AIESEC International Party!!!

Enough said :)

Come party with us and meet cool/crazy northwestern girls/guys!!!

Tuesday 5/30. Nevin's pub.
1450 N Sherman
Evanston, IL

(Take the purple line and get off at Davis, walk east to Sherman, and a little south to Sherman and Lake).

MSN ME YOUR AWESOME INTERNATIONAL DANCE MUSIC!!! WE'RE MAKING A CD!! my msn is hellokitty8023@hotmail.com Or your can try AIESECNU@gmail.com

See u guys there!!

~Kaidi

Movie night: No Man's Land (2001)

As always, Monday night, 8 pm

Director: Danis Tanovic
Writer: Danis Tanovic
Producers: Marc Baschet, Frederique Dumas, Cedomir Kolar
Actors:Branko Djuric as ChikiRene
Bitorajac as NinoFilip
Sovagovic as Cera
Genre: Drama/Comedy

Plot:
A Bosnian and a Serb get stranded in the middle of a battleground between two sides of the Bosnian war. The men do not like each other, but attempt to stay civil throughout. When they discover another man in the trench with a mine stuck under him, things get a little more complicated, and even further more, when the UN peacekeepers and news media find out about their particular situation stuck in no man's land.

Critique by Berge Garabedian:
An interesting foreign war movie featuring a nice balance between drama and humor, an eye-opening perspective on the Bosnian conflict and some beautiful, and I mean beautiful (I'm not kidding) surroundings. In fact, that's one of the things that really separates this movie from all other "war" flicks. It ain't grungy, it's ain't dark, it's ain't muddy and rainy...it's actually set in a picturesque field, each side of which is covered by the respective factions of the war. A nice plot device is having one person from either side (one Bosnian and one Serb) fall into the middle trench together, at which point they must deal with each other on a one-on-one basis. It's always funny (not funny "ha-ha") how folks find it more difficult to kill one another during a war, when they actually get to know each other, and are standing face-to-face...only them alone. And seeing as the film is set during one very gorgeous sunny afternoon, the injection of many funny lines and lighter moments, fit in nicely as well. One of my personal favorite running jokes was the one featuring the French UN peacekeeper who kept approaching people with the same first question, "Do you speak French?"-to which the proverbial answer was always "No"...but they do speak English! Poor French...no respect, I tell ya! There were also some tense moments, including one specific de-mining scene, which was particularly unnerving.

For more info on the movie click here

Last chance to go for ice skating

Saturday, 10 am, Millenium Park

Second City

Second City's "Iraqtile Dysfunction" show
Tuesday, 8 pm, $18
Reservations: 312.337.3992
1616 N. Wells St., Chicago, IL 60614

St.Patrick's parade, the South Side

Here is a quote from internet:
"Forget the touristy event downtown; this is where the real Irish action happens.
The FestivitiesThe South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade takes over the streets for the largest community parade in the United States. Expect bagpipes, kilts, candy-throwing leprechauns and the omnipresence of all things green. The South Side Parade attracts bona fide Irish men and women and a spirited group of residents, wacky onlookers and serious partiers looking for an excuse to drink on a Monday morning. The parade begins at 12:00 am on Sunday, at 103rd Street and Western Avenue and proceeds south on Western to 115th Street, meandering through the Beverly and Morgan Park communities.

http://www.southsideirishparade.org/

St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday!!!

Information on the downtown St. Patrick's Day Parade this coming Saturday, March 11:

http://www.chicagostpatsparade.com/parade.html

Images from 4 hour 14 countries' presentations: Europe

Michal presenting Slovakia. Lets see ... I remember they manufacture a lot of cars, future Detroit of Europe, then they manufacture a lot of cars ... and they manufacture a lot of cars. sorry Michal, I do not remember anything else :)

Deniz with Turkey presentation - they have a beautiful bridge that connects Asia and Europe. And for sure they all know how to dance belly dance.

Katia from Russia. Singing cheburashka, chocolates, wonderful St.Petersburg and Poexali! You do remember that :)










P.S. comments on Lithuania are more than welcome:)

Asia coverage

Kaushik covering one of the biggest democracies in the world with paradise on earth called Goa.


Katie presenting China with the fastest trains and biggest malls and Calvin taking us all the way to Honk Kong. They have pretty nice gate that was built to meet English Queen:)

Latinos

Lelis' and Christoph's presentation about tango, beef, soccer, matte, glaciers and parties on Wednesdays in Buenos Aires.

Fabio with Brazil: everything what ends with -est ..is from Brazil: the best voting system, the best banking system, the best oil refinement (?) system ... too many .. cannot remember them all :)

Australia

The only continent and island at the same time. Be careful about pronouncation, it is not that easy as it seems :)

Random pics

International Movie Festival

Tonight we'll have the oscar winning Crash, at 8 pm as usual.
3000 N Sheridan

Crash

A Brentwood housewife and her D.A. husband. A Persian store owner. Two police detectives who are also lovers. An African-American television director and his wife. A Mexican locksmith. Two car-jackers. A rookie cop. A middle-aged Korean couple. They all live in Los Angeles. And during the next 36 hours, they will all collide.

Thanks!

Thanks to all the trainees for an awesome time Saturday. It was so much fun learning about your cultures. You guys rock!

And thanks to Indre, Michal, and Christoph for organizing it all :)

 

More info on countries' presentations

Hi all,

Looks like there will be quite a few presentations and load of new information. Please try to make it around 10-15 min.

C u tomorrow
@ Sheridan 3000, 8 pm