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Happy birthday my friend! by fieke28

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:43:47 PDT

This time I actually had a very good reason for blogging. Not that sharing your highlights and ranting a bit here and there can't be important. Tomorrow (today already over there in Australia) it's Stacey's (SassyMax) 23th birthday. So for that reason I wanted to post this blog to wish her a:

SUPER HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDY!!!

I hope you will have an awesome day with lots of fun and laughter, presents and more important: cake! So do you have any special plans buddy? Will Nats still be there tomorrow to celebrate your birthday together? You definitely deserve the best day possible, because you're such a great friend. Always there with a kind word, serious here and there, but funny most of the time. The way I like it! I'm very thankful for being your friend and I hope there will be many years to come! So I would say: let's keep those presents coming! Maybe you'll even get the ultimate present: a suprise visit from Jensen. Who knows right? Onto the next year!

So here are some yummy cakes and other delicious treats for all of you to share:

Chocolate: the most important ingredient!

If this won't be enough, I don't know what will!

And not to forget, some presents:

You'll never know what's inside!

Enjoy your day buddy!

Lief vir jou!

Oh and one other thing, I heard a lot about the black-out day tomorrow. I wasn't sure if I was going to participate or not, because on the one hand I think it's a good idea and something like this can never hurt. Then again, on the other hand I did want to post this blog and I didn't know if it would have any effect. But a friend of mine reminded me that since Australia is 8 hours ahead of me, I could still post this blog and not come on tomorrow. So I decided that's what I'm going to do. I'm not too happy about the new lay-out and I hate how they didn't pay enough attention to the community by making this changes. In my idea the community is the thing that's most important on this site and it's the thing that always makes me want to come here to share my stories and read those of others.

There are quite some things that are still bugging me, like the fact that you can't see more then 20 comments on your blog. I mean come on, if people take the time to leave me a comment (I love comments!), at least I want to be able to read them and respond to them. I'm also posting this blog through mp3.com, because I don't even know how to get pics on my blog anymore. I don't know if this black-out day will have any effect on the editors from this site, but at least we're making a stand and we're showing our opinion. And that's what's most important.

So I'll change my avatar in a little bit to show I support the cause!

See you all back here in two days!

My next blog will be all back to normal again, with a new round of the game.

*lots of hugs*

I'm excited for it, how lame as that may sound by fieke28

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:07:37 PDT

Hej all!

How have you all been? I've been good myself, just busy. My cl@sses in school on itself aren't that busy, but in the combination with working on my final paper and sport it's a whole other case. About three weeks ago, me and my mother joined the gym, so now I go there every Tuesday and Friday. I'm really enjoying it, and it feels good doing something that is good for you. I must say, because I was never used to having to go exercise two times a week in combination with school, it takes a bit of getting used to.

The past week was an exception in the rate of being busy (I hope ). On Monday I had work and a buckload of homework, on Tuesday I had the gym, on Wednesday I had to work on my final paper, on Thursday I had to work, and then on Friday I went to the gym again. On Saturday I always have to work the entire day and I also had a friend's birthday party in the evening. All and all, pretty hectic like I said. Normally I don't have to work during the week though, so I hope the upcoming week is going to be a litlle les hectic. Oke, so that was my rant for this week. Sorry about that people!

Moving on to other news, at the start of my summer holiday I started watching Supernatural. I slowly got addicted to the show, and since it was my holiday I watched all the episodes in guite a fast pace. Since school started the watching tuned down a bit, but I still watch it as often as I can. I can't go to long without my SPN watching and Jensen drooling of course! So two weeks ago I started the third season, and I'm almost done with that now. Luckily the new season starts this week, so I don't have to wait for the new episodes. I do think it's going to take some getting used to waiting for a new episode for a week, since I never had to do that so far. Yes, I know people I got spoiled! I'm super excited for the new season though, since the show is getting better and better. The third season is definitely my favourite so far. I still have a few episodes to go, so don't tempt me with telling me how it's going to end, I want to see for myself!

The other day someone asked me how many shows I was watching at the moment, and I realised I only watch one show on tv. Almost everything else I watch on the computer or from dvd. This is because of the fact, that Holland is always some months behind with (or even more) the airing of shows, in comparision to America. For example, here they are at the 10th episode of the first season from SPN, while the 4th season in already starting this week! So of course I can't wait that long for the new episodes all my favourite shows, so I watch it on the computer. This week I'm going the watch the first episodes of the new seasons of Prison Break and Gossip Girl. I'm really looking forward to them! Expecially PB, since Sara is back!

Oke, so the movie I've been looking forward to this year is The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants 2. That might sound a bit lame, but I really have. I read the book a couple of years ago and I really enjoyed reading it. Then, by coincidence, a little while after that we watched the movie at my friend's house. I didn't even know they made a movie out of it, until I saw the title of the book rolling onto the screen. The movie was great and so was the cast. Alexis Bledel, Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera (the three A's ) and Blake Lively all starred in it. So when I heard that there was going to be a part 2 I was very excited! I think it's funny that at the time of the first movie, Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls) and Amber Tamblyn (Joan of Arcadia) were the more famous ones and now at the time of the second movie, America Ferrera stars in Ugly Betty and Blake Lively stars in Gossip Girl. The eye candy in the movies aren't something to complain about either. Mike Vogel (it's oke if you never heard of him before, before the movie I never heard of him either ) was the yummy eye candy in the first movie and yesterday I heard Jesse Williams (another, not so famous, but yummy man) was going to star in part 2. Plus, Michael Rady stars in both part 1 and 2 as well.

