"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." - Colin Powell
Work, work, work. Actually, I've been really busy with workin' my ass off but right now I'm writing this post before going to WEEKEND Festival. Karlis is sitting next to me and forcing me to listen all the trending songs otherwise I'd feel lost at the festival because this isn't my kinda music.
But what has happened lately? I've been working from Monday to Friday every week and even took a trip to Rakvere which is over 150 kilometers from my hometown. I spent two days there and stayed in a hotel and it was like some kinda tiny business trip x). However, last weekend was a little bit different than a usual one. I had a blast with my co-workers in Viimsi on Saturday. It was freaking awesome to actually get to know everyone from the company I'm working with.
The partaaay
With a fellow rookie in the firm @ a hotel room
Gotta find ways how to spend money when working too - w/ Karolin, Tõnis & Raivo
Wild BMW @ Rakvere
On Sunday I met up with a girl I met at the Youth Dance and Song Celebration - Mari-Liis. She's really sweet but even more pessimistic than I am. We have that minus and minus sum up to a plus thing. Anyway, it's just an update post to show that I'm still alive and ready for WEEKEND.
"Success/failure in an academic setting often doesn't translate well to success/failure on the job."
The main reason I haven't posted lately is that I'm fully focused on working right now. I managed to get a position as a sales representative and I love it because I get to practice my social skills and see very different people. It's also great because I choose when I work, therefore it improves my self-discipline and the ambitious side of me can finally rise and shine. I'm planning to work until I go to Defense Forces in October.
No, that's not the job I was talking about - working at home with my bro
About my academic status, I'm now a student of Tallinn University of Technology. However, I'm going to really start studying next year because I have to serve 8 months in the Forces first. The hardest part was to choose what I'm going to study for the following 3 or 4 years. The choices were Business Information Technology & Electrical Power Engineering/Mechatronics - it wasn't an easy choice, I asked my friends and family, analyzed myself where I'd fit the best in future, looked up for possible career options, etc. Finally, I went with the second choice.
Thank you, EBS!
What else? There was a video contest organized by Estonian Business School which I chose to took part in with my friend Erik. The name of the contest was Entrepreneurial DNA and we had to answer some questions about entrepreneurship in a 1-minute video. Cool thing was that we started making the video a day before the deadline and somehow got 2nd place. We won 2 WEEKEND Festival tickets and I get to study in EBS's Open University for free (6 ECTS). I'm telling, next year is going to have a lots of self-improvement and studying. Now that I'm writing this post, I'm realizing all that. I already feel the exhaustion hitting me.
What makes me enterprising?
About the fun part, we had a small party with our friends this weekend. Not much to talk about it - typical drinking and eating contest as always.. Therefore, a great friend of mine Kristel took some marvelous photos. Check out her Facebook (pahkelphoto) and Instagram (@pahkelphoto)!
Peeter, Kristo & I - #paegrill
Raiko's successful attempt to get into my blog
Peeter ruining the picture x)
Not sure which one of us photobombed
All of you who fancy the music from the previous century, I have something special for you. I found this Youtube channel called Postmodern Jukebox. They cover trending new music and make these songs groovy, classy, oldish & golden. Check them out and I'm sure you'll fall in love with these masterpieces.
"Patriotism is the secret resource of a successful society. " - Michael Ignatieff
Am I going to stay? Yes, I'm going to travel but in the end, I will end up living in Estonia I'm certain. "Mina jään" ("I stay") was the main quote for the song and dance festival I took part in last week. The week I spent in Tallinn at the 2017 Youth Song and Dance Celebration was LIT. Firstly, I didn't wanna go because I thought it was gonna be exhausting and boring. For sure it was exhausting but it was an experience of a lifetime. I was so wrong at first and I'm glad that some individuals convinced me to come. The days were tough, we had to fight with both sunny and rainy weather, we woke up early and went to bed late. We had 3 performances but one was cancelled due to bad weather but thanks to that the most memorable thing happened. Young participants, like me, organized an event a Freedom Square and noone expected that there would be so many people in there. The feeling was amazing, it felt special because it wasn't fully planned, it made me feel like we proved our worthy of our country's freedom again. Many cried because of happiness and if you were there, you would understand. Most of the pictures aren't taken by me and I have no idea who made them so if one claims his or her work, I may take them down.
I stay
No weather could've stopped us
Battleground
@ Freedom Square
It's fantastic to write about these moments I had because I get to relive everything
Anyway it was splendid to dance with my dance partner Maarja and befriend many new people like Anett with who I and Maarja spent much time together. Also I "re-met" Karl who was in a volleyball training with me a few years ago. I hadn't seen him a long time and it was nice to have a nice singing circle with him playing ukulele while beatboxing and the others singing. I spent lots of time with my dance group too, for example with Sander and Helen. Went out to discover Tallinn's Old Town with Keili, Kunnar and their friends - amazing. Actually, the craziest night was the one we had with Kunnar. We went out to meet up with our choir buddies (we both sing too yes) and drank maybe too many beers in a bar, afterwards I talked with some random Germans, we met up with Kunnar's relative Mari-Liis and her friend Johanna and they somehow tried to introduce some shady locations in the Old Town.. Anyway, the night was crazy-fun.
Late sunset
Collage
When we finished with our last performance, it was really emotional to see several people cry. Maarja was such a great partner and I hope we can dance together in future too (in university for example). I had a nice evening with Anett the last night we spent in Tallinn. It would've been even more cooler if we weren't forced to go back to our safehouse so early.. The song celebration wasn't as epic as the dance celebration but it was cool to see so many people listening. I never thought I would feel myself so patriotic as I do now.
Maarja, Anett, Sander, Helen & I
Good luck, Sander
Youth Song Celebration
When I came home, I had a 12-hour sleep which my organism really needed. My friend Härold got 18 and had a small BBQ with his friends. I couldn't hold up there too long because I had to work the following day and currently I love my job. More to come!
