Commemorate The Perks of Glasgow

Cynthia
4 min readJan 14, 2020

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How I capture the vibes of Glasgow. Go ahead, enjoy this random post!

Too tired to start yet too excited to wander around. A night bus ride with way-too-hot heater and cramped ass for 8 hours because sleeping while sitting wasn’t comfortable. The heavy luggage that we dragged with a loud noise, bothering the tranquil and hazy morning in Edinburgh. The sun rises, every corner started to show off its persona. The blue flag with white cross waved on us.

The big sandwich we eat too early and the train we forgot to print the ticket. The scenery presented to our windows on the way. Stunning, gorgeous, breath-taking, mesmerizing, or whatever words you want to describe it. A rainbow shyly showed its color spectrums. We landed there safely. The city of Glasgow. The one people often underestimated.

The reckless subway ride towards our first uncommon destination. Too many good-looking guys we cannot ignore. Our inside jokes and stupid games we created to make every shit feels better since we were going to be together for the five days. Or more.

Blue sky and dazzling sunray with the wind blow in the way too strong. The good laughter and the well-captured photo. The strange things we witnessed in the museum, from the outer space stuff to the preserved embryo. The rusty old building, from the one look like Hogwarts or Westeros.

An aesthetic alley towards the forest we found when we wait to cross the street. Word cannot even describe it. The dark brown leaves on the ground, the leafless tree with its shivering twigs. Too many good photos to decide which one to be shown off but I ended up printed everything for the sake of tracing this moment.

The sushi we choose over the traditional food since true Asian must have rice no matter what or where. The graveyard we decided to skip since hunger was more devastating than not catching good sunset. Glad that you guys love your belly more as I do.

Strolling through the city center, the twin of Chvrches playing Walk Me Down made me delighted. Exhausted and drained yet elated and blessed. The night came too early, the cold stroked to our bones. Who is up to a £4.00 Photobox, too expensive yet we do it six times?! Irrational but this is the first photo of these fellas I hang on my wall now.

Ice peach tea, hot earl grey, hot chocolate, and caramel macchiato, please save us some sits and quarters until the time came, we did promise to make a good memory together once more. Laughter, jokes, old stories, games, what so ever to cherish this time. And we did. We did.

Another ride we must fulfill. No sleep since who wanted to sleep on this very good day. We are sorry to the brown backpack since the handsome guy across us is way too stunning. We did catch you back like we did capture good memories this day.

To be as thick as thieves with these fellas. I never thought that I appreciate this homo-sapiens species’ existence on this trip. I may sound exaggerated, but this trip means so much to me and I will be forever grateful to have you to spend my first winter break in this country. Go ahead, go mock me as you want since I showered you with these cheesy words. But yeah, you all do matter in this year. Or forever.

Never thought that Glasgow is going to be this special.

Maybe the weather?

Maybe the places?

Maybe the mates?

Or maybe everything.

Top left: Glasgow gives its first impression ; Top right: The aesthetic alley we accidently found ; Bottom left: How the sunray peeks through the old rusty building ; Bottom right: Doesn’t it feels like the movie ; Middle bottom: birds of a feather flock together

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Cynthia
Cynthia

Written by Cynthia

27 yo. Currently, working as data analyst. Also an amateur writer who writes random stuff, book reviewer, recreational runner and tennis player.

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