Cliff...
Cliff, I thought that I would dedicate this entry to you, seeing as I know that what I am about to say is funny.
I am pealing...
Take care guys, thanks for reading, I promise there will be more to it next time...
Alex
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Randomly, Suddenly, just like that...
Have you ever thrown up for no apparent reason, just randomly, suddenly? I did just that only a couple of days ago. Three friends and I went out to a café in Lefkosia, the capital of Cyprus. We spent about two hours there just hanging out and enjoying each other’s company. To our dismay the café did not have any air conditioning, and even though it was an old house, which meant it had high ceilings, the heat really go to me. None of us had any alcoholic beverages. By the end of two hours and several glasses of water, I needed the bathroom and some cool fresh air. I had a really bad head ache and I knew that when I stood up I would feel even worse.
We started to leave. I climbed down the 4 or 5 steps at the entrance and started heading up the way we had come. By the way, the road that this café was, did not look like a road that was meant to be full of life, but one that if there was less light, one where people would get mugged. The road was narrow and there were houses on both sides, with not much light coming through. At the end of the road there was a metal fence that had been knocked down, and inside the garden did not look very well taken care of.
Any way, we turned the corner and as we were walking, I suddenly realised that something was wrong. It was not my head ache, that was still there, and when I closed my eyes the world still spun. My friends were all still there talking about something or other that was of little significance really. By the time I realised that I was throwing up all I could think of was what a mess I was making, and who on earth would clean it up. My friends stopped and made sure that I was ok once I had finished. The weird thing was that I had no idea that I was going to throw up and that at the end of it I felt a bit better than before. It was great.
Take care.
Have you ever thrown up for no apparent reason, just randomly, suddenly? I did just that only a couple of days ago. Three friends and I went out to a café in Lefkosia, the capital of Cyprus. We spent about two hours there just hanging out and enjoying each other’s company. To our dismay the café did not have any air conditioning, and even though it was an old house, which meant it had high ceilings, the heat really go to me. None of us had any alcoholic beverages. By the end of two hours and several glasses of water, I needed the bathroom and some cool fresh air. I had a really bad head ache and I knew that when I stood up I would feel even worse.
We started to leave. I climbed down the 4 or 5 steps at the entrance and started heading up the way we had come. By the way, the road that this café was, did not look like a road that was meant to be full of life, but one that if there was less light, one where people would get mugged. The road was narrow and there were houses on both sides, with not much light coming through. At the end of the road there was a metal fence that had been knocked down, and inside the garden did not look very well taken care of.
Any way, we turned the corner and as we were walking, I suddenly realised that something was wrong. It was not my head ache, that was still there, and when I closed my eyes the world still spun. My friends were all still there talking about something or other that was of little significance really. By the time I realised that I was throwing up all I could think of was what a mess I was making, and who on earth would clean it up. My friends stopped and made sure that I was ok once I had finished. The weird thing was that I had no idea that I was going to throw up and that at the end of it I felt a bit better than before. It was great.
Take care.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Have you noticed that everyone is different? Have you taken the time to get to know different people? It is really interesting, or at least to me it is. I had a really good friend when I was younger, someone that I would spend a considerable time with. Even to this day we spend a lot of time together whenever we are in the same country. However, at one point we separated, him being three years older than me, we found it hard to get on with each other. This was the period were I was still in primary and he moved up to secondary (middle school). During this period I started to spend a lot more time with someone that was a few years younger than me. Unfortunately the same thing that happened with my first friend happened again in this relationship. To make things worse my family and I moved to Egypt during that period. Therefore my friendship with the younger guy was not ever really redeemed the way it was with the first guy. During this summer I have found that I enjoy his company again, the same way that I once did before. This is a bit unfortunate, only because it has taken about 7 years for this to happen.
It is interesting to think that there are so many different people out there that we could be great friends with, people that we have a similar humour to or who would look at the situation in the same way or differently but either way would be able to help us through it. There are so many different people in the world, that it is a shame we only get to meet an extremely small percentage of the population. You could see someone on TV whose house has just been hit by a flood or whose government is corrupt and they are suffering because of the government’s decisions, and you would never know if just maybe they had been in a different situation, lived a couple blocks away from you, whether or not you would have been friends.
It is a great shame that some of us, me included, would spend a whole life time with a small set of close friends, and never know the greatness of a wide circle of friends. Now I am not saying that having close friends is bad. I long to have close friends and I thank God for the gift of my close friends, even though they may not be in the same country as me, I am honoured to call them my close friends. However, I also realise that it is not enough to just wave at people from the sidelines and pretend to care. I have a cousin that I grew up with, and sadly once I moved to Egypt, we also started to move apart in our relationship, and now I hardly know him. And it is depressing because he is family and also he is a human being; a human being that has a great sense of humour and a wonderful character.
