tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49509072607800226892024-03-13T22:51:44.373-06:00An Edible Epic Yarnk'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-28240570915041570192018-07-31T22:33:00.001-06:002018-07-31T22:36:47.393-06:00Saturdays in Perth #1: Freo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In our time here, we've had 3 full Saturdays which we turned into mini day trips of sorts. For our first one, we went to Fremantle, which is a (city? suburb?) of Perth by the coast. This area is full of good places to eat, a nice indoor market (kind of like a farmer's market) and a prison that has been partially converted into a hostel.<br />
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We started the day eating something that is apparently very Australian -- smashed avocado. I'm not sure how you feel about avocado toast (love it, hate it, think it's overpriced, too hippie, etc.) but this was next level avocado toast.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top view of the avocado toast... but you probably can't even see the avocado (possibly a lighting issue...)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Had to include this for size comparison, but I'm not sure if it's clear how much avocado there was. It was delicious :)<br />
We also had earl grey rhubarb cake (also pictured here)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To the markets! I didn't take many pictures inside but it was really nice.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fremantle prison -- I think this is the only world heritage site in Western Australia. As of 1991, it's no longer in use as a prison, but most things were left pretty similar to how they were and only guided tours are allowed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My history knowledge is not very good (nor is my memory) but I believe the story goes something along the lines of... people didn't want to move from England to Australia, so they sent convicts to start early colonization. One of the first things they had to build was their own 'housing'... this prison. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They had to use buckets for their toilets and every morning they'd have to dump them out here (or some place similar). I'm pretty sure this continued up until the prison closed in 1991 o_o</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the prisoners were very artistic. Originally they weren't allowed to paint on the walls but this inmate was granted permission for therapeutic purposes. I think he taught some of the other prisoners, so there were a few cells that had such paintings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After going to the prison, we walked around the town and saw these random yellow lines on the streets and buildings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turns out they formed some ellipses!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winter is a bit rainy here but given that we've been getting highs of 19 deg C, I really can't complain.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Do you see the double rainbow?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One thing I've learned about Australians is that they like to abbreviate everything. Hence, Fremantle = Freo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gotta have some fish and chips by the ocean! (I forgot to take a picture when they were just served...)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was also a small museum that had a lot of history about Dutch ships coming to Western Australia. (I've decided that I think Australia is kind of a hybrid of the UK, Europe [specifically the Netherlands, but maybe it's because I only pick up on Dutch things] and North America.) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... okay, and Asia to some extent... Australia is basically like everything in one and its own thing, at the same time.<br />
We went back to the market later to eat more food. Mochi-filled bubble waffle with red bean, matcha and strawberries! (Unfortunately, the savoury kangaroo one was sold out... that was the one we were originally going for.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sushi roll snack -- you can get these almost everywhere in Perth. I guess when you think about it, it's an efficient way to eat sushi... you could even pack it for lunch.</td></tr>
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Well, I thought I had more pictures but I guess I didn't. Anyway, tune in next time and next next time for the other two weekends... one at the wildlife park, and the other at Rottnest Island (aka Rotto)!</div>
k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-64612277901453336502018-07-19T20:16:00.001-06:002018-07-19T20:16:16.071-06:00comparing campuses and being a tourist<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yesterday I went back to UWA (another one of the major universities here) and it was <b>not</b> raining, so I had a much better experience. I've definitely decided that I am not one of those people who love the rain. Maybe if I'm inside, curled up in a blanket and going to sleep, but that's about it.<br />
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My assessment on this second run is that UWA is a lot nicer than I originally thought, but definitely different from Curtin. I found Curtin more cozy and quirky, and UWA felt more historic and grand. Also, UWA has a pretty sweet location -- it's close to the city centre and right next door to Matilda Bay.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good morning, UWA.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They have gigantic, super climbable-looking trees.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not sure if this is adequately communicating the size of these trees but they felt pretty big.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also... yea... like I mentioned in my previous post, ping pong tables are like a public-space-staple. I have yet to see someone playing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from there student centre area. I would more or less equate this to Mac Hall at U of C, except there isn't really a food court.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walked down a short ways (basically just had to cross the street) and this could be your lunch view. Food is courtesy of a food truck (it wasn't that amazing, sadly. Opa fries are better and half the price.) But it's pretty cool that both campuses regularly have food trucks around.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what I mean by looking/feeling historic and grand...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The inside of the above-pictured building. I think this was some kind of theatre lobby but it was dark and closed and empty so I didn't venture any further in.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also from some views, the campus looked like a jungle.<br />Yea.</td></tr>
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So the nice day definitely improved my perspective of the school (or at least the campus from the outside). The people were really nice too.<br />
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After the day at UWA, I met up with J at the blue boat house. I think this once functioned as a proper boat house but has turned into something like a tourist icon (based on Google reviews). I would have tried to take a picture with it but there was a queue. Full of asians.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strategically framed photo to avoid the tourists.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Demonstrating the photogenic quality of the house (as in... everyone wants to take pictures here)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opted for a less "intimate" view of the house instead... not patient enough to wait in line.</td></tr>
