bit of moments and memories

Welcome to the end of the 2010. I ask myself : 'What do I remember about this year?' By the way it is the Year of the Tiger by Zodiac .I was also born in the year of the tiger, so it's considered to be my year to some extend. Let's have a short walk back in time and history. Basically, everything in my memory is associated with people or places, or with both. Work is a separate big topic that somehow has already been reflected in previous posts.

January:

Celebrating New Year 2010 in Indian style. Interesting party, but quite different than i've been used to. Presence of close friends makes it really cool. My first trip to Mumbai. Searching for adventure till 6 am and have an excellent tour the next morning. Visiting famous forts around Pune.Lots of travelling during the weekend. New and old people in the Cycle Society apartment. Meeting Martin, Wenru and others.

February:

I got the driver's license and rented a scooter. I can even remember the date - 7th of February. I remember how I was driving home in 1a.m. with Davy behind me for the first time. We were constantly thanking God for the fact that there were no other cars on the road. And the next day I embedded in a parking lot, after I successfully passed the challenging Solapur road. The book "0 limits". Kolhapur and museum of wax figures. Delhi - Agra - Delhi. I was spending a lot of time in Martin's and Utkarsh's company. Edu, another intern from Suzlon, left back to Brazil. I became the only one foreign trainee in GLD. Chinese, many-many Chinese people in our apartment. We had very funny and cool time all together.

March:

Everything began with the celebration of Holi in Goa with me, Martin and Utkarsh. I think this was a turning point in the relatioships in our trinity. Many many trips to different locations: Mulshi, then the temple ruins in Hampi. Back in Pune we play basketball and badminton almost every night. Arrival of Milosz and Andre in CS.

April:

More memorable for the process of search for new internships and delivering trainings in Suzlon. What has been successful on both sides. Traveling was mostly within the city and suburbs. Yes, and I started to collect money to repair the camera and for trip to home. All this time we were "Cycle Society family", as Cesar used to called our apartment.  It was interesting due to having 5 guys and me there)

May:

I remember the departure of many good friends. Davi, Martin, in particular. It was very unusual without them. But as time goes by, we should remind ourselves that we are guests in this world, and it makes sense to let it go. Not only about the people and relationships, but also about any other things.

June:

Started at the new workplace, which brings a lot of joy. Preparations for the trip home were going for the entire time. Was spending time in  FRO in order to get Visa, that have left it's impression on me. The arrival of the first Kazakh trainees - Ira and Petya. Wow! The Russian mafia in the trainee apartment. 3rd level and 26 hours in the train to Delhi. 2 days with parents of Utkarsh. The plane back home. All of these memories are followed by 3 weeks of positive emotions and cultural shocks, which you can easily get after 9 months of being far from home.

July:

I fly back to India. Also 'back home'. Because 'home' is where the close people are. Now we live together with Utkarsh, separately from the other trainees. Our 'huge' room, my suitcase in the role of the wardrobe and a single bed. Well, who pays attention to such minor things? The main thing is that we're here and we're together . Arrival of Aika and Zhanna, again many Chinese people. Trip to Lohagard fort and  driving in the rainy season. Favorite job.

August:

We have moved. We have our own flat, though it's a rented one and 'who knows' where, but it's our own one! 4 days in Goa under the rain. I can 100% say that this place is beautiful at any time of year. During the rains it gathers all the energy of nature and pleases your eye with waterfalls and perfect greenery. New gym. Sad that friends are leaving again, during that month about 10 people went back to their countries.

September:

I already know how to cook something from the Indian cuisine. It turns out delicious, and most importantly - without the excess of fat and frying. Courses of  tae-bo, new people in CS apartment.Met 2 interesting people on the internet. Delivering the training at the workplace.1 year as i'm in India, time goes by so fast.

October:

Visit of Utkarsh's family for 2 weeks. Trip to Goa with them. Challenging and interesting. Updating the Indian wardrobe.Making great dumplings with Lyuda and Chris. Arrival of Vasey for a one day visit. Departures to home of other friends.

November:

Great, a lot of trips on bicycles (This hobby takes a big piece of my soul). 2 weeks in Delhi. Informative. Books and constant study of Hindi (funny, since November I have spend very little time on it). Developing friendly relations, and I am very happy about it.

December:

Lived in the friends' place and watched the dogs for about 2 weeks. Realized that I love dogs, but i'm too lazy to take care of them every day. Revival of  'Mafia'. My 24th birthday. Catholic Christmas (the first one for us together). And then there still are a couple more days to enjoy this year.

It is believed that the year of your animal should bring you luck. I completely agree with this, because the number of events that were worth of attention was just endless. Sometimes it was obvious what are they given for, sometimes I've understood the consequences through time. In any case, I am grateful to this year, of Tiger and to all those people who have been in my life during it.

Was browsing in my folders of photos today. Suddenly i found a few interesting moments which haven't been published yet. Let's do it! Please, give a round of applause to pics made in our dear Pune and some comments to them from my side.

Number 1: 'Tribute to the science'. A monument to Newton in Kumar City, Kalyani Nagar. The area is all about 2-floor houses, owned by top management of various companies with Mercedeses in the garages. And as far as you can see, they respect science also. Or, as Dan Brown has already mentioned in his 'The lost Symbol' a lot of mysteries and secrets are connected with Isaac. Who knows, maybe this part of Pune knows one of them:) Or maybe it's just a sign for the guests: 'Beware of falling apples', or even papayas, which seems to be grown in the yards of some of the houses.

 

And we continue the tour and find an exhibit number 2. Codename: "Snow boots under a palm tree." This happened when I had the time and accidentally found warm winter boots at our friends house. Yes, it was around mid-December, the snow was falling in Europe, in Britain all airports were being blocked because of it . In Pune we had 25 degrees above zero during the daytime (you could actually take a sunbath on the roof ,if you do not care what the neighbors would think). So, camera was also there, let's welcome them on the stage.

If we had start to talk about winter and the holidays i have an easy question : what is one of the most important elements of the holiday season? Some people call it 'winter beauty'. Yes, the Snow Maiden(for russian-speaking countries) is a correct answer, but here i ment just a Christmas tree (There were even some poems and songs devoted to it.) For me it was a pleasant surprise to come across in front of a supermarket(Lifestyle). Have a look at number 3: "Winter beauty in the heart of the city".

And another interesting thing that has turned up. Everybody has something he belives in. And each country has its own superstictions and protective symbols, upside-down horseshoe, for example. One of such elements i've observed in Pune also. Exhibit with a number 4: "Eco protection". The main part of a talisman, is a pepper, not simple, the chilly one. And not one piece, but a lot of them. More peppers you have, the stronger is your protection. It ends with a lime, well i have no idea why. These things you cling to your vehicle, starting from the 2wheeelers. Definitely on back of it, the forces of evil should seen your protection. Those, wishing to buy such talismans, are kindly requested to ask little beggers at intersections of the busy roads and traffic lights. For the 'good price' of 10-100 rupees (That's depending on the color of your skin and the ability to bargain) precious defense will start its pure magic on you. If you are interested - write to my mailbox, i will provide mass suplements.

That were the results of the random search around the stock of photos. About the news from my side? we are at home. Today i suffered from 'no skype' desease, because it refused to work. Perhaps the same diagnosis could be said about another 25 million people around the world. Also i've found a couple of interesting sites that are worth going through. For example http://wip.od.ua/best-logos-2010/.

24 here. one day story

Yesterday. Chronicles should start with thanks to all those people who one way or another, morally or physically were present and shared their piece of positive emotions))

That night we were at our friends' place.So the sheets of paper with wishes from the door of our room to the hall on the first floor were the first surprise in the morning .There was also a gift in the beginning of the journey downstairs.I liked it a lot! While reading the wishes one by one, the smile on my face was growing. Something like this ) -> ))))))))))) Dogs were also showing a genuine interest about the presence of strange papers on the floor. 

Definitely we had a birhtday lunch. We decided have it in "Bounty", where they have sizlers as a speciality of the place. Sizler is usually meat with vegetables and rice, which is served in a special way so that it remains hot until you eat it. Delicious. By the way, in one of the restaurants the first menu page is devoted to the history of this dish and its appearance in India.

A bit of "monopoly" till the full recognition of bankruptcy by India, represented by Utkarsh))That also gave some  satisfaction to our union . Finishing the cake.It was quite a small one, only 3-3,5 kg)) By the way it came very, very tasty)) So i can say that the imagination works well in low-resource situations)) Everything was ready, and we decided to go home, where the party was going to happen.

