summer 2023, hyéresIn a true Lorraine fashion way, I am making my 2023 year-end post almost three weeks into January. I am still in Batangas, still in sort of a vacation mode. How do I sum it up? 2023 was a year of gains and losses, a year of good news and bad news. I want to let my vulnerability out, so here...

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 Sunset at Lake Como. 26 april 2023I've been pondering about the phrase Max's mom said "he lived a life far from superficial". Since then, it never left my mind. I started questioning myself, "Am I living a superficial life?", "Am I touching the world in a profound manner?", "Am I being touched by the  world in a profound manner?", "Is it me being...

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FourviereToday marks my one year since I moved to France. I remember the day I left the Philippines. I hurried going into the airport because I didn't want to cry. But yet, I cried. It always has been difficult to leave my family behind.Nevertheless, the past one year has been an incredible journey so far. The first few months were challenging, of course,...

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The more I pressure myself into writing a sensational year-end post, the more I arrive with nothing. Because that is what 2022 is/was — sensational.As I look back to 2022 in an apparent slow motion, my most significant takeaway is the importance of living for oneself. 2022 is a year of transformation and execution. It's a year of building a life I don't want...

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After three weeks of "back to school", we are on vacation again. Yay or nay? Franchement? Je pense que, a ce moment-la, c'est pas tellement necessaire. Mais oui, c'est les vacances de la Touissant. Une semaine pour rien à faire :)If there is one good thing that growing old has thought me, it is learning how to enjoy my time of being alone, my...

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We went back to Hyères after staying for only 3 days in Lyon. It was necessary for Max to stay with his parents. And those days were filled with sports and just chilling at home. The PACA region has really so much to offer. We visited another commune located 25 minutes from Hyères by car called Belgentier. We wandered around the small village. There's...

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Le train vient d'arriver sur la voie de Marseille. Pour la premiere fois, je rentre à Lyon depuis Hyères seule. Pour une fois, je n'ai pas peur d'être seul. Je sais que je peut y arriver. J'ai déjà fait certains voyages solitaires en Asie. Mais encore, c'est la premiere fois d'être seul en France. Je n'ai pas peur.En poussant ma valise sur le quai,...

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