Thursday, December 30, 2010

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Saying good bye at Denpasar airport
Hi guys,

Right now I sitting in the lounge at Hong Kong airport.
This morning I got up early for breakfast and finishing packing. Later that morning my friend Mrs. Made Podi came along to get the bag....
At 12.15 Bagus came to pick me up in another big car. His wife and the 3 youngest came along. It was a nice saying goodbye at the airport.
At the airport I got this invitation for the lounge and did not want to go, just wanted to walk around a bit. The lady told me to do it at least once. So, as polite as I am.... haha.... I went to the lounge and enjoyed it.
After an hour I left and went to the gate to meet the nice Finns people I have met at Shindu. We had a nice chat and left for the plane.
Saying good bye at Hong Kong airport...
It was a good flight as always. I sat in a 4 persons row at the aisle and at the other aisle sat Perry from Los Angeles. So we had 2 empty chairs. But poor Perry, traveling on his birthday with a leg which was just operated. He had an accident with his motorbike which was terrible. This means that he needed three chairs for his leg. I felt so sorry for this nice guy.
Leaving the plane I waited for the Finns friends and we talked, exchanged cards, took pictures and finally say goodbye.
HK airport...
Well..... that´s all..... I do love this airport. Think I´m going now and see if I can do a massage before get into the plane.

HAPPY NEW YEAR for all of you!!!

See you in 2011 in the Netherlands.

Love,
Ans xxx

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Wednesday, December 29, 2010


This morning, new flowers again....
Good afternoon.... it´s 12.18 now,

What is the most positive news at this moment?
I think the fact that I decided to go home and will go home tomorrow. 
I´m so boring because of the rain and can’t do anything. Of course I love it to read and just sit on my terrace, but only when this is my own choice and not because I have to.
Yesterday I saw this beautiful door.....
So I´m pleased to leave tomorrow. Bagus is going to take me to the airport. I met him yesterday at Hardy´s. Was this a coincidence or..... 
Well, we had a nice chat and I will see him time before I´m leaving, just for a good talk.
I hope it will stop raining soon, because I would like to go to the beach for sateh ikan. But when this is not possible I will have lunch around the corner and the sateh ikan …… well this will be summer 2011.
Also hope to see Lidy before I’m leaving. Haven’t heard from her for a few days. Think she is still asleep.

Come back to you later this day.

Love,
Ans

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Tuesday evening, December 28, 2010.

Got this beautiful basket from Lidy. Thanx Liedje!!!
Dear friends,

Finally I decided to go back home…. for several reasons. One of them is the weather over here. Too much rain outside and too cold inside and…. I want to celebrate New Year at home!
Took me a whole day to arrange this. Phoning to the Netherlands and to Cathay at Denpasar….. but well, it was raining anyway, so it was better to do something useful instead of complaining about the weather….. Never thought I would ever make a decision like this…. Haha. Well, well…. Like they say in the Netherlands: “Een mens kan veranderen.” (Something like: A man can change…).
I’m happy I did it. Just no time to shop for your presents. Next time I will go for the presents…. That will be the summer of  2011 again. Promised okay??!!
Now I’m going to pack, just to check what clothes or shoes I can leave for my friend on the beach, Mrs. Made Podi.
For now: Have a nice day and enjoy!

Love,
Ans x

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Morning,

Het blijft maar plenzen....

I'm still at the restaurant... Just had breakfast.
Can't go back to my room. It's raining.... Quit a lot.
Can't believe it. Normaly it rains at the early evening.
My pancake......
Well, but at least they made me this lovely pancake...
Terima Kasih!

Monday, December 27, 2010

Monday, December 27, 2010.

Part of my room...
My room....













Good-morning folks,

After late breakfast I'm going to write a short message. Yesterday was quit a lazy day. Reading, writing, daily shopping, dinner.... walking in the sun. Guess to day will be the same.
Other part of my room....
I'm going for lunch to the beach and walking around a little.
Saw Bagus on my first day at Swastika. Don't think I will phone him this holiday. I just want to rest a bit and think over the year.... and what to do next year. That's all I'm going to do this holiday.
May be trip to Ubud. Don't know yet. Seems I'm some one who chills a lot. Haha.... didn't even know what chilling is in the mind of young people.... So funny.... I'm a chiller.... yeah!!!!

Enjoy!
Ans x

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Sunday, December 26, 2010.

Selamat siang saudara2,

To day it's Sunday and I'm going to try to write a summary about the last few days of my holiday at Bali.

Were to start??
Our rooms / terrace...
Tuesday, December 21. Lidy arrived in the afternoon and Simon arrived in the evening. First thing we did is opening the present Mon took for us and one special late birthday present for me. So nice…..
Then off to dinner at Swastika restaurant few hundred meters from the hotel. It was late, so we decided to go Swastika restaurant instead of the beach. It was so funny, the lady from the restaurant came along which some beautiful flowers and put it behind our ears. We had a nice evening which ended on our terrace were we stayed for a few hours chatting.