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This was conveniently located maybe 5-10 minutes downhill from an entrance to King's Park, which is supposedly one of the world's largest inner city parks. It also has a botanic garden (which would probably be amazing in the spring, but was still pretty nice for winter) and some nice vantage points of the water and the city.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DNA tower -- the design is modeled after a castle in France (Chateau de Chambord), which I really thought I would've blogged before but I cannot find it. Anyway, been there too, pretty cool.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The picture might not be the best but we could see (roughly) where we live.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think this is the bridge that the train crosses over to get into the city (not a bad view for a regular commute)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This could be a pretty nice wedding venue!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">War memorial (and happened to be a clue box location for TAR season 9, I think)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elizabeth Quay during sunset, view from the park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perth's version of the Crescent Heights stairs </td></tr>
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We topped off the busy day with a visit to the Chinatown area for some food. Got the Australian game experience as an appetizer, plus some super spicy Thai food for the main course, and finished it with Asian/hippie-inspired gelato.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sampler skewers at Outback Jack's: kangaroo, buffalo, wild boar, crocodile and emu.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doo dee noodles (I think that's what it was called) at Bangkok Brothers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Super delicious, super spicy tom yum. I think I accompanied it with at least 5 glasses of water.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Had to cool down my mouth. Top scoop: black sesame & grilled banana; bottom scoop: lavender & honeycomb. Did I mention that Australians seem to love honeycomb flavoured stuff? It's great. I love it.</td></tr>
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Okay, that pretty much summarizes an eventful, tourist-ey day. Til next time...</div>
k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-6232176618841957992018-07-16T19:46:00.000-06:002018-07-16T19:46:19.625-06:00Uni life on semester break<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
One of my favourite tourist-ing pastimes is checking out university campuses. So naturally, that's what we decided to do here. (I also got in touch with one of the researchers here, to fulfill the "working" part of this working holiday... not that it's actually a working holiday, since neither of us are getting paid, but it is kind of a working holiday in that we're both doing some work and also holiday-ing).<br />
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First stop... Curtin University! I'm not sure if it was just because we were blessed with some amazing weather last week (it got really rainy on the weekend so being enamoured with Australian winter was short-lived), but I <b>loved</b> the campus. It was seriously so cool -- there was greenery everywhere (I can only imagine how nice it would be in the spring!) and funky little places to hang out, including a mini Japanese garden, two hammock hotels, napping pods in the library, hanging chairs in the main entrance, etc. Also, they keep their fields here so well... it made me feel sad that I didn't have people to play frisbee with. Speaking of frisbee, they even had a frisbee golf course on the campus.<br />
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Anyway, obviously words don't do this justice so I'll just post a bunch of pictures now.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging chairs near the main entrance to Curtin. (Named after a wartime prime minister, not poorly spelled window coverings.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure if Perthians just carry ping pong balls and paddles in their pockets everywhere, but so many public spaces (including the campus) have random ping pong tables all over the place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Main entrance area</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More of the main entrance cause it's so grand-looking. J told me that one of the researchers he's collaborating with told him that they have their convocations out here. And then they shoot fireworks. Yea.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not sure what they use this for but seriously! It's just out there in the middle of campus.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Need a break? Why not visit the hammock hotel (which, despite its name, looks like it's totally free... and is surprisingly clean for a public space).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Engineering building! (One of several, but this happened to be the best-looking one)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautifully maintained fields. The grass is like... 1 cm tall... but the field feels so soft. I want a frisbee ðŸ˜</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you're tired and you can't quite swing an outdoor hammock, you can visit the library instead. The so-called energy pods (I would just call them napping pods) are equipped with a privacy visor, built-in alarm system (wakes you by vibration and ambient music/light) and reclining capability.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Randomly wandered through an outdoor hallway and stumbled upon, y'know, just a little Japanese garden. No big deal.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They also have a collection of these little huts, each uniquely furnished.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh and they have an open edible garden. So you can go and pick yourself some thyme, if you'd like.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So much random fun stuff, just hanging out in between buildings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So we decided to hang out too...</td></tr>
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Anyway, the pictures just show a little sampling of how exciting the campus was (to me). It did have it's less-attractive parts (I had a meeting in the physics building, which was... well-worn, to put it nicely. But it's probably like math sci at U of C -- old and kinda sketchy but it grows on you.) but overall, so cool. Added bonus -- they're on a break between semesters right now, so the campus wasn't super crowded.<br />
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That was most of what I did last week. This week (yesterday, to be exact), I visited the University of Western Australia (UWA) but it was raining when I got there, so it did not seem nearly as exciting. Hopefully I'll have some pics on a nice day in the future.<br />
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Tune in next time for... adventures in Fremantle? Or something.</div>
k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-43604663279629984362018-07-11T07:05:00.000-06:002018-07-11T07:05:06.854-06:00blog revival in a land "down under"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We landed in Perth four days ago, after a relatively smooth journey (YYC --> YVR --> SYD --> PER, approximately 1 + 15 + 4.5 hours of air time). I think it's probably the longest trip I've taken, but it didn't feel terribly long, so that was nice.<br />
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Since I haven't blogged in about 4 years or so, I thought this would probably be as good an opportunity as any to (at least temporarily) revive this thing. But I make no promises, maybe this will be the only post for the whole trip. Hah. I felt that there are lots of things I want to share, but facebook/instagram for whatever reason don't feel like the right places to do them. Also, this has the benefit of being quickly scannable (unlike a video, unless you play it at 2x speed, but yea I've never had success with vlogs so that was also off the table). Okay, enough rambling. Let's recap what has happened since landing! (Oh, since I realized that this is technically still a public sort of thing, I'll just use letters for people. Unless I come up with amazing code names at some point. In which case, this will get extra confusing to read.)</div>
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We got picked up from the airport by sister E and her daughter, Z. I haven't seen them in 8 years (they left Calgary in 2010, I believe) so it was really nice to see them. We brought our stuff to their house, which is really beautiful, and after a quick tea we went to the city. Perth, from what I've gathered, is really made up of a bunch of smaller suburbs and cities... but this concept makes no sense to me because Calgary is just one giant city with communities in it. I still have no idea if these are really separate cities with their own local government, or if they just call themselves a city but they're actually still all part of Perth. Anyway, we went to the "downtown" area (known as the CBD [central business district], in Australian ... lol). We walked around a little bit and then bought our "SmartRider" cards to use for transit. Transit here is expensive. More on that later.</div>
