Promisses v.2

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2005-11-27T17:17:51Z

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jetleg

2005-07-21T06:30:04Z

Zo daar zit ik dan in mijn kamer met airco...
Maar liefst kwart over 1 's nachts ik weet dus nu wat een Jetleg is.
Ben de hele middag en avond moe en luierig geweest maar nu 's nachts ben ik klaar om Fuji-san te beklimmen zal ik maar zeggen.
Maar het is we een bijzondere dag geweest.
Toen Janneke en ik door de douane (en al die andere uitsluitend Japans sprekende autoriteiten) waran stonden er een paar enorme spandoeken met daarachter kleine Japannertjes op ons te wachten.
Yuzuki-san en mijn gast moeder (Die ik voor het gemak het hele verhaal lang moeder noem maar eigenlijk Reiko heet) in mij geval.
Daar kwamen meteen de eerste problemen want mijn Japans bleek toch niet genoeg om moeder te verstaan en Yuzuki had naar eigen zeggen haar dag niet wat het Engels betrof dus uitleggen dat ik een baterijlader nodig had werd lastig.
Maar gelukkig is die er me dank aan de man in de Sony winkel op Kansai airport (Mocht hij het ooit lezen: 'Arigatou gozaimashita') toch gekomen.
De mobiele telefoon moest no even wachten want daarvoor was geen winkel op Kansai airport...
Nog even snel wat water uit een automaat gehaald en toen de bus naar Wakayama gepakt.
Dat was echt gezellig we hebben veel gepraat in een mix van Japans - engels gepraat vooral over de verschillen tussen Japan en Nederland.
De bus stopte op Wakayama station dus verder pakte we een taxi.
Geen pretje uitstappen met een paar zware koffers in benauwd regenweer maar het moest maar even.
Het huis ligt in een wat sombere vervallen buurt met kleine straatjes
Dit zegt niets over het huis zelf.
Deze is heel taditioneel Japans met veel Tatami matten (Traditioneel Japanse vloerbekleding van gevlochten stro) en airco in elke kamer!

Eerst maar eens even douchen in een kleine badkamer zonder echte doucheruimte.
De douchekraan is zomaar ergens tussen de wasbak en het bad opgehangen.
Daarna even gelunched met Yakisoba (Noodles).
Dat was erg lekker dus was het jammer dat ik geen honger had.
Tegen die tijd (12:30 middag) voelde ik me elendig dus was het tijd om te slapen.
Yuzuki was immers toch naar school.

Om 6 uur werd ik weer wakker en toen was het etens tijd.... dacht ik.
Niet dus etens tijd is hier vaak pas om een uur of 8
In de tussentijd even flink lopen snotteren want ik miste mijn huis nu toch wel.
Het gezin (minus vader die was er nog niet) stelde voor... nee drong aan mijn moeder even te bellen.
Na veel proberen heb ik even met haar gepraat maar dit maakte het niet beter.
Na nog wat gepraat en fotos kijken kwam vader eindelijk thuis!
Wat me verbaasde was dat hij er niet was geweest met eten en dat moeder ook niet mee gegeten had.
Ik heb er maar niet naar gevraagd...

Vader stelde zich lachend voor als 'otoosan' (Wat pappa betekend) dus een echte naam heb ik niet.
Kort hierop heb ik wat kadootjes gegeven (Nouja de oudhollandse dropmand gaf ik al eerder)
Het theeservies en de speculaas maak set vielen erg in de smaak (In ieder geval beter dan de drop).
Maar de verbazing over het zoethout was erg groot.

Rond die tijd ben ik naar bed gegaan en hier zit ik dus weer klaar wakker.
Ik heb nog wat in mijn Kamewr gesnuffelt en kwam er achter dat het die van de uit huis woonende zus Utano is ze lijkt me aardig we zien haar de 1e Augustus.

Mijn eerste Nederlandse berichtje! (My first Dutch post)

2005-07-11T00:50:22Z

Zozo, hier zal ik jullie dus de komende maand op de hoogte houden over mijn Japan reis.

