Good bye, so long, farwell

I figure out today what I really love about you: it is actually the whole idea I made of you on my own mind.
On my mind you are kind, you are secure of yourself, you are so good to me. It's not that you aren't all those things, but we are away for 12 years. A lifetime for me, I think. You are not the 12 year old boy I knew once. And thank God for that! You grew up, you're a man now, just not for me anymore. You never were. Maybe if those 12 years that we apart hadn't been so long and we weren't away from each other, then maybe we could have had something else in common.
I still love you with all my heart, I helped you in your moment of weakness, I remember. And you helped me to be who I am today. I am very grateful for all that, for our amazing frienship, even so far away, you are the friend I never had close to home, and every time I remember you with tenderness, you are always on my prayers.

Luv. ♡

Tami

Book Review - "The Hunger Games"

"The Hunger Games" takes place in Panem, the United States of America of the future, ruled by the Capitol, hundreds of years from now, as the date is not clear but you can get a few hints about it during the book.

Suzanne Collins tells the story of Katniss Everdeen, a 16 years old girl who lives in District 12, having to hunt to provide for her family and we see all the story from her perspective. Katniss does not agree with the rules imposed by the Capitol and she definitely does not agree with the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games are the way the Capitol controls everything in the country, by sending a boy and a girl from each one of the 12 districts to kill each other every year in an arena, to remind the people they can do worse, like they did when they vanished the 13th District. But Katniss sees herself in a terrible position: her sister, Primrose, is chosen to be in the Hunger Games, and she is forced to volunteer in order to stop Primrose to go.

While it has some romance involved, it also has a lot of other things going on, Katniss does not want to have her children in a world like this one, with so much fear and misery, so she does not permit herself to fall in love, either for Gale, who is her partner for all those years hunting, or Peeta, who is in love with her since he was a little boy and is also chosen to go to the Hunger Games. But, again, she sees herself in a terrible position, as she has to pretend, for the audience, she is in love with Peeta. And even if she is not really in love with Gale, she worries about what he would think back home.

The Hunger Games starts like every year, with a lot of blood. Katniss has always to make decisions and take care of Peeta in the arena and most of the time, hunt for the both of them. She ends up in a really difficult situation at the end of the game, which will change everything.

I believe the author writes for people of all ages, telling and warning in a subtle way that this could be our future if we still keep destroying the planet the way we are. I would definitely recommend the book as it can open our minds for some reflections about the problems happening right now: the media taking control of us, the hunger, the political issues happening, not only in USA, but also all over the world. We have to accept this can hugely affect our lives and the author is saying that we can and we have to do something to stop this before it goes any worse.

Love

I love him so much that it hurts.

Sounds cliché, but it is the painful true.

And it makes me feel so complete when I know he loves me back that much.

Oh, and he loves me that much.

I can see.

I can feel.

I just know.

Proportions

We are currently living in a small city. Even though it is Ireland capital, it is smaller than the city I used to live, which I found very small.
Dublin is awesome. Being a small city has its advantages. And also Dublin has no mountains! No big climbs by foot or bike, it's just perfect. To go to school, we left the north of Dublin to go straight to the south, 4km. FOUR. By foot. Who could imagine I would do that? Not me, for sure. It is a 45min walking, which made me lose some weight, I don't know exactly, maybe a few pounds, but for me, it is a big change!

People

I like people.
But (and there's always a but) I can't stand them longer.
I really don't know how I am with the same person for 5 years, but besides that, people just annoy me. I get bored and I say okay, I'll never see you again. And that's where I start to be annoying, pushing everyone away.

I just can't handle people.

I like to talk, I like to be around people, I really do. But when it starts to be too close for comfort, I just go.

Maybe I'm crazy, but who isn't?!