"I know what conscience is, to begin with. It is not what you told me it was. It is the divinest thing in us. Don't sneer at it, Harry, any more - at least not before me. I want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous." Oscar Wilde (The Picture Of Dorian Gray)

26.2.09

Students' Slavery.


Due tomorrow:


My prefect application

My social committee application
My debating motion
My Dutch essay on the first chapters of Of Mice And Men and The Great Gatsby
My English essay on the parental influences in The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea and Perfume
My English character analysation of Baldini from Perfume
My EE topic+question

AND! I have to have read the rest of
The Sorrow Of War (highly recommended!!)


I am not a student,- I am a slave!

23.2.09

Morning


Working hard in French class.....
My ear is getting crushed by my hair band, lol.
People claim to like my new hair, though, which is good. (:


I have to get my EE question settled shortly. It's driving me insane!!!!

21.2.09

THANK YOU!

OH HAI.
I got an award today!
It's my first award and I'm very happy with it (:
I would never have expected to get it and I hadn't heard from this girl in a little while, so I thought she had just forgotten about me and my silly blog, to be honest. Apparently.. She did not! That's nice to know (:
I got this award from the girl from the blog Berry Picking and I am kindly returning it to her. She is one of the most amazing bloggers out there; always genuine and she leaves sweet comments that make me smile whenever I really need to. I really appreciate that.
Other people that deserve this award, are my SUPER MEGA AWESOME friend Ailynn
and my aunt & uncle from Portugal. These blogs about their lives make me realise how amazing the people around me are. I love them. I miss them.

Not that I need a blog to realise that.

20.2.09

Photos. Pictures. Pleasantness.

For fantastic photography, click here.
And for just a glimpse of what I want my house to look like when I'm on my own, look down here:

L'entree de la maison
La cuisine
La chambre de dormir et 'dormir'

19.2.09

the MEANING of LIFE.

My dear lovebirds,

I'm in Philosophy class right now and we're looking at videos of each other that we had to make for homework. The videos are individual videos about what the Meaning Of Life is to us.
My video was a black screen with a little worded intro and then a song playing, called Never Know, by Jack Johnson. I wanted to focus on the words and on the message of 'Meaning' being something different to everyone that hears the word.
What gives me meaning in life, is living without having to look for a meaning. I live with the idea that there is no meaning to life, but I might change my mind (which I included in my representation of life's meaning).
Katie asked if that didn't mean that I am a nihilist, rather than an existentialist (nihilism = believing there is no meaning; existentialism = believing everyone has an own meaning and they look for it). I said I'm not, because I choose to live life without it having a meaning. Maybe I'll 'find out' that there is a meaning, but I doubt it right now. The things that do have meaning, however, are worth more and the meaning is more appreciated, just because I do not believe that life has a meaning.
But there might be for other people. I'm not excluding any possibilities. Like I said: I might change my mind (:

At assembly earlier on today, we were told that the two guys with the offending blog got suspended for 3 consequent days, with start of today. The blog got deleted and I'm so, so very happy with it, it's just indescribable. 2 girls got really offended before me; the things that were posted about them were just horrible. No, they weren't horrible. They were beyond horrible. I don't understand how people can say stuff that is this nasty about others, it's just ridiculous.
But they've gotten their 'punishment' and of one of the two I know that he is sorry about doing it, so it's good. The other guy is just the biggest asshole in the universe and explained his offending words as 'an experiment of creative writing'. He wanted to 'explore his boundaries' and 'enrich himself' by 'practicing his creative writing skills'. The fact that he said all this (only literal quotations used here), only shows how much is wrong with him, not with the people he wrote about during his creative escapades. What an incredible dick.
Anyway. They've gotten their punishment and we're moving on now.


A couple of days ago I found myself wondering about what I was missing in life (wah, deep!) and I think I got my answer just now.
I miss honesty, genuineness.
And this is exactly why I like blogging. The people that read this by accident and don't like it, don't have to comment on it. The people that read this (maybe by accident as well) and like it, can comment. The commenting, that is the core.
And it is genuine.

New hair.

I had the shittest day today ever since Tim Brown broke up with me. I can't remember feeling this little and insignificant. And despised.
The irony is that it's got to do with blogging and what people posted about me in a blog.
They are suspended from school for a certain amount of time until further notice. People acted as if I was the one to blame, however, and they acted as if everything was my fault, whereas I didn't do anything wrong.

I didn't want to feel like myself for a bit, so I decided to cut most of my hair off. Whatever.

For the first time in a very very long time, I don't feel like talking. Sorry.
I notice that I've been neglecting my blog over the past week and, with that, you guys as well. Another sorry.

I'll try to make more time; it's just that I've got a lot to do for school these days.
And my life is just not that interesting.
Ah well.
I guess it never was in the first place.

14.2.09

VD.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hate this day of the year. Last year, my boyfriend broke up with me on Valentine's Day and this year, there are 7 different people in my life. It is not fair how at the times you are not loved, you just need someone to talk to; and at the times you are loved, you cannot handle the love you are receiving. Last night I went out and I was supposed to meet Ailynn at Balalaika's, but she didn't pick up her phone and by the time I got there, she had already left. I bought her 2 roses, a red one and a pink one. I wanted to kiss her. I had missed her. Instead, I had a one-off with a guy at about 5 in the morning. It was one of my best nights ever, even though I cried in front of 2 people. They were genuine about it and they made me feel so much better about myself... I'm scared of how people can comfort me; it makes me feel so dependant.
My virtue is that I know how to love people and show them that I do. When I love a person, I will not stop until I am sure that he or she knows about my love and believes in it. I will not stop until I am sure they know that it is real in every possible way it can be real and that they believe it. I will not stop.
I just do not know how to receive love..


And Valentine's Day makes me realise this. Every year, the 14th of February is a punch in the face, when it comes to reality.

13.2.09

11.2.09

Oh so so scandalous!





