I've been meaning to start this blog for ages but didn't get round to it until now. I am an AIESECer (let's get the obvious out of the way shall we?) from Sri Lanka ( a lovely little island just south of India). Right now I'm doing my internship at a software company (MRNet Consulting) in Lisbon, Portugal and I'm 5870 miles away from home!
So what made me fly 5870miles away from home for an internship? Answer: AIESEC. I was an active AIESECer in university(University of Moratuwa) back home and after promoting and organizing so many interns to come on exchange to Sri Lanka I thought I ought-to try it myself too. Everyone whose been on an exchange would talk about the 'life changing experience' they've had and I wanted to see for myself ( I am a very curious cat:I). I also love travel and flying 5870miles away from home seemed the ideal travel experience to me!:D
Starting your AIESEC internship is not a very simple process though. There is a lot of AIESEC procedures to follow, a lot of planning and preparation involved. The start of my own internship got delayed as I had a long and dragged out visa process to follow. However after climbing many mountains I finally cleared the process, bought my ticket and flew from Colombo->Delhi->Zurich->Lisbon! (I just wanted to find an internship with the longest flight route:D). But I made it, and here I am in Lisbon, Portugal!:)
First impressions about Lisbon and my internship..
LOVE:)
AIESEC Lisboa Catolica! My matching LC is so friendly and gave me the warmest welcome!:)
The company and my colleagues
My macbook! Given to me by the company for the internship
Bacalhau! (cod fish) - a favorite Portuguese delecacy that comes in so many different preparations
Sight seeing in Lisbon
Colombo - the big shopping mall that feels just like home ( probably coz it's got the same name as my own city back home:D)
HATE:(
The cold. I'm used to temperatures of above 22ºC at least and the cold windy weather in Lisbon is not my kind of weather. But then its my fault for coming here in winter!
Not being able to speak Portuguese. I am trying really really hard to learn but Portuguese is so hard to pronounce! Naõ falo Portuguese!:(
HATE:(
The cold. I'm used to temperatures of above 22ºC at least and the cold windy weather in Lisbon is not my kind of weather. But then its my fault for coming here in winter!
Not being able to speak Portuguese. I am trying really really hard to learn but Portuguese is so hard to pronounce! Naõ falo Portuguese!:(
Hope to get over my hates soon though!
More details on my internship will follow in future posts so stay tuned! And as they say in Portugal, beijinhos (pronounced - beijhins | meaning - kisses)!:D
More details on my internship will follow in future posts so stay tuned! And as they say in Portugal, beijinhos (pronounced - beijhins | meaning - kisses)!:D
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