When we heard that other
volunteers went to Bucharest, instead of Brasov; we were quite sad. Then when
the place of the evaluation was announced, we were quite happy and feeling
lucky. It will be held in a lovely historical city in Romania, Sinaia. We got on
the way with the night train that goes through Bucharest. I got on the train
with all the experiences and thoughts that I have been through in these 7
months in Romania, and cannot say that I was well motivated. Despite this, I
was very demotivated. But I had the feeling that everything would be good, and
I could have this time for myself and refresh again.
When we arrived at the hotel,
there was no one in the lobby; then heard some snoring that coming from inside
of the lobby. We didn’t want to disturb the guy 05:00 in the morning. So I just
waited for two more hours. He woke up and gave us our rooms and our refreshing
process has been started. My Tunisian friend Houdhaiba and I started to visit
this spectacular city. Of course, found a Turkish place for the lunch, started
to get away from Baia Mare, visited spectacular Peles Castle and started to get
into this fairytale called Sinaia.
During the dinner, meeting with
old friends from OAT felt nice, and happy. We had a chance to catch up all the
time that we haven’t seen each other. The next day, the evaluation has started.
In the beginning, I was a little bit scared; I didn’t want to face my emotions
that I was supposed to leave back in Baia Mare. However, with the environment
of the gothic lecture room, meeting with new volunteers around Romania and
listening to their experiences and seeing them facing their problems encouraged
me to face as well. Talking with volunteers that were not from my environment
for the last 7 months and letting them get to know me better, made me feel like
I was not the only one who had difficult experiences. Day by day, I realized it
wasn’t too scary and difficult. People come and pass through our lives, and
become memories that we remember only when we see them on pictures. When you
have a chance to see the frame from outside, you understand that you are the
most important one for yourself. Because sometimes, no matter how hard you
work, if a person doesn’t want you to reach him/her, you just can’t. After
realizing the frame of the big picture, I decided to admit. Even though
admitting is a hard process, it is important to keep moving forward.
In every session of Midterm
Evaluation, I had a chance to discover and understand myself more, so it
definitely was different than OAT. It was more about us, and our role in this
‘life in 10 months’ experience. During the last session, they want us to see ourselves
at the end of our projects and make a mental map of how to reach those goals. I
still have 3 more months in Baia Mare, the place I called home for the last 7
months and I will do my best to reach these goals. With more motivation,
happiness and discovering myself.
Gul Ecem Cam – volunteer in the project BCV - Building
communities through volunteering - funded by ERASMUS +
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