No shit! Punish!
This last weekend was spent at an Aiesec conference in Sec hanging out with a bunch of the other trainees. It was eventful.
On the way there our train was about an hour late so we missed the last bus connection from Pardubice to Sec. We then decided it would be a good idea to try and hitch a ride. We were wildly unsuccessful but we did manage to meet the 2 creepiest people in Pardubice. Go us! Nuria also made a beautiful sign. I really can't understand why our requests of, "Prosim!!! Prosim!!!" didn't get us anywhere. However, we managed to get someone from the conference to pick us up so everything worked out.
Once there we got the party started until about 5:30am when Claireski and I looked at each other and were like, "this is boring now, let's go to bed!". We were lucky once we woke up, the weather was beautiful and the rest of the day we spent lazing by the lake. Well, I lazed, the guys actually played ultimate frisbee, can't believe they were exercising. That night was much like the previous one (drinking games, drinking, socializing, topalky this time) and the next day we woke up and just sat around until we caught a bus out of there.
Stuff from the weekend:
-Menia explaining the seriousness of topalky (Boat races- where people stand in a line facing each other and each side is a team. One person drinks their entire beer then the next person starts. Whichever team finishes first wins.). She was describing a situation in which she held off on drinking her beer to make the competition more exciting and her friends almost killed her. Words of wisdom: "There are friends, and there's topalky".
-Mauro lamenting the fact that he "tried so hard tonight and still didn't punish last night!"
-Will's totem pole story- his boss who always corrects his English (but doesn't speak English that well) doesn't believe Will when Will tells him the name for a large outdoor sign (like the one outside of a car dealership that says Ford or something) isn't totem pole. The boss is convinced the proper term is "totem pole". Finally, the boss relents a bit-- he changes "totem pole" to "totem (outdoor sign)". Right. This story is a million times better when Will tells it.
-Mauro's presentation on his time in Mozambique. There is a serious side to Mauro, he spent 6 months in Mozambique teaching English staying in a place without running water or electricity. When asked if he had ever picked up a girl after telling them this inspirational story Mauro said "oh yeah, last time I gave this presentation in Italy". Unfortunately, he did not pick up that night. Mauro, don't worry, you've still got it...somewhere.
-Drinking games with a bunch of the trainees-you learn so much about people in such a short time. Really. You did what in a H&M dressing room??
-Claire adding the "hlavni nadrazi" dance to her reportoire. Her other dance is the "namesti dance". They are both futsking dobře. It was also awesome to see Yuanski bust a move at the par-tay. Go Yuanski! We all shook it like a polaroid picture
-The completely awful food at the conference- cold chicken shnitzel (looks like a big chicken nugget) and liver soup are not good. I didn't eat properly until Sunday night.
-The Brno trainees said the most overused word by the Prague trainees was "shit", in sentences such as "No shit!" or "I shit you not!", and they all told us that we said "punish" way too much. Maybe we'll convert them and they'll start to say it too. I'm feeling pretty good about that right now.
All the futsking dobře pictures are right here.
On the way there our train was about an hour late so we missed the last bus connection from Pardubice to Sec. We then decided it would be a good idea to try and hitch a ride. We were wildly unsuccessful but we did manage to meet the 2 creepiest people in Pardubice. Go us! Nuria also made a beautiful sign. I really can't understand why our requests of, "Prosim!!! Prosim!!!" didn't get us anywhere. However, we managed to get someone from the conference to pick us up so everything worked out.
Once there we got the party started until about 5:30am when Claireski and I looked at each other and were like, "this is boring now, let's go to bed!". We were lucky once we woke up, the weather was beautiful and the rest of the day we spent lazing by the lake. Well, I lazed, the guys actually played ultimate frisbee, can't believe they were exercising. That night was much like the previous one (drinking games, drinking, socializing, topalky this time) and the next day we woke up and just sat around until we caught a bus out of there.
Stuff from the weekend:
-Menia explaining the seriousness of topalky (Boat races- where people stand in a line facing each other and each side is a team. One person drinks their entire beer then the next person starts. Whichever team finishes first wins.). She was describing a situation in which she held off on drinking her beer to make the competition more exciting and her friends almost killed her. Words of wisdom: "There are friends, and there's topalky".
-Mauro lamenting the fact that he "tried so hard tonight and still didn't punish last night!"
-Will's totem pole story- his boss who always corrects his English (but doesn't speak English that well) doesn't believe Will when Will tells him the name for a large outdoor sign (like the one outside of a car dealership that says Ford or something) isn't totem pole. The boss is convinced the proper term is "totem pole". Finally, the boss relents a bit-- he changes "totem pole" to "totem (outdoor sign)". Right. This story is a million times better when Will tells it.
-Mauro's presentation on his time in Mozambique. There is a serious side to Mauro, he spent 6 months in Mozambique teaching English staying in a place without running water or electricity. When asked if he had ever picked up a girl after telling them this inspirational story Mauro said "oh yeah, last time I gave this presentation in Italy". Unfortunately, he did not pick up that night. Mauro, don't worry, you've still got it...somewhere.
-Drinking games with a bunch of the trainees-you learn so much about people in such a short time. Really. You did what in a H&M dressing room??
-Claire adding the "hlavni nadrazi" dance to her reportoire. Her other dance is the "namesti dance". They are both futsking dobře. It was also awesome to see Yuanski bust a move at the par-tay. Go Yuanski! We all shook it like a polaroid picture
-The completely awful food at the conference- cold chicken shnitzel (looks like a big chicken nugget) and liver soup are not good. I didn't eat properly until Sunday night.
-The Brno trainees said the most overused word by the Prague trainees was "shit", in sentences such as "No shit!" or "I shit you not!", and they all told us that we said "punish" way too much. Maybe we'll convert them and they'll start to say it too. I'm feeling pretty good about that right now.
All the futsking dobře pictures are right here.
posted by Aruna at 8:59 AM
1 Comments:
can i say how much i love the fact that you partied with igor :P
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