move along

i am a beautiful fairy princess.

when in doubt...

"China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese."

- Charles De Gaulle, former French President

reminiscing france (again)

last saturday, i was supposed to have lunch with my "french" pals- cher, aims, liszy, camilla, ina, laurent, nicole, and gabrielle. in honor of our anniversary (so to speak), this lunch was to welcome back ina, say bon voyage to aimee and camilla who are leaving for beijing and london respectively, and meet up with bona fide french people who are studying/working in our fair country. unfortunately, only half showed up- me, aims, ina, and laurent; the rest had prior plans which runneth over lunch time, or didn't have transpo to get to shang.

although we did miss the others (sorely :( ), we had a great lunch at cpk while talking about traveling misadventures, french politics, china possibilities, and just about anything under the sun. it was a good thing aimee and i met up last saturday at sumosam because we were still catching up on everything from china to movies to fond memories of france. i missed ina dearly specially after the odd week i spent in her dorm at la roche. i felt that that week bonded us in a way that wasn't possible in school. she was full of stories about her adventures and misadventures in cute but treacherous spain, and in a quaint little farm in the boondocks of france. i haven't seen laurent since my week at la roche, but he definitely has seen better days. as ina said, he looked like he spent time in jail. huh. is filipino food that bad or is laurent just missing his cheese (and other delectable french cuisine)?

hopefully, we can have another get together soon (albeit sans aimee and camilla :( ). since ina mentioned that i've been wanting to practice my french, laurent kindly offered to set up a party with french people so that we can meet new people and practice my abysmal french.


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i love this song!!!

over my head (cable car)
the fray

i never knew
i never knew that everything was falling through
that everyone i knew was waiting on a queue
to turn and run when all i needed was the truth
but that's how it's got to be
it's coming down to nothing more than apathy
i'd rather run the other way than stay and see
the smoke and who's still standing when it clears

chorus:
everyone knows i'm in
over my head
over my head
with eight seconds left in overtime
she's on your mind
she's on your mind

let's rearrange
i wish you were a stranger i could disengage
just say that we agree and then never change
soften a bit until we all just get along
but that's disregard
find another friend and you discard
as you lose the argument in a cable car
hanging above as the canyon comes between

chorus 2x

and suddenly i become a part of your past
i'm becoming the part that don't last
i'm losing you and its effortless
without a sound we lose sight of the ground
in the throw around
never thought that you wanted to bring it down
i won't let it go down till we torch it ourselves

chorus

everyone knows
she's on your mind
everyone knows i'm in over my head
i'm in over my head
i'm in over...

chorus