It's the end of the month - Again :)

Today is the last day of September and I wonder where time goes?
It feels like only 2 weeks since I left Iceland, saying goodbye to my parents ( again - it doesn't get easier the often you do it ).

Tomorrow is the first day of October, month that somehow I feel like I have never liked so much, it's a rainy month, gray and lifeless - somehow.
I know it's not true but when I think about this month, these feelings come up.

Somehow I look at this October differently.
I see joy, I see colors ( still a little grayish but colors nevertheless) and I see people, friends and AIESECers.
This October I'm going to Slovakia for the first time - YEAH. I will be going to a conference, EuroCo and meeting coworkers, friends and the leaders on local levels in Europe.
But I will also meet a dear friend - Janie - again after a long time.
Thats special and I can not wait to meet her. :)

In October I'm also going to Denmark. The main reason is to meet my best friends there, go to concert and do some work as well.

In the end of October I'm going to a conference here in Paris on the topic of CSR, something that I'm very interested in.

So October is not looking so lifeless anymore. I'm actually happy to embrace this month with open arms and gladly take on the moments he has to offer ( he - the month ;) )

And to share with you this joy, I want to give you the link to the last pictures of my travels to Brazil.
Enjoy as much as I did :)
http://www.picturetrail.com/misswenaer-2

- with love -

quick update :P

Have put the first part of the Brazil pictures online.

Please find them here:
http://www.picturetrail.com/misswenaer-1

- with love -

Valuable experiences

Antoher week has started here in Paris. Another week ful of adventures and joy, hard work and challenges.

I'm experiences more, I'm enjoying being in Paris and I love to be a turist in a city I'm living in, to explore and embrace the culture, the arcitechture, the passion of the people.
since last week I tried to become "French".
I decided, since I'm only here for limited amount of time, lets make the most out of it.
So I had my hair cut, I bought new shoes and I'm feeling more me! Free and happy, smiling more and being happy.

The weekend was packed with agenda...
Friday evening the girls in the MC and I were planning to go to this goodbye party of some Intern here in Paris.
So we got all dressed up and left. Unfortunatly no one showed up so we started our own little party.
The music did not encourage my dancing mood so I left a little earlier then the girls.

Saturday was a good day, I read my book and then I decided to go to Versailles to see the Palace where history was made in France.
The Palace is HUGE, and so amazingly beautiful.
I saw rooms where Louis XIII and XIV lived, where Queens had their babies in public so people could be sure that the baby was truely royalty.
One thing that was also very interesting in the Palace was a sculpture show that artist called Jeff Kunzt was displaying in all the most important rooms.
They were creative but in complete abstract to the environment they were in.
It was cool to see that people are willing to live a humourus lives.

After the Palace sightseeing It was the plan to go to another Party. So we dressed up again and went out, this time to actually find the people.
It was very nice, met old friends and gained new friends.

Sunday was a peaceful day.
I woke up ( sore in the feet after walking so much ) and I slowly got into the action of the day.
Cleaned the kitchen and cleaned my place where I sleep was satisfing and needed.
Then I went to a place in Paris called Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, "Basilica of the Sacred Heart" where I sat down in the church stairs and read my book, listened to live music and enjoyed the great weather that Paris had that day.
I fell in love with this place, it's peaceful yet so crowed.
So I am very happy today, after experiencing things in Paris that I enjoyed so much.

- with love -

Parisian experience

Tomorrow I have been in Paris for 2 weeks already. It just feels like 2 days.

I haven't been much around the city, I haven't been doing much outside AIESEC and I havent meet many people that are not AIESECers. Despite those facts, I'm having the time of my life here.
How can I not?
I'm living in Paris :)

This morning, on my way to the office, I started thinking about my perceptions of Paris.
- it's crowded city
- some places smell like Pee
- there are more homeless people here then I have seen in other cities
- it's so alive 24/7, people are everywhere
- so far it's only rained once ( and then it really rained )
- Random men talking to you on the street "Belle" "Bonjour" "Ca Va" etc.
- When it's sunny outside the city is so pretty
- People read all the time, I really enjoy that
- wine culture is big
- sitting at cafés all hours is generally accepted by the French people
- good coffee
- good bakary food
- beautiful language

So far this is what I'm thinking of Paris.
My first 2 weeks are just the way you would like your first 2 weeks in a new country to be like.
I'm ready for the next 2 weeks :)

- With Love -

open eyes - hard task

So it's sunday and I'm trying to hold on to the last energy drop that I have.
I'm still at the MC office in AIESEC France... this weekend has been hard work and challenging me in all the ways possible, so I'm sitting at my desk and think things through.

This weekend I have been, and still am, the chair of the LCP meeting of AIESEC France. It's so much fun, it's an new experience and I have been challenged in ways that I wasn't aware of and tackled it very well in my opinion.

I will share more about this amazing experience later. Just wanted to share that I'm doing good, I'm enjoying my stay here in Paris and I still miss people and places in Iceland, so I'm planning to go there during christmas :)

Au revoir
with love

I got Tagged!! ( Klukk )

OK, I was reading my friend, Maggie's, blog and I found out I have been tagged, like I want to call it in english - Klukk in icelandic :P

So I can not be a smaller person then others so I will hereby answer those things,

4 jobs:
- WENA External Relations Coordinator: working forAIESEC in Western Europe and North America to involve companies and the corporate world in the organization. Based in Paris. :)
- MCP of AIESEC in Iceland: President of AIESEC in Iceland, working on team management, finances, legal issues, and running the whole organization in Iceland. Loved it :)
- Back office in VBS Investment Bank: working with loans, savings, investments and money for other people
- Back office in Icebank: Stocks and Bonds invoicing, customer servicing and more.

4 Movies:
- The Rock: One of my alltime favorite movies
- 300: good violence and sexy guys
- Mamma mia: love the music
- Blade 1,2,3: Love Westley Snipes

4 places I have lived at:
- Selfoss ( 6-17 years old)
- Opio, south France ( 20 years Old )
- Blönduós ( 20 years old )
- Hafnarfjörður ( 21 - current )

4 TV shows:
- CSI
- Friends
- Numbers
- Monk

4 places for holidays: ( what holidays ;) )
- Brazil
- Iceland
- Greece
- Morocco

4 websites:
- myaiesec.net
- leikjanet.is
- google.com
- wikipedia.org

4 food things:
- Chicken
- Lamb in curry
- Ice Cream
- Pop corn

4 places I want to be RIGHT now
- with my family in Iceland
- lying on the beach in Rio, Brazil
- Learning french in Paris, France
- meeting my friends in Denmark

4 people to be tagged:
- Anna
- Vera Dögg
- Freyja
- Helga

Hope you enjoyed this :)
-with love-

Belonging to the place

I'm seeing it more and more how proud I am for being Icelandic.

Yesterday evening I went to the movies again, this time to see an Icelandic movie with French subtitles.
It was so cool to what the movie, understanding the words, knowing the sceenary, and seeing all those people attending an ICELANDIC movie.
I enjoyed it very much.

I have already seen Mýrin before ( Jar City in english ) and I like it very much.

Paris is growing on me.. I like the environment and the attitude of people. Everyone reads a lot, everyone dresses nicely and people try to support you as much as they can.
Yesterday after my movie, I took the metro home, listening to music and just watching the people.
I felt like a Parisian. I felt like I belonged there.
That is so cool experience.

So I hope this feeling of belonging will not disapear, fly away and leave me.
Because I like it here.
-with love-