half of the languages we’re supporting for the y.o.g…

(am particularly fascinated with russian and find myself inexplicably thrilled rolling their country names off my tongue – azerbaijan, uzbekistan, kazakhstan, kyrzgyzstan, belarus – gah! ok i’m a dork.)

a melting pot of youths, foreign and local, speaking in exotic languages, learning about each others’ cultures – needless to say, this deployment was a perfect fit for me.

while i don’t provide any interpretation myself (merde, it’s been 12 years since my french and german lessons :p), felt extremely proud watching the volunteers do their job interpreting for the athletes, a first time for most of them, especially in the glare of camera lights, all excited, nervous, yet keeping cool and doing their best.

gotta say, i like the energy and enthusiasm of this generation’s youths. (i’m not sure i felt it that much in my days.) :)

and being around teens so much these few days, hey i turned into one myself… *looks at an oily zit on the face*

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