(UN)Happy Valentine's Day!

IT'S Spend-Your-Money-On-Frivolous-Things-To-Show-Your-Love-Once-A-Year VALENTINE'S DAY!!! and I'm currently in the toilet writing this post...(toilet productivity at its best.) I can't believe it's February already! Time definitely overdosed on the red bull and developed wings cuz it's been FLYING by like a hummingbird on crack!! I have just 4 months left here in France...(I return home May 30th.) But anyways, that's all another post for a later date.

BTW UPDATE: OMG I FRICKIN SAW SNOW AND WENT ICE SKATING (i suck) FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!!!!!!

LOOK @ the girl's facial expression in the background!LOL

It only snowed for a few hours but I had a HUGE grin on my face and was talking in a high pitched OMG voice the WHOLE time I swear! *sigh* I love snow! it's so magical :)


Back to V-Day...so I don't know about you but I'm not actually big on the whole v-day commercialism (as reflected in the title of this post). I admit I used to be, once upon a time but after a while it gets kind of lame and just overly commercial. Your significant other should treat you like a king/queen at least 4 times a week! (notice i'm being realistic here...didn't say every day like some idealists would have said) lol. However as I'm a Libra and thus balanced (measuring scales much?) I'm also going to admit that it is nice to be treated a little EXTRA special on this pointless occasion. :D  However as I tell my special someone, I always prefer something simple and romantic and meaningful and mush-filled as opposed to something lavish and out there.
A lovely home cooked dinner complete with soft candle light and romantic music even with a single rose awaiting me would elicit a huge blushing grin as well as an 'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww babe' from me. (yes even after 4 years I still blush.) 
However I am in France so today means nothing to me as all I can possibly get from my bf is a special mention in his bbm status and a couple bbm messages and vnotes saying happy vday etc...STEUPS/HMMPH(the equivalent of a steups for you non-trinis reading this post).


SO ANYWAYS, (I know, I change topic a lot and NO I do NOT have ADD!!!) recently I've been feeling quite content despite being sick for 2 weeks(darn -11 degree weather), lack of sleep(grrrr), my once flat stomach now missing the 'l' no thanks to my lack of excercise and nutella cravings and just general winter-itis i.e : i'm a grouchy-bear-in-hibernation mood swings. I am alive and feel content and grateful with life thus far despite the lame moments (such as my lovely grey scarf being stolen in a french club) -_-


Disclaimer: This contentment may also be attributed to the most amazing author of all time, Paulo Coelho.


Yup, I've become one of the many followers. The man seriously writes some good stuff! His books are always full of life enhancing, thought provoking, profound philosophical messages. I've been reading a lot of his works and even going all nerdy by highlighting some of my favourite quotes...*pushes glasses up nose bridge* Thus far I've only read the Alchemist(duh), 11 minutes, The winner stands alone and Warrior of Light which is very motivational and not a novel. So below are a few of my favourite quotations from P.C...let's start off with a lovey-dovey one in light of today! To all my loved ones both in a foreign land and back home I'm sending you lots of snow filled love from Franceland!! bisous xoxox

 

* “But love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. We simply have to accept it, because it is what nourishes our existence. If we reject it, we die of hunger, because we lack the courage to stretch out a hand and pluck the fruit from the branches of the tree of life. We have to take love where we find it, even if that means hours, days, weeks of disappointment and sadness. The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.” 

* “Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.” 

* "I can choose to either be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure"

* "You do not drown simply by plunging into the water, you only drown if you stay beneath the surface." 

* “The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

* “We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.

* “When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.” 

 ― Paulo Coelho ♥