6th of June 2016, i’m officially on my 3rd month of staying in Europe, this time when i wrote this blog, i was in the middle of my journey back from Paris, France to Brussel, Belgium. Another stop before i took another train to Antwerp, i was lucky enough to meet this Belgian girl on a car that we share together with another guy from France & England, she recommend me to see Grand Place and tell me to skip the atomium monument instead, well i trusted her and did what she told me, i got this week of traveling time after i did 3 months of EVS service with TDM 2000 in Cagliari, each month we have 2 days free apart from the weekend, and i accumulate this days, so i got 6 days in total for this journey. Thanks to Erasmus+ for this opportunity and this mobility experience for young people, i earn a lot of experience, met a lot of people along the way (doesn’t want to judge bad or good people) but i made friends as well, and i hope this could become a long-lasting friendship until i grow older.
Let me wrap some of the experiences that i got during my service with EuroAsi project, since the first time i step my feet in Sardinia until today, thanks to Anna, Nino and Simon that welcoming us at “our home” and become a very nice housemates.
Thanks to Luca & Elena that hosting first & unforgettable dinner on 9th April 2016 in your house, thanks to Elina & Sabine our very first Latvian friends in the office, thanks to Municipality of Cagliari that hosted our first conference with the local youngster, thanks to Rona & Tara from Philipines that become our closest friend & family during this service, your kindness, laughter, fun time, and everything will not be forgotten from my memories.
Thanks to Angelica Perra for your kindness and your time to help us understand better about Erasmus+ programmes, possibility for continuous programme in South East Asia with ASEAN, fundraising analysis and management for NGO and the first Italian dinner at your home with your mama, grazie mille it was molto molto buono.
Thanks also to Luisa Zedda for every helps that you gave during our stay here it would be never like this without your help and your kind assistance, thanks for involved us in managing volunteer blog for TDM 2000, also thanks for always proposing new activities that we never expect before, like presenting us in some places with different organization, local coworking space, and also involved us to support local organization with its event when they need a hand of volunteers.
Thanks to Fede for your help & lesson that we learn a lot, thanks for allow us to help you with the International Summer Week 2016 project, the European Youth Mobility day project, chasing real deadline for applying to several project on national holiday for TDM 2000 future project, thanks for involving us in Ichnusa sailing 2016 in Poetto during the weekend, football games, the coffee treats and everything!
Thanks to Antonio Bordigoni who always kindly ask us to get around the town and gave us a ride and also ask us to be involved in the late night cooking competition to cook 2 Indonesian & philippines dishes in Major restaurant and finish washing dishes voluntary at 2 am in the morning which i never done in my life, thanks for this experience dude.
Thanks to Michele to let me involved and help you on Startup Europe project & Entrepreneur Cocktail Party event concept, visiting local Red Cross Office, to brought us to the University of Cagliari to make new friends, specially on faculty of political science also faculty of language specially who allow me to share knowledges and experiences about startup in Asia on the Startup Short Course that we manage together in the class
Thanks to Marina who involved me in the Europe My Country project surveys and analysis and brought us to ACLI to meet & introduce us to all of our Italian teachers that helps us to understand better and not letting us lost in translation anymore.
Thanks again for Elena to involved us in European Day 2016 celebration, Europe Discussion analysis project on the online platform for young people, another project on the employment themed cartoon for European Union youth tools, Digital library project for TDM 2000 International websites.
Thanks to Sara that brought us to Carbonia to see an old coal mining & your home town.
Thanks to cafe Barcellona that hosted our first lunch in Cagliari (and thanks to your complimentary pizza too :p).
Thanks to the commune of Cagliari for the Sant Efisio Festival, the monument apperti 2016 so i could know better about the city, it was huge and great! Thanks to CTM bus that always bring us closer to our office, thanks to LD Market & Auchan that always provide us great groceries.
Thanks to COAT 2016 for the on arrival training in Sicily to all friends, trainers and everyone that i met during this wonderful week. if only i could remember all the good and small things in every second that i spent in Cagliari, Sicily and Europe in general, i would write it here definitely. But first of all let me post it first and let you read so you’ll be more even curious 🙂
Reza Noegraha,
Key Action 2: Capacity Building in the field of youth, Participant from Indonesia.