i really do love you all.

so today i had an amazing epiphany...so i was kind of down because i realized that i dont have any good friends here yet and blah blah blah when all of a sudden something hit me...the reason im sad about that is because i have so many people in my life who really genuinely care about me...so many who would jump into cotopaxi (thats the big volcano in quito...i had to make this cultural somehow) in a second for me and for whom i would do the same...and it made me not sad anymore! even if i dont walk away from this with lifelong friends i will walk away from it with a lifelong understanding of self and perspective that is worth so much more.

but anyway to continue on with my observations i have come to realize that my affinity for indian food at its spiciest has prepared me for the picante of the south...today we were eating some typical ecuadorian dish (the name of which has escaped me...im just not good with names in general) and i go to put hot sauce on it and this kid jose says ´´you know thats hot sauce right?´´ and im like ´´si me encanta comida picante´´ (yes i love spicy food) and he looked rather surprised...i bet every other gringa he has met cant even handle the least bit of spice, but thanks to my dad who gave me the 411 on how to eat spicy food and rama who´s family introduced me to indian food early in my freshman year i am not one such gringa girl...i didnt even flinch after i was done unlike xime and xavi who were like freaking out that their mouths were on fire...i smiled on the inside after this incident :)

so i dont know if i have mentioned this before in my blog but you all have to try pan de yuca...im not even going to explain it bc i want you all to be as surprised at its goodness as i was the first time but trust me...you want to try it to make your life and palette complete.

enough about food...so today we had a meeting about PBOX structure (its project based on exchange structure for the non aiesecers out there...its like an internship program based on a topic...thats what im doing here im helping implement a pbox on social entreneurship) and i realized how great it is! it gives aiesec a focus i have never seen before in the organization! so i came to a decision:
when i return to cornell im going to work to implement a pbox on corporate social responsibility because as you all know i dont shut the fuck up about it.

i feel like its a real possibility...i mean its going to be a lot of work but i know that there are people both in aiesec and at cornell that would support it 110%...i just think CSR is the most important concept and now practice currently in the world...business has such power, more than government or war...in fact business can manipulate and catalyze both as we have seen in recent happenings, so now more than ever it is important to start bringing CSR into the lives and everyday thinking of students who are (not to sound cliche) the future determinants of our paradigm...

so this is my mission and has been for some time...i want everyone to know, understand, support and practice social responsibility...and i mean everyone, whether it be voluntary or out of necessity...and quite honestly i think it could happen with the concept of pay it forward...one person cant change the world, but one person can catalyze another who will catalyze another who will continue to pay it forward until our paradigm has changed...

maybe this is me being naive or tired or thristy or something...but as long as i think it can happen i will continue to put in all my energy...and trust me i have a lot of energy.