  
“Que buena onda (literally: What a good wave)” the people here say, the voice full of acknowledgement and respect when someone is spreading good vibrations or something works out really well and smooth so everyone is happy. “Que buena onda”: When someone says this to you, you can’t help but feel really proud. It’s a real compliment. It’s the most positive thing a stranger can say. “Hey you, I like the positive vibrations you are spreading here right next to me. I can can feel you. And your happiness makes me happy too.” I mean, how nice is it to say a thing like this? Think about it… “Que buena onda”, says the man behind the counter of the local super market when Sarah and Juan P and Laura and I storm the meat section joking and giggling loudly. The situation got out of control a long time ago and now we just can’t hold back and burst into cascades of laughter at any given moment, and our happiness is contagious. In the end, the whole queue of people at the meat counter is grinning widely while our troupe is back off to the house to diminish the beer and the cheese and olives and salamis we just bought. Back to our “buena onda” that found its way into the consciousness of every Argentinean who consider this phenomenon as something really natural. It is natural. Emotions are energies and these energies pass over to the people in your vicinity – if you want it or not. We can sense these energies and are receptive to them. If someone close to you is angry, it is very likely you can feel this even if you are in no way connected to the person and their history. If one person is kicking off a stink, the energies can take effect on the whole atmosphere in the room and affect all the people in it. Yeah. Exactly. Let’s not forget to mention the “mala onda”, the “bad vibrations” that exist too, of course, Yin-Yang style. If someone is angry or unrelaxed and makes his co-fellows suffer from his bad moods, this is considered “mala onda”. The Argentineans are very aware of this so spreading “mala onda” is definitely not the way to go if you want to make friends. The people generally don’t feel attracted to people that flid out and throw their shit against others. They want a happy life and they are happy about anyone who makes their existence more bearable. Life is hard enough here so why make it harder? It makes me wonder about those people in Germany who generally seem to get some sort of satisfaction out of it when they manage to make someone else feel really shit (as well). Spreading your bad vibrations is generally considered as something normal, the majority is in a state of unhappiness the majority of time. But it’s so easy to change this though. Heal your soul: Just get some happy people down next to you and they will show how to smile again.
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