Tuesday 2 February:
After we have finished the stuff related to wedding preparation then on Saturday afternoon things turned to be much of a relaxing time. Me and Wijbren, spent the whole Sunday with the family and played some board games and I was able to finish my pictures downloads on Face Book and things some how sorted out.
We went for a coffee and nice drive to another town and visit Wijbren’s grand parents which were a kind of surprise for them to see us and say we are married.
In fact, they can’t speak English even a word, but it was just a bit respect to be there for a short time.
Monday, we were so busy as in the afternoon we went to Groningen city, where Wijbren spent few years at university there and renew his driving license and we got some passport photos, in fact the receptionist was a friend of an Iranian who married here and I could talk on phone with her about our Islamic marriage in the Hague.
Then we found out some books to learn and practice Dutch a bit, which seem to me really good.
Moreover we meet Wijbren’s friend and his girlfriend and spent couple of hours eating and drinking and a bit shopping. Actually, those people were pretty nice and had reasonable English one working as physics in a company and another one as a clerk in art and entertainment center. They have pretty pleasant and nice job and life, which I hope one day me and Wijbren will have.
Today, I have had my dentist and it took me, one hour spending there and 4 teeth done. I still have another session for dentist in fact.
In the end of the day we must pack and get ready for Hague trip in fact.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Thursday November 26, 2009:
Thursday November 26, 2009:
Today is the last Thursday of November which Means ‘Thanks giving tradition” for Americans.
Why I am mentioning it, is not just because I am fan of this occasion or..!
It is just due to my great experience of this day this year at Xian University.
In brief, I must confess I am lucky this term as last term to have a very understanding and mature students which hardly happen here or even other countries.
I presumably can say in China respect teacher, professors deeply, but when it comes to foreigners is a bit combine with joy and fun and feel a bit much more than expected freedom. No complain when I used to teach as EF school couple of times even kids gave me gifts for “Teachers’ day” and so on, but my adults tries to me very political and say happy blabla bla...
Anyhow I never minded and would receive a card made me happy in matter of at least they appreciate. I remember sometimes my colleagues were pissed off!
But here today owing to an American tradition, which is not related to us as foreigners and all my students know that very well, but by all means they gave me a very warm, nice surprise, a big bunch of flowers, with a nice post card with nicely written in it; moreover, a very beautiful Tibetan or Indian style necklace and bracelet and a great decoration on the black board, which was more than my expectation from them.
The point is I feel here, last term and in this term particularly being wanted so much and others show and express their responsibilities.
Today is the last Thursday of November which Means ‘Thanks giving tradition” for Americans.
Why I am mentioning it, is not just because I am fan of this occasion or..!
It is just due to my great experience of this day this year at Xian University.
In brief, I must confess I am lucky this term as last term to have a very understanding and mature students which hardly happen here or even other countries.
I presumably can say in China respect teacher, professors deeply, but when it comes to foreigners is a bit combine with joy and fun and feel a bit much more than expected freedom. No complain when I used to teach as EF school couple of times even kids gave me gifts for “Teachers’ day” and so on, but my adults tries to me very political and say happy blabla bla...
Anyhow I never minded and would receive a card made me happy in matter of at least they appreciate. I remember sometimes my colleagues were pissed off!
But here today owing to an American tradition, which is not related to us as foreigners and all my students know that very well, but by all means they gave me a very warm, nice surprise, a big bunch of flowers, with a nice post card with nicely written in it; moreover, a very beautiful Tibetan or Indian style necklace and bracelet and a great decoration on the black board, which was more than my expectation from them.
The point is I feel here, last term and in this term particularly being wanted so much and others show and express their responsibilities.
November 14
How much travelling is effective, constructive in your life?
What I am sure now is whatever or not dealing with and looking back into our childhood is like curving on a stone and pretty much comes back, illustrated your future life, soon or late we will see the result.
This is pretty hard to judge and claim or make it as a controversial issue for everybody, indeed, but I can say for sure how much effective was for me and my life nowadays.
I was kind of isolated and reserved person when I was a kid. Hardly, I had just few friends around and that was all.
