so i am officially 23
23 and still going strong
still surrounded by love.
Started my pre-23 with my lovelies Little Ghost and Mien. I do not know enough simple or complicated words to describe how much these two make me feel they are all the things you need in a friend and they make me feel simply beautiful.
My favourite kind of nights out are nights spent talking about life, sharing expereinces, and looking at reality straight in the eye. Last night was another night of catching up. Telling, listening. We went to Cafe Odeon, a belgium beer place which offers people amber coziness. You can melt into their soft white sofa, or you can purk up and listen to the various conversations going on around you. Last night was a melt into sofa night with my friends. We sat there drinking belgium beer, Mein said that I have reached the stage of my life where I am closest to what my heart wants myself to be. He says I am regaining my wild side, not that it's bad, just that I am no longer the "mama" of highschool. He believes my perspectives will alter slightly, but my take of life will remain similar. I will be wild, dress like a gypsy and roam life trying to discover all its glories.
I like myself right now, vulnerable and strong at the same time. Doing things I want to, being selfish and trying to care. I feel well rounded in the sense in that I bounce from emotion to emotion very fast, it's tiring at times, but I think I am covering a lot of worthy lessons of life.
Little Ghost is on her way to becoming the fabulous musician in NY, she's tired of practicing music lately, but i know once she meets challenges, she will spark up and be fabulous again.
Mien is enrolling in the military in October. Not a choice he made but he's facing it head on. Still chasing his dream of becoming a journalist even though he has a year and half of no choice.
Ming Chi also came last night, even though she had her finals today she still sneaked out after her parents fell asleep. I was touched to see her.
She was shocked to see Little Ghost's man's photo. Ming chi thought a forigner definetly suits Ghost, and then we all started imagining Ghost walking down the road with a brown hair toddler. I think that imaged touch Ghost in some way, she said she will have a baby, just so we can see her walking down the street with it. I hope so.
This morning I woke up all excited to open my present from up north. It came 3 days ago, but I was a good girl and waited like I was told. There was a round lump inside the bag, and my first guess was chocolate.
The first thing I saw inside the bag was a red wire collector. It was small and round and attached was a note which said "It's very useful for your 'fake' birthday." I was disappointed, but thought it a very useful and funny present to have. I opened up the wire collector, a plastic holder which you can roll wires around, and inside was this rectangular sponge. I was surprised to see it inside. At first I thought it was a random piece of sponge that got stuck inside, but when I peered inside, there in the middle of the white sponge, was a ring with silver swirls on it; like ebbing waves.
It was beautiful. My favourite half globe silver ring broke about half a year ago, and ever since then I have been searching for a new ring which would protect my index finger, and now I have the ocean in the palm of my hands.
The small details that derives from thought are the kind of things I enjoy about life. Simple yet so powerful.
23 and still going strong
still surrounded by love.
Started my pre-23 with my lovelies Little Ghost and Mien. I do not know enough simple or complicated words to describe how much these two make me feel they are all the things you need in a friend and they make me feel simply beautiful.
My favourite kind of nights out are nights spent talking about life, sharing expereinces, and looking at reality straight in the eye. Last night was another night of catching up. Telling, listening. We went to Cafe Odeon, a belgium beer place which offers people amber coziness. You can melt into their soft white sofa, or you can purk up and listen to the various conversations going on around you. Last night was a melt into sofa night with my friends. We sat there drinking belgium beer, Mein said that I have reached the stage of my life where I am closest to what my heart wants myself to be. He says I am regaining my wild side, not that it's bad, just that I am no longer the "mama" of highschool. He believes my perspectives will alter slightly, but my take of life will remain similar. I will be wild, dress like a gypsy and roam life trying to discover all its glories.
I like myself right now, vulnerable and strong at the same time. Doing things I want to, being selfish and trying to care. I feel well rounded in the sense in that I bounce from emotion to emotion very fast, it's tiring at times, but I think I am covering a lot of worthy lessons of life.
Little Ghost is on her way to becoming the fabulous musician in NY, she's tired of practicing music lately, but i know once she meets challenges, she will spark up and be fabulous again.
Mien is enrolling in the military in October. Not a choice he made but he's facing it head on. Still chasing his dream of becoming a journalist even though he has a year and half of no choice.
Ming Chi also came last night, even though she had her finals today she still sneaked out after her parents fell asleep. I was touched to see her.
She was shocked to see Little Ghost's man's photo. Ming chi thought a forigner definetly suits Ghost, and then we all started imagining Ghost walking down the road with a brown hair toddler. I think that imaged touch Ghost in some way, she said she will have a baby, just so we can see her walking down the street with it. I hope so.
This morning I woke up all excited to open my present from up north. It came 3 days ago, but I was a good girl and waited like I was told. There was a round lump inside the bag, and my first guess was chocolate.
The first thing I saw inside the bag was a red wire collector. It was small and round and attached was a note which said "It's very useful for your 'fake' birthday." I was disappointed, but thought it a very useful and funny present to have. I opened up the wire collector, a plastic holder which you can roll wires around, and inside was this rectangular sponge. I was surprised to see it inside. At first I thought it was a random piece of sponge that got stuck inside, but when I peered inside, there in the middle of the white sponge, was a ring with silver swirls on it; like ebbing waves.
It was beautiful. My favourite half globe silver ring broke about half a year ago, and ever since then I have been searching for a new ring which would protect my index finger, and now I have the ocean in the palm of my hands.
The small details that derives from thought are the kind of things I enjoy about life. Simple yet so powerful.
June 17, 2005
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