PhilippinesAIESEC In thE

VOLUME II: ISSUE I (MAY-AUGUST 2010)

TABLE OF CONTENTSMessage from the MCP........................................4

Recruitment Updates............................................6

Activities and Events

AIESEC UA&P Joins Havaianas

Playback.............................................................................8

GIOS: Realizing Exchange.........................9

Think Tank: A Marketing and

Planning Boot Camp........................................10

Find the Missing Piece in

AIESEC...........................................................................................11

DEVCON 2010: Working Our

Way to The Future..............................................11

Members and Alumni.................................................12

Exchange Information..........................................14

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P NAMASTE from India!By Denise Adeva

I officially welcome you to the first electronic newsletter of AIESEC in the Philippines. This newsletter is one of the many ways that we want you, our stakehold-ers, to be informed of what is happening in the organization. You will re-ceive information on the recent partners, recent events and the prog-ress of the different ini-tiatives locally, nation-ally and internationally. More importantly, this newsletter also features AIESECers and key play-ers in the organization

There are three things that I would like to dis-cuss with you in our first edition. These are the following: Recruitment, IC 2010/AIESEC 2015, and Thoughts from Me.

RECRUITMENT

Armed with creativ-ity and innovation, our member schools were able to gather more

than 2000 sign-ups na-tionwide. This only goes to show how much we have improved in terms of getting students in-formed and engaged with this one of a kind organization. In behalf of the National Commit-tee, I would like to con-gratulate all the schools for having a successful recruitment and selec-tion. We now have a bigger responsibility at hand in making sure that we deliver on what we promised by selecting and inducting potential members in this organi-zation in the hope of cre-ating future leaders that our society needs today.

IC 2010/AIESEC 2015

We are very fortunate to be part of the gen-eration that gets to ful-fill the 2010 vision and the generation that gets to determine the fu-ture of this organization through our midterm vi-sion, AIESEC 2015. Sev-TH

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en delegates from the Philippines had a privilege to contrib-ute to the formation of this vision. Along with 600 other del-egates, stories and experiences were the main drivers that determine the vision for AIESEC in five years. And final-ly, after all the stories from the global network, AIESEC’s global plenary was able to create a vi-sion that reflects the voices of its members. Hopefully, we get to see the realization of this vi-sion and that the future generation will continue to break records and reach greater heights.

THOUGHTS FROM ME

The first session during IC was entitled, The Change the World Needs. And in this session, one question struck me the most, that is, what is humanity calling us for?

There has been a lot of discussion on how we, as the youth and as an or-ganization, can answer to the call of humanity. What are the changes that our society needs and how do we respond to these changes. As

AIESECers, we have a better understand-ing of how the world is thus we have a bigger responsibility to make a difference, to improve our lives and most es-pecially those who are around us. Our roles and responsibilities do not end in every realization, in every signed partner, it is only the beginning of something greater than what we are expe-riencing now. I hope that AIESEC has prepared us enough that every time humanity calls, we re-spond with the right atti-tude and mindset. At the end of the day, it is not just about the numbers, it is about the lives that we change, the boundar-ies that we break and the hope for a better future.

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Ateneo de Manila University & De La Salle LipaSpEEdy SElECTIONS AT AIESEC ATENEO dE MANIlA AIESEC Ateneo de Manila made history this year as it utilized a new recruitment process for school year 2010-2011. This year, the Talent Manage-ment department and the Ex-ecutive Board were able to select their members just three weeks after recruitment!

This new process proved that re-cruitment and selection should be tailor-fit to meet each unique LC’s reality. With more than 400 applicants, the officers decided to give them Pep Talks, which are mini seminars designed to give Newies a better understanding of AIESEC and screen them ear-ly on. Newies who found to be in AIESEC for the wrong reasons were immediately filtered out. Those who remained were given immersion tasks that would pro-vide them with avenues to im-merse themselves in the AIESEC environment so they can find out if AIESEC is indeed the organiza-tion for them. Lastly, MSI’s were conducted last July 19-23 with the 160 qualified applicants. Deliberation was difficult, but on July 26, 82 new members were welcomed into AIESEC. AIESEC AdMU rewarded these worthy individuals with an awesome A-CAMP! Congratulations to all new members for Gen10 2010!