So here's a picture of all three of them:

Mike Vogel

Jesse Williams

Michael Rady

(Oke, so he may not seem all that great here, but in the movie he was cute! )

Oh and one more thing before we start the game. Christine (Missy854) is leaving for her holiday to Greece this thursday and so I wanted to wish her an awesome time over there! So have a great time over there buddy! I'm sure that won't be a problem, Greece sounds like an amazing country to me. Enjoy it to the fullest and take lots of pictures of course!

And then we have the next round of the game:

This actress made an appearance in an episode of the tv-show Seinfeld, so did her co-host from another tv-show she starred in. What actress am I talking about?

(Hint: this actress has something do with one of the actresses mentioned on this blog.) Good luck guessing everyone!

Oke, so here's the score we have so far:

Natalie - 1 point

David - 1 point

Leo - 1 point

Hayley - 1 point

This week's quote:

Tibby: How old are you, anyway? 10?
Bailey: I'm 12!
Tibby: Same difference.
Bailey: No, when I was 10 I didn't have an iPod.
Tibby: Mhm, you're so cool. And what do you listen to on there, teletubbies hit parade?

- Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants

This week's joke/funny story:

The newlyweds
A young couple decided to wed. As the big day approached, they grew apprehensive. Each had a problem they had never before shared with anyone, not even each other. The Groom-to-be, overcoming his fear, decided to ask his father for advice. "Father," he said, "I am deeply concerned about the success of my marriage. I love my fianc�e, very much, but you see, I have very smelly feet, and I'm afraid that my future wife will be put off by them." "No problem," said dad, "all you have to do is wash your feet as often as possible, and always wear socks, even to bed." Well, to him this seemed a workable solution.

The bride-to-be, overcoming her fear, decided to take her problem up her mom. "Mom," she said, "When I wake up in the morning my breath is truly awful." "Honey," her mother consoled, "everyone has bad breath in the morning." "No, you don't understand. My morning breath is so bad, I'm afraid that my new husband will not want to sleep in the same room with me." Her mother said simply, "Try this. In the morning, get straight out of bed, and head for the bathroom and brush your teeth. The key is, not to say a word until you've brushed your teeth. Not a word," her mother affirmed. Well, she thought it was certainly worth a try.

The loving couple were finally married in a beautiful ceremony. Not forgetting the advice each had received, he with his perpetual socks and she with her morning silence, they managed quite well. That is, until about six months later. Shortly before dawn, the husband wakes with a start to find that one of his socks had come off. Fearful of the consequences, he frantically searches the bed. This, of course, woke his bride and without thinking, she immediately asks, "What on earth are
you doing?" "Oh, no!" he gasped in shock, "You've swallowed my sock!"

That was it again! Hope you all enjoyed reading it! Enjoy the last day of the weekend and have an awesome week!

*lots of hugs*

Right away a lot of work by fieke28

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:02:38 PDT

Hej all!

I know, I know, it has been ages since my last blog. The last two weeks of my holiday went by way too fast! After I got back from my holiday to Germany, I only had one week left. In that week I hung out with friends a bit, I went back to work again and just tried to enjoy the last days to the fullest! And then, before you know it you're back in school again. It's my final year and I'm happy and at the same time unhappy about that. Happy, because this means that after this year I'm finally done with high school and I can go and do whatever education I want. I'm also a bit unhappy about it, because I'm definitely NOT looking forward for my exams. I don't have to worry about that yet though, so for now it's all good!

In our final year we have to do a so called graduation essay, which you have to work on through out the year. You can pick your own topic though and me and my friend picked the loss of memory among elderly people. You have to spend 80 hours on it, which is quite a lot, but I'm just happy you can do it about something you're interested in. Right away, on the first day back at school, we started on our essay and we've been working on it quite some hours already this week. I think all the teachers think it's important that we get off to a good start and I guess they're right. You always tend to put everything off until the last minute, and with this that's just not an option. So that means no easy start this year, and right away a lot of work.

Well the mean reason for this blog was actually something else. Exactly today, one year ago I joined this awesome site. Yes people, it's my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

I must say the year has gone by pretty fast! I've met so many AWESOME people on here, and for that I'm very thankful. When I joined this site I never thought something like that would happen, but it has. I enjoy coming here to post blogs, in which I can share my experiences, vend my emotions, and chat with all of you of course. The fact that I have a such a place, where you can be just your own self, is something of great value for me. I love talking about all the shows I watch and so much more. So thanks you guys for making this such an awesome place to be!

An appropiate poem:

It has been quite some time as well since the last round of my game and now I'm finally going to put up a new one! Oke, so here it is:

This show was first turned down by a certain network and later on it was considered as a possible 10-part mini-series. A year later the network had a change of heart and backed the production. What show am I talking about?

All the chances are wide open for everyone! Good luck guessing!

Here's the score we have so far:

David - 1 point

Leo - 1 point

Hayley - 1 point

And then we have this week's quote:

Elaine Connelly: He... what? He infected you with life?
Old Paul Edgecomb: That's as good a word as any. He infected us both, didn't he, Mr. Jingles? With life. I'm a hundred and eight years old, Elaine. I was forty-four the year that John Coffey walked the Green Mile. You mustn't blame John. He couldn't have what happened to him... he was just a force of nature. Oh I've lived to see some amazing things Elly. Another century come to past, but I've... I've had to see my friends and loved ones die off through the years... Hal and Melinda... Brutus Howell... my wife... my boy. And you Elaine... you'll die too, and my curse is knowing that I'll be there to see it. It's my torment you see; it's my punishment, for letting John Coffey ride the lightning; for killing a miracle of God. You'll be gone like all the others. I'll have to stay. I'll die eventually, that I'm sure. I have no illusions of immortality, but I will await your death... long before death finds me. In truth, I wish for it already.
- The Green Mile

I watched this movie somewhere on my holiday and I must say this is one of the best movies I've ever seen. I heard a lot about it already, but never got to the part of actually seeing it. Well on my holiday I had the time to do so and I enjoyed every minute of it. I also read the book and I must say they did a tremendous job turning it into a movie. On top of the wonderful story, the acting is amazing as well.