I am on the fourth book of the Private series, by Kate Brian. It's called 'Confessions' (obviously) and takes matters quite a step further than I thought it would.
God, this is addictive..... What am I turning into? Someone that can't read intellectual books anymore? Or even worse.....
Someone that can't be bothered at the moment, because it's a good feeling to just read for fun,- effortless?

10.2.09

University applications....

...Are terrifying in its most direct way.


Fun, but mainly terrifying.


Possible degrees (sort of in order of interest)(it's hard, okay?):
BIG TIME #1: Performing arts (undergraduate) (parents are not a big fan of that idea though)
Creative writing (undergraduate/major)
Literature (undergraduate/major)
A language (undergraduate)
Communication (major)
Public Affairs (major)
Theology (undergraduate)
Journalism (major)
Sociology (undergraduate)

The direction seems pretty clear and solid, but I have no idea what I might study. You know, even my parents agree on the degree for performing arts (which, if it happens, will happen reluctantly)(very, very reluctantly), I could do a combined module of the performing arts and something like script writing or stage directing, so there are more doors that open for me. There are people that combine subjects like physics and music, so why wouldn't I be able to do that?
The good thing about the USA, is that there are more possibilities when it comes to combining; it's less rigid than, for example, the UK.
Gahhh. I don't know.

List of possible Universities:
BIG TIME #1: Sarah Lawrence (US)
Dartmouth (US)
Princeton (US) (I know..)
Tisch (US)
Tampa (US)
Eckerd (US)
Mountview (UK)
Rose Bruford (UK)
Maastricht (NL)

I'm a bit.... Dazzled.



I was made an offer that I can't refuse yesterday.
It involves a name and low-calorie chocolate syrup.
Sounds yummy!

Model: Camilla Belle Routh

Now this is what I call: orgasmic.

And the hair,- it's just...
I don't know.
I only know that I want to make sweet sugar with it.


You know, I might get it done like this.
Opinions!!
I have a fringe now, but most of the times, I put it to the side these days, because my parents are always nagging about it when I have it on ze forehead, where it should be.
But when I put it on the side, it looks a bit like on this picture. I have to straighten it, though, but I do that daily anyway (the fringe, that is).

Ideas please.
Not a lot of things are in control at the moment; I want to have the feeling that I at least have some controle over my hair. To some extent.


http://superhotsexywomen.com/CamillaBelle2.jpg

Baby, remember my name!

Camilla:
The name on everybody's lips
Is gonna be Camilla
The lady rakin' in the chips
Is gonna be Camilla

I'm gonna be a celebrity
That means somebody everyone knows
They're gonna recognize my eyes
My hair, my teeth, my boobs, my nose

From just some dumb mechanic's wife
I'm gonna be Camilla
Who says that murder's not an art?

Boys:
And who in case she doesn't hang
Can say she started with a bang?
Camilla W!

Camilla:
You wanna know something? I always wanted to be in vaudeville.
And now that I'm a celebrity, I'm gonna have me a swell act,
too. Yeah, I'll get a boy to work with - someone who can lift
me up, show me off - Oh, hell, I'll get two boys. It'll frame
me better. Think "Big," Camilla, think "Big." I'm gonna get me
a whole bunch of boys.

The name on everybody's lips
Is gonna be

Boys:
Camilla

Camilla:
The lady rakin' in the chips is gonna be

Boys:
Camilla
She's gonna be a celebrity

Camilla:
That means somebody everyone knows

Boys:
They're gonna recognize her eyes
Her hair, her teeth...

Camilla:
...my boobs, my nose
Ooh, ah ah ah
From just some dumb mechanic's wife
I'm gonna be
Sing it!

Boys:
Camilla

Camilla:
Who says that murder's not an art?

Boys:
And who in case she doesn't hang

Camilla:
Can say she started with a bang?

Boys:
Camilla W!

Boys:
They're gonna wait outside in line
To get to see Camilla

Camilla:
Think of those autographs I'll sign
"Good luck to you, Camilla"
And I'll appear in a lavaliere
That goes all the way down to my waist

Boys:
Here a ring, there a ring
Everywhere a ring a ling

Camilla:
But always the best of taste
Oooh, I'm a star.

Boys:
And the audience loves her.

Camilla:
And I love the audience. And the audience loves me for
loving them. And I love the audience for loving me. And
we just love each other. That's because none of us got
enough love in our childhood.

Boys:
That's right.

Camilla:
And that's show biz, kid.

Boys:
Oh, yeah.
She's giving up her humdrum life

Camilla:
I'm gonna be

Boys:
Camilla.
She made a scandal and a start.

Camilla:
And Sophie Tucker will shit, I know
To see her name get billed below

All:
Camilla W!

Camilla:
Those are my boys.


9.2.09

A numb beating


Today is a calm, but restless day.
I have a lot of homework to do and a lot of stuff on my mind.
Yesterday, I threw up. And even though I felt rather happy afterwards, I feel terrible about it right now and my entire body hurts from fatigue. My heart pounds numbly against my chest.
At the moment, I'm trying to come up with an idea for a new story of mine, but I can't think of anything. Whenever I feel down, I need to write.. Otherwise I start doing stuff I regret later on; if it's not towards myself, it's towards the people around me. To prevent myself from hurting myself/binge eating/purging/starving myself, I pull up defenses and either act really, really happy (aka: I get hyperactive and I start rambling about everything and nothing), or I get snappy and sarcastic.
If I don't write... Well..
The purging is something that will take away the unhappiness for a bit, but not too long. It is like self-inflicted pain: it draws your attention from the mental pain to the physical pain. If your attention is focused on the outer pain, it can't focus on the inner pain. And even if it's for the slightest of moments, I'd do anything to get rid of the confusing mixture of feelings that I am feeling right now.