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RECRUITMENT

In DLSL, we have our froshies orientation annually. It is also the recruitment day of different organizations in school which put up their respective booths. AIESEC DLSL participates in this event regularly. With the post-ings, tarpaulins, and other ma-terials the LC prepared for the recruitment, we were able to promote and introduce AIESEC to the students. The members of the DLSL LC were equipped with proper knowledge, skills, and at-titude to prepare for this event.

AIESEC dlSl EXpERIENCE by Franchesca Maglalang

I am a new member of LC, and I would like to share the unforget-table experience AIESEC has giv-en me. One fact that a member should remember in dealing with this kind of organization is that “it’s the intelligence that matters.”

This organization can help en-hance us when it comes to lead-ership and communication with professionals. It is not too early for us to be equipped with these skills. Learning how to GIVE and TAKE is the real rhythm here. You are almost tired of count-ing the times you had rendered just to be active in every AIESEC event, counting the countless money you spent, etc. YET… you cannot measure the things you could learn through the AIESEC

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AIESEC ADMUCalendar of Events

A-CampAIESEC Ateneo de Manila’s introductory boot camp was held in Villa Anita Resort, Lipa, Ba-tangas last July 31 – August 1, 2010 with the theme ‘Global Transformation’. Participants learned more about AIESEC, team-building, and commitment as they went through obstacle courses, enjoyed the lush greenery, and bonded with their fellow budding leaders, coming away with the seed of AIESEC spirit, and memories for years to come.

HIVE The HIVE project was created to raise aware-ness concerning HIV and AIDS. AIESEC Ateneo de Manila University is working together with Standard Chartered Bank to reach as many people as possible in and around Metro Manila to assure that knowledge about HIV is spread.You want to participate? Just get in contact with us - our educational talks are FOR FREE and we are happy to come to your company, NGO, community etc. to give you more insight into this topic.Visit us at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=142971749069460 or search HIVE in Facebook.

National Presidents MeetingComing this October 21-24! The National Presi-dent’s Meeting is something to watch out for. It will be held in the Riverview Resort & Confer-ence Center in Calamba, Laguna. AIESEC AdMU has invited members to be part of this natio-wide event. Fly. Dream. Lead. Be in control. Take Flight.

AIESEC WeekOne Week of concentrated AIESEC spirit! This project is for early February.

experience. In fact, it is a long-term process that is worth the waiting, partici-pating, and bonding with the AIESEC family. Ate Denise, the President of AIESEC in the Philippines, keeps reit-erating the award of join-ing this organization: “This is for your glory, for honor, and pride!” A very well-said quotation from her. I re-ally adore the AIESECers. They are the people that I’ve met who taught me that NO QUESTION CAN NOT BE ANSWERED.

CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF SUMMER (Upd RE-CRUITMENT) by Marielle Baun

Who said summer can’t get any hotter?AIESEC’s booth was undeniably an eye-catch-er last June 15- 18 and 22-25 in the Recruit-ment and Reaffirmation week which transpired at the CBA Building and AS Walk, respectively.

With its official poster shout out, “Take the AIESEC Plunge!” AIESEC was well- branded as an organization with a global environment, lead-ership opportunities, cool members, and more. The poster definitely conjured a summery feel to the ambience of the booth. Add the floaters, travel suitcases, and tie-dyed beach shawls, and voila! Summer was just a tambay away.

To spice it up, the members who manned the booth proudly flaunted their sunglasses and summer hats as they presented AIESEC to UP students. This resulted to a lot of membership reaffirmations and an amazingly high application sign ups—more than a hundred applicants in a week! Now that’s hot!

