25
April
2007
I got an (unpaid) internship with ICYE Switzerland - four months in their main office in Bern, working on a variety of projects. It’s a very small team, so my tasks will be diverse and interesting. I’m really thrilled, as I’ve been so close to giving up hope that this internship thing will work out before my departure to New Zealand!
Because it’s in Bern, I’ll be staying with long-time friend Cindy for the first couple of weeks, at which time I’ll hopefully have found a room somewhere with people from my parents’ church. I’ll still be going home weekends (it’s an 80% job, so I’ll probably have 3-day weekends), but it’s the closest I’ve ever come to living away from my family. So yes, it’s all very exciting - even more so as I’ll start next Wednesday! Wish me luck…
Posted: Life
19
April
2007
This whole internship search has been quite a rollercoaster these past two months, bringing with it quite a bit of disillusionment and disappointment, as I realized how little of value for the job market I actually have to offer. It even made me doubt my whole career plan of working in the area of international relations/NGOs.
Now I’ve finally got an interview with a youth exchange organisation lined up next Monday, and my chances are looking quite good, as I’d be a last minute replacement for an intern who quit. So for the time being I’m in very good spirits and full of hope - and the lovely warm sunshine certainly doesn’t hurt either. 
Also, you can find the photos I took on my short trip to Germany at the beginning of the month: First I met up with Märrie und Katharina (a friend from Hamburg) in Potsdam and we visited the LotR Exhibition, then I spent a couple of days with Märrie and her family near Bonn. This also included an afternoon in Düsseldorf, where I met Karin and Shuichi’s little baby boy Kaito for the first time.
-> Flickr album
Posted: Fandom, Life, Photos
