2015.

I am (hopefully) back after a very long break! I started missing writing posts so I decided to try and pick this blog up again. I have no idea yet in which direction this is gonna go and how long this is going to last, but here's to a new start!

So 2015 has come to an end, and it has been an amazing and shitty year. It has been one of the toughest, but also one of the best years my life. For one, I turned eighteen, which means I was allowed to finally drive by myself! I finished my gap year in Oxford and returned home to start university here, in september.
I know it sounds incredibly cheesy, but with new experiences in life, comes change. Now it happens to be that I do not like change at all, but it did teach me a lot.
So here's what this past year has taught me:

1. If you want something to change, don't just sit and wait it gets better. Actually go out and change it yourself
2. Don't always put yourself in front of others. Sure, it's nice to do so, but don't let yourself suffer because of it
3. Go out and make the most of your life
4. Take on new adventures
5. It's very much okay to stay in and do absolutely nothing
6. It's also okay to be out and about a lot of the time
7. Try to balance your work / studies and social activities

They are all fairly standard lessons everyone always teaches, but I did happen to find these things out for myself as well. In the end I guess it is just something everyone has to go through and discover for themselves, but I hope at least one person picks something up from this.

The Script was insanee!!

WOW. IT WAS AMA-ZING.

The Script #3 World Tour Concert last night, BEST FREAKING CONCERT EVER!

The whole week I was looking forward to it soo much and the day before yesterday it was finally the time!
The doors opened at 18.30 and we were there at 17.30. We had to wait in the cold for an hour and that was definitely not fun. It was like -6 °C, so we were freezing. When the doors opened, everyone started walking and you had to hold each others hands to don't get lost. When we got in the actual venue, there weren't many people yet, so we got really good placed to stand. We were soo extremely close.

The concert started at exactly 20.00, and it started with the supporting act, The Original Rudeboys. They are really good! Go check them out if you don't know them yet! The crowd was amazing, everyone was making so much noise and it was soo good!

At exactly 21.00 the actual concert started. I can't explain the feeling I got when they walked on stage, it was just insane. The songs they sung were Good Ol' Days, We Cry, Breakeven, Science & Faith, Before The Worst, The Man Who Can't Be Moved, If You Could See Me Now, If You Ever Come Back, Nothing, I'm Yours, Six Degrees Of Seperation, You Won't Feel A Thing, For The First Time and Hall Of Fame. For me personally, my highlights were The Man Who Can't Be Moved, If You Could See Me Now, Six Degrees Of Seperation and Hall Of Fame. Of course all were amaaazing, but these were the best for me. I don't exactly know what to say about it all, I'm still quite speechless.
In the end, I bought a bag and a cup :)

I think in the end it all comes down to the fact that is was freaking awesome
and I already miss it and want to go back.

So a big THANK YOU to The Original Rudeboys and The Script for making 25-01-2013 the best night of my life!

The bag and the cup :)

 

 
I will remember this day for the rest of my life, it was amazing!!

Love,
Vera

It's snowing!

Soo it started snowing again about two days ago! I'm not sure if I like it or not haha. I actually love snow, but only when I don't have to get out of the house. But sadly I have to go to school everyday, so I think I hate it now. I almost fell off my bike about 7 times in two days because of the snow, and I'm just really clumsy. But the only thing I like about it now, is that it looks extremely pretty! But not on the streets, just in the gardens and stuff. So I took some pictures, but they're in the dark, so they're not the best pictures..

It can be soo extremely pretty, just google the word snow and the most amazing pictures show up! I'm pretty sad it's not like that here, but yeah, it's still kinda pretty. When I was younger I used to play in the snow and stuff, but now I don't even wanna step on it, because I'm ruining it and my shoes get all dirty.. But I did it today, and if I say so myself, I think the pictures turned out pretty good.

 The snow makes everything so much prettier! I am also a lot happier when it has snowed, but only when I'm at home.. The only really negative thing about it now, is that there probably still will be snow on friday, when I'm going to The Script. And then it's gonna be all cold and my feet will freeze off.. Let's just hope it will be gone on friday. I really want it to snow on my birthday, but I'm pretty sure it won't. Well then I just have to appreciate it more now.

Love,
Vera

Music

Yaay it's finally weekend! And I'm really happy, because my exams are finally over! So I have 3 free days now, and I noticed I listen to music the whole day long, so I decided so share my favourite songs (of this moment and of all time).

So lately I discovered this new band, Imagine Dragons. They are from the USA and I really like their album Night Visions. If you've never heard of them, you should definitely check them out! My favourite song of their album is definitely Demons. I hate how it doesn't have a video, but that doesn't take away the fact that I love this song!

