Kid at Heart

It's funny, I've recently been reminiscing the days when I was working at my previous job last summer as camp councellor at a kid's camp, and I have to say in all honesty, that was probably the best job I've ever had. I loved working with the kids and although they were quite a handful most of the time (especially the boys) and drained you to the point of passing out, they were just so much fun! I don't know maybe it's their bouncy ceaseless energy, the fact that they are just so dang adorable, the ridiculous and funny things they say/do, playing with them.. they make me feel young again, haha well like a kid, they bring me back to the days of my childhood. Not only that, through my experience with these children, I learned to be a more stern and assertive person. I'm generally a passive, happy, patient person, but man can those kids push your last nerves over the edge! Goodbye doormat mcniceypants. I still love 'em. I love when they come up to you with their problems/rat out other kids and trust that you will fix them/bring proper justice, or when they actually listen to you, when they snuggle up to you and tell you they like you, the warm and fuzzy sense of accomplishment you feel when you teach them something new. The best is hearing their take on the world. Listening to their theories/beliefs about every subject known to mankind. Or even when they ask the most interesting and awkward questions that completely throw you off.

Ok so I just had to share these quotes, they are too funny!

Kids really do say the darnest things...

"Love is like an avalanche where you have to run for your life." -- John, age 9

"Once I'm done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife." -- Tom, age 5

"On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date." -- Mike, 10

"It's never okay to kiss a boy. They always slobber all over you. That's why I stopped doing it." -- Tammy, age 10

"Spend most of your time loving instead of going to work." -- Dick, age 7 (Although this came out of a kid's mouth, I feel it speaks volumes!)

"Tell your wife that she looks pretty even if she looks like a truck!" -- Ricky, age 7

"Be a good kisser. It might make your wife forget that you never take out the trash." -- Erin, age 8

"Don't say you love somebody and then change your mind. Love isn't like picking what movie you want to watch." -- Natalie, age 9 (Another child who is wise beyond her years!)

"Give me a haircut like my dad’s – with a hole on top." -- Unknown kid.

Jack was watching his Mom breast feeding his new baby sister. After a while he asked: "Mom why have you got two? Is one for hot and one for cold milk?" 

Danni stepped onto the bathroom scale and asked: "How much do I cost?" 

"A myth is a female moth."-- Unknown kid. 

"Did you wash your hands?" 4year old: "No, but I licked them."

Narrow Path

Here I am
The days are gone
Solid turns to liquid
Hurt into bitterness
There's no direction
There's no direction
To each our own crimes
Passing enemy lines
I try to warn you
But you let it go
There's no connection
There's no connection
Empty words and distant faces
Fill my thoughts with hollow traces
No longer the same
Am I the one to blame?
~Lissa

26 Things the Movies Taught You...

1) Large, loft-style apartments in New York City are well within the price range of most people--whether they are employed or not.
2) At least one of a pair of identical twins is born evil.
3) Should you decide to defuse a bomb, don't worry which wire to cut. You will always choose the right one.
4) Most laptop computers are powerful enough to override the communications system of any invading alien society.
5) It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts: your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessors.
6) When you turn out the light to go to bed, everything in your bedroom will still be clearly visible, just slightly bluish.
7) If you are blonde and pretty, it is possible to become a world expert on nuclear fission at the age of 22.
8) Honest and hard-working policemen are traditionally gunned down three days before their retirement.
9) Rather than wasting bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill their arch enemies using complicated machinery involving fuses, pulley systems, deadly gasses, lasers and man-eating sharks, which will allow their captives at least 20 minutes to escape.
10) All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets that reach the armpit level on a woman, but only to waist level on the man lying beside her.
11) All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French bread.
12) It's easy for anyone to land a plane, providing there is someone in the control tower to talk you down.
13) Once applied, lipstick will never rub off--even while scuba diving.
14) You're very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.
15) Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German or Russian officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language. A German or Russian accent will do.
16) The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.
17) A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating, but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
18) If a large pane of glass is visible, someone will be thrown through it before long.
19) If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises in their most revealing underwear.
20) Word processors never display a cursor on screen but will always say: “Enter Password Now.”
21) Even when driving down a perfectly straight road, it is necessary to turn the steering wheel vigorously from left to right every few moments.
22) All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off.
23) A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.
24) If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you meet will know all the steps.
25) Police departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned a partner who is their total opposite.
26) When they are alone, all foreign military officers prefer to speak to each other in English.

Waka Waka!

The end of my 5-week intensive french session has come to a sad yet happy end. I had my last exam today, and now I'm really looking forward to heading home to ma famille and all my favourite peeps. It's been a blast!! You don't even understand how glad I am that I made this decision. Meeting new people from all around was undoubtedly the best part, oh well that and the rafting experience. I will forever cherish the amazing moments I had here in Québec. Now I'm off to do bigger and better things with my improved french =)

On a different note, exciting news:

So it's that time again.....which one you may ask? The time that comes around every 4 years...FIFA World Cup 2010!! Ironically, it's the only time when I will actually feel a genuine desire to watch soccer. Haha. This time, it takes place in South Africa. 

I still remember the huge celebration 4 years earlier after Italy kicked France's butt in penalties (which by the way got a lot of controversy at the time). It. Was. Epic. All of Toronto was in full Forza Italia party mode, even non-Italians were out on the streets waving the Italian flag, passionately cheering out in victory. I have never felt so proud to be Italian at that moment lol.

