Thursday, 20 December 2012
Finally another update
Well... what can I say? ^__^" It has been over 4 whole months since my last update... That's a record even for me. I have just been super, duper busy. To make it up to you I will post two posts today; one will be my very much overdue report of my trip to Sheffield and this post, which will contain an overview of the things that have been keeping me busy.
After Sheffield I have visited my aunts for a weekend (which was very, very fun), I have been on another trip to Disney (and got my free year pass... OH YEAH!)... I have done so many things I have forgotten half of them already! O.o
The reason why I could not get round to writing blogposts is that I have been either too busy or too tired to do so. During my trip to Sheffield I received an e-mail informing me that funding had become available at the English Faculty for two PhD students in the form of a research and teaching assistant possition. I, of course, immediately applied for the job. As a result, I have been a research and teaching assistant since October 1. I got hired for 16,7 hours a week. Of those hours I have to spend approximately 3,5 - 4 hours helping out teachers and staff members of the English department. The rest of the hours I can use for my own research. So far teachers have asked me to scan course materials, to order and archive certain documents and I have been asked to help out with a new project called the Writing Studio. The Writing Studio is aimed at first year students who find it difficult to write essays. By asking them to send in an essay beforehand we try to give them feedback during 30 min. appointments, which they can in turn use to improve their writing. Due to some administrative difficulties, however, I have been only able to help out one student so far.... I hope to be of more help soon though.
Basically, my research, the assistantship and my other 16 hour job have pretty much been swallowing up all my time. The only free time I really had was when I was with my fiancé (which is about one day a week).
Things seem to be settling down a bit now though, so I really hope that I will be able to put up blog posts more frequently again. I have really missed writing T_T.
Well that is all for today. I wish all my (extremely loyal) readers a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Love,
Blacky
Well overdue Sheffield trip report with pictures!
Dear
reader,
And now, for my very much overdue trip report of my visit to Sheffield! I have to say I really enjoyed my visit to Sheffield. We traveled from Schiphol to Manchester by
plane after which we took the train from the airport to Sheffield. There we
took the tram directly to the B&B. After walking around for a while and
cursing the google maps printout which I made (which is always super confusing,
since you never know which way is up or down… we almost went the wrong way
because of it) we were debating whether or not we were in the right street. It
did not last long before I spotted the B&B though…. at the top of a very,
veerrryyy steep hill. Imagine this: three people walking up a steep hill of
which two are dragging a really heavy suitcase behind them. I am sure that the neightbours
had a good laugh.
(It's the Victorian house on the left... Yep, steep hill is steep)
Tuesday, 4 September 2012
Highlights from the life of a busy bee
Dear
reader,
Again, it
has been a very long time since I updated the last time (I am actually considering renaming my blog to: busy bee is busy lol). As always I have been
insanely busy (o.o this has been the busiest holiday ever!!!!), so please bear
with me. This post will provide you with the highlights of the things that I
have been doing.
Efteling.
Saturday, 28 July 2012
Dutch Musical Wicked review
Dear
readers,
On Saturday
the 14th of July I went to the musical Wicked with my parents. I had really
been looking forward to this show as I had some raving reviews on the West End
version. Needless to say, the Dutch version would undoubtedly be a little
different, but usually the Dutch adaptations are very good as well.
When you
enter the room you are confronted with the following decor:
(sorry for the bad quality: I took this picture with my phone)
I really
thought it was highly impressive and it immediately grabs your attention. The
rest of the decor that is used during the show is subtle without too many embellishments.
The plot of
the musical relates the story on how the girl Elphaba became the Wicked Witch
of the West. I really do not want to give anything away on the plot, because it
is very well thought out and because I think people will be able to enjoy the
show more if they do not know the entire story. Just prepare yourself for a few
very interesting twists! :D Though I would strongly advice against taking
children under 9 years old to this musical, as some parts are rather frightening.
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
New layout and a poll!
I could not help but feel it was time for a new layout. I had the previous one since 21/08/2011, so I thought it would be time for a change. However, seeing that I am a fan of pastels when it comes to websites, since those are relatively easy on the eye, I decided to stay close the colour scheme of the previous layout.
Although admittedly the other layout looked a bit more professional, I always felt like it did not really represent who I am. Well I definitely cannot say that of this layout haha! What's more me than a manga character dressed in a Victorian outfit? ;). I really hope that everyone likes the new layout.
However, the new layout is not the only reason for this post. I would really like to make this blog a bit more lively again and I would like to know what interests my readers.
What would you like to see added to this weblog?
If there is something else which is not in the poll which you would like to see on here, then please leave a comment and I will take it into consideration! :D I look forward to seeing the results!
Love,
Blacky
Sunday, 22 July 2012
Trip report Ghent
Dear
reader,
On July 5th
I went to Gent for three days with my parents and fiancee. We stayed in the
hotel Cours St. Georges, which is located directly in the city center. We went
there by train (which took us about 3.5 hours, which is doable).
We bought a
Museum Pass as this will grant you access to multiple museums and is also a
three-day public transport ticket. The Museum Pass is really quite cheap (20,-
euro's). However, if your hotel is located in the city center, you are better
off just buying a one way ticket for the tram, as everything is within walking
distance.
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
Disneyland Paris Tips and Tricks: Booking your trip
Dear reader,
As promised in my previous post, here is another one about the actual booking of your trip. In this post I discuss the different types of transportation in detail (and inform you which is cheapest of course), the different hotels you can stay at and if it would be cheaper if you to get an arrangement, separate tickets or a Disney year pass.
Booking your trip:
Once you
have decided when you wish to visit Disneyland Paris, you will have to decide on
how you wish to get there and where you wish to stay. Many people think that
the hotels near Disneyland are extremely expensive, but this does not always
have to be the case. Especially the Disney partner hotels are affordable, even
more so if you go outside of the holiday season.
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