Saturday 23 June 2012

thankful

[listen to this while I am melancholy and reflective a while, please and thank you]

It is a shame that it always seems to take something bad happening for you to realise the goodness you have around you, the small things you should be grateful for every single day but always seem to overlook.
I know it's hard on a daily basis to stop taking the things you have for granted, but it only takes one thing happening to make you stop and think about all the amazing people and opportunities that you might go for months without thinking about. I know I do this too often, I become complacent about all the things I am truly thankful for in my life, and I hate that it takes something bad to happen to jolt me back to the fact that you can never be complacent towards what you should thank your lucky stars for having every day.
The people I have in my life, who hold a space in my insides, who are part of me, are all there for their own special reasons. They have helped me, laughed with me, watched me vom, let me cry when I needed to cry and picked me up of the floor when the tears were done. They are some of the most extraordinary people in the world and I cannot fathom what I would do if they weren't there. I owe them all I have, and then a thousand times on top of that.
The sad thing is that it becomes so easy to overlook that fact, to go a day, a week, a month, without speaking to someone you consider an important part of your life. But, honestly, what the fuck would you do if one day you knew they might not be around anymore to answer your call, and you had let so much gone unsaid because you took for granted they'd always just magically be there.
So to all the people in my life, the old, the new, and the future- you are all there because you are loved and because my life would just not be complete without you. And I will try to never take that for granted again.
Peace&Love


Wednesday 13 June 2012

La Galère


This is one of the most magic places in the world to me. It fills me with a sense of calm, the outside world ceases to exist and I am blissfully happy. Days spent tanning, swimming, eating well, drinking copious cocktails, and always excellent godsisterly company, it's the kind of place you never want to leave. The time spent there always seems to go by much too fast, but at the same time three revitalising days energise you in such a way that it feels like a month. I don't really know how to explain what this place does to me, to my insides, to my heart.

Every hour of the day here holds some kind of magic in the light and the way it hits the water, the rocks, the trees, the island. 
morning
lunch
dusk
sunset
full moon 
In between waxing lyrical on how amazing everything is, and the ridiculousness of whining about irrelevant things like "oh god, it hurts my arms so much to have to hold my book up like this, but I simply cannot roll over- I'm not ready to tan my back yet" - there is the obligatory sillyness and excessive drinking -

our basket of essentials - suncream, tanning lotion, leg knives (pink), underwater camera casing for the waterproofing of certain goods on swimming trips (revitalising kit-kats and such) 
Dermot 'edward cullen from Twilight' Ryan ready for the swim
day time drinking is totes acceptable 
but we also enlighten our minds on global affairs...while drinking and tanning
we make poses in fluorescent tops, like awesomesauce douchebags
D does thoughtful looking day-drinking
We take our baby-foot tournaments very seriously. 
But not as seriously as we take our tanning/intercostals.
' The Triple Cherry'
' Dermot's Disaster ' (actually delicious)
After Cocktail hour we are good children and have communal tooth-brushing and get to bed at respectable hours. 




 Peace&Love&Intercostals



Saturday 9 June 2012

οριζιναλ σιδεβοοβ

Rocking the σιδεβοοβ from a young age. 

Peace&Love&σιδεβοοβ

Tuesday 5 June 2012

More Beiruty Madness!

The rest of the Beirut adventure 2012 passed with all the more awesomeness, loads of food, godsisterly visits, walking about, and some more food.
As I am currently on the second leg of my pre-summer holiday holiday, at my most magical of places in Protaras with my godsister, I wont go into too much description of what we got up to in Bei-rizz. I have terribly pressing matters to attend to- a tan to work on, many beers to drink, and modesty fins™ to perfect. So I leave you with some awesomesauce pics from the land of manouche's and almaza.

my papa's amazing garden Oasis

Breakfast Manouche's DELICIOUSNESS.
poseyness with sister 
Pretty Pan


Peace&Love&Tranquility

Sunday 3 June 2012

shooooo ya habibi!

I am currently in the land of Leb having an awesome long weekend for my papa's birthday (although he is stuck in the office) with my sister and pan-cakes. my gawwwdsister is here too, so its super EXCTIEMENT AWESOMESAUCE all around!

So the theme of yesterday was predominantly food related (as are most Beirut days because everything here is DELICIOUS)... but we carried out random exercises in-between massive meals. Beirut is undergoing a similar transformation to that in Nicosia, BIKE OBSESSION! They have a bike path along the sea-front, and bike rentals all over the city. It's really cool, although way scarier than riding in Nicosia as the drivers here are MENTAL, and you never know which direction they are gonna come at you from (giggle).
Beiruti Hipsters on Bikes.







hubbbbbaaaaa beeeer
more hubbbbaaaaa 
we love tits
pa! 
Bike Crew of Beirut!





















Ok I have to go and eat more food. 
Peace&Love&Manouche's