Interested UP students can easily sign up by filling out the application form with 1’x1’ photo and by paying an application fee of eighty pesos. The rest is part of the LC’s fun- filled and challenging application process.

its second week of recruitment, AIESEC got an even greater number of applicants, total-ling two hundred and three applicants. All in all, there were more than three hundred ap-plicants, prospective AIESECers who will surely be proud to carry on the AIESEC experience.

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AIESEC UA&P joins Havaianas Playback

By Grayson Gil YañezInternational conferenc-es, leadership seminars, and Pinoy street games competition? Yes, you read that right! AIESE-Cers are not always up for some serious busi-ness all the time, we also have fun! In fact, AIESEC University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P), being one of the more acknowl-edged organizations in the school, was personally in-vited by Havaianas Philip-pines to participate in the Havaianas Playback event last August 14, 2010 at the P3 Void, Power-plant Mall, Makati City.

Student members of 12 organizations from 5 of the distinguished univer-sities, namely Ateneo De Manila University, De La Salle University, Univer-sity of the Philippines, Uni-versity of Sto. Tomas, and University of Asia and the Pacific, took traditional Pinoy street games to a

whole new level --- college, that is --- as they battled out in exciting rounds of Patintero, Piko, Chinese garter, Lakad-Bunot, Sipa, and Tumbang Preso.

AIESEC UA&P’s team members were Angelica Pascual, Local Commit-tee President; Clarisse Bartolome, Vice Presi-dent for Outgoing Ex-change (OGX); Grayson Yañez, Vice President for Finance; Daric Malicse, Director for OGX; Miguel Almendral, Director for OGX; Cholo Isungga; Mi-kee Tanqueco; and AIESEC Philippines Member Com-mittee President herself, Denise Adeva. It was a bright and sunny day but the heat didn’t stop these AIESECers from enjoy-ing the games and com-peting hard against the opponents. And without surprise, AIESEC UA&P scored highest during the elimination round in their

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GIOS: Realizing ExchangeBy Larissa Maranan

The Global Internship Program is the core project of the Outgoing Exchange, which aims to recruit students and recent grad-uates of tertiary education aged 18-30, and send them abroad for an internship for 6 weeks to 72 weeks (2 months to 1 year and 6 months) starting October.

Last July 3, 2010, around 30 interested applicants and members alike of AIESEC UPD gathered at BA 303 to attend the Global Internship Orientation Seminar host-ed by former Exchange Participant Trevor Chan and applicant Christinne Cuyugan.

Among the discussed topics were as follows: What is AIESEC, What is Ex-change, How to apply for the Global In-ternship Program, and Fly Now Pay Later.

Returning EPs Steven Hotchkiss and Monica Narisma shared their intern-ship experiences when they were in Russia and Malaysia respectively.

Towards the end, there was an open forum wherein interested applicants asked things about living abroad, trav-el expenses, available internships, etc.

Available internships for this cycle are Devel-opment (NGOs and CSR projects), Technical (engineering), Educational (teaching), and Management (business, corporate accounts).

designated bracket bringing the team to the semi-finals round and closer to the whooping cash prizes and exciting Havaianas freebies!

AIESEC UA&P fin-ished as semi-finalists at the end of the competition. But the fun didn’t stop there! Angelica Pascual and Grayson Yañez were both called out during the awarding ceremonies as they bagged the “Cheerleader Award” for the whole event. Now that’s one proof how teamwork and fun are present in AIESEC! AIESEC UA&P may not have bested out the other teams and win but how they strategized, enjoyed the games, and fair-ly played hold true that AIESECers are indeed smart, savvy, strong, and fast!

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Think Tank: A Marketing and Planning Boot Camp

By Regine A. LitaLast July 03, 2010, Satur-day, the External Relations Department and Commu-nications Department of UPD spearheaded a learn-ing activity at the College of Business Administration, UP Diliman, which consist-ed of three parts: (1) Mar-keting and Brand Manage-ment: The Fundamentals (2) AIESEC UPD Realities: The Signs and Signals (3) AIESEC UPD Case Study: Heeding the Call—all of which are geared towards the improve-ment of the organization.

