Saturday, November 1, 2008

Knowledge evening with McKinsey

CEMS Club Prague has organised another professional event and that was special presentation from the McKinsey consultants which was called Knowledge evening. The topic was financial crisis ans real-estate markets, it was very interesting and afterwards we moved to our Academic Club for a buffet and the evening concluded with nice cems drink again.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Student Alumni Mentorship Program

Last week I participated in SAMP which stands for Student Alumni Mentorship Program and it should be a meeting of CEMS Alumnis and current students where students get useful information about their future career opportunities. CEMS Alumnis work for international companies, mostly for corporate partners of the CEMS MIM Program and they are a valuable source of work experience. We were just 4 of us but also talking to 4 Alumnis. They were from Hilti Czech Republic, KPMG CZ and Vienna Insurance Group. It was a very nice evening.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Wine cellar with Cemsies




This weekend was full of interesting experience. I went with my friends from CEMS to South Moravia and we visited a true wine cellar for the first time in my life. We drank so much wine, oh my.... But it was a great weekend and on the way back we also stopped at the Chateau in Lednice and had a short walk in the park.

Club night

On Friday last week I went with two of my friends Monenka and Lucinka to a special event called "Club night". We went to 4 different places in the Centre of Prague in one evening and it was really a lot of fun. We were in Metropolitan Jazz Club and Salsa Club and in the end at the Doors revival concert.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

My first CEMS drink this semester

I can tell you...I feel like being at home again because CEMS drink was exactly the thing that started everything yesterday. It is our traditional gathering of students of the CEMS MIM Program at the University of Economics in Prague and this time there were sooo many people. I really enjoyed it.
It is fun because I was doing exactly the same in Bonn :-))). Stammtisch every 2 weeks.
And otherwise everything is just fine here. And I am already looking forward to the weekend.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

How is it to be back home again?



I have to admit that the first week back in CZ was quite stressful. I had to arrange a lot of things and I moved to the dorm in Prague. I am living in a student dorm again, after 3 years in a flat :-) but it´s ok because I know my roommate very well and Verusha also bought us a lot of new things in Ikea so in comparison to other people we have a really nice room.
I missed the first week of my semester but that is no problem because I did not miss anything important...I just found out that the books for my logistics minor will cost me a fortune...but of course one has to pay for the quality of education...:-).
I had meeting with my colleagues from CEMS Club Prague where I am the PR representative this year again and it´s already quite a lot of work because we have big plans for the upcoming academic year.
And I am also searching for some part-time job but this is not easy because I am already quite demanding and I found out my requirements don´t match part-time employment anymore - they always offer me full-time and that applies also for my dear T-Mobile. But so far so good we will see next week.
I also met my friends in Prague. We had a get-together dinner on Wednesday in a new flat of Monenka who is fortunately living just 10 min by walk from our dorm so it´s really convenient.And I met Lucinka again. We went for couple of beers also with my sister Bety.
My mom started working in Austria this week and she has nice stories about Austrian German (there is a really strong dialect in Amstetten but she will handle it well I am sure). Small example: da it net = das ist nichts, very useful phrase when you´re working in hospital but who can understand the first version if you hear it for the first time? Terrible, isnt´it?
Well, a lot of news and I have been at home for about one week?
Photos:Monenka cooking dinner for us, me and my roomate Verusha, me and my sis.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Goodbye T-Mobile, Goodbye Bonn

This week was full of cheerful and sad moments for me...both at the same time :-). I had two farewell dinners, one farewell party and one farewell afternoon coffee...and I have to admit I have never said goodbye to so many people, not even after my stay in Vienna. 3 months in Bonn have brought me invaluable experience and I enjoyed every moment both at work and during my freetime. My last week at work was quite busy and also very entertaining because I just got into the topic of our project so deeply that I really regret leaving T-Mobile at this moment.
I organised my farewell party in a nice German pub but with Czech beer and my friends totally surprised me with a great present. I got small papers with messages from all participants which were hidden in baloons and I had to smash those balloons in order to read everything..it´s been fun.
On Friday I had my last day at work in T-Mobile International and we have planned our last goodbye with another colleague of mine, Thorsten. My team has prepared great presents for me...you are really all my faves now...and I can prove that!
The very last moments I have spent with my two collegues Cigdem and Sare in a very stylish fish restaurant called Le Petit Poisson. It was an honorable way how to say goodbye to each other. Now I am back to Czech Republic, the plane carried me away from the Rhine valley and there are new adventures waiting for me at my University in Prague:-).Take care everybody, hope to see you again, very soon.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Mando Diao in Bonn