Been talking to Greg for a while yesterday.
He once didn't e-mail me back for 2 weeks and as I know for a fact that he e-mail people every single day of his life (it's a big part of his job), I got a bit annoyed at it, because my e-mails to him were about how he would get his DVD back. At one point, I sent an e-mail saying: 'ok genius, in case you didn't notice: i've been trying to get you your dvd back for a while now. it stops here. if you want it back, just contact me, because my job's done.'
He sent me an e-mail back, the same day, saying that he was sorry and that he had been very busy with all sorts of things (he named some).
'But as you are caring and understanding, I hope that you will forgive me. Flattery not going to work here? Hm, bugger. No, but really.. I'm sorry. I'll be less worthless, I promise. Can I meet you tomorrow?' We met up the day afterwards. My strategy of pretending not to care anymore, had worked.
Yesterday, he hadn't e-mailed me in a very long time, again. Instead of being pathetic, I sent him an e-mail that was one sentence long (short): 'i think i've just stopped being caring and understanding.'
All of a sudden, he was online again, later that day (he hadn't been online for 2 weeks), and he started to talk to me: 'Sorry that I haven't let you know anything for the past days. Had 3 shows and 2 meetings, it has been crazy these days,' was what he said. After having 'talked' to him for about 5 minutes, he said: 'Oh, I got an e-mail from you.' My reply: 'Surprise surprise.'
He read it and said he was sorry. Again.
Just before leaving, he repeated what he said in his e-mail from 3 weeks before: 'I'm sorry for not being here; next time we talk, we'll really talk. I promise I'll be less useless.'
Me; 'I heard that before.'
He; 'What?'
Me; 'You said it before- that you'd be less useless, I mean.'
He; 'And now I say it again. I really mean it.'
You know what the thing is?
The thing is that I know that I should walk away; shouldn't be hoping and waiting for the moment that he shows that he really means it. The hoping and waiting is all in vain; it has been this far, it is right now and it will be in future life. There is no point to hope and wait for more than what I've got.
But I still hope. I still wait.

I am too weak to pretend that I'm strong.
I am too weak to pretend that the beating of my heart happens numbly.

Every beat hurts.

&deep inside, I might know..

So tell me what hurts more:

thinking that you should hate him,

or knowing that you don't?


The broken lovebird ?


Okayyyyy y'all.
I have made a couple of headers for my blog.
I'll post a couple of them so you guys can choose the nicest one, aight? (:

"The broken wings of a lovebird" is a possible new name for my blog, just because I like it.
But if you don't like that, I'll stick to "The marvellous adventures of Camilla".


Gimme some suggestions (and 'a man after midnight', hehe)!

8.2.09

Scarfs scarfs scarfs


I HAVE A NEW SCARF!
yay.
I'm so happy with it, it's insane.
I'm thinking of going to post pictures of all my scarfs; I have so many...

This picture was taken a couple of minutes ago, in Maths class.
Speaking of which: from the 7 levels in IB, I was predicted to get a low 4, at the ending of the IB course. Today, my teacher told me that he upgraded me (literally) from a low 4, to a 4/5!!!
I'm so happy and so very proud!
Why can't everything go well like this?!

Anyway.
Talk soon, my lovebirds!
Be nice to each other and give some love,
X


7.2.09

Love in its purest form: Anna Friel

Anna Friel as Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles.
One of the most gorgeous women of all times!
I wish I had hair like this. Might get it cut this way.. What do you think?

Love love love these pictures!


http://z.about.com/d/scifi/1/0/8/2/-/-/pd_cast_studio2_375x500.jpg
http://whatsontv.co.uk/blogs/tvspy/files/2008/05/31_05_pushing_daisies_6.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7532/annafrielof7.jpg

Note to self


There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

There is no glamour or beauty spending your last living moments over a toilet.

6.2.09

Parfum: Laura Biagiotti Uomo

I went out last night and this is What I Wore.
I've got some good news and some bad news: I thought my camera broke, but it didn't. Or at least, I got it working again. So that's good! But the bad thing is that I don't remember putting the cable thingy anywhere and now I can't find it, so I can't upload the pictures at the moment from my camera (better quality). These pics were taken in like 10 minutes on photobooth (I hate photobooth, but what's a girl to do?!).
Hope you like it.

Going to bed for a bit now, hehe.

Lots of love,






(My hair is SO big at the moment. It's insane!)

Private

Currently reading: the Private series, written by Kate Brian.

If you are a fan of Gossip Girl (either the books, the tv series or BOTH!), you will LOVE this!


It's even better than Gossip Girl (at least the books, because there's not a series of it)(really hope that that's coming, though!).. Normally I don't really like these light books/tv shows, but I truly love the Private books!!

I'm reading the third book now and I must say that it keeps getting better and better.
The first book is very good, the second book sucks up until the last page where something stunning happens and the third book... Wah.


Go read!!

100

Hello my dear little munchkins!

This is my 100th post!
Let's hope there'll be another 100 on the way!


Here some wise words for the coming 100:



5.2.09

Preparation

Royal IcingRoyal IcingRoyal Icing

Here comes a delicious recipe (one of my faves!) for the upcoming Valentine's Day.

I don't like Valentine's Day and that is why I like these cookies: they make me happy (:

Hope you like them!!