I guess what I am trying to say is that we can live in a bit of a shell and not pay much attention to who and what is going on around us, but it is better to get out of my comfort zone and meet new people and have fun with them. Hopefully I will put that into practise and not just think about it now and again.
It is interesting to think that there are so many different people out there that we could be great friends with, people that we have a similar humour to or who would look at the situation in the same way or differently but either way would be able to help us through it. There are so many different people in the world, that it is a shame we only get to meet an extremely small percentage of the population. You could see someone on TV whose house has just been hit by a flood or whose government is corrupt and they are suffering because of the government’s decisions, and you would never know if just maybe they had been in a different situation, lived a couple blocks away from you, whether or not you would have been friends.
It is a great shame that some of us, me included, would spend a whole life time with a small set of close friends, and never know the greatness of a wide circle of friends. Now I am not saying that having close friends is bad. I long to have close friends and I thank God for the gift of my close friends, even though they may not be in the same country as me, I am honoured to call them my close friends. However, I also realise that it is not enough to just wave at people from the sidelines and pretend to care. I have a cousin that I grew up with, and sadly once I moved to Egypt, we also started to move apart in our relationship, and now I hardly know him. And it is depressing because he is family and also he is a human being; a human being that has a great sense of humour and a wonderful character.
I guess what I am trying to say is that we can live in a bit of a shell and not pay much attention to who and what is going on around us, but it is better to get out of my comfort zone and meet new people and have fun with them. Hopefully I will put that into practise and not just think about it now and again.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Trouble sleeping?
Do you have trouble sleeping? I have found that I do not really have much trouble sleeping, I may not sleep as well as some others but I do get enough rest. I have some friends however, who have no trouble sleeping. For example a friend in school could fall asleep wherever and whenever she felt tired. The first time I experienced her sleepiness, was during a biology class.
The class is set up in a way that we have two desks connected together, longwise, facing another two desks placed in the same way, with a bench in between the two desks. There are two of these set up in the room, so the class can fit comfortably, 18 students and a teacher, with enough room to work in. I sat at one desk and my friend sat at the one next to me. The board is placed at an angle that for us to see we have to turn our heads 90 degrees from our desks and I sat at the desk closest to the board, therefore my friend sat relatively behind me.
While the teacher was explaining something on the board, my friend nodded off. I turned to make a stupid comment about what the teacher had just said when I realised that she had fallen asleep. Now, you have to understand that when placed in a new situation, I tend to just sit around and wait it out to see what happens, therefore the next time that I am placed in a similar position I will know what to do. At this point it was a new experience for me and I wasn't sure what I should do. I looked at her and then turned to face the teacher, to see if she had noticed, hoping that she hadn't realised that a quarter of her class was dreaming. Thank goodness she hadn't seen my class mate. I turned back to the sleeper and decided that it would be best for me to try and wake her before she got in trouble, so I shook her once. No reaction. I shook her again, and there was still no reaction. The teacher then suddenly asked, annoyed: "Is she asleep?". I looked in horror, fearing what would happen to my friend. The teacher tried waking her, who just moved a little and continued her reserved thinking. To my shock and surprise my teacher was not mad, just frustrated. She turned to the rest of the class, consisting of two other girls and myself, and said "Oh, well just leave her."
I wish I was allowed to sleep wherever and whenever and not get in trouble for it. In fact now that I think about it I wish I could fall asleep now...............
The class is set up in a way that we have two desks connected together, longwise, facing another two desks placed in the same way, with a bench in between the two desks. There are two of these set up in the room, so the class can fit comfortably, 18 students and a teacher, with enough room to work in. I sat at one desk and my friend sat at the one next to me. The board is placed at an angle that for us to see we have to turn our heads 90 degrees from our desks and I sat at the desk closest to the board, therefore my friend sat relatively behind me.
While the teacher was explaining something on the board, my friend nodded off. I turned to make a stupid comment about what the teacher had just said when I realised that she had fallen asleep. Now, you have to understand that when placed in a new situation, I tend to just sit around and wait it out to see what happens, therefore the next time that I am placed in a similar position I will know what to do. At this point it was a new experience for me and I wasn't sure what I should do. I looked at her and then turned to face the teacher, to see if she had noticed, hoping that she hadn't realised that a quarter of her class was dreaming. Thank goodness she hadn't seen my class mate. I turned back to the sleeper and decided that it would be best for me to try and wake her before she got in trouble, so I shook her once. No reaction. I shook her again, and there was still no reaction. The teacher then suddenly asked, annoyed: "Is she asleep?". I looked in horror, fearing what would happen to my friend. The teacher tried waking her, who just moved a little and continued her reserved thinking. To my shock and surprise my teacher was not mad, just frustrated. She turned to the rest of the class, consisting of two other girls and myself, and said "Oh, well just leave her."
I wish I was allowed to sleep wherever and whenever and not get in trouble for it. In fact now that I think about it I wish I could fall asleep now...............
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