Now that I decided that I’m going backpacking, I have to start getting ready. For my birthday I received 2 awesome gifts that I can use this trip. From my boyfriend Seb I got the Vaude Astra Light 60 backpack. This backpack got some good reviews and was small in size. Which is important to…
Yes, it’s official. I received my unpaid leave to go backpacking in Asia, starting from mid January 2014 until the end of May. The idea of backpacking came to me in May. I didn’t win the lottery of €30 million so I started thinking what I would do if I had that kind of money;…
Years ago my brother David gave me these awesome Oakley sunglasses with a yellow lens. I always loved these and wore them happily whenever there was a ray of sunlight. Lately my beloved specs got some criticism that they were out of fashion. Taking the obvious hint I went out looking for a new pair.…
Back home from a fun but hectic week. I had 2 trips planned; the first one was to Prague with my dad, aunt and cousin from the States. The second was to Lisbon with my friend Wendy with one day of work in between. Prague was great. The weather forecast predicted an overload of rain;…
Animecon 2013 is over. They left their familiar surroundings in Almelo to give room for growth in the World Forum in The Hague. It has been an interesting convention. This was the first time I didn’t cosplay on Saturday. I was going to do the cover girl of the art book One Voice by Shunya…
And I’m back from a week skiing in Austria. I guess this week has been like every other time that I went: – Feeling the water coming from my eyes and the wind through my hair while making some speed going down the slopes. Check! – Eating loads of great food and gain a few…
It’s been a while since I took out my camera from my bag. So when I heard that my work needed a nice picture of Amsterdam for in one of their meeting rooms, it was the perfect opportunity to start shooting. One thing I hate about the Netherlands is that it’s cloudy 80% of the…
This is actually a message to the Dutch readers. We in the Netherlands have on December 5th Sinterklaas which is similar to the Santa Claus on Christmas. Only because adults don’t receive presents people write each other poems on this day and give them a small present. Well, this only happens when you decide as…
This was the second time Seb and I went on vacation as just a couple. The first time was in 2008 to go skiing in Serfaus. Since Seb isn’t much of a traveler I was totally shocked that he agreed to go to Barcelona with me. So what did we do on our 4-day trip?…
Wow, what did I have a blast at Nishicon. I usually don’t go to small anime conventions but my friend Lou asked me a couple of months ago if we should go to FACTS in Gent (Belgium) this year. The last time I was at FACTS I got bored after about 1.5 hour, so I…