Think, I've already mentioned that our apartment is far from the city center. Rather, even at one of its suburbs. + We are all still in India, with has IST (Indian Stretchable Time). This means that the first guests begin to appear within an hour after the appointed time, which by local standards is still very early)) as a result we started the holiday with a bottle of champagne for us and Akinori with gin)) And then the Twister appears on the scene )) We had a good laugh from the possible combinations, but have done almost none pictures.

Time fliew immideately and then the bell rung. Another guests, the apartment is filled with people who are still recowering from a long and cold road. Congratulations, flowers. People are evenly distributed around the apartment))

 

It is time for the cake. Friends set fire to candles, fireworks, light is switched off ... I enjoy the moment, until the fireworks are lit and there comes  time to blow out the candles. Thought about the wish and ... Done! Can proceed to cutting it into pieces. Thanks God, there were no Indian traditions with putting cake on my face. Think, people liked the taste of the cake. By the way, this it is very easy to make))

It was the first big party after we've moved in our apartment

After one o'clock the souls of people are still requesting to continue the party, so that the whole crowd is moving to Carlos. Who is Carlos? It's a good question, but this was also the day of his birthday. Funny moment when you have many people, 20 percent of them do not even have any clue, who is the host of the party. This was on my party,on the Carlos one there were about 30% of such ppl)) Consider as the plus the fact that you were able to dance until dawn or until you drop out.

These are the chronicles of the events happened yesterday. Day of my 24-th anniversary has brought several interesting and important life lessons that I believe are the main presents. And the Year of the Tiger was a good one. And still is.

The night comes to the city... lights are turned off , the silence is rarely broken by the sound of a scooter, whose owner flies home thinking about the cup of the hot drink, waiting him there. Only they are awake. These people in the city have another aim - they need to kill a man. There are three of them, representing different continents or the same one, the only way of communication is the eye contact, and their main task is to avoid prosecution from the citizens after the murder. Then they will continue the bloody job the next night to . Why? Because they are Mafia.
Their city consists of only 17 people who await their fate with the eyes closed and having a thought about how to find the bloody killers in the morning. There are 2 more characters on who depends the result of the night: "a person with great intuition," simply - a doctor, and "he ,who has a bit of the information" or you can call him police, cop, KGB, FBI, CIA or, as your heart desires. Is everybody ready? Then: "Let's go!"

I think you've already got the idea, it was a sketch of a widespread game  called "Mafia." This is the simplest option of the story, but very cool at the same time. Yesterday we did it for our friends and acquaintances in Pune. During the summer, we played a lot of similar games and, accordingly, there were enough gags to the topic. Then people went beck to their countries and "mafia" had gone into the underworld. Till i met Aditya after a long time, who was very passionate about the game. In the end, it was cool, as from my point of view it was the biggest game I've ever moderated - 18 people! ))) Just a crazy one, especially in points of discussion: why the mafia is you, not me)))
Was observing at the level of enjoyment that people were getting from the game and  i was thinking. We are all connected through social networks, status messages, mobiles. But there is no substitute for the evening when everyone is doing something that unites, gives the topic of conversation for a long time, and simply serves as an occasion for fun and laughter. What next? There are still many games that we have to play together.

Considering the topic of games. Drinking games are almost the same throughout Europe. Especially ones, which are loved by AIESECers like "Beeches Beeches," "Consume" and different counting games. Even those who have no idea about AISEC, know how to play the booze;)
Today will be a creating a cake without baking. There are a couple of ideas about this topic)))

Yesterday surprised me with a number of pleasant news. Several of them were from Cris after coming back from his trip home, which were really cool to hear.


Olka came to Ahmedabad for her AIESEC internship. She's interesting fellow from Ukraine, who took this life challenging experience. It would be challenging  in any case, and I think it's pretty cool to go to work and live in another country when you're only 20-24 years old. None of the reality shows is able to compare with such kind of an experience and the qualities you are going to develop will help you during the entire life.

We  had a chess tournament in the evening. It is interesting to play with someone with whom you are about the same level or your thought pattern is alike. Then it brings more fun and enjoyment, both from the winning and from losing. By the way, our score was 2:2, then India representative came with his point of view on the game. Subsequent losses were charged to the general tendency of Indians to acquire the skill of the game from an early age and the fact that chess were found exactly in this country. Evening has left lots of positive feelings inside of my soul, and there are more of other board games and ideas.

Also we've watched the Scottish comedy series called "Chewing Fat". (In the sense -  When your brain works, you burn fat, oh!). Scottish English required an effort from me to understand what were they talking about. Generally, these series are a collection of comic moments from the life of the average middle-aged man in the country. It is interesting to get toknow that the Scots do not care about fitness and style, and they don't not care what other people are going to think about them. They have their 'tipochki in tracksuits and teachers, for who the word "sex" is something from forbidden areas. It was fun to see that the middle class people are quite jelauos about the rich scots and see them as quite gay ones. By the way, i've observed the set of "global  long bearded" jokes, which were the easiest things to understand:)))

Several interesting observations.


First ones are going to be from the field of advertising. They really make me smile,so i'd like to share.
Imagine a billboard of a pure purple color which has just 2 lines:

"Le Kebabiere.


Authentic Indian Quizine."

As far as I understand the meaning of the word "Authentic" (and even "Google translate" had supported me in that) as "original." Question, if the restaurant provides the original Indian cuisine, why the title is with a clearly French bias? )
Let's go ahead. Billboard Number 2.

"Girls love six packs" (The girls like six packs, pumped up the press, in the sense) - fro myour point of view, what is advertised there? True, it's really about 6 packs, but about 6 different packs of condoms "Contex". The location of advertising also attracts attention - the entire wall of one of the biggest cinemas of the city)

TV also adds its part to common fun.
The fact is that the Indians are traditionally fond of gold and various items of it. So there are some funny advertisment stories. One of them is:

He and she.

She: "I love him because he gives me gifts." Immediately it's shown that guy gives her something fom platinum and diamonds (girl's best friends are the same all around the world).

He: "You are the most valuable thing I have." This is how: his most valuable thing is she and her are his diamonds))

One more ad which is really fun to watch.

Family.
Such an average Indian daddy (in the sense, tummy and everything else with it), Mom and two children. It's Daddy's birthday and he have already closed his eyes waiting for a gift. "Ready" - "Ready." Eyes are opened and he sees a muscular chest of the Indian guy with an excellent figure. "Well, ji, let's start with squats and push-ups." I personally love 2 moments in this ad: daddy's face at that moment and the fact that the product which is advertised is the Tetra pak for the juices!

I've also made one more discovery.I saw, how papaya grows. Yes, I thought that it grows in the supermarket shelves or in trays on the market, but it turned out that it grows on the tree. Very unusual to see 3-4 kg fruits at  tree, which seems to be very thin. Photo is attached.

Good morning!
here am i and some kind of thoughts which are ready to be put on the paper.

Gratitude. This morning i woke up, fullfilled with it. For any small thing, which happens in my life. For the place, where we live, for people, who're my friends. It's very true, that real and honest friends are very hard to find. And i'm happy with those ones who're in my life. Funny fact is, that you never actually know in which way you'll meet them and when. Once i've read, that each person is a gift in your life. Usually you get the gifts when you don't expect them, but the universe thinks that you're worth enough to get it. That's true. Some people tell, that i believe in fairy tales in life. Not exactly. I think, that you're given challenges in order to grow and you should be happy to get them. Because you get any challenge in order to grow, you just need to go till the end. And my fairy tale is that i believe in happy endings.

Some up-date for the last couple of months) Except yesterday's one)

Trip to Delhi. Interesting, challenging, with a lot of positive moments about it.

New habit: Cycling. This is the thing, which gives me lot's of joy and happines on the weekends.

People. These months gave me a couple of new friends and i'm very grateful for it.

Life is continuing with surprises. And i think, it's really cool, because everything you get only in the moment, when you're ready for it.

So, its time to write something here also. Think, some of my posts have already started from this kind of the phrase. in any case, it's better late then never. so let's do it.

 Today is a cool day. One more cycling trip for around 80 km in total. Khadakwasla dam is one of the biggest ones, surrounding Pune. 5.30, morning, everything is still calm and dark in the streets, but 2 crazy russian travelers are already going on their cycles to the meeting point. i like to drive when it's early morning, mostly because the roads are more empty and there is no need of the cross-cultural communication with rickshaw and bike drivers with the use of some emotional russian expressions. I like also to see the sunrise in the city, like to observe how the sky changes its color and the first rays of the sun are coming from the clouds.