Nouja, zoals je kunt zien is het een beeeeetje laat nu, maarja, ik kon de slaap even niet vatten...
Logisch ook wel, m'n 1e vliegtuig reis staat voor de deur, en het zijn nieteens de kriebels die me wakker houden, ik heb gewoon geen slaap, en nogsteeds geen kriebels, zwaar ongewoon voor mijn doen, maarja, wel handig.

Hoewel ik wel een beetje loop te stressen hier en daar.
Vooral of ik alles wel mee heb, want ja, je gaat niet even naar huis om het op te halen...
Dan heb ik ook nog wat last minute dingen...
Ik moet nog een aantal ceedees in mijn koffer proppen (Acda en de munnik, onvermeidelijk als je zo lang zonder de Nederlandse tal zit...), meer rokjes, en mindewr spijkerbroeken (= warm!) in m'n koffer stoppen etc.
Nouja, dat soort dingen komen morgen ochtend om een urrtje of 8 allemaal wel, voor nu;

Oyasumi nasai! (Weltrusten!)
~Ran

There, there, this is where I'm gonna tell you all about my Japan trip for over the next month.

Well, as you can see, it's ehr, kinda late here, but I can't seem to catch sleep...
Well, that kinda figures, since It'll be the my first flight ever, I'm not even awake because I'm nervous or anything, I just can't seem to catch any sleep, actualy, I'm not really that nervous at all, Pretty unusual in my case, but it comes in handy!

Thou, I do sem to get a little stressed from time to time.
I mean, I cann't just go home and get it.
Then, I have some last minute things to do...
Like putting some more ceedees in my suitcase (Dutch pop's something that just HAS to come with you when you won't hear Dutch for so long!), then I'll have to take some skirts, less jeans (=hot!) with me, but I'll be doing that tomorrow, 8 am, so for now;

Oyasumi nasai! (Good night!)
~Ran

Sir/ Madam

2005-06-20T14:37:41Z

OMG, this is fun

I ordered a tablet, it should arive by mail, but it didn't, so I e-mailed the post office.
A few days later I got the reply:

Dear Sir van Veen(<-My surname)

I am sorry you had to be waiting for a package that did not arive.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find any information about it in our systems.

When you did not recieve your package yet, please let me know your adress and phone number so that we can contact you

Again, our sincerest apologies,(<- They really felt sorry...)

Wim Kieffer

TPG Post

Bold as I am, I replied:

By this time, the package has already reached me, thank you for your reply.

However, I am not 'Sir' bud 'Madam' van Veen

The name Randy can be used bot male and female

Yours sincerely, (<- Yes, I did pay atention in my English class on buisness letters)
Randy(f) van Veen

</u>Believe it or not, another 'post officer' (I thought of that word myself :p) actualy replied.

Geachte mevrouw Van Veen,

I am glad to hear that the package has arived safely.
My sincere apologies for judging your sex wrong.

Yours sincerely,

Gerta Meindersma

TPG Post

But then, when I got it out them, I told my friend 'Gawd that man must be pretty embarased now'
Turns out that the second answer came from another person, which is a woman...

Down

2005-06-19T12:56:49Z

Ungh... I'm kinda down....

Down because I know no one is going to read this, or any of my other posts
Down because, if they DO read them, they simply don't reply.
Down because the weather is to good to be behind my computer.
Down because every one of my friends is already doing fun stuff, or homework, except for me.
Down because my 'I-hate-this-weather-and-I'm-gonna-stay-inside-all-day-and-anoy-my-daughter-with-stupid-questions-mother' hates this weather and stays inside all day to anoy her daughter with stupid questions. (huh?)
Down because I'm making myself even more down while writing this.

There, now that all of that is out, I think I'll be climbing up for a while, in search of a friend who wants to join me in doing something fun ^^

Talents

2005-06-18T19:44:00Z

But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine

While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down
While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try
Well how can I say I'm alive ~ Dido - Life for Rent

I felt like some new music, and I realized I didn't have this song yet, and I never listened to it long enough, so I downloaded it.

But the lyrics hit me more then I expected.
The text above, it's just, you know... ME
Always clumsing around, try everything but with the slightest thing that goes wrong, I give up.
That's why I never found my real talent 'Cos nothing I have, is truely mine'

So, now, I'm thinking about my real talents...you know, I was in a church once where they told that everyone has at least one talent, that hey will discover in their lives.
And ever since then (I was 12) I'm searching for that talent.

