Chilling

One of the things I still didn't get used to can be described by this word (I hope I will be able to describe it). First I was thinking about uploading it among the choques del dia posts, but I realized, that this "activity" deserves a special post.

Chilling is basically status of doing almost nothing. It might have different variations. For example, sometimes after lunch, you are not going back to work immediately, you just sit down for a while and comfortably enjoy talking to people around about any topic you choose. Why to be in hurry... And it doesn't matter how much work you have, sometimes you just chill.

Another way I already mentioned in one of the previous posts - finishing the LC meeting. All people stand at corridor in small groups, talk and that's it. You just stand there for 15 minutes and talk. About anything. Then you move to parking lot and chilll again (of course with some chilling parts on a way to parking lot).

The most interesting chilling I have experienced so far was when some guys broke the antenna at car of our friend. We went to the police station - 5 cars full of AIESECers stopped in front of small building, but there was no police officer, so we waited there for a while. There was no better option, than to stay there and talk for 15 minutes, during which we did not solve anything and after which we just decided to go away. For European - perfectly wasted time. For Panamanian - perfectly spent time with friends. For European it is very difficult to get used to these situations, becuase we want to do something, move somewhere, show some activity... But sometimes you just have to wait and chill with other people.

We have already defined the ultimate state of chilling - the state, when you have feeling that time stops - the state, when you do nothing, you just "are". Nothing more, just "to be". Pretty hard for me to imagine this, but who knows...