Offline thanks to exams week
January the 18th till January the 22nd of 2010
Yes, the week we've all been waiting for, has finally arrived! :)
This is going to be a week of no sleep, learn, learn, study, study, a lot of eating (Every test, my stomach is crying for food) and thinking after my Physics, Chemistry, Math test: Shit, I failed this test, yeah. And after two weeks I found out that I didn't do it that bad :)
But my aim for this examsweek, is an A+++ Good aim, isn't it. Well, actually it's a demand to the universe (a)
Let's hope they make my wish come true, haha.
We'll see it, in the beginning of February, when we receive our notes. pompompom.
That's all folks! x
Public transport: the subway.
I bet I've missed the metro in almost all possible ways. The benefit, about travelling with public transport is that you've always got an excuse at school if you're too late. Well, in my first three years. They've changed everything... I love the good old times. You could always say: the train delayed, the bus was late, the metro exploded O.o Okay, the last one is nonsense, but you've got my point, do you?
Here are my metro experiences, are you ready?
*BOOM*
1. I'm a big fan of sleeping and I don't like mornings. I don't have a clue why 7 am exists. Or 8 am. 9 am. 9.30. One time I went to sleep at 3.30 am, just like my sister. She woke up at 11 and me? ten to half past 2 pm. Convinced?:P
In my last post, I already said I wake up too late and as result I have to run to the metro station. I know, maybe it's better to wake up earlier and take some breakfast, but that's a no-go. I can learn and eat at the same time, but I can't sleep and eat at the same time. Bad habit, I know. I've got an whole food package in my locker at school, just in case I'm hungry :)
If I'm the first hour free, I always make a schedule. For example:
School 9.45
Bus: 9.09
Metro: 8.45 or 8.52
I always try to take the metro at 8.45, but I often miss that one. Not really a problem, I can take the second metro. Well, Imagine this.
After I finished dressing up, and left my home all excited, because I was confident that I was going to be right on time for the metro, I chose a song on my mp3 player and walked very relaxed. After I had chosen my song, and looked up I saw my metro passing by. My head followed the train from left to right and I thought, damn, I'm have to take this one! I can make it, I'm going to make it, yeah! I grabbed my OV-card, opened the gate and ran upstairs. A few seconds before I arrived up there, I heard *ding dong* and it left without me. I felt ditched. It's so, so painful. And you know, it was like the metro was laughing at me. The *ding dong* was so loud, a sound what said: Muahaha, see you later alligator! Bitch.
2. Ooh, this I my favorite story xD C. is so going to hate me, after I published this xD
It was a special holiday at our school, and everyone finished school at the same time. We were with a lot of people, but we managed to find a place in the bus. Behind us, there a guy, named M. In my bag, I had the time schedule of the subway. C. asked me what time the metro was going to leave and I said: We've got... two minutes.
She said: What? We have to run, the metro is going to leave!
I said: Nah, I'm not in the mood to run, go without me.
M. behind us asked C.: Is the metro really going to leave?
She said yes, and the moment the bus stopped, they all jumped outside and raced to get the metro. The reason for me, not to run, is because I was for sure that they were going to miss the metro. And I didn't wanted to hear that awful *ding dong*. That's metro language for: Ha, in your face! I'm leaving, muahaha.
So I was walking, all relaxed towards the metro, while C. and the rest were already in the metro. And guess what, I made it O.o I was on the escalator, when I saw that the metro was still standing there. I went inside, and after five seconds , we heard the *ding dong* and we left.
I was laughing my ass off xD
C. said to me, open-eyed: Omg, you made it! Without running O.o
After I finished laughing, and crying thanks to the laughing I said: Hahaha, you ran like someone was going to kill you, haha. And I walked like I've got all the time of the world and still I made it xD
Everybody there was exhausted, thanks to the running because of me. I felt so proud.
And the guy, M. looked furious, because C. made him run for nothing xD
Good old times! (L)
3. The escalator at a metro station is defect, for almost a year. Ridiculous, I tell you. Why would it take a year to fix a escalator? Nonsense, I'm sick of it. I sent them an e-mail and they said: We don't know when we're going to fix it.
Dumb asses. After a tough school day, I don't want to walk 23423849839 steps upstairs. I just want a normal escalator, which brings me upstairs, so I can take my metro. Grmbl. You can put the blame on two parties. One of them, is GVB, the company who doesn't fix the escalator. The other one, is school. All the teachers think their class is the most important, so we have to do all the homework. If you've got, let;s say ten classes, you've got a lot of homework. A lot. Including a lot of books. A lot. A lot of homework + a lot of books= a heavy bag.