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After that, we went for lunch! What would <b>you </b>have for lunch right after landing in Australia? Kangaroo steak? Vegemite?</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Nope, I'll have me some ramen !</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">and seared salmon sushi rolls!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">and wagyu beef and salmon sashimi!</td></tr>
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So if you know anything about my eating habits and preferences, you'll know I was a happy camper. </div>
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This took enough time that we had to head back home so that sister E and Z could cook for the evening's meeting. They eat dinner together every week for their YP meeting (which I think is sweet but also seems very tiring and potentially not sustainable for serving ones/parents...). On our way home, we stopped by Coles to buy some groceries. It's kinda funny because to us, Coles is a bookstore... but here it's definitely a grocery store. We walked around to get a bit more familiar with Aussie groceries, and picked up some interesting TimTam flavours that I'm pretty sure we don't have back home. </div>
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After going back home, taking a shower (an attempt to wake myself up, plus let's be real, I hadn't showered in a while) and cutting some fruit, we were off on our way to the meeting. It was quite nice; we had an enjoyable time "release-reading" (which many of us might think of when we hear "pray-reading" but it's a bit simpler) and singing some songs. We split into two groups after - high-schoolers (there is no junior high or middle school here, so high school starts around age 13) and uni/young working saints. I think all the students weren't around though, because July is a break between semesters. Oh, we also met a sister who knows my sister from when they were both in London (she was in the FTTL and my sister was short-terming). Anyway, the second part of the meeting was a bit of a blur... we prayed and read together, but while we were reading, I would sometimes blink and my eyes wouldn't open for a while. </div>
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Needless to say, it was nice to sleep that night. </div>
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But it was also good that we pushed ourselves to stay up during the day, because I think we adjusted to the time zone relatively quickly. The next morning, we went out for breakfast at a really cute cafe that was nearby (just randomly in the middle of suburbia). Perthians (I think Australians in general) also really like their coffee so I've been enjoying that too.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Should've taken more pictures but the food was too good...</td></tr>
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Once we finished breakfast, we went to the meeting which was a combined meeting of all 3 districts. I suspect not everyone was around because of the aforementioned semester break, and I believe there was also some kind of national university conference in Sydney as well. It was good to meet with the saints and enjoy the Lord's table together. </div>
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We went out for lunch after the meeting, this time to a Vietnamese restaurant (all of my favourite things, seriously...). Also, sister E spoiled us by feeding us all this good food. She told me that hopefully if my family (extended family) hears about it, maybe they will come and visit. (hint hint.) </div>
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Alright, this is getting long and my battery is dying so... tune in next time to hear about our airbnb, or Curtin University, or some other adventures here in Western Australia.</div>
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k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-48126263983635356752014-05-18T00:04:00.000-06:002014-05-18T00:04:08.476-06:00Burger cupcakes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Every time I try to start blogging again, I inevitably fail, so I will just post at random.<br />
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I helped make burger cupcakes with some young sisters the other day, to bring to our home meeting. We got the idea from Pinterest and found that lots of people had done it so it was pretty easy to get ideas for all the components.<br />
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Bun: vanilla cupcake<br />
Tomato: strawberry slice<br />
Lettuce: green icing<br />
Patty: brownie<br />
Fries: sugar cookies<br />
Ketchup: strawberries (blended), with a touch of lemon juice and icing sugar.<br />
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There were so many components, we ended up using mixes for almost everything except the icing. If you made them all from scratch, this could be at least a half-day project...<br />
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You can't really see it, but the box was also homemade! We folded origami boxes and coloured them with red sharpie stripes (for whatever reason, I had five red sharpies in my drawer).</div>
k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-37352302312739208782014-02-24T20:11:00.006-07:002014-02-24T20:11:57.823-07:00Being epic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In a generation of entrepreneurial college drop-outs and geniuses, I feel like it's getting harder and harder to be an average joe.<br />
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I want to learn stuff and do cool things (I've recently been looking at a lot of Internet of Things related companies, thanks to my 500 project), but I don't want work to run my life. Is it possible to have both? (and I don't fly for this "do what you love" business, because one day I think I'd want to be a mother, but still do awesome stuff like design IoT applications or create nice user-friendly GIS apps, and I wouldn't classify the two as one and the same).<br />
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Anyway, I guess I will find out one day. Or maybe I won't find out, which could be an answer to my question.<br />
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I probably shouldn't worry... God does all things well :)<br />
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(end of random musing.)<br />
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UNRELATEDLY...<br />
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Calgary is having a hot chocolate contest for the month of February and I have had some tasty hot chocolate :) I didn't take any pictures today but I got to try the Raspberry Delight from Leonidas and it was really good, probably my favourite so far. The intense dark hot chocolate from Lindt was also really good, which I was happy about -- I had high expectations from these two.</div>
k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131155910428323523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-46270007160834289422014-01-04T01:32:00.000-07:002014-01-04T01:32:05.490-07:00Restart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Happy 2014, if anyone is out there...<br />
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It's been a long time since I've blogged, but I realized (as I was looking back at my blog) that soon the description will not be true -- my last semester is dawning, and I will not be a college kid much longer.<br />
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In order to document this crazy journey of being a student (from elementary all the way until now, my fifth and final year of university), I'll try (note the word try...) to update the blog a little more frequently than once every five months.<br />
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We'll see what happens :)<br />
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To start off, a throwback of sorts... this is extremely embarrassing now that I look at it, but even as a kid I've always been interested in keeping track of my thoughts, I was just never very good at keeping up with keeping track of my thoughts. I somehow managed to dig up an old journal. You can have a snippet of former me, I was weird (in person) and much weirder (on paper). I wrote a lot of poems, which is weird, because I don't do that anymore.<br />
