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Is this it...? 2008-01-29 03:35:00 After a great home-cooked dinner we open a nice bottle of wine and watch a movie. It’s the movie we selected together after we went out for our daily coffee break. It’s one of those movies that has received numerous awards, has great reviews but just doesn’t intrigue you. We watch it anyway, enjoying being around eachother.Bedtime has arrived and I clean up while BF works on finishing his last project on the computer. I brush my teeth and admire the crisp layer of snow that has covered the outside world while we were cozying it up inside.Suddenly I feel so incredibly alive.Not just alive but excited, I’m-willing-to-take-on-the-world kind of sexy-excited… So I put on my nightie and instead of hopping in bed with my book I make my way to the study. BF is still working on his project. But it’s one of those things that he can probably finished in 15 minutes… 20; tops. So I sit myself down on his lap and start kissing him passionately...This is the moment where in all the movi ...

The joy of sisterhood… ?*$%*#!?&@*! 2008-01-18 01:40:00 Today I received an unexpected phone call. It was my sister. She’s my one and only sibling: one and a half years older than me, still living in the city we grew up in and in all ways possible my opposite.I must admit I hadn’t talked to her in weeks. The last time she phoned she left me so depressed I didn’t feel like contacting her for a while. At the time my parents had just arrived back home from staying with me and BF for 10 days. My sister has no idea what Canada is like, is terrified of airplanes and doesn’t speak English very well. Even when you take all of that in consideration, you’d still assume she would be curious to know how my parents’ stay was, what Vancouver is like, whether I’m enjoying my new home or just in general how I am doing…You’re wrong! My sister didn’t ask me a single question. No kidding! If there was someone else listening in on the conversation they must have thought we were complete strangers. Or perhaps they would’ve mistaken it for ... Amp

Bucket Lists 2008-01-17 00:39:00 Went to the movie theatre last night. As you can probably already know after reading the title to this blog we saw “The Bucket List” with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. I thought it was a great movie; hilarious and touching. Makes you think about what people refer to as ‘the big picture’.FYI: I’ve always disagreed with that expression. What do they mean by saying ‘big’?! In the grand scheme of things one person’s life is merely a speck on this earth, if anything at all. Imagine if we were to talk about an even bigger scale, like cosmos; you’d vanish. So basically, in the grand scheme of things what you do or don’t do doesn’t matter. It’s what matters to you that is of true importance. So instead of looking at the big picture we should be looking at our own, personalized picture.So since last night I’ve been thinking about my picture. What are the things I truly value in life? Who are the people I hold dearest? And considering these things & people; am I st ...

D-day 2008-01-15 23:37:00 Here I am. Exactly where I pictured myself 2 years ago. I’m living in Vancouver in a gorgeous home with a yard and a view. I have enough money to buy healthy foods, pretty clothes and tons of make-up. Lots of people would wish to trade lives with me. There’s just this one thing: I’m not happy.All the money and stuff in the world couldn’t buy me the one thing that I want. I’ve been living in this country for over two years now and still I haven’t received any status. I want to get on with my life. Go to school, get a job, travel and do what everyone else is allowed to do. But the government won’t let me. Not until I get my paperwork. They’ve locked me in a box, forcing me to call myself a ‘homemaker’ until they decide I’m worthy of being something else.I don’t get it! I’m a perfectly capable individual. No, I’m not Canadian (yet); I’m an immigrant. But why oh why won’t they let me make myself useful while waiting for them to figure things out? I’m alrea ...

Unwanted guests 2008-01-15 00:59:00 OMG! I’ve never been this bored and unsettled in my life. There’s nothing more self-confronting like having a houseguest. It makes you aware of your every move. What can a person do when someone is invading their private space? Yes, the guest was invited at some point in time -just don’t ask me why; I seem to have forgotten-. Basically the self-confrontation was self-inflicted. Which makes it even more startling. I’ve locked myself up in a prison with walls of uncomfortable-ness and bars of uneasiness.Confession: I'm a pleaser. I want everyone to have a great time. Trying to please my guest(s), I forget about my own pleasure. Feeling mentally and physically restrained, I hide behind my laptop sitting at the dining room table (a table I normally never use for such purpose) hoping my actions will go unnoticed and my mind will wander to a fictional world. Only in this fictional world I have a chance at finding a sense of freedom. Even the tiniest glimpse will do; anything to keep ...

