Monday, June 22, 2009

Update!

Good morning guys!
Hope you're all doing good.
Firstly I want to wish Vi and good and safe trip to New Jersey today.
Seconsly I want to wish Maya a great summer in croatia and a goos and safe trip tomorrow. I'll miss you girl!

Now to the business!!!
I have finally decided to make an entry updating you on my 'channels' which are spread all over the web LOL
I know I'm a total geek!

Myspace
hi5
Facebook

and my new descovery...

Twitter

I'm off to spanish class now once I haven't put my ass there in a month I guess o_O

BuhBye and I'll try to update this properly soon!

posted by Xana ♫ @ 12:00:00 PM 0 Comments

Monday, June 8, 2009

Bedtime Story

Hello!
I should have posted this a long while back but I keep not having time to post it, so tonight I finally had a break and I'm uploading it here.
Since my english teacher, Katharine Hurlstone, didn't mind me posting university stuff on my personal blog (and I have no problems with people reading it) I'm posting on of our assignements.

Bedtime Story
May 11th, 2009

Memories

As I ate my breakfast I had a curious feeling that life would never go back again.
I am 20 years old now and I just moved out to live on my own, to start a new life.
Two days ago I was getting ready to leave my parents' home and I found a little diary where I used to write when everyday. It had some pictures of my brother Michael and me when we were children. It was strange to see me 12 years ago. I was such a cute kid. Long blond hair, wide open eyes, no front teeth, and in this particular picture I was wearing a white lacy dress, long white socks and a pair of black shoes. I was smiling. A wide open smile. Then I realised that by Michael and I was the person that came to change our lives. In a very sophisticated pose, holding her umbrella, a five foot, eight inches tall brunette, smiling. Mary Poppins was her name. After that picture I found an entry about her and started reading.

"Dear Diary,
Today we met the most amazing person. She came flying holding na umbrella. Mummy and daddy said she's going to be our new nanny. Her name is Mary Poppins and according to her tape measure, she's practically perfect in everyway.
Our nursery was a bit messy and she taught us how to snap our fingers to tidy it up quickly. Michael thinks she's crazy but I think she's brilliant.
In the afternoon she took us for a walk and we met her friends Bert, who draws chalk pictures on the floor. Then at the count of three we jumped into one of the pictures. Mary won a horse race on a horse from a merry-go-round.
Tomorrow will be time for more adventure.

Goodnight,
Jane Banks"

As I looked around during breakfast this morning, a familiar face was standing by a window. I recognised the tall, black flowered hat and the carpet bag. Feeling butterflies in my stomach I approched her. It was Mary Poppins.
And there we were, my fabulous nanny and I, sitting on my kitchen while talking about our lives that time itself changes. Filled with tears of joy we recalled my long lost childhood. Time seemed to stop and my childhood years were brought back on that rainy morning.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Greetings!

Hello everyone!
I certainly haven't had the time to update this (as you might have noticed)
Busy university times.

There were a lot of changes in my life latelly but I guess I'll ramble about in some other post, since I need to collect my thoughts and organize them.

I do have a couple of things I want to share though:
  • Andrea and I thought that it would be cool to create a blog for our group of friend from university, and so we did. That blog includes dummie things we say that always have a double sense, silly jokes, dirty jokes... all sorts of things
  • My friend Tixa and I were chit chatting the other day and came to the conclusion that teenagers and young adults do care about a lot of things, specially the two of us. We argue about everything and anything that's happening around us throughout the world and we do care, we do have a point, we do have an opinion. So we thought about creating either a website or a blog where we can show you a little bit of ourselves and our concers. So that will be coming soon.
  • I have came closer to a couple of people in university and I feel great about it. I was never the girl who trusted people and I'm re-learning how to trust people again. I feel extremelly good about it though and I'm glad
Just one more quick thing before I go run some errands.

Life at times can be sour but it's filled with sweet moments.
I trully became a better person since I left behind some people and some old habbits. I learned that I could be the person I wwanted, not some robot that others would use.
The truth is that a little before my mom's death I was becoming a different person and with her death I kept becoming a different person. I was afraid of the changes I wanted for myself but it was what I wanted and kept moving forward. I owe a lot to my family but there are 3 people that were extremelly important along the way, along this process. They were Gaby, Tixa and Nuno. These three gorgeous people, on the inside and out were my trunk, my support. I often hear them saying things like 'I don't know how you handled it' or 'You're super strong' or 'I admire you for your strenght'...
Each of them shines in a very unique and different way.
I don't know how I've been capable of handling certain things and keep moving on. I can't imagine my journey since January 16th, 2008 without you by my side. I do know that some of my strenght came from you. Because of who you are. Our friendship didn't just happen 2 days ago. It has been a process, a test, a chapter at a time in our lives and we have been able to jump all of our personal obstacles and remain together.
We might not see each other for days, week, months or even years (as it has happened) but you do know when you have a true friend.
Our friendship is not monotone. It is funny, spontanious, invigorating...
It has been increasing since the very day we could consider ourselves friends. It never stalled and always increased and became stronger and stronger.
And giving it a thought I think I could describe our friendship and the way we relate with some famous characters in movies.

Gaby you have to be the Mushu to my Mulan. That little dragon reminds me of you. Funny, dummie but yet serious and respectful. Someone you know you can always count on. Our 5 years of friendship have been amazing!

Tixa, deary you're the Flaunder to my Ariel. You brighten up my days and I know I can trust you with my life if needed and you know I'd do anything to see you smile (even the stupidest things you know I'm capable of). These 4 years of friendship mean the world to me... Ireland rocks my socks!

Nuno you're the Jiminy Cricket to my Pinocchio. Sometimes I'm lost and without telling you, your words confort and guide me. You're one of my role models. I admire you a lot. Wow 18 years of friendship... It takes a long time to grow an old friend! You have a very special place in my heart and you know that.

Thank you for being who you are!

posted by Xana ♫ @ 4:20:00 PM 0 Comments