Friday, September 15, 2006

All About Aron


Aron, Me, Louise and Lars acting as each other in ScaLDS. Aron was me, I was Aron, Louise was Lars and Lars was Louise. :)



It is no secret that Aron and I are very good friends. Sometimes people even mistake our closeness for something beyond friendship. The simple truth is that Aron is someone whom I can completely trust. I trust him because inspite of our many differences, we have consciously found a way to be patient with and listen to each other. We have learned to appreciate each other's company and friendship.


I must admit though that my first impression of Aron was pretty bad. I thought his glasses looked weird and that he tried too hard to modulate his voice. :) Mind you, I met Aron even before my MC days. I met him as the OCP of our seminar while he tried to dip his foot in facilitating for the first time.


As in any encounters in AIESEC, that meeting was not the only time where I met Aron. I also saw him in ScaLDS 2005 where I remember getting really annoyed because he just rudely grabbed my Moleskin calendar out of my hand while I was browsing through it. Then came IPM where our friendship started to take off. During that conference, I could feel his enthusiasm, something I did not have much at that time so hanging out with him felt nice. Post-IPM, we took our friendship, one conversation at a time and the rest is history.


I am very lucky to have someone like Aron in my life. Even though we think very differently on many things, his presence enables me to question myself and rethink paradigms which I constructed as reality in my mind. Only few people in my life have the ability to do that and Aron is one of them. He has his own way of thinking and I have mine. Most of the time they clash. Yet, after every conversation with him, I learn something new about myself and that is always refreshing.


One thing I appreciate about Aron is how he values my desire for honest communication. He knows I talk no BS and he does the same with me. Sometimes, we can be a bit too honest, which sometimes leads to me getting annoyed with him. The funny thing is, if and when he is annoyed with me, he keeps his mouth shut and just lets the moment pass. This is proof that, though he may not be aware of it, he has an innate patience and desire to understand people.


Everyone knows that Aron is great on stage. And this stage presence comes from the fact that he really takes so much time to prepare his speeches and presentations. He mulls over the details to makes sure the delegates get the most out of them. And yet, because of his wit, he can also spontaneously ramble credible nothings on stage. Just goes to show how much stage presence this guy has! :)


But what I like most about Aron is his sense of personal adventure -- his willingness to take on drastic and uncommon choices, his willingness to take emotional risks and his willingness to explore sides of him that he may not have thought about.


To Aron, I am glad to have you as my counterpart in Sweden. If only for your friendship, your company, your silly jokes, your listening ears and your generous spirit, my year as MCP has been and will continue to be worth it. Smiles buddy! I am pretty sure all your dreams will come true and when that happens I want to be at least informed. :) Brå! Skål!



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Thank you to those who emailed or messaged me about the blog. I will continue writing as long as there is one soul who reads this. Thank you. You have made my day.

Posted by Erica Cleofe at 00:41

9 comments:

  1. Blogger Halmen on September 15, 2006 4:32 AM

    Hi dear. :)
    You look silly in the picture. wahahah. :) See you around. :)

  2. Blogger Erica Cleofe on September 15, 2006 12:01 PM

    Haha!

    Of course, I had to look like Aron. :) Hehe.

    Cheers,
    Erica

  3. Blogger Jax on September 15, 2006 3:17 PM

    Ekay, even though I don't comment often, I am always reading your blog. I always read all of my friends' blogs. I want to comment everytime I go there but I don't want to force myself if I have nothing to say. But I'm always reading it.

  4. Anonymous Anonymous on September 15, 2006 4:15 PM

    This is such a nice way of documenting yout life through the people you meet!

    Love, Verena
    (Denmark)

  5. Blogger Erica Cleofe on September 15, 2006 5:30 PM

    Hey Jac,

    Thank you for reading my blog. :) Maybe you will be that one soul continuing to read it.

    Hey Verena,

    Thanks for the comment. :) It is my pleasure to write about the people I value.

    Hugs to both of you,
    Erica

  6. Blogger Aine on September 15, 2006 7:15 PM

    you know every word you have written about Aron rings true in my heart too! definitely one of those people that makes my MCP xp worthwhile in terms of what I have learned about myself through conversation with him :)

  7. Anonymous Anonymous on September 16, 2006 6:56 PM

    that performance on ScaLDS was absolutely hilarious. :)

    greetings from switzerland

  8. Blogger Tomi Astikainen on September 17, 2006 8:17 AM

    I met Aron also the first time in Introduction Seminar 2004, where Erica had her first AIESEC leadership experience as OCP.

    It was the weirdest feeling to see this guy - so fresh to AIESEC, being LC VP ICX at that time - literally radiating potential and making sure everyone understands he's going to take every chance to develop as a leader.

    And now look at them, Erica and Aron, both MCPs and seemingly doing great! Good job both of you!

  9. Blogger Erica Cleofe on September 18, 2006 4:18 PM

    Hey Aine and Tomi,

    Thanks for the comments. I am sure Aron appreciates it. :) :)

    I wonder who you are, anonymous. Are you Anna? :)

    Cheers,
    Erica

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