Ingredients (8 cookies [5 inch ones])
  • 3 cups of flour, plus a bit to work with on the surface
  • 3/4 tablespoon salt
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter (soft)
  • 1 egg (preferably big)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup canned lychees, drained
  • 1 jar (+- 28g) raspberry jam (any jam you like, really, I just prefer this one myself)
  • 1/2 cup prosecco
  • Icing (ingredients are below)
  • Sky-blue gel food coloring
  • Pink-rose gel food coloring
  • Non-stick vegetable cooking spray
  • Pink pastel sanding sugar
  • Raspberry-colored sanding sugar
Ingredients for the icing:
  • 2 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 7 1/2 teaspoons meringue powder
  • 1/4 cup water

Les directions:
  1. In a large bowl, whisk together flour and salt. Set aside. In another bowl: eat 1 cup granulated sugar with butter until pale and fluffy with an electric mixer (paddle attachment) for about 3 minutes. Add egg and vanilla and mix until well combined. With mixer on low, slowly add the flour mixture. Mix until dough forms. Turn dough out onto work surface and divide into quarters. Form each quarter into a 5inch 'disk'. Wrap each disk with plastic wrap and place refrigerator. Let chill until firm (should take about 2 hours).
  1. Meanwhile, place lychees in the bowl of a food processor; process until very smooth. Transfer to a medium saucepan along with the jam and prosecco. Cook, stirring regularly, over medium-high heat until jam mixture has reduced and thickened (+- 20 minutes). Remove from heat and let cool. Transfer cooled jam mixture to a (disposable) pastry bag fitted with a medium petal decorating tip.
  2. Line two baking sheets with non-stick baking mats and set aside. Place a piece of parchment paper over the heart-shaped template and trace; cut out heart shape. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out one piece of dough to 1/4-inch thick. Using a 5-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out 2 heart shapes; transfer to prepared baking sheet.
  3. Place parchment paper template over one of the cut out hearts and, using the back of a knife, score lines to divide the heart into 7 sections (template). Using an offset spatula, carefully press on the sections of the cookie that are to be filled with jam).
  4. Repeat process with remaining pieces of dough. Outline indented areas with jam mixture. Draw several zigzags across entire surface of the outlined area. (If necessary, use a toothpick to spread evenly to cover area.) Transfer cookies to refrigerator and chill for about 30 minutes.
  5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Transfer cookies to oven and bake until edges are golden brown (10 to 11 minutes). Transfer to a rack or a plate (preferably a rack) and let cool completely.
  6. Divide the icing (description is below) evenly between two bowls. Using a toothpick, add two drops pink-rose gel colouring to one bowl of icing. Stir until well combined. If icing is not pink enough, add a few more drops of food coloring until you have created a light-pink color. In the remaining bowl of icing, add 3 or 4 drops of pink-rose gel food coloring using a toothpick; stir until well combined. Using a toothpick, add 1 drop of sky-blue gel food coloring; stir until well combined. Keep adding drops of blue food coloring until icing is a raspberry color. Transfer each bowl of icing to a (disposable) pastry bag fitted with a round tip.
  7. Cut out pieces of parchment paper about the same size and shape as the jam-filled areas of the cookie, spray each piece with nonstick vegetable cooking spray and cover the jam areas. Using the light-pink royal icing, outline the pink areas of the cookie. Draw several zigzags across entire surface of the outlined area. (If necessary, use a toothpick to spread evenly.) Sprinkle with pink pastel sanding sugar to cover.
  8. Using the icing, outline the raspberry areas of the cookie. Draw several zigzags across entire surface of the outlined area. (If necessary, use a toothpick to spread evenly.) Sprinkle with raspberry sanding sugar to cover. Peel parchment off jam-filled areas and let cookies dry completely.

Instructions to make the icing:
Place confectioners' sugar, meringue powder and water into a bowl and beat on low speed for about 10 minutes, with an electric mixer (whisk attachment). Use immediately, or store in an airtight container up to 2 days (icing hardens quickly when exposed to air!). Beat well with a (preferably rubber) spatula before using.


Enjoy, my loves!

I forgot the sound of the voice

Today I had English and I got my grade from Wednesday's Failure (remember the capital letter? I do.) back.
Am I embarrassed? Yes.
Do I want to share this with you? No.
I just thought it would be fair enough, considering the fact that I share everything on here.

I got a level 4. 7 being the highest, 1 the lowest (or 0 if you don't show up) and 4 the average at the end of the IB course.
For my mock presentation, I did the same thing and I got a low level 7 (ah-mazing!!) and I was predicted full marks for this presentation. Instead, I got a level 4.

Level 4.

I can't believe it.
I could hardly look at my teacher,- I'm so ashamed of myself.
I look like death warmed up at the moment, because I've slept 4 hours in total over the past 6 days, but to keep that aside: whenever my English teacher threw a glance in my direction, he looked as if he was in agony.


I've got a sting in my chest and I think that there are only two things that can take this off my mind right now:
1. Tim Brown; if only we'd still talk....
2. Lord of the Rings; thank God I do have those so I can at least do a marathon.


This made me realise how I forgot the sound of Tim's voice.
And now it's not only my chest that's stinging.. Behind my eyes, the salty tears are threatening my eyes and slowly, my sense of sight is starting to blur.

I'd better close them for a bit.

4.2.09

Along on the Failboat. With a big, fat F.

So last night was the 4th night I've gone through without sleep. At 6:30 I decided to go to bed for a really short while and I fell asleep after 5min (approx.). Then I woke up at 9:10.
Woops..

Got late to school, so did my sister.

Started freaking out about my IOP (Individual Oral Presentation) and by the time it was lunch time, it had me crying in the IB Center.

Then I did my IOP and oh-my-god.. It was even worse than I expected. I didn't start crying though, which was good. But as soon as I sat down on my chair and the people that were listening could start thinking of a question to ask me, I started crying. It was so hard not to just sob away, but Katie was a dear to me and she wrote on a note: "Don't worry. It's only 15 minutes. It's only IOP. It doesn't matter." She put it back down, drew something on it and held the piece of paper up again. It was a heart.

Finally doing/having done the IOP made me realise something. It made me realise how much I need a fantastic enough grade, especially for the subject English, to get into Sarah Lawrence. They don't look at SAT Scores, no matter what you've scored; instead, they look at your essays and if those are incredibly good (and with incredibly, I mean
incredibly), they consider going through your resume. My resume is going to be quite one, I'm afraid; I've done so many things that I can list up there. Especially the language-thing might be appealing to them, not to mention the publisher back in Holland (considering the fact that they are so keen on writing and, therefore, writers). I'm so nervous already.. It's insane. It doesn't really help that that uni is so tiny (only 1200 students!!!), because it only makes the selection process tighter.
Well ok. Anyway. It's not like I didn't know the standards were high or anything. But still.

