Gosh its been too long since I last wrote anything here. Story of my life.
I've got about half an hour before I have to head out and catch a train to Berlin so I thought that I'd quickly update the blog with whats been going on. I've been telling myself to do it for ages. But i'm sure you guys know how things go......
So this is what has happened since I last blogged.
Weekend of April 17th-19th: Hitch-hiking competition to Southern Belgium
April 20th-28th: Went to Venice, Verona and Como in Italy
Thursday April 30th: QUEENS DAY!! Massive Party and Flea market all over Amsterdam
Weekend of May1st-3rd: Ultimate Frisbee tournament in Brugges (yes Colin Farrel was in a movie about it)
Tuesday May 5th: Liberation Day. Massive Party again in Wageningen.
I didn't do any work whatsover in those two weeks. And furthermore, I had two essays due around this time. So i've been working on getting those done for the past few weeks. I've realised that I really don't handle working on essays very well. I keep thinking that I need to get it done as soon as I can, and then enjoy myself afterwards. I tell myself not to answer emails, organise any fun stuff, or just relax. And try and use all the time to read and write the essays. In just doesn't work. I've got one last essay left. But I've got to learn to take it easy while I'm writing the essay instead of just telling myself to try and get it done ASAP. Because that just doesn't end up happening.
In any case, I might not have the luxury of doing that. I come back from Berlin on Wednesday night. I will have a presentation to give on Thursday morning and then in a bit over a weeks time, I will have to hand in my last paper. Haven't done anything for that yet. Although this paper could/should be quite interesting. I want to compare the way that Chinese Dutch people have integrated into Dutch society, with the way that Chinese-Australian people have integrated into Australian society (or not...:). I haven't met any Chinese Dutch yet so it should be interesting to interview them and see how things are different.
Looking forward to going to Berlin today. I've heard some good things about it. Unfortunately, I'll only have two free days to see Berlin. We''ll be playing in a Beach Frisbee Tournament from Saturday to Monday. Yeap, Beach Frisbee in Berlin, makes perfect sense. The team name is Santa's Reindeers. Why not? Beach Frisbee in Berlin barely makes any sense. Why not make it a Christmas team in summer?
Our colours are red and green. We've got santa hats and I'm bringing my Santa sack (i knew it would be of use someday). Alex asked me to get him a green shirt. I said I'd get him something "nice and tight". And he said "yea surprise me, you can buy a dress even." He's definitely going to be surprised.....
