Dear readers
My last post was somewhat depressed but I'm over that now so you can all stop sending me flowers, cards and valium (thanks by the way). How did I get past my depression? Well, it's not really something I did, something happened: the sun started shining. The moment the sun broke through those depressing grey clouds, my head cleared as well. Suddenly everything looked much better: my room wasn't really depressing anymore (after I cleaned the windows), flowers started growing everywhere, people are less cranky and even the grass between the tiles looks greener. I decided it was time to put all my sweaters and jackets in a bag and put them somewhere out of sight and fill my closet with t-shirts and shorts. Unfortunately the temperature isn't really keeping up with all the sunshine so now I have a terrible cold. But even that doesn't spoil my mood! I feel like having icecreams and smoothies and going to the beach all day. Also I get the urge to clean things. So far I cleaned my windows, the bathroom, the fridge and the ashtray. My cat is also infected with spring-madness.The last few days she's been running around like crazy catching flies and other insects. She only sleeps 10 hours a day, usually she needs around 16 hours of sleep. And this morning when I opened the door to let her out, there was a huge male cat waiting for her on the doorstep so with all that catching flies she also managed to find herself a boyfriend, YOU GO GIRL!!!!
Monday, March 26, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
Grumpy old me
Dear readers
Today his a historical day. Today's the last day of my 26th year of life. Tomorrow my 27th year will start so I believe it's time to reflect on some of the highlights of the past year. Exactly one year ago I was working on my bachelorthesis and I was wondering if I would ever graduate my bachelorprogram. I did graduate so now I'm writing my masterthesis and I wonder if I ever graduate from university. So you see, nothing has changed really. I still live in Hilversum and I still hate it but I'm too lazy to go and look for another place to live. I still work at the supermarket and for the fourth year in a row I decided that this year will be my last year there. I still download application forms for really cool graduation programs at universities all over europe but I never fill them out. I'm still planning my trip to australia and indonesia but I know I'll probably never go.
The problem is that I keep postponing these things. I just think of them as something in the future, something I might do when I'm a grown-up, graduated, etc. Today the truth hit me: I am an adult, the future is now. In a few years I'll be way too old for these things so I have to do this now. The problem is that I don't really want to do all these things now. I want them to be dreams for the future. So today I decided to set some goals for myself. Next year I'll be graduated from university, I'll no longer be working in a supermarket, I'll no longer be living in Hillywood. And I sure as ... won't be postponing my dreams for the future. SO today I downloaded my 13th applicationform. This one's for the Humboldt University in Berlin. I actually filled it out and I sent it to the application office. So in one year I'll be in Berlin, studying my ass of. And if I'm not in Berlin I'll be in Prague, London, Vienna or anyplace else, BUT DEFINETELY NO LONGER HERE!!!
Today his a historical day. Today's the last day of my 26th year of life. Tomorrow my 27th year will start so I believe it's time to reflect on some of the highlights of the past year. Exactly one year ago I was working on my bachelorthesis and I was wondering if I would ever graduate my bachelorprogram. I did graduate so now I'm writing my masterthesis and I wonder if I ever graduate from university. So you see, nothing has changed really. I still live in Hilversum and I still hate it but I'm too lazy to go and look for another place to live. I still work at the supermarket and for the fourth year in a row I decided that this year will be my last year there. I still download application forms for really cool graduation programs at universities all over europe but I never fill them out. I'm still planning my trip to australia and indonesia but I know I'll probably never go.
The problem is that I keep postponing these things. I just think of them as something in the future, something I might do when I'm a grown-up, graduated, etc. Today the truth hit me: I am an adult, the future is now. In a few years I'll be way too old for these things so I have to do this now. The problem is that I don't really want to do all these things now. I want them to be dreams for the future. So today I decided to set some goals for myself. Next year I'll be graduated from university, I'll no longer be working in a supermarket, I'll no longer be living in Hillywood. And I sure as ... won't be postponing my dreams for the future. SO today I downloaded my 13th applicationform. This one's for the Humboldt University in Berlin. I actually filled it out and I sent it to the application office. So in one year I'll be in Berlin, studying my ass of. And if I'm not in Berlin I'll be in Prague, London, Vienna or anyplace else, BUT DEFINETELY NO LONGER HERE!!!