I would prefer to creep inside of my mind and imagine things and create my own games. I was pretty busy with my visual art, as Music and paintings had no sisters or brothers and basically my Mum was the best friend I had.
As the matter of fact, my art activities and creative, solitary games which I was enjoying in my childhood were the best healing for my mind and constructing my mind for future.
It is not comparable with my life nowadays after teenager hood time, at all.
When I finished high school and chose art as major, things widely changed in my life and I was a very talkative, fairly sociable person and discovered how much I do love traveling.
Starting having exhibition and having intensive interview so many times for my art shows and was totally confident and relaxed to make proper touching, speech in front of T.V screen.
Monday November 17,
Monday November 17,
Recently, I am tackling a book written by Neil Germen’s. Actually I am not familiar with this writer and I was searching for some nice readable Novels or short stories then out of blue, I stumble in front of his name and searched for more information.
In fact, I chose one of his fition,crime novels which I scalled “Neverwhere”as brief telling story life of common man who lives in London and has an expensive fiancée and a nice apartment and routine dull job, like so many of us!
This story goes so far and has a deep describing society and life style of street people, warriors, crimnals and who ever lives in street and underground in a cover of a fantasy, mystrious tale.
Anyhow, finding a bleeding, half conscious girl on the pavement of one of London’s undergrounds, but ridiculously he finds out his life has totally changed or better to say upside down as nobody knows him anymore.
He loses his girlfriend and his apartment has been sold, or rented to somebody else in mean time helping that girl whom asked him and him reluctantly accepted makes things so much complicated and turn to a super natural phenomenon in fact.
The story goes so nicely and eye –catching and heart touching, some parts are really spine- chilling, and story in a mysterious way describe the London’s underground life style and back streets in a murky way.
It is a great mystery, fantasy novel and well written I couldn’t put it down till I finished it.
Recently, I am tackling a book written by Neil Germen’s. Actually I am not familiar with this writer and I was searching for some nice readable Novels or short stories then out of blue, I stumble in front of his name and searched for more information.
In fact, I chose one of his fition,crime novels which I scalled “Neverwhere”as brief telling story life of common man who lives in London and has an expensive fiancée and a nice apartment and routine dull job, like so many of us!
This story goes so far and has a deep describing society and life style of street people, warriors, crimnals and who ever lives in street and underground in a cover of a fantasy, mystrious tale.
Anyhow, finding a bleeding, half conscious girl on the pavement of one of London’s undergrounds, but ridiculously he finds out his life has totally changed or better to say upside down as nobody knows him anymore.
He loses his girlfriend and his apartment has been sold, or rented to somebody else in mean time helping that girl whom asked him and him reluctantly accepted makes things so much complicated and turn to a super natural phenomenon in fact.
The story goes so nicely and eye –catching and heart touching, some parts are really spine- chilling, and story in a mysterious way describe the London’s underground life style and back streets in a murky way.
It is a great mystery, fantasy novel and well written I couldn’t put it down till I finished it.
Wednesday 27 January 2010:
Wednesday 27 January 2010:
Tuesday we managed to contact the photo shop for our ceremony’s pictures.
In fact, we discussed about the picture’s size and the type of album, but unbelievably making a nice album, even without any embellishing stuff, or exclusive things would cost a fortune.
Anyhow it cost us a common, nice style album around 700 Euro, which is a lot, anyhow Hair dresser must be fun though, surprisingly a few places told us we don’t do make up, just we do hair!
Well, Today the weather has been pretty nasty the whole day and I am hopping we can manage tomorrow the time for hair dresser and camera man for Friday, which is our big day, besides we had to get out of bed so early without breakfast go to physician and do our health test process faster.
We would love to take some pictures beside the sea, but it could be a very bad weather, likely.
Actually in this season, we might have some difficulties to find a proper place to take pictures, but I do believe winter has its won beauty. Let’s hope things works on Friday, precisely.
It was actually nice to talk to the receptionist of our ceremony and have a nice cup of tea there.
She was a pretty nice, curious, middle aged woman with understandable English. We went through our story a bit and how we met and things in life, and in mean time I was wondering about her luxurious house which was enormous. I do believe most of jobs related to the government are well paid jobs and stable, steady job.
