I was an exchange student. How do you know what is a dream if you never accomplished one? How do you know what is an adventure if you never took part in one? How do you know what is anguish if you never said goodbye to your family and friends with your eyes full of tears? How do you know what is being desperate, if you never arrived in a place alone and could not understand a word of what everyone else was saying? How do you know what is diversity if you never lived under the same roof with people from all over the world? How do you know what is tolerance, if you never had to get used to something different even if you didn’t like it. How do you know what is autonomy, if you never had the chance to decide something by yourself? How do you know what it means to grow up, if you never stopped being a child to start a new course? How do you know what is to be helpless, if you never wanted to hug someone and had a computer screen to prevent you from doing it? How do you know what is distance, if you never, looking at a map, said “I am so far away”? How do you know what is a language, if you never had to learn one to make friends? How do you know what is patriotism, if you never shouted “ I love my country” holding a flag in your hands? How do you know what is the true reality, if you never had the chance to see a lot of them to make one. How do you know what is an opportunity, if you never caught one? How do you know what is pride, if you never experienced it for yourself at realizing how much you have accomplished? How do you know what is to seize the day, if you never saw the time running so fast? How do you know what is a friend, if the circumstances never showed you the true ones. How do you know what is a family, if you never had one that supported you unconditionally? How do you know what are borders, if you never crossed yours, to see what there was on the other side? How do you know what is imagination, if you never thought about the moment when you would go back home? How do you know the world, if you have never been an exchange student?

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martedì 9 agosto 2011

Goodbye Italy

9 Agosto 2011  

I've got my things packed
Climb out the window
All the pictures and pain
I left behind
All the freedom and fame
I've gotta find
And I wonder
How long it'll take them to notice that I'm gone
And I wonder
How long it'll take them to see my bed is made
And I wonder
How far it'll take me
To run away
I'll never be your perfect girl
I’m just trying to be myself..

Arrivederci Italia.  A Tra Poco America.

4 commenti:

  1. Buon viaggio e in bocca al lupo per tutto, honey! :) attendiamo aggiornamenti e prime impressioni una volta che sarai lì! Sono certa che andrà tutto alla grande :D

    Un abbraccio,
    Betty xoxo

    RispondiElimina
  2. Ok Paola, non puoi farmi questo. Urli (o meglio, scrivi) a gran voce sul forum che ti è stata assegnata la famiglia, e io brava brava controllo giorno dopo giorno il tuo blog per avere notizie, e nell'unico post nuovo non scrivi nulla di tutto ciò???!!! xD che commenti passionale che ti ho scritto xD

    Allora questa famiglia?

    <3


    xoxo

    RispondiElimina
  3. Oh Cavolo. Mi sono persa decisamente dei pezzi per strada e insieme a quei pezzi c'erano la tua famiglia e la data di partenza xD Ahahah
    Vabbé dai, anche se non so quando partirai ne niente, ti faccio comunque un grandissimo "In culo alla balena!"
    Buona Fortuna per tutto, e mi raccomando riempi ogni minuto della tua esperienza all'estero di sessanta secondi intensi di vita, perché questo è il TUO anno!

    Tanto Amore <3

    RispondiElimina
  4. Mi accodo decisamente a Chiara, non puoi farci questo! VOGLIAMO SAPERE! Dicci, dicci assolutamente!
    Comunque cara, davvero in bocca al lupo per questa esperienza e ti devo ringraziare perchè mi sei stata vicina fin dall'inizio, cos'era? Ottobre o settembre? Ahhh :') Non sprecare nemmeno un minuto di questa esperienza, BUTTATI!

    Comunque honey, mi devi dare il tuo nome di fb, io ho tentato di rispondere all'mp per chiedere di più della famiglia e per dirti di aggiungermi su fb, ma hai la casella messaggi piena e non me l'ha fatto inviare >.<

    Buon viaggio cara <3

    RispondiElimina