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I wrote it on paper so I will do my best to recreate it in the digital world, short of scanning it.<br />
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"<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mar 7/03</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dear Journal,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">AAAH! I'm having a <u>MAJOR</u> panic attack. Ahia got a certificate in the Kiwanis and if I don't... I'm... well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">DEAD!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">arghiez.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">to add to the other poem...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Always and ever trying to please</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Never have I ever been at ease,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Always so stressed, to do this and that</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If only to think about where I'm at.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Always frighted, fearing the soon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thinking and pondering at the rise of the moon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Always so constant in having troubles,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That come, go, and pop like bubbles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Always can't stand what everyone wants</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Under attack by stressing that haunts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Always having expectations to live up to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The coloured mood is always blue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There. I think I'll call it "Always" (Always(1), Always(2)) etc. I'm so freaked.. I'm gonna go now. CIAO!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">KaT</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">PS Sorry this entry was so short... here's a haiku:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A couple of words</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When put together can be</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Very sad: Good-bye</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well... bye,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">KaT."</span><br />
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I'm embarrassed to admit that that poem had a lot more crossing out and drawing in new words and stuff. (The first poem.) The reason I'm embarrassed is because I think I was legitimately so fueled to write this poem due to stress about a piano competition (Kiwanis -- well it's technically a music festival, but in my eyes, it was like a competition.) Reality check -- I'm not a pianist. So in the grand scheme of things, it wasn't a big deal. But hey, maybe I should appreciate my younger days, when that was the greatest of my worries.<br />
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Who'm I kidding... If I had Kiwanis nowadays, I'd probably be just as stressed.<br />
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In other news, that haiku was pretty snazzy.<br />
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Til next time (assuming there is a next time.)<br />
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k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-15464012361969351872013-08-06T10:13:00.000-06:002013-10-06T00:28:18.562-06:00Eind (for now...)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I haven't had the time/energy/motivation to post a wrap-up blog, so here goes...<br />
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First, my final mini-trip within the larger adventure was a beautiful vacation in Greece. Of course, the country is pretty well-photographed so the pictures are nothing new, but I can safely say that it is a beautiful place (especially the islands, I wasn't a huge fan of Athens.)<br />
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Windmills at night.... because I think it's pretty.</div>
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Santorini island is a destination of many cruises....</div>
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The world-famous sunset at Oia (which had people cheering once the sun dipped below the horizon...)</div>
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This is the best shot of the Parthenon that I could get.... they were doing a lot of restoration work, and it was swarmed with tourists.</div>
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Internship adventure in summary (i.e. cities that I visited in some way, shape or form)...<br />
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<b>the Netherlands</b><br />
Enschede (where I lived!), Vlaardingen, Leiden, Delft, Almelo, Hengelo, Groningen, Schiermonikoog, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Giethoorn, Zwolle, Maastricht, Eindhoven, Haarlem, Venlo, Baarlo<br />
<b>Belgium</b><br />
Antwerp, Brussels, Gent (or is it Ghent? I actually don't know the English spelling), Liege, Kortrijk<br />
<b>Germany</b><br />
Dusseldorf, Berlin, Munich, Hanover, Freiburg<br />
<b>Denmark</b><br />
Copenhagen<br />
<b>France</b><br />
Paris, Versailles, Strasbourg, Loire Valley, Mont St. Michel, Normandy beaches, Lille<br />
<b>Switzerland</b><br />
Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Basel, Interlaken<br />
<b>Austria</b><br />
Salzburg<br />
<b>Spain</b><br />
Madrid, Seville, Granada, Cordoba, Valencia, Barcelona<br />
<b>Morocco</b><br />
Marrakesh, a tiny bit of the Sahara desert<br />
<b>Greece</b><br />
Athens, Mykonos, Santorini<br />
<b>United Kingdom</b><br />
London<br />
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Not sure if I missed any places, but anyway, it's a lot more travelling than I usually do when I'm in Calgary.</div>
k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-2296229541704690032013-05-13T13:32:00.002-06:002013-05-13T13:32:50.045-06:00København! aka Copenhagen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A "brief" glimpse at the long weekend of adventure-ness (my first time to Scandinavia!)<br />
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The train from Germany to Denmark goes on a ferry!</div>
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For real! And you get out of the train and can take pictures and eat food and stuff.</div>
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A drink with some alcohol content that I actually enjoy (admittedly, it pretty much tastes like Martinelli's, but it feels cool to be drinking Swedish apple cider =P).</div>
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Did you know Lego is Danish? </div>
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I didn't ...</div>
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The "free town" within Copenhagen. Interesting, but gave me a weird vibe when walking around, though I can't quite describe that it was.</div>
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Live version of Nyhavn.</div>
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Close to the hostel... not sure if this was art (it had the name of a cafe on it) or an accident-turned-billboard...</div>
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The way iced tea should be. (I'm addicted to "housemade" iced teas in this continent, restaurants that do their own iced tea are awesome....)</div>
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The famous little mermaid. I think this explains why I had "Part of Your World" stuck in my head this morning....</div>
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My wannabe-artistic-but-failed photo of Tivoli Gardens, the second-oldest amusement park in the world.</div>
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Slightly better picture of the Gardens, later at night.</div>
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This was at the train station and (sorry for the epic window glare problem) but U of C'ers, does this remind you of something?!</div>
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OR it will be another wait and maybe some pictures. We shall see...</div>
