Changing the culture of selfishness
“Start spreading the news, da dara daraaaaa” well its goes something like that; good old blue eyes did love this city and for good reason. Now what makes my stay here even better is that I´m at the WYA house. It’s the best, though I share with three girls and many would cringe at this, […]
Lost behind the red curtain? About dignity in Amsterdam
At the last weekend I visited Amsterdam –the ‘Venice of the North’-which is only around 3 hours by train from Brussels. That’s a nice city; famous (or maybe rather notorious?) mainly for its libertarianism which is visible on almost every corner of the street, for example in the form of coffeeshops.Worth mentioning in this context […]
Last two weeks were very intensive. We were working at the United Nations during the 52nd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). For me it was really amazing to see how the Commissions work because I was studying international relations and political science so I could see everything I knew from the theory just […]
Probably the most beautiful park in Brussels…
Undoubtedly, Le parc Léopold is the most picturesque park in Brussels, especially because there is water there…I mean not only puddles but a nice (and pretty big!) pond. And, what’s important, we (the interns) have the undeniable pleasure to come across the park on our way to the office in the morning and then in […]
“Life’s a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you’re gonna get.”
Yesterday, around 7.30pm, we had our first open discussion, in a monthly series of discussions, in our interns flat, on the topic of “Dignity and purpose of life”. This discussion came as a long expected relieve, after 5 weeks of Sylwia’s hard work to prepare it. And when she finally got a chance to relief […]
WYA, coffee and dignity – a tale of a European Director in New York
It’s 4 days since I “migrated” to the United State for a useful time of strategic planning and donuts tasting. First thing you do while you come first to the States is to compare the old Europe to the new world. Everything seems so big, loud and fat to a pretentious french guy like I […]
Cocktail de Bienvenue
On Tuesday 12th February (time is flying..), Cocktail de Bienvenue took place in the Interns Flat. Of course, there were some significant preparations prior to the Event (by which I mean not only solving the problem: ‘what should I wear?!’). As our Interns Flat still wasn’t fully equiped, we went shopping to Ikea. On Saturday, […]
No place like Brussels?
Living in Brussels is nice, especially if you have enough money to enjoy it, but its not really a prerequisite. I always wondered how the country with so much fog and persistent rain can have such a beautiful and colorful architecture. But it is possible, and the very best thing is that when the sun […]
Office – welcome to:)
Hello everyone! Let’s get it started:) Am Agnes, am an intern in Brussels – a windy and dirty, but still very charming and lively city. I study applied linguistics in Krakow. Our spacious and sunny (if the sun happens to be out) office at the Rue Belliard is approximately 15 minutes walk from the interns […]
A SHATTERED COEXISTENCE
The utmost form of human indignity that has seen our beautiful motherland country aflame at almost every corner living our patriotic citizens in huddles whereas regions experiencing fires that you would be forgiven for mistaking with hell itself, has left a lot of questions and less answers to be hoped for. The beautiful coexistence that […]