The summer list

An Ode To Summer

A Sea Chant production for Kinfolk

It's kinda sad to think back of how I've wasted my first 2 months of summer upsetting about not getting a new part-time job, envying with anyone who gets to go back to motherland, complaining about the weather, stressing over my visa... In short, feeling like everybody is having a better vacation than me which now looking back, is not really the case. Yes, it hasn't been easy but good things did come in my way : a wonderfully unexpected trip to Barcelona; turning 19 in good company, delicious food and lots of love from family and friends; knowing that I successfully passed all my exams with a result that I can be proud of and resolving most of my paper issues. Probably due to my perfectionist nature, I was too exigent of how my summer should be. And when things didn't go as the way I planned it, I got sad and possibly became unbearable to others. Or I can just blame it on the rain and lack of warmth Paris had been experiencing for the past 2 months which turned me into a depressing person...

Hmmm, no, I should take responsibility.

Things have started to look up since last week, especially when I made new friends, laughed a lot more and the sun has finally come out. I still have two more months of complete freedom before school starts again and I really don't want to  waste it by sitting all day in front of my computer and beating myself up later for doing nothing. So here is the list of things I want to accomplish before summer ends. Another list seems somewhat controlling again but this time, I don't think I would fall back into the hole because my former aestival plan depends too much on other people, which was inevitable for some activities. But now, I just want to focus on what I can do to make the most out of my summer. 

• Practice ukulélé regularly
• Try out new recipes
• Host dinner parties/catch up with friends
• Blog often with more informative posts 
• Don't give up on applying for a new job
• Go on picnics 
• Wander and discover new crannies of Paris
• Read
• Learn more about Buddhism
• Enjoy some do-nothing/drama-marathon time because I would rarely get to do it when school is back. 

Will probably update this list later. 

Have fun in the sun, guys! Until next time ;)