Here's my current life philosophy: When we are faced with a moment that makes us realize everything in our lives, from past to present, from childhood to adulthood, and from before and right now, has culminated in one moment...this is when we must sit back and just say WOW!
In one week my life changed irreversibly. In that one week I began to form a more chiseled version of myself. By no means am I a statuesque person, but we all have the ability to change and to become someone better than we were before. That's what I decided and began to do. All in one week, the decisions and changes I had made throughout my life all exploded in a cacophony of gratitude, love, joy and excitement. And of course, change.
"What happened in that week, tell us now!?" you urge. I oblige.
On October 3rd, I was flown down to Atlanta, Georgia, USA for a week-long interview with Coca Cola. Their mission was to find a team of three individuals who will travel to 192 UN-recognized countries and 14 other territories in 365 days helping spread one of the most contagious conditions known to mankind: happiness. Beginning January 1st, 2010, EXPEDITION 206's goal is to delve into the core of what makes people happy. Through daily stories, images, videos and thoughts from the travelers, as well as interviews conducted along the journey, this challenging yet incredibly rewarding mission will be shared with the world via several social media platforms.
"Then what happened that week?" you ask.
On October 11th in a converted Mason's church in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, I married the man of my dreams, my best buddy and my favourite travel partner, Joe Tuck. With a ceremony that included a 6-piece band called "Guck 75" we were wed and walked back down the aisle as husband and wife to "Lovely Day". By night we rocked and rolled, enjoyed some baklava and a bellydancer. We danced till we just couldn't dance anymore. So when I say that my life changed in one week, well, I wasn't yanking your chain!
With a newlywed glow, I am proud to say that out of the 18 people who I was lucky enough to meet and work with in Atlanta, from all across the world with backgrounds in advertising, writing, filmmaking and photography, I have been chosen to be part of 1 of the 3 teams (9 people in total) advanced to the second phase of the selection process! Can you believe it?
For this incredible, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, my teammates and I, for the next week, will be working hard to rally our communities and the world for votes. If we get chosen, this would mean that all the work we have put in, all the overnight editing sessions, crazy things we did on camera and all the energy we put into this project will all be rewarded. This will also mean that we get to be a part of something truly unbelievable and unprecedented.
On Wednesday, October 21st, Coke launched a worldwide media campaign and a worldwide vote on videos that we made for the competition. The worldwide vote will determine the winners of the competition.
My teammates are so cool. There is the Capoeira Queen, Greer who is a gorgeous Australian with South American influence. Then there's Brendan, who, by trade, is the ultimate Rock Star in China and an extreme sports enthusiast. Oh yeah, and he will eat ANYTHING! Then there's me. I can't wait to get back on the road, living everything to its fullest and being open to whatever comes my way!
For those who love the world as much as we do and would do anything to experience, touch, feel and be part of everything it has to offer, support Team WOW! and we will represent you in 206 countries!
Here are the final details:
-Voting will began on Wednesday, October 21st at 10 am, Eastern Time (Atlanta) and end Friday, November 6th at midnight, Eastern Time (Atlanta)
-You can vote by visiting www.Expedition206.com
-We need you to vote everyday! They will count 1 vote per account (using the following accounts: Facebook, YouTube, Orkut, Twitter, Gmail, Windows Live), per browser, per day. If you have an account with each of these media sites, please vote through each of them.
-As an incentive and thanks for your support, every day we will be posting a new, whacky, crazy video called a "Daily WOW" of us doing some extraordinary things that bring us and those around us happiness. Check us out on the Team WOW! Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-WOW/169501557448#/pages/Team-WOW/169501557448
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