The activity started at 2:00PM and the first part of the event was a talk giv-en by an alumna of CBA and AIESEC, Ms. Melissa Ramos. Her talk was enti-tled Think Tank: The Game Plan, which consists main-ly of 2 topics: 1) Marketing Strategy and the 2) Brand DNA. She divided those into subtopics, namely, Marketing, Key Processes of Marketing, Missions of Marketing, and Miscon-ceptions about Market-ing, Strategic Business Plan, Marketing Strategy, Brand Construction, 6 Need Segments, Personal Values and Brand Gap.

The second part of the event was a recap of The

AIESEC Way, The AIESEC Experience, both of which are attached in the Brand XP Toolkit provided prior the event proper. Michelle Molas, together with Au-drey Elumba, the Commu-nications and ER Depart-ment Heads respectively, gave the talk. They also ex-plored the current views and status of the stu-dents’ view about AIESEC and compared it to the original vision, mission and platform of AIESEC. There was somehow a slight deviation from the supposed “opinion” about what AIESEC does and what the students’ think what AIESEC does.

The third and last part of the event was the hands-on learning activity about brand management espe-cially with AIESEC. It was also used as an avenue for AIESECers to think of ways on how to solve current issues of the LC in pursuit of the better-ment of the organization.

AIESECers who participat-ed did not only gain deeper knowledge on the organi-zation but were also given the chance to leave a leg-acy, an effort, to lead the LC towards advancement.

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Set in the ambient restaurant of Marciano’s Greenbelt 3, AIESEC UP Diliman held its second Mar-keting Bash – the international youth organization’s most innova-tive attempt yet to present itself as a company, to other companies. A cocktail event hosted by the organi-zation, this event attempts to bring together fifteen to twenty potential partner companies in an effort to expand its network in seeking out meaningful partnerships that would make a positive impact on society.

Making a mark in AIESEC Phil-ippines’ history, the first Mar-keting Bash was pioneered last year with company representatives gracing the event from Unilever, Ayala, Globe and Microsoft, to name a few; alumni from Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Stan-dard Chartered Bank, and many more.

The promise of AIESEC UPD as a household name in the corporate are-na is taking its first step into the future. Owning a fusion of expectant compa-nies, hopeful AIESEC members, and proud alumni, the Marketing Bash shows what good food, and good com-pany, both old and new, can achieve.

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AIESEC is the world’s largest youth-run or-ganization. It is most known for its Global Exchange Program, and projects and ac-tivities that build global-minded youth lead-ers that become global citizens, in creat-ing a positive impact on society. For more information visit http://aiesecupd.org

DEVCON 2010:By Louella S. Macatangay

A summer well spent. This is the simplest statement that can explain my Development Confer-ence (DEVCON) 2010 experi-ence. May 21-24 was composed of four days of reflecting, work-ing together, and meeting AIESE-Cers from different Local Com-mittees. For this year, the theme was “Dalan Sa Kaugmaon: Work-ing Our Way To The Future”.

DEVCON 2010 is the first AIESEC national conference that I had attended. I’d heard a lot of good things about attending na-tional conferences—stories on how a conference might inspire you to be more active, and devot-ed to the organization. DEVCON 2010 has just proven to me that there’s such a possibility.

What I liked most in DEVCON was that aside from learning and planning for AIESEC, I’d also discovered something about myself, the reality of the world around me, and the ability to see myself growing because of AIESEC. The top activities/ ses-sions that I’d truly appreciated during the conference were The Compass, Day 2 Sessions with our speaker from Junior Cham-ber International: Leadership Training, Project Management Training, A World without Project

Management, and the GEN 10 TOP 10 Commitment Sharing.

The Compass was basically dis-cussing the realities of AIESEC. It is looking in our international platform and comparing it to where we stand nationally. It had a very realistic approach on how we should view the organization.

