Think of me when you're lonely
Think of me when you're blue
Think of me when you're far away
For I'll be thinking of you

Remember all the good times
We shared in days gone by
Remember all the sadness
The day you said goodbye

Think of me when you're lonely
Think of me when you're blue
Think of me when you're far away
For I'll be thinking of you

You said that you were leavin'
But you wouldn't be gone too long
With each new day I hope and pray
That you'll come travellin' home

Think of me when you're lonely
Think of me when you're blue
Think of me when you're far away
For I'll be thinking of you..

i feel untouchable. no stress can reach me. sleep is the only thing i lack. the only possible necessity i lack anyway..

it really does feel like the world has been placed at my feet. it feels so much smaller meeting people, constantly talking about travelling, communicating in foerign languages - filling in missing pieces trying to make sense of our thoughts. everything seems so much more possible and intriguing.

I remember before i left, when i was planning this trip i bagged on eastern europe so much. there was no way i was missing out on parts of italy to see Bulgaria or Romania...-___-;; now i cant wait. When italians tell you to miss out parts of their country and spend it elsewhere (such as Croatia, ROmania etc) you know its a good gig. and its not just one or two - all europeans say these are some of the best countries to visit. therefore, im excited. =)

had another awesome group this morning for tennis. they were a mixture of greeks, italians and spanish.. and so i mixed them up, and as i walked around talking to them, i was finding that they were not only trying to talk to each other in english, but they were also comparing the meanings of phrases and words in their languages and learning a bit of each others.. i love this. its something you would never get in australia, which is why i guess this experiece has just seemed so surreal to me.

there are people in this job that hate it here.. a lot of them say they wont come back again, the work is too hard or they dont get paid enough blar blar blar. they bitch and whinge like their job is the hardest thing in the world. I just think that perhaps they dont like kids? are they experiencing something different to me? sure I have arguements with management, I dont always enjoy working with some people and sometimes im just plain tired and cbf with some of the work they give us... but then I get into a lesson and I start talking to the kids again and I forget.. they are my duty and my priority and no matter what my mood is at the time that comes first.. & just by making them my priority you get a response. the connection is always there, you just have to get past all the shitty aspects of this job and the good outwiegh the bad 1 million to one.

its a good life. =)

someone has represented me. they have put their foot down in my place - hit the accelerator on time, place and thought and let it whizz past me.

its ok. things speed up and everything gets more exciting. the lows blur into highs and at the end of the day you tend only to remember the better side of life. problem is it feels like im constantly looking back. constantly reflecting on the day thats been, or the week or month. theres no planning for tomorrow, no anticipation nor hopes/promises. my life used to be a lot more planned. I knew what I wanted to do - i knew when i wanted to see people, get things sorted out - I had time to make time.

i want kids. il have a baby Javier.. and Aimilios.. and Mariza and Ilias. random chain of thought but i really want babies. pronto. get that foot put down harder i guess. ZOOM ZOOM

Now you’re gone
I realize my love for you was strong
And i miss you here now you’re gone
I’ve been waiting here by the phone with you’re pictures hanging on the wall

Is this the way it’s meant to be?
Only dreaming that you’re missing me
I’m waiting here at home
I’ll be crazy now you’re gone

There’s an empty place in my heart
It won’t alarm me it will break apart
It won’t heal, it never fades away
I’ll be thinkin’ ’bout you everyday

Are you ready?
Ready for take-off!

Now you’re gone
I realize my love for you was strong
And i miss you here now you’re gone
I’ve been waiting here by the phone with you’re pictures hanging on the wall

tossup between this, closer/neyo and soldier boy for the song of the summer foh sure.. i love the kids. i love the staff. everyday is something new - is fun - is refreshing and challenging.. when we go out here we are family. i think iv fallen in love with about 12boys at once.. hahaha srsli i would marry any of them theyr all fantastic.

i feel like things have started falling into place.. like iv started my life and nothing else matters anymore. i know i have to try and stay grounded, but its hard not to get caught up in all of this.. because right now is just this massive whirl of everything and i dont wanna miss a thing.. i think im gnabe lost when the summer ends, but at least i have the people here. TEAM SPARKEL PRINCESS. hahahahaha they dont even know where that really came from but it ok. i love my sparkle princess boys that wear dresses for me and let me shave their legs but not their beards... -___-

i feel like a hyperactive little kid. gahgahgahhh i freaking love life.