@Lidy's place - Kuta / terrace...
Wednesday, December 22. After breakfast we walked down the beach and take a break at Sindhu Beach to check transport. Finally we left for Kuta to see Lidy’s place and to get into her Bali-life! It was a nice sightseeing and after a long ride we walked the last meters to Gang Manga nr.6 .




This was Lidy’s home address over here. It was so nice to see were she lives to get an idea when she write her blog or when we talk on Skype…but…. Finally I had to diced to stay at Sanur. Kuta is too noisy for me… at those moments I realise I’m not 18 anymore…. just a little older.
So instead of staying 3 nights with Lidy and Mon at Swastika we booked another night for the three of
Lidy's own transport...
 us and for me even till the end of my holiday. Just to make sure I have a hotel…. Too many tourists at this moment, so the hotels are fully booked.
After Lidy’s home we went to her Beach-life…. Kuta Beach is full of tourist and girls who are looking for attention from those beautiful Indonesian boys. Don’t know what to think about this. Simon and I had long discussions about this…
We met some of Lidy’s friends with was nice, special to understand a little bit of her Bali life.  We had a nice gado2 and enjoyed the views and beautiful sunny beach.
Gado2 @ Kuta Beach...
We went back to the car with a gado2 and a drink for our driver and went back to Sanur. Back home Mon and I slept until nine in the evening… we were so tired. Poor Lidy…. Her uncle and aunt were sleeping and she was just waiting for us to get up…. Luckily she could do her pictures and there was chocolate at the fridge. This big bar of chocolate I got from my neighbours at Shindu.
In the evening we had to have some dinner, but it was raining….. very much!!!! So we ordered dinner by room service. 

Lunch @ Pizza Hut...
Thursday, December 23. We went to Ramayana mall in Kuta. Simon wanted to get some new shoes for himself and usi Saar di Ambon. So it was shopping and having pizza at Pizza Hut. On the other side of the road was the computer centre…. I had to get a laptop sleeve for one of my assistants’ so I got one for a good price.
Back home by taxi and having a rest. Simon and I didn’t feel well. Both of us had a terrible headache. At these moments I hate airco’s. Don’t know how many Ibuprofens I had those days. Since a few days I’m feeling much better.
Back at Swastika’s Mon and I slept… again and Lidy said “Please don’t sleep till nine o’clock.” We didn’t!! We had a nice dinner at Bonsai cafĂ© on the beach.

Roomnr. 75
The 3 of us @ 1 room.... FUN...
Friday, December 24. This day we supposed to leave, but finally we stayed. So we had to get another room. Okay… we will move. This was so funny. We got 2 rooms. One with 2 beds. This will be Lidy and me. Then we enter room number tow and this room had 3 beds. It was quit a big room. Lidy really wanted all of us to stay in this room because it was the last night together @ room 75. Okay we did and had fun!
Mon's last shoppings...
This day we stayed at Sanur and went to Hardy’s. Simon had to buy some special Balinese things for some friends at Ambon. Lidy bought some postcards and I’ve got the most beautiful basket they had at Hardy’s. Thanks Lidy!
In the evening we walked down the beach and had a nice dinner at Tootsie. I had my favourite sateh ikan (fish sateh). 
Back at the hotel we had a nice plant on the table at our terrace. With Xmas wishes from the staff and management of Swastika. This was so nice and thoughtful of them.

Dinner @ Tootsie's

Xmas Whises...



Gehaktbal / Hutspot / Tempeh...
Saturday, December 25. After breakfast we had to move again. To night Lidy will go back to Kuta and Mon will join her. Mon had to go back to Ambon and wanted to go to Kuta with Lidy for a few hours. So he is going to meet night life at Kuta.
Waiting for taxi... 
So now I have my own room at Swastika. We spent the whole day at Sanur together and had this “horrible” lunch at a cafeteria called ORANJE. It belongs to a Dutch man and Lidy really missed the Dutch “gehaktbal”. So we went in and asked if  it was on their menu. Simon wanted to taste some real Dutch food…. “Hutspot and gehaktbal met kuiltje jus”. I had rice myself with tahu tempeh. This was the strangest Xmas meal I ever had.
Strangest Xmas too….. next year I will spend Xmas time at Europe. That’s for sure. With snow and Xmas dinners!!!! That’s what I’ve missed here.
So Xmas day we were on the beach and in Sanur.
At 8 in the evening Lidy and Mon left Sanur. It feels strange to be here on my own now, while it is Xmas. Don’t feel like Xmas at all…. What ever the feeling suppose to be. Late in the night… or early in the morning (4.47)I’ve got a SMS from Lidy : “Boss! Oom Mon sudah sampai di airport.”  Few minutes later SMS from Mon arrived : “Tante Saya sekarang di airport. Terimak kasih. Lidy antar saya deng motor… ect.”
Few minutes’ later telephone rings. Mon phoned to speak a little and Lidy SMS to say Good night. Bedtime. This was so nice… so finally I only slept for a few hours.