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k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-44927532722032114872013-05-07T14:45:00.001-06:002013-05-07T14:45:46.766-06:00A spike in viewership!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For whatever reason, there was a big increase in pageviews today, so I felt inspired to write another post :).<br />
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Recently, my brother and another brother came to visit! It was pretty exciting. We totally touristed the clogs off of these tall Dutch folk. In just four (+ two) days, we managed a bunch of stereotypical Dutch things:<br />
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We visited Keukenhof (huge flower gardens, surrounded by even bigger tulip fields..)</div>
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Kinderdijk, a UNESCO world heritage site featuring old windmills that do not seem to spin anymore....</div>
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Amsterdam, during the last Queen's day (or is it Kroningsdag?) of... this generation. We didn't get to see the King and Queen live (like in-person) but we did see them on big screens and we witnessed a legit coronation, not just one that you see in a movie.</div>
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<li>pannekoeken (hooray, Dutch pancakes!)</li>
<li>FRESH stroopwafel (I do not know if I can go back to the storebought ones, especially if it's from Superstore....)</li>
<li>uncannily beautiful weather (something I would classify as NOT typical Dutch....)</li>
<li>fried Dutch fast food (including fries with awesome sauces, kroketten and bitterballen)</li>
<li>other random Dutch-type fast food (doners are the burgers of Europe... and I got to introduce my brother to a <i>kapsalon</i>, haha.)</li>
<li>the charming city and parts of the campus in Delft</li>
<li>Indonesian food</li>
<li>a little bit of hot pot with the saints in Delft :) delicious</li>
<li>(falling down the stairs, but that was just me. And in fairness, the stairs in this country are called "traps" for a reason)</li>
<li>Konninginenacht (Queen's night) in The Hague -- we only stayed for an hour though, but it was enough time to see most of the carnival going on</li>
<li>the city centre of Arnhem</li>
<li>dinner with my former flatmates, including playing 30 seconds (a Dutch game, where you try to describe items on a card and your team has to guess), Taboo, and teaching them how to play telephone pictionary... which is always ridiculously awesome when you play with people whose first language isn't English (the Dutch are amazing at English, but occasionally the difference between a 'quad' and 'squat' gets them xD)</li>
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So, as you can imagine, I'm pretty exhausted. This, coupled with work, and insane allergies that make it hard to breathe.... I think I will go to bed now.</div>
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Welterusten!</div>
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k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-40569752179000608062013-04-06T00:56:00.001-06:002013-04-06T00:56:39.322-06:00Happy day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li>Woke up to find that my bicycle was NOT stolen, but someone stole the strap off the back (I use it to strap on groceries/things I buy). Kind of sad... but then I realized that I am thankful to the Lord that nothing more was stolen (and that I should not be so attached to material things, haha)</li>
<li>Booked a hair appointment and my telephone conversation was completely in Dutch :) Except when I said "space" (asking if there was space)</li>
<li>Went to visit a sister who moved here from South Africa and was very sweet and open. This is a long complicated story (of how her aunt got in touch with another sister who used to live in Delft but now lives in Antwerpen who tried to get her to email me and another sister, but only that other sister got the email, but then we sent back information from both of us, and then the one who is here emailed just me, but then we both went... I purposely made that make no sense), but one of the Lord's sovereign hand in all situations. Just as all our situations are.</li>
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Yes, I am lazy with blogging, I apologize. I think it's costing me readers, haha. Next time there will be some pictures or something...</div>
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k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-63160338820280599142013-03-24T10:47:00.003-06:002013-03-24T10:47:30.248-06:00Windy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's been super windy the last few days here... I can see the trees moving outside my window, and when you bike, it feels like you're not moving (even though the ground is completely flat.)<br />
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Went to visit CERN in Geneva!</div>
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And went to the Geneva auto show! I thought these were really cute...</div>
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It was massive. But there were no semi trucks :( so I was disappointed.</div>
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Jeep for Cindy (except I'm sitting in it and everything is so shiny...)</div>
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The lake was SUPER BEAUTIFUL.... and it was a really nice day.</div>
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And then a totally different weekend (aka yesterday...)</div>
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Bible distribution at Utrecht Central station :) </div>
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k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-51339370886335322912013-03-02T09:01:00.000-07:002013-03-02T09:01:08.798-07:00Brand (aka fire)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I feel like I wrote about this before, but I couldn't find it immediately, so maybe it was hidden in one of my other posts as a post script or something.<br />
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Anyway, if you try to search "Enschede" on Google, one of the first things that will come up is the fireworks disaster, which happened in 2001. I actually used to bike through the area where it occurred; all the buildings are new so the community is quite nice-looking but some people don't like it. Well, tangents aside, one of the main things is that this is probably the thing that Enschede is most "well-known" for.<br />
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Fastforward 11 or 12 years, and now I am here in this little city. In brief...<br />
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My parents came to visit in September. One morning while biking to work, I noticed it was harder to breathe than usual, and it came to my realization that there was a building on fire a short distance away.<br />
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We also ate together at an all-you-can-eat buffet, the last dinner that we had in Enschede (if I remember correctly).<br />
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In January of this year, I was biking to my new apartment and I passed by the restaurant where we had eaten... except it looked kind of like this:<br />
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It turns out that it had basically burned down during the Christmas/New Year's holiday week (I had been away). You can barely see their little lion statue is still almost perfectly intact.</div>
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Then, maybe a week later, around 5 or 6 of the stores adjacent to the restaurant also got burned down. I realized that they were cleaning up too quickly, so the picture I took (yesterday) looks like this:</div>
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(the building remains that you can still see are actually from the restaurant. The big pink containers are holding the pieces from the shops, which used to be standing in that area behind the fence.. if that makes any sense).<br />
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And, I think one or two weeks ago, my roommate told me that <i>another</i> shopping strip got burned down also, though it's somewhere in the south so I've never seen it.<br />
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This city has a kind of suspicious track record with fire-related incidences.</div>
k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-23956079216151931542013-02-23T12:42:00.000-07:002013-02-23T12:42:17.481-07:00Bijbel distributie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Today I am in Eindhoven! (Another city in The Netherlands)<br />
