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Today I had my last two exams (toets) for this part of my Dutch course and I’m so glad it’s over. I really hate tests! I think I did really well on luisteren (listening), schrijven (writing) and lezen (reading), but my spreken (speaking) was a NIGHTMARE. I’ve already said that but I just wanted to complain about it a little …

So tired.. Had my first two of four exams today, listening and speaking. Listening was a breeze but speaking was a nightmare.. I really am quite worried about how that one went. I hate the way they do it, if they are going to test how we speak Dutch why not just have a conversation with us. They give us …

It’s sunny in Rotterdam today, for the first time in too damn long. I feel rejuvinated, I feel alive! Xander says I’m like a little rechargable battery, I go out in the sunlight and he can almost hear the hum of my body recharging. How strange huh? We’re going into town shortly, where we will grab some lunch, see Constantine …

I saw the funniest website today, I swear some people have the funniest writing styles! Someone forwarded me to a website called The Sneeze where a guy was talking about drinking his wife’s breastmilk. I found it absolutely hilarious when he said: The only thing weirder than me drinking breast milk, is the fact that milk is coming out of …

You need a change of scenery. Join a group that will get your mind racing. You will be at your best when you are contributing to something worthwhile. Someone new will impress you on many different levels. That’s my horoscope for today from Horoscope.com! I hardly ever check it but it’s fun sometimes to see how it fits in to …

Yesterday, after a painful 24 hours of non-downloading, we checked our data stats on the datagebruik.chello.nl site. It said we had used another 2 gigs, which is bullshit. I phoned them and they gave some lame excuse about someone probably using our wireless, which we told them wasn’t true because we have it fully secured. I guess it was asking …

Yesterday I got paired with the girl formerly known as “The Bitch” during our groups portion of the lesson. Over the past week our paths really haven’t crossed, either she wasn’t in class or I wasn’t. Yesterday she seemed absolutely trilled to see me, which shocked the socks of me fer sure. She’s quite a bit more friendly than I …

Within the last 24 hours 2 people have been added to my “People I’d like to biff off a cliff” list. First is one of the new girls in my class. We got 3 new people with us who failed the test for the level above us, so they had to come back and do this section over. One is …

Mood: Tired! Chatting With: Nobody Craving: Sleep Wishing: My ankle would stop hurting (Yes, still)!! Latest Download: The Incredibles Last Watched: The Manchurian Candidate Routines and Routines… Same spelling but two totally different meanings/pronounciations. In English routines (roo-teens) are patterns or habits you follow every day, but in Dutch routines (roo-teen-uhs) are the day to day phrases I learn in …

Today I decided to skip the computer part of my class. I’m already ahead and have nothing to do. It’s ok though because they don’t even keep track of who is there for the first half of the morning. I’ll go for the second half and then Xander is going to pick me up from school and we’re going to …

Today is a good day, a VERY day! This morning we had our followup appointment with the specialist for our test results and everything is A-OK!!! All the tests came back fine! I don’t have PCOS like they suspected, according to the tests my hormones levels are perfect and I am definately ovulating. Xander’s tests went ok as well, so …