We reach the dam at around 8. On the way we were quite interesting entertainment for indian citizens) Yup, 2 white ladies in quite open dresses on a cycles. For men and kids it was quite interesting)) haha. In any case. Our stop is at some restaurant to have a cup of tea. Wow, we've already done 38 km! cool))) Its so calm there. Still a bit of  of  fog above the lake and some drops of the rain. And peaceful atmosphere all around.

With cool company time flies almost immediately. Chatting, pictures, some beer for guys. I'm scared of consuming alcohol while driving, crossroads are big question even in normal condition))) Think, we were the only customers of that place in such an early time, so their faces looked quite surprised))

I like this kind of trips. Even if it took 8 hours in total and i got home tired. But this is a kind when you're happy to be tired in this a way)) and you want more and more. Think, only we are so crazy about the cycle trips, because you should see the face expressions of our friends, when we've asked about tomorrow))

Home. Found our men with Playstation and new games for 2 ppl. Pizza together... Day is going cool)

p.s. Pictures are on  facebook...

      The week from the last post sounded to be one of the most challenging ones. and it's good. i've learnt so many different things in different areas of life. actually it means, that i'm ready to face such level of the challenges. The main thing now is to implement all the action steps in the reality and move ahead. When i feel to hard i tell myself, that if i got scared after each fall,when i was learning how to walk, i would not be able to do it till now. So life is moving. And i really started to value things that i have more. Think you need some situations in your life, just to realize, that nothing is given to you for granted. i understood one more thing - i'm really lucky and happy person, thanks God for it. and if to take happiness, it should go from you, the last thing is to expect somebody to make you happy. But sometimes it's so easy to feel sorry for yourself, then i wake up from such thoughts and move further. i love this life too much, to give up so easily. And i want to learn, and implement my learnings. So, less words, more actions. It's like a mountain, you climb and fall down and then climb one more time, and so on. And the more experience you get, the more complicated it is to climb that mountain, but you do it. Why? 2 reasons - you get the pleasure of climbing and falling down and you want to touch the ice on the peak. that's it. Or like in the computer game -when you reach some level there will be very beautiful cut scene or video)
    
      What else is going on? we plan to have an internet in our flat. Sometimes it is so strange to me, that in India with it's good level of technology development, the price of the internet is so expensive. Then i think about the % of the population, who are actually using it, so it becomes reasonable.

     There are a lot of new people. You know, lots of them are still new for me, even if they are here for 1 month already. That's more about the difference in a distance, as i've mentioned some time before.

this week was full with different events and memorale dates.
First of all on 4th it was my first anniversary of being in India. yup, time just flew away...but the first memoriesare still alive. I remember my first flight in life and taking pics of the clouds, New Delhi airport and having no idea, what to do after coming out of it. Remember Mayank and Kunal, who made my 1st 2 days in India full with positive emotions.Trainees flat in New Delhi and my trip to Pune. First memories about CS and a number of the memories, connected to my Suzlon XP. Time goes by and i've already joined new company and preparing to make a trip to Ukraine. When you're there you can't believe, that you've ever left that place. Coming back to Pune, brought a lot of changes in the lifestyle. We started to have our separate place to live with Utkarsh and that added a lot of the interesting and happy moments from the one side and a lot of responsibilities from the other side. I'm happy and i thank God a lot for sending him into my life. My xp in Stratecent makes me feel satisfied and wish to do more and more. I feel this capacity inside, so searching for the opportunities. On the date of the 1st India anniversary Kishu's dad was here, so we had a really interesting time with him.
Yesterday i was reminded (Thanks, Edu) about another date. My xp with Suzlon started on 7th of September. It was my first international corporate xp and i'm really glad, that i have it. I try to keep with my excolleagues in touch, but it's a bit different from chatting each day, when you're working together.
Know, i'm happy to celebrate these days, because they tell me about one more thing: live is like a river. it's floating constantly and each day brings you lots of positive moments, luck and xp. And i'm really happy about it.

we, dressed in traditional way

I trully believe, that i will have chances to fulfill my dreams and to meet all the people, with whom we were here in Pune at least one more time, even if we're on the other corners of the planet now. And i know, that both of us, will make our best to sustain and develop our happy life together.

     Why not? it's actually very good question. Sometimes i notice the moments, when i'm lazy) may be even not just lazy, but sure, that i can do it on the next day\time. For example - seeing something beautiful around you and pass by on the bike, because it's to much actions to take the pic. But from the other side it means, that i don't really want it. Because i've proved to myself number of times, that if you really want something and are ready to pay for it - you'll get it for sure) 

      Now i'm striving to become a professional. Read more, do more and get more. I totally understand, that i'm the only one, who actually cares about my development and further achievements. It doesn't mean, that other people don't care, but if i'm not doing anything, who can help me? 

      I like to talk to my possess, the level of inspiration about our company and products, they carry inside motivates me a lot. I like the job, which i'm doing now, and when you listen to the person, who really believes in uniqueness of our product and great possibilities, it makes me feel motivated even more. It makes me feel, that i'm doing something positive in my life, something, which is a bit above only money, and at the same time it can bring you both - money and development, if you do it with excellent quality. 

      I love life. I totally understand it. And i will keep saying thanks to God for the number of opportunities provided. Even, if something comes, that makes you feel not so good, you understand, that it was only for your development and growth.

     

     Yesterday we've met new interns from CS and had a pancake party from Jose. There are 3 new German people now - 2 girls and one guy. All of them are for 6 weeks only, because they need to go back to studies in October. One more guy is Kenta, he's from Japan, his English is totally different for me and i have a feeling, that this is mutual. Panckaes from Jose were nice designed and really tasty. Roaming around CS memories and moments were coming to my mind. lots of interesting ones, even looking at the 'wall of honour', which is almost full now (it's fine, we have more walls there))). 

Feel happy...

       It's raining since morning. At such days you have no wish to get out of the bed and go somewhere. The dark sky out of the window doesn't motivate you for adventures outside the flat. But you hear the alarm clock and start to move. Totally automatically you dress up for a gym and get out of the flat. You start to wake up totally, while doing cardio and feel really grateful, that you came here. In other case you will feel sleepy for the entire day with such kind of weather. There are not so many ppl in gym in the morning, preferably teenagers, who're quite funny, when they stand in front of the mirror and try to search muscules on their bodies. And in case of any result - continue doing their exercises with huge passion and a goal to be, like that guys on the pictures on the walls. I'm waiting for the swimming pool to start. Don't care much about the ladies and general time, i'm ready to swim in jeans, but to Swim! )))

Thinking about the weekend) it was cool) Actually, everything started from small farevell to Milosz in our flat. For the guys it was the first time to see it) And it was still lacking some basic furniture, which was not a problem for a good time. Farewell party to Melanie. Totally unbelievable, time just flashes. And i understand that i have known her for more than half a year, wow! One more thing comes to my mind, that this Saturday it's going to be exactly one year, as my adventure in India started. Sunday brings a lot of positive news and a dinner in Godfred's house. Food from Ghana tastes 'ama'y'zing', so now the time for Indian - Ukrainian dinner) Actually, already had some trial of "Ukrainian made chicken", results sounds to be tasty;))

I'm grateful to God for the moments he gives in my life, for the person he gave to me. I feel very happy and grateful about it.
Thinking about the rain - think people got really scared, when it was raining 40 days without a stop. The biggest + is the greenery at this period of time.
Found one extremely funny and quite old commercial:

Have fun and learn English)
My progress in languages is not very big As for now - biggest conversation with our maid - 5 sentences from my side)) making fun of myself and continue learning))

Sycle society has new interns. This time balance shifted to the side of the beautiful ladies, which represent Germany and Portugal. I still haven't met all of them, but think it will happen in the nearest future.

Hey! What’s going on in my life for the last weeks)

Extremely good adventure of the past weekend – was our 4 days trip to Goa with Utkarsh. Who told you, that there is a ‘season’ for Goa, can be corrected in better way. Because, there’s always ‘season’ in Goa. Actually it starts from October till March, but in the August Goa will surprise you a lot. It’s worth seeing such beauty of colors and nature as it is there) I was surprised in the positive way of things. It started, when we got out in Margao and took an Activa. This was not the first time of being in Goa, so we decided to find some not overcrowded beach, which will give and opportunity of peaceful romantic weekend. Choice came to Varka after some research in the internet. Varka appeared to be really nice beach, but due to the offseason, there were no shelters on the beach and we didn’t want to agree for smth less than that. Almost the same situation was on Colva and Benolim. So, we took the direction towards the place, which hosted us very nicely last time – Palolem. Driving to the Palolem we were getting excited by the beauty of the nature on the way. You have this feeling for the every moment – let’s stop, take the camera out and click this view – and after 5 meters – one more view. And one more… Palolem had some foreign tourists and lots of fishermen this time. We’ve got a room in the house exactly on the beach. What else do you need? Terrace, with the view on the sea, place to keep your clothes and 10 meters to the sea, where you can run. That was the case with me… But first of all, we were extremely hungry, so went to taste sea food specialties. I really love them a lot. I’m very occasional non-veg, but can’t resist from delicious prawns or fish. Mmm, even now I can feel taste of the prawns in garlic souse if I close my eyes and imagine it. At the same time Goa was greeting us with changing weather – it was quite cloudy, but without heavy rains.

