I have to say - I love
this website. I am rediscovering all the music I have copied away somewhere on CDs which are gathering about six inches of dust; and the music I grew up listening to.
These past couple of weeks have been interesting. I think nothing you read, or hear, can prepare you for the feeling of stepping into the unknown. And there is no way I can describe it. When people ask me how I'm doing, I shift into autopilot mode. How can I define what I do not know or understand? I am
trying to understand. Thats all I can say. And interestingly enough; I've found myself connecting to people I've never spent time talking to in the past, or have briefly met. I think there is a strange comfort derived from the fact that somewhere in AIESEC, someone knows
exactly what you're going through. And that comfort level takes about a minute to achieve. :)
While talking about IC with a couple of friends a few days ago, I remembered again the best element - the conversations. Random, fun, inspirational, motivating, helpful. dramatic. And I say dramatic because some of the moments I had only belong in a movie that is scripted to be as unreal as possible, or you daydream about while trying desperately not to be caught falling asleep in class. I think years from now, I will remember these small details more than the actual enormity of the experience, and perhaps these small details are all I need to remember of how I felt like, at that moment.
Anyway, random shift in topic. I saw
Borat a few days ago, and I hated it. I actually kept stopping the DVD, going back to doing some work or reading, and then switched it back on and hoped that at some point, I would get why everyone's raving about it. Maybe I've just become too culturally sensitive (can anyone ever be 'too' culturally sensitive?) or I just don't find triviality hilarious anymore. And I've felt this way for a long time. We live in a very strange world. And I get the feeling that its about to become a whole lot more stranger.
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