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    Wednesday, April 05, 2006  
Chairing an international conference

 
I believe my AIESEC life was abruptly ended by some inevitable facts of life.

Still my RAM memory kept sending random messages of "what would have happened if"?
- What would have happened if I applied to AI?
- What would have happened if I applied to a traineeship?
- What would have happened if I lived abroad?
This kind of questions were constantly represented in my subconscience.

almost 2 years after quitting AIESEC... I got offered the opportunity to chair Americas (now SSGN) EXPRO and LDS.
I thought: "wow! my answers prayed, a time to get back all that AIESEC spirit and find my path in life" (I swear I thought that)

I didn't care if I missed 4 important family events... or if those 10 days abroad meant 10 actual vacation days I wouldn't be able to recover. All that mattered was the chance of a lifetime to re-gain the passion for doing something that excited me.

AXLDS came and went off.
And I didn't find a solution to my life.
But I realized... I was so glad AIESEC was over!

Something like: "you want to dance another roll call? during plenaries, breaks, lunch and even during parties?!??" "...jeeze"

The best part of all was on the last party, a random delegate approaches me and says:
- "so... chair... it's our last night at this conference... are you ready to "enjoy" it? I can help you with that if you don't know how to"
- "aaahhhh my young foolish padawan... buy me a beer and go back to play"

Background music:
Barbara Streisand - "Memory all alone in the moonlight... I can smile happy your days..."

It was finally over. Thankfully!
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