welcome Barbara

All my life you were there for me - and now you are here!

I remember the reaction of Barbara when I've told her that I got accepted in Ecuador and soon I will go for one year to live one of the most powerfull experiences in my life she just said:
"Well, in that case I have to go and by a ticket in order to come and visit you."
That was the best reaction I could have imagined - because I would never have though of such a spontanious and great reaction...
Well, that's just her - THE BEST ;-)

And now it finally comes true and my big eternal love is landing in exactely 2.5 hours from now (if the plane is on time of course).
I'm so much looking forward to seeing her again after almost 6 months - it's so incredible!
Of course I took holidays and we are going to travel and explore the wonderful country of Ecuador. Quito (the centre of the world), Otovalo (famous for its huge traditional market) the Amazon and the beach are on your programm.

So don't worry about me not replying to mails - I'm enjoying myself somewhere in the jungle or chilling at the beach and I'm just happy about having my sister over!!! ;-)
Of course I will give you an update once I'm back - stay tuned.

I AM FREAKIN OUT

basta basta basta
gimme a break
I need to calm down, really!

what a freaking time!

crazy

it's too crazy isn't it?
now my swiss friends are gone :-(
but we had a great goodbye party for them organized - their first party in Ecuador, where the parties are the best and social life is so important!
Hoff ehr haends gnosse u woensch euch en gueti Heireis! Esch schoen xi euch z xeh u s hed mer u guet do Schwitzerduetsch z schwaetze u weder mol so rechtig z diskutiere. Merci Seve u Simi!

For my part I'm still trying to manage all the things I want to... AIESEC, find work that pays, find a house we can all live together, do more sports, study spanish and eat less rice ;-)
I know, it's a lot... but hey, I wanna make the most out of it and you know I always challenge myself - I wouldn't be over here otherwise I guess...

will go home for dinner now - where I for sure will find some rice...

diskutiere

wow das esch au weder einisch en woche xi, geds jo gar ned!
nochdem das ech mis fieber u greppe chli uskuriert ha eschs witergange met IC bring back foers MC oeber 2 taeg hinwaeg u vorbereite foer eusi teamdays in salinas. Yep, mer send weder mol ad beach, zom schaffe u en staercheri Verbendig z schaffe i eusem Team. Naja, Fritig esch guet xi u mer haend super gschaffed, doch am Samschtig semer eifach z spot ufgstande u haend waege dem d haelfti vo de Agenda ned inebrocht. Aber s esch jo im Aernscht au wechtig ad Beach z go om z relaxe.
Ech ha eifach gmerkt das ech nochem IC sone rise Motivation u Energie ha wie die andere das natuerli ned becho haend wo ned am IC xi send. Mer haets aecht nix usgmacht voll doerezschaffe - aber die andere bruchid die Pause u das verston i jo. Bemer vorcho wie won ech vo Venezuela hei cho be u met mim EB losgspronge be. Doch si haend sech imne Tempo foerne 12km Lauf igstellt u i be ir Gschwendigkeit vomne 100m Lauf loszoge. Esch aebe guet setig learning points z ha... Denn am Wochenaend hami genau a das zrogerennered u ixeh das es wechtiger esch a Strand z go u droeber z rede wie mer eus fuehled aus hardcore Sessions doerezzieh!
U das saeubscht wenns am Strand woerkli froesch xi esch. Aeh jo, mer send do im Wenter u s esch nome zwoesche 25-29 Grad! Brrrr (das mein i i vollem Aernscht!)

Im Momaent semer am diskutiere wies sel witergo. Mer bruchid aecht en Loesig metere Onderkonft. Uf d Laengi cha das nix si so wiemer ez laebid i eusne Famelie. Aber eus faehlts eifach a allem! Mer haend kae Gaeud, kae Moebel u dementspraechend begraenzti Moeglechkeite.
Au met em Buero mues oebbis go. Das chas ned si womer ez haend - die schmeissid eim noch Loscht ond Lune use wenn Onterrecht esch oder wie hoet wens am 15.00 zue moechid wel Ferie send. So chamer ned woerkli schaffe. Ech ha so brutal vell z tue - chome aber waeg setigem Zueg eifach ned woerkli effiziaent zom schaffe.
Do mues aecht oebbis go ez! Ufhoere schnore u afo konkret waerde!!

