Friday Beach Day

Eva and I decided to go to the beach on friday. We never realized it's not that far from Amsterdam by train so we hopped on the train and within 30 minutes we arrived at Zandvoort aan zee. The days before the weather had been pretty depressing but this friday it turned out to be a beautiful day. We arrived at the beach; the sun was shining, there was a pretty strong breeze and the sky was a beautiful shade of blue. We walked for a bit and sat down for a hot drink. These are the things you need to do to clear your head and relax for a bit.
Whenever I'm at a beach I feel good, no matter what is going on in my life. It has a really good influence on the human mind. And luckily for me, now I know the beach is just a short trainride away. I might just make a habit of this.

Communist Manifest

I have a bigger post lined up to share with you guys but for now I don't have the time to finish that one just yet so I thought I would just share this for now. I just found out I need to read the Communist Manifest before wednesday! Gotta love Uni.

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Long time no post

So it's been a while. I'm not going to make up an excuse for not posting anything for the last two months. I just didn't feel like it. I stopped posting in Thailand because I spent more time doing other, more important, things in my final four weeks before going home and since I've been home everything has been so busy. But I'm back now. University has started and I'm drowning already in books and essays. It's all worth it though, I love it. I guess I'm becoming an A-class nerd but I don't care. I feel like I made the right decision about choosing my study and now I just got to work for it. Since studying is closely related to procrastination, I will probably be posting more regularly from now on..
So like I said, I guess I'm back. I ended my Thai trip really well and even though I miss it like crazy I'm happy I am home for now, doing the things I need to do. I can't wait to go back to Thailand. I learned so much and it's been a great great experience. I'm just going to start blogging from now on. No flashbacks or delayed posts. It starts again today. All new. Thanks and I'll post something soon!

Take care and have a good day, Hannah

Perseverance

Last thursday I went back to the Thai Ambassy in Amsterdam to pick up my passport, including my visa! All set to go now, five weeks left. Thankfully I didn't have any problems this year, last year getting my visa was a bit more of a struggle. I hope the next five weeks will go by so fast. I'm so done with Holland and especially with our climate. All this snow and freezing cold temperatures. It's not even funny anymore. I can't wait to walk around in my shorts again. 

I was supposed to fight February 17th but due to a concussion I had to cancel my fight the week before. I had trained so hard for my fight and all of a sudden it wasn't going to happen anymore. I was a bit down about it and I took a little time off for recovery and setting things straight again. I got back to training this week and I decided to just have fun until I leave for Thailand. So no more fight before I go to Asia, I will pick that up when I'm there. Until then, I'm just going to do whatever I feel like. And yesterday.. I felt like doing MMA! So for the first time in my life I joined the MMA training at my gym. I loved it, a great group of guys and it's just a completely different experience. I am definitely going to do this more often. 

Last but not least, before I finish this post, I would like to congratulate my cat on his perseverance. He's way too big for this box, but his size has never stopped him from doing whatever he feels like doing. So in this case, he made himself fit into this box. He's been sitting in there for over 30 minutes already. Way to go boy! Dream big, or maybe small.. 

Asia 2.0

Hello world! What I've been up to lately? The usual. Finally booked my ticket to Thailand and I'm happy to announce that I will be leaving to Thailand March 28th for about two months. At first I will be staying near BKK and I will travel to  some other places later on. I'll be leaving Holland in just six weeks! Time goes so fast and I'm so excited about going back. I went to Amsterdam yesterday to apply for my visa. Good old times with the Thai Consulate. I've been a bit busy lately, that's one of the main reasons for the lack of fresh posts. I can't really promise I will keep my blog a bit more updated the next couple of weeks but I will try my best and of course, when I'm in Asia, I will use this blog to keep everyone updated! No worries. So a quick update about my whereabouts, got to get back to work now. Peace out.

AMSTERDAM & UNIVERSITY

 This saturday me and my sister had to go to Amsterdam to visit an introduction day at the University of Amsterdam. Eventhough I love travelling, there is no escaping University. So next fall I will start studying. Only problem is that I don't have a clue yet what to study. For seven years I said I would go to Lawschool to become a kickass-lawyer but after getting back from Asia I lost all motivation for that study so I withdrew my application (jup, I already applied before I left to make sure I'd get in) and I had to start all over again thinking about what I would like to do with the rest of my life. This gave me headaches and I thought I'd never find something. Until I read about the study: Cultural and Social Antropology. Everything fell into place. I could still travel, mean something to a lot of people in the world and in general it's something that I just love to know more about. Reading stuff online is not everything so yesterday I got to take some classes and talk with some students that were already in their 3th or 4th year of this study. The study sounded just as good in real life as it did online so I guess I finally found something I want to do! It feels like a weight just dropped of my shoulders. My parents couldn't believe it at first when I told them I wanted to study 'Antropology' because this study always comes along as old-fashioned and boring. But it has changed so much compared to thirty years ago. Nowadays it's a really interesting study and I can't wait to start. Guess my plans to conquer the world are starting to get shape. Watch out. Oh and did I mention how much I love Amsterdam? I freaking love Amsterdam.

Back to school, it felt weird to be sitting in a classroom again and to have to listen to a teacher telling me things. This is going to be fun next year..

Temperatures were freezing yesterday and it rained almost all day but that didn't keep me and my sister from having a great day. Wednesday we get to go to Amsterdam again, sweet! 

Nothing finishes a cold and rainy day better than a cup of hot chocolate and some newly purchased books. 

I guess I finally found my study, my future got a little bit brighter yesterday. Exiting times are ahead. Brazil in January, Thailand by the end of March and University in September. Big decision-making in progress and I'm just happy things are falling into place bit by bit. Okay, thanks for reading and take care! More posts will come soon! :)