Most of you have probably never heard of Racoon, because it's a Dutch band, but I totally love them. I'm writing a little piece about their most unappreciated song (for me), I'll post the link when it's up. It's really hard for me to pick my favorite Racoon-song, but this one comes pretty close to being it. It's called Close Your Eyes.

I am definitely a big sucker for old song, so I do like quite a few of old songs as well. I have to say my all-time favorite song is probably by Duran Duran, called Ordinary World. I have listened to this song a lót of times, and I never get boring from listening to it. I think you all know this song, and if you don't, shame on you! 

Another oldie I love is Coolio ft. LV - Gangsta's Paradise. One time when I was bored, I decided to learn the whole rap from this song... Yeah, awkward. I love how this still has an actual meaning in the rap, not just some swearing words. 

Ever since I first heard of Ed Sheeran, I have been a massive fan. I love all of his songs, he is an amazing singer. I once saw him live and he is even better than on the CD! So Autumn Leaves is probably one of my favorite songs.

I also recently discoverd this song by Lawson, called Standing In The Dark. They are a band from the UK and I just heared this song a couple of times, I really like it :)

Save the best for last, they always say. So I did :). As I mentioned in my last post, I am a big fan of Passenger. I really love his last two albums, Flight Of The Crow and All The Little Lights. The song I love the most right now, is definitely Life's For The Living. I get chills everytime I hear this version. And I am in love with his voice, like seriously, if I could marry his voice, I would. Not even kidding. 

I know there are quite a few songs, but I just had to share all of them with you. So please don't hate me for this. If you have other favorite songs that I didn't mention, please let me know! I would love to know what kinds of music you listen to. So now I'm off to enjoy my weekend :).

Love,
Vera

Liebster Award

What is the Liebster Award?

The Liebster Award is given to new bloggers with less than 200 followers and therefore helps promote and support those bloggers nominated.

The Rules:

-Nominees must link back to the blogger who awarded them.

-If nominated, write '11 Random Facts' about yourself!
-Answer the 11 questions the person who nominated you wrote for you.

-Come up with 11 new questions to be answered by 11 new nominees.

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Thank you Emily Jane Lewis from I Hate Ads: The Life Of A Designer for nominating me!

11 random facts about me:

- I have been brought up listening to Robbie Williams all day long
- I want to live in London when I'm older
- I am addicted to purses and shoes
- I am totally in love with the movie Pitch Perfect and I have seen it 4 times already..
- My first concert I've ever been to was Robbie Williams
- I definitely can not live without music
- I sing, really badly, when I play the piano and guitar
- Right now I am totally in love with Passenger
- Sadly, I cannot live without labello
- After high school I want to study in the UK for a year
- Even though I'm from Holland, I hate Dutch
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Questions from Emily Jane Lewis:

1. Who/what was your blogging inspiration? 

To be honest, I don't really have one. I just wanted to do something different with my free time, and this was it :)

2. What is your guilty pleasure? (Chocolate, Justin Bieber...?) 

Definitely Camp Rock (1 and 2). I have seen them like 20 times..

3. What was your fashion fail of all time history? 

When I was younger I had those jeans, they were bright pink with flowers in 6 colors all over them. I wore them a week long, then they were washed and then I wore them again..

4. What's in your handbag/manbag?

Purse, diary, pens, keys, mini-mirror, hair brush, labello and concealer. 

5. What's the best advice you have ever been given?

It sounds kinda cheesy, but: never stop believing in yourself. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

6. How would you describe your style? 

I don't really know, just simple 

7. What one item from your wardrobe can you not live without? 

Black tank tops, definitely!

8. Do you prefer designer or high street?

High street I think

9. If you were to model for a company/designer who would it be? 

I would never model for anything, unless if I had some amazing model body, then it would probably be for Burberry

10. Do you have any tips on hair/beauty/fashion that you could share?

Just go easy on the make-up. Don't cover your face in make-up, you are also pretty without. But just use a little bit

11. What fashion item do you despise? 

I totallly hate Uggs. I think they're really weird, they're just super expensive slippers..

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My nominees are:

Beauty Thoughts

Rachgrn

StyleSpirit

Live Laugh & Travel

Daydreamer Extraordinaire

Big World Small Girl

Lovely Life

Melie Bianco

Jessie.

FashionFascination

Butterfly Kites

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My questions for my nominees are:

1. Who is your biggest inspiration?

2. What is your big dream?

3. What would you do if you won the lottery?

4. What is your all-time favorite clothing store?

5. What make-up brand do you use the most?

6. What/who can't you live without?

7. What is your all-time favorite song?

8. What is your biggest fashion fail?

9. What is your all-time favorite city?

10. What tips would you give to other people?

11. What's the most expensive thing you have ever bought?

Love,

Vera

Wie Is De Mol?

