Good to feel this way.


Cuando yo estoy pensando en ti
Amor es lo que más fuerte sale de mí
Por eso yo siempre vivo tan feliz
Pues tú eres lo que yo más quiero para mí

Cuando yo me voy para Medellín
En cada montaña yo dibujo trozos de ti
Y si yo me voy para Bogot á también allá
Esa sabana bella de ti me hace recordar
Y he recorrido el mundo entero y jamás

Te digo que he visto una cosa más bella que tu mirar
Te digo que he visto la luna de noche hablar con el mar
Pero jamás he visto una cosa más bella que tu mirar
Y es que son tus ojos tu sonrisa y tu boca
Y tu carita de coqueta a la final lo que me gusta a mí
Y soy yo quien se pone siempre como un loco
Cuando me miras poco a poco de la manera que me gusta a mí

Ayer hacía mucho mucho pero mucho calor
Y yo sentía frío porque no tenía todo tu amor
Hoy en cambio hace frío y siento mucho calor
Porque estás tú de nuevo conmigo mi gran amor
Y es que he recorrido el mundo entero y jamás

Te digo que he visto una cosa más bella que tu mirar
Te digo que he visto la luna de noche hablar con el mar
Pero jamás he visto una cosa más bella que tu mirar

Y es que son tus ojos tu sonrisa y tu boca
Y tú carita de coqueta a la final lo que me gusta a mí
Y soy yo quien se pone siempre como un loco
Cuando me miras poco a poco de la manera que me gusta a mí

Thoughts and Memory...

It´s getting cold in Madrid, but not too cold. It´s the perfect weather in my opinion.
Needless to say, I love this city and everything in it. Yesterday, when walking to the park with my friend we were discussing what makes we like a person. He said something...I´ll quote: "We like a person for their qualities, but we love them for their faults". And I guess this is with cities, or situations.

There are things that drive me nuts around here, but in the end of the day I am so glad I could go through them ... I mean, to have the opportunity to go through this culture and feel so angry at times.
I know I complain so much sometimes about never being able to stay in a place and have permanent friends, a permanent house and always having long distance relationships with friends. But it gives me a chance to know people, know places and get pissed off a number of times. :)



Change of subject: last saturday I went to a bullfight with my roomates and some friends. I have to say: I never missed my grandfather more than that day. I know the "show" is a cruel thing, but I also know he would have LOVED to be there. It was almost as if I could see his eyes getting big, and his putting his two palms together and rubbing them so quickly (as he did every time he was excited about something).
The Plaza de Toros was amazing, and I could see him there. Everywhere. In my mind at least.
Actually a lot of Spain reminds me of my grandfather. My neighborhood reminds me of him...A lot of older couples live there, and I everytime I see a grandpa bringing their grandkids from school and listening to their stories I remember of my grandpa coming home from his work and always having some kind of candy in his pocket and asking us what we thought about the government.

Memory is such a beautiful thing.

:)

"Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again" (Willa Cather)

What I love about...

Here I am again, in Madrid, in school, going through so much. Everything is wonderfully fine! :)
The intensive courses just finished (hopefully I did well!), I am getting used to the new apartment, getting along with the roomies, missing my boyfriend terribly and new classes started today...
It is a mix of so much stuff, I have to say. After a while your skin starts to get culturally thick and I want to learn more and more about this. I live with people from 2 different cultures in my apartment, get on the street to deal with another one while looking with eyes from a Brazilian one. I am not complaining... I am learning and enjoying.

Spending this time in Spain gives me time to think about my life, and things around me. As always, I realize who are the good friends we have and how friendship really works. I have to state here a special thanks to Jamila, she is such a good friend, no matter where I am... we never lose touch.

But I also came to the ridiculous conclusion of how people are: it was only when I moved to Indiana that I came to realize what I really enjoyed in Brazil, when I went to Brazil for summer I realized US was home and only in SPain I realize what I love about the US. I love the breakfast food from the US, the Sunday brunch with lots of fat stuff such as bacon, eggs, pancakes wearing pj´s. I love that I can buy nice underwear in Victoria´s secret and get cheap and cool stuff at Target for so cheap. I LOVE my mom´s kitchen and I love how things work fast, and how everything is open.