I think I have found some, but I'm not sure...
Please help me on this...
People who ever saw me acting in a play, say that that's my natural talent.
All my language teachers say that languages are my talent, as well as writing stories.
In High school, some people told me my talents where drawing and singing, but clearly, I've lost those talents, because when I'm with my collage friends, and I'm singing (I love to sing), their like 'Okay, Randy, that's enough, stop it!' and when I draw something, they often can't even quite make out what it is... o_O

Anyway, I was wondering, what do you guys think about my 'talents'

Sports Festival! 7:00 AM... -_-

2005-06-15T05:06:26Z

Hehehe.....

This is so beyond normal....
It's not even 7 AM yet, and I've already been awake for half an hour... *yawn* I need my sleep....

But there's no time for that, because today is the anual sports festival!!!
At my student teacher job, that is, so I do not have to enter the competitions etc.
I only have to judge them... -_- which can also be quite anoying with 8 year old brats.
But still their the cutest <3

But who the heck thought of the rule that all teachers joining the festival should be there at 7:30 AM!?

Anyway, did I tell you I completely operate on pen now!?
My tablet has finaly arived, so now I can finaly Oekaki all I want (Want to visit me? www.oekakicentral.com )

But now, I'm trying to find out if there might actualy be a program with which you can write letters on the tablet, by hand, and they apear on your screen in typed letters... o_O
That's the way my dad's pocket Peecee works with typing, and I realy like that, because you can 'type' real fast then!

Does anyone know if such program exists???

Red

2005-06-11T13:59:01Z

This is a 'question' in Dutch...

Rood + Rood = 2Rood
Maar, hoeveel rood krijg je
als je 1/4 blauw erbij mengt ?
Wie geeft mij het antwoord?

Hoevaak zie je de letters rood hierboven?

Okay, so the question is, how many letters do you see red above? (The word rood meand red)
The colored letters are the letters you have to count, allong with the letters that form the word rood every time.
Don't count in any numbers or signs.

Does anyone know why the answer of this has to be 47???
My mom and I still don't get it... Help!

I like a Hike

2005-06-10T17:35:09Z

Actualy, that title doesn't make the least bit of sence, since I hate every kilometer I have to walk...

But here in Holland, we have the '4 eves hike' or literaly 'The evening 4 days'.
These are 4 evenings of hiking either 5, 10 or 15 kilometers an evening.
Now, every child here in Holland did this at least once, lots of elementary schools organize something to walk the route with the whole school all together, so does my student teacher school.

Anyway, I'm to old to hike... realy... -_- So I didn't join in...
BUT, the route happens to pass my house this year...
actualy, the spot where they have a break and get an icecream etc. was straight across my house...

So, I met up with all of my 'students' again this evening :D
Their just SO cute!
It'll be realy hard to say goodbye when my student teacher period is over...
They just couldn't believe they where standing right acros my house, and they wanted to see my cat (however, the lazy rascal refused to show up, she has been sleeping on my bed since I woke up this morning...
I even got an icecream from the organisation, just because I made a jok about wanting one to ^^

But well.... the brother of the best looking guy I've ever talked with was also there (He's in my student teacher class...the brother of the best looking guy that is... -Don't worry, I'm not a pedophile, the 'best looking guy himself is 18-).
And his mom was there to...
The mother of the best looking guy I've ever talked to, actualy knows where I live! (Such a thrill, ne? :P)

Life

2005-06-06T15:03:09Z

Today, we drove across a cycler who got run over by a car.
It was a horible sight...

Not even because it was bloody or anything, because it wasn't.
But just realizing that the girl on the street, was just a normal girl, like you and me.
I mean, for a moment, I saw myself lying in the middle of the street, and I felt my whole body aching for a sec.

I mean, I'm not a person who thinks like that at all, but for a moment there, I realized how precious life really is...

The Cat with the Hat

2005-06-05T15:41:12Z

Honestly....

Today, I was visiting my Aunt.
Now, my aunt has been saving up for a Chihuahua for quite some time now, and she has bought lots of stuff for it already(So much that she can't effort the actual Chihuahua)...