The Day 2 Sessions about Lead-ership and Project Manage-ment were really interesting. We took an exercise that can help us to determine what kind of a leader we are. It keeps me aware and even challenges me about the way I approach team-work. In AIESEC, I learned to trust myself to become a leader.

Last but not the least, is the Commitment Sharing. We were asked to think of three things that we can commit for AIESEC. The activity made me realize how much I am willing to give for the organization. I think hearing the commit-ments of other delegates re-flected how passionate we are in AIESEC. While listening, I got this feeling of unselfishness.

Being in Davao was just a bonus, my first national conference just made me love AIESEC even more.

Working Our Way To The Future

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Ernesto M. Ordonez

Being the pioneer and founder of AIESEC Ateneo, Ernie Or-donez is truly an inspiration not only to AIESEC members, but also for the youth in general.

Ernie Ordonez is a graduate of the Ateneo de Manila University batch ’69. During his college years, he was no regular stu-dent as he excelled – and certain-ly lived up to the Ateneo principle of excel lence or magis - in n u m e r o u s different as-pects. Two of his most noteworthy a c h i e v e -ments were establishing the Ateneo de Manila Un i vers i t y local com-mittee for AIESEC and b e c o m i n g president of the student council, cur-rently known as the Sang-gunian. It is thanks to his persever-ance and direction that AIESEC Ateneo was born, and students from Ateneo are able to experi-ence true leadership opportuni-ties here and around the globe.

After finishing his undergradu-ate studies in Ateneo, he went abroad to attain two Master de-grees from both Yale and New York Universities and a Ph.D. in

Business Administration, also from NYU. Subsequently, Ernie has experienced different oc-cupations and acquired several titles. He was one-time Cabinet Secretary for presidential flag-ship programs; Undersecretary for the Department of Trade and Industry; and Undersecretary for the Department of Agricul-

ture. Aside from these, he is also president of the Cement Association of the Philip-pines, and an officer of the Rikki J and Friends Foundation Inc. (RJFFI) and received the 1987 TOYM award for man-a g e m e n t s t r a t e g y .

Despite the fact that Ernie is tre-mendously busy with all of his occu-pations, he is still makes

time to help out with AIESEC. He offers his services, expertise and knowledge and continues to serve as a true AIESECer. He nev-er forgot about the organization he first established, and his leg-acy certainly went a long way in changing people’s lives. Beyond doubt, Ernie Ordonez is a man to look up to, and he brings inspira-tion to all the youth in the country.

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Members of the Month

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Rax Lambino(Communications)

Joshua Ahyong(External Relations)

Marge Bumagat(ICX)

Tin Racoma(OGX)

Lei dela Cruz(TM)

Arthur Operania(Finance)

Izzy Trinidad(Projects)

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Tales from a Malaysian EP

It all started when Judd was informally in-viting people in the tambayan to attend a conference in Malaysia that he was sup-posedly organizing. I, thinking that attend-ing the conference and participating in the said competition would be a great way to go abroad and take summer classes at the same time, asked for more details and researched about it. Upon seeing that the delegates’ fee and airfare were quite cheap, I was so pumped up that I asked for the go signal from my parents as soon as they arrived home. Little did I know that the 3 days I asked for to go to Malaysia would eventually lead to 7 weeks in the most beautiful island in the country.

After a week or 2 of contemplating how my trip would be like and plotting my summer classes, I found myself bored at home one day. And just like any typical youthful, ener-getic and bored AIESECer, I quietly went into my room, locked the door, switched on my computer, turned on my browser and logged-into myaiesec.net. As soon as it loaded, I started looking around for available TNs for fun. Lo’ and behold, this was the worst decision I’ve ever made.

Upon seeing the hundreds of internship op-portunities available, I panicked. I thought that no rational person would take sum-mer classes in exchange of an internship abroad. For the next few days, I consis-tently deliberated and sent out e-mails to TN managers asking if I could get more information. Eventually, after I found a per-fect internship, I ruthlessly pursued it and gave up my plans to take summer classes.

