Lian Ya

home time!

2010-03-13T16:35:00.000+01:00

Ok peeps! In the plane seat 21j see you soon! Xx

Coming to an end...

2010-03-10T17:57:00.000+01:00

In bed... Just had dinner here at where else! an amazing massage and then the very last drink at bee bee's! Before getting on the journey back to bangkok, going to phi phi first! Spending 4 hours there on the way to Phuket... After having had one of the most amazing couple of days chilling here on khong klong beach! An from Bee bee's and the bungalow from where else have so made my trip!

So just in bed enjoying the last moments of peace for a while... Getting up at 6am...

Almost home time... Speak soon! From bkk probably!

Any requests for presents.... Put them in now and you'll het anything you want! Because they have it here... And cheap! As long as i can carry it! :D

Ko Lanta Paradise!!!!

2010-03-08T13:48:00.000+01:00

Amaizing it is here!!!

Just a little peek of where I am sleeping tonight!!! :P

More later... or when I get back... too beautifull here to be staring at a computer screen!!

:D

Big smilled, chilling on the beach linnie!!

New Photos!

2010-03-08T04:07:00.000+01:00

Did my homework last night haha went into this nice kinda restaurant-bar just for a glass of wine... to go to bed early knackerd of the travel... but they has such a big list of cocktails!!! just 100bht each... so decided to try the 'Sawasdee Thailand' Well it tasted good! Fresch OJ and not too sweet! nice! then my eye caught a set of pc's :D so tried one and it was fast baby!! yeah! finally a place to move some piccies around.... soo...

Check 'm out @ http://picasaweb.google.com/lianyal/2010Thailand#

Just waiting in my little artistic guesthouse 'Chan Cha Lay' on the ferry to go... Ko Lanta!!! YAAAAYYYY!!! :D

X

Samui - Surat Thani - Krabi

2010-03-07T11:31:00.000+01:00

Well after my one night at ko samui, i now got on land and am on the way to surat thani from where I can het a bus to krabi! And tomorrow morning make my way to ko lanta! Where i will stay till going back to bkk on the 12th the latest... And already fly home again although even being on the way constantly here feels like home too strangely enough:) from the moment I landed... Never have been here but everywhere does feel familiar! Similar climate to Aruba I guess... Before coming here I was little afraid it was going to be too hot, but I'm fine really... most of the time :)

On Samui I stayed on Bang Po beach in the health oasis resort... This sounds way more exotic than it really was though! :P I decided to go to this place quite a fair bit away from all the touristy places as they offered some interesting courses in the lonely planet and on their menu... I actually had done most of them already... Thai massage, cooking, reiki, but everyone there really was doing 9-12 day detox fasting sessions... Not something for me!!! stayed there one night anyway in a way overpriced room covered in a layer of dust! As i didn.t really want to walk anywhere in the dark to find something else...
When checking in a girl overheard me and asked if i was dutch, she was dutch too! Stephanie and from Amsterdam as well! By the way also the only one there my age out of the rest which were 50 and up! She told me all about the detox schedule including the name and smell of all the different sprays and shakes! Eeiuw! We went to our rooms at 21.00 I think and had a shower, went to bed and got up in time for yoga! And this as well felt comfortable for the first time :D even though the teacher decided to give of some extra attention and stretched me to the max! At the time Painfull!! But after I felt as reborn as after a thai massage! :D met Stephanie again went to the 7eleven and had a steamed fish with 4 chillies in the restaurant. When I got back to the resort... met stephanie again! :) said goodbye and gave her my card to maybe meet up in Amsterdam!

Checked some time tables and got to the Na Thon pier to make my way to ko lanta, while my overnight stay will be at Krabi tonight!

By now i can't wait to get to lanta!!

Well... I'm off for a snooze in the bus to Krabi! Which I paid way too much money for! But had no choice... Will tell you later... Zzz... ;)

