I see hundreds of unfamiliar faces every day; In the streets, on the bus, on the subway and at college. Hundreds of unknown people cross my path every week. They don't notice me and I don't really see them either... But sometimes one of those strange faces catches my eye. Once it's done that, it keeps happening: suddenly that person is everywhere. I see them at lunch, in the hallways and in the library. I...
Once upon a time, there was a Dutch guy who didn't know what to do in his summer vacation. He decided to start vlogging. He made videos of himself while brushing his teeth, baking a pancake living his life and got a few subscribers that way. Then he broke his arm on camera and quickly became the biggest YouTuber in the Netherlands. This right here is why I don't understand the hype around vlogs. What's...
It was a trend, some four, five years ago: forecasting the 'horror winter'. Each winter the weathermen were certain it'd happen, yet this year it remained awfully quiet in the matter. Yet still I think the trend might make it's return today on the six o'clock news: yesterday it started freezing and the temperatures haven't climbed above the zero mark since. The result of the past day or two :) I'm going to be honest...
I miss London. I miss that big busy city with all my heart. Don't get me wrong, I love living in a small town in the Dutch polder. I love to wake up on a Saturday morning and hear absolutely nothing except for some chirping birds outside my window. Yet sometimes I find myself staring out of the window at the ducks in the pond behind my house and think: 'I miss London so much.' I...
Dear Puberty, I think we got off on the wrong foot a little over seven years ago. I knew you were coming for me, but was it absolutely necessary to introduce yourself in the shape of a gigantic pimple on my nose? People called me an ugly witch for weeks. I guess that didn't bother you at all. Otherwise you would have left me a year or two ago, wouldn't you? The thing is, dear...
We did it: we survived the first week of school of 2016! But maybe not the way we planned it... Let me tell you, when my Christmas vacation started I thought I was going to be well-rested and extremely motivated by the time January 4th would come around. Last Monday I was pretty well-rested. I'd even managed to find a spark of motivation. It wasn't a big spark, but still. I had some energy and...
Long ago, when I was still a newbie blogger and Teenage Blogger Central had only ten members, I read a post about a Happy Jar. I'd never heard of it Happy Jars before, but the idea of filling a jar with happy thoughts and memories had a certain appeal to me. At that moment I was not very happy with my place in life, a little like now, but in a way much worse. For...
New Year's Day: you love it, you hate it or you're still too hungover and tired to realize that the new year has started. Whichever way you feel about it: Happy New Year! May 2016 be filled with awesomeness! For me this day is full of a strange mix of sleepiness and epic motivation. The minute the clock strikes twelve on New Year's Eve, I want to get going and make the new year as...
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