Today my parents had to put down the 'last' dog which I could consider as 'mine'. I helped her be delivered since she was a puppy of my other dog, Muza. She seemed to be the weakest of the lot and that's why we decided to keep her with us and her mom. We called her Jana. She turned out to be quite a rebel and stubborn little dog, who didn't know ( Read more... )

I can't stand my landlords - Ymere. It's a company that rents lots of apartments in various building complexes in Amsterdam (and maybe in other cities as well). Their service sucks. Unfortunately I had quite a few repair requests in the past year, since I've moved there, and I think I've tried everything: calling their clients' line and talking ( Read more... )

I started Dutch classes again. It's been 4 years since I had them last time and my superiors had this idea that it might be good for me to improve my already good Dutch and move to the next level with it. I was more than happy to comply since they arranged and paid for it. I really enjoy studying foreign languages. It's the first time in a loooong ( Read more... )

Some time last week my mom called me, all agitated, to ask me whether I've heard about this dog which showed amazing survival powers. He managed to survive on a big chunk of ice floating down one of the major rivers of Poland straight into the Baltic Sea. They are saying that he spent days on that chunk of ice and traveled like this over 300 km. ( Read more... )

Heard, again, great news from another best friend today that, again, a baby is on its way to this world. While I'm happy for her etc. etc. I am a bit tired with just getting updates on pregnancy quirks, labor peculiarities, babies' small progresses. Whenever I manage to happily go through the pregnancy with one friend and the baby is finally born ( Read more... )

I've been to a circus show three times in the past three years. Once a year seems to be my average now ( Read more... )

Am working out again. It kind of sucks, though. I mean, I used to push myself, however much I wanted to at the given moment. The worst case scenario was that I would be sore and complaining with every step I had to take in the following days, but then again my colleagues are very active themselves and we would all laugh about one of us being sore ( Read more... )

Physiotherapist: You need to go walking for at least 10-20 minutes a day ( Read more... )

Had lots of time to think and write on the train last night. I actually miss the 'commute' time. Sure, most of the time it felt like you are wasting precious time on commuting, but then if you are doing it via public transport you can do so much in between - read, watch news, write, think.

Was at a post-wedding party in den Haag last night. I just ( Read more... )

One of my favorite moments as far as writing is concerned comes when I have to proof read what I wrote before giving the green light to the publisher. To those unfamiliar with the process, after meeting a deadline for writing an article/paper/book, it usually takes a few more months (up to years, in worse case scenarios) before the publisher sends ( Read more... )