Souvenirs...

"Bring some souvenirs!"
"So did you buy some souvenirs to take home?"
"This is a better souvenir than that one!"

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Since my departure date has been decided, I have been facing such questions and demands and suggestions! And I can tell you that I am only lost regarding all of it! Though it's a great idea to bring home something that represents that particular place where you were staying, "which souvenir to buy" is one of the most difficult questions that you may have to answer. Because, how can one small statue of a famous palais where you went with your friends and had awesome time represent it? How can a keychain of a typical tree or animal of that country can translate the good-bad moments you had in that country? How can a fridge magnet of the typical delicacy of the region translate how delicious that dish was? How can a photo postcard depict the true beauty of a place? Or, even worse: there are certain things that are not "typical", so there's no miniature representation of it and you don't know what to replace it with! For example, how can my memories of walking down the streets of Gemayze or Jeitawi can be turned into "souvenirs"? I wish there was a poster

or something that compiled all the "service" (taxi) experiences that could be brought as "souvenir"! 

I don't know why, but yesterday while trying to find some such souvenirs to take home all these thoughts came to my mind! The shop was excellent, it had all the perfect things that represented Lebanon! But while checking out the different articles each time all the good-bad memories related to them came running to my mind and then I just felt that it was useless to buy these things! Buying souvenirs was a very painful task as it brought back all the memories of numerous dinners, outings, parties with my friends and broke my heart a little that now I won't get to do so anymore... Souvenirs proved the "Past can hurt" theory correct.

But nonetheless on a positive note, I think I'll be able to relive those fun moments and share my wonderful experiences with my family and friends through souvenirs and their limitations would no longer be a problem!