Wednesday, August 01, 2007

First time in a long time (Now from Madrid)

Well... this idea of daily blogging went straight out the window the moment I decided to stop writing for a little over a year... inconsistency! That is my curse and I have learned to live with it. I am starting a new phase of my life though, something most people would call an adventure. In one sentence and to sum-it-up nicely, after completing a month of an internship in Madrid (where I am at right this second) I will continue to live a semester in Paris... now this could be scary, yes, but I am assuming that nothing is scarier than living alone in the US so it should all be a breeze.

I am going to copy paste a blog entry I made yesterday...

"I arrived on Sunday, super jetlaged but that wore off just fine, ready for my month-long adventure. I don't think I have ever travelled by myself, and lived completely by myself, in my 20 years of age, but it is bound to be an experience to remember. I happened to arrive in the hottest month of the year, and also the time when most MadrileƱos go off on vacations. The exodus is quite big and the city is as empty as it gets. Since I start work tomorrow (pretty nervous about that) I decided to do some exploring around my area today, as well as getting to know the metro system and what not. Thank God I know Spanish because that does take a lot of pressure of simply walking around aimleslly... the highlight of my day though was the Van Gogh exposition at the Thyssen museum... for those of you who are going to Madrid or simply passing by, please make sure to check it out. It is only 5 euros and definetely worth your time. The paintings are a selection of the artist's last paintings after leaving the mental asylum and before killing himself. He was staying at a French village not too far away from Paris, and painted more than one painting a day during this short period of time... as if though he knew very clearly that his days were numbered!! anyways.. the collection is captivating and I truly recomend it. For now, I can say I dont know anything or anyone in Madrid, so if you have any suggestions please, do not hesistate in giving them to me! I would be more than happy to do something not that conventional.
Cheers"

Well right now I am actually at my office... bored as hell!! I have had nothing to do all day but read every newspaper on earth and well... re-start my blogging.... sooo I am sure I will be posting this somewhere... for whomever is interested in reading it... for now I will limit myself to gossip on newspaper life and the eventual reporting that I expect to be doing... anytime now...

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