(Reflection by Claudia Markovich)Woke up early today. I had to take my car to the mechanic because of some leaking in the engine. You buy a brand new car thinking that you're not gonna have any headaches and, after 4 months use, there you go!
One week to go. Next week all students are gonna be doing their last revisions and oral tests and then it's 'sayonara' to most of them - thank goodness for that!!!
I honestly love what I do (regardless of how much I make) but this year was the year.
When I look back, I have the feeling that it was yesterday when I waved 2007 goodbye in Copacabana, kissed and hugged a couple of friends, wished them a happy new year and all those things we say. Little did I know about the year ahead of me...
I always like to think that everything happens for a reason and that bad things are only bad because they make us learn the hard way (cliché). So I can say that 2008 has been the teacher that everyone hates to have, the one who makes us not want to go to school, the one who shows us how much we don't know by rubbing our lack of knowledge on our faces.
This evil teacher did rub on my face how little I knew about myself when it gave me the most precious present I could ever be given. This priceless present, though, was inside a not-so-gracious box with the word NIGHTMARE spelt on it. Funny, ain't it? The best present was together with the worst nightmare.
Luckily, after my birthday (10 August), things started to feel new. New age (getting to 30. Time flies!), new friends, new... er, adventures??? Anyway, all new.
Being by myself was actually quite fun. A piece of advice a good friend gave me was finally put into practise: please yourself. Every now and then I still catch myself wondering about what the future holds, you know, those thoughts "is there anyone out there???"... God knows!
Back to November and to the week before the last... so much to do. Yet, all I can think about is my holidays. I still haven't decided whether to visit my friends in New York or my relatives in Santa Cruz, but I guess I'll do in time.
Today my mentor observed my lesson. HORRIBLE! I'm gonna tell her to hit the 'reset' button. Spent nearly 10' doing something that should have taken 3' at most. Never mind!
Well, since today's one of those days that I daydream about the future, I decided to post the lyrics of a song that sort of explains my current state of mind.
Oh, just a little note: Hey, you! The Right One... stop hiding!
Iris
(Goo Goo Dolls)
And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
'Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive
And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
Back to November and to the week before the last... so much to do. Yet, all I can think about is my holidays. I still haven't decided whether to visit my friends in New York or my relatives in Santa Cruz, but I guess I'll do in time.
Today my mentor observed my lesson. HORRIBLE! I'm gonna tell her to hit the 'reset' button. Spent nearly 10' doing something that should have taken 3' at most. Never mind!
Well, since today's one of those days that I daydream about the future, I decided to post the lyrics of a song that sort of explains my current state of mind.
Oh, just a little note: Hey, you! The Right One... stop hiding!
Iris
(Goo Goo Dolls)
And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
'Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive
And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