I'm predicting it to be amazing this year regardless of which country wins the Cup. Obviously, I'm going for my two countries Mexico and Italy but there are two others that I'm cheering for as well, Brazil and Argentina. Why Brazil, 'cause they're freakin' great. Why Argentina? 'cause they're also freakin' great...and because I have Argentinian relatives. You know what's the best part about World Cup Soccer? It brings people of all nations and cultures together in harmony. It's a beautiful thing. 

With that I leave you a music vid for the official 2010 FIFA World Cup featuring Shakira. It's quite catchy! Enjoy...

Jeepers Creepers

Why is it that I ALWAYS give the WRONG guys the WRONG idea?!

Seriously! Is being nice now the equivalent of being flirty?? I don't understand! I should just  stop being nice to guys. It's funny, my best friend and I were discussing this the other day, how the guys you want will usually never catch on that you like them, and the dudes you don't like think a friendly smile from you means you're totally into them. I swear, guys are just about as clueless as my thumb... not to mention complete drama queens and douchebags who may appear like macho men but are clearly as insecure as pubescent girls.

Lol, okay let me give you a little background as to why I'm ranting on this subject:
One of the male students who I'm living with hit on me last weekend. And when I say he hit on me, I mean he REALLY hit on me as in he came on too fast and too strong! The crazy part is that we've only known eachother for a week! I should have suspected from the beginning and trusted my creepdar (creeper radar, I think I made up a word!), all those creepy elevator glances, his constant invitations to go on walks with him, invitations into his room at late hours (yeah, I know), his attempted massage on my neck *shivers*.  By the way, this dude is not as young as you think, he looks about, I'd say ..early 40s.
*Barfing a little in mouth*
That day that he "proposed" (I quote his term) and confessed to me, I was in the kitchen eating. After that little occurence I literally lost my appetite. First he told me he liked me a lot, which prompted my initial thought: "Oh....no. This scene is going to turn very awkward very quickly."
Then he went on about how beautiful and magnificent I was and how he liked my features, that I would be his princess, etc. and was like "don't you want to enjoy your time here?" *retching* He thought I was being shy because I was no longer making eye contact with him, but obviously it was 'cause he was totally creeping me out. Then when I thought things couldn't get any worse...he kisses my hand. Yeah. As I tried to retaliate my hand, I made it clear to him that I'm NOT interested and that he was making me feel very uncomfortable. He's Morrocan so I don't know if that's how they do things there but it's certainly not how things go down here in Canada.
So finally after he laughed it off (probably stung from rejection and embarrassment) he was okay with being friends. Days go by and I don't see him (I was deliberately avoiding him) until the 4th day, when he came into the kitchen. Weird. He acted as if nothing happened. It was still awkward. It's kinda hard to forget a situation like that. So yes, that's my story. Now I can't wait for these 2 weeks to be over!

And this isn't the first time. I feel like I'm always leading on the weirdos or the dudes I see solely as brothers. Although, some people can't help being natural flirts even if they have no feelings for that person, but I wouldn't consider myself to be one. Perhaps the tangent between a friendly act and a flirty one has been blurred, or perhaps it's me, maybe I'm just really naïve.

What are your thoughts on this issue?

Everything Will Be Fine

It's really hard.

Sometimes I can't help it, I allow my mind to wander and there you show up, like an apparition.

I've been better, distracted with school and this whole new experience and that's when I'm okay.

But sometimes, just sometimes it creeps up behind me, like the way a leopard stalks it's prey, waiting to strike me when I'm at my weakest and most vulnerable.

I still feel the pang of something that's missing. An empty box, with a familiar lingering scent.

Every little detail replays. Different moments, a touch, a look, a smile, words, freshly imprinted.

I know these thoughts should be forbidden and yet here I am, helplessly caught up in a moment of guilty pleasure, sinking, indulging in these perilous thoughts. I hate those days.

A song. A simple song I hear, and my insides begin to cringe, my wavering heart shrinks and aches, because this simple song, reminds me of you.

But you are candy-covered poison.

So, it is better this way. We go our separate paths. No contact whatsoever.

Now, we can't pretend nothing happened between us either, that would be ridiculous and impossible.

Just breathe deeply, accept it and move on.

And as much as I miss you and as much as it still hurts, I know in my heart I made the best decision to let you go...for good.

Because in the end, we would have both ended up broken. Shattered glass.

I know I'll be okay. Just give me a little time.

And everything will be fine.

I'm not a huge fan of MIKA but I find the songs from his new album to be quite awesome, this one in particular.

Big Girls Don't Cry

I just realized I haven't updated you guys on my current living arrangement. As of last Saturday, I'm no longer staying with the family I was initially living with. There was an unexpected but totally understandable change of plans and thus leaving me no other choice but to move out. Fortunately, they didn't just leave me out in the dirt to fend for myself, in fact, they hooked me up a friend of theirs who rents out rooms to students. There are 3 other students staying here, all of which attend Laval University. The place is pretty legit. It has it's advantages:
1) The rent cost is really decent for all they offer/include.
2) It's a heck of a lot closer to the university compared to where I was previously staying (about a 15 minute walk! As opposed to an 1 hour bus ride). And I'm also really close to a grocery store.
3) I get my own room!
4) In terms of independence, it's a super opportunity for me to gain skills on self-reliance.
5) I don't have to worry about coming late and waking up/worrying anyone.
6) And of course more freedom!
So all in all, I'm really glad I'm on my own, it's a new, challenging and exciting experience. I haven't been scared or anxious about anything so far, 'cause what is that gonna do? It won't make things any less stressful right? I'm just leaving this all in God's hands. I know He'll take care of it and of me, just as He's been doing up 'till now. I see this all as an adventure! Haha I probably sound like a dork. Speaking of adventures, I want to share this video that I find to be ridiculously random, pointless and hilarious. Not to mention catchy!
Cheers!