Ali met de pet - Missing Tine

This is a link to a letter written to Tine Brutsaert,

a girl I didn't know but she disappeared january 2nd in Ghent, the city were I and many of my friends study. Many organised actions were set up to find her, you couldn't open facebook without seeing her friendly face pop up asking "Have you seen Tine?".

She was found a week later, probably she took her life away.

She wasn't the first, recently so many bright, talented, meant-to-live-happily ever after youngsters disappear like thin air and see an act of tragedy as their only way out. 


This seriously concerns me and I hope the same for you. Isn't this a sign that shouldn't be ignored, a sign that something is sickly wrong with our society or the way we act and think? How come no-one sees such a tragedy approaching? No-one is to blame for that but isn't it right that we don't dare to show or weaknesses anymore? We're so focussed on making our lives(look)perfect by seeking happiness. Happiness in doing the things we're passionate about. But it seems that quest is not so easy-peasy as back in my granny's days. Perfectly plausible, as just getting the regular life of marriage-job-children, isn't an achievement anymore. Our challenges definitely have enlarged or is it the pressure to achieve beyond regular? Or is it because we're all considered shiny happy people as long as the facebook walls project us that way?

Read this beautiful letter, it perfectly describes what many people can't express, me neither. 


Luis,
sincerely hoping things like this won't happen anymore.
sincerely hoping peeps with a little worry on their minds find the courage to talk laugh and live happily ever after.

Ali met de pet - Missing Tine

written by Alexander Cornet.

Insomnia.

Threeee more days and I'm a freebird. In the meantime i fill my days with staring at my purple wall, turning some pages of Géologie des aquifères, making some refreshing fruit salads, doing my laundry, solving some exercices for "Hydraulique" or "Génie des Procédés", trying not to think about all other erasmusninja's in holidaymodus and every now and then I stretch my legs for a walk in the garden. As you see, I'm more passive than a retired grizzly bear on Prozac and still I can't sleep at night. So annoying, it happens to me all the time in exammodus. I feel as zen as yogateacher during the day but then when I try to sleep I start stressing out. For example stressing out about: "will happen if I don't fall asleep and I will be to sleepy tomorrow to study" or "what if my box of oatmeal will be finished before the exam on tuesday and I don't have time to go for groceries..."  Ridiculous I know, but it's tough material for thought (especially the oatmeal-issue).


 So what to do in examperiods to find sleepiness back:




- physical activity (example: Jogging, very effective but very impossible in this blistering-lazymaking-Montpellier heat)
-watching series (I'm the kind of person who wants to watch 3 episodes in a row if I have access to the whole season, so I fall asleep eventually but somewhere between 2 and 3 am...)
-new since my stay in France: a glass of Muscat before sleepytime! was effective 2 weeks ago but now I think my body got used to it and since I decided to wait with becoming an alcoholist until my midlifecrisis, I refuse to double my Muscat-dosis per evening


So my solution for this insomnia night to come is...              blogging!
I allready apologize for the language errors caused by lack of sleep of previous days and this useless post, had to write some anger off. I maybe think sleep gives me a chance today so sweet dreams and I promise, more interesting news to come after this period of  boredom.


Ps. For all other little silly billies (in exam or holiday modus) who appreciate a new tune every now and then, these music blogs will keep your ears from bleeding:

http://disconaivete.com/

 http://www.gorillavsbear.net/