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Dream, Catch Me by Newton Faulkner
There’s a place I go
When I’m alone
Do anything I want
Be anyone I wanna be
But it is us I see
And I cannot believe I’m fallin.
You’ve unknowingly managed to help me understand myself better, bit by bit. I still can’t believe that something this good is really happening to me.
Sweet Goodbyes by Krezip
Everything of love between us,
will get us through the night.
All the things we’ve lost will teach us
see the pretty things in life.
All the places that we’ve been to
the people we relate to
all the love that we give in to…
You help me get through these nights.
When I turn jet-black
and you show off your light,
I live to let you shine.
Snowboarding at Arêches. Seeing snow for the first time ever.
Took this pic while I was resting on the slopes, after one of my many tumbles on my butt/back/knees/face/shoulders/arms. My tailbone still hurts, I’m sitting on half my ass, I can barely lift my arms. I haven’t ached this badly for so long. But for the sake of those few runs where I managed to control the board with my toes and heels, where I felt the mountain air on my face and the sun on my back, where I could see the powder spraying from the tail of my board, where I could feel my body surrendering to my instincts, I’ll take those tumbles all over again.
Place du Bellecour, at midnight. As mentioned in an earlier post, I was wondering around, lost in more ways than one. And when I stumbled upon this plaza, what was lost, has now been found.
…in order to test you in patience, preserverence, and to test you in wisdom. like ali ibn abi talib teaches us: do not make dua to allah to not put you through any tribulations (for that is against the very nature of our existence); rather, make duaa to allah that he (swt) places a trial which you can not fail.
keep struggling, youre in the situation for a reason.
I’ve had my challenges settling down. Also, I’m not exactly the friendliest person you’ll know, so befriending the other international students isn’t exactly a breeze.
So when I was invited for a sushi party, I attended. And then I was invited for a party at a club, and I thought, why not? I don’t really see how you can connect with anyone at a place where the music’s too loud and everyone’s lost their sobriety, but hey. New places, new experiences. So let’s go meet people.
There I was, at Gare du Charpennes, waiting for the tram that my classmates will be on. I was early, so I was waiting quite a while in the increasingly frigid night. This was around 11pm. I couldn’t take the cold anymore (I wasn’t quite dressed for it) so I just boarded the tram ahead of my classmates, all the way to Perrache.
Simply put, I got lost trying to find the club. I went to a hotel to get directions, and it was very straightforward. But I got distracted by the beautiful window displays and the architecture of the houses above the shops, and then I pretty much ignored the directions. It was midnight by then, and the area was deserted. I must have walked away from the bars and clubs.
Honestly, I felt a little nervous wandering around at that hour. I wasn’t sure how I was getting back, because the buses and trains were done and I didn’t see any taxis. I was prepared to wait out the morning in a pub.
Then I stumbled upon Place du Bellecour.
I took a miserable picture of it (left my camera in my room) but once I stepped onto the plaza, I just paused in the middle of it, did a 360, and was completely blown away by the sight of the quay, the statues, the ferris wheel, the surrounding buildings, the skeletal trees, the wintry mist…and I knew then that I had finally truly started on my very own French adventure. All this while, I’ve been “exploring” places with company. It just doesn’t work for me. When it comes to travelling, all I really want is to walk around (purposefully and aimlessly) by myself. Here’s to more weekends of wondering around with Him always looking out for me.
The Magic Position by Patrick Wolf
Now that the dreams are all coming true
Who is the one that leads me on through?
It’s you.
I seem to get the feeling that the thought of you had somehow helped me push through all the difficulties and discomforts over the past few days. Somehow, knowing how you feel about me has given me a spring in my steps, even though my shoes may be filled with lead.
