Status - Matched. Hungary !

Status - Matched.

This has been the msn personal message of mine for the past few weeks. It shows how much excited I am towards the experience, after being more than 2.5 years in AIESEC, i can't wait to experience the "life-changing" experience people have been sharing.

My expectation for matching was simple.
1. I want to experience completely different culture, so i prefer not to have my traineeship in Asia, or south-east asia at least.
2. I want to take this opportunity to learn a new language as well as challenge myself with an environment that doesn't speak much English.

Looking at the world map, i thought it would be nice to be in Europe for a different experience and the cheapest area in Europe is actually eastern Europe.

Thats how i started looking for opportunities in that region and eventually, thats how i got matched to this country.

While the city I am matched to is not Budapest, its quite an interesting city in Hungary.


Gyor,

The city is situated halfway between Budapest and Vienna, at the junction of the Moson-Danube, Rába, Rábca and Marcal rivers. In Roman times there was a significant settlement there called Arrabona. The founder of the Hungarian state, King István I. declared it a bishopric and a centre of bailiff. The monuments of the historical downtown are mainly from the Baroque age.

Győr has always been a commercial centre at the crossroads of main roads, railways, river junctions and in the last century it became one of the most important centres of industrial life.

Image taken from AIESEC Hungary reception booklet and wikitravel.org

Name : Siew Yik

LC : NUS

Country matched to: Hungary, LC Gyor

Type of Exchange : DT