Words mean things...

... just not necessarily the same things.

Languages confuse things. alot. I dont understand people here in Germany, and it frustrates me, i understand a bit, and i understand alot more now than i did when i first came out here, but its hard sometimes when someone talks to you and you havent a clue what theyve just said.
Its a scary world when you speak a different language to everyone and everything around you.

We take words for granted so much, and its not until you go somewhere that uses different words that you realise how much of a comfort it is to be able to communicate to people with words. just to hear people talking in your language, a language that takes no thinking to understand, is such a comfort to hear!

Sometimes its nice to be able to let the sounds of the words flow over you without knowing their meanings. its like watching a film in a foreign language, when you get tired of reading the subtitles you can just sit and watch the images and let the words flow over you like a river of sound.

I look forward to being back in a world where i understand what people say though, its been a nice break and a helpful experiance i think [i hope] my german has improved!

Words mean things... just not the same things...

Blow winds and come you rainclouds... gather over my head...

Storms swept across England last week, as signs of Global warming start to take effect! and do we take notice? ... i think not!

I love thunder storms, and these thunder storms were truly amazing! We sat in the kitchen for a good hour with the lights off, and a cup of tea, watching the sheets of lightening fill the room with blinding light and then return to darkness.

They were honestly the biggest flashes of lightening and claps of thunder ive seen and heard in years! and i could have sat there for hours! had i been alone, i may have been slightly less enthusiastic to sit in a dark room watching the lightening, but thankfully i wasnt, and ironically it was somewhat peaceful.

Had i been dressed appropriately and come prepared with a spare set of clothes id have happily gone out in the rain that was just awesome! The raindrops were as big as jellybabies! Promise! As it was i wasnt and hadnt, and made a quick dash from the car and managed to get only partially soaked, unlike two certain clever people who thought theyd walk home and be manly and not accept the lift from the cinema!

Weather is amazing, and it scares me sometimes. Its one thing that we humans can do nothing about. When it gets to a certain extremity there is almost nothing we can do to protect ourselves from it, and it can be lethal. the Tsunami, earthquakes, tornadoes, we cant hide from extreme weather, wellington boots and umbrellas wont protect us from weather forever, and thats quite unnerving.