soufian86
06-12-2005, 16:57
Iedereen heeft weleens een mailtje gehad over de 'Smiley bende'.
Nou ik had op een dag besloten om er maar eens een verhaaltje van te maken in het ENGELS en dat gaat als volgt:
The Smiley Gang.
It started out like a normal morning. The only thing missing was the sunshine. This year the summer had passed too soon, I still miss the scent of the waves when I was surfing along them on the beach, especially meeting Loubna for the first time. Although I still loved her, it was somewhat hard now, keeping the flame alive. It is like a quote I once heard “Love at first sight, after that it’ll just bite”. It was somewhat funny when I first read that, but now looking back at it, I’m starting to realize, that that particular sentence means more than it says. Loubna was still in hype about me, but I was beginning to get bored with her around me all the time.
I had my usual breakfast; coffee, eggs and Kashir, just how I liked it, in the shape of a smiley face. It always brought a smile on mine. Nevertheless, the smiley I once loved I would forever see as a sign of evil. Loubna looked at me smiling. “Good morning sleepy head” she said. “Well a good morning to you sunshine” I said. Although I didn’t love her as much as she loved me, I still felt a spark between us. “So, tell me, what are your plans for this evening, or is my little sleepy head going to stay in tonight?” “Well, I think I might take you out tonight, but if you keep bitching about it, I might not.” “Well, I guess somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed!”
The next thing I know she started running up the stairs. I wanted to go up there, and try to comfort her, but it just wasn’t the right day for me. Maybe she was right; maybe I did have a little mood today. It was just that, the loss of my big brother, still had an effect on me, and every time I thought about it, the more it would hurt me, and I guess, she was the only one in front of me, so I took it out on her.
I grabbed my coffee, got dressed and wrote a letter, which contained my apology, guess I was too chicken to tell it to her face, so I wrote it down instead. The car to work was waiting outside, although I was still young, I got the job with ease. After finishing college, the first thing I did was apply for this job, I wrote that I had a lot of experience working with Microsoft Office®, since the job only meant working with Microsoft Word, I got one day to prove myself worthy of the job. It was easy, I just had to show them the basics, and it was enough to obtain the job. What they didn’t know is that nowadays everyone knows how to work with a computer.
I rushed off and took a last sip of my cup. Youssef was there waiting in the car, and the last thing he needed was to get late again for work today. I took one last stare upstairs, to see if Loubna was still mad at me, she was at the top of the stairs. “Going to work huh? Well don’t forget your lunchbox; work can get exhausting without my delicious chocolate chip cookies.” I smiled and left for work, I had to if I wanted to get to work on time, but if I knew that this day would be different from others I probably would have called in sick.
Youssef and I, we were friends since we were little, and I always could trust him. He was there for me, when I lost my brother, and there when I broke my leg one day. I was driving to work, when a car suddenly hit me from the back. It was a man, who was reading his newspaper, and forgot all about the traffic rules. I of course got a big stack of cash out of it, but that didn’t matter, what matters was the minute Youssef heard I got hit by the car, he rushed off to me in his car, and got me out of there as soon as possible. The doctors made sure I would make it, if it wasn’t for Youssef, I didn’t think I would've make it at all. That’s why we always ride together to work, that and my restriction from the doctor to ride for the next 6 months. I knew he always had my back, as well as I had his.
“What you thinking ‘bout?”, “Oh, just stuff”. He could always see if I was worrying about something, but this time I didn’t want him to know what I was thinking about. “That’s a fine looking lady you got there, I hope you don’t mess this one up.” “What do you care anyway? I never butt in to your problems.” “Temper temper, you should get that checked. But seriously what is bugging you?” “Please Youssef, not now okay? It’s just not the time for it.” Normal people would stop asking, but Youssef, he was too stubborn. So he pulled the car over, he stopped in the middle of the road. He knew that he would get the answer eventually, but waiting for things to happen wasn’t an option to him.
Therefore, I spilled the news, about Loubna, about everything and he just gazed at me and started the car again. After a couple of minutes, I asked him: “So, what shall I do man, you’re the only one who knows about this, can you help me”? Without hesitation, he responded: “You need to go out man. I know this place up in town, it isn’t like other party’s and you don’t get in without knowing the password. The police tried to investigate the place and guess what...” “What man?” “The police mysteriously stopped the investigation. Now normally I would consider this place bad news, but I think this is the perfect place for you, it’ll take your mind of the problems you’re having right now”. “Well Youssef, you know I trust you, tonight we’ll go there, but only if I you come up with a thing to say to Loubna, you told me that you didn’t want me to mess things up with her, well I promised her to take her out tonight, if I cancel she might get upset.” “Don’t worry about it, by the time work is over, I’ll have an excuse all planned for you, you just have to make sure that you come tonight, because these people don’t like it, if someone backs out at the last moment, either you say you come, or you don’t.” “I just hope you’re right about this, you know I trust you like a brother, now that I’ve lost him, I guess you take his place.” “That’s nice to hear pal, but you still have your sister, so you shouldn’t start replacing people all at once.” “Yeah, but me and my sister, we don’t connect as well as me and my brother did, and the only person who has the same kind of connection is you, and for that I look up to you.” “Stop it, now you’re just making me shy.”
We stopped in front of the office where we worked, it was cold outside, and so I really looked forward to going inside. “One moment pal, I’ve gotta make a quick phone call, be back in a sec.” I heard him talking about me; it probably was the arrangement for me to come to that party tonight, I couldn’t wait till work was over, it probably would be a normal day at work. “It’s arranged, now don’t disappoint me, there is no turning back now.” After saying those words I started to wonder, if this so called party, was more than just a party. It would be the party I would never forget, the party I would regret…
Nou ik had op een dag besloten om er maar eens een verhaaltje van te maken in het ENGELS en dat gaat als volgt:
The Smiley Gang.
