My favourite 7-year-old

It's been a long time since i posted here, and lots of stuff happened. Lots of good stuff.
Stina & Ailsa visited me in late April/early May and it was just the best week.
Then there were 2 job applications and 4 job interviews for those, in the end i managed to get both jobs...but i had an absolute favourite so it wasn't a hard choice. Instead of working for the Swedish embassy, which i always thought would be a dream coming true, i chose the job of Study & Marketing Coordinator at Kilroy Education NL. I love the company, i love the job, i love the fact it combines everything i've done before with the fact that it's a Scandinavian company, just perfect for me. Something i can & should do.
And last but not least there's been some great festivals & concerts this summer, i suddenly found myself a fan of Live & Melee.

Last week it felt like i was on top of the world, well kinda...i was happy and good things were happening.
But now everything around me feels different. I feel sad & angry.
And this all because my favourite 7-year-old is sick, very sick. They can't say much yet, after today's operation it's at least a week of waiting before they can say more.
So it will be a week of waiting, hoping & praying for the best outcome possible.

My oh my...

This blog never gets a proper update anymore!

Have to say i often think about updating it, but then i think there's so much i want to update it with and then it just never happens. Bad, bad, bad i know!!!

Anyways, now i'll just update with some random piccies from the last few months and by writing down that i CAN'T wait 'til Tuesday!
What happens on Tuesday you wonder...? Well, Stina's arriving from Copenhagen that night!!! And on Saturday she's followed by Ailsa all the way from Milton Keys! :-P
Tuesday-night's gonna be a crazy night as it's the night before Queensday here, and that's BIG! And on Saturday we'll have a lil' party at my place with some peeps to celebrate both girls being here, it's gonna be awesome!!!

So here come the piccies...

First this was in January, went to see Robyn live in Amsterdam, both on stage & backstage! Was a great night, so happy she finally came to perform here and all my friends absolutely loved her show!











































Here's Binkie enjoying the new chair i bought last fall














I think this was girl's night some time in February, don't remember much of that night though...














With my, now former, colleague travelguides in the beautiful city Zwolle on a very cold Saturday in February



















Saskia & me went to Rotterdam in March, these were the highlights

photos, photos, photos!!!

got back from my trip to the north last monday, so here are my photos of my most relaxed 10 days of this autumn.

first this was saturday, taking a walk around one of copenhagen's lakes














saturday night, getting ready to party














having fun at mexi bar!












































































sunday afternoon, time for a long walk in the woods near klampenborg














this was just one of the first of the many deer we saw there

















































































monday afternoon, enjoying a piece of cake after a day of hardcore shopping






































tuesday night @ stina's














we'd been shopping in malmö that day, both of us bought this nice looking book














friday morning in the train, on the öresundbridge to sweden














halmstad! had only been there during the summer before, it was just lovely to spend a sunny winter day on my own there














tylösand, where i spent most of the afternoon and even spotted some wildlife



















































































































bye bye summertown, until next time














late friday afternoon i took the train further north, to göteborg where linda was waiting for me. we had a lovely dinner at her parents that night, including linda's brother, girlfriend and their newborn baby albin...i was in love!
saturday we did some shopping, linda had a haircut and then we got ready for the night














we had a party at linda's friend jonna's place, we had a lot of fun and there was lots of hugging with dog kerstin :D







































































later that night we went to gretas and continued partying there














sunday i spent most of the day in the train back south, with a major hangover.
was back at stina's around 18, we had a lovely dinner (once again), watched a rented movie and just had another relaxed night.



















monday morning i had to get up at 4:45 to get to the airport in time for my 7:00 flight...was back home with binkie around 10 later that morning, so now my last trip for this year had officially ended :'(

back at stina's

very soon at least!

leaving for copenhagen early tonight, will be back nov 5th...it's gonna be great it's gonna be great!

ikea & on the road

thanks to ikea i pimped my living room last week!
see the result:














was also sick with an annoying stomach-thingie for 2 days but let's not talk about that.
on saturday i was on my way to work, it was early and it was cold (-0C according to the temp-thing behind alkmaar station). the weather was beautiful though, so i decided to take some pix with my phone and try to continue doing that for the rest of the day... so bear with me.. :P

view from the train on my way to amsterdam














after work, while running some errands in the city; fairground on the dam














bike flat at central station














in the train again














in the car with cisca, on our way to gouda














cis & cutie bas














the rest of the kids 'watching' a dvd














minko & his new lego



















eugene & his spanish booze














cisca slightly excited for the upcoming rugby finale



















the guys, a bit less excited














hours & hours later, arriving with the last train at alkmaar, trying to find my bike



















it was a damn good day! oh and i even made a video of cisca singing along with south-africa's national anthem, might upload later on...hehe ;)