Bad, bad girl... 2007-11-07 01:21:00 So… I’ve been a bad girl. The only week my blog is being pimped (thank you DutchBitch!), I decide to not post anything.I’ve been a VERY bad girl. But I figure that’s the way you like it… isn’t it?No, seriously. I’ve been so busy packing all our shit, that I don’t even THINK about posting. Disregard that. I don’t THINK at all. I’m a packing machine. Packing maniac.Ask me any question about 2 cu.ft., 4 cu.ft., china- or wardrobe-boxes and I will be able to tell you all. Bubble wrap, foam wrap and paper wrap… What to use when… I’m your gal.Just don’t ask me to enter a meaningful post.Intelligence or wittiness aren’t with me these days. I’m just dumb old (well, you can’t say 23 is old, can you???) wrap-lady. At your service…Talking about wrapping… I know something fun to wrap… Too bad I already packed all the latex… ...

That's just great... 2007-11-04 13:58:00 Yesterday was a MAJOR packing day. I hoped it would run smoothly and quickly. But something told me, since I was doing half of the packing, it wouldn’t run quite as smoothly as expected…I was organizing my music, when I found out some of the older charts were still A4-size charts. Which means they wouldn’t fit my brand new letter-sized binders; they were going to stick out. “No problem” I say to myself, and grab a hole-puncher and the paper-cutter.I stick the charts in the paper-cutter, smash down the blade with full force (it was quite a stack, so I knew I needed to use a lot of power)… “OH NOOOO!” The damn thing only cuts halfway through the stack and it’s CROOKED as well! Obviously my book of charts was a bit much for the paper cutter to handle at once.Not willing to give up, I rip the booklet apart and start cutting the charts 4 sheets at a time… That works a lot better! When I finally make it through the whole stack, I get excited and start punching holes. I’ ...

The happiest day of your life... or not? 2007-11-03 01:16:00 They say it’s supposed to be the happiest day of your life. Apparently every little girl dreams about it…. Have you guessed it already? I’m talking about the wedding day; claimed the single most important day of one’s life.* YUCK ! * Will someone please hand me a barf bag?!Have you turned on your tv recently? Shows like “Rich bride, poor bride”, “The wedding bells”, “I do… let’s eat!”, “Bridezilla’s”, “A wedding story” and the latest hit “Say yes to the dress” are taking over television as we know it.And that’s not all… Think about all the bridal magazines that are out there! (I won’t name all of those as well, because that might cause spontaneous dry heaves…)It’s a fricking virus!Getting married seems to be a trend. Why oh why do people put so much weight on it?I’ve witnessed two weddings in the past two months. And let me tell you; it was quite the trip.During wedding #1 the priest told us that if we randomly picked one man and one w ...

Just do it. 2007-11-02 01:27:00 I can’t believe it’s finally happening! 8 days from now we have to move out of our house. Another 8 days after that we’re moving into our fabulous new home in Vancouver. I’ve been living up to this for the past 2 years… It wasn’t quite getting through to me yet, but all the packing has made me realize this is not a dream.It may sound awfully corny, but this is a new beginning for me. A clean slate: new city, new home, new friends, new university and new job. We’re staying put in Vancouver for a long time, so I can really dig in!The best thing about starting over is that nobody will have expectations. Growing up I’ve always had to deal with so many of them. I was the perfect student; not acing a test made my folks and teachers raise eyebrows. I appeared to be the perfect daughter (my sister made all my mistakes for me, so I became very talented in hiding things from my parents). I took music lessons and also joined the local swim- and volleyball-teams. What could possibl ...

Never say forever 2007-10-31 00:58:00 Hanging out with M today, we stopped to grab a coffee at N’s place.N is a 29-year-old, hot-but-not (hot body, not so hot face) female that owns a coffee shop which she’s about to sell in order to make her most recent hobby her profession; erotic dancing.It all started two years ago when she looked for a roommate. She found, D, a party-girl her age that happened to be a certified belly dance teacher. The two hit it off right away and became fast friends. What am I saying… not just friends; BFF! And as you all know, BFF’s share everything. D hung and helped out at N’s coffee shop during the day and N learned all about belly dancing from D in the evenings.It didn’t take N long to get into the groove and get eager to learn more and especially different moves. For fun she decided to take a couple of pole dancing classes and loved it so much that she ordered a portable pole and got serious. About a year and a half later she received her certificate and is now qualified to teach p ...