Seatran ferry Ko Tao - Ko Pangan

2010-03-05T15:03:00.001+01:00

Back again! After a great couple of Ko Tao days :D after I got off the train at 22.00 that night in Chumpon, I had to get a taxi, motorbike or sórng-táa-ou (shared taxi, sort of a túk-túk for 6 people) both charging 100bht! So hung around but noone as crazy enough to keep travelling at that hour... So went alone paying the 100 as the ferry was leaving at 2300, so running out of time.... Got there way on time! One big mess of junk really, and next to this little lit hut there a lady at a table with some half full bottles of thai alcohol writing me a ticket for the boat I was getting on... And at that time had no idea what layed ahead! So i ask her if they have any water around by any chance... I followed her in the hut and there was Pieter, who I met @ Iran airport! He was with Cat, a thai girl who he traveled to Laos with and now were on the way to do a dive course at ko tao! Well... After catching up got on the boat which was am adventure on its own! It was really turn off your brain and don't think of making any mistake in placing your in the wrong spot, had my backpack on, daypack on the front and a plastic bag with presies in my one hand, balancing over 15 cm pieces of boat edge while ducking crain hooks... Climbing up to the sleeping cabin. This was one shared area with on the left and on the right 5 x 5cm matrasses on the floor and then one level above that the same thing... Well had a good time with Pieter and Cat fortunately and actually a reasonable amount of sleep too! :) arriving at ko tao i decided to share the taxi with them and start checking out places from there... They were going to Ban's diving resort, first had some breakfast there, where I met nick from Heidelberg who was on his way home having completed his internship in biochemical engineering in a hospital in Aukland, NZ. I only spoke to him for 5 min and he offered me to use his room as he was at class all day! So he gave me his key like that and left to the classroom... Wow! That was really a nice thing to do! So searched the resort and found the room left my stuff and made my way to the reception as the room was not bad at all! Only they only rented them to students... I could get one for double the price... Which i was not planning to pay! Left had a walk around to think of a solution... I wanted to stay there as I had at least 3 friends there now! So decided them to do a specialty:D problem solved! Got my room everything cool, had lunch with nick, went to the post office to dump some shit and came back chilled at the beach for a bit went to the room, had one of the BEST showers ever :D went out for dinner with nick. He has got a comfortable look on life:)
Next day was great! Did the naturalist specialty with Abby a girl from Chicago who had lived on Bonaire for a while i was the only one doing the specialty so I had a private teacher! She really went out of her way as well and brought along extra books on aware project and fish and other thai aquatic life! And I had such relaxed and beautifull dives! It was really nice to see so similar but different underwater life and dive sites! After she bought me a beer and stayed to have dinner with a group of english chicks who were also instructors at Ban's... Great end to a great day and went to pack my bag to make my way to Phangan today!

Little mistake... I actually by now have checked into a place 'Sea Garden' and am making the most out of my most expensive meal of the holiday 8 maki pieces 4 nighs for 500bht at some sushi place near the sunrise beach! anywhere in Thailand till now my total bill for an evening dinner had not exceeded 300 and that was not counting the bhatjes;) as for a red curry beef or chicken you pay 60-120bht and on the street that is even 35! Make the calculation :P still it is nothing :) well only thing is... This Haad Rin beach is not really my thing... Have to get prepared better next time! Hehe, well leaving to either Krabi or Samui tomorrow, depending if they have nam tok's (waterfall's) at Krabi it will be straight there! Pieter & co and nick as well will leave tomorrow to ko samui... Decisions decisions haha! Oja, last boat to samui leaves 1730 and the main excursion of the island comes back 1800 then there is only a nightboat to surat thani, (that's the way towards Krabi:) well when I get back to the hotel i will question my new tarot deck I bought at Kanchanaburi:) or... my holy bible The Lonely Planet! Even better idea haha!

Anyway, getting bored of you now! :P Am going to continue reading in my book I bought at Ko Tao; Chalida

X for now! From deserted Ko Phangan!

Time

2010-03-02T12:49:00.000+01:00

Need to find a place where I can charge my battery! I realised that this is my only source of time! My mobile that is :)

6 hour journey's aren't too bad actually! The bus trip to bkk last night was not too bad either, even though the 1st class trip was full and had to go 2nd.... Had to fight some thai man for arm space as he thought mine was his too!! Grrr!

Now on the train trip ratchaburi-Chumphon which is half way now! Goes pretty fast and train is comfy :)

Anyway... Saving bat. will continue picking a beach bungalow at hat ao mae beach, ko tao :D

Bye for now, till the recharge!

2010-03-02T07:09:00.000+01:00

In the bus! 3rd class, from Kanchanaburi to Ratchaburi 50bht... Sweaty! Checked out of the garden house bungalow in new Sukothai yesterday 8.30am from then on have been homeless:) and will be probably till tomorrow morning at least! Have spent yesterday at the old city out and about on my rented bicycle in the heat of the day, but hey I say some wonderfull sights! Ruins back from the 13th and 14th century back out of the time when Thailand still was the kingdom of Sukothai. Amazing! I also seemed almost the only one there:) I think all the smart people stayed inside around noon! It was not too bad though, but at about 16.00 decided to in back to the hotel, spent some time copying photos! The most time consuming activity on the beaten down machines of the hostel! Genuine and friendly staff though! Had never a doubt of trusting them to look after my bag for the day! Got some dinner and took a shower, my last one for a while as I was hopping on the 22.30 bus 1st class to Bkk to make my way to Ko Tao! Where I am so much looking forward to... But the fastest I will make it there will be prob about 6am tomorrow morning! As I still wanted to definitely see the river kwai bridge I needed to make a little d-tour so arrived bkk station 4.00 am luckily the first kanchanaburi bus was at 5.00 so had time to drop in the 7-eleven! Man what would I do with out them! They seem to be my only point of air-con contact since the night before last... Also I have seemed to lost track of time I have no idea if it is 1, 2 or 3 march now... Will find out I guess somewhere mn the way:) anyway, arrived at kanchanaburi at 7am where I found a place to leave my bag... For 20bht And a nice man who wanted to drive me around town in a Riksha for 300bht, and for 200 we actually had a deal:) two hours of sightseeing the famous little wwii village with the world wide known bridge! Then hopped on the bus I am now melting away in :P

Well enough typing away on my phone, have to save some battery!