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We went out today to hand out New Testaments and it was really cold out... the wind knocked the banner over multiple times. But, in just 1.5 hours (or less...), we handed out 55 bibles, with 45 people who were interested in hearing more about bible studies or seminars in the area.<br />
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I was quite impressed :) both with the heart of the saints (there are only 2 families who are really here in the city, so the other few carloads came from other cities) and the openness of the people. Though I experienced quite a few rejections, it was very sweet when you got to spend a little bit of time talking to someone who really wanted a bible.<br />
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It's too bad that our toes were freezing and most people were in a rush to go wherever they were going.<br />
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Prijs de Heer!</div>
k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-70234685428695591152013-02-17T13:39:00.003-07:002013-02-17T13:39:59.715-07:00Change<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Do you ever get that feeling that everything you know is changing and you can't keep up?<br />
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I wonder if I would feel like that more or less if Facebook didn't exist...<br />
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That saying probably applies here -- the only thing that doesn't change... is that things change.<br />
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In other news, a quiet week to come.<br />
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And<a href="http://foodgawker.com/"> foodgawker</a> is one of my new favourite websites. It makes me miss home. I want to bake but I don't want to buy flour. Haha. (Amongst other things, like cinnamon and nutmeg and oats and... the list goes on.)</div>
k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-25970950955973689442013-02-11T15:31:00.000-07:002013-02-11T15:31:25.532-07:00The hills are alive....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
with the sound of trains being delayed....<br />
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Haha. No, they aren't really.<br />
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But Salzburg, birthplace of Mozart and location of The Sound of Music was... full of snow. Perhaps it would've had a musical ambiance, had it been able to penetrate the freezing air.<br />
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I have nothing witty to narrate, largely due to tiredness, so here are some pictures!<br />
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It was cold!</div>
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Teehee, horse with gore tex jacket.</div>
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The view of the Old Town in Salzburg, from atop of their fortress-castle-thing</div>
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This is apparently the Mirabell gardens, where "Do Re Mi" was filmed. I think. It was hard to tell what things were, due to the snow... and all the plants being dead.</div>
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Austrian schnitzel!</div>
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Did you know that Red Bull is an Austrian company? I didn't. In Salzburg, they have a little Red Bull museum in Hangar 7, which is close to the airport...ish. It's about 20 minutes away from the airport if you walk, or if you take a bus from the train station, you get off a couple stops before the airport. Anyway, they have this nice showcase of Red Bull planes and cars and stuff. And nice restaurants where you can eat while viewing their lovely displays. And clean bathrooms.</div>
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k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12131155910428323523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-30146599617053590972013-02-05T13:46:00.001-07:002013-02-05T13:46:30.168-07:00The Law of Revival<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I was thinking about what I wanted to write, but I couldn't properly formulate it into words, so I will just leave you with a verse and a quote:<br />
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"Most gladly therefore I will rather boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ might tabernacle over me" (1 Cor. 12:9)<br />
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"We should not continually look at our weaknesses, for they are manifested so that through them we would see Christ. ... When we gaze upon Christ, who is newly revealed to us in a particular characteristic, we will be enlivened within and revived." (W. Lee, <i>The Law of Revival</i>)<br />
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I'm definitely feeling a need for revival these days.</div>
k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-413454671998200082013-01-30T12:52:00.001-07:002013-01-30T12:52:25.366-07:00Home away from home<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Unfortunately for all you nice readers out there, today's post will be a healthy dose of text, and it might not be the most interesting. It's going to be one of those daily-life-adventure kind of things. Except there won't be cool adventures where I do dumb things like put my laundry into the dryer... it's all pretty average.<br />
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Well, normally stories have a beginning, so I will start with the first day I met one of my flatmates.<br />
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Okay actually I will back up. Did I ever blog about the process of getting this room in the first place? *goes to check* I didn't! Well, let me tell you...<br />
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Once upon a grey day in Holland (it might have been sunny, but 6 out of 7 times it's grey, so I will guess that this was one of those majority-like days), I was searching for a place to live. Lo and behold, I found an advertisement on the student union website of the university here (this is where I found my first place, by the way -- it's like a gold mine for finding accommodation, at least for me.) I sent a quick email asking about how long the room would be available and got a response saying that it was available until the end of April. The response also invited me to come meet the current people living at the flat.<br />
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Actually, prior to coming here, I knew that I would only be at my first apartment until the end of December, and that living with other people might be a possibility and I wanted to be able to meet them first, so I'm glad that I was invited to meet them. But it was a little bit intimidating... I'm not good with first impressions and first encounters. (Or second or third or... well... let's say I'm not good with people, in general. Not that I don't like people, just that I'm not very extroverted.)<br />
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The fated appointment was at 20:30 on a nice Thursday evening. I wandered around the city centre and did some pseudo-shopping before going to the apartment, which was close to the city centre. Actually, I think this was the day I fell off my bike, cause I remember I had to detour back to my apartment first, but that's another story for never time because people seem to get paranoid when I do silly things like that. But don't worry, nobody got hurt. Except for my boots. And my jeans, a little bit.<br />
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I knew where the apartment complex was because I pass by it every time I go to and from the train station from my old apartment. Shopping alone gets boring pretty quick, especially when you're not buying anything, so I ended up being early. This gave me an opportunity to wander around the front of the complex, which was not interesting. It was also kind of sketchy because there is a coffee shop across the street, and here in the lowlands, coffee shops don't sell coffee.<br />
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Well maybe they do, I don't know. I've never been into one.<br />
