Laptop down --'

Hello there ^^

Well I haven't been able to post for a while. Because my laptop refuses to work. I've got a feeling it crashed. So when my dad gets back from the U.S. He'll have a look at it & then I can hopefully start posting again properly !

Anyway, had my first real working day today in the bakery (:
It was quite fun. It took me a while to get used to the till but I got the hang of that pretty quickly, but .. Remembering all the names of the desserts, there's like 25 different things. I have to know the names of these things, half the time the customers use like a dialect name for it, so I have no idea what it is. And ofcourse there's an even different name in the till.
But I'll get used to it (: . I'll be working every wednesday from 12.30 - 17.30, and I think I'll earn about €6,00 per hour. So that's a nice total of €120,00 each month (: not bad for a first job !

Good bye for today (:

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UFO Sighting in London



the way this looks, it could just be the moon.



Yes, another sighting. And this time it's actually quite close to home for me. Okay yes it's a 6 hour drive to the UK, but in theory it's just over the North Sea.

Today a new video emerged on the BBC website, of 5 flying disks above the BBC building.
Several people that were passing by noticed the disks and ofcourse immediately got out their iPhone/Camera whatever, they filmed it and made sure they got on camera.
Many people are sceptical about the pictures, ofcoure photoshop can do wonders these days, so adding a few disk looking objects into the sky is peanuts. And I must admit, I was a bit sceptical when I saw the title. But the video does show that there are some weird things going on in the sky these days.

The E.T. aren't as subtle as they used to be ...

Anyway, so you can see it for yourself right ? Flying objects in the sky. Impossible to be an aircraft, since they don't make those sudden changes of direction. And I don't exactly know what else it could be.

We'll probably hear from this again.

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Panda or Puppy ? Tiger or Retriever ?

The latest trend in China is to dye pets to make them look like other animals.
Like you can see on the picture, a golden retriever has been dyed to look like a tiger and chow chow pups have been dyed to look like pandas.

Dyeing pets has been around for a while now, at the major Pets Show Taipei there were plenty of dogs that had been dyed in to all kinds of different colours. But Dyeing pets to make them look like different animals is a whole new concept.

This is also shows that Asian countries have changed a lot, involving dogs and other animals.
10 years ago dogs were still served as a meal in restaurants and they were raised on farms for that purpose. Traditional Chinese medicine so called 'fragrant meat' that could fortify someone's life was also based on dog meat.
But nowadays, eating dogs is nearly an embarrassement. It reminds people of when they were poor.
If you want to show great wealth then get a dog, dye it to look like a tiger, and compete in dog shows.

It's a cool and nice concept, as long as it stays 'animal friendly'. So I hope for the dogs sake that it doesn't have any weird side effects !

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Gay Marriage

Well well, gay marriage has been legalised in NYC.
I was actually really surprised to hear that, so now 5 states in the U.S. allow same sex marriage aka gay marriage. Ofcourse there's still 3 dozen states that define marriage as a connection between a man and a women. But we'll just have to take it one step at a time.

Here in Belgium, being gay isn't that much of a deal. Yes ofcourse we've got the haters, but there's also the lovers. Back in May it was Rainbow week. In Lanaken ( that's a city in Belgium, I've got some good friends there) they we're handing out the festival bands/bracelets. They've got the rainbow colors and on them they've written 'TOLERO' which is derived from tolerant, meaning you don't mind wether someone is straight, gay, lesbian or bisexual. I myself am wearing one as well. I think it's important that people can show the world who they really are and that they don't have to worry about what other people think. The rainbow week was a big succes and over
3 000 bracelets we're handed out in schools.

In America something like this would be out of the question. It's still a very religious country and being a christian is still a big thing there.
Religion has faded a bit here. Yes we still have people going to church, yes we've still got religious education in our schools. But it doesn't have a big impact on the youngsters here anymore. I still go to a Catholic school. And we still have our annual church service that we have to attend to. But apart from that I doubt that hardly anyone who goes to my school attends any church service, unless it's for a wedding, christening or funeral.

I also have the privilige of having gay friends. Okay now I'm just making them sound special. But really they aren't any different from anyone else. They're humans and like other humans, they're a lot of fun !
In the big cities here in Belgium there are some gay clubs and even my straight friends go there. It's a totally different atmosphere there, apparently more fun. I haven't been to any of them, mainly because I'm to young. But if I could, I would. You know what I mean ?

