~ °Café de Terrasse° ~The thoughts of an odd duck who sits alone in a night cafe, with a stylo in his right, a journal in his left, a valise under his chaise, a tasse on the table, and plenty of time to pass. | |
~ Salut! Come and join me at Table #12 |Leaving so soon? Ecrivez-Moi! ~ | |
~ dimanche, mai 04, 2003 ~ I think some people go a bit too far in the things they say. I'm not always serious because I sure don't like to be a "kill-joy" or a "straight-face" but sometimes, it bothers me the way people talk. Sometimes, sarcasm just goes too far. I can handle some forms of aggressive sarcasm from some ppl but when it comes from my best friends, it doesn't feel right. It just hurts. It's not supposed to bother me but it does. If someone has a problem with me or the things I do, I'd prefer being criticized, but not cynicized. It doesn't feel too good when people make a big deal of my flaws for a few laughs. It's like, I'm lower than them in a way. When I get verbally attacked, I try to walk away when I can't handle it. Because I know that if I don't, I'll get all defensive and I just wanna attack them back and I usually end up hurting them in return. When it comes to the people I love especially, it's makes our relationships unhealthy. I admit that I'm rather insecure about some things but believe me, I'm trying to change. And those of you who know me most, know that i'm trying to improve myself in some ways. But when people bring up my insecurities in a way that they just want a few laughs, i feel as though i can't change. I feel like they don't respect me and my efforts. I don't need that. I don't want that. I need people who believe that I can change for the better. That's all i really have to say right now. I gotta get back to my AP studying. G'night evryone!~ samedi, mai 03, 2003 ~ What a glorious morning! I slept with my window open and I could hear the raindrops trickling down my veranda. I woke up and the sky was cloudy but the sun was out. The clair de soleil reflected off the droplets in the air.. It was truly one of nature's presents to man. Thank you Mother, thank you.~ vendredi, mai 02, 2003 ~ There's nothing like a good game of flirtation...lol. The girls that I meet at Costco are... well they're... interesting. haha, what a word to use. But it's true. They're like the girls you meet on airplanes. ;) lol~ jeudi, mai 01, 2003 ~ Hurrah for lost causes. So the girl I like is gonna become the girl I used to like because I can't like her. Sheesh... So when I do go off to college, things'll all be the same as before. Love's like a poppy seed muffin. I'm failing the test even when it aint the real thing.~ mercredi, avril 30, 2003 ~ My grandparents are very difficult to deal with, but they are teaching me many lessons about life that I could never learn without difficulty. My grandmother is one of the most anxious, nervous, worrisome, pessemists I know. Every day, she tells me that she is getting weaker and weaker. Everyday, she tells me that she wants to leave this world. Everyday she asks me to sit with her and pray for God to take her away. It's sad but when it's everyday, it seems to lose meaning. Honestly so, and I do feel guilty about it but I can't even shed a tear. She doesn't shed any tears. In fact, my grandmother doesn't cry because she looks forward to her time. The truth is that she is a sickly woman, only she's sick in her mind. She refuses to get well. She wants to leave the world so she doesn't try to get better. But she loves the family, and she loves the company of loving relatives. She reminds me always that 'there is nothing more special than the special people in life.'~ mardi, avril 29, 2003 ~ ... Everything affects the world indirectly or directly. Do you ever think about what goes through your body? Like air- you inhale it, convert it into something else, then exhale it. It never disappears, it's just breathed over and over by other creatures. Maybe that particle of air which passed through you had passed through the lungs of a close family member, a lover, an enemy, or a complete stranger. Maybe it came straight from your orchid plant. Maybe it was once infected with SARS or carbon monoxide. Maybe it came from the gills of a salmon, or the gas of a tamarind tree. Breathe in. Where did that air particle come from?~ lundi, avril 28, 2003 ~ My grandparents are now living in my house. My grandfather speaks almost no English at all. My grandmother speaks the old-fashioned English as taught to her by American soldiers when she was a young girl. It's interesting the way she refers to my friends as my "schoolchums" and "lads". She says, "consume your viande". "Did you eat lunch in the canteen?" When she wants to bring something up, it's always, "by-the-by". She refers to the bathroom as the "comfort room", which is still widely used in the Philippines but... yeah. It's just interesting to hear it here.
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