Had one of my best nights in Barcelona today even though we weren't doing anything special. Just a nice paella dinner with white wine at Can Majo, a slightly tipsy (speed) walk along the beach to the cinema, lots of gasping at Finnick and JLaw and plenty of giggling and laughing at each other.
Thanksgiving was yesterday, but I'd like to give thanks for this other family I have, where we're more than just exchange buddies/flat mates. Thank you for being there through everything - all the new sights and sounds of each city, for the sleepy train rides, for the late nights we spend being alcoholics or simply just being next to each other and on our laptops, for the dumb as hell jokes we make about each other, for sitting through my crying and yelling and really, for just being yourselves.
Exchange is coming to an end in about 2 months for me/ 1.5 for the others and we're all dreading the counting down and return to reality. During one of the Saturday dinners at granny's before I left, Chia Ming jie told me that exchange was going to be the best few months of my lives and I thought to myself - How would that be possible? I've had my best few years in Suzhou/ I wasn't going to have Angela nor Kenryu in Spain with me, how could anything possibly top all that I've already had without them?
But now I see it happening. I feel myself becoming more independent and all that freedom's allowing me to understand myself better and immerse myself in Barcelona and her culture. I'm loving what I see in Barcelona and the little things I get to do here. My family's touching down in Barcelona tomorrow and I can't wait to see them and take them around to show them all that I've seen and learnt.
Feeling plenty thankful right now and I hope I never stop feeling this way.
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