Response
So Kurt said something about my journals being one-dimensional. I guess my journals are not completely representative of my life. However, it is true that in the past month my life had been focused half-way on romance. Or was I being called shallow? He would not have been wrong, as my personality can from time to time manifest in the superficial domain.
For three weeks I was involved in a very intensive French program at the university. There is not much to say about that. We did some excursions that were cool. Visited some really old cathedrals/churches, heard a lot about Geneva history. I can now probably repeat things about Geneva that locals don't know. Living abroad? What does that mean. I don't feel like I "live abroad." I feel like I am home. And now that I am finally home, I am trying to build a network of friends. There is a girl named Annie. We will be getting together to discuss life next week. She went out once with Luc and I went out once with her ex Camille. There is my friend Ade who is away getting married in Tuscany.
Back to the Au Pair life. Does changing the diapers of a crying baby tell you anything about living abroad? I have this year become fluent in French, done an alpine formation, worked, and still managed to come out with enough energy to pick up a social life. It is fun. I have written much about Geneva and how it is an ideal place for me to live. There are many "aware" people here. And on top of that, there are many people whose awareness is much stronger than that of any I have ever met before. There is loads of history: Ceasar, beheaddings, wars, ancient walls...saw the Olympic museum...profit from the mountains.
And today I am cleansing. I have eaten vegan all day (except for 2 spoonfuls of yogurt). Ate a lot of meat in the last month when Valerie was here. And drank a lot of wine and beer. the culture here is very social. It is a city about the size of New Orleans, but with a small-town mentality: It is impossible to find an open restaurant between the hours of 2 and 6 pm. Everyone buys their grocieries at an outdoor market that moves to different places different days. People are very focussed on love and living and family. Dancing. Going out. Work is second. It is really there to facilitate the life. Maybe this is why I write so much about my love life. It is certainly a very prominent and very necessary element of the composition of my sphere of being.
I am kind of waiting for school to start so that I can meet more people. I am kind of ready to chill out on the rock climbing for a little while. And hiking in the mountains too. Have been running again for fitness. Too cold to really be swimming. Yeah...my life is boring. Living abroad is really not that cool. I have been trying to tell you people that for years. It is not exotic. I just feel better here. Life goes on the same. Existence has been existence for the same amount of time in all the countries. There are festivals, parties, bars, celebrations, art openings, sports...like everywhere else. On the contraire, it is not Asia. Geneva is a very western country...and I could even live my whole life here speaking only English.
I was able to acheive the scorpion pose Friday for about 3 seconds. I have got it. A position I have been working on since yoga school over a year ago. It is really one of the ultimate balance postures.
For three weeks I was involved in a very intensive French program at the university. There is not much to say about that. We did some excursions that were cool. Visited some really old cathedrals/churches, heard a lot about Geneva history. I can now probably repeat things about Geneva that locals don't know. Living abroad? What does that mean. I don't feel like I "live abroad." I feel like I am home. And now that I am finally home, I am trying to build a network of friends. There is a girl named Annie. We will be getting together to discuss life next week. She went out once with Luc and I went out once with her ex Camille. There is my friend Ade who is away getting married in Tuscany.
Back to the Au Pair life. Does changing the diapers of a crying baby tell you anything about living abroad? I have this year become fluent in French, done an alpine formation, worked, and still managed to come out with enough energy to pick up a social life. It is fun. I have written much about Geneva and how it is an ideal place for me to live. There are many "aware" people here. And on top of that, there are many people whose awareness is much stronger than that of any I have ever met before. There is loads of history: Ceasar, beheaddings, wars, ancient walls...saw the Olympic museum...profit from the mountains.
And today I am cleansing. I have eaten vegan all day (except for 2 spoonfuls of yogurt). Ate a lot of meat in the last month when Valerie was here. And drank a lot of wine and beer. the culture here is very social. It is a city about the size of New Orleans, but with a small-town mentality: It is impossible to find an open restaurant between the hours of 2 and 6 pm. Everyone buys their grocieries at an outdoor market that moves to different places different days. People are very focussed on love and living and family. Dancing. Going out. Work is second. It is really there to facilitate the life. Maybe this is why I write so much about my love life. It is certainly a very prominent and very necessary element of the composition of my sphere of being.
I am kind of waiting for school to start so that I can meet more people. I am kind of ready to chill out on the rock climbing for a little while. And hiking in the mountains too. Have been running again for fitness. Too cold to really be swimming. Yeah...my life is boring. Living abroad is really not that cool. I have been trying to tell you people that for years. It is not exotic. I just feel better here. Life goes on the same. Existence has been existence for the same amount of time in all the countries. There are festivals, parties, bars, celebrations, art openings, sports...like everywhere else. On the contraire, it is not Asia. Geneva is a very western country...and I could even live my whole life here speaking only English.
I was able to acheive the scorpion pose Friday for about 3 seconds. I have got it. A position I have been working on since yoga school over a year ago. It is really one of the ultimate balance postures.