sunday

That was a very relaxed sunday - i needed smth like that for sure after such an intensive week.
Yesterday it happened - the first excursion of the Real Thing! I was worried, excited, all the emotions mixed. But we did it good. Funny thing is that 2 dominicans participated supposingly wanting to "get to know real Dominican Republic."
That's cool to see people happy after eating the huge portion of sancocho and the faces of local guys in the barrio seing so many white girls at the same time. Project has a future. definately. And our team is cool - we complete each other. i am happy. One more cool thing is that the theory actually works - if you want smth very bad it comes to you, comes randomly - people whom you didnt see for ages appear, people whom you know start telling u stuff u never thought they know.exactly at the time you need.

And btw, I finally felt the impact of AIESEC. Not somewhere sitting in the office or going to the universty recruiting people. Right there in the finca of Carlos, where all the family gathered and before the meal pronounced a speech. You could see how happy and pround the they are of their son. Carlos, i do hope u will have a great internship and as u are crazy person, nothing should scare u ;)

And it is smth about the latin families that makes me think. They are so so connected. U have an event and everybody is there and if they are not there u receive calls from all the parts of the world. They are big and loud, with a lot of kids and grandparents. they are charming. They will count on u to continue the family business and even without any pushing u will actually feel the responsibility to continue it. You dont even need to go to the shop, u can have a natural household and exchange the goods inside the family(and for sure somebody from the family members will have a shop).They never get tired of dancing and gossiping. And thinking about that i realised i miss my family. We are not that big. and actualy if u just take family-family we are 3. But we dont need more. I remember how i used to come from school on fridays and find the beautifully served table with wine, because on fridays we usually have "the relaxation evening", or how we used to go shopping in IKEA and my dad would stay waiting for us eating hot dogs while we were running around the shop, or how we would go by car to the black sea and talk all the way about russian history, politics, business and all the talks will finish with the one about "what u gonna do in the future". They tell me every day "come back home". And every day i tell them "not yet". It is a bit sad, but the thing that makes me happy is that even being in Dominican Republic i i can call my mom to complain about the guys, or call my dad to ask what to do if the radiator is getting hot. I love my parents.