However, somebody taped a sign on the escalator which says: This escalator will be repaired, from ... till unknown.
Someone, who was sick of the broken escalator wrote "not" on the sign xD
Brilliant, the guy is brilliant! And it was funny. You know, because it haven't been fixed for ages, and he wrote not, so it's funny. It's just funny, okay :P See my amazing paint-creation.
Oh, I just realized, I HOPE that the one who wrote is, was sick of it. What if it was someone who knows that they'll never fix it O.o That can't me possible, right? I mean, if they are planning not the fix it, they might as well change it in to a gigantic slide (a). I'm just going to stalk GVB: We want the new escalator!
So K. and I showed C. the sign, because we found it funny (and it is!:P) We were standing downstairs, making jokes about it. After a while, we thought that it was time to go upstairs. We went 4549503495 steps upstairs and when we arrived, what a surprise *ding dong*, he left :)
How do we do that!
You know, I've noticed that almost every time I miss the bus/metro/train, it's with C. xD
That's all folks! x
Here are my metro experiences, are you ready?
*BOOM*
1. I'm a big fan of sleeping and I don't like mornings. I don't have a clue why 7 am exists. Or 8 am. 9 am. 9.30. One time I went to sleep at 3.30 am, just like my sister. She woke up at 11 and me? ten to half past 2 pm. Convinced?:P
In my last post, I already said I wake up too late and as result I have to run to the metro station. I know, maybe it's better to wake up earlier and take some breakfast, but that's a no-go. I can learn and eat at the same time, but I can't sleep and eat at the same time. Bad habit, I know. I've got an whole food package in my locker at school, just in case I'm hungry :)
If I'm the first hour free, I always make a schedule. For example:
School 9.45
Bus: 9.09
Metro: 8.45 or 8.52
I always try to take the metro at 8.45, but I often miss that one. Not really a problem, I can take the second metro. Well, Imagine this.
After I finished dressing up, and left my home all excited, because I was confident that I was going to be right on time for the metro, I chose a song on my mp3 player and walked very relaxed. After I had chosen my song, and looked up I saw my metro passing by. My head followed the train from left to right and I thought, damn, I'm have to take this one! I can make it, I'm going to make it, yeah! I grabbed my OV-card, opened the gate and ran upstairs. A few seconds before I arrived up there, I heard *ding dong* and it left without me. I felt ditched. It's so, so painful. And you know, it was like the metro was laughing at me. The *ding dong* was so loud, a sound what said: Muahaha, see you later alligator! Bitch.
2. Ooh, this I my favorite story xD C. is so going to hate me, after I published this xD
It was a special holiday at our school, and everyone finished school at the same time. We were with a lot of people, but we managed to find a place in the bus. Behind us, there a guy, named M. In my bag, I had the time schedule of the subway. C. asked me what time the metro was going to leave and I said: We've got... two minutes.
She said: What? We have to run, the metro is going to leave!
I said: Nah, I'm not in the mood to run, go without me.
M. behind us asked C.: Is the metro really going to leave?
She said yes, and the moment the bus stopped, they all jumped outside and raced to get the metro. The reason for me, not to run, is because I was for sure that they were going to miss the metro. And I didn't wanted to hear that awful *ding dong*. That's metro language for: Ha, in your face! I'm leaving, muahaha.
So I was walking, all relaxed towards the metro, while C. and the rest were already in the metro. And guess what, I made it O.o I was on the escalator, when I saw that the metro was still standing there. I went inside, and after five seconds , we heard the *ding dong* and we left.
I was laughing my ass off xD
C. said to me, open-eyed: Omg, you made it! Without running O.o
After I finished laughing, and crying thanks to the laughing I said: Hahaha, you ran like someone was going to kill you, haha. And I walked like I've got all the time of the world and still I made it xD
Everybody there was exhausted, thanks to the running because of me. I felt so proud.
And the guy, M. looked furious, because C. made him run for nothing xD
Good old times! (L)
3. The escalator at a metro station is defect, for almost a year. Ridiculous, I tell you. Why would it take a year to fix a escalator? Nonsense, I'm sick of it. I sent them an e-mail and they said: We don't know when we're going to fix it.
