Woke up, sun in my face… the time is 06:00. It takes some time to open my eyes completely, takes some time to realize what day is it. I look outside and I know it's going to be a perfect day I don't know why and how I know, I just feel it. My heart beats fast just of the thought where I am going today.
Time 07:15 The Core team gathers at the departure site talking about the final preparations and things that need to be done. We are all sleepy in the traveling bus, but we don’t mind, we are too pumped up by our adrenaline wanting to speed up time for the event to begin. The sounds of laughter dominate the air in the bus and we can feel it. We are close to Veles, we are close to Mass Mess.
We gather in front of the sports centre and each of us pulls out the Activity matrix and runs to prepare everything for the event. The welcome table is decorated with the catalogs, nametags, lists and bottles of water. You walk inside the sports centre and you can’t imagine that in just an hour it's going to be filled with 90 young people smiling. We were addressed by the coordinators of the VQ project, and then greeted by Elizabeta Jovanovska from the British Council, by Andreja Bogdanovski from the Blue Sky Youth Network and by the Mayor of Veles, Ace Kocevski.
The large activities started, the participants were a little scared and confused, but they relaxed during the small group activities were they got to know each other better.
And finally the moment we had all been waiting for, the competition between the groups. What I was amazed by was the team spirit developed in the groups, the cheers between the members of a group when they win a game.
After the activities we went to a local café to celebrate the entire day along with the participants. Smiling faces, exchanging numbers, new friendships were born that day. Our mission Mass Mess was successfully realized!!!
Time 19:25 The Core Team of VQ together with the group leaders in on its way back home. Tired, sleepy faces make quiet sounds with cheerful tones, proud of what they organized and of what they have accomplished.
Time 00:45 I go to bed happy and tired, knowing that this was a perfect day, one that you experience once in a lifetime.
Written by: Frosina Ilievska
