Category: Lifestyle
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Instagram #13
It seems like yesterday since I posted my last Instagram overview, but in fact it’s been 6 weeks. High time to show you what I have been up to these past few weeks. I don’t take enough pictures in my day to day life to fill up blog post after blog post on my personal…
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Sweater weather tag
A few years ago the sweater weather tag did the rounds, but I feel that by now it’s been forgotten. And that’s a shame, because it is a fun tag. I hadn’t done it before and since the weather is finally getting colder, it is definitely appropriate for this time of year.
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Plog 26 October 2015
I thought it would be fun to show you a day in the life of moi in pictures. This past week was fall break for me and so I had a more interesting week going on then the usual I-get-up-go-to-work-then-the-gym routine. I picked last Monday to be the day to show you as I had…
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Instagram #12
It’s been a while since I did one of these, but that’s mainly because I haven’t been taking many pictures. My old phone nearly died on me and my new one is great, but since I carry that in my bag instead of my coat pocket, I often find myself forgetting to take pictures these…
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How I got where I am today
I’ve come to a point in my life where I can reflect on what makes me me. It isn’t necessarily rocket science to know these things about yourself, but in my case, I found out the hard way. Through several bumps in the road, I figured out who I am, what I like to do…
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10 tips for an organized life
I am one of those people who has a fairly clutter free home. After I decided to clean up my living space and buy some new furniture 2 years ago, I got rid of a lot of junk, but I have always been fairly good at keeping track of my possessions, appointments, work and social…
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Happy moments #5
Time to appreciate life for a minute. Every once in a while I try to write up a list of some of the things that make me happy. They aren’t very life changing or different for that matter but I like to sometimes take a step back and take a look at some of the…
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TV series I’ve been watching
I’ve been on a true TV series kick lately. Ever since I came back from vacation, I’ve been watching fewer Youtube videos and I’ve gone back to watching some more actual TV series. I watched seasons of some of my all time favorites, but I also watched some new stuff and there is one series…
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What’s in my bag?
I’ve been back at work a few weeks now and for this school year, I decided to bring out an oldie but a goodie when it comes to my work bag. This, by now vintage, leather satchel used to be my book bag in my freshmen year in highschool *cue chorus of aaahw*. That was…
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Misslipgloss brunch
Last week, I attended the Misslipgloss brunch. Cynthia, who runs this hugely popular Dutch beauty blog, wanted to get together with some of her readers to celebrate the fact that she reached 5000 blog posts. I signed up for the event and when I was in my hotel room in Miami I got the e-mail…
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Leiden hot spots
I’ve lived in Leiden for just over 13 years now, so I know my way around the city. I went there as a student, but as time progressed, my usual haunts changed up. I went from student bars and societies to bars and restaurants. For years I have been visiting the same bar, found a…
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Let’s Get Personal Tag
I thought it could be fun to answer some tag questions again. I always like filling out this type of question lists and people seem to like getting to know me a little bit better too. There are 33 questions, so let’s get to it. What do you hear while you are writing this? Murmer…
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Life lessons for aspiring teachers
Teaching takes some time getting used to. I can vouch for many times where I didn’t know what to do, or just felt stuck overall. In January I will have been teaching for 10 years and in those 10 years I have had to deal with many different situations and many different students. I spend…
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Instagram #11
Summer is well on its way and I realized I hadn’t even shared some of my latter half spring pictures on here. That’s why this post comprises some pictures of my life in May, June and early July. It was a busy time at work, with classes crammed into shortened weeks due to the many…
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It’s my birthday!
Yep it’s true, today is the day on which I have turned one year older. One year older and wiser? Who knows? All I know is that I have been so busy lately that I almost forgot to put up this post. Turning 7 or 8… But today I’m turning a little bit older than…
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Three things tag
On several blogs I saw this really fun tag doing the rounds, and I thought: Hey! Why don’t I do it too. So today I am bringing you the Three Things Tag. Curious to know three things I keep in my bag? Or three things that make me happy? Then read the rest of this…
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Fewer things, more experiences
I set myself a few goals for 2015 at the start of the year. I wouldn’t call them New Year’s resolutions per se, but just a few things I wanted to get done. One such goal was to try and spend less money on things and that if I was going to spend any money,…
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Too flexible: now what?!
I love squeezing in some workouts into my week. I typically workout 3 – 5 times a week. And not for just any odd reason. If I don’t workout, I instantly develop backaches and for the longest time I didn’t know why. The typical explanation? Stress build up in my muscles. But last year I…
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Life in 20 questions tag
I teach, I dance, I blog, I cook: that would be me in a nutshell. Weren’t it that I also am a fervent visitor of concerts, read more books than I can count, listen to more music than I can keep track of and love a good workout too. I love languages, go to museums…
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Instagram #10
Time to show you what I’ve been up to these past few months. March and April are always my busiest months out of the year so I didn’t have too much time to be taking pictures. So since posting the last edition of this overview of my life in pictures, lots has happened and I…
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Bose Soundtrue on-ear headphones
Last December one of the worst things happened: my Sennheiser in-ear headphones broke and so I set out to the store to replace them. My initial idea was to simply repurchase them as they had been serving me well and it was my second pair already. When I was at the store and saw what…
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Studio Tour
Today is an exciting day, at least for me. Because today I am posting a blog post that has been in the works for more than a year. Almost 2 years ago I decided that my living space needed an upgrade for various reasons. I owned too much stuff, most of the furniture I possessed…
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My teaching experience
I never post much about my personal life on this space. The main reason for that is because I like to keep my private life private, to a certain extent at least. My main reason for that is my profession. In case you didn’t know, I am a teacher and I have been teaching for…
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My current work outs
These past few months I’ve been trying hard to get my work out schedule back on track. My fitness level was at an all time low just before summer and so I had to gradually work my way up again. By now, almost 9 months later, I have found myself settled back into a routine…
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Happy moments #4
It’s been a while since I posted about some of my happy moments. The reason for that was that for a while I just forgot about doing this post. Winter is never my favorite time of year and so I am very much appreciating the fact that I now walk out the door when it’s…
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Instagram #9
Time for a personal update in which I’m showing you what I’ve been up to these past few weeks, as well as give some behind the scenes details on what’s been going on in no particular order. These pictures start some time in January and end right up until this past week. One thing I…
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Why this isn’t a beauty blog
Today’s post was a spur of the moment idea. Not because I didn’t know what to blog about, but because I suddenly felt an urge to say a bit more about my blog and my reasons for doing things the way I do them. Of course, if you have any suggestions for improvement, I’m all…
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Instagram #8
It’s been a while since I last showed you a summary of some of my Instagram pictures. And this time, I’ve decided to give you a bigger impression of my daily life. I simply took more pictures during the latter few months of 2014 than ever before, so I also have more to show you.…
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Tips for a good night’s sleep
Am I the only person who has trouble sleeping sometimes? Probably not. I go through phases where I think and worry too much at night. Sometimes so much so, that I can’t sleep anymore. Since I have a busy job, with a long commute, as well as a busy personal life in which I also…