Old friends

Some friendships will always remain the same, no matter how little contact between friends. The next hug will feel as good as the last one. 

Davy's post

Hello there,

If you're tired of your loved ones defying basic good behaviour, show them this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9zFZ1L26aw

It works!!! They will soon wisen up.

I loved it.

-Davy

It might be advertising but I still think it's awesome!

Both of them in fact...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9beQh1yH5uU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EpG7D59rqchttp:/H

Clarified on FB...

I think there is some confusion about this, this is NOT a private facebook within Facebook, the idea is that people that aren't in touch as often as they would like to be to be able to "share" a few moments. For example when I do actually email of phone friends I don't get to see or talk to very often we tend to talk pretty much only about major events and changes in each other's lives. But I really miss taking part in their everyday existence. After all, little details or moments that make us smile or cry or simply evoke any sort of reaction are often just what we value about our friends, these determine what we have in common, what we can learn from each other and what fascinates us about them. And being far away means we might miss out on these moments and perhaps we'll even grow apart. 

You don't need to set up a Gmail account, all it takes is to either share your moments in the comments section below my posting, or simply email me on my Gmail account and I will post your contribution.

Thank you.

Love! 

Sarina x

The second one...

So damn cool! This made me smile today, courtesy of Jenka.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTSOjbp0Hs0

So easy!

You can either participate by leaving comments or, even better, share your smiles, tears, thoughts, photos, videos, links by sending them here: 

sailortoday13@gmail.com 

I created that account for blog entries only, and can't wait to see you using it! x

The first one

I actually did write this last night, so this truly is the first stone of a gallery of moments.

Today I saw... 

A bright, huge rainbow - walked to the middle of the road, took photos, crossed over, stared at the rainbow, mesmerized. Dropped shopping, chased my apple downhill - comical movie moment! Smiled and skipped through the rain with an old swing tune in my ears.

The plan...

I spent all night thinking about it, I have several ideas of smile-or-cry-moment-exchanges and might realize some of them on different levels, but this one is the easiest to access for most people.

Now, I am very slack at writing emails but many of my friends live far away in different countries, so how can I communicate without losing the ease of little chats had over a cup of tea or a glass of wine (rum for some)? Emails always scare me. A white sheet of paper used to do the same. As much as I love letters, I wouldn't send one if I just want to share the little things in life, a blank page demands to be filled, it won't be posted half written. Short messages are easier. I do miss actual tangible correspondence, post cards, letters, little surprise parcels, but I also love sms and messages on social networking sites. They can be brief but still show 'I think of you and care enough to let you know.' They can make me smile as well. But at the same time I'd still like to be part of my dearest ones' everyday lives, and I'd like to think they feel the same. So this site's purpose is to virtually recreate those little chats over a cup of tea or a glass of wine or some rum... It's an exchange of smiles or tears, meaning or banter, pure joy of being in each other's life.

The idea...

I fear too many small things that usually make me smile go unnoticed, or even worse, I might be too preoccupied to smile. We get too strung out over things we can't change, misfortune happens. It might add six minutes if we miss a bus or train, yet we let it ruin our entire morning. A few years ago I promised myself to embrace even the smallest good moment for at least as long as I'd moan about the unfortunate one. It's raining, I don't have an umbrella but the bus gets to the stop the second I get there. Yay! Smile baby! This actually happened, smiling transformed my ride home. It was one of those no-effort-made days, no makeup, messy hair, old clothes but I didn't miss the bus! I smiled! And hey! People smiled at me, random people, friendliness overdose! Ha! Lesson learned but soon forgotten... Luckily I keep returning to this moment. I want to make others smile. My blog aims to help friends far apart to share seemingly meaningless moments so profoundly important to their relationships. I might be far away but I care about the small things more than ever. I most likely won't send an epic email anytime soon but I want us to share our daily lives. Nothing's too trivial.

Last night on my way home from work I got off the bus as it started pouring down, I did have an umbrella this time but it didn't do much, the rain was just too heavy. So I hid in the shop and then started walking home as the rain got lighter, my walk home is downhill and it was just to beautiful, I had this amazingly bright rainbow right in front of me at the bottom of the hill, I went to take a photo from the middle of the street, it doesn't do it much justice but it's still a good enough reminder every time I look at it on my phone. And then I had one of those comical moments, I crossed the street, still mesmerized by the rainbow's beauty and somehow dropped my shopping bag and an apple rolled down the hill, there I was running after my apple still trying to get a glimpse of the rainbow. I love moments like these. Nothing special but I walked down the sidewalk with a skip in my step, smiling and some old swing tune on shuffle providing the perfect soundtrack. Who cares about wet feet?