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December 20, 2008
Experiences of 2008
I finished the first semester of journalism school two days ago. I handed in my exam, and then I went to my old job and handed in my keys. Those thirty minutes gave me a wonderful feeling of finishing something and starting something potentially better. It was the feeling you're supposed to have on New Year's Eve. Sadly, there was no champagne.
I suppose this New Year's post should be posted on New Year's Eve, but really - who reads blogs at midnight on December 31st? And this way, if anyone wants to interpret the list below as a meme, they can.
2008 was not only the year I started journalism school, lived in Paris, visited Cambodia and Thailand and met a few people I hope I'll know forever. I did many things this year that I had never done before. 2008 was the year I first...
... swung by jungle vines
... actively celebrated International Senior Citizens' Day
... actively celebrated Moose Cap Friday
... got a full-body oil massage
... drank Fernet Branca
... drank sangria
... drank Coca-Cola
... happily referred to 10 square meters in a basement without a kitchen as "home"
... dated in French
... held a crocodile
... removed my bikini top at a public beach
... spoke words in Khmer
... interviewed two of the men I want to be when I grow up
... ran up and down the Champs Elysées singing along to an IPod
... ate frog
... moved to a city where I did not know a single person
... hid alcohol from grown-ups
... appreciated soup, tofu and veggie burgers
... slept in a mosquito net
... haggled over the price of paperbacks
... climbed 20 meters up a tree and jumped
... planted rice
... dipped my toes in the Seine
and more.
Posted by Julie at December 20, 2008 7:53 PM
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