Now, she showed me some websites....
Well, once I show this, I think I need say no more...
http://www.glamourdog.com/ (Say, Kat, wouldn't there be some nice stuff for your new pups there? ;))

So, well, inspired by all that, I went to look for something like that... but since I don't have a dog... I went to look for cat stuff, and found... this:
http://www.jamiewhite.com/html/clifford_s_cat_hats.html

OMG You'll say, and OMG I say... I mean, I'm so NOT going to make my cat suffer like this... o_O

Same name, same game, all over again....

2005-06-02T22:08:16Z

I was just talking to, what you can carefully sstart to consider my crush on MSN, and well, we where talking about Jpop, and that he and his girl both loved it etc.
I 'smiled' and told him how hard it is to find a partner who likes Jpop in this country...
'Yeah, I'm lucky' he told me.
'So is your girl' I replied....

And I just can't believe I said that.....
I mean, it's waaaaay to late vfor a love confesion now.
That should have been when his other girlfriend broke up...
But back then, he was so down, and I didn't want him to think I was using the situation to get him, even thou I was...
I mean, he even started to like me back...

But who needs a girl that likes 400KM away from you when you need her the most, right?
So, he choose her, and their really happy together, so it seems to me.
But by now, I think it's to late... I think I'm falling more in love every time I talk to him.
Some would say I'm crazy, because I've never even seen him in real life...
But it's just his way of acting, and his pictures, he's realy cute...

I should have told him that... no wait, I have told him that when he was unshure of himself because his girl broke up... but now it's to late...
I'll have to face it...

Another Kevin, another Heartbreak...

Jpop Suki TV

2005-05-30T20:36:02Z

There is this cool stuff I realy HAD to share with all of you, especialy if you have winamp (actualy, it would be pretty useless to try this without winamp...)
Namely; Jpop Suki TV!!!
It's right here:
http://mullemeck.serveftp.org/jps_beta/?page=tv

Or, even easier, right here! (If you click the 'here' the 'TV station will pop up in your winamp imediately) enjoy pls (You'll have no hard time enjoying if your a Jpop fan^^)

Sleepyness

2005-05-30T11:48:48Z

Woah, I have a feeling I've never slept as much as the last few days...
I mean, I'm not a sleepyhead at all...

It's kind of a bad thing thou, because I only spend a little time a day behind my PC, and well...
Since it's the PC in my room, I haven't been able to check my mail, or mail anyone back...
I'm just to tired for it... I'm SO sorry everyone...

Anyway, I'm getting better now... I'm even hungry...

Illness

2005-05-29T11:12:56Z

Well well...
Seems like the computer is my only communication these days...

You see, for some weird reason, when I get a cold, my voice refuses to work.
And so, when you have a meeting with all sorts of exchange students, that can be pretty much of a pain.

Actualy, we still had lots of fun, my parents came with me, because it was on the other side of Holland (Don't missunderstand, that's only 100KM...).
Since there where a lot of people, another pair of parents with their son, and some kind of friend of them, came to sit with us...

Oooh, how sweet...hehehe...
The two other man where acting SO important, and SO interesting, one of them was working for a TV station, and they where talking about the newest gadgets all the time.

Untill notes had to be taken...
One of the man puled out a noteblock and a pen...
And I pulled out my dad's handheld PC to take notes, and they where like O_O
They've been quiet for the rest of the day...

So was I BTW, since every noise I have to make hurts like heel, and uses a piece of licorice (You know, the Dutch black candy, that no one likes, accept for the Dutch, they help when your throte hurts..) to recover.
So, you can imagine the calories I gain these days... especialy since I'm to tired to extersize...

But I DID meet my travel mate... she's cool.
she has done exchanges to Agentinia and Brazil before, and so, she has been on planes before..
Which is my main concern, I'm pretty scared to go on that huge flying object (HFO :p)...
So, whish me luck in advance :p

Burn baby, BURN!

2005-05-26T21:04:27Z

NO WAY!

15 mins of sun while 'playing outside' at my student teacher job, and I already got sunburned...
How the (...) am I supposed to make it trough the summer at this rate, without people who wonder 'Say, shouldn't you try to get a little tan, you're so white...'
While I'm like, constantly working on my tan... which either results in suncream or sunburns...