Ah ja, u am Maentig esch denn d Seve u d Simi vo Quito zrog cho u s hed doch no klapped das mer eus xeh haend!
Laeck esch das schoen, mi erscht Bsuech in Ecuador!
Es hed mer so guet do de geschtrig Tag met ehne z verbrenge u Schwitzerduetsch z rede. U am tollschte esch die Diskussion bim Znachtaesse xi! Rechtig, ech hasi provoziert, aber das esch das womer do aecht echli faehlt - die Diskussionskultur! Omso meh hanis geschter Obe gnosse.
Ez muesi au bereits los - mer firid d Abschedsparty vo de Schwizer Girls u en Gebortstagsfaescht vomne Kolleg.
Jep, do geds emmer jenschti Groend zom Fiire!! hehehe

Abxeh vo dem werdid nome mini Hor laenger :-)

Back in Ecuador

Well that was a really interesting trip back to Ecuador. After being stranded in Amsterdam I also got stuck for 2 days in Madrid. But in the end of the day I really enjoyed my stay there cause like that I got to know a city that I haven't seen before.
Funny was that the first person I've talked to was a girl from Ecuador! Obviously my heart is connected with this beautiful country.
And that's exactely how I felt about being back!! Was a great feeling arriving at the airport and seeing some of my friends waiting for me!! They even organized a welcome back party - which I only joined for about two hours because I was just too bloody tired. Well, I have slept in two days about 4 hours. One reason was the time difference and the other one was that I had a computer in front of my seat in the plane. So you know one movie after the other and before you even think about sleeping the captain already announces: Cabin crew ready for landing.
And the last reason was that I had to be up on Sunday morning bloody early for our NST meeting. That was kind of though - but I managed.... and got sick soon afterwards. Monday and Tuesday the flue caught me, I had fiever, headache and just no energy for anything. Still I had to funcion, since we are in a really important phase of the whole IC bring back right now.
It's good that Marie-Louise (the girl in my house) is a doctor. She wrote me what kind of medicine I have to take - and indeed, today I feel much better. Not 100% up but on a good way to be ready for our upcoming teamdays from Friday to Sunday in Salinas.

Just a shame that I missed Severine (a Swiss friend who came with another friend to visit me) because I arried with a delay of 2 days in Guayaquil. Now they are already in Quito and heading for some other trips. Still, I'm glad they gonna come back on Monday and we still have the time to catch up!

And the best on top of everything is awaiting exactely 15 days from now on! I'm so much looking forward to catching up with my sisterheart, incredible!!


If you wanna see some pictures of the Study Tour in Krakow, IC, our days in Warsow and me in Madrid you can do so by clicking here.
ENJOY

ICICICICICICICICICICICICIC

wow wow wow
it's incredible, really! so much has been going on that I guess I won't be able to share all that with you in the short time that I have here in the internet cafe in Madrid. Guess I haven't updated my blog for too long - and that's why I don't have a laptop...
anyway
yesterday when I finally left from Warsovia I did so with very very mixed feeling - so much was going on in me.

First of all I was kind of sad that the congress is already over. Because it was so amazing, so inspiring, so wow. We haven't been in Warsow meeting Polish, we have been at IC - meeting the WORLD! I will never ever forget that feeling of getting together with people from 95 different countries all sharing the same vision. Just seeing that it's possible - seeing all the positive change - feeling all the power and energy to make the world a better place. Little by little we work on it - every day - and every day starts TODAY!!!
At the same time I'm kind of glad that it is over, then my battery was kind of low. One felt that the energy wasn't as high as at the beginning. It was really really though. Long and hard days which made everyone exhausted, tired and at the end also a little bit sick, with flue and coughing and stuff.

Then there is the feeling about Ecuador.
On the one hand I'm looking so much forward to going back, seeing my friends, my family, the MC and everybody. Catching up with them and telling them everything I've experienced - sharing my excitement with all the ecuadorians.
On the other hand I'm a bit scared and worried thａｔ　ｔｈｅ　ＩＣ bring back won't be too easy and that we have a lot of work to be done and a lot of implementation and changing processes ahead of us...

And the sadest part above everything else is just the fact that I won't go home.I know Warsow - Lucerne was never really close but since I live in Ecuador so far away I guess that changed this relation a bit. So that I feel acctually close to home and would just love to come over for a few days, catching up with you, drinkin a beer together and having a chat! I miss you a lot people at home, really!! Now that I'm so close even more I guess... Well, but as I keep saying, soon it's Christmas!!! :-)

And the last thing to tell is that I'm stuck in Madrid. I should have landed here yesterday evening from Warsow to Amsterdam to Madrid and then heading off to Guayaquil this morning.But due to tecnical problems my flight was delayed for 3 hours to Amsterdam so that I missed the one to Madrid. KLM provided me with a nice hotel, which wasn't really worth staying in because I had only 2 hours cause I had to leave very early in the morning. Not early enough obviously, respectatively te plane was late again and I missed my connection to Guayaquil. It's not too bad though. The only thing that pisses me off is that I had to pay the new price for the ticket. But I'm gonna claim that from KLM, at least it's their fault and not mine!!
But besides that I'm checking Madrid out at the moment... Well, the internet cafe is really nice... but actually not too different from others.
So I'm off, exploring the city.

It's a beautiful day - GREAT THAT YOU ARE WITH ME AND WE ENJOY IT TOGETHER!!!