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Berlin, poor but sexy
Being so bored I forgot to tell you about my trip to Berlin this weekend!
Here's the complete account:
We, Fleur and myself, left Hilversum on fridaymorning. We took the train to Amersfoort and from there the IC 140 to Berlin. We had first-class tickets because we booked too late and the second class was full. After a 6 hour travel we arrived at Berlin hauptbahnhof somewhere around 6 pm. Thank god our former downstairs neighbour Richard was waiting for us there because the station alone was big enough to get lost in for days. I was told it's the biggest railway station in Europe and it definately looks more like a shopping mall than a railway station. We took the subway to Prenzlauerberg and checked in to our hostel. The hostel was called Alcatraz but from the outside it looked more like a crack house in a New York City getto. Inside, the ambiance was better although it took me some time to get used to the chaotic paintings on the walls, ceilings and stairs. We got up to our 4th floor room, no elevator of course, and dropped of our bags. We had dinner with Richard and Janine at their really cute apartment a few blocks from the hostel. Saturday morning we woke up early and decided to have some breakfast at the bakery a few metres from the hostel. Since our german is very bad and the bakery's owner did not speak any english, I was very surprised that we got exactly the breakfast we ordered. We took the subway to the center and bought a map of Berlin. Armed with the map, we set out on foot and walked miles and miles through the city. We saw the reichstag, brandenburger tor, the library, the university, the Dom, the bodemuseum and all kinds of neat buildings. We decided to take a boat trip on the Spree to see some more of Berlin. For the first 15 minutes of the trip Fleur and I were the onlyones aboard so we got a lot of attention from the captain. He noticed our dutch speech and therfore welcomed us aboard of the Prins Willem Alexander for a nice trip through the Amsterdam canals. After the boat trip we went to checkpoint Charlie. For tourists in Berlin, this seems to be the place to be. We fought ourselves through groups of Japanese and American tourists to find that checkpoint Charlie consists of a) a sign above the pavement (you're leaving american territory), b) a small peace of Berlin wall c) a small guarding stand in the middle of the road and d) a vast amount of souvenir shops ( I kind of liked the name of the fastfood restaurant 'snackpoint charlie'). After this deception, we went to our favourite original german coffeehouse: Starbucks. After that we went to the hostel and had a little nap. We ate at Richard and Janine's and then went to a party of some of their friends at the other side of the city. On sunday we checked out of the hostel, went to the flee market, some really, really cool shops and walked around Prenzlauerberg some more. Then we went to the station and got the train back home.