I knew I was going to fail it. I knew it.
I already started crying at lunch time, whereas my presentation was at the end of the last period.

I'm so embarrassed.
There goes the education.

3.2.09

The G-Force has done it again!

Spoke to Greg again today (after a week and a half); he told me that he broke up with Claudia (he was in this love-triangle thing with her and Jaron)(I didn't quite get that, but then again.. I don't think he did either). I asked him why and then soon changed my mind; I did not want to know about anything anymore. His life is his and no matter how he lives it,- I can't do anything about it. It's not like I'll ever be a real part of it anyway. I'll never figure this guy out.
I said: '..or do you just not want to talk about it? That's fine too,' to which he answered: 'Well, just been down for a bit and things did not go that well, but now things go well again and I'm back with Christine.'

Christine is the ex-girlfriend, who is now no longer to be considered 'the ex', but 'the girl'.
Yes, this was the one he still wasn't over when I met him. In fact: the night we met, they had broken up. This was the one that would take him a while to forget, to get over it.
And now they're back together; just like that.

I don't think anyone knows what this does to me right now. I hardly know myself. It's so hard to explain, because I haven't had any sleep for the past 3 days (this is the 4th night in a row I can't sleep) and that is quite getting to me now (it is about 3:35am right now). I'm so tired and I'm hallucinating things (this is what happens with everyone, if you don't sleep regularly/well).. It is freaky, very freaky.

But I can at least try to say something about all this..

It's just that Tim moved on so quickly, so easily. And this made me realise how easily Greg disappeared as well. Why? Why can't I hold onto people?
It just makes me wonder what's wrong with me, when people leave like this, that's all.




Edit: May I please add that Greg and I were not together, in any way whatsoever. Just so there won't be any misunderstandings and stuff..
"I fake a smile so he won't see."



2.2.09

238 seemed a nice number at the time..

