My First Post

I was recently asked what my url link was and my answer to this question was pure silence and a very funny facial expression (which according to my friends I seem to do a lot).  The idea of creating my own website or blog seemed so strange because personally I do not feel like I have something of great importance to say to the world. My friends are usually the ones who hear my "great ideas" and epiphanies to which they laugh at or just look at me funny. That is also the reason why they will never get the link to this blog.

The real reason why I am writing this blog is because I recently applied for a design job and instead of asking me for my portfolio or CV, I was asked for either my website or blog url. So in the spirit of job hunting I am creating this blog so that the people at the awesome design agency called Poke in London can read my blog and think that I might be a good choice to work there =)

Another reason why I created this blog is because I recently moved from another country, again (long story) and I also moved house yesterday.  So at this time in my life I am feeling a bit unsure about my surroundings and I am also out of my comfort zone. Luckily I did move in with two of my very close friends who have also moved from back home, so that softens the blow a little. Relocating to another country always sounds like a great idea, but when you get on that plane and leave everything behind, you start to feel a bit different about it. Don't get me wrong I L-O-V-E living in London, but I do miss the familiar surrounding of home. I miss talking to my friends everyday, I miss my mother's cooking (and the fact that she did my laundry), I miss being able to lie in the sun most of the year, I miss thunderstorm, I miss my dogs, I miss my daily calls from Michelle and I really miss going to Tribeca with all my friends and getting drunk and making fun of all the people there. Yes we are that shallow =)

But I should also add that I love the fact that I can go to the Tate Modern and look at a Dali or Picasso whenever I want, I love walking through Soho with a warm cup of Starbucks signature hot chocolate (with cream please), I love the fact that I can go to Marc Jacobs and actually afford to shop there, and I love being close to my sister, my brother-in-law and my cousins. Most of all I love living with Andrea and Adriaan. Well, it is day 2 of us all living together so I will give an update later on if I still love living with them =)

For someone who did not want to blog I am rambling on a bit. If anybody out there actually reads this I just want to say that this blog will basically just be about my life (not that it is at all exciting at the moment) and things I like. These are a few of my favourite things (if you are humming the song from The Sound of Music then we are on the same level): design, movies, music, fashion and comic books, yes I am a geek. I even have the glasses and comics to prove it and I get really, really exciting when Apple launches a new product.

Now I will have to scout the internet for juicy stuff to post on my brand spanking new blog.

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