'Personal' Category
Chiro
My chiro is amazing. There’s just nobody like him, I just have to say it. You’d think a knee injury would have nothing to do with my back, but after seeing my chiro and getting my hips straightened out again (it’s a process over a few weeks to get back to normal) my knee suddenly [...]
Chicken or the egg?
I’m not normally a person that’s into the economy or particularly knowledgable about business and politics, but I do know a little bit about the influence the media can have on the community on a global scale. When I studied my degree in computing and multimedia at university I hated those waffley essay subjects, but [...]
Apeldoorn vs Adelaide Part II
After I wrote about the first difference between Adelaide and Apeldoorn, I knew I’d miss a few things……so here is part 2 with some more topics……….I know there’ll be more in future.
Last time I wrote about the Carparks and the water, but this time it’s about the driving.
There is a very different attitude to driving [...]Frustrated
I’ve been going to my Dutch course for over a month now, and while the first couple of weeks were very helpful to me, being forced to listen and try and speak in Dutch, now it’s started to go downhill for me.
What has started happening is that the organisation has decided we need 15 people [...]Adelaide vs Apeldoorn
I’ve been wanting to write about this for some time. Living in a foreign country obviously many things are different and it takes quite a bit to get used to some things. But, rather than write about the things I’ve noticed between Australia and The Netherlands, I think it’s more accurate to talk about specifically [...]
Dutch course
It’s been about three weeks now since I started my Dutch course, and I have to say it has been a HUGE help. I was very very nervous about starting the course, particularly because they teach ONLY in Dutch. I thought……”how can I learn Dutch if I can’t understand what they’re teaching?”
The first intro day [...]Dutch course
Due to my back problems I missed the first day of my Dutch language course, but I attended tonight and I haven’t really missed to much thankfully.
The course is completely and solely in Dutch, although the teacher is very good at explaining things simply and using visuals to help understand. Although I cannot understand all [...]Eventful day
Well I DID manage to get in with a chiropractor, which was a HUGE relief. I’m still in a lot of pain since the chiro could only partially adjust my spine……and it will take a little time to get back into the right position again. He seems to think that it has been triggered by stress [...]
Back relapse
Things have are suddenly not so good for my back. Yesterday, while it appeared I did almost nothing at all, a simple little turn while walking away from the table has rendered me almost unable to stand. I can’t stand up straight and I’ve been in agony for 24 hours now.
At first I thought I had triggered [...]New Years Eve
We ended up having a wonderful New Years Eve. The original plan was to have a quiet night at home, since partying isn’t really possible with a baby. But we got messages from a couple of friends asking what we were doing. They weren’t sure what they were doing, so we responded “come round to [...]
Introduction to Dutch course
I attended my intro to my Dutch learning course today. The one ironic thing about it is the letter to invite me to the intro (to learn Dutch) was in Dutch. Go figure. But lucky of course Alexander can translate for me.
When I attended they spoke almost completely in Dutch, although the teacher did clarify [...]Another social networking site
While I really didn’t want to join ANOTHER social networking site, I have joined this new one for a reason. The few Dutch people I know here are all on a Dutch site called Hyves, which is basically the same as myspace, but in Dutch.
My aim in joining this site is to try and help [...]Been sick…….again
I started coming down sick on Saturday, just felt a bit off colour, and the following days I ended up sicker than I ever remember in my life.
First I remember on Saturday not going shopping with Alexander because I thought it would be better to rest cuz I was so tired. It wasn’t until Sunday [...]Feeling a bit more positive
I’ve had some great replies on the below topic on the post I made on the forum, and people have given some really great advice. I was a PT so I know what I need to do to get myself back into shape again. The only thing is, that even Personal Trainers need a Personal [...]
First Snow
I’ve finally seen snow! I’ve never seen snow before in my life and wow, it looks so beautiful. Everytime I look out the window and it’s white and I keep getting amazed. I can’t believe how light it is and falls so softly. And when you gather a snow ball it’s so light aswell.
We [...]