Yet, even worse, how am I going to make it trough Japan, for 4 weeks and 35 °C on an avarage day....
Okay, so I'm from the 'far north' weather here usualy stinks, and when it doesn't, you are SO used to the cold, that you can hardly stand the heat....
And, get burned...

Don't get me wrong, I love the sun, I love the heat, but it just shouldn't be so damn exhausting and, well, burning... o_O

Done already? :|

2005-05-20T17:24:09Z

Yay! I think I'm done with the translation of the E-mail I got today ^^

Here it is, please, if you know Japanese, check if I'm right ^^

'Hoi'(Hey) (This is a Japanese letter)

Yesterday, the tests have started at school.
My maths is horible, so studying for it was realy a pain.
Today, I had an English test, it was realy hard.
Tuesday, I have garden mathmatics, so I will do my best.

I realy love Miffy.
But is Miffy realy just populair under kids in Holland?

Yes, compared to Holland, summer in Wakayama is pretty hot, therefore,
you get tired realy soon once you go outside.
But, try your best to describe your nature^^

Today, I sent allong my schools picture, please take a look.
I have finished most of my tests by writing many English and Japanese E-mails.
(Dutch is still to come, I am not able to read or understand it yet.)
When you don't understand my Japanese, I will teach you.
Then you will understand more Japanese.

'Tot de volgende keer' (Untill next time)
Yuzuki

Japanese

2005-05-20T14:53:41Z

Woah, I can't believe this...
My soon to be exchange student send me an E-mail entirely in Japanese...
Sure, I'll be capable of reading it... if you give me an hour or 5...
As if I'm not lacking my school work enough as it is already :P

Anyway, if anyone feels like helping me, it's

Hoi (^0^)/ (This is Japanese "Kaomoji".)
Kinou kara gakkou de tesuto ga hajimari mashita. Watashi ha Suugaku (Math)
ga nigate dakara
itumo tesuto no benkyou ha taihen desu ! Kyou ha Eigo no tesuto ga
arimasita. Muzukashikatta!!
Kayoubi niwa Suugaku ga aru kara ganbarimasu^^

Watashi ha Miffy ga suki desu. ("Niijntje" is called "Miffy" in Japan.)
Demo Miffy wa Oranda dewa kodomo ni ninki ga aru mono nanodesuka?

Souda! Wakayama no natu wa Oranda yori totemo atui desu. Dakara soto ni
dekakeruto sugu tukareru !
Demo ganbatte odekake simasyoune^^
Kyou wa watashi no gakkou no syashin o noseru node mite kudasai.

Tesuto ga owattara motto takusan Eigo to Nihongo de e-mail kakimasune(^-^)
(Orandago wa madamada yondari kaitari dekinai desu. . . .)
Moshi watashi no Nihongo ga wakaranai toki wa oshiete kudasai :-)
Motto wakariyasuku kakimasu^^

Tot de volgende keer !
Yuzuki

Oh, don't bother to try to translate the 'Hoi' and the 'Tot de volgende keer' Because that's the Dutch I taught her ^^

Shopaholic!

2005-04-22T20:34:08Z

Heh, I actualy like this result:P

You Are A Total Shopaholic!

You have a keen eye for spotting trends before they are hot

And sometimes your credit rating takes a beating as a result

Consider a job in retail to subsidize your gorgeous outfits

Over time, you could become a famous stylist or designer!

Are You a Shopaholic? Take This Quiz :-)

Find the Love of Your Life
(and More Love Quizzes) at Your New Romance.

houki @ 2005-04-22T16:59:00

2005-04-22T15:07:02Z

Your element is Fire. Like fire, you have a hot
temper and you can be warm and loving as well
and angry and wild. It all really comes down to
what you are feeling. You have a lot of close
friends who you are very protective over, and
with your temper probably some enemies too. You
are not Miss Popular in school since you are
your own person and don't want to be forced
into behaving this or that way. You are the
untamed wild horse, the kind that everyone
wants to catch. But you don't want to be tied
down for the moment and just keep going with
your little crushes. Your will is strong and if
you set your mind to do something, you will
most likely succeed. But beware, your friends
may not always accept your mood-swinging
behaviour. Even if you don't mean to be mean,
they can still feel hurt. You just need to
start thinking some things through before you
do them, and not always jump in with so much
courage. One day you may be hurt because of
that, but then again, your element isn't fire
if you start to analyse situations before you
act. After all, your nature is to shoot first
and ask the questions later. Rate and message!