Dumb asses. After a tough school day, I don't want to walk 23423849839 steps upstairs. I just want a normal escalator, which brings me upstairs, so I can take my metro. Grmbl. You can put the blame on two parties. One of them, is GVB, the company who doesn't fix the escalator. The other one, is school. All the teachers think their class is the most important, so we have to do all the homework. If you've got, let;s say ten classes, you've got a lot of homework. A lot. Including a lot of books. A lot. A lot of homework + a lot of books= a heavy bag.
However, somebody taped a sign on the escalator which says: This escalator will be repaired, from ... till unknown.
Someone, who was sick of the broken escalator wrote "not" on the sign xD
Brilliant, the guy is brilliant! And it was funny. You know, because it haven't been fixed for ages, and he wrote not, so it's funny. It's just funny, okay :P See my amazing paint-creation.
Oh, I just realized, I HOPE that the one who wrote is, was sick of it. What if it was someone who knows that they'll never fix it O.o That can't me possible, right? I mean, if they are planning not the fix it, they might as well change it in to a gigantic slide (a). I'm just going to stalk GVB: We want the new escalator!
So K. and I showed C. the sign, because we found it funny (and it is!:P) We were standing downstairs, making jokes about it. After a while, we thought that it was time to go upstairs. We went 4549503495 steps upstairs and when we arrived, what a surprise *ding dong*, he left :)
How do we do that!
You know, I've noticed that almost every time I miss the bus/metro/train, it's with C. xD
That's all folks! x
Public transport: OV chipcard.
Since the ending of 2009, Rotterdam and Amsterdam have introduced the OV-chipcard.
And it's a total drama.
If you ask me, there aren't a lot of benefits. I'll give you some examples of me and my OV experience:
Example 1:
If I've got the first hour free from school, I always take the subway, because if I take the bus I have to wake up earlier, and I don't like that. So, I wake up at eight, and take the subway at 8.15. In fact, I've only got 45 minutes. Minus 10 min. of showering and 5 minutes of walking to the station, only an half hour left for me to dress. I'm often too late (a). Very often, so if you ever pass by Amsterdam, and you see a dumbass running for the metro/bus/tram/train, it might be me. However, most of the time a walk fast towards the station, and most of the time, when I'm 20 metres from the station I have to run. Before those OV-gates were there, I could race upstairs and jump between the metro doors before they close. Last time, I had to run (again) and when I arrived, first I had to get my OV-card, scan it, wait before the gate opens (they are so damn slow) and than run upstairs. Result: The metro made that awful *dingdong* sound, and left without me...
That sucks. Big time. And it also hurts. You feel.. rejected. Abandoned. All by yourself, in the cold, tough world. Waiting, for the next metro...
Example 2:
Once, the machine said that I wasn't travelling in my zone, so it took 75ct of my OV-money. The problem was: I didn't have OV-money, so my saldo was -0.75 ct :) If you've got a negative saldo, you can't go ANYWHERE. You're stuck. I was thinking: shit, shit, what to do o.O
I imagined disaster scenarios of me crawling under the gate, while a camera is taping me, and what a coincidence, a police offer :) Or, me pushing the gates open and you hear an awful alarm. Suddenly everybody turns around and watches me like I'm a criminal.
And then, I made up the perfect plan! I've got two stations near my house. At the nearest one, all the gates are closed. But at the other one, the train gates were open, muahaha. I know, I'm brilliant. So I ended up safe :)
Have you read any advantages? I don't think so.
That's all folks! x
And it's a total drama.
If you ask me, there aren't a lot of benefits. I'll give you some examples of me and my OV experience:
Example 1:
If I've got the first hour free from school, I always take the subway, because if I take the bus I have to wake up earlier, and I don't like that. So, I wake up at eight, and take the subway at 8.15. In fact, I've only got 45 minutes. Minus 10 min. of showering and 5 minutes of walking to the station, only an half hour left for me to dress. I'm often too late (a). Very often, so if you ever pass by Amsterdam, and you see a dumbass running for the metro/bus/tram/train, it might be me. However, most of the time a walk fast towards the station, and most of the time, when I'm 20 metres from the station I have to run. Before those OV-gates were there, I could race upstairs and jump between the metro doors before they close. Last time, I had to run (again) and when I arrived, first I had to get my OV-card, scan it, wait before the gate opens (they are so damn slow) and than run upstairs. Result: The metro made that awful *dingdong* sound, and left without me...
That sucks. Big time. And it also hurts. You feel.. rejected. Abandoned. All by yourself, in the cold, tough world. Waiting, for the next metro...
