis veel? eelmine nädal käisin Tartus, AIESECi lokaalide uue juhatuse valimised olid, nii Tallinnal, Tartul kui Pärnul. Tulemused olid igati positiivsed, presidendid valiti otse ära, asepresidendid (mille kohale mina kandideerisin) said ainult usaldushääletuse osaliseks. Saaga jätkus siis sellega, et eile oli mul intervjuu eelmise juhatuse ja uue presidendiga. Täna-homme on ka teistel kandideerijatel intervjuud ära ja laupäevaks on siis tulemus teada. Endale tulevikus naerusuiselt meenutamiseks sellised asjad, et mul paluti intervjuu alguses ilma mõtlemata reageerida mingitele sõnadele ja sõnaga “mentor” assotseerus mul seekord üks noormees, kes seda tegelikult ametlikullt mitte ei ole :D a see selleks, sellel pole täna enam tähtsust.

No ja natuke sellega tegutseda, natuke teisega tegutseda ja ongi tegelikult juba päris huvitav.

Kui see ilm ainult nii hall ei oleks…

Hello everyone!

I am Riina and I’m applying for LC VP position in LC Tallinn for the next term. As I was having my first thoughts about this speech, I wanted to start it with „People is my passion” as I would like to be the next VP PD. But as I’ve heard, it’s been quite popular in the past so I will leave it :) I recently heard a saying by Henry Ford, „Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success” – I am just in the beginning, trying to find my place to stay and then eventually work together towards a great success. But how to achieve it all? I think the answer to it lies in simple things.

First of all, what is AIESEC for me? I have been in AIESEC since October 2005 and this time has been great, the recent part of it anyways. I see AIESEC as an opportunity for so many young people to find what they are and what they would like to achieve in life. I feel that I am ready to help others go through the same path as I’ve had to and this leadership position is one way to make it happen. When I first joined AIESEC, I was quite firm about how much time I am willing to give. I said 2-3 hours per week is absolute maximum I am willing to contribute and in 1,5 years I would just go to a traineeship and that’s it for me. But as I became more familiar with the purpose and mission and vision of AIESEC, I asked myself – am I doing enough? The answer was clearly NO!

As time went by, I had the chance to see the work of the whole LC Tallinn througout half a year. I saw that there were many things that could be done differently or better and also things that were really great. For example at the beginning of my journey in AIESEC I didn’t know what to expect, I didn’t know what my chances were and I had hard time finding out what I would like to do and what could become my passion. I’ve learned from the past that if and when I find something to be passionate about, I will go all the way to make it happen. I believe I have found it :) Therefore it should be made clear right at the beginning, what the reasons should or could be to stay together and finally work together. If things are left unclear and unsaid, working towards a success becomes harder and makes us weaker in general. So it really is just a matter of making things easier instead of more difficult and then we would be able to get better results.

It was also hard to understand what was the role of EB and team leaders as they seemed to have their own issues and be busy with this and that all the time. That’s why it seems to me so important to find ways for better (inside?) communication between members in Tallinn, between Tallinn and Tartu, and of course, between LC and MC. It’s also very important in my view, to be able to deliver the message in Estonian so that as many people would understand us as possible. Reaching out to each and every one of you. It seems to be such a small thing that would go a long way.

So, I think it’s fair to say that what we need in the years to come in AIESEC Tallinn (to become stronger), are really simple things – people who do what they like and are willing to give their best, showing our members what they can achieve, by giving them great example – we, ourselves; help them on their way and working together for stronger and more sustainable local through all the AIESEC experiences. “To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” has Anatole France said and that’s exactly what I am going to do by following my dream to become the next VP PD.

Thank you!

eile käisin ja täna käisin ka :P Täna oli vähemalt poole mõnusam, kui paljud faktorid arvestamata jätta :)

Täpsemalt metsas kõndimas siis… ma juba ootan ja ootan, et seal roheliseks hakkaks minema, siis on seal veeeeeeel tuhat korda ilusam :)

Hetkel on aga plaan siis selline, et tegutseda jooksukooli algajate plaani järgi, mis soovitab mul kõigepealt 2 nädalat järjest 2 korda nädalas 15-45 minutit maksimaalselt 135-se pulsiga ja kord nädalas 30-60 minutit sama südamelöögisagedusega treenida. Alates 3. nädalast tuleb üks treeningupäev nädalas juurde, 15-45 min, muu jääb samaks. Alates 4. nädalast tuleb juurde veel üks lühike treening, kuni 30 minutit, südamelöögisagedus maksimaalselt jällegi 135.

Minul on käsil esimene nädal, eile käisin õhtul umbes 50 minutit kõndimas (kuna mu pulss ei luba lihtsalt sörkida veel) ja täna u 40 minutit. Eile oli keskmine pulss 135 (napikas, eh), täna oli keskmine juba mõistlikum – 128 lööki minutis.

Sel nädalal üks kord veel ja ongi plaan täidetud – jepii ;)

so, there, i’ve done it, i’ve officially applied for the People Development Vice President in the executive board of AIESEC Tallinn… and i feel quite weird… but it could also be from not having any dinner :D