2012 Review

Sunday - PostSecret Day (:

So whats that 2012 of mine like?
  
New years eve: with my best Leipzig buddy. Happy we finally got to know each other after my journey to Texas.

January,  Friday 13th 2012: telephone interview for my job in Maastricht, NL. Guess, I will not forget that. *g*

February 14th: Valentines day. A present for a lovely person that is way too far away (what ever comes, you will always be my guardian). February 27th: arriving in Maastricht. Getting to know my good friend from the city close by: Heerlen. We had some quite good chats, beers, going out and have fun together. Thank you for introducing me to High Tea. *awesome*

March 1st: contract begins for my work at CAC in Maastricht.

April: final move from Germany to the Netherlands. The relocation truck was planned and the furniture ready to be picked up without having an apartment in Maastricht. Wow. One the best moments this year: visiting my new apartment and getting the keys in no time. Thanks again to Pro Housing. You did a great job! After moving in I got to know my landlords - I tell you, I am the lucky one!

May: overwhelmed by: Pinkpop I will never forget seeing Linkin Park and Seasick Steve live performing.

June: journey back home to Leipzig, Germany. Finally visited Café Schwarz in Leipzig. Beautiful pics of it here: Café Schwarz in June 2012

July: kayaking belgium rivers with my buddies from work. 

August: One of the  exciting stories: The girl from Ipanema...eh Panama :D

to be continued

Surprise surprise

*Yippieh yippieh yay* Surprise present just arrived. Aint no one gonna steal that. *muhaha*

Merry Christmas Dec 26th

Dinner time. Lets cook. *hmmm* What do we have? What do I feel like? Lets see. May I introduce you? My cooking assistants:

Lets start:

stripes of ham, onion stripes, couscous - fry

And finally:

added Harissa, some black pepper, herbs and an egg - quark dip and a product named Gardeners Pickle by kitchen garden as dip

Merry Christmas Dec 25th

Leftovers cooking... now its cooking in milk and coconut milk after frying. Hmmmm. Currypaste as well. Soon its gonna be eaten.

Lets call it curry potatoe soup with leek:

Merry Christmas

So-work is done. Silly present shopping is done as well. And tadaaa! I even bought something girly for myself. *gg* And now: Christmas. And two days off.

Have a bright relaxed time everybody and dont forget to forgive and to give freely :D

Merry Christmas!

...Bad habit guys, bad habit. I go work today and buy presents for my friends. You come into my favourite bar and after asking if its allowed you smoke some weed (we are in the Netherlands, ok). Then I am in need of some food, beacuse I did not have some proper meal at work. Leave the bar. Leave my scarf, my sweatshirt and my bag at the bar and when coming back you are gone and stole my bag with all the presents in it? Bad habit! Really! When I ve been at the snack point I just met this teethless lady and she asks if the restaurant owner would have 5 Euros changed in coins for the cigarette machine, but he didnt. Then a black bro came in and I asked him for changing my 5 Euro note into coins, and he did. I went to the lady and said: Merry christmas. She was happy and bought her cigs. We hat a little chat even though we did not speak the same language. So cute. So I took my fries with sate sauce and my bike and went back to find my bag stolen. Merry Christmas. Learned another lesson.

4. Advent

In Germany we have this December tradition to lit candles on every Sunday before christmas eve. On the last Sunday before christmas eve it will be four candles shining.

...PostSecret day today.
...Another Sunday before a Monday at work.
...visited Sietskes Blog

I told my partner, that I would have a surprise for him. He freaked out. My joy changed to being scared as he was. I just wrote an email a few minutes ago and stated that the nomenclature changed from surprise into christmas present. Curious now.

Sayings

Just came into my mind:

I am not interested in your job, your car and your house.
I am interested in you.
Thanks for the hint though.

Luxemburg-Maastricht-Düren

Good morning new week and new adventures. Lets go!

6:00 Luxemburg (L) Vacation are over :(
9:00 Maastricht (NL) going to work
20:00 Düren (D) Going to the movies "The Hobbit"
0:30 back home in Maastricht (NL)

Ya, bed, I can hear you calling *tiiiiiiiiiired*

Finally time off :D

What a great December vacation. Finally spending some time off everything. ;) Conquering Luxemburg town. *kekeke*

Relaxing time around here, including reading in Sietskes Blog. I am curious about my next destination to fulfill my next two-years-plan-wish and do a vacation in and around the capital of Lebanon. 

Happy Sinterklaas

Ok, time to tell you something about the St Nicholas tradition here. Its named Sinterklaas and I recommend the explaination in wiki - Sinterklaas. And to make the picture complete here is one example of a dutch community celebrating Sinterclaas while they are living in Beirut, Lebanon. I love Sietskes Blog. :)

Raptusound - First Official Music Video out!!!

May I introduce you (again):

Raptusound 

Their first official music video out since tonight:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l44KtipO0AE

Raptusound - Truth Not Fashion 

 

The first time I ve seen them play was in October 2012, back in Leipzig, Germany. See entry in October: Leipzig music Thursday. Enjoy the video and their music! Their homepage: http://www.raptusound.com/

Sunday

First cough free night. Aww. Nice. And now: cowboy breakfast. Fried noodles, onions, tomatoe and celery pieces. Good mornin'!

Just pops up: good Mornin'! 

PostSecret time. *read*

...short read in Sietskes Blog.