To conclude my story, here's some striking features of Berlin
Here's the complete account:
We, Fleur and myself, left Hilversum on fridaymorning. We took the train to Amersfoort and from there the IC 140 to Berlin. We had first-class tickets because we booked too late and the second class was full. After a 6 hour travel we arrived at Berlin hauptbahnhof somewhere around 6 pm. Thank god our former downstairs neighbour Richard was waiting for us there because the station alone was big enough to get lost in for days. I was told it's the biggest railway station in Europe and it definately looks more like a shopping mall than a railway station. We took the subway to Prenzlauerberg and checked in to our hostel. The hostel was called Alcatraz but from the outside it looked more like a crack house in a New York City getto. Inside, the ambiance was better although it took me some time to get used to the chaotic paintings on the walls, ceilings and stairs. We got up to our 4th floor room, no elevator of course, and dropped of our bags. We had dinner with Richard and Janine at their really cute apartment a few blocks from the hostel. Saturday morning we woke up early and decided to have some breakfast at the bakery a few metres from the hostel. Since our german is very bad and the bakery's owner did not speak any english, I was very surprised that we got exactly the breakfast we ordered. We took the subway to the center and bought a map of Berlin. Armed with the map, we set out on foot and walked miles and miles through the city. We saw the reichstag, brandenburger tor, the library, the university, the Dom, the bodemuseum and all kinds of neat buildings. We decided to take a boat trip on the Spree to see some more of Berlin. For the first 15 minutes of the trip Fleur and I were the onlyones aboard so we got a lot of attention from the captain. He noticed our dutch speech and therfore welcomed us aboard of the Prins Willem Alexander for a nice trip through the Amsterdam canals. After the boat trip we went to checkpoint Charlie. For tourists in Berlin, this seems to be the place to be. We fought ourselves through groups of Japanese and American tourists to find that checkpoint Charlie consists of a) a sign above the pavement (you're leaving american territory), b) a small peace of Berlin wall c) a small guarding stand in the middle of the road and d) a vast amount of souvenir shops ( I kind of liked the name of the fastfood restaurant 'snackpoint charlie'). After this deception, we went to our favourite original german coffeehouse: Starbucks. After that we went to the hostel and had a little nap. We ate at Richard and Janine's and then went to a party of some of their friends at the other side of the city. On sunday we checked out of the hostel, went to the flee market, some really, really cool shops and walked around Prenzlauerberg some more. Then we went to the station and got the train back home.
To conclude my story, here's some striking features of Berlin
- The most annoying people in Berlin are dutch
- All dutch tourists in Berlin think they're the only dutch people in Berlin
- You can drink anywhere: on the streets, on the subway etc. so you see lots of people walking around with bottles of beer
- There are lots of unemployed people hanging around in subway stations all day/night
- All of those people own huge German sheperd dogs
- You can have a good breakfast for 3 euro's.
- The beer's great
- Public transport is cheap and great
- Berlin: arm aber sehr, sehr sexy
As bored as a cat on a rainy day
Dear readers
You don't need to tell me anymore that it has been a while since my last post, I allready know. I've been really busy with stuff and I kind of forgot about my blog. Today, however I'm really, really bored. Not that I don't have work to do, there's always schoolwork, but I just don't feel like doing it. So I've been cruising the net all day trying to find something exciting to do. I've found nothing worth mentioning though. The weather is terrible so I don't feel like going outside. I even decided to have bread and peanutbutter for dinner tonight so I won't have to go to the supermarket. My cat is also bored. On days like this she won't go outside to play so she keeps complaining at me like I can make it stop raining. I've been observing my cat all day and I have to say that I admire her coping strategies. She's been really busy today. This morning she nagged about going out to pee by biting my toes. Later she wrecked my newspaper out of sheer frustration. Then she decided to cool of a bit upstairs by scratching the last bit of paint of the walls. Then she started eating the curtains and finally dozed of on my laptop (I'm still picking hairs out of the keypad). Now she's back to threatening birds at the window, a very healthy occupation for a cat. Maybe I should do some of that threatening business too, it should make me feel better.
You don't need to tell me anymore that it has been a while since my last post, I allready know. I've been really busy with stuff and I kind of forgot about my blog. Today, however I'm really, really bored. Not that I don't have work to do, there's always schoolwork, but I just don't feel like doing it. So I've been cruising the net all day trying to find something exciting to do. I've found nothing worth mentioning though. The weather is terrible so I don't feel like going outside. I even decided to have bread and peanutbutter for dinner tonight so I won't have to go to the supermarket. My cat is also bored. On days like this she won't go outside to play so she keeps complaining at me like I can make it stop raining. I've been observing my cat all day and I have to say that I admire her coping strategies. She's been really busy today. This morning she nagged about going out to pee by biting my toes. Later she wrecked my newspaper out of sheer frustration. Then she decided to cool of a bit upstairs by scratching the last bit of paint of the walls. Then she started eating the curtains and finally dozed of on my laptop (I'm still picking hairs out of the keypad). Now she's back to threatening birds at the window, a very healthy occupation for a cat. Maybe I should do some of that threatening business too, it should make me feel better.
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