If you have a real wish to test your swimming skills and see big waves – go to the Agonda beach. It has very strong stream and the waves can be of your height) also it has some stone surrounding which gains marvelous green color during the rainy season. So you feel like in fairy tale, palm trees, amazing greenery and white waves…Yup, you can add me, collecting shells and Utkarsh, laughing from this pic))

Back to Palolem. If you want to try extremely delicious cuisine for very reasonable price – try Casa Fiesta. You will be amazed with the taste of the sea food and also can try the Mexican food by the original recipes.

If to put all the XP in bullet points, Goa worth going in monsoon because:

1. Extremely beautiful nature full of colors

2. New places are waiting for the adventure seekers (recommend: Kuskem, Cob de Ram and magic bubbles)

3. Delicious sea-food (recommend Casa Fiesta on Palolem)

4. Extreme trips on Activa during the rain

5. Sea…the magic of it doesn’t let you go without the best memories

6. Moments… (This point you should fill on your own)

yeah, think this is true))

yeah, i have found some time to appear here.)
What's going in this beautiful part of the world, called India. or if to take bigger zoom - in city Pune and my life)

i learn how to play chess. this is the first thing, which comes to my mind. playing chess with Utkarsh is really tough thing. But it has it's own pluses, it becomes easier to play at my workplace. As for now our score is 60: 3... you know, which points are mine)

i really like the place, where i work now. first of all, job gives a lot of opportunities for creativity and ideas implementation. and i feel happy about it. Second reason is the ppl, who are around me) all our team)) like them;))
this weekend we went for a movie together. (actually, 'expendables' was a nice movie with all old school of action heroes). Let's see, what will happen next)

We've got used to our flat,it's really nice place to live) We still haven't got the internet in our flat, so the only opportunity it's office time. 

Mornings bring a portion of energy after paying a visit to gym) yeah, i feel cool about it, even if you need to wake up at 6a.m.)) feel better, then when just sleeping for the entire morning)) they promise working swimming pool from September, it brings my level of motivation to the top)

Want to share this with you) Made today in the morning. Coming earlier to office has it's benefits: while waiting for somebody to come and open the door, you can spend some time, observing the nature around. I like to take pictures of the nature, it's always photogenic. The funniest thing is, that you can see it every day, but just pass by and don't notice. And at one moment you say: "Wow, it's really beautiful"



Reading "Dilbert about future" by Scott Adams. it's really funny, but i think, that some ideas are a bit out of the date. In any case it's interesting. I find Dilbert quite funny hero. (in the book, when Adams gave his phone number in one of the comics, 650 people called him! and 300 found Dilbert Sexy O_O )) )

sometimes realizing my passion into cooking) i really love to do it. may be, because i think, what will the other person feel, while eating it) and then different ideas are running to the mind) Also cooking is a great way to increase your mood) you can't cook, when you feel bad or disappointed with something)) So you just switch it off and think about the beautiful things which will come)
have a few of images on my working pc)

Leaving and coming… why it’s so f…ing sad, ha? You become friends with people, and the they are going back to their reality one day. Yeah, it’s easy to say, that all people in or life are coming and going, but it’s harder to feel it in real life. Today was the last day of Ira and Petya in Pune, actually, last night. They are leaving to Delhi tomorrow in the morning. I got close to them , at least to Ira. This is true – in Ukraine or Kazakhstan we’ll be foreigners for each other, here in India – close Russian speaking souls.
Yeah, forgot to mention, I’m a bit daisy now. (hope I wrote that word correctly). Kazakh vodka vas really nice. But even a small sip made me to feel so. Was observing one more sad face in our Cs flat – Andre. Got one more thing – I can get angry or disappointed with those ppl, but I really love them. That place is some kind of a magic place, which helps people to build totally different kind of a relationship.
I was not crying, that’s really strange. May be I just trying to hide these emotions somewhere deep inside my soul. This is also true. And I really don’t know, when will have a chance to meet all of them one more time. ‘See you somewhere in our small world’. Think, I say this too easily sometimes. Or just in this moments you feel that the world is really big. Actually, sometimes I don’t feel, like being in the reality – for example, Tony is already n days in China, but I keep in touch through the Google talk.
I really miss that ppl, who have left, but I clearly know, that each of us has it’s own road in this game, which is called life. And we’re together, till we have those number of the experiences, which we need to go through together. And this is really cool. I’m thankful for God for this opportunity. If to think about it, now I have friends almost everywhere in the world, cool yeah….

Good morning)
i'm eager to share on this blog today. actually got motivated yesterday by Andre.yeah, this is true.
Many things are going on every day, but sometimes i'm too lazy to write and find a good excuse about it, sometimes i really don't have time.
Yesterday showed a love for myself and invested in my development - bought 2 books 'hindi for beginners'. now i need to put it in structure and system) promise myself to study it at least one hour a day, let's see how long my motivation will last this time. hope it will be the same as with gym - after sometime you get so used to it, so it's hard to imagine your life without it.
Life in new flat is really nice, and also gives some challenges and surprises. But this is good, in other case at some point of time, your development stops. And i truly believe, that real love is when both people grow together.
Thinking about people, was observing such thing. Relationship and distance. Now, when i don't live in CS, i still have really cool relationships with ppl, with who i had lived there before,for new people we're some kind of honorable(if it's proper word guests). But at the same time i understand, that we spend less time together now. even if the distance is only 10 km in between. Understand, that after Andre will leave in Dec, there won't be people in that flat to who you feel such kind of bonding. Sometimes i feel sad about it, and at the same moment i tell myself, that all we're guests and gifts in lives of each others and should be grateful for the beautiful moments, spent together. And it's so cool when you have friends all around the world. One more thing, we got to know - that we're actually the most close friends to each other, and i'm happy about it.

third day back to India) you're welcome))
yesterday were planing to make some kind of Global Village in CS. why not? i brought Ukrainian vodka, Kazakh guys have their one and Andre promised to prepare delicious pasta. Due to some reasons we appeared a bit late in CS, exactly to the end of pasta dinner) thanks Andre, he left some part of the delicious dish) Vodka still has it's place in the fridge, and our gathering was with different types of chocolates: Brazilian, Ukrainian and Kazakh.
Some of the Kazakh guys came back from Indian AIESEC conference, so at some point of time we decided to dance. Funny - we have different movements even in Tunak - Tunak, which is well known all around the world) Now it reminds me about the video 'Ferengi boys' you can try to find it on You Tube or facebook. Don't mind any other dances - together we made one international (if you can call so cooperation of Ukraine and Kazakhstan)'lele'and 'kalashnikov'.
Imagine, our world is so small. I met Alice, Chinese intern from Mariupol when had arrived in CS on Monday. It was so interesting. She came to our flat quite occasionally: get to know Milosz in Mumbai and he invited her to be our guest.
Actually she's second person in India(not even India, Pune, CS) whom i've known before coming here, but due to some reasons contact with. Really, life is full of surprises.
I was missing home yesterday. Second time is a bit harder to leave it. So i found great support in headphones and ukrainian and russian music from the internet. Nice.
Today we plan to have basketball match. First one after coming back. feel good about it)

Coming back to Pune was very fast. actually it's even hard to believe now, that i was at home. the only real proof are pictures in social networks and on the hard disk.
second time coming to India you notice more differences then when coming in the beginning.
And one more thing - now i have 2,5 homes in total) 1 in Ukraine and 1,5 in Pune) funny. or even not 2,5 - more, if to count as 'home' place, where you have your very close people and where you want to come back.
and i really understood that some part of my soul will always be Ukraine with my family and close friends, doesn't matter which country i will live. I miss you.

