My Journey, My Stories

Is it something you feel when you’re with that special someone? Wikipedia said that:  “ Love is an emotion of a strong affection and personal attachment. Love is also said to be a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection —"the unselfish loyal and benevolent oncern for the good of another". Love may describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans, one's self or animals” How do you know when you love someone? There’s no definite mean of love, every people has their own meaning of love. But let’s go back to bible as basic. The bible said in 1 Corrinthians 13:4-8: “ Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will ...

Sometimes you want to have a boyfriend that like in the movie, a prince with a white horse, all the romantic and cliche things that all the media wants you to believe what a good boyfriend looks like, or act. But people are not the same, some are romantic, and some are not. Some say romantic things and they didn't mean it. Some even romantic in their own way, but you just didn't realize it. So here's something for you my dear :) He never gives me flowers He never gives me teddy bear He didn’t send “Good Morning” text every morning Or even “Good Night” text when the night ends Sometimes he even spends hours playing video games instead of spending time with me But he stayed home instead of hanging out with his friends when I was sick He whispered “ I love you” in my ear before he went to sleep and hugged me He holds my hand everywhere we go He gives me a box of chocolate when I’m on my period He always help washing the dishes He gave a really good ma...

So, after I finished my previous project "My Adventure in Netherlands" , I decided to work on this blog again. Putting up things I want to share, my thought, my feelings, foods, anything. It's a new age, a new start for me, life is full of challenge. 2012 has been so amazing, I wonder what 2013 can bring. Maybe I should make a list of what I need to write.. I owed this blog a lot of stuff.. okay let's start the countdown My 2012 SummerTrip Itinerary My Barcelona Trip My Benelux Trip My Christmas Trip I Only Spend 80 euros to go to Budapest I think that's should be enough for a start.. and I promised myself that I will write more :)

So you made it, you finally here in Netherlands, the land of your dream, lots of things are waiting for you, you will probably feel lost and don't know what to do. Don't be afraid, I'll help you through it. Now I'd like to share what to do and what to have once you're here: Sim Card: There are two types of sim card provider here, the cheap one and the full featured one. What I mean with the cheap one is like Lebara, LycaMobile, etc. They will give you cheap price to call and text, and even free call up to 30 minutes to the same provider (Like lebara to lebara, etc). It's usually cheaper to call home with that provider. The Full-Featured (High-Tech) is for you that has smart phone. There are lots of provider, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Hi, etc. You just have to pay a fixed amount of money every month for the internet subscription. Personally I use 2 simcard, Lebara and Vodafone. It's typical Indonesian to have 2 cellphone, one is for calling, and one for Internet...

In this post I'll share information about what to do, what to bring, and what to have when you decided to become an Au Pair, or maybe when you decided to move to Netherlands for Travel, doesn't matter how you come here, I'm here to help you enjoy the most of it:   What to bring: Credit Card(s): Why? Well, you will need credit card to book plane ticket, hotel, etc. Make sure you have enough money on your bank account to pay your credit card. I use internet banking facility to pay my credit card bill. But if you don't have credit card, it should be fine, you can ask the hostfamily or maybe your friends to help you book the ticket. But for me it means less freedom, and sometimes they are too busy, and you'll miss the opportunity to get the cheap-promo ticket. It's your call :) Minimum amount of clothes: Why? Clothes here are cheaper than in your home country (at least for me, since I come from Indonesia), and you can get nice clothes and maybe branded stuff ...

It's been a while since the last time I post anything on this blog. So long story short, I finally made it.. Here I am in Netherlands, I arrived on February 4th. It was the coldest day on winter, they even said that the airport was closed a day before I came because there was too much snow. First day I came here Storm (Soon to be my little prince) greet me with his smile. That day I know, and I promised myself that I'm gonna have fun here and I'm gonna enjoy the most of it. So, some of you probably question why I want to go all the way to Europe just to be a babysitter. Well, for me it's more like the cheapest way to travel Europe, with a minimum cost I can stay in Netherlands for 1 year, and travel on my free time, which turns out that the family give me lots of it. I'm lucky I have 3 days of a week Friday - Sunday, so I can travel around Netherlands, or maybe go somewhere close.

So, she finally texted me and said that I have interview this Sunday, but it turns out the family bailed on me and didn't give any notification before the cancelled the interview, so here I was sitting and waiting for nothing. Well, I don't really like this family profile anyway, maybe they found a better one for them, who cares. I'm still waiting for the perfect host family for me :D