Vacation -- the End!

Hello people,
It has been a while since my last blog. Haven’t had time to write, because I’m in Italy at the moment. Having a lovely and needed vacation. I’m staying here at Lago di Como (in English: lake Como), the place where George Clooney has a house as well. To be exacted; I stayed in the same town as where George Clooney lives, called Laglio, but haven’t seen him jet. Now I'm in Bellagio (like the casino in Las Vegas :P), this place is a bit more touristy than Laglio, but very nice as well. Laglio is the perfect vacation spot; a lot of sun, delicious food, the lake and other relaxing factors for a comfortable stay. Too bad I’m going back to Holland tomorrow, luckily I already have a busy day scheduled for this Sunday. Now I’m just going to enjoy my view for the last time this.. And I hope you enjoy it as well!

xox Julie.

Have a nice day.

Hi there!
It has been a sucking-week, as I call it. You know the feeling when everything goes wrong and nothing seems to go your way. You realise that your ex boyfriend has been sleeping with 4 different girls (including yourself) in 2 months time, witch means this is a very good reason to dump him jet again but you still have problems doing just that. You cling to this feeling of emptiness, not knowing what to do about it and the worst thing is… He’s doesn’t even realise it! He’s being the jerk as he always is, partying even more; witch means: meeting a lot of new girls. Asshole!
Next to that I have a decision to make, about another stress factor in your life: your education! After not being accepted for medical school, I need to find something else. But what? That’s the big question!
Oh did I tell you I also quit my job? Just to make everything a little bit more easy! Unbelievable how all these things just come up in the same week, or better said the same day.
I decided it was time to put on loud rock music and dance in front of the mirror, but the empty and depressing feeling didn’t go away. Even after eating only carbs and chocolates all day, witch normally makes me feel so much better, the emptiness was still there. Maybe fresh air will do it, I thought. I went running for about an hour and on my way back home I bought the new Vogue, Marie Claire, InStyle and Glamour magazine. No, still feeling like shit.

Because I’m experiencing a sucking-week (I don‘t think it‘s actually a word!). I decided to make a list to help you have a good day, when your feeling down… And because I need it very badly at the moment, I’m going to do all those things as well! So: 5 ways to make your day.

1. Bake a cake! Dr. Izzy’s (Grey’s anatomy) remedy against stress and empty feeling.
2. Power napping. Scientifically proofed that napping for about 20 minutes during the day helps with concentrating, your memory and feeling better.
3. Being green. It’s good to think about the environment or somebody else when your feeling down! Green Thing encourages people to be more green, how does that work? They email you an assignment every month to do something green. When you do this assignment, Green Thing will show you what you did for the environment at www.dothegreenthing.com.
4. Be like Karl! When you have a bad day, open up a bottle of Champagne. Just because you feel like it! When you’re not allowed to drink yet, do it like Karl Lagerfeld and drink water from a crystal champagne glass.
5. Keep smiling. Perhaps cry first, but after a little while just keep smiling. Tests have shown that even a fake smile lifts up your spirit.

Just writing this blog today made me feel a bit better! I’m going to make some pasta, lots of carbs (jummy!) and have a lovely glass of champagne. Just because I feel like it!

See ya!!!
xox,

Julie.

The boring week..

Hi there,
Do you know the feeling? When time is going so fast you just don’t know where it went? It already has been more than a week since my last blog, but honestly not much happened. It has been a boring week, watching the same episodes of Gossip Girl and Grey’s Anatomy and watching movies like Legally Blond and The devil wears Prada about a thousand times. I spend some time at my parents, they are back from Italy, just doing nothing. I watched Oprah, another re-run about Kathy Freston, a writer (sorry, a New York Times bestselling author). I guess the whole doing nothing was so boring at a time I bought her book and started reading. Her book is called Quantum Wellness, it’s a book about spirituality, health and happiness. Quite interesting, I have to say!

Anyway, like I said before there weren’t much party’s this week. Although, on Friday I went to a very cool fashion show of famous Dutch designers. They all had to design something in the color red and the money of this fundraiser went to the AIDS Fund... Perhaps you’ve heard that last weekend was the gay parade in Amsterdam. It’s like a weekend for all gay people in Holland and everywhere else in the world to come to Amsterdam, (note: I‘m not gay!) but there are always very interesting things to do and watch. Like this fashion show, I took some photo’s with my phone. There not really sharp, but I had forgotten my digital camera and I wanted to take some pictures. On the catwalk were real (super)models and real Dutch Celebrity's showing the clothing.. See below.

After the fashion show, Amy and I, had a late dinner at an Italian place. The food was good, we both had pasta with all sorts of seafood and veggies. Very delicious! And it was VERY cheap, we paid €25 all together, drinks included. I guess I have to go back, you know, check it out again before I post the adress of this interesting pizza place on my blog. I went home around 1 AM. The next day I had to work, so I did not want to make it late.

The next day I went to work and afterwards I had dinner with Chloé, at a very strange restaurant. I don’t think I’m going to eat there ever again. For example: On the menu there was a salad, but in the salad they put fish, beef, 2 sorts of cheeses, guacamole and crème fresh. I don’t think that’s a very tasty combination, but than again I never tried it so perhaps it delicious! It wasn’t just the salad, but everything had these weird combinations. So I took the simple mushroom soup and my friend a cheese dish with veggies. One positive point: the desserts à delicious!!! After dinner we went to the Amstelplein ( a small square in Amsterdam, close to the Utrechtsestraat). There was a deejay, because of the gay parade. We didn’t stay long, because it started to rain very hard.. We decided to have a drink in a small café called Onder de Ooievaar. It was fun. It was a long night!

Tomorrow’s is my first day of since a long time. A day when you don’t have to work, without appointments or dinner dates and drinks in the evening. I’m just going to relax.. As long as I can, because just on these days the strangest things happen to me. I’ll let you know…

xoxo
Julie!