Someone should punish me for not blogging daily, as I should be supposed to… But anyhow, happy Easter everybody! I know it sounds silly, but when I woke up today I took a quick peak at the garden, just to check no one left any hidden eggs for me. Ha! Really, it used to be a tradition here. Mom and dad always hid chocolate eggs in the garden for me to look on Easter. The good old days…
Talking about that “the good old days”-feeling, mom convinced me to join her and some friends from down the street to the village fair yesterday evening, probably because they needed a responsible non-alcohol drinking persona in case they ended up drunk! But anyhow, it brought back flashbacks! When I used to be little, mom and I used to spend every Wednesday and Saturday at the yearly village fair! I always wanted to go fishing or horseback riding! Hours we’ve spend at the fishing stand or waiting for the highest horse to get available. Bringing back old memories for sure! The fishing got out of my blood once I grew up, but the horseback riding didn’t! I think that even after all those years I still adore horses and, even though I was forced to quit due to a busy university schedule, I am sure that if I would get on a horse right now, I would be sold again and will start riding again frequently.
Mom starts to understand that her little girl is growing up and isn’t so little anymore and I think it sometimes hurts, so I got to take it easy on her. Or the short pain? Haha, I am evil, but not that evil… Or am I? Back to the village fair, I haven’t noticed it at all, but mom got grumpy when she noticed that a guy has been staring at me for a long while. I honestly did not even pay attention to it because I was in deep thoughts.
And I have been enjoying my new sunglasses and handbag to the fullest the past few days! It has been amazing weather (yesterday it was even around 25°C) with a lot of sun! So I have been rocking town with my hair in a tight ponytail so I could show of my new loose tunic with very special neckline that is low cut on the back. This I combined with a dark straight cut jeans, my pointy shoes and to top it off, my bracelet, handbag and sunglasses! Yes, I brought the Hollywood glamour to Belgium! No, I am not a fashion victim, I am a Diva! I am fashion-conscious but this without blindly following the latest fashion trends. I still keep my own style and won’t wear anything I don’t like, even though it is fashionable at that time.
Good news from my lip though! After a week of itching and barely being able to eat, drink and talk, it seems to be healing quite well. I still can’t move my lip like I am used to, but at least I can do most movements without pain or bleeding. But the ankle isn’t healed yet. It has been hurting for over a month now and I think I really need to X-ray it to check what is wrong. It is the same ankle I sprained like 5 years ago. It had every possible color of the rainbow back then and swollen for almost two weeks, but it healed and I never even went to see a doctor. It doesn’t look swollen now, nor does it look blue or anything, it is just these heavy pain ticks when I put pressure on the tips of my toes or stretch them…
Did anyone see those images of the earthquakes in Central Italy of the past week? Over 200 people died and the youngest one was only few months old. An estimated 1 out of 7 people that lived in the area died. I don’t want to think about that happening in my town. It is really such an awful thing… One brave woman of over 90 years old testified that she was knitting while she was waiting to be rescued! I don’t think I would have been able to keep myself that relaxed as her if I was covered under furniture and the remaining of a house. I would most likely have started to hyperventilate…
This year it has been 15 years ago the Rwandan Genocide took place. I saw a documentary of Peter Verlinden on the subject. He works for the Belgian news and is known for his Great Lake-area journalistic work. Certain things are never questioned about this tragic event. Paul Kagame has always been seen as the savior and the one that ended the tragic event, but some say that he is just as bad as the Interahamwe because his final goal was gaining political powers.
History of a Genocide, Kagame's FPR marches on, "The Killing Fields", Why the Belgians had to die and Apologies to a criminal as Kagame are misplaced. All documentaries are taken from the redactie.be news site and are either in Dutch or French with few English.
Talking about that “the good old days”-feeling, mom convinced me to join her and some friends from down the street to the village fair yesterday evening, probably because they needed a responsible non-alcohol drinking persona in case they ended up drunk! But anyhow, it brought back flashbacks! When I used to be little, mom and I used to spend every Wednesday and Saturday at the yearly village fair! I always wanted to go fishing or horseback riding! Hours we’ve spend at the fishing stand or waiting for the highest horse to get available. Bringing back old memories for sure! The fishing got out of my blood once I grew up, but the horseback riding didn’t! I think that even after all those years I still adore horses and, even though I was forced to quit due to a busy university schedule, I am sure that if I would get on a horse right now, I would be sold again and will start riding again frequently.
Mom starts to understand that her little girl is growing up and isn’t so little anymore and I think it sometimes hurts, so I got to take it easy on her. Or the short pain? Haha, I am evil, but not that evil… Or am I? Back to the village fair, I haven’t noticed it at all, but mom got grumpy when she noticed that a guy has been staring at me for a long while. I honestly did not even pay attention to it because I was in deep thoughts.
And I have been enjoying my new sunglasses and handbag to the fullest the past few days! It has been amazing weather (yesterday it was even around 25°C) with a lot of sun! So I have been rocking town with my hair in a tight ponytail so I could show of my new loose tunic with very special neckline that is low cut on the back. This I combined with a dark straight cut jeans, my pointy shoes and to top it off, my bracelet, handbag and sunglasses! Yes, I brought the Hollywood glamour to Belgium! No, I am not a fashion victim, I am a Diva! I am fashion-conscious but this without blindly following the latest fashion trends. I still keep my own style and won’t wear anything I don’t like, even though it is fashionable at that time.
Good news from my lip though! After a week of itching and barely being able to eat, drink and talk, it seems to be healing quite well. I still can’t move my lip like I am used to, but at least I can do most movements without pain or bleeding. But the ankle isn’t healed yet. It has been hurting for over a month now and I think I really need to X-ray it to check what is wrong. It is the same ankle I sprained like 5 years ago. It had every possible color of the rainbow back then and swollen for almost two weeks, but it healed and I never even went to see a doctor. It doesn’t look swollen now, nor does it look blue or anything, it is just these heavy pain ticks when I put pressure on the tips of my toes or stretch them…
Did anyone see those images of the earthquakes in Central Italy of the past week? Over 200 people died and the youngest one was only few months old. An estimated 1 out of 7 people that lived in the area died. I don’t want to think about that happening in my town. It is really such an awful thing… One brave woman of over 90 years old testified that she was knitting while she was waiting to be rescued! I don’t think I would have been able to keep myself that relaxed as her if I was covered under furniture and the remaining of a house. I would most likely have started to hyperventilate…
This year it has been 15 years ago the Rwandan Genocide took place. I saw a documentary of Peter Verlinden on the subject. He works for the Belgian news and is known for his Great Lake-area journalistic work. Certain things are never questioned about this tragic event. Paul Kagame has always been seen as the savior and the one that ended the tragic event, but some say that he is just as bad as the Interahamwe because his final goal was gaining political powers.
History of a Genocide, Kagame's FPR marches on, "The Killing Fields", Why the Belgians had to die and Apologies to a criminal as Kagame are misplaced. All documentaries are taken from the redactie.be news site and are either in Dutch or French with few English.
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