Right, no point in me saying I have been absent. No point in coming up with all sorts of excuses to say why or what I have been doing while I could have been posting to LJ.

I just wanted to say that as for the emotions of me during this year there have been a few huge lows.

An aunt of mine died last summer of cancer. That made me really sad. She's not an aunt by blood, but by heart - which counts more in my opinion - and I have known her all my life since she lived next to my parents.

And more recent... last night a friend of mine died. She would have turned 41 next Sunday. Leaving behind a husband and a toddler. So sad. I knew it was coming, since she was very ill, but I still hadn't expected it to happen quite so soon. Although, the updates I got on her were not very positive the last few weeks. I hoped she would have made it to 2014, but I think that was a selfish wish on my part.

So these songs express all the lows.





There have been highs too, but since the loss is still fresh it's very hard to see them and be positive about them. :( Sorry. I hope 2014 will be better because this year @#$!

Wonderful weekend. Great weather. Sunny, not too hot. :-) And Open Monumental Building Day, or Days actually since that event took place whole weekend. So last Saturday I visited some monumental buildings. One being the building that houses Sociëteit De Witte.

To see a detail from the interior, I will give you a link to a pic on my Flickr page. Sunny Picture, Literally

For more information about this building and the Society using it, visit the Societeit De Witte Homepage

No, it's raining.

I'm sorry to say that I'm behind with this. It's not that I don't have the pictures or stuff picked, but I simply don't have the time right now to make the posts. I hope I will be stepping up next week to make the posts and so on. Just... it might take a few days to complete. Sorry guys. I haven't forgotten about you. It's just RL is busy right now. :) To quote the Terminator I'll be back! :D

Cut out a picture that fits your mood



Because I have my dear, old Panasonic back again. Yay! Wooooooot! :) So, I thought it was only appropriate to post a pic of a camera cake. :D

Take a picture of your evening meal

( Yummy PumpkinCollapse )

Took a picture of the dish while it was still on the stove, since I wanted to show the cinnamon sticks you use in this dish for flavour and smell. Once it's on your plate you can use goat cheese or feta cheese to finish it.

The rest of the ingredients for this dish: pumpkin, tomato in cubes, olive oil, onion, pepper, cajun pepper, salt, cumminseed, chickpeas, garlic and zucchini (courgette).

Take your picture of the day and post it on your blog/

Today I had a blast after work. :) Went to the beach with a friend. Just to chat and take pictures, watch the sunset, take more pictures and finally a nice meal in a Thai restaurant. Wonderful way to end a busy week. *happily celebrating weekend*

( Sunset on the beachCollapse )

Post every day the lyrics of a song you like

Wicked - For Good

(Elphaba):
I'm limited
Just look at me - I'm limited
And just look at you
You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda
So now it's up to you
For both of us - now it's up to you...

(Glinda):
I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you...

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

(Elphaba):
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...

Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you

(Glinda):
Because I knew you

(Both):
I have been changed for good

(Elphaba):
And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done you blame me for

(Glinda):
But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share

(Both):
And none of it seems to matter anymore

(Glinda):
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood

(Elphaba):
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood

(Both):
Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better

(Glinda):
And because I knew you...

(Elphaba):
Because I knew you...

(Both):
Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good...

Collect a beautiful quote

On my Dutch blog I used Dutch quotes today. I can't find the translations of them in English and fair is fair... sometimes there's something not right when translating quotes. So I won't do that. :) I will however use the same theme. *winks* *points to icon*

"There’s more to life than chocolate, but not right now." - Anonymous

Extra quotes

"Other things are just food. But chocolate’s chocolate." - Patrick Skene Catling

"All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt." - Charles M. Schulz

"Strength is the ability to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of those pieces." - Judith Viorst