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CHAPTER 5
Sonatine bureaucratique — Frank Glazer

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My life has always been the same for me.

Nothing fancy or special. It's my life and I know it's mundane. It differs from other people's lives but it gets tiring living the same life, same week and same day over and over again. It's boring.

I come from a family of immigrants. We moved from Spain where sunshine greets us with cheer and the architecture is immaculate. It's a place that holds a joyful childhood where my mother used to still look at me, my father was away and my siblings were young. I'm the youngest of five siblings.

I'm a nerd for languages, even the dead ones. I love learning new things and I'm always teaching myself. Despite the evident loneliness, I have learnt many things with the comfort of myself. I guess being alone is likeable. These are a few languages I know so far.

Hi my name is Elisa. English.

Salut je m'appelle Elisa. French.

Hola mi nombre es elisa. Spanish.

Hi insulis Elisa est nomen meum. Latin.

and, ciao mi chiamo Elisa. Italian.

I'm still learning Italian, that's what I learnt today. It's the only thing I know so far. But saying my original, Spanish name in different languages makes me feel like an other worldly creature.

I'm a dreamer too. A big one.

With all my time, I spend it dreaming. My dreams come in small and large packages, it depends on which aspect of life it goes with. My main dream in life, career wise, is to be a translator and make a change. I want to be known. But how can one be known from a trapped bedroom in an isolated home?

Would wanting another home also be considered a dream?

I should be thankful.

Lastly diary, another trait of mine is that I am far too nice to people who aren't nice to me. I never realise it and I never learn. Being nice is something I believe I do best, I don't know how to be it's opposite. I guess I expect the response to be one of similar kindness, but people never treat me the same way. My niceness isn't mutual.

My father is the main person who isn't nice to me.