It's gone

Yesterday morning the recycle truck came and took all my heavy stuff. Last week I have been spending my time in looking for things that can be picked up. Because of the purchases of a new tv our old television had to go. I also cleaned up two suitcases to go along with it.

Books and small stuff that I already prepared to be donated went in it and left the house at the same time. The old juicer in a different box went away too. Two old handheld vacuum cleaner where the battery is dead has been picked up too.

It's really nice, a week ago I called the free pick up service and they planned it after a whole week. In the mean time I knew that they were going to get my stuff, I also called my sister if they have anything they want to get rid of. So, I got our old pc from the attic and donated that too.

A bunch of stuff, gone in under two minutes. I expected two guys but no there were four to six of them. I just prepared two cold coke in the fridge which isn't enough so, I didn't even mentioned it. But hey they did their job great and I am grateful to them.

It's nice I created more space with so many things gone. This last two weeks I spent my time looking for things to be donated just to be picked up. If you have a service in your city which is absolutely free like I described would you consider to plan this?

It's the first time I used this service, I mean I have visited enough thrift shop but calling them to pick it up is something new. I'm very happy cause this time I have given things away that I usually consider keeping just for in case and now I am a little bit more free.

Calligraphy

Something I put down a long time ago, art. I love creating things and I have passion for art. I can stare at something for hours long if I like it. As a teenager I tried writing and love it but it took so much time. Writing very neat even in a notebook. I couldn't keep up with it for just 4 pages or else I couldn't follow everything. 

Last night I pick up my pencil and started again, writing. It's beautiful and ugly at the same time. The overlapping strokes and the swiftness of my brush. I love it. I was angry a little bit pissed and couldn't really calm down. And with calligraphy I am forced to brush it away first before I could really get into it. 

Of course a hobby is not only something that is fun but can also relieves pain and stress. I remember that I used to love watch tv. I can turn my brain off and served information from the diverse programs. Honestly most of it were cartoons. 

I am happy I have calligraphy as an anti-stress hobby. I mean I love to read but it doesn't give me the same rest that I need. Reading is an entertainment hobby, to get slurped up in a different world. I love art and the one that I also perform is calligraphy. It has add value to my life. 

What kind of hobby has add value to yours?

Wanting to leave

It's summer and school holidays already started. I want to leave and not because of the weather. I just don't feel welcome in this country. Yes, not welcomed in my birth country. I find it a shit country when people discriminate and bully. Sure wherever there are people, there will be people being bullied. It's not correct but it's happening. I try not to be one of the bullies and not stand by when I see someone bullied.

These few days a few kids in my neighborhood where ringing our doorbell and run off. Of course I know who they are. I get the fact they are kids but they run off because they know it's wrong. Sure, you may think it's a small thing which is but all those small things together becomes a nuisance. 

And when teenagers old enough to ride a scooter starts, it is the last straw. I wasn't nice either, I asked the boys if they knew 'Fries' it's Netherlands official second language. So they started rumbling rubbish because they couldn't. I was quite calm when I asked but afterwards I got pissed and made the f*** gesture. 

This situation happens a lot but tonight I didn't want to be reasonable or anything. Cause I know it's not right to discriminate and I should be angry because it's wrong. 

Schatkamer verstoort

Mijn schatkamer is de laatste tijd niet helemaal zoals het hoort. Het is niet picture perfect. Natuurlijk is het niet erg dat het soms net niet goed is maar ik ben bang als ik het zo laat ik in een kuil val. Het uitstellen omdat het zo gedaan is en opeens zijn die kleine veranderingen samen zo groot dat ik er tegen op kijk.

Tijd om er wat aan te doen. Ik begon met mijn aankopen zoals toiletteries op zijn juiste plek te leggen. Ik heb deze week wat gekocht, een vest en kinderslotjes. Natuurlijk zijn het allebei in de aanbieding en heb ik erover nagedacht.

Meteen de toiletteries in een papieren tas gedaan en geplaatst in de toilet. De vest ging meteen richting de badkamer want ik moet het eerst wassen om te zien of het kleur afgeeft. De rest wat niet hoort op mijn slaapkamer gaat naar buiten. Sommige dingen zoals boeken gaan naar de zolder en de rest mee na beneden.