Last week I managed to get for free to the concert of Mando Diao (Swedish alternative rock group). Their music little bit reminds of the old good Beatles. The atmosphere in the audiance was amazing. I was there with Manuel, Stephan and Thorsten - they are all my colleagues and friends from T-Mobile.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Sunday relax

Today I finally visited the Museum of German history in Bonn - Haus der Deutschen Geschichte. The entrance is free and all expositions are highly interesting, I can strongly recommend this museum. It was interesting to see expositions of the WW2 from the German point of view. There were all big German cities after the end of the war, either in pictures or movies. They also showed the whole era of post-war reconstruction, separation of DDR from BRD, the speech of Kennedy in Berlin and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Then I also saw an exposition of German songs and melodies - going from the 50s til 80s. That was cool and among the songs for children, the Czech "Biene Maja" was the first :-))))). Well, in our history there were times that were certainly not easy for anybody. You can also see the old German VW cars in one section of this museum.
I took my bike afterwards and with music in my head I just slowly went home and today there is such a nice early autumn weather. I felt so calm but anyway my duties in Prague are also slowly calling me - I am already writing articles for our CEMS Club where I am leading the PR team. And I am looking for a new job in Prague and planning millions of other things, as usual. Bye, bye.

Busy days and my stay in Bonn is slowly coming to its end.

Here I am with some more news from my busy life. I spent exactly 38 hours with my family in South Bohemia last weekend (viz. picture with my dear sis), then few hours with my friends on Sunday and Monday in Prague and then 8 hours at the University where I took the CEMS language exam in English. Afterwards, quickly back to Bonn and I am finishing the work on my project in T-Mobile because I have just 13 days left here in Germany and then - home sweet home again. In between there are some parties again. Yesterday we went to a big fun fair which is called "Pützchensmarkt" and it was really German and really crowded and loud but I liked it. We ended up in a Bavarian tent around 2 o´clock am singing German "Schlager" and drinking "Weizenbier".

Sunday, August 31, 2008

La dolce vita in Bonn


The last week has been really crazy. A lot of parties - I went out on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and today I slept long and I start learning for one exam I am having next Monday in Prague. On We I went with my flatmate Christian for couple of beers to celebrate his end of studies and on Thu there was an after-job party and on Fri two interns in T-Mobile did a farewell party and on Sa we were doing a barbecue at Rhein and we went to cinema afterwards. What a great week, oh yeah. Well, and I have just one month of my internship left; the time is running so fast here, I can´t believe it. There is also still a lot to do in T-Mobile, of course.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Amsterdam!


On Friday my dear friend Lucinka came to see me and we rented a car from T-Mobile and went to Amsterdam for the weekend. The weather was not absolutely perfect but on Saturday it was quite ok. We checked in our camping hostel :-) in the suburbs, left the car there and went to the Centre. We did a boat cruise through the "grachten" system and enjoyed Amsterdam atmosphere. We´ve seen the famous coffee shops and red light district. The whole City is full of young people and at night it is really living. On Sunday we visited the Van Gogh Museum. It was very cold in here :-) and a lot of people but we´ve seen a lot of original paintings. The whole weekend was great.

Alcatel Boat Party in Austin Powers Style

On Thursday last week there was a boat party organised for people from T-Mobile and Alcatel.
The topic was 70´s and Austin Powers party and there were people dressed up like that. We enjoyed a lot of fun, the food was for free and the drinks very cheap. I just went home sooner because in the last days my programme was so full that I really did not get enough sleep so I have to catch up now. If I succeed I cannot say because there is always something to do...:-).

T-Gallery tour

Last week on Wednesday afternoon the interns from T-Mobile went to the Zentrale of Deutsche Telekom to see the T-Gallery which is the place where future of inter-human communication is visualised. The tour was very interesting, it showed possible ways where telecommunication services could move in future either at people´s work or home or when travelling. We also tried out an interesting concept of online elections. And then - next Stammtisch, this time at Bierhaus Machold.

Monday, August 18, 2008

French visit from Véro

My dear room-mate from Vienna Véronique came for visit. We have spent a great weekend together in Bonn and surroundings and also the weather was leaned towards us :-). I took Véro to Drachenfels and we did sightseeing in Bonn and Köln and since she spent the whole weekend with me we also had time to visit Augustusschloss in Brühl and a big Hariboshop in Bonn because if you didn´t know it Haribo bonbons(Hans Riegel Bonn) come from Bonn. Véro left today I went working and I hope that we´ll see each other soon again.

Business trip to Darmstadt

Hello again. Some days have passed again and a lot of things happened. On Wednesday last week we went with my colleague Cigdem to Darmstadt to Deutsche Telekom for a meeting. It was a nice business trip and our working week was also quite busy. A lot of interviews and meetings and our project starts looking really good now.

Monday, August 11, 2008

My parents and sister came for visit!



