Greetings from Bucharest, Romania.

It's been a week and one day since I landed at Baneasa Airport. My first impression was that it looked very much like Malaysia, where I come from. Along with the scorching summer sun and a fellow AIESECer picking me up from the airport, I can't help but feel at home already.

I spent the next few days getting to know the city, its food, and fellow AIESECers at Bucharest. Two days ago the LC had a weekly social called the 'Trainee Beer', where trainees and LC members meet up at the rooftop of the National Theatre for drinks.

On the second or third day (can't remember), I joined the LC for a LC meeting. It was 3 hours long! But they hold it only once a month, and there were like 25 agendas. Each strictly governed by a 5 minute time limit, which of course resulted in plenty of punishments.

I'm staying with a trainee from China. He's working on a TT for 6 months. 2 days ago 2 Dutch AIESECers came over as part of the Dutch AIESEC Ambassadors programme. They would subsequently travel all over Romania visiting LCs and promoting their crazy antics. One of which includes bringing a live hen along with them throughout the tour, as part of one of 66 tasks they had to complete.

Overall I'm really grateful AIESEC Bucharest welcomed me with open arms. Also I would like to thank AIESEC UK and HSBC for making this possible. Oh, and I must also mention my CEEDer buddy, who kindly takes her weekends off to hang out with me in Bucharest, before returning to the country side to tend to her goats.

Bennette Lim