Are there no shadows where you are
I can see everything as day
Problems that you try to hide away
Pushing me aside
(You're pushing me aside)

Could the winter calm come twice
'Cause your heart seems so cold tonight
Thirst for substance somehow isn't right
It's killing me inside
(It's killing you inside)
You're killing me inside

I don't wanna be where you are
I don't wanna be here even now
I don't wanna be by your side
If something isn't right
If something isn't right

This is our last goodnight
Say what you will
Say all that you can
Words have no meaning
When I've seen where you've been

you know when you're looking forward to something, and you kinda have this idea in your head of how its gna go - you hold onto that thought until the moment arrives and just beforehand you're all tingly inside from excitement... well iv lost that.

I was sure that i would have that slight longing to be back home with friends and family for the entirety of my trip - that the memories of them would be what kept me going and even though id be enjoying myself here, wanting to go back would be what made me somewhat stronger?  But thats all changed.. I long to be in Greece or Spain.. I hate it when im rostered off work because i miss out on the activities the kids are doing, i miss having extra time with them.

I'm sad that I dont feel the same anymore..it kinda just hit me and even when I tried to think about it, its at the point where i dont even have clear memories to cling to, and everythings changing anyway. The way we party, have fun, talk, chillout... everything is changing and now that image in my head of me going home is like... ohshit... hi... yeh nice..

im a mixed bundle atm.. i dont feel 18 i feel like im hitting a midlife crisis haha. i wna be a manager by next yr.. thats gna be interesting.. a 19yr old manager.. but if its on qualifications and success - i should get it.  i feel like im running out of time. constantly im trying to take in everything. perhaps i really do need my friends right now for some grounding, its just hard to let them in when its near impossible to explain.

And if I could
Surely would today
And if I knew
All the words to say
And I could
Wisp you away
To my world

But you might say, it's just the luck of the draw
You might say, that you've done this before
You might feel, that you're ten ft tall some days

And all I ever wanted to be
Will remain right here with you, and me,
And the times we've had, and the times we're yet to see
You and me and the things we've done
And i'm sure it's meant to be

Do you.....Do you.....Do you......Do you agree?

You fought it well
And you fought it all away
What you learn in school,
You learn, you can lose in a day
Many stand for you
They will stand today

But you might say, it's just the luck of the draw
You might say, that you've done this before
You might feel, that you're ten ft tall some days

And all I ever wanted to be
Will remain right here, with you, and me,
And the times we've had, and the times we're yet to see
You and me and the things we've done
And i'm sure it's meant to be

Do you.....Do you.....Do you.....Do you agree?

There's no combination of words
I could put on the back of a postcard
No song that I could sing
But I can try for your heart
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things
Like a, shoebox of photographs
With sepiatone loving
Love is the answer,
At least for most of the questions in my heart
Like why are we here? And where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy and
Sometimes life can be deceiving
I'll tell you one thing it's always better when we're together

[Chorus:]
MMM it's always better when we're together
Yeah, we'll look at the stars when we're together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together

And all of these moments
Just might find their way into my dreams tonight
But I know that they'll be gone
When the morning light sings
And brings new things
For tomorrow night you see
That they'll be gone too
Too many things I have to do
But if all of these dreams might find their way
Into my day to day scene
I'd be under the impression
I was somewhere in between
With only two
Just me and you
Not so many things we got to do
Or places we got to be
We'll Sit beneath the mango tree now

It's always better when we're together
Mmmm, we're somewhere in between together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together

MMmmmm MMMmmmm Mmmmmm
I believe in memories
They look so, so pretty when I sleep
Hey now, and when I wake up,
You look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time,
And there is no, no song I could sing
And there is no, combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing
We're better together.

age.. completely irrelevant.   I cant even think of more profound way of saying that..its just something that has been so strongly proven to me in the last couple of weeks.  I cant guess ages anymore - i've met so many people that act and in contrast refuse to act their ages.  I've made connections with people twice my age and half my age..and for a while i found this rediculously strange. but i think that its something that was sort of carried on from school - we were always graded and segregated due to our ages, not our personalities or maturity or whatever else.. but when all thats gone it no longer matters and you start to associate with people purely on social connections not their details.

I was certain i was going to fall apart today.. point is i didnt. but it hurt - like rediculously painful.. im just sad. I'm like a kid who's lost their teddy (I love how kat has permanently scarred my life analogies). I will really miss the kid though. its pretty overwhelming really..having that many people cry because they will miss you, because they are greatful for what you've done for them. it really is the most awarding job in that regards.  they werent just students they are some of my closest friends.

today just broke my heart there is no other way to say it. I cant even explain it without sounding absurd. just something i cant put into words..