So, I’m already one week out of Pune and 5 days in Ukraine. Time goes by fast, so fast. First day it was almost impossible to believe, that I’m already here.  Actually I was very happy to meet my dad in the airport. Stories about India lasted for 7 hours traveling to my grandma and for 3 more days there. You start comparing: here we have this and there it’s in this way. Understood, I should have made more pics of things, we don’t have in Ukraine – food, fruits, basic things which are very usual to you, when you’re living somewhere, but about which other people can have no idea.

I have a language question here, switching between languages happened very fast, but even now I get confused which language and with whom I should speak. Today I woke up in the train and asked my dad: “Which station is this” in English language) later I realized it)

Getting used to people, prices and atmosphere of my own country. I got used not to eat a lot of meat, so here I see a big difference, when almost 90% of dishes are either with chicken or with beef. The funniest thing is that you really don’t want it now, just look and that’s all.   

What else? Cultural shock? Yeah, I had a bit, when I went out for the first time in short skirt. Not usual feeling. Not so usual to see couples hugging and kissing on the streets. Hehehe, could I ever imagine that I will take time to get used to it?

Quite streets and traffic on the other side of the road. While driving a motorbike I had to remind myself to keep right, not left.

First 3 days I spent in my grandmoms village, where it was quite challenging to explain, why I don’t eat meat in big quantities.

Overall I’m happy. I feel excited of going to Mariupol.

Suzlon Xp

So, today is my last day in Suzlon Energy limited. It is said, that I should feel something about it. I don’t feel anything. Actually, it’s more, that I don’t believe in it. May be I will recognize it today, during farewell event, may be tomorrow in the morning. Not now… but somehow deep in my soul I feel that I have some invisible chords, which are connecting me with this people and this place. So I want to write about some moments. Let’s see, what comes to my memory for these 9 months.



Definitely it will be first day. Going in the rickshaw to KP to some unknown place. It’s here. 5th floor (later I will like to go by stairs, not by lift, what will irritate Edu a bit and Michal will call it ‘stamina’. Yeah, guys?). First person who we meet, was Hemangini, she became our guide in the world of Suzlon for initial period of time. I remember it clearly, as if it was yesterday – excursion around 2nd and 5th floor, meeting commodore for the first time, our sitting places and get to know members of Suzlon team. (I didn’t remember any name for the first time, they were so different for me).

E- induction and first meeting with team members. For me it was Swati mam. Wow, I remember the feeling: it was total excitement. When you get, what you really want and you work on it, when you see your future impact and believe in it. I’m very passionate about training, so developing ‘content for coaching for performance’ was really cool thing to do.

First workshop facilitated by Sandip. That time I didn’t know that in 2 weeks I will co-facilitate it. And it was my first co-facilitation experience here, which gave motivation for long time ahead.

Presentation about countries. Haha, I thought my English was good; it was my assumption about it. Now I understand that it was not understandable for most of the people, who were sitting there. But the video was nice. And it saved me.

One Earth excursion. I was impressed by it. It was the most beautiful office complex, which I have ever seen in my life. And even now I’m very proud of it!

Shifting to One Earth. Lekshmy. Our story started quite funny. My side – I started to get interesting spam mails from somebody called Lekshmy U, for that time, my orientation in genders was quite poor, so I was just looking around and trying to understand, whom I’m replying. Then everything started with sweets. Lekshmy side – she thought I have too much attitude.(I should think about it) but everything changed with the sweets. Then were a lot of episodes and stories, which are not directly related to Suzlon (not all of them) but which are cool to remember. Time flushes, yeah Lekshmy? )

Remember first time, when I entered library. I felt in love with it from the first second. So many cool books, in English – in that moment I understood, dreams are really coming true. I spent a hell of hours in this book heaven, especially in one earth, when it was expanded to a great extend. Thanks Madhavi for being with me in this journey. You made it unforgettable)))

Lunches in cafeteria. Edu, who was dreaming about something all the time, and Michal, who was trying to love spicy Indian food and learn how to eat with his hands only. In the end, even I have learned how to do it.

Lonavla trip with Shyam Raj. We heard a lot about this place before going) it was actually quite nice, but as for me – very overpromoted(the same as Mahabeleshwar). In any case, we had really good time with this people.

Dinner in commodore’s house. It was very interesting event, when you get an opportunity to talk to your senior in non-formal situation and get to know more. And delicious dinner, prepared by the second half couldn’t leave any of us indifferent.



That’s true, when you write, preferably positive moments come to your mind. It doesn’t mean that there were no moments, when I was tired, disappointed or frustrated. They were, first of all, we’re human beings. But you choose what to remember. Either to feed your mind with negatives, which are not going to make somebody happier, or to choose another path. I prefer second option – I want to remember the best moments of my experience.



Every day was bringing some learning. How to work in a team, communicate with your boss, be proactive. Thank you Abinash sir for the lessons I got from you for the entire xp, even if sometimes I got the lessons much later then it should be. In any case in the end of the day, one should understand that you’ve learned something. And this is about me: for the entire 9 months I was learning something day by day.



Session about learning objectives. When saw the book about LO for the first time and got to know that I need to make review and presentation in one week, I was shocked. But then, reading it and thinking about each chapter I understood the importance of subject and it start to interest me a lot. Session was nice, and I got the feedback that in 3 months my English became much better, at least people were able to follow up me without big difficulties and problems.

Actually language was one of the main challenges of the xp. First of all – lack of practice in Ukraine, lack of public speaking in it. Now my parents tell me, that my Russian have changed.



First assessment. ’Communication skills’ I was really passionate about this workshop. When you revise it and put a lot of efforts, it becomes part of you to some extent. So it was feeling of excitement, confidence and a bit of fear. Passed, I can deliver it as a co-facilitator. Yeah! I was eager to jump))



Customer satisfaction feedback survey. My biggest challenge here. challenge, which taught me how to be proactive, how to go till the end, how think a bit further, then it seems to be. Thanks God for this challenge. Now I can definitely say it could be done better, I will take this learnings ahead for my future assignments.



Assessment and co-facilitation of ‘Goal - setting’. Learning form subject matter experts is always cool, that was about this workshop. And it also took a lot of efforts in reading and preparation, looking from the participants perspective – what will be interesting for them.

That’s why I was waiting feedback so much. You know, it’s like your kid, you put a lot of efforts in it and you want so much to see the great result. And then you feel so happy about it. Even now I remember the moments of this workshop and they make me feel very –very good.



Lot’s of events, which also brought such kind of feelings. Realization of ‘GLD marketing’, ‘Facilitation skills’, ‘E - induction’. I just want to remember all the good feelings, which connect me to each of these projects.



International women’s day. Women of the company, showing their talents – we have so many talented ones! And even I was reading some poem there)) p.s. got a prize)



Excursions around the wind gallery. I like this place a lot and think everybody should go there. Each slide is a masterpiece.



One earth day and our visit with Utkarsh, Shrish and Puriya here. Crashing the bike on the first day of driving in the parking lot, ‘Proud to be a suzlonian’ wall, ‘Creativity wall’, talks to Madhavi and hours in libratry, time spend with Swati , her Excel workshop, engineering trainees and visit to Satara site, my further communication with each of them, quite good communication with guardians and office boys, whose level of English is the same as my level of hindi, Lekshmy(as mentioned above- separate page of different cases)), meeting Tulsi Tanti, actually occasionally get to know some senior people from the company, morning mails to and from my friends, people, who became my friends here – so many good things happened.



In the end, I would like to thank God for this unique experience. And I know that there will be something new and more exciting in the future.

Part 3.

Actually i should write more about the things I really like here in India, then about those, which are totally different.


Basic example is your banking system. I really appreciate, that you can pay with your debit\credit card everywhere, starting from the shops on the Laxmi road and cinemas. I really like the level of internet-banking, especially when you need to book tickets. Was checking with Ukraine, we don’t have on-line booking tickets for buses and trains in such common way as here.

I like your attitude towards traditions. Somehow India managed to save traditional dresses and develop rich fashion industry. For example, even now, saris and salvars are considered as a formal dress, but believe me, you can wear it in such way, that it will look more sexy then western ones. And I really like attitude towards it and respect.

Your festivals and religions will be separate topic of the discussion, very big and colorful one.

One of the best things, I like in India – is national anthem before movies in cinemas. I saw people singing it. Last clip with the participation of Indian army on the northern border is so impressive. Even I start to feel really proud for this country. It will be cool to implement such practice in Ukraine. At least to increase the level of awareness about it in citizens.

Process of getting license for the vehicle. It has both sides, definitely. The good side is it is very-very simple, the opposite one is – that you have no idea how much people will have their first time on the roads today.