After almost a month of e-mailing and clar-ifying the terms of my internship, I eventu-ally settled with working for the Standard Chartered Bank – AIESEC Malaysia HIV/AIDS Learning Network Program in Pen-ang, Malaysia. As any person would, I looked up the program online and only got gen-eral descriptions of my actual job. In other words, when the TN form mentioned that I was going to conduct workshops on HIV/AIDS, my initial impression was that I was going to tour around secondary schools giving condom demonstration and as I soon found out, first impressions do last.

No sooner than I expected, I found myself

welcomed by the local AIESECers, Nicho-las and Zheng Yang in particular, from my host LC in Universiti Sains Malaysia. After a bit of chit-chat, I was then dropped off the AIESEC house (yes, the LC has a house) and met Sophie, an outgoing intern for the project and Alice whom I worked with for the duration of my DT. Incidentally, be-ing an AIESEC house, I eventually met the other AIESECers who lived there as well.

Upon settling down, I went around and much to my horror, I discovered that there was no air condition, the bath-room was unkempt and the bed was quite uncomfortable. However, it must be noted that I went on the DT not really expecting the most outrageous and lav-ish accommodations but of course, the fact that I grew up with maids my whole life made me realize that I was in for a “treat”. Then again, being someone who likes to wing things, I had only one thing to say; in the words of Marlon, “BRING IT!”

A typical day for me would go something like this: wake up, go to the office, make calls, send e-mails, go home. Sounds tir-ing right? Well, for the most part, it does get frustrating especially when people on the other end of the line don’t really speak English. However, what makes everything fun in spite of all these is the high that I get whenever a school agrees to my propos-al. Immediately, I start preparing all of my slides, the condoms and of course the dildo.

Then, upon reaching a school, the first thing that I would do is to make sure that my presentation is appropriate for the students. Often, meeting with the prin-cipal is the most stressful part of any presentation day because impromptu adjustments have to be made for the whole presentation. However, in spite of the stress, what makes me fulfilled after every workshop is seeing all of the kids asking questions, being interested in HIV prevention and of course, want-ing to try and put a condom on the dildo.

Now, don’t be fooled. On the surface my internship seems quite straightforward. However, it was never smooth sailing due to our measurable. Each intern is expected to educate at least 280 students. In real-

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ity, this goal is really easy to reach. However, being on an internship and wanting to be hard on myself, I found the goal too easy and set a personal goal of 2000 students. As the weeks went by, I was really confident that I would reach my target. Sadly though, fewer stu-dents than what the schools prom-ise would show up and I ended up with 1500 students for my intern-ship. It was not bad if you ask me. However, more than the numbers, what I appreciated about my DT is the fact that it moulded me to be-come even more results-oriented and in summary, this is what my in-ternship in Malaysia was all about: self-development and growth.

Take note that what you’ve been reading has been about my job and not my life as a pseudo-Malaysian. To be honest, this article’s original draft was 10 pages long. I could go on rambling about my 14-hour train ride to Singapore, how I walked around Singapore for 2 hours after midnight because I thought I could wing finding a hostel, how I travelled all over Penang alone only armed with a map , how I made friends with the waiters of an Indian restaurant , how I walked around the capital for 5 hours because I never knew that there was a tourist bus, how I became sort of a part of AIESEC Malaysia’s National Pioneers Conference OC, and how I stayed in a 4-star hotel for 500 Pesos for 3 days and the list goes on!

However, since this isn’t really a glu-glu (new mems, ask me or Stan for the meaning at the Tambayan) type of story, I’ll just share a cou-ple of diary entries during my stay which I found really meaningful.

ApRIl 9Since the first week is mostly transition, I went around and checked out Tesco – a supermarket perpendicular to our house. After my window—or since it’s a supermarket--“shelf shopping,” I decided not to go home yet. Instead of going straight, I turned left to see where my feet would lead me. Then, I eventually dis-covered that there was an Indian Temple – the Sri Krishna Bagawan Temple, so I went inside. There, I took pictures and met Ram, who was an “alalay” in the temple. After a bit of chit chat with him, he was really curious to see my passport being a foreigner and all. From there, I eventually had a really fun con-versation with him on geography and my purpose in Malaysia.

