prepared.

i've spent that last couple of days preparing to facilitate my first cono sur conference. i'll be in the newie track teaching all the new aiesecers here about what ogx is, how we do it, and hopefully foster some discussion on how we can do it better. i'm really nervous, especially since i'm thinking i might have to try to do my sessions in spanish, but really excited too. doing the work for the conference has prepared me in ways that transition couldn't to do my job, and with each presentation completed i become more confident :)

i was lucky that the aiesecer i stayed with here in concepción liked to go out :) though not a big city, concepción has its own unique style of "nightlife," almost more like a college town. the city is charming, the people are nice, and though calm in the streets, i suspect that the aiesecers that all arrived here for the conference today are crazy, ha ha ;)

so in a couple of hours i'll be trying my best to remember people's names, learn some new dances, and explain myself effectively in some sort of language, whether it be english, spanish, or spanglish.

as i was told once when i sneezed here by a guy that speaks very good english but didn't know the difference between salud for sneezing and salud for drinks in english...cheers :)