Example 2:
Once, the machine said that I wasn't travelling in my zone, so it took 75ct of my OV-money. The problem was: I didn't have OV-money, so my saldo was -0.75 ct :) If you've got a negative saldo, you can't go ANYWHERE. You're stuck. I was thinking: shit, shit, what to do o.O
I imagined disaster scenarios of me crawling under the gate, while a camera is taping me, and what a coincidence, a police offer :) Or, me pushing the gates open and you hear an awful alarm. Suddenly everybody turns around and watches me like I'm a criminal.
And then, I made up the perfect plan! I've got two stations near my house. At the nearest one, all the gates are closed. But at the other one, the train gates were open, muahaha. I know, I'm brilliant. So I ended up safe :)
Have you read any advantages? I don't think so.
That's all folks! x
le cinema
From meconnected.blogspot.com, Saturday 19th December.
Thursday J, C, H and me were supposed to go skating. Last-last-last minute we changed our plans and made a appointment for the cinema. And only with J. After a fight about which movie we were going to watch, we finally chose for Old Dogs. After we passed the wind, snow and cold I arrived at Pathé Arena. I waited for J (who arrived two seconds after me) we went inside to buy our tickets. You must know that I've got like 324238493 cards (CJP, XXXS, ID, school pass, bus pass, pin pass etc.) I gave the guy behind the ticket window my XXXS-pass and he said: I'm sorry, but this one isn't valid after 8 o'clock.
But, I had a backup plan, muahaha. I had my CJP-pass, and asked him: What about this one?He said: Yeah, that one is valid. I don't know why, but I felt that the guy didn't like me. Maybe because I spread all my cards on counter. Or because I was kind of noisy.So I started pinning the sum, but it went wrong.
J said, with an evil smile: Pinning is difficult, isn't it? I gave her withering smile, and pinned for a second time.After me, it was J's turn. She said she wanted the same ticket, and I'm pretty sure the guy liked her :P She started to pin, and it also went wrong xD This time, the guy said: Pinning is difficult, isn't it? I thought: YES! In your face, J xD Karma! Dude, you are awesome!
But I said: Ha! In your face. That guy is amazing. He really needs a promotion, I'll personally arrange that (:
After some laughter we went to buy some popcorn (sweeeet popcorn. I wonder how popcorn with butter tastes..) I already bought my popcorn in the supermarket, for like 60 cent. J's popcorn was 4 euros. I asked the girl if I could get some of those boxes, and she said: No, they count the boxes. So she gave me another one. Why would they count the boxes? I bet you pay 3 euro for the box and one euro for the popcorn self. After we settled, we watched some trailers (I'm so going to watch The Spy next door, Sherlock Holmes and Did you hear about the Morgans?)
The movie was funny, but the boy next to us was lhfao. xD He was stamping on the ground en jumping on his chair, not normal :PAfter the movie J wanted to go back to the guy behind the counter, but he wasn't there. By the way, he looked like fourteen. But that can't be possible, because you have to be 16, to sit behind the counter. After a toilet visit, we went towards house. We saw a lot of police men, thanks to the football game at Amsterdam Arena.
I really don't understand why those "supporters" start the riots. It doesn't make any sense. You don't see people fight after a tennis game, do you?
We passed by a track, and J thought it was necessary to throw snow at me. So the whole way to the bus stop we were throwing snow at each other. While we were walking through the Poort (our shopping centre) some awkward guy passed us by.I said to J: no eye-contact, ignore him.
He was talking but we didn't understand what he said, but he kept on talking, even though he passed us for like twenty metres. Suddenly J. shouted Shut the fuck up!
His response?: I love youuuu, I love you!
That guy must be drunk, stoned, or mentally not-okay.And then, a spot caught our eye, in the middle of the Amsterdamse Poort.In my imagination, J. and I were walking towards the spot in slow-motion, while we watched each others steps. When we arrived there, we jumped on the snow, like a tiger and used our in perfectly protected hands by hand gloves to make perfect and smooth snowballs, to throw them. Suddenly somebody behind me shouted: WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!
I nearly got a heart-attacked O.oI turned around and look into a smiling young man’s face.
He said: Don't be scared, haha.
I said: Too late.
He and his friend smiled, and J and me walked away, and I said: Good day, sir :)
He said: Good day, madam.
And then I heard them arguing about who was "the sir". Did you hear that? She said good day, sir. I'm not a sir, she said it to you. No, to you man, no you!