What is your element? [with pics + 7 outcomes + detailed answeres!]
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Your soul is happy.
You live life like its all a fun game. You
don't like to take things seriously which is
both good and bad. Due to your fun loving
nature you don't like steady boyfriends that
much. They come and go, and you simply aren't
ready for your true love to come just yet.
Generally you are a good friend who can cheer
up those in need of it and are fun to hang out
with. You hate feeling sad yourself and avoid
it the best you can. Parties and social
gatherings are your things, whether it be in
small or large groups of people. It is no
surprise that you are well-liked among your
peers.

How is your soul?(pics)
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Your wise quote is: "The best antiques are old
friends" by Unknown...
Your buds is the source of your happiness
(maybe not all but still). Even if it's just
one, a couple or a whole group they are the
ones you can't wait to see. It does not matter
if you're shy with everyone else or not, with
them you let your true spirit shine and can be
as loud as you want. They accept you, and you
love them for that.

What wise quote fits you?(pics) UPDATED
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Like, YES! I SO wanted to know this... -_-;

2005-04-21T20:50:02Z

Sunday blues

2005-04-17T14:01:41Z

Help!
It's sunday, and noone knows what to do.
So, my mom is lying on the sofa, I am having some tea, whil I'mm feeling useless because I can't make myself usefull, and my dad...

My dad looks up all information there is to look up on Japan.
Now, I think that's realy sweet of him and everything, but, he's reading it all out loud.
And, well, with his rate of dyslection, you don't realy understand what he's saying, but you want to, because he does this for you.
Besides, I coulodn't remember a word even if he WAS abler to read well enough, because, basicly, hes just tell us this much, a normal human couldn't remember more then half of it.

So now, I told him I'd look some stuff up myself to 'help him' and in secret, I'll be playing games all afternoon :D

exchanging

2005-04-16T14:10:05Z

Yeah! the trip is now officialy on!

To be honest, I still can't believe it myself... going to Japan... actualy going there...
But the filght is now officialy booked AND payed and everything...
I'll leave from Amsterdam on the 11th of July, at 14:20, and I'll be in Osaka 24 hours after that.... :|
And then (And I'm a lot less happy about that:P) then, at the 7th of augus, I won't be back in holland before 3 PM... :D

Heh, to be honest, when I just filled in my vacation form to request the time off from work, it realy looked long... Week 28 to 32.... haha, now they can finaly see how much they actualy need me at work :D
And how much the girls'll miss me at school (I hope) They have to do without me for an entire week as well.

As for Mit, Lin, Mel and Kat... I'm sure I'll miss you the most, but I'll try to keep in contact, and I'll get you all something of course...

Gosh, writing this makes me feel like I'm about to step on the plain already... o_O
Hmmm.... let's see... 84 days until the 11th of July... (Can you believe I used my agenato count those days... o_O)

houki @ 2005-03-28T19:11:00

2005-03-28T17:15:08Z

So many people around me feeling so bad, sad or whatever, that I'm almost feeling guilty to feel as happy as I am right now...
I realy can't do anything for these people, and that makes me feel powerless...

I was looking for love, I found you.
You, who just lost what I was looking for...
Love.

Heh, thou... I don't realy feel like I'm in love or anything, he's just so much like me... that's all...

Boys...

2005-03-28T16:24:38Z

I've SO had it with all these guy chat friends of mine...

As soon as they heard there will be a Japanese exchange student here, they where all like 'Oh, can I meet her, can I? Can I? Please!!!'
And well, this one guy I've told her name (Which is Yuzuki) yesterday.... today he asked me how old, yizume, or yazume, or whatever was...

So, now I'm arguing with him about he doesn't care WHO she is, all he cares about is that she is Japanese, and well, he doesn't mather if he gets to see her or not, 'because he will get one of his own next year'.
Hello.... It's like we're talking about cars or something...

Okay, let's make one thing clear, Yuzumi is NOT public property, she's just a normal human, who will do whatever she wants, even when she is in Holland.
So, NO I'm NOT going to let all my friends meet her, unless she wants to.