Another important thing which took us 2 days commute was our pre-nuptial agreement signing it, and then I had to fix our music for wedding, which I chose just 2 Iranian dance music’s so far.
Tuesday we managed to contact the photo shop for our ceremony’s pictures.
In fact, we discussed about the picture’s size and the type of album, but unbelievably making a nice album, even without any embellishing stuff, or exclusive things would cost a fortune.
Anyhow it cost us a common, nice style album around 700 Euro, which is a lot, anyhow Hair dresser must be fun though, surprisingly a few places told us we don’t do make up, just we do hair!
Well, Today the weather has been pretty nasty the whole day and I am hopping we can manage tomorrow the time for hair dresser and camera man for Friday, which is our big day, besides we had to get out of bed so early without breakfast go to physician and do our health test process faster.
We would love to take some pictures beside the sea, but it could be a very bad weather, likely.
Actually in this season, we might have some difficulties to find a proper place to take pictures, but I do believe winter has its won beauty. Let’s hope things works on Friday, precisely.
It was actually nice to talk to the receptionist of our ceremony and have a nice cup of tea there.
She was a pretty nice, curious, middle aged woman with understandable English. We went through our story a bit and how we met and things in life, and in mean time I was wondering about her luxurious house which was enormous. I do believe most of jobs related to the government are well paid jobs and stable, steady job.
Another important thing which took us 2 days commute was our pre-nuptial agreement signing it, and then I had to fix our music for wedding, which I chose just 2 Iranian dance music’s so far.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Friday 29 January 2010
Friday 29 January 2010:
This Friday is a very special Friday for me, not just because I love snow and we had from morning till evening for season in one day, or because I am with Wijbren’s family and in Holland. It is special for me because we are married on Friday 29 January.
We arrived Holland last week and during the week we were pretty positively busy with marriage stuff to organize them and all things done pretty well.
Friday morning we woke up around 8 in the morning and the night before I hardly could sleep, not just Because of being nervous, in fact because I was excited, ecstatic and moreover was thinking that eventually I have found my partner who deeply loves me and care for me.
Anyhow it started to snow in the morning and it was so cool. I do love snowy weather and I always wanted it in my Wedding day! Isn’t it amazing?
I am not superstitious but every went well.Wijbren’sdad took me to the hair dresser and she done my hair and my special flower decoration which I made it 10 years ago myself, set on my hair precisely and then went came back home and I was a lucky bride to have my fiancé to help me wear and dress up in a very sweet way.
Later we went to take some pictures and we went to the North Sea which is on the boarder of district we live in Holland.
It a was gorgeous view to see icy and frozen sea so alike Arctic sea and I would say not all couples lucky to have these kind of pictures on heir wedding album pictures .I do confess it was a bit cold with Wedding dress hang out for 2 hours to take picture on icy fields, but it was warm in out heart and it was the sweetest part of my life.
Later on we got back home we took some lunch and I saw my brother in low and all together with photographer went to the court, in a better word municipal place to get married.
It was such great memorable moments there.
It was short as just took half an hour and we signed the marriage contract and had 3 witnesses and the woman who was presenting our marriage was Wijbrens’ family friend, She tried really hard by saying poems, putting Iranian music’s and talking about us and back ground and our memories to make it in a homely speech, moreover Webern had a nice, small surprised lecture for me which was so emotional and, I was totally speechless and hardly control myself not to cry.
I wish on those moments, my mum and dad were there to see all these. Anyhow after official things we went to the resort area which was like a small castle in urban area and so great to be there, with all classical paintings, dinner was exclusively nice and well papered and we had our first marriage Champaign together and I could take some common pictures from my camera as well.
We had a lucrative Jacuzzi and perfect break fast and it went all well till now.
This Friday is a very special Friday for me, not just because I love snow and we had from morning till evening for season in one day, or because I am with Wijbren’s family and in Holland. It is special for me because we are married on Friday 29 January.
We arrived Holland last week and during the week we were pretty positively busy with marriage stuff to organize them and all things done pretty well.
Friday morning we woke up around 8 in the morning and the night before I hardly could sleep, not just Because of being nervous, in fact because I was excited, ecstatic and moreover was thinking that eventually I have found my partner who deeply loves me and care for me.
