Sunday, May 14, 2006

Wait… what?

- Chéri, aucun train ne circule au delà de 17 heure le soir
- Oui, je te l’ai dit…

It seems that i will be stuck in Milan for a night..

Sunday cleaning…Cleaning up the traces…
Cleaning up my memory…
Things, smells, faces, feelings that stayed behind and will not leave…

Teta’s café au lait
My mom’s maroon velvet robe
Swimming with my dad
My first doll and my sister’s that I liked better
The smell of Jasmine as we walk in the afternoon
The word IDRAB and how happy it made us…
The smell of the beach on 3ein le mraysseh
The clicking noise of the dice while the men were playing
My dad’s old 3abdel wahhab records
A coffee cup upside down
Ka3ek we shay
Staying up most of the night telling each other scary stories
Salade nicoise at the Lycee Francais and madame Mazboudi
A car parked on the hill, wrapped in fog and the sound of his motorbike approaching..
A phone number that is no longer in use
My first cigarette that you handed to me
Fresh bread from osama on the corner
Ne na na na… and lunch at Nasr after the car wreck…
Ham and cheese salad from Varouj, scandals in the truck and beach towels on the front seat…
Sfee7a from baalbak and manousheh at 3anjar
Jet skiing in a sea full of jelly fish
Samak at Jbeil listening to Piaff with tante wafaa
Argeeleh under the 3areesheh….
A bouquet of flowers that was sent back…
A yellow rose and a pink rose on my seat in his car every morning…
My first valentine…
My first poem…
Listening to offspring with Tabbara full blast
Coloring eggs in roumieh and cutting your hair…
and AUB... well Hashem said it...

I’m so nostalgic today
A flashback triggered all this, yet, now I can’t remember what it was…
I know I’ll be there soon but I also know these things are gone forever…
Laila post another one of your pictures, will you?

21 comments:

Ghassan said...

I don't feel nostalgic. I try to put myself in this mood to connect with you guys. but I don't. I remember things, happy memories. but since a while ago, they turned into... just memories, and not nostalgia bits.
how can I explain it better: your post made me mostly... well, hungry!
Is this because I haven't been back in 3 years? I wonder.

Unknown said...

ouff, shou smeek!!

Laila K said...

haha, ghassan, i hope it stops raining in boston soon, your cynicism is getting worse, if that is even possible! :P

"I know I’ll be there soon but I also know these things are gone forever…"
so true and unfortunate

mirvat, tomorrow's post promise :)

Unknown said...

ok layoul :)

gus, i see how you're not homesick anymore. nostagia though is a constant state with me to things i grew up with, to my teta's face, to my mom's hug, to warm feelings and memories. i guess you don't have things from when you were growing up that you long for..

Hashem said...

Mirvat,
Go to Lebanon, my friend, and walk in all these places....
One for you, and one for us....all the nostalgics...(well, exclude Gus from the walk, only eat at Bliss a chicken breast in Philadelphia bread....!!)
Enjoy it, get sick of home, and come back....so, you can miss it again.
One last thing.....The cup of coffee at abu Naji....one for me ya Mirvat...please!

FZ said...

i love the flow of these details. memory is always emotional in one way or another...

Zee said...

You make me hungry and all smells so good ...

Unknown said...

hashem, i do when i go back. sadly though these things are gone. the old house in the jabal has different colors now and a new sabiyyeh lives there and drinks coffee with her mom and waits for her man to pass by and wave his signal to her behind her mom's back :)
coffee from abou naji we imm naji kamen la3youn abul hish.

fz, thank you and i think so too. i always live the most romantic and emotional moments in my memory!

zee, you too.. all my posts are making people hungry. i think my diet is affecting my writing :)

Zee said...

,,, as long as you don't consume outrageous amounts of Diet Pepsi, you'll be alright!

Unknown said...

how did you know???!!!!

Eve said...

for a moment there, I thought I'm stuck in another AUB people nostalgic reunion :)
nice post mirvat. oh and the word IDRAB had such a sweet charming ring to it!!

Mar said...

IDRAB, yes, it was music to my ears.

Unknown said...

thanks eve and i'm afraid it'll be another wave of aub images when i come back :)

mar, yeah i still get excited when i hear it now!

Anonymous said...

Looks nice! Awesome content. Good job guys.
»

Anonymous said...

Interesting site. Useful information. Bookmarked.
»

Anonymous said...

Your site is on top of my favourites - Great work I like it.
»

Anonymous said...

Greets to the webmaster of this wonderful site! Keep up the good work. Thanks.
»

Anonymous said...

Hi! Just want to say what a nice site. Bye, see you soon.
»

Anonymous said...

Very best site. Keep working. Will return in the near future.
»

Anonymous said...

What a great site, how do you build such a cool site, its excellent.
»

Anonymous said...

Your website has a useful information for beginners like me.
»