I already miss those 2 persons! 

Wow... Tokeh....
Well.... it's late already without I noticed.... I'm going to Hardy's to get some water and some other shoppings. It just stopped raining.

Have a nice Sunday to all!!!
Ans x

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Saturday, December 25, 2010 - Sanur / Bali

I took this picture at Sanur Beach.

Dear friends,

To morrow I will update my blog. For now I wish you a great day and Merry Xmas!!!!!

Love,
Ans

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 / Swastika Bungalows

Hi hi,

This afternoon I arrived in Swastika Bungalows. Few hours later Lidy arrived and now we are waiting for Simon. His plane will land in half an hour.
We've got two nice rooms next to each other with one big terrace for the three of us.

The weather is not that nice.... lots of rain. The time of the year..... just a bit worse ......
Lidy and I just went out for a little snack and will go out for dinner when Simon arrives here.

I've got a big bar of chocolate from the nice neighbours at Shindu. They are from Finland.
They were so nice. We will eat this later to day I guess..... ;)

I made a video clip at Shindu while it was raining and will try to upload it here.

Love,
Ans xx

Monday, December 20, 2010

Monday, December 20, 2010

Haha... this was a mistake,
but a nice one I guess....
Good morning..... nearly afternoon.....

It´s 11.17 while I´m sitting at the Beach Club watching the rain and people walking around with umbrellas. Enjoying my second coffee now.

The weather is bad..... it started raining last night and it´s still raining. To day will be another lazy day.
I´m getting ill..... caught a cold... the hell with the airco...... I need tissues every minute.... pffff.
Also took to many ibuprofens to get active....

I´ve tried to write something about Diversity, but can´t concentrate yet..... Still have my work in mind while I´m try to write.... so this is sh.....t!

So this makes me reading books on my ereader. What an invention this was!!! Great....

This morning mrs. Podi came along with some fruit... how nice of her.
In the afternoon I will eat at the beach and bring some chocolate  to the lady of the gado2.

Later to day I have to pack my suitcase.... to morrow moving to Swastika and will be there with Lidy and Simon for a few days.
After that.... I don´t know yet. I hate to pack and to unpack my suitcases......

Well.... I´m going to finish my coffee now and uploading some Bali pictures.....

Have a nice Sunday and can anyone send me some pictures from `Holland and Snow` .....

Sunday hug,
Ans xxx

Bali pictures until now....

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Sunday, December 19, 2010 - Beach Club / Sanur beach - Bali

Good afternoon everyone,

To day started early with breakfast and getting my clothes at the lady on the street. I had a dress to be shortened. I had to be there at 10.
After this I went to the beach finding Mrs. Made Podi for a massage at my hotelroom. That was great.... as always it is.

It still is very quiet at Bali. Love this, but it isn't good for the people here.... no guest, no money.

I went to Hardys with the shuttle for some shoppings and now I am here a the Beach Club.

It is a little strange to be here in December. There is a lot of rain and thunderstorms.

People keep saying : "Mrs. Anna, welcome home..." That's nice, but the hotel doesn't feel like that anymore. It's just the location I like. The atmosphere is changed since this new management. It reminds me to my situation  at Rotterdam. How come that some people just love to use their power instead of trying to be positive and go for it with the people themselves. The people at the hotel are not allowed to speak with the guest anymore.... how awful....

Yesterday eve I tried to write something about Diversity, but could not find the energy to do something.....

But it's okay..... first thing is to get rest and go back home full of energy and go on with the battle at work.... don't even want to think about it now..... ;)

Well, I will try to make a picture from here.... so you can see what I'm seeing right now.... from behind my laptop at the Beach Club.....

For now.... enjoy your Sunday and have fun making a Snowman..... :)

Ans x

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Saturday, December 19, 2010 - Sanur beach

Dear friends,

Yesterday I had some internet problems, but now I've found another restaurant which has WIFI.... just next door.... can you imagine....

My room with my bodyguard..... 
First few days at Bali I just slept and had some rest. This is day number 3 and I still doing nothing but reading. So I am quit happy with my Oyo (ereader).
Yesterday late afternoon we had a big, very big shower and in the evening thunderstorm which last the whole night I guess.....
This morning I've got up at 8, made myself a cup of coffee and of to the restaurant for breakfast. At 12.30 the lady from the travel agency came along with some information. I had a nice chat, but did not need anything.... may be later this week a hotel at Ubud????? Don't know yet....
Right now I'm having lunch at the Beach-club. How happy I am being in the warmth of Bali. Wowwww....
I'm uploading some pictures at FaceBook. I will put a link at this blog.

