one of the happiest days of the year is the one i get to say my mom “see you tomorrow”, knowing that i will really see her the next day. :)
have a nice christmas everyone, and see you on the other side of the planet!
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Month: December 2008
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a postcard from shanghai
on monday i return to portugal for the christmas holidays, and i can’t wait to marvel at the blue, unphotoshoped skies of home. :)
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airline safety videos
by the end of this year i will have been on a dozen different flights – none of which with a safety video as cute as the one from virgin america airlines. :)
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on being happy
i’ve just read this quote on mareen fischinger’s blog (she’s an excellent photographer, btw):
“Being happy does not mean everything is perfect. It means you have decided to look beyond the imperfections.”
apparently, the quote is from albert camus. it stuck with me because i think it sums up rather beautifully my sentiments towards living in shanghai/china these days. in the beginning, we would whine about everything, from the non-queueing to the loud spitting on the floor, the messy and the dirty. and then somewhere in the middle of this year, slowly, things have started to change for me. i started to enjoy life here, in a way that i didn’t before. and i realized that all the imperfections were still there, but i wasn’t giving them as much importance. i wasn’t going to change them, so why bother with raising my eyebrow or complaining?
which sounds simple, but it isn’t. it’s kind of like finding the beauty in the chaos.
(and now i’m going to make some gingerbread cookies)