Het is echt heel raar voor mij om in het Nederlands te schrijven, omdat ik het nu behoorlijk gewend ben om alles in het Engels te schrijven.. Ik ga het toch maar proberen, hopen dat het niet al te erg wordt.

Ik denk dat bijna iedereen het wel kent, het programma Wie Is De Mol? Het is echt mijn favoriete programma of all times, dus daarom wilde ik het daar vandaag over hebben.

Voor de mensen die het programma niet kennen (wat ik me niet echt voor kan stellen) :
Het is een spelprogramma op Nederland 1, met 10 deelnemers. Ze moeten elke aflevering 2 (heel soms 3) spellen doen en daar kunnen ze dan geld mee verdienen, wat in de "pot" terecht komt. Maar, er is één catch: er zit een Mol in het spel. Dat is iemand die alle spellen probeert te saboteren (Mollen), in de hoop dat er minder geld in de pot komt. Alleen de Mol is niet de enige die de spellen probeert te saboteren. Vaak zijn er heel veel andere spelers die dat ook doen, in de hoop verdacht te worden. Aan het einde van elke aflevering moet iedereen 20 vragen over de Mol beantwoorden en wie er de minste goed heeft, moet onmiddellijk naar huis. Uiteindelijk zitten er 3 mensen in de finale, de Mol en 2 andere deelnemers. De persoon die de dan de meeste vragen over de Mol goed beantwoordt, krijgt het totale bedrag mee wat in de pot zit en heeft dus het spel gewonnen.

De deelnemers van 2013:

Ik kan me de eerste keer dat ik het op tv zag nog heel goed herinneren, wat behoorlijk apart is, aangezien ik toen pas 6 jaar oud was.. Kennelijk heeft het ontzettend veel indruk op mij gemaakt. Dat was de laatste uitzending dat het werd gespeeld met onbekende mensen, wat ik aan de ene kant fijn vind, maar aan de andere kant erg jammer. Het leuke daarvan was dat mensen veel meer voor het geld gingen, waardoor er meestal meer geld in de pot kwam. Het jammere was dat het altijd onbekende mensen waren, waardoor je niemand kende. Ik vond het hierdoor altijd veel minder erg als er iemand naar huis ging.

Elk jaar kijk ik weer fanatiek en ik mis dan ook werkelijk geen enkele aflevering. Er zitten alleen zoveel afleveringen in mijn hoofd, dat ik ze allemaal door elkaar haar. Laatst had ik met vriendinnen een gesprek over Wie Is De Mol? van twee jaar geleden en zij wisten nog welke taal in dat land toen gesproken werd en ook nog een heel aantal spellen. Ik haalde dat jaar heel erg in de war met allemaal andere jaren en wist totaal niet meer welk spel welk jaar is geweest of in welk land het zich afspeelde.
Ik ben ook echt ontzettend blij dat er dit jaar een Wie Is De Mol? aflevering op mijn verjaardag uitgezonden wordt, een extra reden om lekker van m'n verjaardag te genieten :).

Ik kon echt jaren lang eigenlijk niet bedenken wat nou mijn ultimate favorite televisie programma was, maar nu weet ik het zeker: Wie Is De Mol?!
Elk jaar denk ik weer dat ik zeker weet wie de Mol is, maar bijna altijd heb ik het fout! Ik ga hier nu ook niet allemaal uitspraken doen over wie de Mol is, 1. daar is het nog veel te vroeg voor en 2. ik heb het toch zeker fout en dan heb ik hier alleen maar spijt van haha. Ik verdenk op dit moment wel 3 mensen en we zullen wel zien of ik een beetje in de goede richting zat :).

Hebben jullie nog mensen die jullie verdenken als de Mol?

Love,
Vera

Exams

So tomorrow I've got my first exam and as I mentioned earlier, I'm scared as hell. I seriously think I didn't study hard enough and that I'm gonna fail, but lets just hope I don't.

I have 6 exams, and tomorrow is Civics. Physics, Biology, Dutch, Science and Greek are next. The only one I'm not scared of is Dutch, even though it's a debate. I used to find debates very difficult and I got really nervous all the time and now I don't even care anymore :) maybe it because I talk a lot more than I used to..

The hell starts tomorrow and Thursday it's over. You don't know how much I'm looking forward to Thursday afternoon, lets just hope it works out alright.
I hope I didn't bore you too much

Love,
Vera