My first Blogger Post WOOT!

Well i FINALLY have a blog going! after some nomad issues ;)
It would take me almost a month to get a blog, in true Denise fashion of course!
Anyways, I'm not sure where to start but i suppose I will begin with this country is boss! My initial impression was nothing short of wonderful even though we had serious car trouble coming from the airport when I arrived. We had to pull over in the middle of Cairo traffic....no bueno if you have ever seen how crazy traffic gets here! The friendly and interesting people I have met in the past few weeks have defenitley helped me adjust to this fast paced city and foreign culture. All I really have to say is thank goodness for AIESEC in Egypt, if I didn't have friends here, I would have had a really rough time finding a place to stay for the first couple weeks. Since there was a mix up with the apartment I was supposed to be staying in, a friend I made at the MENA conference, Hend, gladly let me stay with her for three weeks. I owe her and her family so so much for all their hospitality. I have found this kind of generosity here to be quite commonplace, so many Egyptians genuinely want to help those who need it...except taxi drivers.
And to answer just about everyone's question: Yes, i have gone to see the pyramids (obviously). They were absolutely breathtaking, this makes it my 3rd wonder of the world that I have seen:). They really are massive, and seeing them on the back of a camel or horse makes it so much more exciting! Sadly we did get ripped off as usual tourists, and our tour guide knew absolutley nada about the pyramids. He took us to go see "Cleopatra's Tomb" which was definitely not her tomb, it didn't take long for us to figure that one out!

My @ internship is with a Strategic Business Development firm called Platinum Partners located in the Heliopolis area of Cairo. Unfortunately there is not much to do in this part of town besides shop...which i have no money for anyhow lol. I actually just finished my first BIG assignment as their marketing intern and technical writer. I had to write a business plan for a new company that was 24 pages long, not intimidading right?! But it turned out well and I received great reviews from my boss and it will be going to the CEO of the company this week! Below is a picture of me at the company whose business plan I wrote.Modern Bulk Systems

I just got back from my very first @ Egypt National Conference, MOMENTUM 09! It was such an interesting conference to be at as a trainee. There was no track for interns so I was really in the mix talking and learning about how to improve @Egypt from exchange to raising money, something @ will always seem to struggle with ha! There was also another trainee from none other than @US in Wisconsin! So AIESEC US was well represented all the way here in Egypt. It was such a great opportunity to meet so many of the @ers in Egypt and have those good conversations about life and experiences. My new LC @AUC could not have been more welcoming! I have such a great group of people who welcomed me with open arms :)
And I think you all should be happy to know that I had the entire conference do a couple rounds of "GT, GT, GT is OK"

That's all for now, I miss you all! Peace out