000. Name: Camila Maria de Matos Ferreira van Wuyckhuyse
001. Gender: Girl
002. Nickname: Mila, Milly, Camel, Cam, Camster, Camie.. you tell me!
003. Cutest loverbird-name: pancake, pineapple
004. E-mail address: milly_damil@hotmail.com
005. Date of birth: august 27 1990
006. Astro sign: Virgo
007. Place of birth: Soestdijk (Utrecht, Holland)
008. Residence: Hong Kong
009. Phone number: I don't have a mobile phone (the sad thing is that I'm not even kidding)
010. Siblings: Melissa (13)
011. School: South Island School (Aberdeen, Hong Kong)
012. Country/City/Sub-urbs: City, but close to the country, so I can get out of the hectic-ness whenever I want to, for a weekend or so
013. Weight: 60kg, ew.
014. Height: 1m67
015. Shoe size: EU size 37/38/39
016. Eye colour: blue
017. Hair colour: dark, dark blonde (normal people would call it brown)
018. Pets: Melissa (13)
019. Favourite colour: I don't have a favourite colour; it totally depends on my mood
020. Favourite dinner: Portuguese food
021. What I definitely don't eat: Rat brains,- I respect those little animals
022. Favourite drink: Bubble tea (from Hong Kong!), Strawberry Margharita
023. Studies: Still in High School and I'm already 18 :(
024. Marriage or living together: First move in and then get married
025. Favourite music: Old skool jazz, old skool rock, musical songs
026. Cell phone: I told you,- don't have one! Hahahaha
027. Sun or snow: Snow on the landscape and mountains so I can ski, with the sun in my face! Definitely!
028. Dream car: A PINK MUSTANG!!!!
029. Best radio: I don't listen to the radio anymore
030. Best magazine: Nylon!, Australian Vogue, French Vogue
031. Best toothpaste: Toothpaste that works
032. How late I usually go to bed: 1am
033. Favourite pajama-fabrics: Out in the nude
034. How many children I want later on: None, please (don't frown; I've thought about this more than the average person of my age and I can't stand the idea of having children of my own, with my genes in them. I might adopt a child when I'm 30 or something, but I would never ever want to give birth to a child)
035. What kind of shoes I like to wear: Pumps
036. Best place to sleep: My lover's bed,- I feel safe there, no matter what the weather or time of day is. Too bad I've only got my own bed at the moment..
037. Favourite song of the moment: Mr. Curiosity, by Jason Mraz
038. Relationship: Not quite there yet
039. Crush of the moment: I miss someone, but I do not have a crush right now
040. Do I get emotional sometimes: I'm the most over-emotional person you will ever meet. I joke not..
041. Do I cry when I watch a movie: If the movie is good and I can relate to it, then yes
042. Favourite author: I don't have one, but I like Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charlotte Bronte and Paolo Coelho a whole lot. Their books make my lives what they are and inspire me in all ways that are possible
043. Typing blindly: Yes, except when I'm eating noodles or something
044. Happiness through money: I don't believe that money equals happiness, but I do believe that money makes some things a bunch easier.. I just happen to be brought up in a lucky way, when it comes to financial matters
045. Nicest people I know: Roel, Bram. Melissa.
046. How many toothbrushes I have: 2. I don't know why, but I've got 2
047. Behind their backs or in their faces: In their faces. I'm just like that. But when it's about me, I'd rather have it behind my back,- I'm not ready for some truths about myself
048. Most romantic moment in my life: Imagine living in the 21st century and getting a letter on the day you get back from a journey to the other side of the world, from someone who you love, who lives on another continent. The letter you receive, is 5 pages long and on every page, there is at least 3 times mentioned that the person who wrote the letter, loves you, misses you and wants to be with you. The rest of the contents of the letter are about how beautiful you are and the person that wrote the letter, opens up to you. It seems years ago, but this happened to me in november 'O8. I still cry when I read that letter.
049. Piercings: One in each earlobe (:
050. Tattoos: None yet, but I'd love three mini stars in a triangle on my left wrist, with (MAYBE!!) a little heart in the middle (no colours though, just dark)
051. Special talents: I'm a jedi. I speak 7 languages (almost all completely fluently), understand 8 and am learning 2 more at the moment
052. Fast or slow: Depends what it's about
053. Sexuality: Bisexual
054. Smoking: ...stinks
055. Drugs: Erm that just teared me up
056. Alcohol: Yes! I'm not a binge drinker; I don't like drunks
057. What I'm afraid of: Love, not succeeding in whatever it is I want to succeed in, Greg, not having enough time..
058. Favourite city: I don't have just one,- Hong Kong, Lisbon, London, Paris, Maastricht, Amsterdam, so many more
059. Favourite tv series: The L Word, Ally McBeal
060. Favourite holiday destination: NYC is on the list! On top!! But from all the places I've been.... I think skiing in Verbier (Switzerland) and charity work in Tanzania have had a greatest impact on me. And Portugal is just where I feel home
061. Favourite place to go out: Taj
062. Big/Small people: I feel so safe when someone puts their arms around me and they're a bit taller than I am, so I can rest my head on the curve of their neck.. It's one of the most amazing feelings I've ever had
063. Nice person I met this year: Ian Mednick, my ski-instructor/supervisor in Verbier
064. What I do whenever I'm down: Writing, as if you hadn't noticed yet.... And binge eating. Then puking. Hardly do it anymore, but whenever I am really, really down, I do it.
065. Being alone: Love it, but I need people around me the now and then, otherwise I feel like I'm going insane
066. What I want to be when I'm big: full-time worker as a writer, co-writer, translator/interpreter in court or for the UN; that sort of stuff. Now, these aren't actually my number ones,- my number one is to be appearing in musicals, but my parents don't want me to
067. Going out: More often than I used to. The people I know now are a lot more fun than the ones I used to know last year, so I guess that helps
068. Living together with someone of the same character as mine: It would be nice in some cases, because I know a lot about myself so I know what to do and what not to do, but I think it would ruin the both of us eventually, no matter how cool the person, if there weren't another person living with us (social workers?)
069. What I definitely do not drink: Snake blood
070. Name of future children: I don't want any children. But if I make a mistake, I will call my daughter Jane, my son Will. Second daughter: Elizabeth. Second son: Tristan
071. Relationship with parents: Not good,- I've never been the daughter they wanted me to be. I'm sorry for that, but I can't make it up to them anymore. It's really complicated
072. Driving around in cars: Love it! I love falling asleep in a car and waking up in a different country! Would adore living in the US and travel around a lot in a pick up truck or something.. Would be amazing!!
073. Best feeling in the world: Waking up in the morning, staring in your lover's face, feeling no fear whatsoever
074. Worst feeling in the world: The process of letting go, because the things that you WANT to let go, are hardest to let go of
075. Teddy bear: Egbert, he is a white little thingy and wears red. I've had him since the moment I was born
076. A word/sentence I often use: 'Fuck'/'We ran out of Nutella'/'Darling'/'No, I don't curl my hair' (not joking)
077. Only one question to God: Why do M&Ms smudge when I hold them in my hand for too long??!
078. Romance: I am a romantic,- hopelessly romantic
079. Aliens: I think they do exist, actually
080. Glasses: Yes, I have a couple of pairs. I'll post some pictures shortly!
081. Contact lenses: THANK GOD FOR THOSE!!
