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New week

It is almost the end of the month. The new event is already coming.
What did I go through this week?
  • Bad mood
  • Family day
  • Preparation for the event
  • Preparation for the exam retake
Well, let me first start with the bad mood. This week was really tough week for me. I don't really know what happened, but I was feeling so depressed and lonely. Is it a culture shock or what?  If yes, then it took too much time. Actually, this year was really difficult year, I needed to face a lot of things, the things I didn't want to face. I would never wish someone to feel the same. And this week became like break point for me. I was never asking for a help, and maybe this caused this depression, I was always trying to solve everything alone. Now I understand that it is not how it should work, people need to share their feelings with the other people, so it can become a bit easier to live your life, to overcome those difficulties. So, I became really negative, I didn't see the point of what I am doing, and my mom was really worried about it. So she sent my father to cheer me up.

This is how my father came to Brussels for the very first time. It is actually nice, because I hadn't seen my dad for almost two years and we got the chance to meet each other here. Isn't it amazing? The first thing we did, we went to a supermarket, as my dad wanted to buy me a lot of food :D It was funny, he wanted me to eat so much, I cannot even eat as much as he wants me to. This is really nice feeling when you come home from work and someone is waiting for you, with the dinner prepared. When he came, I finally didn't feel lonely. It helped me. Parents are people who will always love you and will always help you, whenever you are. But I was scared to share my feelings with them. What is it? Stupidity? Or fear to be misunderstood? I have no idea. But at the end of this week I felt much better, thanks to my parents reaction.
The next topic, preparation for the next event. European Venture Contest final will take place in Dusseldorf on 10-11 of December and I have so many things to do already. We divided the tasks between three people. My colleague is working with the investors, my supervisor is working with the hosts and partners and I am working with presenting companies. We already have more than 100 companies, the thing I need to do now is to divide them by sessions. Each company has its own sector. The event will be focused on 5 main sectors:
  • Cleantech
  • Fintech
  • Foodtech
  • Healthtech
  • Digital Tech

I need to make sure that the entrepreneurs will be divided in the presentation session with the same sector/sub sector. And there is going to be 24 presentation sessions. I need to put 140 companies in different sessions. It is taking so much time. I understood that I really need to understand what the company is doing to put them in the right session. I thought my head will explode. I am waiting for the event, because it will be 3 times bigger than the Benelux Venture Forum was. This is exciting. 
And the last topic, preparation for the exam. I have some problem with accounting. I failed cost accounting last year. Now I need to prepare for the retake. So last month I started to get ready for it. Now it looks so easy for me, I don't know what has changed. But this is a nice chance to go back to the Netherlands. Wish me good luck!

And the weekly fact:
You can find more than 30 types of different waffles and 10 types of potatoes in an average Belgian supermarket.

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