Attitude towards family and parents. It will be one more post only about . It has a lot of interesting moments and sides and it’s impossible to cover it in 2 – 3 words.

Food. I can write about it for the entire day. Describing my favorite dishes and what ideas come to my mind. I love cooking, that’s why my close people become the ‘victims’ of my experiments.

Greeks and corporate

In Geek mythology there was a story about the Apple of discord. 3 beautiful Goddesses: Gera, Athena and Aphrodite got and apple with title “For the most beautiful”. Each of them wanted to get this title. In the end it was given to Aphrodite in exchange for the most beautiful women in the world, Helene. What happened after – war of Troy, with lots of victims and wasted resources for it, useless war actually. The goddesses were too busy with their ego and competition and they had no business, what will be the consequences.



In corporate world we often face some politics, which are going on. Like in example of the myth if management of the company gives an opportunity to ego to overcome the professional characteristics it will have disastrous consequences for the employees who will face only the end point

Part 3.Attitude to foreigners.

I will put in the form of statements, how I see it. And describe each one a bit.



Foreigners have money.

Why this one is coming as the first one to my mind? May be because of everyday communication with sellers, drivers, when they try to cheat you? if I’m going to the shop, I check for the written prices, thanks, every item has printed price on it. It’s really hard to explain, that you’re earning on the same level as an average Indian employee in corporate sphere.

“special price” – common expression, which you hear, when say ‘no’ for the first time in barging. Barging also has its structure. First you ask the price (if you ask in Hindi, you should know enough to be able to understand the answer), sure, price will be too high. You say ‘no, babba’ and try to go. This is where round 2 of the battle starts, babba will check how much he can earn on you with giving you an opportunity to think, that you have cool negotiation skills. Number of round depends on your wish to have something, patience and the real (reasonable) price for smth. In the tourist places you can start from 300 and buy for 25 -30 rupees. ‘Poker face’ skill will help you a lot in such kind of the negotiations.

For me the most uncomfortable situation is when you need to remind about 2-5 rupees change to somebody. It’s very small money, but if you don’t have them, nobody will give you something in the shop. Sometimes I just go for the principle, if you write such kind of prices, then find change. May be I’m cheap, but I don’t think so.

I like rickshaw drivers for this. When you are walking on the street, lots of them will stop and propose their service, the funniest thing is that I’m walking with the helmet from the bike))

For system of price differentiation was very strange for the first time. When you go to the historical monument, you need to pay 10-20 times more, than Indians. Now we manage it somehow with driver’s licenses and other tricks. Actually I understand the origin of it. For travelers from Europe 5 euro entrance for the museum is not a big price. And it becomes quite good business.

Remembered one funny moment. Agra fort, street café. Menu with the prices of good restaurant, when we almost had left, the waiter brought us a menu with Indian prices, which were half of it. The same printing, the same dishes, you’ll never see the difference from the other table. Creativity, yeah? )

Beggars – I don’t like when they touch me. brrr… feel very bad about it. I often think, what happens to these nice small girls, when they have grown up? Die? Become prostitutes? How many of them go to any basic studies? And their parents are not far from the kids, sitting on the sides of the roads and sending them to beg.

part 2. a bit about paople and habits.

Indians.



They really have things which I like a lot, and things, which I don’t understand to great extent.



Different:



The most different thing is time management. 5 minutes mean 30 minutes and more. After some time you’re quite sure, that if event is planned at 11 – in corporate it will start at 11.15 at least, and informal one 12.00 – 12.30. And this is ok.

Expression of the opinions. Indians tend to say their thoughts in indirect way. there is no direct ‘No’, they have ‘may be later’ which has the same meaning.

Opinions of bosses and elders are respected to great extend, even if sometimes they’re not very correct.

There was very good pic, which showed the difference between Indian and Western expression of opinions. Western is a straight line, Indian is a labyrinth with the end quite far from the beginning (actually, I suggest, that end point and start one should be the same)

Indian guys. Each rule has its exceptions, but if to take in general you get too much attention from their side. And the stereotype, that western women are easier in approach is alive in 50% of cases at least. In the beginning I paid no attention on the looks on the streets, then it start to be noticeable, and now I develop my patience not to get irritated, when you walk on the streets. I’m ok with normal looking, but feel very uncomfortable when it’s written ‘I want you’ with a big letters inside of the eyes. One of the most stupid things – is to give your number to somebody on the party. Strange, when they write you love messages after 30 minutes talk somewhere on the common friends party or start to call you ‘dear friend’. Which friend? I have seen you once. It will be ok, if somebody wants to make friends with you, but all of them escape after getting an answer on the question “Do you have a boyfriend?” – “Yes, I have, want to see the pic???”. Yeah, then it becomes quite funny. Guys, why do you think, that foreign girl is only waiting to become your ‘girlfriend’ after one meeting and 100 of crappy love messages from your side? Is it working with indian girls?

Yeah, in any case, I thank you because I develop my patience with you)))

One more time I admit that each observation has its exceptions and I know them very well.



Spirit of competition. This is really different, but it’s easy to explain. Indians compete 24x7. it’s very visible in the workplace, in the educational establishments. But it’s reasonable. You have a population more than 1 billion and not so much of good jobs. Only the best people will get the best things. This gives 2 more topics for the discussion, like society and education.



What I like:



They are very helpful even if they don’t know your language.

That people I got to know more they are people of big hearts and deep souls.

Very knowledgeable. Lots of people who’re subject matter experts in their respective fields.



Some common habits:



Mobile phones. It’s impossible to see proper Indian without proper mobile. Notice – most of them get mobiles when they enter college or 10th-12th standards. They like and can speak hours on mobile (observed on some friends of mine). Actually, it’s also easy to explain, after college they settle in different cities and this is the easiest way to keep in touch, when you’re 1000 km one from each other. Lot’s of people have blackberries. This means 2 things: some social status(they are quite expensive) and unlimited access to the internet and social networks. So these guys are quite addicted to gtalk)) it’s so funny, when your neighbor in cinema is typing messages for the entire movie on his BB.



Social networks. The most common ones are facebook and Orkut. I have a feeling, that orkut is an indian - brasilian social network. Facebook is a great opportunity to keep in touch, I’m getting used to it, because I’m more addicted to its Russian version.



Free time. Indians are real movie freaks! And I like it a lot. Each week only 3 english movies are realized, so there is a plenty of opportunities what to watch. And lot’s of hindi movies. I had a stereotype that all Indian movies are from Bollywood. This is not true. Definitely a lot of movies are, but each state has its own movies. In its own language. If to take into consideration that in general population of the states is near 50mln each…))



Parties. Why do they end at 11.30? as maximum at 1.30 in very good clubs. Yeah, got used to Ukrainian parties, which only starts at 11 p.m. The music is ok, but the same. Actually I didn’t see a lot of new tracks in club music for these 8 months.

Most of the places have ‘couple entrance’, for my CS it’s quite interesting question, because we have more guys than girls.



Walking on foot. It’s quite hard to find a place in Pune, where you can do it. in the late evenings it’s not the safest decision and the roads are not for it. So you can go around your society for number of times)) Jogging is available in new societies with nice roads.

to be continued...

Internship memories. Part 1.

I started to write this series of notes to share with you all the things, which I’ve felt during this internship with Suzlon in Pune, India. It will be about everything, all that will come to my mind, all memories and thoughts.




Let’s start from The Company.



Suzlon Energy Limited together with Re-Power is 3rd world largest wind energy company. Details you can get to know on their web-site www.suzlon.com. In India it has biggest market share and is providing it’s customers with new turnkey solutions. Headquarters of Suzlon in India are in Pune, that was the place, where I was lucky to stay for last 9 months.



I had no clue about wind energy before coming to Pune at all. Ok, a little bit to be able to talk for first 5 minutes. Because of this exp, I’ve enriched my knowledge in this area to a great extent.



My department has been GLD which stands for Global Learning and Development. The main aim of it was – make Suzlon a learning organization and ensure the best quality of learning experiences for each employee to make company achieve its goals and in long-term – vision.



I have been a part of Global Leadership Excellence team, which was later transformed to Global Talent Management team. The responsibilities of the team were more about the behavioral part of the trainings, provided for the employees. Actually I want to say thank you to my team, I got very interesting team experience, high criteria, which was challenging to achieve and prove that you can do it. One of my dreams start to become true, I’m passionate about facilitating and training and I got a practical xp in this area. It’s a magic of the training, when you read, prepare content, exercises, put yourself on the place of the learners and in the end you see their eyes, and understand that it was worth all this preparation and efforts! It’s a crazy feeling, which drives you ahead! And I want to say thank you to people, who supported me in it.



