A song that reminds you of someone

When I hear YMCA from the Village People, it makes me think about my cousin. Each time we party together, we need this song! He makes fun of me because I can’t remember how to put my arms for the C. Each time it is the same thing: he has to teach me how to dance YMCA again. So, YMCA is our song and our dance. When we hear it, we just run to each other in order to dance to it, at least try to. This song became a synonym of joy and laughter for both of us.

We were at a family wedding. It was quite boring because we have a big family, and we didn’t know everyone. When the music started, we left the table for the dance floor, which was much more amazing! We danced, we didn’t care about people around us, and we just had fun! YMCA began and we started dancing. When the C arrived, I was confused because I didn’t know how to put my arms. My cousin started laughing at me and warned me a few times before every C.

Most of the time, I have fun with him. I remember a dinner with our two families in my aunt and uncle’s house. For dessert, we had waffles. Everyone took one and added what they wanted on it. I added Chantilly (whipped cream) on mine. My uncle was next to me and told me “This Chantilly smells strange, doesn’t it?” I didn’t think twice before acting and smelled the Chantilly on my waffle. My uncle pushed my waffle on my face and I had a lot of Chantilly all over my nose and my mouth. Everybody laughed, including me. So, now, each time we see each other, waffles are THE dessert.

When my cousin and his family vacationed at my house, waffles were one of our desserts. Another game was between my cousin and me. The last Harry Potter book had been out for only one day and we had it at home, but just one book. A competition began between my cousin and me about the reading of the Harry Potter book. It was always about the one who is the furthest in the book and who can grab the book first.

When I am listening to YMCA, I also think about last July. He lent me his Paris apartment in order for me to pick up my visa. He has a really small apartment, only one room using as kitchen, dining room, living room and bedroom. He didn’t have a lot of decorations in his apartment, but there was one thing that really touched me. Once, we went to the movie theater when all the cousins were staying at my grandparents’ house. For fun, I signed his movie theater ticket with a stupid sentence. Imagine my surprise when I saw it in his apartment! The biggest presents aren’t the ones that count the most.

Written on January, the 31st

Video : YMCA by the Village People

Two baby elephants

The grass was dancing in the wind, and the smells blended together. The smell of the grass was mixed with the smell of the fruit which was in the orchard. Oranges, apples, peers, all these sweet smells were mixing, almost like a perfume.

In this dancing grass, there were two baby elephants dancing. Their steps seem to carry them. In spite of their weight, they were running as if they were flying. Their grey figures were playing on the top of the hill. They trumped to express their joy. One of them saw a pond of mud. He decided to jump in.

The little elephant became brown instead of his beautiful grey. He began to play in the mud, rolling in the mud. The other elephant, looking at his friend, jumped in the pond of mud too. The elephants splashed each other with mud with their trunk. If an elephant could laugh, it will be possible to hear this two babies laughing again and again. Their laughers could be heard from the other hills around.

One of the baby elephants became petrified when he saw his mom coming. The two baby elephants tried to hide in the mud, in a corner of the pond. They were covered by mud whereas their moms cleaned them couple hours ago.

It was then that the mother elephant jumped in the pond of mud where the two babies were. The baby elephants looked at each other, surprised about what just happen. Their eyes became big because of their surprise. The mother elephant has seen them and trumped to the babies to play with her. They played together and when they get out, everyone took a shower but they didn’t stop playing even in the water.

Written on January 2011, the 24th

Picture Credits : Disney's Winnie the Pooh