Eldon Turns 21

Happy Birthday, Eldon.

Battle Royal

Since no one else has uploaded these picks, I took the liberty of doing so. It looks like you guys had a lot of fun! And a lot of scars to prove it. Cuddos to Olivia for being the only female!

Hello?

Hello...hello...hello

Echo...echo...echo

Interesting...

The EU will send 7,000 troops to Lebanon. -AFP
An Austrian girl was discovered after eight years in captivity. -BBC
Fire has damaged a St. Petersburg cathedral. -RFE
Three Mexicans have returned after nine months stranded at sea. -Reuters
An ancient mummy was found in Mongolia. -Spiegel

That story about the Austrian girl is incredible. Definitely check it out if you have time.

Farewell to Frenchie and Dutchie

Where has the time gone? As the end of August approaches it is unfortunately time for Tim and Martin to go back home ... so lets meet up to start our good-byes...

"We have a super important event coming up on Friday! Two of our favorite interns will be leaving soon, so we've decided to send them off with a bang! Come out Friday, August 25th to Moxies Downtown at 7.30 PM (2nd Floor, MBar, 888 7 Avenue SW [Sandman Hotel] ) to say bye to Tim and Martin!
Hope to see you there!"

Missing Calgary...

Hey all...

I don't have much time but just wanted to say that I miss you all and that Poland has been and is amazing...

I hope Everyone is have a good time in Calgary...

Be back soon...

Let me know if you want me to bring you anything...

Take care

Whores, As it Were

Oh man, I bet this title will get us all sorts of interesting traffic through Google searches....

After a spirited conversation with Blanka, we've come up with a new way to describe the wonderful people of AIESEC Calgary. It all started when Blanka described herself as a "Communication Whore." I then realized that I was a "Blogging Whore." We came up with a few others:

Andrew Nazareth - Sarcasm Whore
Peter Villanueva - Protocal Whore
Layial El Hadi - Gmail Whore
Eldon Lew - Branding Whore
Messalina Tiro - HaWT Whore
Henry Kung - Movie Whore
Alan Cheung - Knowledge Whore
Diana Tran - Social Whore
Liz Watterworth - Busy Whore
Iris Wong - Matching Whore
Vania Sze - Cost-Minimizing Whore

Just in case anyone is offended, I should point out that the term "whore" in this context is not durogatory in any way and is in fact an endearing term, of sorts.

Another Adventure Has Begun...

Our very own Alex Martin departed for the Czech Republic this evening. I believe I speak for everyone in AIESEC Calgary by wishing him the best of luck in Prague and whatever he finds himself doing for his internship.

Bon Voyage.

EnCana Dozen Internship Matching: Mission Accomplished

OMFG!!! As of 1:00 p.m. MST today, all 12 EnCana internships have been matched!!!

After losing sleep over major bumps in the road, we are now just waiting on some rocky visa processes and awaiting the last TN's acceptance document copies. (By the way, it's another match with Brazil!)

EnCana fall celebration event planning halfway complete! Just need to find a caterer :)

New Blogger

Abner has joined the blogging ranks. Check out his blog via the link in the sidebar.

Also, I'd like welcome Athena and Samantha to this blog.

News...sort of

I confess. I haven't really been paying attention to what's going on in the world this week. All I've really heard about is the AIDS conference going on in Toronto.

Perhaps this is a bit optimistic, but why don't people add news stories they think others should know about? Just post a comment with the link to the story. You can do that by adding "(<)a(>) minus the parantheses" before the link address and "(<)/a(>) minus the parantheses" after.

Thanks.

Bon Voyage, Layial

I've heard rumours that our own president, Layial, is off to Poland today for IC. It all makes sense, really. The luggage, the telling everyone she was going to Poland, the frantic all-nighters trying to get her assignments done.

Have a great trip, Layial, and bring us all back something nice (my address is....)

Kent's Farewell - IMPORTANT LOCATION CHANGE -

Sooo as many of you know our beloved Kent is leaving us for bigger and better things (Egypt)...

However before he leaves we will be having a final dinner tonight...

Kent Babin has done a lot for this local, so much so that his name is now synonymous with AIESEC Calgary...his dedication to helping people out and his selfless acts in giving up his time to make sure people are prepared to leave is unprecedented...not to mention running this blog and participating in AIESEC Calgary History (our first ever blog)!!!!

That being said please make sure you come out tonight to say goodbye to one of the greatest AIESECer's I have met....

LOGISTICS:

WHEN: Tonight (Wednesday August 16th)
WHERE: Don Quito’s (yes the location has changed)
TIME: 8:30 pm
RECERVATION: under Layial

Hope to see all of you there...

We sure will miss you Kent!!!!

Happy Belated B-Day

A HUGGGGGEEEEE happy belated birthday (her birthday was yesterday) goes out to our dear VPER!!!!

ANGELA LIN!!!!

Hope you had a great birthday :)

The Bell is Getting a Lot of Work

DING, DING, DING!!!!!!

Congrats to Abner Montoya for getting matched with the Coiler Corporation in Taipei, Taiwan.

We're officially kicking a$$.

