Lately there seems to be a lot to celebrate: Some friends got married, Jesus had His birthday and now the year 2007 is about to make place for the year 2008. It's pretty cool to be me at the moment, it's fun!

This year I got older, probably not much wiser though: I wouldn't change a thing if I had to do it all again.
Yes, I was often miserable and stressed, I drank too much, I wasted a lot of time. But still I don't regret one single bit of it.
If every single year, untill I die at the age of 82, will be this rich in experiences and events, I will die a happy woman with a lot of friends and family.

I salute you all and wish you the best of luck.
Have fun, be careful with fireworks and make sure to live life to the fullest!

posted by Marian @ 6:09 PM 2 comments

Last night I went to the new Italian take-away to get the pizza that I ordered over the phone. As I left home, on my bike, I saw a big fancy car slowly drive up the road and park on the corner. Some people got out and the car wanted to leave again. Unfortunately though I was just passing him on the left. The driver had not seen me at first, so he hit the breaks in shock when he did. Of course I was a bit startled as well.
The driver rolled down his window and yelled I should turn on the light of my bike. He was right, so I immediately turned it on and yelled thanks. A bit embarrassed I drove on.
The roads at my place are constructed so, that I met the same car again when I tried to cross a road some 100m further. I stopped waiting for him to pass, but then he stopped as well, right in front of me. The guy got out of the car and asked me in a rough tone if I was crazy. My answer was (of course) negative, but he wasn't particularly interested in it. Het started walking around his car, at which point I hastily turned my bike around and took an alternative route to the pizzeria.

There's a lesson to be learned: don't yell anything, not even if it's something polite. And of course: don't forget to turn on the light of your bike when it's dark.

posted by Marian @ 1:58 PM 2 comments

My studies are going great. I'm inspired and enthousiastic. After next week all that remains of this semester is writing a huge paper about a subtopic of philosophy of science, I'm not sure yet what it will be.
There is hardly any stress now, I really feel like I can quietly work. I have plenty of time and meet up with friends a lot. The sewing machine I borrowed from my mother offers a nice diversion from studying as well. I'm planning on going to the market again soon to get some cloth to make myself some jeans.
It's all lovely, I have nothing to complain about.

This year has been a turmoil of emotions for me. I cried my eyes out, screamed, yelled and cursed...
But it's all fine now. The absence of those strong emotions makes me feel a bit numb. I'm sure that's only to be expected.

posted by Marian @ 6:44 PM 2 comments

Today it's my birthday, I turn 25. A quarter of an age is a pretty long time, you can really do a lot of different things in such a stretch of time. Make friends and enemies, see family die and be born, move around, travel around, learn a lot, forget even more.
I'm not quite done yet, let's see what happens in the next 25 years of my life!

posted by Marian @ 12:48 PM 1 comments

My mom let me borrow my sisters sewing machine. I couldn't wait to get started when I got it yesterday, so this morning I went to buy cloth at the market. This is the result!


New curtains!

posted by Marian @ 8:31 PM 0 comments