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Anyway, what happened next was a combination of ridiculousness and stupidity on my part. I wish I could re-tell it properly, but I honestly don't remember everything that happened. I just knew that I wasn't sure how to get to the apartment (on the 3rd floor), so I walked to an adjacent building, thinking that it might be a sort of "reception" area (not a real reception, but the area of the apartment where you can access the stairs and elevators). Once I walked in, I realized that it was definitely not the right place. There were some older, kind of... dirtier... for lack of a better word... looking men, who looked like they might be homeless. One of them said something to me, but it was in Dutch and I really couldn't understand. I wanted to try and ask how to get to the apartment building, but all of my Dutch left me at that moment, and thankfully a guy working there came to talk to me. I am pretty sure he said something along the lines of "you must be in the wrong place". He told me that I could get to the apartment by using the stairs, which were just outside and to the right. I thanked him. He also told me where I was, which (if I remember and understood correctly) some kind of institution where they help people with addictions. It wasn't as sketchy as it sounds, and I had a good laugh... with myself... later.<br />
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Since the door to the stairway was locked, I figured that I should probably ring their doorbell, so I did just that and they buzzed me in. I made it up to the third floor, walked in and joined them in their living room, where we had an "interview" of sorts. They asked me about myself, I asked them a bit about who they are (but it's harder when there's 3 of them and 1 of you) and then they showed me the room. The whole meeting took about 40 minutes, I think. Then they told me that they were meeting with two others who were interested in the room later that night, and I think they had already met with one earlier as well. I asked when I would hear back, and they said probably the next day. So I went off on my merry way.<br />
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I got an email later that day (like, past 11pm) asking if I would like to stay in the room. It was pretty exciting. I felt like I had gotten picked for something really important. Which is kind of true, having a place to live is very important... but yes. The whole ordeal was like a job application process, only for housing. I hope I never have to do it again.<br />
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Oh wait, I do. Because I still need 2 more months. Well, we'll see what happens.<br />
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In related news, I am very happy with the place I am at now. I remember asking the Lord about my housing situation and for Him to give me a place where He wanted me to be (this was after my 'interview'), and then I got the email of 'acceptance' later that night.<br />
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My flatmates are very friendly, generally studious, more social than I am, and cook interesting food. One of the perks of living with other people is that we take turns cooking, so I get to try both eating and making new recipes. So far, I have embraced some of my classics from home (adobo, cucumber and corn, scalloped potatoes, baked salmon, fried rice) as well as trying some new things (spinach tomato pasta, avocado pasta) and making random snacks along the way (frozen bananas with dark chocolate.... best ice cream substitute ever).<br />
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I have a tendency to ramble once I get going, so let's end this here.<br />
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Oh, random post script - there was SUN on my way home from work. HAPPY DAYS! I love it when the days get longer.</div>
k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-15118854227770670562013-01-22T14:08:00.002-07:002013-01-22T14:08:39.066-07:00Blitz... the Dutch way.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There's this game that I used to play at home called Dutch Blitz. It's one of those "speed"-type card games where you try to get rid of your cards as fast as you can.<br />
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This beautiful picture that I stole from <a href="http://greenbrokelivinginkits.blogspot.nl/2010/08/dutch-blitz-cheap-entertainment.html">this fine website</a> thanks to Google...</div>
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Well, the other day, my flatmate asked me if I wanted to play a game with her. With all of the free time I have (no sarcasm here, no school = quite a bit of freedom, aside from work hours) I happily agreed.</div>
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So we decided to play Ligretto.</div>
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As she described it to me briefly, I told her that it sounded like another game I had played before. And sure enough, after I read the instructions, I played a few games of the original Dutch Blitz which is actually a German game called Ligretto. To pile on the awesomeness, I was playing with a Dutch girl who got it as a present from our German flatmate. </div>
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And the word Blitz is originally German anyway.</div>
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( There was also a confusing but interesting variation that we tried... Maybe it will be confusing enough to stop all those crazy Belizeans who are too good at the game... XD )</div>
k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-65716234175323722972013-01-19T02:03:00.001-07:002013-01-19T02:03:12.619-07:00Quatre! Or cuatro...?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I can't spell in different languages, forgive me. It was supposed to be French, then Spanish... and I refuse to look it up. Haha.<br />
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The final installment :)<br />
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Spent less than a day in Valencia (arrived around noon and left around midnight on a night bus) and just visited the Ciudad l'Arts .. and.. sciences... haha I forgot the Spanish again, but it's basically the City of Arts and Sciences and I absolutely loved the architecture. I think I like modern stuff more than old stuff, personally.</div>
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Looks like a whale!</div>
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So there are three main components to the Ciudad... one of them is Europe's (supposed) largest aquarium. I wasn't actually SUPER impressed with the aquarium itself, although it was still nice... but my favourite part was the dolphin show :).</div>
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Power ranger headquarters! I think this was actually the planetarium. Didn't have time to go in...</div>
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Too busy frolicking here, in the Science museum :)</div>
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View of the grounds at night</div>
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Then after the short stop in Valencia.... it was off to Barcelona!</div>
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Nice architecture... but is this Gaudi's? ... I actually can't remember...</div>
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But I know this one definitely is! And look at that line-up.... Didn't go inside =P haha. </div>
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More Gaudi!</div>
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The famous Gaudi Sagrada Familia which is never finished. This side looks better than the other side.</div>
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Why hello there, beach in December...</div>
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And Olympic stadium...</div>
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I feel like Michael Jordan's footprint was not as big as I thought it would be. I wonder if it was for real...</div>
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View of Barcelona... looking down at a fountain (it's hiding behind those four pillars).</div>
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Previously mentioned fountain but from the other side. It lights up at night!</div>
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Fake Arc de Triomphe in Barcelona...</div>
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I think this was in Seville (or Sevilla... I'm not sure which is the English name and which is the Spanish name). I know Spain is all about the Gaudi architecture in Barcelona (you'll get that coming in part quatre) but there was some pretty cool modern architecture all over the place.</div>