But when we went to the bus stop and after we made some pictures, my bus was there, yeah :) So I ran like Speedy Gonzalez across the road to get to my bus. Well, there were two busses and I was standing by the wrong bus (a) I knew that, ehum. And then, to home, yeah.
That's all folks! x
Thursday J, C, H and me were supposed to go skating. Last-last-last minute we changed our plans and made a appointment for the cinema. And only with J. After a fight about which movie we were going to watch, we finally chose for Old Dogs. After we passed the wind, snow and cold I arrived at Pathé Arena. I waited for J (who arrived two seconds after me) we went inside to buy our tickets. You must know that I've got like 324238493 cards (CJP, XXXS, ID, school pass, bus pass, pin pass etc.) I gave the guy behind the ticket window my XXXS-pass and he said: I'm sorry, but this one isn't valid after 8 o'clock.
But, I had a backup plan, muahaha. I had my CJP-pass, and asked him: What about this one?He said: Yeah, that one is valid. I don't know why, but I felt that the guy didn't like me. Maybe because I spread all my cards on counter. Or because I was kind of noisy.So I started pinning the sum, but it went wrong.
J said, with an evil smile: Pinning is difficult, isn't it? I gave her withering smile, and pinned for a second time.After me, it was J's turn. She said she wanted the same ticket, and I'm pretty sure the guy liked her :P She started to pin, and it also went wrong xD This time, the guy said: Pinning is difficult, isn't it? I thought: YES! In your face, J xD Karma! Dude, you are awesome!
But I said: Ha! In your face. That guy is amazing. He really needs a promotion, I'll personally arrange that (:
After some laughter we went to buy some popcorn (sweeeet popcorn. I wonder how popcorn with butter tastes..) I already bought my popcorn in the supermarket, for like 60 cent. J's popcorn was 4 euros. I asked the girl if I could get some of those boxes, and she said: No, they count the boxes. So she gave me another one. Why would they count the boxes? I bet you pay 3 euro for the box and one euro for the popcorn self. After we settled, we watched some trailers (I'm so going to watch The Spy next door, Sherlock Holmes and Did you hear about the Morgans?)
The movie was funny, but the boy next to us was lhfao. xD He was stamping on the ground en jumping on his chair, not normal :PAfter the movie J wanted to go back to the guy behind the counter, but he wasn't there. By the way, he looked like fourteen. But that can't be possible, because you have to be 16, to sit behind the counter. After a toilet visit, we went towards house. We saw a lot of police men, thanks to the football game at Amsterdam Arena.
I really don't understand why those "supporters" start the riots. It doesn't make any sense. You don't see people fight after a tennis game, do you?
We passed by a track, and J thought it was necessary to throw snow at me. So the whole way to the bus stop we were throwing snow at each other. While we were walking through the Poort (our shopping centre) some awkward guy passed us by.I said to J: no eye-contact, ignore him.
He was talking but we didn't understand what he said, but he kept on talking, even though he passed us for like twenty metres. Suddenly J. shouted Shut the fuck up!
His response?: I love youuuu, I love you!
That guy must be drunk, stoned, or mentally not-okay.And then, a spot caught our eye, in the middle of the Amsterdamse Poort.In my imagination, J. and I were walking towards the spot in slow-motion, while we watched each others steps. When we arrived there, we jumped on the snow, like a tiger and used our in perfectly protected hands by hand gloves to make perfect and smooth snowballs, to throw them. Suddenly somebody behind me shouted: WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!
I nearly got a heart-attacked O.oI turned around and look into a smiling young man’s face.
He said: Don't be scared, haha.
I said: Too late.
He and his friend smiled, and J and me walked away, and I said: Good day, sir :)
He said: Good day, madam.
And then I heard them arguing about who was "the sir". Did you hear that? She said good day, sir. I'm not a sir, she said it to you. No, to you man, no you!
But when we went to the bus stop and after we made some pictures, my bus was there, yeah :) So I ran like Speedy Gonzalez across the road to get to my bus. Well, there were two busses and I was standing by the wrong bus (a) I knew that, ehum. And then, to home, yeah.
That's all folks! x
Balance
Dirk van den Broek is a supermarket.
Saturday.
A heavy, heavy day for me.
Not only did Dirk van den Broek took away my very last day of chilling, no that wasn't enough.
They also dragged me into a horrible thing named: Balance.
The trouble started at dawn. I had to wake up at 10 for 7 am! What the hell, that's my "shit, i have to go to school"-time, not my "yes, it's Christmas holidays"-time!
