See you next year, September!

In September, I…

» fell in love with this song, and basically the entire channel of Majestic Casual.

» went to Festipal with my classmates!

» went on a trip with my bf (I wrote a separate post about it).


» went on autumnal and still summery walks & saw the musical 1418 (which was AMAZEBALLS).

» picked up developed prints from disposable cameras that were over a year old (and also finally got the ones developed that I used for my Project 365 in 2013(!)


» started another semester in my final year of college! We celebrated with some bottles & sushi time!

» had trouble reading with this big boy on my lap.


» met Ruby, what a cutie!

» went roller skating with the bf. We had fun while it lasted. Unfortunately, my wheels fell off, hah!

» cleaned out my closet - big time!


» enjoyed the new terrace my mom & dad built with a bbq!


» saw 2 movies & read 8 (!) books

movies 1 Resident Evil: Extinction - 16/09 - ★★ 2 Precious - 27/09 - ★★★★

books 1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling - 04/09 - ★★★★ 2 De Handel in Emotionele Goederen - Maarten Inghels - 06/09 - ★★★★ 3 Narcissus - Maarten Schinkel - 07/09 - ★★★ 4 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs - 10/09 - ★★★★★ 5 Waarom je Moeder en Ik bijna altijd een kamerjas dragen - Wouter Deprez - 11/09 - ★★★★ 6 De dag dat we Andy zijn arm afzaagden - Marnix Peeters - 21/09 - ★★★ 7 HP and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling - 25/09 - ★★★★★ 8 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov - 28/09 - ★★★★

I wish you all a wonderful day! Take care!

Hello friends! I'm sorry for my unannounced absence this past week. School is seriously taking over my life. I hope that by next week I'll be a bit used to it so I can make some more time for blogging, because I definitely miss it.



In case you have no clue what the title of this post means: at the beginning of September I went to Marrakesh, Morocco, together with my dear boyfriend. We went away for a week to get some rest, to enjoy the sun & each others company and to drink cocktails. In general, we just wanted to get away from the routine that was creeping into our lives. And it worked! We met another couple during our trip & had loads of fun with them. We made a few trips to the city center and got mesmerized by the souks and all the activities that were going on everywhere. But overall, we luxuriated in all the waterslides that the aquapark next to our hotel had to offer. Amazing!




I only made a few pictures (I didn't even take my Canon with me, to be honest), but I did make a little movie with footage from both our iPhones and a tiny underwater camera. The quality of the camera isn't that great, but it sure was worth the money. Just make sure to take a lot of batteries with you, because this thing guzzles batteries like crazy! The selfiescreen on the front is very useful to (indeed) take selfies. Hah, who knew? ;-)



Talk to you soon!

The read-a-thon is over! I had such a blast. Let's wrap it up, shall we?



Day 1: Monday
Thanks to an unexpected day at home - thank you dentist - I was able to read a lot. I read the last 22 pages of De dag dat we Andy zijn arm afzaagden by Marnix Peeters and started reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (for like the fiftieth time). I managed to read 194 pages in HP.

Day 2: Tuesday
I had school and afterwards work (Lady Gaga was awesome!) but couldn't keep Harry hanging so I managed to reach page 338 today.
Day 3: Wednesday
Another school & work kinda day (sorry Pharrell, you have disappointed me a lil' bit) but I read exactly until page 448.
Day 4: Thursday
I had an awfully busy day at school today (the first radio show of the year, woot woot) and afterwards I grabbed sushi with my classmates, but I did manage to squeeze in some reading before I went to bed. I finished HP and the Half-Blood Prince and got started in HP and the Deathly Hallows.
Day 5: Friday
I started rereading Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Oh boy, I've been dragging to get back into this book. I started reading it in May but couldn't finish it. Nabokov's writing style isn't really my cup of tea. Anyway, on Friday I read 26 pages in Lolita and 131 pages in HP and the Deathly Hallows. (Also, I saw the musical 1418 today and it was so impressive! I was blown away! Really, if you haven't seen it yet, you totally should if you can spend the money.)
Day 6: Saturday
Six pages in Lolita, hah! Total failure, I have to admit. This was the only day I didn't reach my daily goal of reading 100 pages, but I didn't really mind because I had loads of other things that needed to be done and I had done a lot of reading the previous days as well. I managed to read 48 pages in HP and the Deathly Hallows.
Day 7: Sunday
Finished reading Lolita (finally! This was the slowest read ever, but the story was very interesting.) I also read a bit in HP and the Deathly Hallows.



That brings my total pages this week to a stunning 873! Yay!

This read-a-thon was so much fun! But I have to admit that I neglected my bf, cats and friends sometimes. I'm excited to let you know that I also succeeded my own challenge of reading 30 books in 2014. But of course I won't stop reading now that I made it. Let's see how many books I can read before 2015 starts, okay? If you have any book tips, be sure to leave them in the comments.

Take care, keep reading & talk to you soon!