And not to forget this week's joke/funny story:

A tough looking biker had been in the biker bar for quite some time when he finally decided it was time, once again to hit the road. He stepped through the front door of the bar and instantly realized that his bike had vanished from the spot he had parked it.

"All right" he said loudly, coming back into the busy biker bar "I'm going to have a shot of whisky and if my hog isn't back up front by the time I'm done, what happened in Detroit will happen here too!"

With that many of the bikers ran out of the bar and within moments one came back to tell the tough biker that his hog was now parked in front of the bar for him. When the tough guy started to leave the bartender asked him.

"Pardon me, stranger, but what happened in Detroit?" The tough biker replied casually: "I had to walk back to my hotel!"

That was it again! I hope you all enjoyed it!

Enjoy the last day of your weekend and have a great week!

*huge hugs*

Three is my lucky number by fieke28

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:11:42 PDT

Hej all!

Here's a short blog from me to tell you that I won't be on this upcoming week. I'm going on my third vacation, this time I'm going to Germany, to Berlin actually to be precise. I'm going camping near Berlin together with my parents and one of my brothers. I'm pretty excited, since I have never been to Berlin before and it seems a beautiful city to me!

I might have told you all this before, but it's not really normal for me to go on a vacation three times in a row. I have to say it's a lot of fun, but I have no problem sticking to the going away one time next year!

Of course I will take lots of pictures to share with you once I get back!

Another reason for this blog is the fact that it's mscraftee's birthday the 1st of August. Since I won't be here then, I thought I'd wish her a happy birthday now already! Mscraftee, you're an amazing person, someone I'm very happy to have met around here! Your blogs always have a way to inspire me and it's always great fun to chat to you on msn. I hope we can continue to do so for a long time to come! I hope you have a great day together with your children and that you'll enjoy your day to the fullest! Have fun!

So here are some cakes for you all to enjoy! And remember: sharing is caring!

Maybe a bit childish, but I thought it looked cute!

Don't they look delicious?

I hope you all have a great week and I'll see you back here in little over a week!

*lots of hugs*

A triple tag by fieke28

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:48:52 PDT

Hey all!

A week after my London trip I went on my second vacation. Nothing too fancy, just an eight-day trip with my best friends. We just stayed here in Holland, but we had the best time! We rented an apartment in Vlissingen, a nice town by the coast. We spend most of our time shopping and swimming and sunbathing at the beach. We had amazing weather all week! I guess the weather gods were favouring us! We did all get sunburned one day, but we had quite some laughs with it, so it wasn't that bad in the end.

Last week, the week where I got home again, the weather has been dreadful. It has been raining all week, with very little sunshine. I sure hope the weather will be getting better soon, otherwise it doesn't even feel like it's summer.

This past week I got tagged three times. Instead of giving you 30 facts, I'll just stick to ten. That was hard enough already! I must say it's pretty difficult to think of some interesting facts about yourself. I hope you find it interesting to read:

So far I've got one fine. It wasn't that bad or anything. One morning in the winter the head light of my bicycle wasn't working, so some others and I as well (there light wasn't working properly either) got held over by this police officer. The penalty was only 10 euros luckily. My headlight always worked since then though! Once I get my drivers license next year this number might go up fast though!
I never had the chickenpox. I was talking to some friends of mine from tv.com on msn the other day and they couldn't believe it. It's true though. My father never had the chickenpox either when he was younger, he only got it until my two brothers got it. So maybe I'll get it later in life. Who knows?
I played the piano for about 4 years. I quit playing because it felt more as an obligation at one point, then something I was doing for myself. I might pick it up again one day, because it was fun to play!
All my life, I've never broken a single bone.
I bruise real easily. If I bump into something, I already have a bruise.
I really like mustard and pickles. Lots of people don't really like it, but I love it! Once I even ate a sandwich with just mustard on it. Told you I liked it!
When I moved to Heeten four and a half years ago, I completely decorated my own bedroom. It has blue walls, with a white sealing and white lamps and boards. All the other accessories are blue and green. Guess what my favourite colours are?
I speak 4 different languages: Dutch, English, French and German. Well actually five, because I speak a bit of Fries as well.
I visited quite some countries in my life. All of them through vacations, but it are quite a lot already: Germany, France, England, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Austria. So that makes 13 countries!
My name comes from the Greek Sophia, which means 'the wise one'. I don't know if I live up to that name, but it's cool!

I also saw this tv list thing on David's blog a little while ago, and I thought it would be nice to put it on my blog, so here it is:

Bold those you've seen episodes of
Bold underline the shows you watch/ed as a fan
Strike through the shows you hate/d (at the bottom!)
Italicize the shows you PLAN to watch
Put your five favorite shows from the list in a colored font

