resurface

RESURFACE. Tada, I'm back! With the Law and Business Information Management mid-terms out of the way, I shortly am resurfacing only to have to crawl back into piles and piles of Human Resource Management. Mid-terms placed two weeks before the exam, more than 2 months into the trimester, makes sense... And explain the puffy, dark circles around my eyes. Still, I'm all smiles, the light at the end of the tunnel: flights to Switzerland are booked, 22-25 March, sing hallelujah! Here are some pictures taken over the last few days, right after Law horror I dived into whipping up a meal and then went to a house warming party and Rotterlin. Hope everyone had a splendid weekend too, happy Sunday, thanks for reading. :)

bazar

BAZAR. Dinner on Witte de Withstraat, it's a very arsty fartsy hipster area of Rotterdam, one of my favorite places to stroll through, although I hardly ever get the chance to do, maybe why I still find it exciting every. single. time. I go there. I jump at any chance I get to have lamb, as you might as guessed from this post, so naturally Royal Persian Lamb is my absolute favorite. Every time I go to Bazar I fall into the most sensational food coma. And service always manages to spill something on poor boyfriend of mine. Oh well, you can't have it all, now can you? 

surroundings: new apartment

SURROUNDINGS: NEW APARTMENT. What to do at 9 in the morning to avoid having to cram Business Law into what seems like a hollow skull? Why, pretend to be artsy by DSLR photograph the whole apartment, of course.

dudok

DUDOK. Mid-day feast, classy.

the last few days...

THE LAST FEW DAYS. What I've been up to. In a nutshell: eating excessively and catching up with friends, like Franziskus, who I girl scout promise is capable of cracking a smile consistent of more than merely lifting the corners of his mouth. :) he's one of the first friends I made here in Rotterdam. Apart from that, I've just been braving the cold and am ecstatic to announce that it was +5 degrees today, hurray! It's amazing how your standards in terms of "good weather" can go down the drain.  

happy valentine's day

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. Munching on some valentine's day goodies while romantically working on a case analysis. But no, university, you shall not rain on my parade, one more page and then I'm off to valentine's day dinner, yippeee. 

weekend family fun

WEEKEND FAMILY FUN. + le boyfriend of course. :) excuse the horrible photo quality, the berry of black definitely does not thrive on dim lighting. Anywho, we moved some of my personal belongings into the new apartment, so finally my outfits are not restricted to the 5 pieces of clothing I brought in my mini-suitcase a gazillion weeks ago (it's been a fashion nightmare). Saturday night we went to Very Italian Pizza, I have fallen madly in love with the lasagna. Sunday lazy breakfast at Bagels & Beans, pomodoro bagels, me gusta. Then it snowed a wee bit. Then all the snow melted. Adieu minus degrees? Please let it be.

de bonte koe

DE BONTE KOE. This is what you look like after biking when its -10 degrees outside and ducks become jesus-like and decide to walk on water. Hot chocolate with a chocolate spoon, so appropriate.

the naked chef

THE NAKED CHEF. Ha! I totally forgot about these pictures, and am now of course overjoyed that I have something new to post, hipp, hipp, hurray! One of the great things about Rotterdam is that it's so close to home to Schermani, which is especially nice when I get sick of the limited repertoire of dishes that I am able to successfully cook (bolognese, curry, chilli con carne, boring, boring, boring...). Surprisingly, baby Michael has learnt to make amazing steak with potatoes, which now makes going home for the weekend even more attractive. :) he won't be amused that I am posting these nude shots, but they amuse me too much to not post! I wonder if he'll still make me steak and potatoes when I go home this Friday.... :)

give me sun

GIVE ME SUN. Received this picture in the mail yesterday, looked out the window, and sighed... Mother nature, have mercy, -14 today, biking = death.

life

LIFE. Things are so busy here at the moment, I cannot remember ever having so many deadlines, tests and such a crazy workload before. I also never remember it ever being so cold - it snowed Friday for a couple of hours and the snow still hasn't melted... I hate the cold, but I love waking up to a winter wonderland outside my window (and the pretty tulips le boyfriend got me :)). As I write this, I release the most intense yawn of my life, I have the longest day behind me, bed time it is!

drink green

DRINK GREEN. So, so sorry for the lack of posts lately. First I was busy finding an apartment and then moving in, now I'm absolutely swamped with university with a deadline and mid-term coming up this Monday and a deadline the following Wednesday. Somebody give me some space to breath por favor? In an attempt to act like a social human being I stopped by to support my former SIFE project, Drink Green, on Tuesday. Apart from that, nothing exciting has happened, which is just swell.....Oh uni, give me my life back... And extreme cold in Europe, let me feel my toes again. Half-frozen thumbs down to -7 degrees.