The more chocolate you eat, the happier you will feel
If you were expecting for a nice composition about
being a good person and helping everyone, you’re reading the wrong one. I think
we should be good people and help the others everyday of our lives, so it’s not
correct making it more important these days than in others. Also, if I have to
start talking about feelings and actions, about good people, I would show that
I’m very disappointed with the world around me. I believe in the goodness of
men (one of my favorite books is Les Miserables, more than a thousand pages
about the goodness of men, so it’s one of my favorite topics to think about
when I can’t sleep) but it’s being difficult for me not to change my vision of
life. It’s hard to talk about helping others while there are nearly three
thousand of people sleeping in the streets of Barcelona (things you discover
making the research work). So I’ll talk about my Christmas, my selfish
Christmas, which is the one that makes me happy, being blinded to all of the
poverty and cruelty that there’s out there, in our ‘developed’ society. The
Beatles said it: Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
I love the superficial part of Christmas. I get crazy
watching Love Actually and Bridget Jones’s films while drinking hot chocolate
in a mug. I love going to the beach with my friends with lots of scarves,
gloves and boots and sitting in the sand while having a hot chocolate from
Starbucks. Yes, for me, Christmas means lots of hot chocolate with cream. We
laugh, we play in the sand and we take photos. The skyline of Barcelona made of
little lights in one side, and the deep calm sea in the other side makes you
feel an important part of the universe, it’s a magic moment.
In these days I spend my hours in the computer
watching TV series, or lovely movies, or looking for cheap flights to London.
My family and I have been looking for a cheap trip to London these days, to
spend Christmas there, but we won’t go because sure shops and attractions will
be closed on the 25th, the 26th and the 1st,
so it wouldn’t be worth it! I also adore reading magazines and following blogs
on the Internet searching for ideas and what-to-wear on Christmas’ Eve and in
New Year’s Eve (although I won’t go to anywhere especial). I look for
decorations for my home too. I’m in love with Nordic white decoration with lots
of white blankets and white trees with candles everywhere.
But I don’t like Christmas because it’s the time when
you most miss all who are not with you. Those who are not sitting at the table
the 25th as they used to. I also miss that someone who goes to the
village and leaves me alone at Barcelona. The city gets sad without you, and so
do I!
So, I’ll try to enjoy the superficial part of
Christmas. I’ll savor my grandmother’s great dishes and watch lots of movies
with my favorite girls. I wish you all to be the most happy it is possible. I’ll
give you a clue: the more hot chocolate you eat, the happier you will feel!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Clara Martínez Arcas
2n batx B
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