HOW TO SERIES e01

Hey AIESEC!!!

Hope we are feeling good???.

Welcome to the first episode of the “HOW TO SERIES”... A collaboration brought to you by MAC and TM (yea we are bad like that, you know we are the most innovative functional areas In AIESEC) smiles, so before you grumble every FA in AIESEC is great.

This week we are going to be exposing us to that area that differentiates AIESEC from every other youth organization. Yes im talking about one of, if not the most important AIESEC product: EXCHANGE!!!...

SO LET TALK ABOUT HOW TO ENJOY YOUR EXCHANGE EXPERIENCE LIKE A BOSS.

In order to prepare something enjoyable and practical for us all, we sent out messages to AIESECers who have gone on exchange and we got a few responses from which we gathered a few tips shared bellow:

Exchange is one of the best thing that could ever happen to you and for you to enjoy this experience some things are meant to be considered:

1. Make enquiries about the country you want to go to, and the particular place you will be staying.

2. Make sure your travelling documents are complete,and you are not leaving anything behind.

3. Money: you should have at the back of your mind that if you don't have enough, then you might not really enjoy it, you must consider the exchange rate, because at some point the unstable exchange rate might affect you. You must also bear in mind that you will be needing money to pay for transportation wherever you are in that country, money for feeding, accommodation (that is if accommodation is not free). Your desired projects will definitely require funding, so it should not be left out. You will definitely be going out over there (like going to see a movie) money for things like this should also be in your budget.

4. Stuffs to take along: I guess for every country you are allowed to take food stuffs. For instance going by road to some countries, you can take different kind of food stuff if I am not mistakenbut for countries were you travel by air, some of them have reservations on what you can take into their country (for instance America doesn't allow importation of chicken products).

5. Packing enough clothes is essential (casual wears, formal wears, swimming outfit, don't forget your native wears too). Toiletries are important too. You might as well go with your personal cutlery, cup and plate if you want to.

6. Going with a laptop and/or camera would be really nice (obviouslyyyy!!).

7. Take your project work seriously. Be dedicated. You might win an award if you work diligently (don't be carried away by the fun). I did not win any award sha.

So these are some things you need to take into consideration to enjoy your exchange experience like a boss.

Most especially if you really want to have this amazing experience you must make everyone going with you or people you meet there feel your impact, make every moment with them memorable. Cherish every moment you get to be together, make yourself very active because spending 6 weeks with your friends or people you don't know will create strong bond which can never be broken, and also impact your life negatively or positively. I am talking from experience . Trust me you will never regret going on exchange. Going on exchange was a life changing experience.

Don't forget to take ENOUGH PICTURES AND  MAKE A LOT OF VIDEOS!

Written by:
Susan Akinade and Janet Adedeji of TM
Edited by MAC

AIESEC CUCG phenomenal interns set of 2016

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(pree kola in the background....memories)