There are a lot of different opinions about this subject, and I know not everyone shares mine.
But I'm entitled to it, just like you're entitled to your opinion.

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it's been Willsed..

Hello there ^^.

Well, it's the day after the party and we're left with the mess.
The last guests left at 3 AM. I helped my parents but the leftover food away and then went off to bed.
Then 3 hours later I was up again, thanks to those sweet birds tweeting and chirping away...
My dad got up round about 9 AM, then we started to move everything back into place.
We moved all the dining room table, back in to the dining room. But our coffee table back in the veranda and moved the couches back into there as well.
So now the house is all in order again !

Wills and I just enjoyed a nap together. I think I was lying awake for about 10 minutes before I realised that he was chewing on my sweater.. So that's another piece of clothing that's been 'Willsed' (If someone has been attacked/ruined/chewed on or anything of that sort by Wills, it's been Willsed ) But he really is a darling when he isn't biting or ruining things.
Even though  he's only been going to dogschool for a couple of weeks, he already knows a few commands like 'sit' obviously a very useful one !! He nows 'paw' and 'treaties'. He's so adorable when he does these things ^^

Hope everyone enjoys their day ^^

 Byee for now x

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Спокойной ночи or Good night !

my sweet little cousin <3

Hello there (: !

Well I've decided which language I'd like to learn & it's Russian. I've always been very fasicinated by the language and pronounciations. So now it's time I learn it for myself !
Yesterday evening I downloaded a few podcasts with basic phrases, like good morning, good afternoon, good evening etc. So here & there I'll probably post some Russian things, but don't expect the real deal !

Anyway, the cousinparty/familyparty is going well ! I've had a lot of fun actually, but all of the kids/teenagers have left now, so it's just the adults & me .. great. This is why I'm blogging and not sitting with them.

It's pretty boring right now, so yeah, blogging it is.

So today started off pretty hectic, moving around 3 different tables and because we've got some weird angles in our house, we had to move the tables outside & then through another door inside. And all of this in the rain. Yes it was a very eventfull morning/afternoon for my dad and I.
Then my mom decorated everything nicely with a tablecloth, flowers, candles, the usual stuff.
Round about 3 PM people started arriving and the party could get started.

Now it's 10h40 PM and the strong stuff has come out the cupboard : Jack Daniels, Southern Comfort etc... Ofcourse it's adults only when it comes to alcohol.
So no doubt there will be some drunk people later on ...
by later on I mean  2 AM or even 3 AM.

Anyway, I'm off to learn some more Russian !
Bye Bye <3

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What a week it has been. Finally today I've finished my exams, and the summer holidays can actually start ! I've decided that I have to find some new things to do, so why not learn a new language ? I mean I've got 2 whole months to study it, so if I put a little effort in to it everyday then I should be able to do the basics and we'll see how I go further on after that.

Maybe that's what this blog could be about ? My journey whilst I learn a new language..
Okay that sounds so dramatic, no this blog will just be about me and my hectic life, living with parents, cats and husky. Yes a HUSKY.


My parents and I are first time dog owners, we've had cats all our lives. So they recommend we take something like a golden retriever or labrador as a what you could call 'starter dog'..

Wills.

But no, my parents had to call in the big shots and get a Siberian Husky. Now I must admit, he's a wonderfull dog. And I love him to bits. But he's such a pain sometimes, constantly biting ( the dog school says it phase, called being a puppy )

We've already come up with various nicknames for him.. like homewrecker, little piece of shit, trouble. But his real name is actually Wills.
Wills is derived from Will, William.. My parents bought him on the day of Prince William and Kate Middleton's marriage, my mom ( whose British ) felt bad for missing the wedding, so she thought it would be appropriate to name the dog after the prince.
Great now he thinks he's bloody royalty. & he acts like it sometimes.

Anyway, lets see... what languages could I learn? Well the languages that I think are extremely awesome

• Russian  ; but I guess that's a difficult one, different alphabet..
• Spanish  ; always loved this language, and I attempted learning it before
• German  ; they teach me this at school already, but it might be more fun to acutally be ahead of the others in my class.. Or the lessons will be boring then ..
• Italian      ; close to Spanish, but with minor differences ..

So there we have it, my list of languages I'd like to learn, now it's just a case of choosing one of them. Russian would be really cool though.. I could get like podcasts for on my iPod that could help me learn the language. And those  kinds of things..

Hmm, we'll see. Anyway I'm off for today, talk to you tomorrow (:

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