MIXED FEELINGS

Hello again. I know I haven't really been taking care of my blog lately, nor posting any updates... Life is a little difficult right now as there are many decisions to make, people and things to say goodbye to, and general feelings of being out of place in some ocassions.

Yesterday I sent an email to 3 of my best friends: Natalia, Evon and Cristina; in the hope that they will help me figure out what my next move in life should be. I really don't know what I should be doing... I haven't the slightest idea. I don't want to go home yet, but I don't know what I want to work in, career wise.

I'm also a little confused about recent events here, but this is no platform to air them. I just know I want to finish my AIESEC career on a high so I can then move on to other things. Someone said to me today "I didn't come here, to AIESEC PR to make friends, its not the people that matter"... And I sit here and think that the whole reason I fell in love with @ in the first place, was because of our people, and that same reason has kept me here for almost 7 years... Our product, after all, is PEOPLE.

But anyway, I'm pondering the past two years in Puerto Rico. It sure has been a rollercoaster. We are handing over things to a team that has the perfect platform to build on them, and I'm sure they will. I've left my heart and soul in AIESEC PR, in its people, that when I leave here I know that what I'll be taking away with me are those faces, those hearts, that I adore.

For me, it is difficult to leave... because of my people.

Love you all!!!

THIS IS ME :-)

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MEXICO MEXICO MEXICO!!!

Thanks to everyone who made this such a special time in my life.

To our girls: Carissa, Julie, Amarilis, you sure provided an immense amount of laughs (Shoko Im sorry we didnt get to spend more time together).

To Melissa: thanks for showing us Guadalajara, its markets and shopping centers

To Sophie: thanks for making Tequila unforgettable

To Maria, Kari, Rodri and Anca: for rescuing me in Mexico and making my time there lots of fun

To Angel: I love you, I love the time we spent at your place and the airplane ride back home.

To Natalia: I love you, you reaffirmed the meaning of friendship

Mexico would not have been the same without these people. Thanks also to the people of CAS!!!

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

"Our worst fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God; your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone, and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people premission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

Nelson Mandela

BABEL

Sorry if I offend people but what a waste of time and resources to have made a movie like this. I really disliked it. Yeah all stories sort of link, but the film doesn't make any sense and at the end of it you feel like you wasted 2 and a half hours of your life. I rented it out to see what all the hype was about, but I've never been more dissappointed in my life. I'm sure it got nominated because of what the concept of the movie was trying to convey, but oh my god how tedious!

CHILDREN OF MEN

I watched Children of Men on DVD last night and was totally moved to tears for a while there. The movie on the whole was very surreal, with a fabulous soundtrack. It is so true to what could be our reality in a few years that I was actually scared, and after I finished watching it I just lay there thinking about what could be if we don't act now.

Transgenic foods, pollution, cloning, you name it... Those are things that will or could work to our demise. I sat there thinking about the negative contribution I am making to this planet and to myself and then later spoke to a friend about the movie and he went back to the whole "being a change agent" thing (without the AIESEC connotation) and about how the way I can change the world/prevent that future from happening is putting myself out there, getting an education and being outstanding.

Hmmmm....

Anyway, I recommend the movie, to all the AIESECers out there, you'll love it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELLE

To my dear friend Michelle, who turns 23 today, may this be a wonderful day for you and may you prove the cold of Boston wrong by partying up a storm even if this has to be on your own.

I cherish your friendship and our chats. I admire your strength and how you manage to stay strong even when sometimes things get a little lonely. I can't wait to see you again in Puerto Rico soon.

I found this photo and though it was perfect for you!

Lots of luv!
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