Het kost een half uur voordat de kalmte herstelt is. Heerlijk een slaapkamer waarin de rust weer heerst. Vanavond weer rustig slapen en minder spullen rondom mij.

Last Game

Today is the end of the World Cup. I am prepared to watch the last match and see who is the new world champ. Yesterday night I also watched the game for the third place and it was... I hope that the last match will be fair. I am going to cheer for my country's neighbor, Germany. They play nice soccer and have one of the least yellow cards in the whole tournament.

My dinner is prepared and I only have to pull it out of the fridge and let it warm up a little bit before eating. That's the strength of gimbap eating it cold or warm. This time I don't intend to pull open a bottle of beer cause tomorrow is the beginning of a new week.

Hereby I am already saying goodbye to the World Cup and I will be cheering again in 2018. It's probably the last entry about soccer this year. Let's thank FIFA for organizing one of the most anticipated tournament ever and hope that in another four year time it will be great as well.

Organizing someting not worth organizing?

I haven't done anything special lately but what I did do is clean up the cupboard in the kitchen. I try not to spend much time in organizing it because it always changes. I don't expect that it will look the same tomorrow.

What makes cupboards so difficult to minimize is the usage. I use the cupboard as a place to put my cups and snacks. It's one of the doors that I frequently open and close. The changes can be minimal but small changes throughout the day leads to huge changes.

So after breakfast I decided to organize the cupboard. As you can see the bottom is for drinking. I have stationed a few cups in it with a few pots with teabags.

The middle shelves is for snacks and it looks nice but the clutter is mostly packaging and I threw those in the recycling bin. The top shelve is for things I don't frequently use but like to have it within hindsight.

It just took five minutes to organize it and it does look al little bit calmer and I like it. I think within a day it won't look the same but still it's nice to know that it can be organized. I also take the time to check the expiration date on packaging and trow those outdated out.

Line out

Jeetje, het is al bijna een week geleden dat ik geschreven heb. Ik had even geen zin om achter de pc te zitten want de tv die vorige week is besteld, is binnengekomen en ik richtte al mijn aandacht op het apparaat. Ik heb de tv op zijn voet gezet en ben meteen bezig geweest wanneer ik tijd had. De instellingen goed zetten en verschillende functies uitproberen.

En dat brengt mij op het feit dat ik zeer blij ben met de tv. Oké de geluidskwaliteit is nogal bagger maar dat de tv zelfs rmvb bestanden kan afspelen is een hele grote pluspunt en dat voor €169,-. Voetbal kijken is niet zo fijn omdat bij hoge snelheden ghosting optreed maar voor normaal gebruik is het een fijne tv.

Verder zat ik ook aan een ander apparaat te knutselen en dat kost ook tijd. E-reader uitproberen, het fijne aan een klein apparaat is de energieverbruik. Ik ben echt om, lezen met een e-reader.

Maar niet getreurd ik ben weer terug want nu alle andere apparaten goed zijn opgezet kan ik weer minimaliseren. Want een ding erin betekent twee eruit. Allereerst gaat de oude tv weg en ik heb al een tweede object klaarstaan dat ook weg kan. Jazeker want als ik nu niet aan de regels hou dan is er een kans dat ik weer ga verzamelen en dat is niet de bedoeling.

Sometimes things don't go as planned. Yesterday after writing an entry in my blog I picked up the pen and paper. I started writing about the soccer game at Sunday. It's a nice post but I didn't typed it on the pc. Yes, I still haven't though I planned to do it in the noon. 

Somehow I didn't have the energy to do even the simplest thing in the world, typing a text. There are times that this situation happens and I don't have an answer to why it did happen like that. Sure, yesterday I was still sick and the drugs are working. 

I used to freak out when things didn't go as planned but now I have learned that not every aspect in life can be controlled. It's something that comes with time and experience. Learning to except that not everything goes as I want isn't easy. Nowadays I reflect on it and think about how to do my tasks. 

Knowing what I want and how it can turn out to be, is something a bit matured I could do.