en souvenir

c’était une année depuis je suis partie pour france, et la france me manque beaucoup.

j’ai étudié dans angers pour un semestre- appris le français et la gestion, fait beaucoup d’amis et visité beaucoup de villes. j’ai mangé la cuisine française. j’ai fait les fêtes tous les soirs. je suis tombé amoureux fou…

en fait, je pense que les quatre mois et demi en france étaient le meilleur de ma vie.

bon anniversaire mes sœurs angevines.

revisiting college

we celebrated anj's birthday last saturday with a sit-down dinner prepared by anj and her squeeze, p. it was a fantastic dinner- great salad with flavorful dressing, roasted chicken, pesto pasta, choco fondue, brewed iced tea (yum!), and lotsa bubblies. as usual, the get together with the gang was nostalgic, funny and serious all at the same time. reminiscing about college and talking about work tend to do that, specially with frey peppering the conversation with his corny ha-ha jokes and comments. sadly, kai kai and val weren't able to go- which was probably why the guy-girl ratio was abnormally high on the guy's side. ;p

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i woke up last wednesday feeling... weird. sad. exasperated. relieved. panicky.

the fso written exams started that wednesday and ran 'til friday. and i wasn't in the dfa building feeling sick and about to hork (and expulse in other ways), or frantically trying to remember the most recent of current events.

i realized a couple of months ago that i was going to blow off the written exams like i did last year. except this time, i didn't have the legitimate excuse (to myself) of studying in france. i feel exasperated and a bit guilty for not pushing it this time around, specially since i almost got into trouble filing the damned application last may.

for the better part of my college years, i've always assumed that i will be entering the foreign service. now, i know i'm not. at least, not yet.

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more than a year out of college, things are still the same yet, at the same time, changing at the speed of light. i find myself wondering what next year would bring.

high school musical overload

and so, the lss rears its (not-so-)ugly head again. i loooove disney's high school musical. i can watch it over and over again.

start of something new

living in my own world
didn't understand
that anything can happen
when you take a chance

i never believed in
what i couldn't see
i never opened my heart
to all the possibilities
i know that something has changed
never felt this way
and right here tonight

chorus:
this could be the start
of something new
it feels so right
to be here with you
and now looking in your eyes
i feel in my heart
the start of something new

now who'd have ever thought that
we'd both be here tonight
and the world looks so much brighter
with you by my side
i know that something has changed
never felt this way
i know it for real

[chorus]

i never knew that it could happen
till it happened to me
i didn't know it before
but now it's easy to see

it's a start
of something new
it feels so right
to be here with you
and now looking in your eyes
i feel in my heart

that it's the start
of something new
it feels so right
to be here with you
and now looking in your eyes
i feel in my heart
the start of something new
start of something new


get'cha head in the game

coach said to fake right
and break left
watch out for the pick
and keep an eye on defense
gotta run the give and go
and take the ball to the hole
but don't be afraid
to shoot the outside "j"

just keep ya head in the game
just keep ya head in the game

and don't be afraid to shoot the outside "j"
just keep ya head in the game

u gotta get'cha get'cha head in the game
we gotta get our, get our, get our, get our head in the game(repeat 3x)

let's make sure
that we get the rebound
'cause when we get it
then the crowd will go wild
a second chance
gotta grab it and go
maybe this time
we'll hit the right notes

wait a minute
it's not the time or place
wait a minute
get my head in the game
wait a minute
get my head in the game
wait a minute
wait a minute

i gotta get my, get my head in the game
you gotta get'cha, get'cha, get'cha, get'cha head in the game(repeat 3x)

why am I feeling so wrong
my head's in the game but my heart's in the song
she makes this feel so right

should I go for it
better shake this, yikes!

i gotta get my, get my head in the game
you gotta get'cha, get'cha, get'cha, get'cha head in the game(repeat 4x)


what i've been looking for

troy:
it’s hard to believe
that i couldn’t see
you were always there beside me

gabriella:
thought i was alone
with no one to hold

both:
but you were always right beside me
this feeling’s like no other
i want you to know

chorus
i’ve never had someone that knows me like you do
the way you do
i’ve never had someone as good for me as you
no one like you
so lonely before i finally found
what i’ve been looking for


breaking free

troy:
we’re soarin’, flyin’
there’s not a star in heaven that we can’t reach

gabriella:
if we’re trying
so we’re breaking free

troy:
you know the world can see us
in a way that’s different than who we are

gabriella:
creating space between us
‘til we’re separate hearts

both:
but your faith it gives me strength
strength to believe

chorus #1
troy:
we’re breakin’ free
gabriella:
we’re soarin’
troy:
flyin’
both:
there’s not a star in heaven that we can’t reach
troy:
if we’re trying
both:
yeah, we’re breaking free
troy:
oh, we’re breakin’ free
gabriella:
ohhhh

troy:
can you feel it building
like a wave the ocean just can’t control
gabriella:
connected by a feeling
ohhh, in our very souls
both:
rising ‘til it lifts us up
so every one can see

chorus #2
troy:
we’re breakin’ free
gabriella:
we’re soarin’
troy:
flyin’
both:
there’s not a star in heaven that we can’t reach
troy:
if we’re trying
yeah we’re breaking free
gabriella:
Ohhhh runnin’
troy:
climbin’
to get to that place
both:
to be all that we can be
troy:
now’s the time
both:
so we’re breaking free
troy:
we’re breaking free
gabriella:
ohhh, yeah

troy:
more than hope more than faith
gabriella:
this is true this is fate and together
both:
we see it comin’
troy:
more than you more than me
gabriella:
not a want, but a need
both:
both of us breakin’ free

chorus #3
gabriella:
soarin’
troy:
flyin’
both:
there’s not a star in heaven that we can’t reach
if we’re trying
troy:
yeah we’re breaking free
gabriella:
breaking free
we're runnin’
troy:
ohhhh, climbin’
both:
to get to the place to be all that we can be
now’s the time
troy:
now’s the time
gabriella:
so we’re breaking free
troy:
ohhh, we’re breaking free
gabriella:
ohhhh

both:
you know the world can see us
in a way that’s different than who we are