"Personal relationships are always the key to good business. You can buy networking; you can't buy friendships." - Lindsay Fox

Today was another one of those days where there wasn't anything too big going on so it was a very laid back, chill kind of day. I messaged some friends to meet up for lunch, only about 3 people came and what I didn't realize was that a bunch of people had messaged me (since I had no wifi) so a much more people would have loved to go. I ended up going to the nearby park and ran into a bunch of other interns as well, sat with them and ate. I met some new mission interns who were also hanging out at the park. We sat with them and talked until we had to head back into the Secretariat building.

At the networking event.

I worked until normal time and had a networking event later on that night, but since I had some time to kill, I decided it would be a good idea to take some of the friends that I had met and bring them over to the bar that the interns usually go to so I could have them meet up with some other friends. I hung out with them outside for a bit before the happy hour started and then headed out, met up with my friends and went over to this networking event where I got to meet a bunch of people from start up groups. 

It was very interesting to see the confidence and the sheer aggression from the people who were part of the start up group. Even though I wasn't an investor or an intern with them, they were quite aggressive with their tactics. Interestingly enough, i gave someone my E-mail and asked them to e-mail me with more information about their start up and they still have yet to e-mail me back (oh the business world, nice to your face). I met a few other interns there and they were quite friendly so I guess I networked well? 

fter the event, I decided to go back to the intern bar that all the UN interns go to and hang out with friends there. We danced and sang to the songs they played (actually they played a lot of Canadian music, like Drake, Bieber, The Weekend, Magic!) and just had a great time. I even made some new friends! Near the end of the night, I headed out while others went to the bar beside to watch the hockey game. All in all a pretty cool day.