In my holidays I don't wake up before twelve. So I had to dress myself half a sleep, and went outside, I took the subway, blabla and arrived at 10 to 8. (Have you noticed, that everytime you enter a place on your own, everybody turns around to look at you, immediately? Creepy.)
And yes, I could enjoy the hapiness of working from 8 till 5.
It was so busy, not normal! There even was a man who said to me: Wow, I wish you a lot of strenght today. It's a madhouse. Ik think it's very tough of you to show up. Hold on.
And he said it in such a way: I am proud of you, my son.
Except that I'm not his son:P
Anyway, I heard from the other people at my work that 4 people called that they were sick (due the Balance). So I was saddled up with 342348923948294 customers, how great is that? :)
Now I understand why the called sick.. During my breaks, when I went to buy something, the assistantmanager asked my: You know you have to come back at seven, do you?
She: Sigh. For the Balance. Everyone must be present!
I said: What? But the last time I didn't have to come!
She: Yes, that was different, now everybody needs to come.
I thought: fuck, fuck fuck.
So at seven pm, i came back from home and got my assignment.
I had to count the look-o-look candies. Everytime I counted 100, I had to write down the price of the last product.
There were 416 candies. So.. many.. sweets.
I finished quite quick, and handed in my paper. And the didn't believed me :O They couldn't believe that I was so fast. What kind of faith is that?
One of them even said: Really, if you did it right, you are a miracle.
And then, I had to go to the biscuits division O.o
And you know, there are some people who work in the shop (they stock the shelves), and they thought they where funny :D
So when I was counting: forty-one, forty-two, forty-three, they came merrily along: eighty-two, sixteen, fifty-five. And me again: Shit, I've lost count.
And they laughed. Like it was funny. Okay, it was :P
And something that also was irritating, the customers. They all had questions, so I had to stop to explain them where those damn products were. You know my whole hand was blue, because I filled it with numbers, so I wouldn't forget where I stopped? But the problem was, that after I helped the customers, I knew what number, but not the last product. Frustrating @#$$@##%#$@^And since I was awake since seven o'clock, I was ridiculously tired.
At last. when I arrived another 100, I put signes on products, so I knew where I was around.
You know how many cookies there were?
2729
Two thousand and sevenhundred and twenty-nine biscuits, what the hell. I don't even know why we did it.
It took me two hours to count fourhunderd and sixteen sweets and two thousand and twenty-nine cookies. I am never going to do that again. Madness. Especially not when I'm working from 8 till 5.
That's all folks! x
skating on ice
So, my first time on my new web log :) First of all, I want to wish you all a happy 2010!
This blog is the English version of my other blog: http://meconnected.blogspot.com/. If you like it, send it to all your friends :)
I'll start with my Tuesday, the 29th. Me and my entourage went skating on ice, for a day :)
I was on my way tot Jaap Edenhal, all excited. I haven't skate in ages! So I took the bus towards Jaap Edenhal, and when I arrived, I saw that my friends already were there, I was the last one. But I wasn't that late, because our appointment was one o'clock, and it was three past one. Let's call it: fashionably late. Or: I-got-up-a-little-bit-late-so-I-missed-the-first-bus late. Call it want you want. We were with four. Actually we were supposed to be with six, but one of them couldn't come and the other's mobile was dead and she didn't read her mail. Smart ass:P Later on we gave up calling her and bought our tickets. I and N. went in to one row, and K. and M. went to another. And then they came to us and asked, with a big smile: How much did you pay for your ticket?
N. and I said the price, and we found out that I had the cheapest one, thanks to my XXXS-card, jeej :) M. and K. got students reduction, but they aren't students. Bad, baaad girls!
We entered and went to a counter, to pay for the rent of our skates. We had to hand in our passports/drivers license/ID as an guarantee. The girl in the counter gave us number, which is connected to your card and a blue coin. We turned around to another counter, hand in the blue coin and got our skates and had to wear them, and damn, that was torture O.o
Those things are so ridiculously that, getting my foot in was almost impossible! And when I finally got my foot in it, it was like it was molded O.o It was like trying to push an circle in a square, imagine that! But we all got them on. But what a surprise, there was a flap loose. So I tried to get it in my skate again, while N. was laughing at me because of my frustration. But it worked :) And then the other side came out. @%$%#%@ Stupid thing.