What made our conversation really fun was that he actu-ally had a really young translator who was keen on meeting me as well. At the same time, the monks kept on joking that I must have Ram deported back to Myanmar. As to the logic of why they told me this, I do not really know. Then, I also met Raja, a garland vendor who, from India, went to Singapore and eventually found his way to Penang after a couple of years.

As it was getting late, I eventually had to say my goodbyes. Then, given that I was on an “Indian High,” I went to the Mamak restaurant (Indian Muslim restaurant) and met Vagaraj, a waiter who became a good friend of mine and would occasionally help me order food.

Having been satiated with Indian goodness and after hav-ing met new friends, I eventually went home happy!

ApRIl 10I took the bus for the first time. And when I say first time, I liter-ally mean first time since I don’t commute here in the country. Although I’ve ridden buses in other countries, this was my first time to commute alone so I was really excited. As I rode the bus, I just told the driver to drop me off anywhere in the map I was hold-

ing. Then, 30 minutes later, the driver dropped me off and thus, began my adventure. Since my map contained a trail I should follow, I was going around asking random people where to go.

Eventually, after another 30 minutes of walking, I got tired and approached another random person. Luckily, this person be-came my temporary tour guide and showed me around! It’s a pity though that I did not get his name. After crossing out places on the map little by little, I eventually got tired and de-cided to go home via the central bus station in Komtar (tallest building in Penang). Given that I did not know how to get there, I approached another set of random people and met Zaki, a ship captain whose business card I now have, Zita, and an-other girl—both of whom were Zaki’s friends. Then, after they gave me directions, I took a picture with them and went home.

Still being unfamiliar with the place, I got off the wrong bus stop. Apparently, I got off the other side of the university (imagine having to walk from Math to BA twice just to get to the right stop). Luckily though, the university guard was nice enough to drive me to the other side and I went home from there.

ApRIl 12I went to the AIESEC office for the first time and it was a really tiring 20 minute walk under the sun and mind you that I had to do this almost every day! Plus, considering the fact that I only walked from BA to AS twice (ever) made me appreciate what I am blessed with.Upon reaching the office, I made my first marketing calls and made significant progress. Then later that night, I ate in yet an-other Mamak restaurant for the farewell dinner of Sophie. As the AIESECers came, I eventually chatted with them. Then, from sim-ple conversations, I eventually had a discussion with Nicholas, VP Projects-elect on @XP, PBoX creation, ICX, OGX and everything in between. My point is, I really went home happy having been able to get insights and share my insights with another AIESECer!

- -If you want more diary entries, you’d just have to ask me be-cause trust me when I say that I wrote a novel every night!What I’m trying to impart from these diary entries is that yes, going on an internship is all about self-development and growth. However, more than these, what matters more is the relationship that you build with the locals. What matters is ex-ploring the world and learning new things outside the class-room. What matters is making friends from all over the world!At 18, I went on an internship to help kick-start my career. At 18, I travelled to 2 countries alone, winged things as I explored places and met the most random people. Teaching kids about safe sex and going inside a cemetery late at night for fun might not be every-body’s cup of tea, but I’m sure that all of us would agree that there’s more to life than summer classes. So with that, if you’re thinking of a way to spend your summer or if you’d simply want to travel and be productive at the same time, then EXCHANGE IS THE WAY TO GO!

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Annually, AIESEC organizes over 4500 internships throughout our international network of 5000 partners and 100 countries and ter-ritories. The internships AIESEC offers involve an organization hir-ing one of AIESEC’s skilled graduates or undergraduates to work for them for a period of 6 weeks to 78 weeks. We believe that living and working abroad, in combination with other steps of the AIESEC Experience, is the most powerful way for an individual to explore and develop its potential and cultivate the change agent characteristics. The Global Internship Program(GIP) is a people-centered develop-ment experience that is partly subsidized, fully residential, and pro-vides young individuals with professional training in one of our 4000 partnered corporate clientele around the world. Individuals are supplemented with a reception and learning program that caters to their goals and interests. The program is open to AIESECers and non-AIESECers who are willing to explore and develop their poten-tial through the most Life-Changing Experience that AIESEC can offer.

