Katy, Drew and I in the front. Alex, our best friend, is standing behind me, then next to him in the middle is Sasha, the dog tamer, and then Cola, his best friend.water. you turn on a faucet and clean drinkable water pours out. a normal chore for us was taking turns filling the water bottles. This entailed using a filter that we brought from the states to make the water there drinkable. It was … [Read more...]

The Maffia and us. We jacked around at school, often going to the check-your-answers table to copy the answers and thus save ourselves of hours of honest leaning. The honor system didn't work for us! We started leaving earlier and earlier... until we were leaving around lunch time. Seriously, why did the teacher let us make our schedule? We said the afternoon "traffic was bad". Whatever. We just … [Read more...]

Click here to read Part 1Cigarette smoke and body odors were a bad mix when taking the public transportation to school everyday. Katy buried her head in my arm pit. I was the only person in the city who wore deodorant and she was at an unfortunate height. The drivers were insane, they'd cut so close to the bus stops, within feet of taking out the crushing crowds waiting impatiently. People would … [Read more...]

Lately I've been in an classical phase in music I listen to. Last night, I was listening to "Ava Maria" and it made me feel so melancholy. Not depressed, just highly aware of my emotions... if there even is a difference... and it made me wonder if it's the song itself that creates such strong feelings, or if it the memories invoked by it? Some music makes me think of my childhood. Like eating … [Read more...]