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Act.in.ua: Cesar from Mexico
My name is Cesar Orlando Embriz R., I
am from Mexico City in LC AIESEC ITAM and I wanted to take and internship
because I wanted to get out of my comfort zone; I wanted to break my daily
routine and meet new people and cultures, know and learn from people that think
way too different from me and achieve a more open mind.
When people from LC AIESEC Simferopol
contacted me and explained the project “Act.in.ua” I immediately accepted
because I really liked the project: it was in a country far away from Mexico
and quite culturally different. Before
taking the internship I almost didn´t know anything about Ukraine; although
English was a requirement for the internship I thought that only few people
would speak the language. I also thought that people from Ukraine were very
serious and cold people; therefore, I started to think that the project wouldn´t
be so nice anymore. Actually, some days before arriving in Ukraine I started to
be a little afraid.
When I got to Simferopol in the
internship I was amazed that it wasn´t so much trouble communicating because a
lot of young people spoke English very well. Also, as a Spanish native speaker
I was impressed of how many people wanted to learn to speak Spanish and of how many
more already spoke a little of it. I realized that I had a very wrong idea
about Ukrainian people because they immediately treated me so nice, they were
very warm and friendly people. AIESEC´ers, non AIESEC´ers, people from the
“Act.in.ua” project, my internship teammates, my host family; all of them made
this internship a life experience, one that I will never forget because I
really learned a lot from them and their amazing culture.
During the project I had happy
moments, sad moments, I passed through despair, a lot of frustration, anger, had
parties, a lot of fun, laughter, learning… In three words: “a lifetime experience”.
I met a lot of incredible people and now they are very good friends of mine whom
I hope to visit someday soon again! Basically, this internship at Simferopol
has been one of the best experiences of my life!!!!!!!!!