Lazy dayz... 2007-10-30 01:12:00 Went to bed way too late last night… deep remorse followed when we had to get up around 8 this morning. I’m not much of an early bird and I was never able to deal with sleep deprivation very well. My body is like that of a 9 year-old. When it needs sleep it zones out and no amount of caffeine can fix it. Trying to drag my ass out of bed, therefore, was extremely tough. On top of that, my eye still hurt like hell. Looked like it was going to be one of those days you’d skip if you could.Luckily the errands we had to run took only half the time we anticipated. So when we came back in around 1 pm I went straight back to bed and snoozed the entire afternoon… Once I woke up there was no need to open the curtains because the sun had set. Kinda depressing when you think of it.Tonight we’ve been lounging around on the couch, too lazy to do any packing. We’ve watched a couple of movies and prepared some dinner. I’d almost given up on this day; ready to file it away under ‘not wor ...

Happy! 2007-10-29 01:22:00 Yesterday went by so fast! WE GOT THE HOUSE!!! It’s PERFECT! One block up from Kits beach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!And of course… Halloween was awesome! No one recognized me with my black wig and scary contacts! It was so much fun to see everyone dressed up!Hardly got any sleep last night though, because after I took the contacts out that night my left eye was so irritated that it kept me up most of the night. Perhaps it was the contact lens, maybe it was the huge amount of eye make-up I was trying to remove… lots of black and glitters. Something got stuck big time. It feels better today and I’m hoping it’ll be over tomorrow.Tomorrow will be a busy day so I’m going to excuse myself. But I’ll make sure to write something more interesting and considerable.Signing off tired but happy…Good night! ...

What is she thinking?! 2007-10-27 01:44:00 Don’t you just hate lame excuses? I have this friend that is always tired, hung over, sick, depressed or ‘busy’. And on the few occasions she’ll actually make it to an appointment she’s always late. Today was no exception…We spoke over the phone yesterday and decided to meet up today to do some shopping, grab a coffee or just hang out. The plan was to get together early afternoon since I don’t get out of bed before 11 these days (I’ll tell you all about that another time). She phones me around noon telling me she has a couple of errands to run but will be over shortly.6 pm she finally shows up. By that time I’d already packed all my books, imported most of my cd’s into iTunes (I figured moving was the ultimate occasion to finally fully digitize my music collection) and done some laundry out of boredom. I was almost ready to pour myself a glass of wine and surrender myself to the TV, when she rang my doorbell. I should have known! Mind you, usually she’s only an ho ...

Halloween virgin 2007-10-26 00:33:00 It’s coming up this weekend; my very first Halloween party! This is my second year in Canada and therefore the second time Halloween has come around, but last year I only got as far as to carve a pumpkin (…which, FYI, I will never, ever, EVER, attempt again. It was so disgusting that I’ve sworn off anything pumpkin (except when it looks cute and is made of plastic of course). Pumpkin seeds, pumpkin spice muffins, even pumpkin pie… No pumpkin is coming near my house again. The smell still makes me want to barf.)...This year, however, since I’m almost a real Canadian chick, I figure it is time to step it up. Which is pretty hard around here. I live in a dull place. (… not for long, I hope. We’ll find out on Saturday whether I’m moving into the house of my dreams in far more exciting Vancouver!) Luckily for me, M told me about this awesome party that’s happening this Saturday during our 2-hour-long phone conversation today. She has great connections and always knows wher ...

Good things have to come from the inside 2007-10-25 01:23:00 I’ve had a very slow day… Cleaning up around the house, doing some paperwork and going grocery shopping. Enough time to think. Which has been a bad thing to do lately. But not today. Today thinking was a good thing.Of course most of the thinking involved thinking about the house (Yes, I’m aware of the fact that I wasn’t supposed to talk about the house anymore, so trust me, I’m not. --- That is to say not in THAT particular way...). And I realized it shouldn’t matter where we live. Our life’s happiness is not subject to the home we live in.My current unhappiness is rooted in something else. The question remains what that ‘something else’ might be. Don’t get me wrong; I’m not unhappy in a sense where I’m incapable of functioning or even smiling. And I’m not about to give up either. However, there are obviously some things standing in my way to happiness because I always seem to hit a dead end as far as my life’s goals are concerned.There are a couple of thing ...