Just a Girl

Take this pink ribbon off my eyes
I'm exposed
And it's no big surprise
Don't you think I know
Exactly where I stand
This world is forcing me
To hold your hand
'Cause I'm just a girl, little 'ol me
Don't let me out of your sight
I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite
So don't let me have any rights

Oh...I've had it up to here!
The moment that I step outside
So many reasons
For me to run and hide
I can't do the little things I hold so dear
'Cause it's all those little things
That I fear

'Cause I'm just a girl I'd rather not be
'Cause they won't let me drive
Late at night I'm just a girl,
Guess I'm some kind of freak
'Cause they all sit and stare
With their eyes

I'm just a girl,
Take a good look at me
Just your typical prototype

Oh...I've had it up to here!
Oh...am I making myself clear?
I'm just a girl
I'm just a girl in the world...
That's all that you'll let me be!
I'm just a girl, living in captivity
Your rule of thumb
Makes me worry some

I'm just a girl, what's my destiny?
What I've succumbed to Is making me numb
I'm just a girl, my apologies
What I've become is so burdensome
I'm just a girl, lucky me
Twiddle-dum there's no comparison

Oh...I've had it up to!
Oh...I've had it up to!!
Oh...I've had it up to here!

by No Doubt

The return

The return to Portugal after 3 months in Greece has been one of the hardest things I have ever been through... Everything seems so vulgar now, so unreal. It feels like my vision is blurred or something. Everybody makes so many questions and the worst is that half of them don’t really care about it and the other half doesn’t understand what I say. And people talk SO much… at least now that I understand every single word of what they say it seems so.
Is not that I’m not happy to be back. The thing is that I had such a great time in Greece! I had so much fun, I grew so much! I miss my roommates and my friends, my independence, my wonderful life of backpacker…
Here everything looks the same even though there are some small changes. And as I was not here while those changes happened, it seems that I don’t fit here. My sense of belonging is a bit… confused.
I find myself not caring about what goes on here. I only thing about what is happening there, what my friends are doing, where they are and how much I want to be there with them. But I’m certain that even if I return to Greece sometime in the future, it will never be the same thing – Erasmus spirit is a funny thing.
And now there’s this fear that all the memories will slowly fade away and that my friends and I will go separate ways despite all the promises. That we will never see each other again.
Now I feel sad but I know it will pass. I just need some time to readjust… It’s funny that people always told me that it would be hard to be in Greece all by myself and that I would have a hard time and it was exactly the other way around… Life is really tricky! =)

I miss...

• Παύλος , Andreas, Sofia, Judite, Clara, Adonis, Anna, Tia, Kostis, Leo, Mitsos...
• Frappé, Capuccino Freddo, Biscolato Freddo, Greek Coffe
• Ζιώγας
• Seven Club
• Пαμε, Vamos, Пamos, Vatos...
• I like...
• Sure, sure?
• To must to go!
• Morciego!
• Elefterias square
• Panacota ice cream
• Souvlaki (giros κοτόπουλο παρακαλω! With tzatziki! Lots of tzatziki!!)
• Καλημεεεεερα!!! καλά??
• Ελα Mαλακα! Оχι Mαλακα! Whatever Mαλακα!!!
• E pêras e pêras e pêras e maçãs! Ameixas e uvas marmelos e romãs!
• Sofia is the queen!!!
• Judite!!! Oh Judite!! Judite...
• Como é? Pame spiti ou quê?