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21 July 2011

The End; thus, a New Beginning.

Just as the speed of light so was my stay in Poland as an Erasmus student and intern. As days turned to weeks, so did weeks turned to months; and finally a start came to a finish. Moments in Katowice felt so good that the thoughts of it's end saddened me :(. This arose a question in me, Why do good things come to an end?


Katowice: The city of gardens.



Placki po węgiersku
Katowice, the aspiring city of gardens creates a brilliant platform with superb integration of education, fun, friends and community for the beautiful minds. My time in Katowice was terrific; from trying new things (ice skating, paint ball, go kart...), to eating new scrumptious food (placki po węgiersku, gołąbki, flaczki, żurek śląski, kiełbasa, fasolka po bretońsku...), to drinking new piwos and Wódkas (Tyskie, Lech, Żubr, Żubrówka Luksusowa...), to learning new things (polish language, blog writing...), and above all making new priceless friendship (Bulgarians, Colombians, Czech, French, Germans, Hungarian, Poles, Portuguese, Romanians, Spanish, Turkish...).


My internship at the international promotion office of the University of Economics in katowice was a rewarding moment; right from developing my communication skills, to event management, presentation skills got much more effective, creativity development, advertising exposure, making valuable career contacts and many more. To the international promotion team (Iza, Edyta, Kasia, Magda 1, Magda 2, Marek, co-interns and a host of others), I want to say a big THANK YOU for giving me an opportunity to work with you and also creating a comfortable environment. You guys are simply the best! ;)

Getting back to Finland seems pretty strange. I am finding it difficult to get back into the Finnish system for example; the language, I find myself speaking polish to people around me and in return I get a weird look. Another issue is food, I don't see myself eating the Finnish sausages any more, after I have tasted the best so far in Poland. For that reason, I had a stock of Polish kiełbasa (sausages) on my return to Finland. Nonetheless, it feels good to be back seeing old friends and those I can call my family. :)

I'm looking forward to the autumn semester at Savonia University of Applied Sciences Varkaus, which is the time to grab the BBA :). Now I can say; good things come to an end for better things to begin.
  

6 comments:

  1. Great blog men! Nice to hear all those words from you. Katowice still have to catch up a long way, but I'm glad that there are some things in here, that can satisfy a Finland guy.

    My regards!
    Kamil

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  2. ***Now that I'm back in Finland, I'll say; Kiitos paljon...Look that up with google translation. :)***

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  3. Dear Kayo,
    My name is Helle Kiilerich and I work for the language portal bab.la.
    Every year we organize the “Top 100 International Exchange and Experience Blogs” competition (also known as IX12). We are looking for the top 100 blogs about life abroad because we really enjoy bringing the exchange blogger community together. Last year we had 220 participants and close to 5.000 votes. You can see the last year results here:
    http://en.bab.la/news/top-100-international-exchange-experience-blogs-2011
    Your blog has been nominated and will enter the competition unless you tell us not to. The nomination period goes from January 16th to January 29th, 11:59 p.m. CET (German Time). Feel free to tell other bloggers about the competition or nominate another blog yourself. Voting starts on January 31st and goes till February 12th, 11:59 p.m. CET (German Time). Results will be published February 14th. The winners will be decided based on user votes.
    If you don’t want to be included in the nomination list, please let us know by sending an email to virginia@bab.la and we won´t contact you again. You can also contact us if you have any further questions about the competition.

    Kind regards,
    Helle Kiilerich
    On behalf of bab.la and the Lexiophiles language blog

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  4. Hello Olukayode

    Just a quick reminder about the “Top 100 International Exchange and Experience Blogs 2012” (IX12): The nomination phase ends this Sunday (January 29) at 11:59 p.m. German time. In case you want to nominate a fellow blogger/friend - just send me an email with the URL and I'll take care of the rest.

    The voting phase will start on January 31 and go until February 12. I will send you an email with all relevant information that day so you can spread it amongst your friends and promote your blog!

    If you have any further questions about the competition you can contact me by e-mail.


    Best,

    Virgínia
    on behalf of bab.la and the Lexiophiles language blog

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  5. IX12: Voting starts today!
    Dear Olukayode,

    We wanted to let you know that the voting phase for the IX12 (International eXchange and eXperience) blog competition starts today. Your blog is listed with its page title in the list (sorted from A to Z) here:
    http://www.lexiophiles.com/english/vote-for-your-favorite-ix12-blog

    Any user may vote once until February 12 when voting ends. The blogs will be ranked according to number of votes and the winner will be announced on February 14.

    In order to improve your chances of winning, we recommend you spread the word through your blog, to your users, family and friends so they can vote for your blog.
    We wish you good luck!

    Virgínia
    On behalf of bab.la and the Lexiophiles team

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  6. IX12 - Voting ends February 12

    Hello Olukayode!

    This is just a quick reminder that voting for IX12 (International Exchange & Experience Blog Competition) ends on February 12, 11:59 PM German time.

    We have received over 7,000 votes so far! There is still time to get your blog on top of the list - just keep promoting it amongst your readers.

    The top 100 blogs will be announced on February 14th.

    Wishing you good luck,

    Virgínia
    on behalf of bab.la and the Lexiophiles language blog

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