Christmas. Duh.
It's almost the end of Christmas Day. I know everyone will have had such different days. I don't actually want to say anything in my own words. I am going to acknowledgingly steal someone else's words that are beautiful. These are the words of Jamie, from an organisation called To Write Love On Her Arms:
Much of life is a gift: Friendship. Laughter. Community. Conversation. Hope. Love. We hope this Christmas, and in the days that follow, that you get some time to appreciate the greatest gifts, to mourn for things gone missing, to begin to let go where you need to, and to fight for the things you're supposed to.
We're part of a surprising story. Bigger than ourselves and older than time. It is a redemption story.
Merry Christmas. It's all about love. x
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
What I have discovered.
I didn´t blog last week because I had nothing to say.
This week isn´t much different. I had a great weekend in Santander with Oli and Hannah, but when I thought about writing down what we´d done it didn´t really sound so exciting. So I´m not going to bother.
Instead, I´m going to tell you a few things that I find interesting about life here. You might not find them interesting. Tough, I´m writing them anyway.
1. At the gym, when we have to hold our arms straight out to the sides at shoulder level, they call it "cruz". As in, "put your arms in a cross". Evidence of the deeply ingrained Catholicism.
2. You know that stupid, (but hilarious) program "Takeshi´s Castle"? The one with Chinese people making tits of themselves... well here it´s called "Humor Amarillo" i.e. "Yellow Humour". Not bothered about political correctness then.
3. Skinny jeans here are called "pirate trousers". I found that funny.
Have a nice week. 10 days until I´m home! Woop.
This week isn´t much different. I had a great weekend in Santander with Oli and Hannah, but when I thought about writing down what we´d done it didn´t really sound so exciting. So I´m not going to bother.
Instead, I´m going to tell you a few things that I find interesting about life here. You might not find them interesting. Tough, I´m writing them anyway.
1. At the gym, when we have to hold our arms straight out to the sides at shoulder level, they call it "cruz". As in, "put your arms in a cross". Evidence of the deeply ingrained Catholicism.
2. You know that stupid, (but hilarious) program "Takeshi´s Castle"? The one with Chinese people making tits of themselves... well here it´s called "Humor Amarillo" i.e. "Yellow Humour". Not bothered about political correctness then.
3. Skinny jeans here are called "pirate trousers". I found that funny.
Have a nice week. 10 days until I´m home! Woop.
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