So, when we all got them on, we dumped our belongings in the lockers and went with good moods towards the ice. First, I didn't dare to go on ice. A couple of years ago, when I was 9 or 10 years old, I went skating for my very first time. I fell 25 times. And when I got on the ice, I also almost fell. But it went quite smoothly, except for the first five minutes :P The rest followed and we wanted to go on the 400 meter tracks and suddenly:
*DUNG* A bell went, and they started cleaning the track. Shit. I felt like it wouldn't end, but in real life, it was (just) a half hour. The stupid thing was, that we went on the ice when it was about half past one. And I had to left around three, because I had to work. While we were waiting, we (me holding K's hand :P) skated a round on the small track, with all the toddlers. So at two o'clock, we finally were able to skate on the 400 meter track. And we didn't fall :) Sometimes, a child chased us a showed his skills. Boaster. I remember that K said to me: I have never fallen on the ice, and this time I also won't fall. (It was her second time) We'll see about that :P
While we were waiting, we were wondering how we had to brake. I suggested to push someone on the track, when a pro arrives. So we could see how he/she would stop and observe that. But it wasn't worth taking the risk. I bet that he would curse us and we might get injured :P So we called our friend and asked her, haha.If you want to brake, turn your feet into a point. So we all learned something. The joy of knowledge :)
When they gave us the signal, we went to the 400 metres- track.
And then it happened.
After a few metres, M. turned around and K. couldn't break in time, so they bumped into each other and fell xD I have to admit, N. and me couldn't hold it any longer. It was so funny, I cried of laughter xD Seriously, I wish someone had filmed at and broadcast it in slow-motion, that would be so hilarious! xD
After skating one round N. and me switched into the second gear and left K. and M. behind us.
There were some evil people there, they all wanted to touch me :P
At least 5 people bumped it o me. But thanks to me amazing skating skills, I didn't fell :)
Okay, I have to admit, N was better than me :P
We had a break, and sat down at a point where me and my friend H. got stuck a few years ago. We were very slow, and suddenly they announced that they were going to clean the track. So H. and me were stuck on the other side of the track, all alone in the dark O.o
While we were there, we saw some chickens. Seriously, if the chickens were there when H. and I were stuck there, and the appeared out of the dark, I'm pretty sure that I would have got a heart attack :P
It was almost three o'clock, and after our break we only had ten minutes. I wanted tot take a final round. That turned to be two rounds, because one round for K. and M., were two for us :P But at the end something strange happened. N. was skating in front of me and we saw K. and M. So we skated towards them and suddenly my left leg got his own will O.o It was shaking and turned to left, so I almost went into a split. Luckily, I was near a wall, so I let myself fall on the wall. (Well, I didn't let myself fall, I sought for support (a) )
It was only two metres, so I skated two metres and it started acting strange again. Whatever, I was off the ice :) Maybe it was the skate, who knows? We handed in our skates, got our ID's and while the guy was searching for some stuff, you could see his boxer. I said to K.: cute boxer xD And she said: I think he heard that :P But I'm sure he didn't. Most of the time, if I give my opinion about something, the person looks to me, with a strange look.
At the end we bought some fries (I bought I a special one, I thought that it was ketchup + mayonnaise, but apparently they also add onions, brr. I ditched the onions:P) and I after wishing everybody a happy new year I went to my work. At home, I found a quick way to go to my work on Google Maps. So I walked, and walked and didn't had a clue where I was, but I kept walking. After a while I saw a bus stop, but it wasn't for my bus, the 65. I looked at the map and saw that the 65 stopped a little further, so I went there but it also didn't stop there, so I gave up. Eventually I took another bus to Amstel and took the tram to work. And hey, who did I see driving me by? The 65:) Hi there.
That's all folks! x
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I'll start with my Tuesday, the 29th. Me and my entourage went skating on ice, for a day :)
I was on my way tot Jaap Edenhal, all excited. I haven't skate in ages! So I took the bus towards Jaap Edenhal, and when I arrived, I saw that my friends already were there, I was the last one. But I wasn't that late, because our appointment was one o'clock, and it was three past one. Let's call it: fashionably late. Or: I-got-up-a-little-bit-late-so-I-missed-the-first-bus late. Call it want you want. We were with four. Actually we were supposed to be with six, but one of them couldn't come and the other's mobile was dead and she didn't read her mail. Smart ass:P Later on we gave up calling her and bought our tickets. I and N. went in to one row, and K. and M. went to another. And then they came to us and asked, with a big smile: How much did you pay for your ticket?
N. and I said the price, and we found out that I had the cheapest one, thanks to my XXXS-card, jeej :) M. and K. got students reduction, but they aren't students. Bad, baaad girls!