1. The Simpsons (1988-present)
2. The Sopranos (1999-2007)
3. Seinfeld (1989-98 )
4. The X-Files (1993-2002)
5. Sex and the City (1998-2004)
6. Survivor (2000-present)
7. The Cosby Show (1984-92)
8. Lost (2004-present)
9. Friends (1994-2004)
10. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (1997-2001 [WB], 2001-03 [UPN])
11. The Wire (2002-08 )
12. South Park (1997-present)
13. Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000)
14. The Daily Show (1996-present)
15. The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present) (Not that I'm a hard die-hard fan or anything, but I enjoy watching it)
16. Arrested Development (2003-06)
17. The Office (British) (2001-03)
18. American Idol (2002-present)
19. ER (1994-present)
20. Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000)
21. Roseanne (1988-97)
22. The Real World (1992-present)
23. The West Wing (1999-2006)
24. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-94)
25. Miami Vice (1984-89)
26. Chappelle's Show (2003-06)
27. Law & Order (1990-present)
28. The Larry Sanders Show (1992-98 )
29. The Shield (2002-present)
30. Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present)
31. The Civil War (1990)
32. Gilmore Girls (2000-07)
33. My So-Called Life (1994-95)
34. 24 (2001-present)
35. CSI (2000-present)
36. thirtysomething (1987-91)
37. NYPD Blue (1993-2005)
38. Beavis and Butt-Head (1993-97)
39. Six Feet Under (2001-05)
40. Mr. Show (1995-98 )
41. Frasier (1993-2004)
42. L.A. Law (1986-94)
43. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present)
44. Jeopardy! (1984-present)
45. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-present)
46. Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-99)
47. 30 Rock (2006-present)
48. Ally McBeal (1997-2002)
49. Twin Peaks (1990-91)
50. Baywatch (1989-90, 1991-2001)
51. Melrose Place (1992-99)
52. Felicity (1998-2002)
53. Will & Grace (1998-2006)
54. Moonlighting (1985-89)
55. Pee-Wee's Playhouse (1986-91)
56. Desperate Housewives (2004-present)
57. The Amazing Race (2001-present)
58. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992-2009)
59. Battlestar Galactica (2003-09)
60. Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001)
61. The Office (American version) (2005-present)
62. House (2004-present)
63. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1989-96, 1997-99)
64. The Osbournes (2002-05)
65. Family Guy (1999-2002, 2005-present)
66. Grey's Anatomy (2005-present)
67. Planet Earth (2008 )
68. Jackass (2000-02)
69. The Colbert Report (2005-present)
70. Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005)
71. Friday Night Lights (2006-present)
72. NewsRadio (1995-99)
73. Oz (1997-2003)
74. Wiseguy (1987-90)
75. Project Runway (2004-present)
76. In Living Color (1990-94)
77. The Golden Girls (1985-92)
78. I'll Fly Away (1991-93)
79. The Comeback (2005)
80. King of the Hill (1997-present)
81. Murphy Brown (1988-98 )
82. The Hills (2005-present)
83. Absolutely Fabulous (1994-2005)
84. Northern Exposure (1990-95)
85. The Kids in the Hall (1988-94)
86. Prime Suspect (1991-2006)
87. Deadwood (2004-06)
88. Malcolm in the Middle (2000-06)
89. SpongeBob Squarepants (1999-present)
90. Dawson's Creek (1998-2003)
91. Mad Men (2007-present)
92. The Ben Stiller Show (1992-93)
93. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (2003-07)
94. Married...With Children (1987-97)
95. Designing Women (1986-93)
96. The Arsenio Hall Show (1989-94)
97. Party of Five (1994-2000)
98. MacGyver (1985-92)
99. The Bachelor (2002-present)
100. Saved by the Bell (1989-93)

To sum it all up:

I watched 42 shows out of the 100

I watched 15 of them as a fan.

The shows I hate: Beavis and Butt-Head, Frasier, The Osbournes, Malcolm in the Middle. Maybe there are also other shows I don't like, but I just haven't seen them yet.

I plan on watching The Office and Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.

My five favourite shows are Friends, Gilmore Girls, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy and Sex and the City, but I really like House and Project Runway as well.

Thanks for letting me steal it David!

Oke, so it has been quite a while ago since I put up the last round of my 'What am I talking about' game. The perfect time to finally put up a new one! Here it is:

At one point this actress was starring in a popular tv show as well as shooting two movies. What actress am I talking about?

The score so far was:

Leo - 1 point

Hayley - 1 point

So instead of putting up a song of the week, I thought I'd put up a quote of the week, to change things a bit:

Red: "I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you, those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a grey place dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made those walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free. "

- The Shawshank Redemption

I also decided I'd only put up a funny story and skip the question. I don't know what I'll put up instead though. I'll think about that for a while.

This week's joke/funny story:

Real 911 calls

Dispatcher: 911 What is your emergency?
Caller: Someone broke into my house and took a bite out of my ham and cheese sandwich.
Dispatcher: Excuse me?
Caller: I made a ham and cheese sandwich and left it on the kitchen table and when I came back from the bathroom, someone had taken a bite out of it.
Dispatcher: Was anything else taken?
Caller: No, but this has happened to me before and I'm sick and tired of it!

Dispatcher: 911 What's the nature of your emergency?
Caller: My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart
Dispatcher: Is this her first child?
Caller: No, you idiot! This is her husband!

I hope you all enjoyed this blog!
Have a great week!

*hugs*

The subway pro by fieke28

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:54:53 PDT

Hej everyone!

So here it is: my big London blog! With lots of pictures of course!

Monday morning at 7:30 in the morning we left and travelled to Calais by bus. The trip went pretty fast, but near the end I was happy that we were there. At the harbour of Calais we went through the passport control and after that we got on the train that would bring us through the Tunnel (by the Tunnel I'm referring to the long tunnel that runs under the Canal from Calais to Dover). I had never travelled this way before, the first time I went to England I went by boat. So it was fun to have experienced it for once, but I definitely like the boat better.

When we arrived in England we went to Canterbury, a beautiful city not so far from Dover. In Canterbury we had some time to ourselves, to explore the city a bit. It was very nice to see. Here is a picture of me at the Marlowe Theatre:

After spending some time there we continued our journey to London. We arrived in Bexleyheath, an area in London, at 18:30 pm. Our host family's were waiting for us there, to pick us up. Before my trip I was pretty excited about staying with a host family, but I must say we were a bit disappointed. After a nice dinner we had to go upstairs and we had to stay in our room the entire evening. Luckily, we brought some carts, so we were able to have some fun by ourselves, but it felt a bit prison like. The mattresses weren't so good either. The springs stuck out of the mattress a bit, so it was like having a massage the entire night. Unfortunately just not such a good one.