Dutch Culture night

Hello All,

As most of you know we will be having a Dutch culture night...here is the information below...also this post comes with a warning **anything that happens in this culture night due to "Dutch" activities is the sole responsibility of the Netherlands NOT AIESEC Calgary **

WHERE: Henry's house - 80 Hawkmount Close (if you want to know how to get there you can either Google map it or ask Henry at h.kung1@gmail.com)
WHEN: Saturday August 12th 2006
TIME: 7:00pm SHARP (apparently the Dutch are known to start on time...who knew...)
WHY: really???

Hope to see all out there tomorrow
Take care

Internal and External News

A few announcements to make before the news:

1. Blanka has now entered the Blogosphere…see the sidebar for the link.

2. Jeannie’s match with Romania has been rescinded due to a shady visa situation.

I’m sure you all heard about the plots to blow up planes flying to the US. If not, read about it here, here, and here.
A huge typhoon has hit south-eastern China. -BBC
Turkmenistan will build an independence monument. -RFE
A 5.9 earthquake hit Mexico this morning. -Reuters

That typhoon is getting awfully close to Liz. I hope she has a good umbrella.

We're all workin for McDonalds

The big Swiss bank UBS has completed a study ranking the number of minutes of work required to buy a Big Mac. The rating was based on the local price of the product divided by the weighted net hourly wage in 14 professions.

Tokyo 10 Los Angeles 11 Chicago 12 Miami 12 New York 13 Auckland 14 Sydney 14 Toronto 14 Dublin 15 Zurich 15 Frankfurt 16 Geneva 16 London 16 Vienna 16 Berlin 17 Hong Kong 17 Luxembourg 17 Montreal 17 Munich 17 Copenhagen 18 Oslo 18 Amsterdam 19 Helsinki 19 Madrid 19

Nicosia 19 Brussels 20 Milan 20 Taipei 20 Barcelona 21 Paris 21 Stockholm 21 Singapore 22 Lyon 24 Manama 24 Dubai 25 Moscow 25 Rome 25 Athens 26 Riga 28 Seoul 29 Johannesburg 30 Lisbon 32 Kuala Lumpur 33 Ljubljana 35 Sao Paulo 38 Shanghai 38 Prague 39

Tallinn 39 Warsaw 43 Vilnius 43 Beijing 44 Budapest 48 Istanbul 48 Rio de Janeiro 53 Bratislava 55 Santiago 56 Kiev 55 Buenos Aires 56 New Delhi 59 Bangkok 67 Bucharest 69 Sofia 69 Mumbai 70 Manila 81 Mexico City 82 Caracas 85 Jakarta 86 Lima 86 Nairobi 91 Bogata 97

Fries and coke are on me. ;-)

Happy Birthday

The day has finally arrived…Iris’ Birthday.

I’ve heard that nobody knows where the party is actually taking place…just that Iris is getting wasted and then crashing at Diana’s place.

Happy Birthday, Iris.

Angela's Birthday

Hey Y'all,

Since my b-day falls on a weekday (which is not Friday) next week, I figured we should get together and have some fun on Saturday, August 19!

We'll kick things off at Bottlescrew Bill's Old English Pub (140 - 10 Avenue S.W.) at 8:00PM. http://www.bottlescrewbill.com/home.html

Then we're going to get a little fun with some dancing at Plush Lounge on the corner of Macleod Trail and 9th Ave. S.W. some time between 10:00PM and 11:00PM. I'm going to see if I can get a good deal for us at Plush somehow!

Or since I don't really know the Lounge scene as well as most of you, please also send me suggestions of good lounges in the downtown area!

Please confirm with me ASAP (within 1 or 2 days) if you can come so that reservations can be made, and you won't be "off the list"

News Break

Raul Castro was temporarily handed power in Cuba. -AFP
Viktor Yanukovych is named Prime Minister in Ukraine. -BBC
Coca Cola and Pepsi products in India rumoured to contain pesticides. -BBC
Thousands of leftists protest in Mexico City. -Reuters
The Democratic Republic of Congo voted in free elections. -Reuters

Good thing I stayed away from Coke and Pepsi in India….

Anyone want to hazard a guess as to why the naming of Viktor Yanukovych as PM is significant?

MoM

It's a BIRD ... It's a PLANE ... NOPE! ... it' the MoM for July!

This month's MoM is not only an asset to the ICX Team but has also done an amazing job as OCP of the first annual Stampede Round Up. Her hard working attitude not only at the National Leadership Development Conference in Hamilton but for the StampedeRound Up and within the local brings a smile to everyone around. For all her efforts and dedication we would like to congratulate ... (drum roll please ....)

SAMANTHA FURTADO

on being this month's MOM!! *APPLAUSE* If you see SAM around give her a hugehug and a big smile!! and if you can't wait eMail her (sefurtad(at)ucalgary.ca)!!

Ebert and Henry?

Need a good movie to watch?

Look no further than Henry's movie recommendations now situated in the sidebar.

The count down begins...FINALLY!!!!

THE BIRTHDAY THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!!!!

As you know our dear Iris Wong is only 17 (which i know must pain her in most conferences)....HOWEVER...she will be turning 18 SOON...how soon...how about a WEEK tomorrow...
That's right AUGUST 10th is the Big day and we will be celebrating it hard...(more details to come at a later date) for now we will just begin the count down

Days till Iris turns 18 : 8 DAYS!!!!...and counting

Ring that Bell

Wow…2 matches in 2 days. That’s gotta be some sort of record.

Congrats to Jeannie Hong for matching with WRT in Romania

Ding, ding, ding, ding….