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This is the Alcazar in Seville. I believe it is a UNESCO site, and it has very interesting architecture.</div>
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Also in the Alcazar. I think this is called the Mercury Pool?</div>
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Plaza de Espana in Seville... beautiful day, beautiful plaza.</div>
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There was a mini Atomium in Seville!! </div>
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I saw the real deal in <a href="http://yomnomnom.blogspot.nl/2012/08/food-alert-weekend-in-belgium.html">Brussels in August</a>.</div>
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This one is for Erika -- in Granada, I went on a segway tour. And yes, I enjoyed it. Segways are pretty sick :)</div>
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One of my favourite places on the whole journey was this viewpoint in Granada. Beautiful day, mountains in the background, a UNESCO world heritage site on the hill (the Alhambra), forests and what looked like a castle on the left...</div>
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Too bad it was over run with tourists...</div>
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Black paella.</div>
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I must admit, I'm not a huge seafood fan. This was good for the first half... and then I stopped eating.</div>
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Thank you to those who are still reading this =)<br />
One more post will come later for the rest of Spain (Valencia and Barcelona).</div>
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In Espana!<br />
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Yay Spanish tapas!</div>
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Spanish ham from a market!</div>
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The symbol of Madrid -- they even have it on their survey monuments.</div>
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FREE tapas (which was remarkably scarce, considering I had heard that there is free tapas everywhere.. then again, I don't go for JUST drinks.... almost ever. And if I do, it's usually (read, basically never) for alcoholic ones.)</div>
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A Spanish-style castle that I did not enter because I have seen too many castles.</div>
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This is for my sister. I saw Pocoyo in a store window! </div>
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Cute stack of pigs :)</div>
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In Cordoba at sunrise :)</div>
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Famous mosque in Cordoba that I was not overly impressed with. But entrance before 9:30 was free, so hurray!</div>
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There was froyo EVERYWHERE in Spain so I couldn't resist.</div>
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Tune in next time for part... drie.<br />
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Post script:<br />
This may sound a little bit selfish, but one of my main motivations to post was the comment left by my grandmother (thanks Ama!!) so... if you keep up with this, then leave me a comment! Otherwise... it feels like there's no point in posting. Even just once in a while is nice =P doesn't have to be every post.<br />
(end selfish note).<br />
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ttfn =)</div>
k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-61993104233845199272013-01-15T15:14:00.005-07:002013-01-15T15:14:44.978-07:00Adventures! - Part 1: Morocco<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hi everyone :) I apologize for the extreme delay in updating, it is mostly due to laziness.<br />
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And now, some long-awaited pictures! I will just caption (at the bottom) as needed :)<br />
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This was my first-ever Ryanair flight, I believe. Mostly been easyJet-ting around, with some Eurolines-ing in between.</div>
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Legit couscous in MOROCCO!</div>
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The market in Marrakesh was insane. Insanely busy, bright, noisy.... and cheap!</div>
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Tagine!</div>
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This is... something famous. It's a UNESCO site, and lots of movies and such have been filmed here (e.g. Prince of Persia, Indiana Jones, part of Game of Thrones, etc....)</div>
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According to Google, I think it's a "Ksar". But during the tour, I think the dude called it a Kasbah...</div>
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Tour guide taught me how to tie a scarf for the desert!</div>
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Obligatory camel ride picture. (I didn't get a good shot of the shadows though, sadly).</div>
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Nothing like riding a camel in the desert during sunset right?</div>
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Camel!</div>
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Tune in next time for... Spain!</div>
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And yes, I will try to make next time not a month later. =P Sorry.</div>
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k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-40604724385660830332012-12-02T11:36:00.002-07:002012-12-02T11:36:34.641-07:00WoningJust a quick update -- I found a place for January - April :)<br />
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It's a room in an apartment, with a couple other students, which will be an adventure -- I've always lived at home and I'm now living by myself, so it will be something new!<br />
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I'll post pictures and stuff when I am there in a month (my, time flies...)k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950907260780022689.post-56438011221715458032012-11-28T14:50:00.001-07:002012-11-28T14:50:38.690-07:00Memory lane...Hi, sorry, I'm still here. Just lazy.<br />
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Well, it's because I like to have pictures in my posts but then I sometimes forget to get my pictures from my camera.<br />
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Before I continue with the relevant bit about the subject, let me show you some terrible pictures I took from this past weekend! There was a Christmas market in Strasbourg (or is, since it goes on until the end of the year) and I really don't care for Christmas since I don't celebrate it and I could rant about it and be Scrooge-like (I'm not, I just don't really like a lot of the things behind Christmas) but I do love the lights that go up during this time of year. Worst sentence ever.<br />
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Moving on, hooray for pretty lights! They're all around the city centres in Holland too. Happy!<br />
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Look at all this shininess. I know it's probably reading 'vanity' in between the lights too, but I must confess that I do like lights when it's dark.<br />
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On an unrelated note, I have been perusing old emails and conversations. It's kind of bizarre how much of our lives (or mine, anyway) has been digitally recorded in some way. Both good and bad -- it's nice to reread these things and remember stuff that I had forgotten (which is a <i>lot</i> because my memory is horrible!) but with everything becoming virtual, this is yet another reminder among many.. there's something about face-to-face contact that can't be replaced.</div>
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An update on my housing situation... going to talk to someone tomorrow who is trying to sublet their place for 4 months. That means I'll have to move again, but at least I would have a roof over my head.<br />
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Okie... tot volgende keer! (Til next time!)<br />
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Oh that reminds me, my Dutch class finished too. I miss it! :(k'deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04777072951587262790noreply@blogger.com0