The next day we had to get up at 6:15. We had to get up at this time every morning! I know how sad are we? We were brought back to the meeting point and from there we went to the centre of London by bus. We did a little sightseeing tour by bus, which ended at Buckingham palace. After watching the changing of the guards, which was amazing:

we went to St. James's park to have lunch. After that we went to the Tower of London. I had seen it before, but I had never been in there. The Tower of London also houses the Crown Jewels, so that was amazing to see. Later in the afternoon we had to do a foto assignment, where you had to visit 5 different sights in London and photograph them. You could pick the 5 sights you wanted to see, which was cool. You got a subway card, so that you could go wherever you wanted at no cost. I love the subway. I don't really know why, but I just love everything about it, so I was happy we could travel by subway all afternoon.

We went to the Millennium Bridge, the Tate Modern Museum and the Botanical Gardens. Because we didn't have that much time, we could skip one of the 5 sights. When we arrived at the Botanical Gardens, we only had like half an hour. The entrance was free until the age of 16. So only one of my friends could go in, to take some pictures and we had to wait outside. When we would have had more time I would probably have gone in as well, because it's so beautiful, but for half an hour I didn't want to pay the full price.

In the evening we went out to dinner with the rest of our cl@ss. We got the typical English fish and chips which was oke, but not that tasty. The people that liked fish didn't like this fish and the people that didn't like fish did like this fish. I guess that's because you could hardly call if fish anymore. I don't really like fish myself, but this was oke.

Later in the evening we went on a Jack the Ripper tour, which was fun. Our tour guide was cool and he told everything very clear. Here's even a pick of him:

He might even told it a bit too clear maybe, since we got all the dirty details as well. We also came by this street, which I thought had the coolest name:

I so want to live there when I'm older!

And then it was Wednesday already. That day we left London and went to Windsor. In Windsor we visited Windsor Castle, which was very beautiful. They say that when the flag is hanging high the queen is there and the flag was indeed hanging high, but unfortunately I did not run into her! After that we had a little time to ourselves again, so we just looked around town a bit and had lunch somewhere. Later that afternoon we went to the Eton School for boys. It was cool to see, I mean prince Harry and William went there as well, but the tour guide was not so nice. One time there were a couple of girls laughing and she was all like: "The students don't like it when you laugh at the them!" They weren't even laughing AT them, they were just having some fun together. The school was beautiful though:

Thursday was the best day in my opinion. First we went to the Natural History Museum. It might sound a bit boring at first, that was my opinion as well, but it was great! You could see all kinds of Dinosaur fossils, minerals, etc. You also had a section called the Human Biology, where you could do all kinds of fun tests as well. You could find out how good your depth vision was among other things. Mine was awesome by the way!

Then we went to the Londen Eye, by subway again. We had lunch in the park nearby, called the Jubilee Park. We had a great view at the Londen Eye. I didn't went in though, because you have to wait it line for quite some time (something I don't like) and it's very expensive.

This teacher of mine and some other students wanted to go to a Hindu Temple. We had the whole afternoon to ourselves and I really wanted to go there as well. It took us some time to get there, but it was definitely worth it. You could only take pictures from the outside, which was already very beautiful. Imagine that the inside was ten times more beautiful then this:

In the evening you could have dinner wherever you wanted, you just had to be back at a certain meeting point by 18:30 pm. We went to a pizzeria with a group of 7 and it was delicious. Me, being a subway pro , guided us right to the meeting point in the little time we had left. We got there right on time! We gathered at the Dominion Theatre, because we were going to see the We Will Rock You Musical. It was absolutely awesome! This was definitely one of the coolest, most awesome things I have seen in my entire life.

The story was of course filled with lots of Queen songs and lots of humour as well. Ricardo Afonso and Sabrina Aloueche performed the two leading parts. This weekend I listened to some other video's of the musical on youtube. There are others performers playing this part as well, but and I really think we had the best ones. They had such amazing voices and acted beautifully! They had great chemistry as well!

Now I'm totally into the Queen music of course, I had one of their songs 'I want to break free' stuck in my head all weekend. Mainly because this song was performed so well in the musical. I think this is one of the best Queen songs, I love it!

And then the final day of our trip arrived already. I only got like five hours of sleep that night, so I was pretty tired in the morning, but luckily I felt better the rest of the day. Here's a picture of the breakfast we got every day:

Oke, so we left at the meeting point in Bexleyheath at 8:30 in the morning. Then we travelled to Dover. Before we went to the boat, we visited Dover castle. It's supposed to be a historic sights, but I didn't think much of it. You would have this signs saying: "The kings dressing room" and all you would see was this empty room. Not even in the best condition. So it was oke, but not that impressive. After visiting the castle, we only had to drive for about ten minutes to the harbour. We got on the boat at about 13:30. Like I said, I like the boat a lot better. Luckily I don't get see sick. We went on deck for a while as well, but it really was blowing hard, so after a while we got inside and explored the rest of the boat. I also got a little souvenir for back home.

After an hour or so we arrived in Calais and then the long ride back home started. I must say, it went faster then I thought, but I still was happy when we were back in Holland again. We made our final stop at 20:30 and we got a chance to finally get some dinner. We stopped at McDonald's, so it wasn't anything special, but I like McDonald's from time to time.

There you have it, my trip to London. I hoped you enjoyed reading about only half as much as I enjoyed my trip. I also hope you liked the pictures of course!