We entered and went to a counter, to pay for the rent of our skates. We had to hand in our passports/drivers license/ID as an guarantee. The girl in the counter gave us number, which is connected to your card and a blue coin. We turned around to another counter, hand in the blue coin and got our skates and had to wear them, and damn, that was torture O.o
Those things are so ridiculously that, getting my foot in was almost impossible! And when I finally got my foot in it, it was like it was molded O.o It was like trying to push an circle in a square, imagine that! But we all got them on. But what a surprise, there was a flap loose. So I tried to get it in my skate again, while N. was laughing at me because of my frustration. But it worked :) And then the other side came out. @%$%#%@ Stupid thing.
So, when we all got them on, we dumped our belongings in the lockers and went with good moods towards the ice. First, I didn't dare to go on ice. A couple of years ago, when I was 9 or 10 years old, I went skating for my very first time. I fell 25 times. And when I got on the ice, I also almost fell. But it went quite smoothly, except for the first five minutes :P The rest followed and we wanted to go on the 400 meter tracks and suddenly:
*DUNG* A bell went, and they started cleaning the track. Shit. I felt like it wouldn't end, but in real life, it was (just) a half hour. The stupid thing was, that we went on the ice when it was about half past one. And I had to left around three, because I had to work. While we were waiting, we (me holding K's hand :P) skated a round on the small track, with all the toddlers. So at two o'clock, we finally were able to skate on the 400 meter track. And we didn't fall :) Sometimes, a child chased us a showed his skills. Boaster. I remember that K said to me: I have never fallen on the ice, and this time I also won't fall. (It was her second time) We'll see about that :P
While we were waiting, we were wondering how we had to brake. I suggested to push someone on the track, when a pro arrives. So we could see how he/she would stop and observe that. But it wasn't worth taking the risk. I bet that he would curse us and we might get injured :P So we called our friend and asked her, haha.If you want to brake, turn your feet into a point. So we all learned something. The joy of knowledge :)
When they gave us the signal, we went to the 400 metres- track.
And then it happened.
After a few metres, M. turned around and K. couldn't break in time, so they bumped into each other and fell xD I have to admit, N. and me couldn't hold it any longer. It was so funny, I cried of laughter xD Seriously, I wish someone had filmed at and broadcast it in slow-motion, that would be so hilarious! xD
After skating one round N. and me switched into the second gear and left K. and M. behind us.
There were some evil people there, they all wanted to touch me :P
At least 5 people bumped it o me. But thanks to me amazing skating skills, I didn't fell :)
Okay, I have to admit, N was better than me :P
We had a break, and sat down at a point where me and my friend H. got stuck a few years ago. We were very slow, and suddenly they announced that they were going to clean the track. So H. and me were stuck on the other side of the track, all alone in the dark O.o
While we were there, we saw some chickens. Seriously, if the chickens were there when H. and I were stuck there, and the appeared out of the dark, I'm pretty sure that I would have got a heart attack :P
It was almost three o'clock, and after our break we only had ten minutes. I wanted tot take a final round. That turned to be two rounds, because one round for K. and M., were two for us :P But at the end something strange happened. N. was skating in front of me and we saw K. and M. So we skated towards them and suddenly my left leg got his own will O.o It was shaking and turned to left, so I almost went into a split. Luckily, I was near a wall, so I let myself fall on the wall. (Well, I didn't let myself fall, I sought for support (a) )
It was only two metres, so I skated two metres and it started acting strange again. Whatever, I was off the ice :) Maybe it was the skate, who knows? We handed in our skates, got our ID's and while the guy was searching for some stuff, you could see his boxer. I said to K.: cute boxer xD And she said: I think he heard that :P But I'm sure he didn't. Most of the time, if I give my opinion about something, the person looks to me, with a strange look.
At the end we bought some fries (I bought I a special one, I thought that it was ketchup + mayonnaise, but apparently they also add onions, brr. I ditched the onions:P) and I after wishing everybody a happy new year I went to my work. At home, I found a quick way to go to my work on Google Maps. So I walked, and walked and didn't had a clue where I was, but I kept walking. After a while I saw a bus stop, but it wasn't for my bus, the 65. I looked at the map and saw that the 65 stopped a little further, so I went there but it also didn't stop there, so I gave up. Eventually I took another bus to Amstel and took the tram to work. And hey, who did I see driving me by? The 65:) Hi there.
That's all folks! x