The past two weeks have been really busy, but in a good way: Mainly I met many, many friends that I hadn't seen in a while and spent a lot of time with my family. But also: Watched dozens of short and long films at a festival for animated film nearby (Fantoche) and wrote some articles about it for my newspaper. I went to a fabulous barbecue with even a little concert at some friends' house and after that - finally! - dancing. How I enjoyed it!
I swam in Vierwaldstätter Lake - that was really cold.
I went to an art opening that was basically an underwater world made of trash. There was a funny 5-minute rock opera where the singers/actors dressed as scuba divers or sea creatures in cardboard costumes. And I broke my first veggie week and ate a sausace because it smelled delicious and it was free.
I rode on trains many times (and already paid a fortune for the tickets). I felt that although it's cooler here than in southern Laos, summer's not quite over yet. I could even wear a short skirt four times and spend a sunny hour with a friend lying in the soft green grass!
I took a hot bath. I crafted a birthday present for a friend. I had a discussion about the meaning of marriage and the end of love. I bought two new pairs of shoes. I procrastinated completing my tax declaration.
I discovered that even if we don't have fancy exotic fruit in Switzerland, we have lots of nice ingredients to make a delicious salad.
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| Lettuce, cherry tomatoes, carrots, corn, dry figs, an egg, cucumbers, cashew nuts, sesame seeds... |
I went back to my old/new apartment and found that my flatmates had left the message I had written when I left in January. Whether it was because they simply didn't bother to wipe the chalkboard or they really missed me so much, I don't know.
I ate at the new Japanese restaurant in my hometown - I've been waiting for that place for years! The people who run it are Japanese, for real, wow. I bought a new diary. I didn't watch TV. I wrote some job applications and I'm trying to find more jobs as a freelance journalist and maybe freelance English teacher. I ate homegrown cherry tomatoes that were warm from the sun while I danced on my parents' terrace in the middle of the day.
I love my life this way. So many happy moments. I hope it never changes.