Its not a lack of caring. its not ignorance. im just tired. my tolerance when im tired doesnt allow for a whole bunch to be allocated to the other side of the world, especially when there is absolutely nothing i can do anyway. If i could stay in this life right here and now for the next year I would. I cant make it sit right with me..it just doesnt..and once again im too tired to try n do anything about it..well actually as i said there isnt anything i can do, except be bitter or dwell. who the fuck cares. I shouldnt care I have everything i need and want right here.  I really need sleep.. n perhaps there are some things i just dont wanna know, or accept.

This is a song for the ladies
But fellas listen closely
You don't always have to fuck her hard
In fact sometimes that's not right to do
Sometimes you've got to make some love
And fuckin give her some smoochies too
Sometimes ya got to squeeze
Sometimes you've got to say please
Sometime you've got to say hey
I'm gonna Fuck you softly
I'm gonna screw you gently
I'm gonna hump you sweetly
I'm gonna ball you discreetly
And then you say hey I bought you flowers
And then you say wait a minute sally
I think I got somethin in my teeth
Could you get it out for me
That's fuckin teamwork
Whats your favorite posish?
That's cool with me
Its not my favorite
But I'll do it for you
Whats your favorite dish?
Im not gonna cook it
But ill order it from Zanzibar
And then I'm gonna love you completely
And then I'll fuckin fuck you discreetly
And then I'll fucking bone you completely
But then I'm gonna fuck you hard
Hard

hahahaha oh my gawsh.. this song makes me laugh. this song is the boys serenade when we all get drunk. they sing others but this is their favourite. i love my lads. i love the drunk nightso n campus having jam sessions that progressively get louder and more politically incorrect. I love that when I wake up the the greek girls put eye makeup on me so i dont look hungover to my boss. this job has all of the great pleasures in my life in one.. meeting new people - parties - pubs - chilling out with a guitar - kids and sport. what the hell else could i want. i love it.

OLE OLE OLE! best nights celebrations. so happy spain won... mmmskiiiiz happy blogs

in the first dnm i had with jonny when i arrived at the school he said to me

"the best bit of advice I can give you is that, no matter what, do not let youself get attached to the kids... because honestly when they leave it will leave you shattered.."

in a way I already knew this.. i mean when i have my favourites at the pool i miss them when i dont get to teach them.. I thought it was just gna be like that.  but its worse.. its so much freaking worse.

I am with these kids 7 days a week, 18hours a day. and its not like im attached to all of them, but there are some (a select few) that I honestly couldnt separate from some of my closest friends. they are some of the funniest and nicest people iv ever met and even though theres the slight laguage barrier you dont notice it...they understand what im saying and i understand them.  A couple of the girls are just 13 and 14... you wouldnt know it to look at them.. but moreso you certainly wouldnt know it to talk to them.

I havent had this much fun ever i dont think... in spain and portugal there were times yes - but it usually took alcohol and a night out to get that buzz.  this job gives me that buzz from the moment i wake up till i go to sleep again. theres rarely a dull moment, from discos to soccer matches to makeup and facepainting, to dancing and singing really badly and ordering pizzas at 2am. its always fun.  99% of that buzz comes from the kids. If you make their life fun - they make yours a dream. And the ones im really close to have literally become the spring in my step. i dont want them to leave.. I have made the mistake of becoming rediculously attached to the kids. I dont regret it. They have taught me so many things. I just dont want them to leave. Perhaps il just break the rules..

i have tears in my eyes just writing this. what a joke. this really is the best gig in the world.

i am a bit of a miracle really.  I am getting NO SLEEP. i am working my ass off. I am being constantly made to kiss ass to kids and teachers I dont like. I am finding time for a quick drink with friends after work, and fitting in smoko breaks with the older spanish kids. Im doing risk assessments, running discos, planning kareoke evening, entertaining kids by making a fool of myself, eating fish to try and stay healthy, running around giving first aid talks and still finding a way to have a freaking awesome time.

The greek girls will be the death of me. The spanish boys arent far off it either. When im on night duty they know they can all sleep in the one room -___-;; when im getting dinner they know il let them in the teachers queue. They've got us all getting them cigarettes and turning a blind eye to drinking and when theyr skipping activities. hahaha manohman they're hard to keep up with though. its all good that we let them do this...we cant really get in trouble for it as long as we know what they're doing in case our bosses start to inquire.. but they're constantly in my office or round the staff dorms. These kids are death. i am too tired.

new friends.. a new family. a new environment and a new love. hahaha its all rosepettles and candy. I also have a big stack of books which iv been finding time to get a bit through including Victoria Beckhams autobiography hahaha. NICE. quite a nice easy read i must say.

Its crazy to think im not even half way through my trip yet. its starting to feel like forever. im not crazy homesick or anything, its just that irky feeling of distance where things progressively blur and all your left with are the really dominant memories, not so much the little things that you had before. Back to work. Back to friends...