Over the years I’ve had a lot of issues with seasonal depression. Not something I’ve ever suffered from in Canada, but it hit me quick and hard here in the Netherlands. I wasn’t expecting it but it happened, and it continued to happen for the past 10 years. Granted, for the first half of that [...]
There are a few cultural differences that become glaringly obvious when you move to a new country. For me, one of of them has been the issue of taking off shoes when you enter someone’s home. I would make a sweeping statement about how in Canada everyone takes off their shoes when they enter [...]
A while back I went out for dinner with a friend and we somehow got on the topic of milk. They couldn’t believe me when I told them that we get our milk in bags back in Canada.
They also couldn’t believe that we actually had a milk man who would come in the morning [...]
Our other expat friends gathered together at our house for dinner on Christmas Day
The hardest part about life as an expat is missing your family and friends, I don’t think there is an expat out there who can argue that… and in the age of Twitter, Facebook, and instant messengers, it’s [...]
Last night my friend Laila and I went to the Old Luxor Theater in Rotterdam to see the Peking Acrobats. We weren’t sure what to expect but it was a mixture of wonder, amazement, disappointment and absolute terror.
Not my photo, we weren’t allowed to take any so I had to resort to looking for [...]
Yet another hiatus from my blog. Sometimes I find it hard to find things to write about because I’ve pretty much already told everyone I know what I’ve been up to via Twitter and Facebook. It makes the blog seem a little pointless at times. It sucks in a way, I miss writing here regularly.
This [...]
Think again! If you want more Edward and Bella, I have the perfect story for you!
** SPOILER ALERT! ** – If you haven’t finished the original four books, stop reading here as the synopsis of this fan fiction story contains info you don’t want to see yet.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Seriously, stop reading now [...]
A while back my friend Heather was raving on about this new movie she got that she was head over heels in love with. She told me how she anxiously awaited the arrival of the DVD and how she’s watched it almost every night since it arrived. Umm, yeah. I am a total TV [...]
Bones is one of my favorite shows, and in the latest episode Dr. Brennan gets a bit of baby fever. Watching her try to be maternal and relate to babies is hilarious. Even more hilarious than than when she tries to relate to adult humans.
The whole baby fever thing is something I can totally understand, [...]
Saturday we went to Roosendaal for Noah’s first Birthday. It’s hard to believe he’s a year old already. I am shocked by it, so I can only imagine how much Penny and Yuri must be wishing they could stop time. Every time I see him he’s changed so much and is doing so many new [...]
I’ve always been really interested in photography but never knew anything about it. I’ve tried looking some info up online but there is something about my brain that causes it to switch off when I get too much information at once. I needed personal instruction and I never knew anyone here in NL who could [...]
On Friday I met up with my friend Penny for lunch and a bit of shopping. She had her son Noah with her and I couldn’t help but snap a few photos of him. He’s at that cool age where he’s really starting to get some personality, which made it a lot more fun.
He really [...]
My parents have been here now for a week and a half. I have three days left with them before we get up and put them on a plane… not something I am looking forward to. I am looking forward to getting back to our old routine, as I’m sure my parents are… but the [...]
Today DutchBitch has given me the I love your blog award! Pretty cool!
I’ll be honest. I’ve seen other people handing these awards out to each other and I’ve been a little jealous and unloved.
Not anymore, I’m one of the cool kids now, so to speak!
This is how it works, according to DutchBitch:
The “I Love [...]
You know that saying ‘Stick a fork in me, because I’m done’? Yeah, that was me yesterday afternoon.
We went to a BBQ at a friend’s place in Beneden Leeuwen, which is about an hours drive from here. It was a gathering of an expat group that I belong to online. The same one that we [...]
Today I went to visit my friend Penny in Roosendaal. She showed me around the city center of Roosendaal, including this really beautiful shopping area that serves as a walkway between one side of the city center and the other.
It’s been renovated recently and it just looks so nice! I have no idea how it [...]
This was me once, when I was 15 years old, in 9th grade.
My boyfriend’s name was Aaron Tuck, I have no idea where he is now but wherever it is I’m sure he’s causing lots of heartache to some poor woman who loves him desperately regardless.
I thought I was massively fat, even though I’d love [...]
Have any of you seen the movie Juno yet? If not, you really have to check out the trailer.
Yesterday my friend Penny came into town and we met up after work. I get off early on Fridays so I worked through my lunch so I could get off even earlier so we could hang [...]
One (more) thing I love about where I work is the view. On the 10th floor in the middle of the city, I can see quite a lot. So if I have a minute it’s nice to watch people out and about doing their thing. It’s also nice when the sun is going down and [...]
Tunnels of Blood (The Saga of Darren Shan)
by Darren Shan
