First assignment in UpWithPeople

About Željka

Name: Željka Baniček
Gender: Female
Age: 24
Hometown: Varaždin, Croatia
Faculty: Faculty of Organization and Informatics
Year of study: graduate

Up with Peple web page

Why UWP? traveling, helping people, making friends

Contact me: upwithzeljka@gmail.com

Some Links:
Video: VTV interview in show "Koktel"
Article: Studentsli Lider Klub
Article: FOI web page

Visit my tour friends blog:
Marianna Alfa Fernando-Pacua (Philippines)
Rafael Cardoso (Brazil)
Callie Amweg (USA)

About UpWithPeople

Program I'll attend: July 7 - December 10 2007

Five Aspects of UpWithPeople program:
1) International Participants
2) World Travel & Host Family Living
3) Community Partnerships
4) Global Education
5) The Show

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Cast C tour:
USA:
7 July - 6 August
Denver, Colorado
6 August - 13 August
Tucson, Arizona

AZIJA:
13 August - 3 September
Thailand

EUROPA:
3 - 10 September
Espoo, Finland
10 - 17 September
Sodertaije, Sweden
17 - 24 September
Vimmerby, Sweden
24 September - 1 October
Uelzen, Germany
1 - 8 October
Erfurt, Germany
8 - 15 October
Hasselt, Belgium

USA:
15 - 22 October
Gwinnett County, Georgia
22 - 29 October
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
29 October - 5 November
Easton, Maryland
5 - 12 November
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
12 - 19 November
Hartford, Connecticut
19 - 26 November
Suffern, New York - Mecy's thanksgiving parade
26 November - 3 December
Somerset Hills, New Jersey
3 - 10 December
Bangor, Maine

24.06.2007., nedjelja

2 weeks ago I was invited to join UpWithPeople Facebook group so I can get to know people with who I am going to travel with during my semester. It's really great opportunity to meet all participants.

Also, we received our first assignment the same week I joined the group. Our first assignment was to make group of 3 people and find 3 similarities and 3 differences between us. I joined the group with Hanna from Philippines and Rafael from Brazil. Here is what we concluded after long email discussion:

Similarities:
The only one traveling from our countries
Photography
Liking ice cream and chocolate

Differences:
Hanna is an only child, Rafa has a brother, Zeljka has a sister
Hanna is Filipina , Rafa is Brazilian, Zeljka is Croatian (differences in country)
Hanna is Asian, Rafa is South American, Zeljka is European (differences in race)

1. How did you find each other?
Hanna asked Rafael and he asked Zeljka through Facebook. It was pretty fast...

2. How did you establish your similarities and differences?
We started by enumerating things about each other and picked the most similar and most different (it was hard to choose because everything seemed so interesting!!)

3. What strategies can you apply to get to know and make new friends during orientation in Denver?
hmmm -- since we are all new friends the easiest "ice breaker" is to ask about each person's country. From there we can move on to finding common interests and of course talk about differences also in interests and culture. Oh strategies are hard to think about -- the best thing to do is to do what comes naturally!
It would be great if we will meet friends of friends also!

4. What was easy about the exercise? What was difficult (besides the technology aspects)? What's easy was that everyone was so excited and eager to make friends. Each one's interest in getting to know each other is really sincere. Difficult? Hmmm... maybe it was only the first step of "asking" that was difficult. Plus the delay brought about by the time difference/ time zones :-))

It was interesting to read what other people concluded and added as their answers :)

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24.06.2007., nedjelja

First assignment in UpWithPeople