Week 1 - The new beginning

Friday 08.12.2017. The new beginning starts in Pancevo around 6 AM. After traveling around 8 hours with buses(Pancevo - Belgrade and Belgrade - Novo Mesto) I was in Novo Mesto, the biggest city in south-east part of Slovenia and around 40 minutes away from my new home - Crnomelj. At the bus station my new colleagues in job waits for me to pick me up and travel me to final destination for today. That was my project coordinator Bostjan Matjasic and coordinator of intergeneration house in Crnomelj Andreja Stajdohar. They drove me first to Intergeneration house in Crnomelj(latter Hisa Sadezi Druzbe Crnomelj or HSD Crnomelj). Dejan was waiting for me to introduce my work place and what I need to do. After that I was placed in unfinished flat in the nearest block. That is also their problem, how they don't expect from me and other boy to arrive very soon. So lot things are missing including internet. That my contacts was cut off for a few days. I temp to have some time to meet better my new place and to plan my trip to Brezice next week for On-arrival EVS training.

Saturday 09.12.2017. Outside was snowing. It was better that rain last night. Also Dejan was contact me to make sure that all right for me. But that was last contact between me and his, but if you ask me, that's great news. Also that day I meet my colleague during the project - Ndue Kolaba from Albania. From his contact very interesting contact for a first time. First few days we was together and trying to meet a city of Crnomelj as better as we can. On Sunday 10.12.2017. we was spend time to plan our trip to Brezice. And also to write first e-mail and messages in the local bar, because this bar had wi-fi. The journey continues next day.

Sometimes the beginning are very difficult

Before I start, I want to say that is based on true story and that patience can be one of a keys in this situation.
On September 2017. I was plan my time to go to Crnomelj on 15.11.2017. Only think that I plant is to check visa and that's it. But the problems starts here. I got some kind of basic document that Slovenian embassy in Belgrade didn't accept and returning home to report my try. Also I need to wait a little bit longer, so I will come I little bit late. But their's another problem. My contact person was't serious looking on problems and some of document are late, even I was apply in Crnomelj for visa, I was wait till end of the year. So my project start's on 08.12.2017. not on 15.11.2017.
What is the keys of this situation:
- Patience and believing in project
- Working on some things like the project starts
- My mistake - don't pick up documents from police office in time
- Contact person mistakes - too lazy, not thinking about problems during the project preparations and to often changing some things and dates.
And here are some tips:
- Apply for European Voluntary Corps(European Voluntary Service doesn't exist from 01.01.2018.) long term projects before you be 30 years old, you will be in position to change some things and to pick another project if somethings doesn't go right
- If you have problems like I had, say to thus project goodbye, maybe you can find some other project that suits you and maybe organization thing a little bit of missed opportunities
- But if you really want to work with this organization like I want to do, patience and believing is a keys to project go in right direction.

So my project starts on 08.12.2017. What was happened and what was in front of me...

Welcome

Hi people and welcome to my new blog. As some of you know, I had already one blog. But this blog is only in Serbian language. Now you who can understand English can read what happens in my EVS journey and to learn what to do and what don't. The format will be one page - one week. It's practical that write for one day.
And that's it for now. I hope that you will enjoy reading my particles.