What I have learnt from all 9 months?



I had an XP in multinational company. And it’s worth a lot.

I got to know indian business culture

Met very knowledgeable and challenging people, and people who’re depressive and indifferent to their job

Understood, that you’re the only one person, who needs your projects to be done the most. So if you need smth to be done, you need to put 120% of your efforts and not forget to push your teammates a bit.

Get to know different view on time and deadlines. Where ‘In 30 minutes’ can mean ‘After lunch’ or even ‘Tomorrow’



Actually, I’m very grateful to this experience, because it gave me an opportunity to look at myself from the other side and:



- ask – how often do I do extra mile?

- find – my passion in work

- develop – patience , English and communication skills

- meet – people, who became my real friends

- make – stupid mistakes and analyze them later

- observe – great variety of personalities

- practice – all the mind techniques I read in the books

- search – and find motivation within self.

- grow – as a facilitator



Suzlon will always stay in my experience as a big milestone. And I thank you for this first stage in my professional life.

Weekend is flying away, bringing very nice moments with it. lot's of them, even if you're not going out of Pune.
this on we ha a lot of guests in our house, friend of Cesar came from Hyderabad and Lek came with her friend from Mumbai.
Now tasty smells are coming from the kitchen, Lek and James are making some magic with the chicken and fish there)) mmmm, yammy... actually i should try to learn something from them, but i was more in chatting and doing my stuff for the entire day))
It's possible to call this day - movie day)) i'm lucky for 2 awesome movies: 'Remember me', this one is new and was released only yesterday. Very strong message was conveyed, we should really value all that people which are important in life, because you really don't know what will happen in the next moment or will this next moment happen at all. so many things can be taken for granted, and you lost the value of each single moment. i'm talking about myself first of all. and about people who're far away now, in Ukraine, in different countries.
Second one was 'Peacefull warrior'. just think, what is 'happy' for you and do it) that's all. and doesn't matter if you'll be successfull in eyes of other people or not, in any case, it's your life, first of all))
Travelling, travelling, travelling... Parvati temple. i like this place a lot. there is some nice atmosphere,so you want to come there more and more times. just a place) but somehow it's special )) one more thing -we're always going there with new members of CS. this time was not exception also)))
Last, but not the least, was talkin to Martin. I was so glad to hear his voice after one week of him coming back to Holland. Yeah, i left you like the most delicious part - in the end of my post, like prawns in biriyani)))) hehehe)))) it's so cool to remember all the moments we had in India, CS, all the funny things, which were happening ))) i really believe, that we'll keep in touch till the next meeting somewhere on this big small planet)

day gives you a lot of surprises... wow...

Farewell party was cool. If you can say in this way about such kind of parties. You don't say bye, you say see you soon)) and it'll become true)
Amount of ppl was the maximum, i have seen in the flat for the entire 8 months))) hope to see pics tonight)
Was happy to talk to Martin after long period of time. moments and memories)) so funny)) it's somthing, that will stay with you doesn't matter how far you're one from each other. Very curious, when he is going to open our present)
Actually, today is my last Suzlon anniversary - exactly 8 months as i joined it. want to thanks to Suzlon for the experience of working in 3rd largest in the world wind energy company and those opportunities you gave to me. If i missed any of them - let it be) thank you for giving me undestanding of indian business culture and opportunity to practice facilitation and english skills.

mood: happy with spice of farewells. I got attached to these people. Moments are coming to mind:




Davi: ‘New Brazilian is coming’ – happiness was written on the face of Edu. After work we knocked at the door of 7b, which was the first time when I saw Davi. Then I have no idea, that he will appear very strong personality with kind and adventurous soul.

Moments are coming to mind…

Visit to Parwati Hill with Davi. First pics with jumps in front of the temple, which was repeated on our next trip.

Trip to Raingard fort with you and Kunal. 6 hours in local bus. Hell of pics. Like when you’re posing, you appear really cool on them)) 2 news in the evening: there is a bus, but it’s at 11.30 p.m. Arrival at 5 a.m. in Pune.

Guitar and Portuguese songs. I really like when you play. And when Tony sings in portugese.))) It reminds me about Mulshi))

Michal farewell and your sari dress)) Especially some parts of it.

Mumbai and your face for some very small and strange, but expensive dish from the menu)

Caperinia, which was the longest last drink in our flat.

Vici’s party and your mustaches. You look very sexy with them.

You dance some Latin dance with Andre.

Talking to you almost every day about different things))



Martin’s appearance in CS was also announced by Edu. ))) Funny, he was the first point of contact for both of you) So, let’s wait for Dutch, crazy Dutch, as per our previous XP. It became true. Even if you didn’t live in cycle society, you were quite often with us.

And I found a true friend with strong and crazy character and deep soul)

Moments:

Evenings in CS, when you just appeared. Chatting about different stuff.

Thali restaurant and ‘cherry dish’

Chinese game with fingers, which I didn’t understand, but you were playing it with Veronica.

Why not? As your motto and trip to Goa. ‘No-no limits to reach to the sky’)) passion to cashews, prawns and incredible things.

Your face expressions)) and first time when I saw you in glasses and quite official style.

You and Utkarsh)) haha)) Polar but similar))

18 hours in the bus to Hampi and stories about 3 flat tires on your way to Goa.

Basketball. There were a lot of talks about it, but only when you appeared we started to play it.

You and your Royal Enfield. This incredible couple) and idea about the trip from India to Holland by bike. I hope you’ll realize it one day;))

i started to feel homesick. as soon as i get my dates confirmed, this feeling appeared. when everything is ambigous you're too busy to think about it. now it came, sometimes i see, what i will do as soon as i come back. i miss my close people, and skype is not a best solution. may be it's true, that ancient warriors took a small piece of their land with them to battlefields and got energy from it. i'll check it, even if i get bored of my city in 5 days, it will be later. now i want to feel that poluted air and see gray hat of gases, when you enter the city by train.




And i know that my journey ahead has only started and Mariupol will be just a rest before another stage of life and i'm so happy because of it. Life is an excellent thing.



It's intersting to meet all the ppl there. My mom tells me that i changed a lot, strting from my clear foreign accent. I don't notice it. Sometimes i get a bit lost, which language i'm thinking and speaking.



Where is my home now? what is home - place where you want to come everyday and feel comfortable. if take this defenition, what will i feel? these are the open-ended questions, which come to my mind.



how do i feel in India? can say, that quite comfortable. For sure, there are things, which remain strange for me, but in general i got so used already.



Lets see, time will show...

Good morning, guys!i found time to give a bit information to his) did not appear here for 4 days! ) It's s not because there is nothing to write - rather simply can not find time to do it!
Saturday flew immediately with work on 3 projects. Coordinated trenining, had a preparation to my session, which will be tomorrow and the event was for "Markuting training programs". It sounds like not very much, but in practice it takes a lot of time! i'm happy with such things! I love the days when you are busy for the entire 8 hours! Ha, funny thing was that I left office on Saturday at 6 pm! For me it's just an incredible event since working day ends at 5, see me there after just a rarity 5.15))



After work on Saturday awaited party. But before that we were doing a little shopping for the trip to the "Brazilian BBQ", which was transformed in vegeterian picnic in the absence of a grill))

Originaly it was farewell party to Teresa, one of the girls from Germany. When talking with different people, present there, you realize that half of them in general has no idea why this party was organized. Sometimes it's funny, when you are askedDo you know X& It depends on what it means to "know" about very many can say that "I know how he looks like", less -" I know where is he from and a bit more".

What is strange for me in India - the attitude of the local people to their own lives. Maybe this is of course, regulation of the over population , but I slightly believe in it. I ask myself - why run  in front of the scooter or go to the oncoming lane on a narrow road at top speed? Unfortunately, such occasions are quite often here) .

Yesterday went to the movie. For those who want to quietly sleep in a warm room and watch mindless film - go to the "Legion". Till now it is - the worst thing I've seen)), pluses -my friends, with whom i went and  in honor of Women's Day it was a free ticket for me.

March 8 in India. On Saturday, asked myboss, how 70% of population in our deaprtment(70%) are going to congratulate us, which made him laugh side. But yesterday morning were i was so pleased with rose and ... coupon for free food in the cafeteria ...

Holiday exists, but it is not as significant as in Ukraine. By the way, there is no  male day in India...