But then... I dont want to be like that when I get back to the US, where I realize what was really good in Spain. So here, I´ll make a list of all the things I love about here so far:
-olives!!!!!!!!!
-cheap wine
-sangria, tinto de verano, malibu con piña
-the two kisses on the face!
-public displays of affection
-the respect older couples have for each other in public
-the great bars
-great public transportation
-tortillas españolas, jamón
-how artsy everything is
-how energetic people are about every single thing
-being able to kiss in public without being judged or looked at
-napolitanas :)
-the nightlife
-el parque del buen retiro
-sol
-cheap h&m (well, that was in the US! too)

and most of all, realizing that ...

"No tienes nada a perder, y mucho que viver" (You have nothing to lose, and too much to live).

I must enjoy.
:)

Con amor,
Ana Livia

I have so much to do for this week. I am moving to my new apt this week too :D
Good luck!

Well, since I m not in the mood to blog too much today, I'll just leave the lyrics of this adorable song.



Your Body is a Wonderland - John Mayer

We got the afternoon
You got this room for two
One thing I've left to do
Discover me
Discovering you
One mile to every inch of
Your skin like porcelain
One pair of candy lips and
Your bubblegum tongue
And if you want love
We'll make it
Swimming a deep sea
Of blankets
Take all your big plans
And break 'em
This is bound to be a while
Your body Is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder (I'll use my hands)
Your body Is a wonderland
Something 'bout the way your hair falls in your face
I love the shape you take when crawling towards the pillowcase
You tell me where to go and
Though I might leave to find it
I'll never let your head hit the bed
Without my hand behind it
You want love? We'll make it
Swimming a deep sea
Of blankets
Take all your big plans
And break 'em
This is bound to be a while
Your body Is a wonderland
Damn baby You frustrate me
I know you're mine all mine all mine
But you look so good it hurts sometimes


Good night :*

In Spain

I know it's been so long I don't post here, but everything is so new in my life right now....in every aspect.
I am in Spain since August 30 for school. I am loving the city, the food and living in a touristic place where there's always things to discover and go check out.
I met great people here (mostly Americans from my program so far). I met some great girls here that I just love to talk and hang out with.

My Spanish needs serious practice. I feel like I am good at it, but I need to practice real time.
I feel somewhat homesick, but not too much. In Arizona I was a little lost, and here I feel I am doing my thing (even though I miss SO many people and so much from my family). But as my mom would say, life is full of decisions, and I am happy with mine!:)
Even not doing anything productive over the summer, I enjoyed it so much. I have to admit when summer started I was SO unhappy with myself and with other things. But during the summer I took the time to spend and talk a lot with my mom. I love this, because I always learn so much about her (and me!).

So now I am very happy :P

I also got a new apartment!!!!!! I have two roomates: Katie (we sat next to each other on the plane), and Christian, a guy from Germany. I will spend my first night there today :)
Lets see how that goes!!!

I'll try to post here every day so I can let other people whats going on, and to rembembmer later.

Much love,

Ana Livia

On the picture it's me and Rebekah (from wisconsin) in Plaza Mayor here in Madrid.

"Who cares what you are, just enjoy it!" (Samantha, Sex and the City)

Just movies that I love...

Some movies last forever. (Serendipity - 2001)

Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around. (Love Actually)

Amigas!

*Como é bom saber que certas coisas nunca mudam.*

Essas meninas. Amigas pra sempre.
Parte das minhas melhores memorias tem essas duas. E parte do meu coracao tem elas tambem...
Eu sei que a gente passa muito tempo sem se falar, sem saber o que se passa na vida da outra, sem contar as melhores historias e sem participar.
Mas eu sei, que mesmo longe e depois de muito tempo, a gente se ve e tudo volta ao normal. (pelo menos pra mim....)

"After all, seasons change and so do cities. People come into your life and they go. But it's comforting to know the ones you love are always in your heart. And if you're very lucky; a plane ride away." (Sex and the City)