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Debbie's new home
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A journey of a thousand miles, must begin with a single step.
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As I have been travelling for a few months now, I thought I'd settle down a bit, so that you! can actually come and visit me. So, what have I done and seen so far? Well, I arrived in Sydney, where I spent 7 weeks with my cousin Rob in Bondi. Noes and I packed books, cd's and videos for a couple of weeks there. After Xmas, my birthday and New Years, I travelled to New Zealand.We -Noes, Mattijs & me - started off up north and ended on the South Island with Egrit, Joni, Sietze, Hjalmar, Marike en Joep. We had a great time, walking on glaciers and vulcanos, did skydiving, seakayakking, Milford Sound....and most importantly had a great time!!!!!!....Want je bent maar eenmaal jong, om 1000 keer (verliefd te zijn) do all the stuff you want to do. Back in Oz, I am staying with my auntie Pleun & uncle Fred in Geelong, I picked grapes at the Bannockburn Winery and at the moment I am typing modules for the Tafe College here. In a few weeks I'll be off to Alice Springs, Broome, Darwin and Queenslands and before I say goodbye to my family in Melbourne, I am going to Bali on the way back....to the Netherlands. But that's still 5 months away - so I'll keep you posted!
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Before leaving for Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia, my friends Linda, Maroesja, Jacqueline, Jantien and Ilse (Jessie couldn't come) went on the best holiday ever. 'Zitten onze s... goed? Hebben we nog geen pijn aan onze...?'We're also in jaarclub 'Orkaan' together with 6 guys (Koen, Hylke, Ton, Joost, Rob, Jeffrey and Henk). We been skiing together and do basically everything girls do together... Here are some piccies of my friends.Linda - Chanelsuit friend. She has been my friend from the first day of our introduction time in The Hague. We lived together at 't Prins Hendrikplein'. Nowadays we get to see each other whenever she comes home, as she is currently representing our Queen Bea and PM Wim Kok, working at the dutch embassy in New Delhi. Thank God for email! Maroesja - Partyfriend and mediawonder. We lived together on the 'Van Speijk' where we had a blast together with Jessie and Jacqueline. She always makes me laugh.Jacqueline - Dancing queen and 'theeleut'. How we dance...as said before lived together on the 'Van Speijk'. You always have fun with her, she is from 'Braboland'.....Jantien - Aerobic & pleinfriend. She almost lives on 'Het Plein' in The Hague, so thursday nights are spent from her place on. She works for a Communication company and knows the best old and weird dutch saying and songs in the world.Jessie - Chat & soapiefriend. We have been in the same class for most of our unitime and are always being mistaken for eachother. Oililysjaaltjes and Beautiful. She works as an intercedente in Eindhoven and we're jealouse that they've got her back. Ilse - last addition and a good one. Also from Brabant, known as 'Pilske'. So, boy can you have a good time with her. A sweetie.
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Friends are with you where ever you go.
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About my family, Holland and me
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I was born in Baarn, grew up in Bunschoten (township of herring, paling, 'jan hagel', 't Stoepie en Holle Wout) and went to high school in Baarn. After that I spent a year as an au-pair, living in Madrid. Back in the Netherlands I moved to The Hague to study at the Hebo (Higher Institute of European Studies). I also got to study in Roubaix, Lille III for 5 months and did my internship at KPN Telecom, at their mobile telephone department. I mayored in Communication Management and graduated in June 1998.My brother Benjamin lives and studies in Amsterdam, belongs to Impera and works at 'De Lelie'. My parents still live in pittoresk Bunschoten and besides my grandma in Amsterdam, all my family lives in Australia. Okay travelling is great, but one thing remains true - You're not much if you're not Dutch - Amen!!!Best things about the Netherlands are: Koninginne Nach and Dag, krentebollen, Acda & De Munnick, Het Plein & de Westwood, patatje sat�, real house (dance) music, and most of all 'gezellig kletsen met de meiden met een flesje Liebfrau�milch/Ros� of thee'. (I'm sorry it really is best in dutch)
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