I need a punching bag

It sucks. Somehow I can't find time to do proper exercise these days, and I can feel my body slowly becoming less and less athletic. Maybe I need to stop taking naps after work.

So, I was reading the myaiesec.net forum, and saw one @er from Slovakia posting an interesting point. Here's a direct quote from his post.

"...
1. a lot of LCs in world dont want USA trainees
since my joining in 2001 (yes, that old) my LC had only bad experience with trainees from USA, we unofficially stopped matching with them in 2004. In my Slovakia AIESEC XP I have met ONE out of 5 AIESEC trainees who have been responsible and AIESEC friendly... and even he was not an AIESECer before coming to Slovakia.
My LC EPs=SNs have been also warned to avoid AIESEC US due to low quality internships.
I do not think at all that my LC was special, I have seen the same opinions in Pakistan (LC here had also a bad experience).
-> You will not keep on growing because You will miss the support from receiving countries.
..."

Is that really true? If it is, that explains why I had such a hard time getting replies from TN managers when I was applying for traineeship :p But seriously, if the quality of American trainees were known to be so low in the entire @ network, then I am very grateful for @Galati to have me here. I will try my best to prove that there are actually AIESECers in the US, and to ensure that @Galati will not regret their decision to do exchange with my LC.

I'm going to Piatra-Neamt this weekend with Frank, Dirk, and their colleagues, so expect great pictures. It'll take 5-6 hours of driving to get there, but compared to the roadtrips we took from Atlanta to Canada, this is nothing. The only thing is that we are leaving at 5 in the morning to compensate for the long drive...