tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23964800392552247482012-01-16T00:54:34.835+01:00...just some random things I do, places I go and thoughts I think...Asia Floydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18085540277513708792noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2396480039255224748.post-38659043214474277712011-03-22T04:31:00.005+01:002011-04-03T02:04:17.801+02:00

The people in Suriname deserve to be written about in a separate post. They are just awesome. When we go out with Aga, they always smile, say 'hi', wave or stop for a little chat. This is so nice and friendly. "Hello baby" - and he didn't mean ME :) A few days ago I realized that I know more people - neighbours, shop assistants etc. - in Paramaribo than in Cuijk, where I have lived for over a

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OK, so I posted some random things about the Chinese shops in Paramaribo, but a few days later I discovered totally different image of them. We stumbled on a shop, with a red carpet in front of the door (seriously!), so we went in. And WOW!!! Vegetables! A few fridges filled with vegetables and fruit presented to our eyes. What a view! :DWe were extremely happy to see them, it is very difficult

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As we don't really celebrate the holiday, I didn't post anything on facebook nor on either of my blogs. But, I just found something sweet and also I forgot, I wanted to post something sweet and funny ;)So, the first thing is a satellite picture from Google - I was planning a trip and I just found it - it's not only Paradise, but also a land of love... We actually want to go there, I wonder how it

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This is a short post scriptum to the post about Paramaribo, post post scriptum I guess :D I put just one picture of the Waterkant - the Suriname River bank, but there are some more as you can imagine and, what's more interesting, there is a small story about it.It is always shocking to see such an abuse of our planet, but in the middle of a nice river bank, in the city centre of a capital city

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'Chinese shops' are in the title of the post, but this story is about only one of them. There could be a many stories about more of them, because they are all the same and somehow completely different. I could write a book about them! Now, just a short photo essay. Most (all?) of the shops/markets here are Chinese family businesses. They are big and small, cleaner or dirtier, mostly dirtier. What

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As you could see earlier, there are many nice plants around the houses here. Some of them are surprisingly weird :) and beautiful! See for yourself and mind that the pics were taken only during a short walk in a residential neighbourhood, I wonder what kind of plant we could see in the jungle? This was a tree with some lime green stuff hanging from a few branches On a small bush A flower by the

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I decided to publish some of the posts from my private blog here, just general stuff, nothing personal. If you want to read some more - go to the other blog. :)It's soooo hot! I am not sure how long I will be able to put up with it... It reminds me - once I got a few week scholarship - a language course in Serbia, it was sooo hot there that I couldn't stand it and I went back home after two weeks

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It was just a walk around the block...There are a lot of small streets around here, where the actual street in between the house rows is not even paved, it's just dirt path. The houses may differ one from another a lot. There are nice, big, nicely painted houses, with colourful, flowery bushes around, as well as old, wooden, surrounded by dry sticks, that used to be nice plants or trees. People

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There's been over a year since I posted something in my blog. Well, the time was a bit rough sometimes and I didn't really feel like sharing anything with anyone. But I promise that I will keep posting stuff here from now on. Don't know how often though as I am a bit busy now ;) I have also created a new blog - about a little person who appeared in my and Bob's life ;) but this one won't be open

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I decided to write a separate post about two events we took (passive) part in. It was a cultural festival organized by the international student network and a theater play with our friend Pim in the main part.The festival was a bit short for us because we arrived late from Nijmegen, but still we managed to see quite a few things. There were people from all over the world representing their

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You value a thing/person/place when you lose them. That's an old truth. I would never think I will miss Leiden so much. Leiden not only as a city I know well but also as people, my friends...We (me and Bob) went to Leiden a few times recently, for a toga party - which was really nice, for a summer linguistic school and for the graduation of a few people I studied with. Moments like those make me

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I still cannot believe he died... I remember celebrating his 34rd birthday - I was playing his music all day long, in a room where the biggest wall was all covered with posters of him... There were a few of us, teenagers, adoring the guy and his masterpieces... Almost every single song was great which made it easier to listen - we didn't have to forward the tapes to skip a crappy song (there were

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Yeah... The Queen's Day again... Last year's didn't impress me at all - just herds of drunk and noisy people and techno 'music' roaring from every corner... I said 'never again'. So this year we stayed at home...I have only heard about the flee market - people sell all the crap they don't need anymore... I remember good old car-boot sales in England - oooh, how much treasure one could find there!

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...I just came across this photo - I took it last Easter, well, two weeks ago, in Poland, on the way back from the basket blessing - I just couldn't help it, they looked so cute! And they were looking at me and Bob while we walked, and what's even better - while we took out our cameras and started the photo session with them in a leading role :)I forgot to place the photo in the Easter post, but

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I've lived here for almost 3 months, but basically I knew only the way to the university or to a nearby Albert Heijn shop... So I guess it was the time to go out and explore... I didn't expect anything exciting, there are just a few streets around our house, with nice houses along them... And the church to which our house is attached - with a cemetary (usually closed anyway) behind it...The

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Well, the trip was short but intense. Very intense. Many city walks around my home town called Piła - it was mostly because of Bob who had never been to Poland before... The city is very beautiful, especially in the sun rays, in the spring when everything is green and colourful of blooming trees... We spent some relaxing time in the nearby reserve called Kuźnik - it's just outside the city

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Hello everybody! Welcome to my blog!I would never think I'll be writing one, but there are more and more people complaining about the lack of news from me... I'm not sure where I should start. Maybe from my last visit to Poland...Oh, by the way - feel free to leave a comment ;)  ------>   AND YOUR SIGNATURE!!! :D

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