Well.... I'm going to eat my tuna spring-rolls now.

Love,
Ans xxx

Uploading pictures ready.... click here or in the menu...... 

Thursday, December 16, 2010

16 December 2010 / Thursday / Sanur / Bali

Just a quick Message from my iPhone. Arrived at Denpasar at 14.45.
To morrow I will get back to you... Rest and going to sleep early.

Hong Kong Airport, Thursday – December 16, 2010.



Dear friends,

We're at Hong Kong airport right now.... waiting for our flight to Denpasar!!!!!
By the way .... when we left our hotel it was raining and..... 6 degrees Celsius. Can you imaging that!!!!????
Lucky we're off to Bali were it will be 32 degrees Celsius.

Send some more info and pictures at Bali.

Love,
Ans x

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Hong Kong, Tuesday – December 14, 2010.

@ Waterfront

Dear friends,

To day we came home late again…… Shopping & Dropping.
Didn’t buy anything for myself….. only simple red boots…. to save my feet.

What to write….. I’m tired and still waiting for a message of the Union…. to finish what we started and enjoying the holiday.

2 more nights at Royal View Hotel and off we go to Denpasar.

Right now I’ve to go on internet to join my assistants who are doing the Webdesign course online this time. I need to wish them well and see if everything goes well with them. I’m sure it will…. but still…. I don’t want to use them.

Statue @Waterfront
So now I will find some pictures to upload on my blog; join my students on MSN and going to sleep. I will only take 1 hour internet, so I have to stop on time to go to bed.

Love,
Ans xxx


Monday, December 13, 2010

Monday, December 13, 2010

Took this picture from the window @ restaurant...
Watch the.... stellage... sorry don't now the English word.... ;)

Hi everybody,

Pffff.... just arrived at the hotel after a long day of walking around everywere. Last thing was the Symphony of Lights at the Waterfront. I'm working on Lidy's MacBook and don't know how to get the pictures uploaded. So just wait till we'll do the internet on my netbook.
Hong Kong is great and I'm having fun with Lidy!

Yesterday we went, as planned, to the Ladies Market at Mongkok and walked, and walked and walked....  missed our bus..... and painfull feet......

To day I started the day with the comments on something which I had to send to the Union in thee Netherlands..... so now my holliday is started!!!!

Cause I'm too tired now, I'm going to stop..... and... I'm going to see if I'm able to upload some pictures or videoclips. 

For now..... enjoy your day and so long.....

Ans xxx

Video .... while we were waiting for the light show....

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Sunday, December 12, 2010.

Lidy with her 5 kg liquorice from the Netherlands... up side down.....
Good morning everyone,

Lidy arrived yesterday evening. Was a nice evening and now I've to hurry.... Lied just finished at the bathroom, so now it's my turn...... Then breakfast... jammy...... and Ladies Market here we come..... Fun!!!!
Don't no how to rotate the picture.... ;)

Love,
Ans & Lidy xxx

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Saterday, December 11, 2010

My stuff....In front of me...... how do you call this.... :)
Hi folks,

After a delay of 3 hours the plane left Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
The flight was okay, the food was terrible..... but we had a good landing and I'm here..... at our hotel room at Hong Kong.
I tried to sleep a bit, shower, had dinner and waiting for my cousin Lidy to arrive from Bali. Her plane will arrive at 20.45. So it will take another 1 1/2 hour before she's here.

How happy I am that I didn't had to cancel this holiday... how ill I was for 2 days.... pfffff..... all the medicens helped a lot. I am feeling very well right now.

Of course I forgot my best book about Hong Kong, so we will find something here or on the Internet.... which is slowwwwwww...... far too slow..... grrrr....

Friday, December 10, 2010

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Inspite of everything that happened this week....... I will go on holiday..... just to have a rest, to heal, to read, to write and to enjoy nature, sunsets, sunrise....... enjoying LIFE!!!!!

I'll be back here as soon as possible.

Love to you all!!
Ans x

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Friends: change your facebook profile picture to a cartoon from your childhood and invite your friends to do the same. Until Monday there should be no human faces on facebook, but an invasion of memories. This is for a campaign to STOP violence against children.



I just changed my picture in ....... Lucky Luke....

Sunday, December 5, 2010


Dear friends,

It's so cold at the moment. Snow is melting..... Temperature below zero... I guess.....
I'm so happy to leave this cold country in 5 days. Finally SUN and a better temperature for me!!!!

Love to all and enjoy your Sunday!

Ans x







Made this picture yesterday afternoon just around the corner of my house........