Amelie

Everybody was surprised when I told them I´d never wached Amelie.  And now, I understand!
Thanks again Maria for this present!

It´s so inspiring. I always liked to think I watched the world from another point of view, enjoying the small details I found  on my way like the walk Amelie gave to the blind man or ljust ooking for different figures in the clouds. And lately, I think just being kind to others can change this world.

These days aren´t good. I´m really overwhelmed by finishing the Residency program and sad because I´m alone. So if someone asked me today  if I believe in miracles my answer would be: not today. But it´s true, like the old man says to Amelie, my bones aren´t made of glass, and I can take the hits of life and stand up for myself and think:
-fresh air is healthy
-I have to prepare myself for a surprise
-I have to take a risk

And even if I looked disconnected from the world like the girl in the painting right now, I know everything will be fine in the end. It´s difficult nowadays for a dreamer to find another dreamer. But perhaps soon I´ll find a good man that knows all his proverbs properly.

For now, I enjoy noticing details no one else does and dreaming of travelling as much as the gnome in the garden of Amelie´s father.

Video from YouTube.

Romantic Friday

On Easter I´ve watched the whole 6 episodes of BBC´s Pride and Prejudice.

So beatiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I came to a very important conclusion:

I want a Mr. Darcy for myself!!!

DAY 61: Welcome to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

'Everything will be all right in the end. So if it is not all right, it is not the end!'

Today Maria invited me to the cinema. It was my first time in a British cinema, I guess movie theaters look pretty much the same everywhere (but I got used to small-original-version cinemas in Madrid and this screen seemed really big for eyes today).


We saw The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. We love comedies, and these actors are just great. I must say I love Bill Nighy!, but the entire cast is awesome.
I left the cinema so happy, because the message is never give up, and struggle to overcome your fears. And that, togheter with the colorful and happy locations, the cheery music and the inspiring message made feel strong and happy. Like there´s so many things to do, and places to visit, and second chances waiting there for me somewhere.

Apart from enjoying a great story, I need to go to India in the near future! 

I think I couldn´t stop looking at things if travelled to India, and taking pictures. The buildings are so elegant, colors are so bright, and light seems so pure there. Everything is so intense!

The actual location of the Marigold Hotel is in Rajasthan, a state in the north of India. An Ravla Khempur is the rural palace built in the 17th Century that serves as stage for this hotel (abut an hour from the city of Udaipur).

Now that I know how to get there, I just got to planned my trip!

I don´t know if I want my parents to see this movie, I´m afraid they´ll just look in the web for some place like this hotel  and move to India.

Lovely movie!

DAY 14: Away we go

Today has been a productive day. Learning to manage my nerves step by step, speaking a little more each day, and standing for what I want to do and become.
It´s difficult, but it´s worth it.

I´ve seen Sam Mendes´ "Away we go". Such a lovely movie, the sweetest movie. This couple expecting their first child, facing the fears of becoming a family and travelling to different cities.Meeting  friends and family. And they realise, you can´t copy a type of family, you have to get and create your own family. Because, you´ll always have good moments, but there will be bad ones as well, and the love of your family its the only thing that will get you through them.
They love each other so much. Its beatiful.
A great movie with a fantastic soundtrack.

The Julie and Julia project

Have you ever watched a movie that inspires you?

Well, lately I´ve been feeling a little worn out, like nothing could catch my attention, and everything seems too much work. All that I loved is kind of lost in the daily routine and everyday worries. It doesn´t matter, I continue doing things that I like. Somehow, stop painting is one regret I have. But I never find time to do it, and I don´t really know why. And this movie really inspires me to do things I enjoy and paint again!

The other day I watched Julie and Julia. What a great movie!!!, I loved it! Julie is kind in my situation, she´s not entirely pleased with her life, and she´s turning 30.She needs to find some goals and make a change soon. She loves cooking, and when her husband gives her the idea to blog about it (which she loves) and her Idol and roll model Julia Child (an important icon in American cooking) it seems like a perfect task to take charge of her life back .

The plot develops between 2002 in NY and the early 50´s in Paris. Mixing Julie and Julia´s stories.  Julia arrives to live in Paris with her husband. She loves eating and she loves food. So she decides to start taking French cooking lessons. But she wanted the real deal, so she takes a French cooking class for professionals in the Cordon Bleu. With some friends she stars writing a book of French cooking for the servantless American people. And that book and its recipes become her life during 8 years working on it, and then, opening for her the possibility of teaching people how to cook. The couple is really in love (I must admit I felt a little envious about that…), and her husband is adorable. And when on Valentine´s day he says to her: “you´re the butter to my bread and the breath to my life”, even if it sounds cheesy, I found it lovely.

Julie starts writing the blog. At first, not even her mother reads it. But she enjoys the cooking so much that she doesn´t care if she leaves half of the payroll at Dean and Deluca buying ingredients. And the meals she prepares look delicious!

And so the story goes on. Julie´s house is great, I mean, the style is great, I´d decorated my entired house like that if my flatmate let me. And her style, her clothing: so fancy and funny! She wears a lot of brooches like I do, and she has some really good ones. And the food looks  so delicious that I´ve already decided that “Mastering the art of French cooking” by Julia Child is on my X-mas  wishlist!

I recommend it. It´s a fantastic story. And, yes, it´s inspiring for me.

Naps and cups of tea

Considering I´ve been working the last 24 hours, I think I deserve some rest...
I walked home from the Hospital this morning, thought some sun upon my skin would be good (vitamin D related  tip!), and then, despite the boring it may sound, I took a nap borrowed from death.
Sunday afternoon, all your friends with something to do, really lazy to take off from the sofa to go to the cinema to see Norwegian wood (as it was my original plan for this afternoon...) spent the time drinking Tea and watching the "original" Sabrina. Being still a bit upset for running into some people that used to be your friend and now seem no more than a stranger to you,  and having some speech prepared for those occasions and then words got stuck at your throat o your mind with nothing to say at all...
Well it´s OK, I´ve survived once more.  I´ll read a little (Atlas de geografía humana, or Atlas of Human Geography by Amudena Grandes, I recommend it) and then get some comforting night of rest.
See you then...