Source When I can't dress up for Halloween because I'm 'too old', I need a hug. When I miss my PB (that means personal best in this case and not peanut butter) on the track by a hundredth of a second, I need a hug. When I fail my driving test, I need a hug. When I think about my own mortality, I need a hug. When I feel ugly, I need a hug. And...
Another week has gone by already? Suddenly time seems to be flying. After last week's total breakdown, I tried to get myself together. I picked up the list I made in my first week and did as much if the listed things as possible. Now I've got only two more days to go. I'm going to make it all the way to the end of my Low Battery Challenge. My midterms are coming up and...
'So, you're Dutch?' 'Yup, 100% Dutch.' 'Awesome. Nice country. You must have seen it all, right? I mean, it's so small. Been to the Anne Frank House?' 'Ummm... no.' 'The Keukenhof?' 'No.' 'The mills at Kinderdijk?' 'No, I'm sorry.' 'The Euromast then?' 'Nope...' 'Oh. Well then, how about...' 'I'm sorry, but I'm afraid not.' Ever found yourself in a conversation like that? It seems to be a global phenomenon: we travel the entire world, see...
Jenna from Sparkly Kid has awarded me! For the first time in my blogging career, I received the One Lovely Blog Award. Thank you Jenna for this amazing award! The Rules Of This Award: 1. Thank the person who nominated you and include a link to their blog.2. List the rules and display the award.3. Add 7 facts about yourself.4. Nominate 15 other bloggers.5. Follow the blogger who nominated you. Seven facts about me: Once...
I'm going crazy. I swear I'm going crazy. I already felt the craziness creeping up on me last week, I started to feel the lack of technology getting thebetter of my 21st century brain cells, I already felt my hands tingling at the mere mention of my laptop. Now I feel like I've completely lost my mind. I'm not sure if I'm going to make it, but I have to try. There's one week left...
Some mornings... Actually most mornings... I wake up (*gasp* what a surprise!), put some almost decent and clean clothes on (college is hell for your wardrobe), scurry down the stairs, force myself to eat some breakfast and then, before I almost fall asleep again, I turn on my laptop. Every normal college student who doesn't blog checks their mail and Facebook first. Not me. I head straight to Blogger dashboard to stare at that same...
I'm almost halfway my Low Battery Challenge. Last week I felt a bit lost. Technology is all around us and leaving the computer for what it is, is harder than it seems. Every time I look at my phone to see what time it is, I can hear it whisper: 'Turn on the wifi, browse the web!' But I have to stay strong, I have to resist the urge! Because the Low Battery Challenge is...
Some time ago, okay maybe quite a long time ago, I was tagged by MorningTime4 from The Ups and Downs of My Not-So-Average Life for the Twenty Things You Might Not Know About Me Blog Tag. I owe how a great big THANK YOU, not only for tagging me, but also for the amazing job she did on redesigning my blog! Da Rules: 1. Copy and paste the questions below, answer them in a blog...
Life is a weird roller coaster full of craziness, I think we all agree to that. The silliest little things can change everything and our friends can make our lives revolve around the most ridiculous things. I, for one, am still called 'the drowning otter' because of a little accident I had over two years ago. I'm also greeted with a simple 'HODOR' and my oldest friends know me as the half-American. After that, I...
Last Wednesday I started my Low Battery Challenge with a fully charged phone, to see if I could make it to the weekend for starters. At the end of Day 1 my phone was at 86% I thought I'd done pretty well in that department. As for the other electronics in the house... Day 1 immediately started with a financial calamity about declaration forms for Ik ben Geweldig. Because of this, I had to check...
A little while ago Emily from Lynde Avenue contacted me and told about her Black and White Photo and Writing Contest. The rules were nice and easy: Submit an original black and white photograph. Submit a short piece of work telling what story the photograph is telling you. Please keep both pieces of work clean and appropriate. You can publish your entry on your blog and leave a link on the original post or email...
'Be kinder than necessary, to all you meet.' My uncle Mike wrote that in every e-mail he sent us. I never fully realized what those words meant, until I found myself in a situation were there was barely any kindness at all. That place was called high school. As soon as I left the place, I started wondering what it would've been like if we'd been kinder ot eachother. I wrote my Make it Happen...
What's life like when you're in college? Until a month ago, I had no idea. I wasn't looking forward to finding out either. I had to force myself to get on the bus the very first day. And when I arrived in Rotterdam, I panicked: college life was not going to be the way I'd imagined. On my very first day I was squashed into a church with about 500 other college freshmen. It would...
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