082. Prejudice or waiting to see: Waiting to see
083. Why I'm doing this: I'm in my third free period today that I have to attend. There isn't even a freaking teacher; what would you have done?!
084. People that hate me: I'm sure they exist, but to be honest.. The reasons why they do are really stupid and invalid. If they want to misunderstand things they've heard and base their judgments on those irrelevant things and don't listen to me when I try to explain that things are otherwise, I don't care. I don't waste my time on this kind of people anymore ("They can say what they want about me; I'll just keep on singing my song" Christina Aguilera)
086. Why we live: Success, reproduction, survival of the fittest
087. What I do as soon as I get home: Checking blogspot out
088. What I would never forgive someone: I would forgive anyone for anything. Except for harming my dear ones in a life-changing way (a bad life-changing way); it would drive me insane. Literally
089. What's under my bed: I hope nothing illegal
090. The colour of the carpet in my room: I don't have carpet in my entire house, let alone my room....
091. One thing I can take with me to a deserted island: A little buzzer that would be able to transfer people from one place to the other
092. Who I'd like to be for a day: Idina Menzel, I think.. Just to see what it's like. Or Paolo Coelho; he inspires me immensely
093. Biggest dream: 'I am me' - those words being all I need
094. Biggest problem: I doubt myself
095. Bad characteristic: Very, very, very emotional
096. Addictions: Scratching nail polish off of my nails the second day of having it on my nails (very annoying!!), reading (proud to be a bookworm!), Melissa. I'm not actually addicted to stuff. Although I must say that whenever I think of drop (liquorish), my right hand starts shaking and my right eyelid starts to twist. And I fall in love every day; you could call that an addiction
097. Love at first sight: I don't believe in 'love' at first sight, but 'falling in love' after having had only a glimpse of another person is definitely possible. Remember that I believe that there is great difference to find between 'loving' and 'being in love'
098. Honesty or one white lie can't harm anyone?: Honest towards others, but not always to myself. Sometimes I lie to myself to feel safer or to delude myself from the real meaning from what other people do and/or say. These white lies are self-protection and self-protection only
101. Cheating in a relationship: It's like cheating at Monopoly,- you just don't do that. No, but being serious about this: it's not right to cheat. There is obviously something very very wrong with you, your partner and your relationship when one of the two (or both!) are involved with someone else without the permission of their partner. But even though I truly believe this deep inside, I would stay with my partner if he/she cheated.. I just wouldn't be able to leave him/her
102. If I believe in miracles: NO (:
103. Sports: Dancing! Football (soccer, for the Americans here), skiing (racing), volleybal, badminton, kickboxen, pilates. I hate yoga with every fiber of my being
104. Sports I'd never try: Netball
105. Operations: I'm going to have one on my nose, because it has been crooked and I can't breathe properly and it affects my singing. I was actually going to get an operation about a year ago, but due to certain circumstances, the doctors thought it was better to wait
106. Very dark secret: Yes. Which nobody knows. Nobody, except for me
107. Dreams can become reality: Of course they can. If it's the road you're taking, is your choice, however
108. Colour of my underwear right now: baby pink and black satin
109. Favourite way of saying goodbye: A kiss on the cheek or on the mouth if I'm really good friends with the people. A lover would be a french kiss,- either very gentle or very passionate
110. If I'd change my name, I'd change it into: Eveline, I think. I've got a friend back in Holland and her name is Eveline and I've always thought of it as one of the most beautiful names for girls. It just looks and sounds so elegant, as if it should always be written with a feather and coal black ink, on papyrus. Wah
111. Define yourself in one word and one word only: Fibrant
112. Ever been in love,- real love: It still hurts and will never stop hurting. It happened to me once and I'm more careful now
113. Favourite fruit: Mango
114. Favourite flower: Frangipani
115. Supersticion: I don't like black cats. I don't like cats anyway, but if they're black, I just feel like running away
116. Favourite ice cream: Mocca-flavoured
117. What the weather is like at the moment: Dark, cold (18 degrees)
118. The last person I spoke to on the phone: Cathy, my dad's boss's wife, who is a friend of my mom's, because she left a message on our machine about having lunch with my mom and then going to a concert and I called her back to say that she really appreciated it, but that she was still in Mumbai then
119. The amount of keys I always have with me: 4
120. The person I miss at this very moment: Roel
121. Job: I work at a restaurant as a waitress (and sometimes as a bartendress),- it's called The Boathouse and it's a very nice place. So if you're in Hong Kong and you feel like having lunch in Stanley in the weekend sometime, come and visit!
122. Left- or right-handed: Right-handed. Everything that's on my left side is either uglier, shorter or less capable of doing things than the things that are on my right side
123. Sport to look at: Ice skating.
124. Favourite subject in school: Drama, but I don't take that. Philosophy and English are my favourite two subjects that I both chose to do at Higher Level
125. My last words will be: 'Do you think I ever was me?' I would ask, as a tear would slowly roll down my cheek. The person that would be with me, would put his/her hand on mine, grab it tenderly and then bring it to his/her lips, very gently. He/she would press a soft kiss, like satin, on my fingertips and as two tears roll down both cheeks, he/she would say: 'I think you were everyone you could be.' Ok, maybe this is just what I want. I might just die because I'm choking. In that case, my last words will be: 'It's stuck, it's stuck!! Get it outttt, it's stuck!' and then die
126. Were Adam and Eve naked?: Clothes had to be invented somehow, right? So I guess that Eve got bored with life and started sewing after grabbing the apple and pressing her teeth through the apple's thin skin
127. Someone I'd like to meet, but who would it be?: Someone who would, miraculously, understand me and want to be with me, no matter what. It doesn't matter if it would be just as friends, as long as he/she understands where I'm coming from, without having to say too much
128. Where I'd get a tattoo: Inside my left wrist or on my right ankle bone
129. Favourite gum: Citrus flavoured
130. Most gorgeous part of a woman: Depends on the woman. Everyone is unique
131. Most gorgeous part about me: Blue eyes, I guess
132. I'd kill this person: 'Ginny Weasle',- she just pisses me off throughout the series
133. North, East, South, West: South-West
134. Cat or dog: Neither, but I think I'd go for a dog in the end if I really HAD to choose
135. Simple and clear or complicated and blurry: I am simple and clear to others, but inside my head it's all complicated and blurry
136. Funny or serious: Healthy balance there, youngsters
137. Full or half-full milk: Full, but I don't drink it
138. Reading or writing: SHIT THAT'S HARD! Hardest till now... Erm, I just typed 'Reading', but I think I'm gonna go for writing anyway..
139. Coloured or black-and-white pictures: Depends on what kind of picture they are, but if it would be any picture at all, I'd choose black and white, with grain
140.Sunrise or sunset: Sunset - on the beach
141. Laughing or dreaming: Dreaming
142. Summer- or winter-holidays: Summer
143. Sweet or hard: Sweet