If you want to see more pictures, you can check out my Facebook profile. I put almost the pictures me and my friends made on there.

So I won't put up a new round of the game and a joke and question up this week, I will continue with that again next week.

I will put up the song of the week:

Queen - I want to break free

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVYgRPfC9nQ

Surprise, surprise, right? I thought, since it has been stuck in my head for all these days, I at least have to give you a chance to achieve the same. The clip is a bit strange by the way, but the song isn't any less because of it!

Enjoy the rest of your week!

*Hugs!*

If I catch you, you are mine by fieke28

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:39:28 PDT

Hej everybody!

So I finally have the time to write a new blog. My exam week is practically over, I only have one more exam tomorrow. But that's an English exam, so that's going to be a piece of cake!

My exam week started last Wednesday. On Wednesday I had my Dutch exam, which went pretty well. I already got my grade back today and I had a 7.5! (Our grades here go from 1 to 10, 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest ) On Thursday I had three exams. The first one was psychology, which I thought was pretty easy. After that I had my science exam, which was one of the hardest exams, but it went ok�. Then, as my last exam of the day, I had my cultural and artistic shaping. We had to write a reflection report. You have to do this at the end of every schoolyear. So I didn't have to study for this exam, which was cool. On Friday I had my natural sciences exam, which I think is one of the most difficult subjects, but it went pretty well.

Then the weekend finally arrived, but there was no time to chill and do fun things. I had to study and work, so before I knew it the weekend was over again.

On Monday I had my maths exam, which was hard. It's always hard for me to say how I do in maths, because sometimes I think it went really well and it turns out I didn't and sometimes I think it went not so good and then it turns out I did great. So I won't give you an expectation about this exam. Today I had 4 exams, which was pretty stressful. My first exam was a presentation about the books we have read this year. We read two books in Dutch and one in English, and they all were from before 1900. The presentation went well, even though my friends and I haven't even read all of the books. Most of my cl@ssmates didn't read their books either, but our presentation went well and the teachers didn't even notice we didn't read all of them.

Then I had my biology exam, which I hardly had any time to study for. Under the circumstances it went oke, but I have to wait and see what my grade will be. Then I had my floral test. We had to study 150 different plants. They had 20 plants spread through the cl@ssroom and we had to write down which plant it was. At the end we already got our grade back and I had a 5. When I compared it with my cl@ssmates I did pretty well though. There were 15 people who had a 1! Then, but certainly not least, we had a determine test. We got three plants and with this book we always use, you had to figure out which plant it was.

Oke, on to the more fun things.

As most of you probably know the UEFA Euro 2008 soccer championship started last Saturday and yesterday The Netherlands had to play their first match. We are placed in a very difficult pool, together with Italy, Rumania and France. So yesterday we had to play against Italy and we won by 3-0!!! It was an amazing match! You can say I went a bit crazy! I was jumping up and down when they scored a goal! Italy is the preserving world champion and I guess nobody thought we would win.

Next Monday I'm leaving for London with my fellow students and I'm really looking forward to it! I'm sure it's going to be amazing! I've been in London two times already, but you can never get bored in London I think. We are staying host families in groups of 3-4 students. On Thursday we get the last details and we also hear with which cl@ssmates you are placed in a host family.

This does mean I won't be on for about a week! Of course I will miss you all! But I'm sure I'll have the best time in London!

So last week I started my new game: What am I talking about? Hayley was the winner of the first round! Congratulations, you did amazing!

That makes the score:

Hayley - 1

I know, what a shocker!

Here's this week's clue:

Three cast members from The Simpsons have made guest performances on this show. What show am I talking about?

So once again good luck to everybody!

This week's joke/funny story:

A man calls a company and orders their 5-day, 10 lb. weight loss program.

The next day, there's a knock on the door and there stands before him a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck.

She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company.

The sign reads, "If you can catch me, you can have me."

Without a second thought, he takes off after her.

A few miles later huffing and puffing, he finally gives up.

The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens.

On the fifth day, he weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 10 lbs. as promised.

He calls the company and orders their 5-day/20 pound program.

The next day there's a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning and beautiful woman he has ever seen in his life. She is wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads, "If you catch me you can have me."

Well, he's out the door after her like a shot.

This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best, but no such luck.

So for the next four days, the same routine happens with him gradually getting in better and better shape.

Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weighs himself, he discovers that he has lost another 20 lbs. as promised.

He decides to go for broke and calls the company to order the 7-day/50 pound program.

"Are you sure?" asks the representative on the phone. "This is our most rigorous program."

"Absolutely," he replies, "I haven't felt this good in years."

The next day there's a knock at the door; and when he opens it he finds a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads, "If I catch you, you are mine!!!"

He lost 63 pounds that week.

This week's question:

What would have been your name if you was born a girl instead of a boy, or if you was born a boy instead of a girl?

Song of the week:

Maria Mena - Internal Dialogue

Maria is an amazing artist from Norway. I already knew some of her songs, but I only got her album a little while ago. And it was just in one word amazing! It's already one of my favourite albums I ever heard! I don't know if that says a lot, but oke... It was hard picking just one song from this album, so maybe I'll put up another song of her on a future blog.

Here's the link to the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLEKw144ZWY

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Talk to you soon I hope!

It has a little twist to it by fieke28

Sat, 31 May 2008 11:28:24 PDT

Hej everyone!

Once again it was a pretty busy and hectic week. The school year is coming to an end and it seems like everything has to be done at the last minute. There are just lots of things to do in very little time. Next Wednesday starts my fourth and final exam week of this year. So in some spare hours here and there I also try to prepare myself for that.

