life on the road
Just wanted to give you a bit of an update on the life on the road.
Life on the road is very bumpy. We've been travelling everyday and traffic
in Mexico is crazy! Good thing is that I'm with a really great group of recruiter from other Canadian universities so
we've been doing a lot of singing to old 80's songs in the Van.
The high school students in Mexico are incredible and I have to say, the
questions they ask and the level of maturity really blew my mind. Some of them even knew where Simon Fraser University was which is impressive (usually, everyone saids "UBC, McGill, U of T" and that's it for Canada). So far, all the students seem to think that Canada is entirely covered in ice...so I've still got some work to do.
I endured our longest drive today - a 3 hour trip to a spectacular campus
for the Marymount international school. The school is in an old colonial
estate built on top of the mountains. I've been relatively good (no motion
sickness) compared to other recruiters - 3 of them required some love and
care today.
We've also been stopped by police officers today on our way to Marymount on
suspicions of "people trafficing". We avoided a trip to the police station
by giving them $100US. They were then kind enough to give us a "reciept" in
case of more trouble down the road. Apparently if we were stopped again by
other police officers, we just have to tell them "code 17"...
more later...
mondonation
a coworker of mine showed up yesterday in a shirt that he printed from
MONDONATION. What is mondonation?
mondonation is an experiment built around the idea that if we all share our beliefs on a daily basis, by wearing them on our bodies, they will grow in strength. This will begin to affect the people who wear their beliefs and also everyone they come into contact with. What we do is give people the opportunity to wear their beliefs. You get to choose a charity from a growing list of charities and we give your designated amount ($1, $5, $10, or $20) to that charity. So the strength of mondonation is threefold: giving money to something you believe in while wearing something you believe in.
i think its kinda cool so i ordered my shirt this morning.
catching up...
last week - John (Kelly) came in to visit and we had a great dinner chatting about AIESEC. it's always incrediable to find out with people are up and the amazing things they are doing. i found out that a friend of ours has come back from the dead, one is running around the middle east, a few are married while some are off saving the world in other remote locations. someone asked me if i miss it - the whole living on no money, constant jet-lagged and sleeping on floors all over the world. i admit it, i do - sometimes. i miss meeting new people, i miss the conferences, i miss being with other students and working for something that we thought could inspire others to be better, most of all i miss not knowing what i'll be doing tomorrow.
of course, i also enjoy the travelling that i do for work now - there're no waiting on standby anymore. i enjoy the people that i meet now - my international students and being able to provide a home for them away from home. i enjoy taking part in inspiring the new students to be better, to experience more and to see beyond the here and now.
so in a way - i still do the same work that i did when i was an undergrad...just in a different context.
