Somewhere Only We Know

It’s passion for something you love so much. It’s dedication to seeing it through to the end. It’s waiting for it a whole year and being truly sad when it ends. But then, it’s something that never ends. It’s getting so annoyed sometimes you just want to give up. Yet you never do. It’s having the best day and the worst day of your life all at once. It’s about making new friends and rediscovering old ones. It’s waking up after half an hours sleep. It’s being full of energy even though you’re exhausted. It’s what makes you cry when it’s over. It’s having coffee day and night. It’s running around until you forget you have to sit down. It’s going our for a cigarette at 4 a.m. It’s talking on the phone so much that you have to recharge it twice a day. It’s hearing someone thank you sincerely. It’s having a bottle of red wine when you should be working in Photoshop. It’s Diddy. It’s having endless meetings that seem to go nowhere. It’s the thrill of seeing everyone standing at the closing ceremony. It’s about wishing it doesn’t end. It’s about train stations. It’s having that one night off where you go wild. It’s writing DVD’s throughout the closing ceremony because there’s never enough time. It’s ‘somewhere only we know’. It’s something that gets better each year with your help. It’s hearing people say they can’t wait to come back. It’s hugging someone, wishing they didn’t have to leave. It’s drama and visual arts. It’s theatre for teenagers. It’s manifesting yourself. It’s this and much, much more. And it’s part of us…


Keane - Somewhere Only We Know



Barenaked Ladies - Four Seconds

Quelqu'un m'a dit

There's a thought that's been nagging me the whole day. Sometimes, we ask ourselves or other people questions we don't want to be answered. Or do we want to know? Say for example,"Do you still love me?". Sure, logic dictates that we should know the answer in order to figure out our next move. We want to know, we need to know. The insecurity drives us up the walls.

But if you think about it, do you really want to know? Whatever the question may be, there's always the possibility that the answer is not the one we want. You think that after the question has been asked and the answer given, you'll be able to deal with it. Because now you know. I beg to differ. It's not the wait we fear the most, the helpless state of not knowing. It's the answer. And the reason for this is quite simple. When you have such a question that eats away at you, chances are you already know the answer to it. It's been there all the time. You just chose to ignore it.

So instead of sleepless nights and endless conversations with yourself, just ask. Ask that question, whatever it may be. And with a little luck, you might get the answer you're looking for.

The song came to my mind while I was writing. It may not have much to do with what I wrote, but it felt right. Carla Bruni released her debut album in 2002 called "Quelqu'un m'a dit". It had success in Europe and sold 1.2 million copies in France.

The Fear You Won't Fall

"Everybody misses falling in love". A friend told me that this evening and I can't really get it out of my head. Sure, the way you feel when you're falling in love with someone is indescribable. It's like a daze, like the world is your oyster. But is it really that simple?

You meet someone, you start talking, go out for drinks, maybe see a film. And you start fancying that someone. And then it gets complicated. Why? I don't know and I've been asking myself for years. In a world where romance has pretty much disappeared, do we have time for all this? Do we have time to play the game of flirting? Life goes by whether we want to or not and it's not gonna stop just because we want it to. We spend our days running from place to place, with barely anytime for ourselves. Thus, we're inclined to skip that whole phase and replace it with a straight answer: Yes or No? We eliminate the risk of getting hurt because we never had the time to start caring for someone. And that I believe, is one of the saddest things in the world.

There's nothing like falling in love. No other thing can replace that feeling. So maybe, just maybe, we can risk falling in love. And maybe that someone will fall in love too...


The song that got me to thinking is "The Fear You Won't Fall" by Joshua Radin.

Les Miserables

Today was a day filled with music. A day filled with beautiful songs that made my heart skip a beat. I went to the Queen's Theatre London to see Les Miserables. It was... breathtaking. The story is a sad one and you can't help yourself from wishing it will end well, somehow. And the songs just touch your soul. One especially, almost made me cry. "On My Own" is sung by Eponine, who is deeply in love with Marius even if he does not know it. The best performance of this piece is by Frances Ruffelle from the original London cast. Another moving song is "I Dreamed A Dream". Patti Lupone of the original London cast sings it as part of her character Fantine.

It really is an amazing experience.

The musical produced by Cameron Mackintosh is based on the 1862 French novel by author Victor Hugo which is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. It follows the lives of several French characters over a twenty-year period in the early 19th century, starting in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion. The focus is on Jean Valjean, an ex-convict, and of his struggles. It brings to light a number of issues, such as the nature of law, politics, moral philosophy, justice and the nature of love.

Last but not least I'd like to thanks James for suggesting we go and see it. So, thank you!

On My Own




I Dreamed A Dream