Dieting tips

• Be heartbroken
• Visit Japan, where only sugar isn`t completely sugarfree
• Travel: jetlag, the sudden activity and the time it takes to acquire a taste for weird foods will kill your appetite.
• Don`t snack.
• Only eat food, you have made from scratch yourself.
  

Abu Dhabi

The very first postcards are sent.
The first impressions absorbed and categorised.
Despite having slept but very little (sleep I chose over doing the enormous amount of washing up that was also on my to-do list),I feel very much awake.
I have seen so far (and in this order)"Nowhere Boy","Arthur and the Revenge of the Minimoys", "How to tame your dragon" and half an episode of "Friends" on the on board screen.
I have eaten a quite good chicken curry,photographed a stuffed camel and annoyed all the airport staff with my questions and cleavage (once again, in that order).
Stay tuned for more information like this.

To boldly go where I never went before.

A lunch-break idea of mine. Will fixing a donation to the CouchSurfing project. I thought: 'Hey, why haven't I ever surfed a couch?' And then I remembered I got a Go-Pass (ten rides pass for the Belgian Railway Company for people under 26) from my parents for Christmas. Those two combined might land me some very cheap little holidays in my own country and an opportunity to meet a lot of like-minded interesting people. So why don't I get to it?

Here is the plan;

• Search for 3 or 4 hosts in my age category in 12 or so major cities in Belgium


• Write them with information about me and my little project


• Have a packed suitcase* ready.

And that's it. And now that my friends are informed ; let's get busy!

* medium backpack containing: fresh underwear and fresh socks, t-shirt and/or sweater depending on the season, minimum toileteries kit, little present for host, small knitting or crochet project, a book, purse with life essentials,

Road Trip

Yesterday, a thought looming in the back of my head for months has popped to surface: why don't I just give it up? Both work and house and start travelling? So far I'm thinking of popping by in Japan and California, US to say 'Hi' to some much missed friends and after that I want to hitchhike or backpack around New-Zealand.

Knowing myself, I will not pursue this plan fully, if I even make it to the first step but it goes to show that I am far from being as attached to my job as my bosses and co-workers would believe. I can't escape feeling slightly guilty, inspired by loyalty for bosses that don't seem to appreciate no matter what effort or result; but it fades quickly enough when I start equalling out the verbal abuse, the meagre paycheck, the lack of growth potential, and the numbing of my creativity.

Türkiye

The visit-Maarten-trip to Side, Antalya, Turkey came to an end last sunday. Here's what I'll try to remember for future trips:

• Do not wait until the last day to spend your money.
• I can still dive pretty well, however it is a good idea to wear a proper bikini as to avoid further wardrobe malfunctioning.
• Turkisch men are idiots!
• I don't live well in heath
• I get really grumpy when I go to long without food
• Turkisch bread is the best!
• Do not annoy your travel companions with stories of your love life when there isn't much love in it and/or you are unwilling to spill details.
• Check for better transit flights.
• Smile more at custom officers.
• Starbucks at the airport is your only option for relatively cheap and drinkable tea.

London calling

I could be mistaken. But I doubt it and unless I'm mistaken you won't read anything new on this blog until I return home from my favourite country in the world ( as I have never been fysically out of this world I would not venture on opinions on country that might or might not be found there.) Should you wonder what I seek abroad. I'm going to see some of these for myself.

Barcelona

It just so happens that nearly everyone I know that has ever done any bit of traveling has been to Barcelona or has plans to go soon. Which is pretty annoying as I've been wanting to go since I was eleven or so. I know people who made a one-week city trip to Gaudi's city and never even bothered to make pictures of the Sagrada Familia for me ( yes, mom and dad, I AM talking about you). Why does nobody ever bother to invite me? Seriously, must I beg?

Well as you won't miss me, I'm going to Vienna this summer. When faced with the fact of no true friends one must not neglect one's first loves.