On a beautiful day of May (20th of May) a wonderful thing was set up by a group of volunteers. The idea - giving free hugs to anybody who was willing to receive them in the center of Sibiu. AIESEC Sibiu was also there, for the first time, together with other enthusiastic students. Although this time we weren’t too many from AIESEC, we really enjoyed going to people in the street, asking them politely if they are willing to receive a hug, that had the purpose to brighten their day. Many of the people who received a hug were a bit surprised by our intention, but the majority received them with a smile on their face. Funny thing – older people looked the happiest to receive a hug. I was really moved because of this happening: I saw an old lady on the street, walking aside and looking a bit  sad, a bit lost in her thoughts. This is when I walked up to her and asked her if she would like me to hug her. And then she smiled at me, accepting my hug and for a moment I believe she forgot about her worries and thanked me for brighting her day.

This Free Hugs Campaign was actually set up by Lume Buna (http://www.lumebuna.ro) and it took place in over 60 cities in Romania for this second edition (the first edition was in December 2008). The concept of Free Hugs belongs to a guy named Juan Mann (http://www.freehugscampaign.org) from Australia who thought that many of us sometimes need a simple hug from somebody to brighten up our day. This is true also because the world we live in is very serious and often cold and people nowadays sometimes need affection more than ever.

This is what happened that day in pictures:

http://picasaweb.google.com/laurici3/ImbratisariGratuiteFreeHugs

Don’t forget that … sometimes, a hug is all we need. :o)

Laura

Cui i sa pare deplasat sa asculte piese de teatru la radio sa mearga la teatru.
Am fost si sunt un mare fan al unu post de radio care dupa ora 24 difuzeaza piese de teatru. Va recomand si voua….ascultati si nu o sa regretati.

The brand new generation of AIESEC Sibiu members. Yes, you heard right. It’s here, fresh and full of energy, with a twinkle of passion in their eyes.

This recruitment was one of the most amazing experiences for me, with the good and the bad, and to top everything seeing 37 souls getting together and embarking on what could be the adventure of their lives was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! I feel so damn proud of this LC and also pretty optimistic for what’s about to come, while i cant help wondering who’s gonna pursuit an EB career, who’s going to be VP finance or marketing, pd or er, who’s going to be the next LCP, who’s gonna run for MC from the people in that room…

(click on the first picture to see the rest in a bigger size)

Welcome on board, everybody! May you all have 100% change and development experiences!

Change agents on their way…

Letzu and her high green hopes,
happy with one of the best birthday presents ever.