Van Chitgo - The Art of Life

Tom recently put up a pretty kickass picture at his blogsite...this one would give it some competition....
31 countries, 60 fantastic individuals coming together in the effervescent village that is Agra....ready to bring the world (and i do mean the world) down to India. no fear, no remorse, no looking back...this is one of the most awesome moments I have ever had in my life, not to mention aiesec.
ladies and gentleman who have the honor and brilliance of visiting van chitgough's musings- I have one piece of advise for you - remember this picture, cos it truly is full of heroes...some1 from this picture is going to be next great leader, political and business, the next big change agent, in and out of aiesec....basically the next big thing....
The moment is brought to you from the terrace of an obscure and tiny little 2 and a half star hotel in an even more obscure part of agra near the east gate of the taj mahal. What is funny is that one of the world's greatest monuments pales in comparison to the energy and beauty that shown through this evening. Luigi shouting 'kajra re' and frequent intervals, dandy's killer speech, ankit with his ridiculous abuses in hindi, the birthday celebtrations with the cake eating pavel (and not the other way around)...the gorgeous ER team pictures; the fantastic dinner facilitated by the ever smiling jesse, yours truly screaming 'pranay' at trenton (who obvously didnt know that i was doing)...hell the list would go on...my cheeks were hurting after the smiling and festivities...
but you know whats even cooler? this is after 4 weeks of Preparation! hahaha...the damn thing weve been working for begins in less than 24 hours...but the power of just our collaboration felt worth a 'formal banquet'...known officially as the IC KICK OFF!
i had a frickin blast...and i cant wait to recreate moments like this over the next 15 days...

Posted by chitgo on Saturday, August 20, 2005 at 8/20/2005 06:18:00 PM | Permalink