Today I leave for the states. I'm excited but also can't believe I'm leaving Chile. I love the country and Santiago and hope to return soon. I don't have many souvenirs but I have a ton of memories. As for right now, I'll share my other LEEP blog with you all to follow and ask that you wish me luck on my flights back!
All the best,
Sean
p.s. You may have noticed I am not writing in Spanish. I don't need to write in Spanish anymore since my grading for my Spanish class has ended, but I plan to alternate between the two languages to keep up my skills (and to keep you on your toes).
viernes, 12 de julio de 2013
Last Day with HPH
I wrote this last Friday but never got the chance to post it
"Today is my last day with HPH, my first internship. Maybe not my first official internship. It started off as me just looking for a way to volunteer in Santiago, Chile. HPH was one of the few, very few, organizations to respond to me and show interest in what I had to offer. It turned into something more serious and I ended up making a larger commitment than expected. Thankfully they were very flexible to my needs and it didn't impede on my experience in Chile at all; only enhanced it. I actually feel a little disappointed in the end because I didn't accomplish all I set out to do, and a lot of it was mostly because of my own lack of responsibility. Still though, I learned a lot. I learned what it was like to experience more typical things like how difficult it is to get through a city on a rainy day with an umbrella, how hard it is to work on a fixed schedule and be consistent (I had no fixed hours and only worked two days a week but still struggled), how difficult it is to work on the same topic/subject matter for over 6 hours, how hard it is to sit in one place for over 6 hours, how hard it is to fit anything else into your schedule once you have to commute to a workplace, how frustrating it is to deal with traffic on the way there and back, how tedious work can be, etc...I'm thankful though, that I learned so much about how volunteering is in Chile, how the housing situation works, how an organization works, and thankful that I got to meet some really great people. I regret not being able to actually help out with building more but the lack of work there was my fault as well. In going back to the states they've asked me to try doing a couple of things including contacting artists (like Bon Jovi) to play for HPH in Chile. It's exciting and I'm definitely willing to help and hope that I can help in some other ways too. I plan on sending them useful information and opportunities when I come across them and I hope I can still contribute from all the way back at home.
I'm a little sad that I couldn't have done better here. Done more and been more reliable and responsible and outgoing. I don't regret the experience at all, just not taking full advantage of it. I keep saying that I feel as if there has been a part of my brain that has laid dormant for years and finally just started to soak up information and expand the moment I set foot in Chile. I'm looking forward to coming back and I'm looking forward to travelling and learning more too. One thing I still have yet to learn is how to say goodbye."
"Today is my last day with HPH, my first internship. Maybe not my first official internship. It started off as me just looking for a way to volunteer in Santiago, Chile. HPH was one of the few, very few, organizations to respond to me and show interest in what I had to offer. It turned into something more serious and I ended up making a larger commitment than expected. Thankfully they were very flexible to my needs and it didn't impede on my experience in Chile at all; only enhanced it. I actually feel a little disappointed in the end because I didn't accomplish all I set out to do, and a lot of it was mostly because of my own lack of responsibility. Still though, I learned a lot. I learned what it was like to experience more typical things like how difficult it is to get through a city on a rainy day with an umbrella, how hard it is to work on a fixed schedule and be consistent (I had no fixed hours and only worked two days a week but still struggled), how difficult it is to work on the same topic/subject matter for over 6 hours, how hard it is to sit in one place for over 6 hours, how hard it is to fit anything else into your schedule once you have to commute to a workplace, how frustrating it is to deal with traffic on the way there and back, how tedious work can be, etc...I'm thankful though, that I learned so much about how volunteering is in Chile, how the housing situation works, how an organization works, and thankful that I got to meet some really great people. I regret not being able to actually help out with building more but the lack of work there was my fault as well. In going back to the states they've asked me to try doing a couple of things including contacting artists (like Bon Jovi) to play for HPH in Chile. It's exciting and I'm definitely willing to help and hope that I can help in some other ways too. I plan on sending them useful information and opportunities when I come across them and I hope I can still contribute from all the way back at home.
I'm a little sad that I couldn't have done better here. Done more and been more reliable and responsible and outgoing. I don't regret the experience at all, just not taking full advantage of it. I keep saying that I feel as if there has been a part of my brain that has laid dormant for years and finally just started to soak up information and expand the moment I set foot in Chile. I'm looking forward to coming back and I'm looking forward to travelling and learning more too. One thing I still have yet to learn is how to say goodbye."
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