This year, the tagline for the first cycle of the Global Internship Program recruitment is “Don’t settle for the ordinary, INTERN ABROAD”. The differ-ent Local Committees (LC’s) of AIESEC in the Philippines started the cam-paign last June 2010 with the recent graduates as the target market.

In the Local Committee of AIESEC in UA&P, 20 people signed up but only 7 of them made it to become an official exchange participant of AIESEC Philippines. These “magic 7”, as I coin the term, had a rigor-ous process in their application since they had to pass two interviews. Luckily, all of the applicants of UA&P, meaning those who passed their application forms, for the Global Internship Program passed the Fi-nal interview or the Review Board Interview paneled by the AIESEC Philippines Officers and Local Committee Executive Board last July 24, 2010 at the Ateneo De Manila University. They are Corazon Pun-zalan (IMC graduate), Lailani Santos (MScM graduate), Gucci Nava (IT graduate), Jana Jane Villanueva (Communications graduate of De La Salle Lipa), and the Management graduates of Ateneo De Manila University: Julienne Raboca, Justin Arvin Amit, and Jonathan Angel.

Right now, these “magic 7” are already applying, or what we call “matching”, to the vast list of companies who are willing to take interns from AIESEC. Most of them are ready to leave for the internship by November to January at least.

Since May of this year, there were already 6 Exchange Participants who worked under He Cares Foundation. Their internship here in the Philippines lasted for average of 6 to 8 weeks. They work at the foundation and helped in their different projects. They had joined several projects of the foundation like Build-a Brick project, Back-to-school Project, and their Feeding programs.

Second week of May, Jasmine Woo and Shristi Garg arrived here in th Philippines. They worked at the foundation for 6 weeks and left on the third week of June. In the middle of Jasmine and Shristi’s internship, Sin Hiu Laam, from Hongkong, arrived and left last August 10. Meanwhile, Martin Mikes, Chen Xiaoxin, and Miao Yuan arrived between the first and second week of July and will be leaving on the first week of September.

So far there were already 6 EPs who worked at He Cares Foundation. AIESEC UAP is still expecting 4 EPs to be matched by September for Unlad Kabayan.

As of now, AIESEC University of Asia and the Pacific has 2 partners: He Cares Foundation and Unlad Kabayan. Both of them are De-velopment Traineeship TN and they are located at Quezon City.

He Cares Foundation is a Christian non-profit organization that helps the poor in Metro Manila. They provide the basic needs and necessities like food, clothes and even spiritual guidance. In 1996, it was founded by Joe Dean Sola and his wife. We already had 6 Exchange Participants who worked here and still matching the last one. We are planning to re-raise the foun-dation for continuous partnership and arrival of Exchange Participants.

On the other hand, Unlad Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation Inc. is a NGO. Unlad Kabayn solely focused on social entrepreneurship and mi-grant workers. Unlad Kabayan is one of AIESEC UAP’s Project Based On Exchange (PBOX). We are expecting 4 Exchange Participants who will work for a seminar for students entitled Social Entrepreneurs: Leading the Future (SE:LF). After the seminar, they can help in the foundation’s project. The 2 of the 4 EPs arriving will be working in Unlad Kabyan’s branch in Davao. The EPs are expected to be realized on September.

Basically, these are the 2 partners of AIESEC UAP. Our Local Committee is on its process of TN raising to establish more partnerships in the future.

http://www.hecaresfoundation.com/http://www.unladkabayan.org/UA&P

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June 8 10 3

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Total number 34 26 18

20% closer to achieving BHAG of 90 realized EPs

36% closer to achieving year-end goal of 50 real-ized EPs

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