Anyhow it started to snow in the morning and it was so cool. I do love snowy weather and I always wanted it in my Wedding day! Isn’t it amazing?
I am not superstitious but every went well.Wijbren’sdad took me to the hair dresser and she done my hair and my special flower decoration which I made it 10 years ago myself, set on my hair precisely and then went came back home and I was a lucky bride to have my fiancé to help me wear and dress up in a very sweet way.
Later we went to take some pictures and we went to the North Sea which is on the boarder of district we live in Holland.
It a was gorgeous view to see icy and frozen sea so alike Arctic sea and I would say not all couples lucky to have these kind of pictures on heir wedding album pictures .I do confess it was a bit cold with Wedding dress hang out for 2 hours to take picture on icy fields, but it was warm in out heart and it was the sweetest part of my life.
Later on we got back home we took some lunch and I saw my brother in low and all together with photographer went to the court, in a better word municipal place to get married.
It was such great memorable moments there.
It was short as just took half an hour and we signed the marriage contract and had 3 witnesses and the woman who was presenting our marriage was Wijbrens’ family friend, She tried really hard by saying poems, putting Iranian music’s and talking about us and back ground and our memories to make it in a homely speech, moreover Webern had a nice, small surprised lecture for me which was so emotional and, I was totally speechless and hardly control myself not to cry.
I wish on those moments, my mum and dad were there to see all these. Anyhow after official things we went to the resort area which was like a small castle in urban area and so great to be there, with all classical paintings, dinner was exclusively nice and well papered and we had our first marriage Champaign together and I could take some common pictures from my camera as well.
We had a lucrative Jacuzzi and perfect break fast and it went all well till now.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday 26 January
Tuesday January 26, 2010:
The last couple of few days were a bit hectic and with ups and downs, somehow we passed through.
We tried hard on Monday to contact the police bearu and Hospitals to get through the staff we need to do. As the matter of fact, each country has its own regulations and paper works.
We found out as Wijbren isn’t registered in Holland, he has to get non criminal record on line, but the it required a letter of certification from my embassy to legalise his action, which means going to Hagge.
Afterwards, it is the hospital regulation for health test is not simple, needing prescription form doctors and we had to go through circle of couple people, and then realized it might take weeks to get the test and then result takes its won time.
Our mainly problem is, as we don’t live in this country and want to do the staff in short time.
More over, we are going to sign, a pre-nuptial agreement which took us, twice talking to authorities then sign the papers, and final story was florist’s issue.
Actually, my bouquet cost us more than cost of the wedding dress ordered in China.
Isn’t that rediculous.
Another freaky thing was going to the dentist, which I received bad news, as I have cavities on 6 freaking teeth and need to pay pile of Euros here, to fix them.
In fact, that depressed me, because I wanted to save money for our trip holiday.
But at the end I should say things working here smoothly, at least for one marriage and I bet we will have harder week next week to hop on the train to The Hague seeing how much we can get on with things over there.
The last couple of few days were a bit hectic and with ups and downs, somehow we passed through.
We tried hard on Monday to contact the police bearu and Hospitals to get through the staff we need to do. As the matter of fact, each country has its own regulations and paper works.
We found out as Wijbren isn’t registered in Holland, he has to get non criminal record on line, but the it required a letter of certification from my embassy to legalise his action, which means going to Hagge.
Afterwards, it is the hospital regulation for health test is not simple, needing prescription form doctors and we had to go through circle of couple people, and then realized it might take weeks to get the test and then result takes its won time.
Our mainly problem is, as we don’t live in this country and want to do the staff in short time.
More over, we are going to sign, a pre-nuptial agreement which took us, twice talking to authorities then sign the papers, and final story was florist’s issue.
Actually, my bouquet cost us more than cost of the wedding dress ordered in China.
Isn’t that rediculous.
Another freaky thing was going to the dentist, which I received bad news, as I have cavities on 6 freaking teeth and need to pay pile of Euros here, to fix them.
In fact, that depressed me, because I wanted to save money for our trip holiday.
But at the end I should say things working here smoothly, at least for one marriage and I bet we will have harder week next week to hop on the train to The Hague seeing how much we can get on with things over there.
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