Steering Team 2002 Remembrance

Suzanne wrote us a very nostalgic email a couple of weeks ago, asking where on earth we were.

Adrian Sia Lu, Sieka Gatabatki, Alen Wei, Khalil Bachooali, Joe Brumbach, Stanka Estokova, Reetta Asuntta, Xavier Nunes, Evrim Sen, Pablo Handl, Suzanne Moyer and I.

She recaptured in 3 paragraphs all the amazing moments we had during that time.
Not only we worked our ass out... but we had a lot of fun! as I had never had with such a diverse group of people.

How much!? check out this random phrases mentioned during the meetings... and tell me, wasn't that too much fun!? :)

MEMORABLE MOMENTS

- We finished the CWDT output
- Founded WAWIP
- Went to around 12 different bars in 4 days
- We always finished at the Ski Hut dancing as mad internationals
- Drank an entire bottle of Royal Bourbon supposed to be a "peace sign tradition -like indians and pilgrims like" between the US and Canada
- I missed my plane twice
- Suzanne said at 4:00am "enough drinking, I will go now" we thought she was going to be, instad, she grabbed her carry on and started walking towards the train station to the airport... barely being able to walk;
- We played a really sincere "I've never" game
- We discovered Paulie was a Casanova

QUOTABLE QUOTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 2002 STEERING TEAM MEETING:

- This is the CWDT Output, Not Heaven – Stanka
- We cross out porn, you lose all the fun - Stanka
- I know very little about porn – Khalil
- It does not ensure, it makes sure - Khalil
- What if a screwer comes along? – Joe
- This is not CWDT, this is heaven - Suzanne
- In 2004 when we introduced the CWP.. - Khalil (it was 2002)
- Don’t War, Make Love – Evrim
- Wow! He has been talking 6 pages - Beatriz
- Does it mean that they don’t wear jeans? - Stanka
- One single statement and this organization could U-Turn - Khalil

The WAWIP issue

! Information point:

Just the fact that I have a boyfriend, doesn't mean the WAWIP theory is outdated!

The World Association of Women in Power is still valid within a relationship.
It's all about the attitude you have when you get into it.
Not letting yourself get lost in it, but taking your head up and knowing how much
you are worth it.

So for those thinking how much you can change of opinion in less than 2 weeks (Dec 24th
was my post and I got together with Manuel on January 9th)... let me tell you that is not
the case... and no Digs... no lesbos this time. ;)

So, for those of you, out there... those brave women getting wasted at an irish pub in Rotterdam while rethinking the existence of women on earth... Stanka, Reetta, Suzanne... we are women for all seasons :)

What's the rush?

So far this year I have received 4 wedding invitations!! 4... yes!! plus 3 or 4 more wedding announcements...

February 26th - Gracia and Jean
May 7th - Stanka and Rado (in Slovakia)
July 2nd - Ma. Cecilia and Rodrigo (in Colombia)
August something - my boyfriend's friend (in Mexico)

What am I going to wear!!? ;) hehe
Good thing I work in airline... with so many international setting for weddings.

My friend Gracia's wedding was really cool, very salvadorean style, she married his very traditionally swiss boyfriend... but you couldn't recognize his parents after 3 hours of latin music and drinking tequila!

Even though some of us are still scared when we hear bells ring... hehehe attending other people's weddings can be real fun!!!

Love, money and a good book

That is a common quote people use in El Salvador whenever a new year starts, a wish for the year that is about to come.

I can't complain.

I still am figuring out the money part, however it has been enough for the life I am currently leading, I have had the things I wanted, I am buying a new apartment, I have traveled, I still have to plan very well every cent, but that's ok.

During New Year's celebration, my dad told me, while holding a beer and watching the sun set at the beach "Girl, 2005 will be a great year"

Reagarding the love part, yes, I have found love.
My boyfriend, Manuel, a handsome and ambitious 29 year old mexican. We've been together since the beginning of january and every day I discover new things I love in him.
For me, to publicly admit that I'm in love is a big deal. I am making myself vulnerable to public humiliation, but this time, I don't care... I want him to share every part of my life.

The third wish varies from person to person... some people say luck, others say "world peace"... I am happy enough having a good book with me.

This is the start of a brand new year, only 70 days have passed, 295 to come. If I have been lucky enough to have my 3 wishes in 70 days... what can I expect during the rest!?

Dad, I mark your words... 2005 is already a good year.

Once and again

Things happen for a reason.

And as live passes by and you keep asking yourself "why has this or that happened to me?" and you get nothing but random conclusion of things you would like to think are an excuse for the sudden change of plan you get in your life.

But things happen for a reason.

As John Lennon said: "Life is what happens while you are making other plans"

And this discovery, has been the reason why I have been absent from writing all this for the last 70 days.

Now I am back... with a different perspective of many things in my life. Keep tuned.