Today are going to play basketball)) cool))

Incidentally, internet appeared in the house. So you can keep in touch via Skype)

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morning brings happiness)) have no idea, why exactly, but i woke up in the morning with such a happy feeling) feeling that this day will be excellentm, gratitude to God for this life and unlimited love to people, things, which are around, even Suzlon)) i have this very strong feeling of happiness for more than week continiously and it motivates so much.

yesterday all my projects started to go. at least. it's hard to say in words, when the date of your event is established and you know that's going to happen for sure!

Evening brought tasty prawns and party in our flat. I met a lot of new people, from german interns company. in the beginning of the evening you understand, you know only 3-4 people and in the end you get to know almost everybody)

interesting, how your relations with people grow. you can know somebody for a long time and then one day you can come close friends. actually, living in one flat together also builds up cool relationships. i'm sure if one day i appear in Brazil, Holland, Poland, Germany... i'll have somebody with who to remember funny moments from Cycle society...(or Psycho sosiety, as some people call it)

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time is passing by very quickly...were counting yesterday with Lekshmy...it's only 3 months today till the official end of my internship here. and today is a small anniversary - 6months ago i arrived in Delhi...wow))
every day brings so much cool and unique moments, people, relations...

I like mornings. Due to some  very cool reasons. First is that you wake up and see blue sky and sun from the window. and smile comes to your face. somewhere from inside you start to feel that this day is going to be great! Downstairs my baby is waiting for me to make a crazy ride towards Suzlon. It's such a cool feeling to ride a scooter after 3 days being in Goa. Sometimes i have a feeling, that you become like one whole unit with it. So cool. Third point is in Suzlon. That moment when you open outlook in the morning. for me it's always a special moment, like for the child, who is opening a present. You don't know, what's waiting for you inside, but you hope to get letters from yur dear people. and when you see them it makes you feel very happy. They are part of your life, connected with these people, some special moments and feelings. Unfortuatelly, you can't hug people by mail... ))

Today in the drafts I found a post i wrote more then month ago, but didn't publish anywhere. So i decided to give it life here...

Hey, I want to write it in English will practice my writing skill and gather all the thoughts in mind. Interesting, how does it looks like from the point of view of native speaker? May be it sounds too formal or too incorrect? or may be no) it’s interesting. Yesterday, a lot of thoughts were inside the mind. About life, people, just random events. Let’s write and see what will come.






Brazilians. Living in the flat with three Brazilians have some funny moments. one of them send me an article – 'why do I love Brazilians'. Want to share with some comments.






'They are really friendly! I travel alone and it can be hard sometimes when in cultures that are closed and fearful of making new friends'






Totally true – they are the most friendly people I’ve met here in India. Kind, gently and funny. And you always feel – they have big heart inside.






'They are very hygienic – surfaces, buildings and services accessed by the public are cleaned very regularly, and Brazilians have more regular showers than any other culture in the world I’ve encountered'






This one drives me crazy. When you have common shower for you all. Know, they like to think about life, weather, relations… while taking shower. So it’ll last at least 15 minutes) just imagine, you come after that inside, open water and… and you have nothing)) this is not about Brazilians but about our house) water is very limited there. We even had an observation – that the fastest one was Timo, Finland – shower in 5 minutes. And the records man was Cesar, Brasil – almost 1 hour.






'They are proud. Brazilians love Brazil, and they love the state and the city that they are from. As you can tell, this love is spreading and it has infected me!'






True. You know, none of us in the entire flat is so much interested in meeting people from the same nationality. Even when we were in Goa, we met a guy , who goes to the parties in the t-shirt of a football team, just for other Brazilians to recognize him. Can you imagine. And they meet each other as close relatives, which haven’t seen each other for some time.






About nations.


Indians. Depend on society very much. Yesterday had a very interesting talk with my neighbor.


Are you going to have an arranged marriage?


Yes


When


Probably, soon.


Wow! Why arranged…


Know, now the culture of arranged marriages is a bit different. You meet this girl, you get to know her and then get married. To some extend you have no choice, but if you’re living in joint family, It’s better if person understands you and your family.


And if you want to marry a foreigner?


First parents will say no, because of foreigner. If I convince them to meet and if even they like – they will say no because of society, which is monitoring and has very valuable opinion.






So that how it’s here. Writing takes a lot of patience. Really. New thoughts are coming to mind, but the speed of typing is not so fast.






I like to look at the sky, it gives strength. Till it’s above, anything else is not so important.  Sometimes I feel, I’m not so strong. But them I come to myself and say, that for my life I’m the only responsible one. it makes it easier. Love – you should spread love around. Know, sometimes I catch myself with bad feelings towards somebody. Why? as soon as I observe it, I ask myself. And understand – it’s lack of self-confidence and it’s the only reason. So working on it. I want to see the example of love, but I feel inside – that I have this love – it’s love of god. It’s always with me.






Interesting, how long this writing will last? If I’m committed, I can write every day. Concern is – don’t want to write double. But my parents don’t understand English unfortunately. So, we’ll see.




Realization of the first project was successful. Not every attendee cam to it, but the content and the way of delivery were awesome. I’m thinking that it’s even better – people, who really want to develop themselves, will find an opportunity in any place. True. Interesting – you should through out your personal factor to the trainer and listen to content. And think, think a lot. I think, I have enough passion for this job. I get a great joy when I share knowledge with people. Especially, when it is my knowledge. I want to learn how to create sense of urgency. Know, work here is a bit tuft, sometimes I feel totally lost. Then I say to myself that everything is going for learning. Thinking about of the power of appreciation. Know, I’d like my boss to tell me that I’m doing smth good. But from the other point of view now I strive to prove it. prove that I worth trust. And I really worth it. I want to develop thinking skill, that’s why I started to write it. may be in some time I’ll read and laugh from it, let’s see.


Subhashree came to me and proposed to give contacts of her friend, who’s working in Mumbai in learning and development. Great opportunity. And know, I felt a bit addicted to Suzlon and afraid of moving to Mumbai. That means, I should do this to break my boundaries and go out. Because it’s to easy to choose the easiest way of life. But what then? Where is the growth? Challenges develop your character. I like two things on this topic – first – there are only two roads – one is a narrow one, second is hard one. the difference is – which one you will choose.


Called to the orphanage. Understand that I should learn hindi. I can’t make other people to learn English. Actually, what disturbed me – was that that woman said – I have horrible English. I don’t think, it’s like this. So I need to speak more clear and also learn Hindi.


One more time thought about the importance of fights in life came to my mind. If you really want to get something, you should fight for it with all your passion. Make this choice every day, even not every day – every particular second. Sometimes you think, so what, it’s easier to wait till somebody will do it for you. And then ask yourself – you’re the only responsible person in your life, how can you wait somebody do smth for you if you don’t do it for yourself. That’s it. And you move ahead.





What do I read? At home I read very occasionally – I spend more time in chatting and sitting in the internet. No, when I really want, I sit on the second floor and read a book. Take a lamp and give all my attention to it. it’s good. Sometimes I wish, I could wake up earlier, but for me it’s impossible, when there is no sun outside. So I decided, I sleep in the morning.




Our room now – in the morning, you open your blanket and don’t want to go anywhere, because it’s so cold outside. Yeah, I’m from Ukraine, I hear it too often. But I don’t like cold weather anywhere. I need +25 all day long. Then I will feel comfortable. Even more, it’ll be also ok. People tell, cold weather prevents from getting old. May be. But I can’t wear a lot of things for the whole day.


Actually I don’t like snow so much. I like to watch it falling and to play snowballs. I don’t like wet shoes, melting snow around you. I like that beauty side of it) yeah, everything has two sides, if it didn’t melt, we would never feel the beauty of the spring air or hot summer wind. True. Everything has it’s seasons. You should believe, that they change. Even we have polar night and polar day. Despite they are 6 months long, they also change.






What is failure? I think, we’re too concentrated on our failures. If we can say that they exist. Let’s look from the another side on it. if you don’t fall, how would you know about growth? Growth is the difference. If you don’t fall, how will you get up? Why do we think, we fail at all? Because somebody will say? Because we’re not confident in ourselves? We can’t do smth. It’s ok. More important, what will you do with this knowledge. You can always regret, you’re not to able to do smth or you can create a list of action steps. It’s up to you. I think it’s a deep phrase. And the person, who proposed it to aiesec posters was also intelligent. May be it came from his mind, may be no. but in the fact it was really challenging. Why it was not successful? Think, because it’s hard to change adult minds starting with this concept. Often somebody else, who is responsible is been searched for. It’s easier to follow. And now the conception of leader and followers lost itself. Leaders are developing leaders. By example, by passion and inner motivation. True leaders.

That was it...
Have  some new thoughts in my mind, will share...
To be continued))