It started out like a normal morning. The only thing missing was the sunshine. This year the summer had passed too soon, I still miss the scent of the waves when I was surfing along them on the beach, especially meeting Loubna for the first time. Although I still loved her, it was somewhat hard now, keeping the flame alive. It is like a quote I once heard “Love at first sight, after that it’ll just bite”. It was somewhat funny when I first read that, but now looking back at it, I’m starting to realize, that that particular sentence means more than it says. Loubna was still in hype about me, but I was beginning to get bored with her around me all the time.
I had my usual breakfast; coffee, eggs and Kashir, just how I liked it, in the shape of a smiley face. It always brought a smile on mine. Nevertheless, the smiley I once loved I would forever see as a sign of evil. Loubna looked at me smiling. “Good morning sleepy head” she said. “Well a good morning to you sunshine” I said. Although I didn’t love her as much as she loved me, I still felt a spark between us. “So, tell me, what are your plans for this evening, or is my little sleepy head going to stay in tonight?” “Well, I think I might take you out tonight, but if you keep bitching about it, I might not.” “Well, I guess somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed!”
The next thing I know she started running up the stairs. I wanted to go up there, and try to comfort her, but it just wasn’t the right day for me. Maybe she was right; maybe I did have a little mood today. It was just that, the loss of my big brother, still had an effect on me, and every time I thought about it, the more it would hurt me, and I guess, she was the only one in front of me, so I took it out on her.
I grabbed my coffee, got dressed and wrote a letter, which contained my apology, guess I was too chicken to tell it to her face, so I wrote it down instead. The car to work was waiting outside, although I was still young, I got the job with ease. After finishing college, the first thing I did was apply for this job, I wrote that I had a lot of experience working with Microsoft Office®, since the job only meant working with Microsoft Word, I got one day to prove myself worthy of the job. It was easy, I just had to show them the basics, and it was enough to obtain the job. What they didn’t know is that nowadays everyone knows how to work with a computer.
I rushed off and took a last sip of my cup. Youssef was there waiting in the car, and the last thing he needed was to get late again for work today. I took one last stare upstairs, to see if Loubna was still mad at me, she was at the top of the stairs. “Going to work huh? Well don’t forget your lunchbox; work can get exhausting without my delicious chocolate chip cookies.” I smiled and left for work, I had to if I wanted to get to work on time, but if I knew that this day would be different from others I probably would have called in sick.
Youssef and I, we were friends since we were little, and I always could trust him. He was there for me, when I lost my brother, and there when I broke my leg one day. I was driving to work, when a car suddenly hit me from the back. It was a man, who was reading his newspaper, and forgot all about the traffic rules. I of course got a big stack of cash out of it, but that didn’t matter, what matters was the minute Youssef heard I got hit by the car, he rushed off to me in his car, and got me out of there as soon as possible. The doctors made sure I would make it, if it wasn’t for Youssef, I didn’t think I would've make it at all. That’s why we always ride together to work, that and my restriction from the doctor to ride for the next 6 months. I knew he always had my back, as well as I had his.
“What you thinking ‘bout?”, “Oh, just stuff”. He could always see if I was worrying about something, but this time I didn’t want him to know what I was thinking about. “That’s a fine looking lady you got there, I hope you don’t mess this one up.” “What do you care anyway? I never butt in to your problems.” “Temper temper, you should get that checked. But seriously what is bugging you?” “Please Youssef, not now okay? It’s just not the time for it.” Normal people would stop asking, but Youssef, he was too stubborn. So he pulled the car over, he stopped in the middle of the road. He knew that he would get the answer eventually, but waiting for things to happen wasn’t an option to him.
Therefore, I spilled the news, about Loubna, about everything and he just gazed at me and started the car again. After a couple of minutes, I asked him: “So, what shall I do man, you’re the only one who knows about this, can you help me”? Without hesitation, he responded: “You need to go out man. I know this place up in town, it isn’t like other party’s and you don’t get in without knowing the password. The police tried to investigate the place and guess what...” “What man?” “The police mysteriously stopped the investigation. Now normally I would consider this place bad news, but I think this is the perfect place for you, it’ll take your mind of the problems you’re having right now”. “Well Youssef, you know I trust you, tonight we’ll go there, but only if I you come up with a thing to say to Loubna, you told me that you didn’t want me to mess things up with her, well I promised her to take her out tonight, if I cancel she might get upset.” “Don’t worry about it, by the time work is over, I’ll have an excuse all planned for you, you just have to make sure that you come tonight, because these people don’t like it, if someone backs out at the last moment, either you say you come, or you don’t.” “I just hope you’re right about this, you know I trust you like a brother, now that I’ve lost him, I guess you take his place.” “That’s nice to hear pal, but you still have your sister, so you shouldn’t start replacing people all at once.” “Yeah, but me and my sister, we don’t connect as well as me and my brother did, and the only person who has the same kind of connection is you, and for that I look up to you.” “Stop it, now you’re just making me shy.”
We stopped in front of the office where we worked, it was cold outside, and so I really looked forward to going inside. “One moment pal, I’ve gotta make a quick phone call, be back in a sec.” I heard him talking about me; it probably was the arrangement for me to come to that party tonight, I couldn’t wait till work was over, it probably would be a normal day at work. “It’s arranged, now don’t disappoint me, there is no turning back now.” After saying those words I started to wonder, if this so called party, was more than just a party. It would be the party I would never forget, the party I would regret…