Yay Blog... Soon

So I figured out the reason my blog won't post. Insha'allah, by the time you read this post you will have gotten a quick view of my first attempt while in country (Oman that is). I assure that I will blog more now that I have figured out what was the deal e o . . . So, first month down - a few to go. I can't disclose exactly how much time I've got here because I don't yet know myself.

Life is nice in Oman. Quiet is a good way to put it, but at the same time there is a certain buzz about the people I meet and the places I go. Maybe it is just my burning curiosity and energy to know everything, yet at the same time, I sense it. Something bigger. People here are moving, working - living.

I have a great respect for the Omani attitude of, "We can do it ourselves. We will do it our own way and we don't need anyone to tell us how to do it." I guess it's the familiarity I see there with some of my own attitudes. At the same moment that they declare themselves incredibly autonomous, Omanis have a feverish desire to learn - the young people I've met anyway - about me and the perspectives I bring with. Higher education is doing great things for this country, and will only do more and more in the future.

My hope here is that Oman will recognize the value that AIESEC holds. They can build it. They can connect it. They are living it. And I want to be there while it happens.