During this weekend my family visited me and we did some sightseeing together by car, on foot and on bikes as well. Unfortunately we did not spend so much time together but it was nice. Now I am supplied with food, Czech beer and Becherovka! We were also watching the Olympic games together and cheered together when the Czech Republic woman shooter won the first golden medal in Beijing.

My birthday

I have had a very nice birthday although I actually went working. My collegues all congratulated to me and I got chocolates from Sare and Cigdem and they also bought some sekt to have a toast. In the evening Cigdem came to my place, we went to sauna and then for a drink to a bar. I have also received a lot of wishes from my family and friends. Thank you all.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Cemsies visiting me and Bonn...



Some days have gone past again and I have some new stories to tell. First of all an uexpected sickness fell on me on Thursday so I took one day off on Friday and I spent the whole day sleeping and running to the toillete nearly at the same time :-). On Saturday I had a little bit fo rest as well and then in the evening my dear cemsies Martin and Ondra came to see me and we had a great time on Sat evening and Sunday. We´ve managed to see Bonn and Köln and had a bike ride :-) which was something really adventurous for the boys, especially with the bikes I gave them. Today I went working again and they left direction Brussels, Amsterdam and whatever...not bad at all. But I stil have something to do here and I am looking forward to it. We´ve also tried Australian beer in one pub, interesting taste. And finally I had a chance to try out the sauna in my flat - it works perfectly fine and it makes you feel really fine.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Barbecue at Kathrin´s house

Our colleague Kathrin has organised a BBQ in her house for our whole team yesterday. There was a lot of tasty food because everybody brought something. I supplied the whole house with Czech beer as this was the easiest typical Czech thing that I could brought and it suited well to the Käsekrainer sausages from Gerhard, beef steaks from Christian or bulgur salad from Cigdem. In the first picture I am with Kathrin and Oliver, in the second with my turkish colleagues Sare and Cigdem and in the third you can see the whole band :-).

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Antverpen

This weekend was really cool. I did some travelling, yeah! On Sunday I left Bonn early in the morning and went through Brussels to Antverpen by train. The journey went ok and I enjoyed my day full of sightseeing. I really liked the historical centre of Antverpen-the City where Rubens was born and living for years. I did not see so much of the big port, just few ships, but I had a boat trip on the Schelda river which was nice. The weather was hot, even too hot for a City walk but I enjoyed it and came back to Bonn utterly tired and prepared for another week of work. I tasted a Belgium waffel and bought some 10% alcoholic beer home just for taste. We tried it out today with my flatmate Christian and it was good - little bit sweet and strong. Antverpen is also very famous for its diamond shops - well I´ve seen some. In the pictures - skyscrapers with EU flag in Brussels, me in the Rubens garden, ships in Antverpen.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Koblenz

On Saturday 26 July I visited Koblenz which is a City situated little bit further up the Rhine at the junction with the Mosel. This point is called "Deutsches Ecke" (German Corner). I took some pictures there. The centre offered a lot of sights. I went to Koblenz by train and took my bike with me and then I was riding through the City. The weather was hot and stuffy. When I came back to Bonn a storm caught me but luckily I wasn´t far from home so I did not get so much wet :-).

T-Mobile parties


The interns of T-Mobile meet regularly every 2 weeks at the so-called Stammtisch. This time it was in Brauhaus Bönsch where they make their own beer and it was an evening full of fun. And on Friday I went to farewell party of Valentin. Great party, great evening but it really made me tired after the whole working week.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Discover Management Program - IEDC school of management, Bled

This 9day course was the best course ever. It was really demanding because at some days we were working from 9am til 2am at night and almost without breaks but it was definitely worth it because I met very interesting and nice people there and afterwards there was even time to party or go rafting to the Sava river :-). We also rented some boats and went to the island on the lake in Bled and one evening we visited Ljubljana. There were very good teachers and whole course was perfectly organised.
In total 60 participants from 16 countries - very interesting was the global village presentation where we tasted a lot of kinds of traditional alcoholic drinks :-) and everybody was speaking about his country.
For more pictures please go to my facebook album.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Travelling to Slovenia

I left Bonn for 10 days to enjoy my prize from the case study competition I won in April this year. The flight from Bonn/Köln airport was very safe and comfortable. I flew to Graz and had some time to walk through the City centre. Afterwards my journey continued by train to Ljubljana. The train went really slowly through Slovenia so I had time to watch around. In Ljubljana I only had time to catch the bus going to Bled, though. Bled is a really beautiful place. I spent great 9 days there and I will tell you about that in my next post. On the way back I had time to see Ljubljana and Zagreb- Ljubljana is much nicer according to my opinion but I only had little time in Zagreb which is necessary to say.