This past Thursday we were supposed to have a working afternoon, as they call it at my school, from biology. In our exam week we have a plant test, and for this test we have to know 150 different plants. So the plan was to go biking on this afternoon and on the way we were going to look at all the different plants we would see. Unfortunately the weather was really bad, so they had to cancel the afternoon. It was raining and thundering the whole time. My biology teachers still have to decide what we are going to do to make sure that we can still do the test. Yesterday we also had a biology cl@ss and we always have a break after that period, so during that time we went biking instead. We saw lots of plants during our little trip, so I'm pretty confident that everything will be oke for my test next week.

I also heard this week that my math teacher got fired. Maybe this sounds a bit harsh, bit it didn't surprise me one bit. He was probably the worst teacher I've ever had and I'm glad to hear that he won't be teaching me next year. One problem about him getting fired is the fact that he still has to finish the year, and obviously he isn't in the mood anymore to explain us something. The cl@ss yesterday was not that good, to say the least. We had to repeat all the chapters we made in the last couple of weeks, for our test next week, but because he was very moody he didn't do such a good job at it. He would write something down on the board and he'd also say something with it, but it didn't make any sense, so then my friend and I had to figure out everything ourselves. I was really looking at the board, like: oke, what could this mean? And after a while I would be like: oke, I got it! And then I explained it to my friend. It also went the other way around and this way we still managed to understand everything he put down.

On Tuesday I finally watched Cloverfield and I must say that I loved this movie! Because of the extraordinary camera view the movie got that little something special to it. Besides, if the story was going in the directing of a certain clich�, something would happen that would throw the whole story around. The movie kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. If you haven't seen it yet, you really should, because I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

I also watched Waitress a little over a week ago. This is a movie that maybe isn't known to many people, but I happened to stumble across it a while ago. It's about a waitress (yes I know, what a surprise! ), who is very unhappily married and she is saving up some money without her husband knowing to get away. But then she finds out she's pregnant, so that kind off puts a hold on her plans. On top of this, she falls in love with her gynaecologist.

I thought it was a very unique movie in its sort. It isn't the normal romantic movie, but it has a little twist to it. The acting is also great! Nathan Fillion, who stars in Desperate Housewives as Adam Mayfair, is in it as well.

Oke, so I was also faced with the hard task to come up with a new game, since Christine won the connection game! Once again congrats Christine! You're now officially the connection game queen!

Here's your price buddy, I hope you like them:

I must say, it was pretty hard to come up with something, but in the end I did. My new game is called 'What am I talking about'. I give you a clue about a certain tv show, movie or actor/actress and then you have to guess what it is I'm talking about. Easy he?

Since this is the first time, I will make this an easy one:

One of the main characters in this show had a dog called Paul Anka. What show am I talking about?

I hope you like my idea for a new game and good luck guessing everyone!

And, last but not least some other news: I went up a level! The past level seemed to take me ages, but now I'm finally at level 11! I really like the title I know have, I'm a Red Shirted Lieutenant! And a funny star trek icon that goes with it!

This week's joke/funny story:

In France, the young assistant priests do not live in the main rectory. That is reserved for the priest and his housekeeper. One day the priest invited his new young assistant priest to have dinner at the rectory. While being served, the young priest noticed how shapely and lovely the housekeeper was and down deep in his heart he wondered if there was more between the priest and the housekeeper.

After the meal was over, the middle-aged priest assured the young priest that everything was purely professional...that she was the housekeeper and cook and that was that. About a week later the housekeeper came to the priest and said, "Father, ever since the new assistant came for dinner I have not been able to find the beautiful silver gravy ladle. You don't suppose he took it, do you?" The priest said, "Well, I doubt it but I'll write him a letter."

So he sat down and wrote, "Dear Father, I'm not saying you did take the gravy ladle and I'm not saying you did not take the gravy ladle. But the fact remains that it has been missing since you were here for dinner."

The young assistant received the letter and he answered it as follows: "Dear Father priest, I'm not saying that you do sleep with the housekeeper and I'm not saying that you do not sleep with the housekeeper. But I do know for sure that if you slept in your own bed you would find the gravy ladle."

This week's question:

What was the last movie you watched and what did you think of it?

Song of the week:

The Shins - Know Your Onion!

The Shins is a band that was recommended to me by my brother. This song is from their first album and I love it. The Shins is an amazing pop band, with great and special songs. They are probably a bit different then the normal pop bands you here on the radio, but this sure doesn't make them any less worthy to listen to.

Here's the link to the song, if you want to check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-G2CQ7ESrg

I guess that was it from me again! I hope you enjoyed it! My blogs always tend to become longer then I previously expected!

Have an amazing weekend!

*Lots of hugs!*

Such good timing by fieke28

Fri, 16 May 2008 07:52:56 PDT

Hej blog-visiters!

I noticed it was quite a long time ago since my last blog. Simply because of the fact I've been busy with work and school! It seems like everybody is busy lately!

So my weekend just started, which gives me the time to catch up on everything and to write this blog of course! My two-week vacation ended on Monday and I must say that vacations always go by too fast! Expecially the last couple of days went by in no time, because I had to work most of the time. Not that I was complaining, it was a nice way to make some extra money!

Only on Thursday evening I went cycling with my parents and then near the end I fell with my bike, because I slipped in some pebble-sand. My knees and legs were all bruised after that and one knee was all swollen. I did have to work the whole day after that, and my knee was kind of stiff at first. Luckily it got better soon and I was able to just do my work. Me and my stupid timing...

This week I really was counting down the days until the weekend! Today the last two periods got cancelled, so I was really happy about that! In my last period we got a informing about the graduation paper we have to make this year and the upcoming year. Everybody who is in his or her pre-final year has to do a paper with one cl@ssmate about a topic that interests you. Your topic has to do with the courses you're taking. One of my friends and I paired up together, because we can work together really well and we both wanted to something that has to do with Biology. We're not sure yet what our topic is going to be, but luckily we still have a little time left to decide.