144. Introverted or extraverted: I'm extraverted. Very much so, indeed
145. Inside or outside: Always the outside first,- don't lie, women! I fall for the ugliest people though, so I guess that is proof I don't really pay attention to looks
146. Rebellion or a book of laws: Rebellion
147. Light or darkness: Darkness
148. Chatting or calling someone up: Chatting! I hate my voice on the phone.. It sounds as if there is a bag of kittens and someone is smashing a hammer on it
149. Sneezing or coughing: Coughing
150. Condom or barebacked: Erm. Like better bare, but always be safe, girls!
151. Guys with makeup on or without: Without. You're a guy for a reason
152. Older boyfriend: Very much wanted. Not younger!
153. Love of your life or friends: My love of my life would have to be one of my better friends, so I can't really answer that question
154. Kiss or Hug: Kiss
155. Brown, blonde or black hair: Brown, even though I like black a lot too!
156. Pencil or pen: Pen
157. Black or white: Black
158. Laughing or crying: Crying from laughing
159. Coca cola or Pepsi : Coke is coke, just get over yourself, guys
160. Thongs or boxers: For girls in general-> thongs. For me-> thongs. For guys-> BOXERS PLEASE!
161. Vanilla or chocolate: Chocolate
162. Pasta or pizza: Pasta
163. Hard or soft: Soft
164. Party or disco: Party
165. Driving yourself or having someone to drive for you: Driving myself seems the ultimate freedom right now!
166. Clingy tv show or a girly chickflick movie: Movie
167. Half-empty or half-full: Half-empty
168. Cremating or burying: Cremation for the win
169. Lego or duplo: Lego
170. Forgive and forget or forgive and not forget: Forgive and never ever forget
171. Strawberries or whip cream: Strawberries
172. Belief: I do not need other people to tell me how to believe in God, thank you very much
173. Twelve roses or a sorry note: It takes more than a note and some flowers (that DIE, may I add) for something to pass over. Besides the sorry note, give it some time
174. Cinema or sofa at home: I wouldn't get out of the house anymore; not good, not good
175. Doing the laundry: How fun! ...nawt
176. Heaven or hell: I believe in a heaven, but I do not believe that hell really exists
177: Spoiling or being spoiled: Being spoiled, hehe
178: Beach or pool: Pool
179. Feet or neck: Neck
180. Jeans or other fabrics: Jeans (or lace when I'm wearing a skirt or a dress)
181. Tank-top or T-shirt: Tank-top
182. Favourite brand: Pierre Balmain
183. Swimming pool or sauna: Sauna
184. Bathing oil or bathing foam: If with someone else-> oil, so you can rub each other in. If alone-> foam, just to enjoy yourself
185. Shower or big bath tub: Big bath tub
186. Simple and complicated: Simple
187. Sex or alcohol: Sex
188. Sex or a movie: Movie and then sex?
189. To speak or to hush: To hush and listen carefully is the better thing to do, but I'm always talking (ALWAYS)
190. Happy or sad: Happy
191. Life or death: Death seems so easy, so I'd have to go for life
192. If my house stood on fire, I'd firstly get out: My lover and me
193. In love right now: No
194. Virgin: No
195. Longest relationship: Relationship that meant something to me? Half a year.
196. Shortest relationship: First one that ever counted, with Bram: a week. We got together like 6 times, but decided we are just better of just being best friends and nothing else, because it feels a bit awkward sometimes, and considering it feels like we're brother and sister now, that was a good decision to make. First relationship that meant a lot to me and wasn't with Bram was Tim Brown. Lasted for a month
197. Disco with friends and your lover or home with just your significant other and you: Disco
198. Favourite position: Depends on the person
199. Weirdest place you ever did 'it': Shower
200. Place where you'd like to do 'it' some time: A park
201. Sex before marriage: Is ok, if it's for the right reasons
202. Take away or cooking dinner together: Cooking together! That's so cute!
203. Ever getting married?: Either I get married like 3 or 4 times or I don't at all.. I don't know what kind of a person I am yet
204. Fastfood or chique restaurant: On a date-> fastfood. Just for fun-> restaurant
205. Is it okay for a woman to have complexes and problems?: Of course. As long as she keeps/starts leading the life she wants and doesn't prevent others from doing the same thing
206. Beer or wine: Wine! WHITE!
207. First thought that came to mind when I got out of bed this morning: I haven't slept for 3 days straight now (this is non-fiction)..
208. Reincarnation: I do not believe in that
210. Pretend to believe in reincarnation-> what kind of an animal would you like to be when yo'd come back?: A cockroach. Apparently their survival instincts are the fittest!
211. Most original way of asking someone to marry you: If I would say that, it wouldn't be the most original way anymore, because I'd have mentioned it before you could have done it. I like the idea of a first date, even though it hardly ever happens and when it does.... It's not a good thing most of the time
212. Heating or hearth: Hearth!!!
213. What's on my mousepad: Kate Winslet. It's the latest Elle from the UK and I always use magazines as mousepads, so yeah.. She ended up as a mousepad
214. Ever kissed someone of the same sex: Yes. I kissed a girl and I liked it!
215. Ever been cheating: No, just no
216. How the hell I got this 'survey': It was on the website of a friend of mine
217. A lot of place in bed or hedgehog-like sleeping: I sleep in the foetus-position, but when with lover, in the arms, because it feels safe..
218. Dream house: An old cottage on the English county or a huge mansion. Not a palace though, I don't like palaces. I love the house the Humphrey's inhabit in the series of Gossip Girl; it's absolutely my thing!
219. What my last dream was about: There were black crows in it and an orange sun, but I don't remember if it was a sunrise or a sunset
220. Most important people in my life: Melissa and the people that I love indescribably much, like Roel, Bram, Aster.. There isn't one set of 'most important' people in my life, I think, actually.. It's the people that inspire you mostly, that are the 'most important', I reckon, but when it comes to actual influences on you, whether you choose to undergo them or not, are also from family and people that have hurt you in the past. Writers (artists!) like Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charlotte Bronte and Paolo Coelho dare me to get everything out of life. They challenge me to be the best person I can possibly be
221. Love to do when I'm older: Have a really cute cottage somewhere or a huge house somewhere else
222. Walking on the beach or through the mountains: Beach
223. Proud of: Gotten invited by a publisher in Holland (Prometheus) about me writing a book (ah-ma-zing!) and 97% on a maths test!!!!
224. Regretting: Nothing. Absolutely nothing
225. Often in fights: Nope, hardly ever. Except with my parents.. That's a continuing battle
226. Sleeping with a stuffed animal: I do so
227. Daring: Very
228. Spontaneous: You can say that again!
229. Sweet: Definitely
230. Honest: I'm honest, just not always as honest to myself
231. Jealous: I'm very jealous. It's not even normal anymore
232. Funny: Apparently I am
233. Crying: Quite easily whenever I'm alone, but very rarely with someone around
234. Sex after marriage: Whenever you're ready for it
235. Happy with myself: No, but I don't hate myself anymore like when I did when I was 14. That was terrible.. I have accepted my flaws and even though it hurts to say them out loud or to write them down even, I know that they are there and what they are.
236: Most important in my life: Succes, in whatever it is I want to succeed in. The people I love. Myself, because without myself I wouldn't be here
237. Tidy room: Not at the moment, to be honest...
238. Fidelity or infidelity: Fidelity!!