Oke, so moving on to the connection game! Last week winner was Nats, which was her first win! So was so determined to win and she did an awesome job! Once again congrats buddy! No your name is on the scoreboard as well! Maybe this is the start of a winning strike, you never know!

Here is your price:

Wenty and a drink: what a combination!

This week you have to find the connection between Adrien Brody, who I think we all know from the amazing movie The Pianist, and Debra Messing. This one is a bit more difficult then last week's one, but I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out! Here are the number of things you have to guess in between them:

Adrien Brody - .................. - ................... - ................... - Debra Messing

And of course a picture of the both of them:

The new score:

Missy854: 4 points

xxMrsSparrowxx: 3 points

watchmewatchu: 1 point

mscraftee: 1 point

naughtynats: 1 point

This blog's joke/funny story:

The college professor had just finished explaining an important research project to his cl@ss. He emphasized that this paper was an absolute requirement for passing his cl@ss and that there would be only two acceptable excuses for being late. Those were a medically certifiable illness or a death in the student's immediate family. A smart ass student in the back of the cl@ssroom waved his hand and spoke up. "But what about extreme sexual exhaustion, professor?" As you would expect, the cl@ss exploded in laughter. When the students had finally settled down, the professor froze the young man with a glaring look. "Well," he responded, "I guess you'll just have to learn to write with your other hand."

This blog's question:

Who was your first tv crush, and what about him/her made you like him/her so much? (Thanks Shiran!)

Song of the day:

Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

I just started listening to this band, because I saw that mscraftee and Nats adviced it on someone else's blog. When I heard this song I recogniced it right away, because I love this song, but I never knew who sang it! So now I know and I'm listening to this song a lot! I'm also planning on getting their album soon!

Here's a link to the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsK90GWBVLY

That was it again!

I hope you all have an amazing weekend!

*hugs*

Something you must see by fieke28

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:31:15 PDT

Hej all!

So my past week has been pretty busy. School wise I might add to that. I had a lot of tests and papers I had to finish, so it was a pretty stressful week with that. I did keep in mind that my holiday was about to start and I guess that's what kept me going.

Now I have a two-week vacation, which is something I was really looking forward to. I haven't made many plans yet, but I went shopping with my mom this Saturday and I'm also going shopping with my friends on Tuesday. I didn't buy much on Saturday, we didn't had that much time, but I did buy a new summer jacket. That was the main thing I was looking for, so I was glad I found one I liked.

Plus, one of my friends is home alone all vacation, because her parents are off on their holiday, so we will be spending the night after our shopping spree as well and also the night after that. I'm sure it will be lots of fun! We have the house all to ourselves, so we can do whatever we like! Who doesn't like that?

So for the rest I don't have any special plans yet. At the end of my vacation I do have to work a lot, because Mother's Day is coming up and that's the busiest day of the year in the shop where I work. I like my work though, so I don't mind it. Good way to earn some extra money!

I didn't put up a new round of my connection game on my last blog, because that was my special birthday blog, but I will be putting up a new one this time. Actually the last one was never guessed! Don't know if it was too hard or people forgot about it, but either way I will just put up the answer now. So the connection that I had in mind, was:

Ian Somerhalder acted in Lost with Matthew Fox, who also acted in We Are Marshall with Matthew McConaughey. Matthew also acted in the movie Failure To Launch with Sarah Jessica Parker.

So, yes people that's what I had in mind! What do you think? To difficult, or maybe a missed opportunity? Oke, so I'm also going to put up the next round of the quiz. In this round you have to find the connection between Lauren Graham and America Ferrera. Good luck guessing everybody! Here are the number of things you have to guess in between them:

Lauren Graham - .................. - ................... - .................... - America Ferrera

Here's also a nice pic of the both of them:

This way, the score stays the same:

Missy854: 4 points

xxMrsSparrowxx: 3 points

watchmewatchu: 1 point

mscraftee: 1 point

This blog's joke/funny story:

Bar Translations "No, really, I'm OK to drive."
--I'm wasted, and I am too embarrassed to have anybody see who I am going home with.

"I'm not used to these darts."
--I'm not used to throwing anything smaller than a pool cue when I am this bombed.

"You get this one, next round is on me."
--We won't be here long enough to get another round.

"I'll get this one, next one is on you."
--Happy hour is about to end....now drafts are a dollar, but by the next round they'll be $4.50 a pop.

"Hey, where is that friend of yours?"
--I have no interest in talking to you except as a way to get your attractive friend into a compromising position.

"Lets get out of here."
--I just dumped a half a pitcher of beer into that Harley guy's helmet.

"I don't feel well, let's go home." (female)
--You are paying more attention to your friends than me.

"I don't feel well, lets go home." (male)
--I'm horny.

"I've had like 10 beers already."
--I've only had 3 but need an excuse to behave this way.

"Who's got the next round?"
--I haven't bought a round in almost 3 years, but I am an expert at diverting attention.

This blog's question:

What's your quilty pleasure, when it comes to tv shows?

The song of the day:

Gabriella Cilmi - Sanctuary

So this is a 16-year-old girl, who I just recently heard about for the first time. At first I only heard one of her songs and I already loved that one, but then I also got her album and I thought it was amazing! This is absolutely my favourite song on the album! You should definitely listen to it sometime! Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWino0VJ9vI

Here's also a other clip from Top Gear, which is one of the most funniest clips ever! When I first saw it, I just laughed my ass off, so I don't want you to miss out on this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZm6-Ch6x-o&feature=related

That was all from me again people! Hope you enjoyed it!

Talk to you all soon!

*Hugs!*