Till next post!

Xx by now already Stinky-Lin

;)

Sukothai!

2010-02-28T17:06:00.000+01:00

Nou ik ben ondertussen in nieuw sukothai aangekomen hoor! Heb hier een leuk bungalowtje voor 350bht dat €6,75 p nacht haha! Morgen het oude stadje in... Eindelijk ruïnes kijken, en dan toch nog een keer de nacht trein naar bkk en dan door naar kanchanaburi, kwai bridge... Dan ergens nog slapen, hua hin misschien of meteen door naar ko tao! Het eerste eiland! Even een korte update ;) ik heb ook wat fotos op picasa gezet!

Xx lin

2010-02-27T16:46:00.000+01:00

Zoww... Nu een wel verdiend Chang biertje na weer een mooie dag in Chiang Mai!

Well today I've had a full day of massage training! Yes... Thai massage! My back had been great all travel long! And time had come to close my period of back pain forever and couldn't think of a better way to end it than with how it started! :D and hell it hurt, but felt good! Jay \o/

After I spent too much on my little huge shopping expedition on the saturday night walkingstreet where I landed coincidently while I wanted to be at a 2hour meditation class at Wat SriSupan, only because of there is a holiday on today the meditation was rescheduled... And right outside there was this market!

I so didn't want to buy anything anymore... And did right the opposite haha, well at least my future massage guests are well dressed haha!

Yesterday I went 'watting' which means sightseeing temples :) in the morning and cooking class in the evening! Then the night bazaar which could live for a month of what I spent there! :) but I had a ju of fun practising the hagling I had learned from my cooking classmate Muriel a Belgian girl living in Moombai! Just over here for attending an authentic Thai wedding! SO jealous! :)

Tomorrow I'm off to Sukothai hopefully! Couldn't get to arranging a bus today... But at least I got info on the time table, so 8, 10 or 12 in the morning, so getting up early! The 500bht air-con bus leaves @9am but HAVE to het to the post office before... Have to stop buying stuff!

Well I'm off... Time to go make my way back to SK house, which turns out to actually not be that bad after all :) when im yetlaged nothing is good :) the bed is really firm, but really comfy!

Ok time to go!

X lin

Night train BKK to Chiang Mai

2010-02-24T18:51:00.000+01:00

Well, got in the train and ready to in north! Time to work on some back log blogging...

Had to wear long pants yesterday all day because of temple visiting, today I got on a skirt in the morning to go take a shower in the shower block and it seemed to have stayed on me all day even though I meant to change it for pants at least 2 times before the travel today!! This actually turned out to be very very convenient as the only toilets I have seen all day are the ones being just a hole in the floor! You remember your mum saying, don't touch the bottom of your shoes... Well... After having been to one of these ones noone needs to tell you that ever again! Btw I am wearing reefs from 10 years ago bought in Aussie-land and they are the most comfortable travel footwear ever!

Till now I've felt I was in a hurry basically costantly... Too many things to see and do in Bangkok. Laying here, being on my way to Chiang Mai has given me peace of mind:)

After arriving the first afternoon I went do a shopping trip at MBK mall the bkk shopping paradise american size but... Full of asian merchandise and FOOD! :D
The fist two meals I've had here after a long travel on just white buns and white rice in combination with lack of sleep:), were japanese, the first one was really a sushi place, I had lots of them and not one I had ever tasted before! Food heaven! :P that night I had a delicious heart shaped bavarian cream donut from DD! And had a sleep till about 1.30 am, then woke up and did not fall asleep again till 4ish so slept through most of the morning... Woke up and around 12 making my way into town! Where I passed MBK again and couldn't stop myself from dropping in again as I had seen another, what I had thought to be sushi place... The day before it had a huge queu with locals so wanted to check out what it was all about! got a table and a pan of boiling water... And you know these little moving plates from which you can choose your sushi... Well, they were there, one out of 10 had sushi roll and the others had all of this raw stuff on there, shrimp, meat, octopus, chicken, fish, vegies, mushrooms and a whole lot more of what I don't know the name of.... Thinking I love sashimi, but definitely didn't want to eat some of these things raw! So picking out all the little sushi plates... halfway there I find out all the other things are meant to go in the water! To make a soup haha! And... It is all you can eat, one hour for €6,50 hungry Linnies heaven! :P

Well enough food talk, time for sleep and tomorrow if I wake up on time I will tell you about the temple trip into bkk and Khao San road after!

Xx linnie

enjoying thailand!

Bangkok

2010-02-24T13:30:00.000+01:00

Wow! already here for 2 nights... Finally got online:D

Left home on the 20st on the train to Dusseldorf. The next morning I took the S-Bahn to the airport, only 10 minutes from where I was and got on the plane AOK :) no issues except I forgot I couldn't bring liquids on the plane so they took my deodorant!!! Well.. could have been worse;) The plane was really what you pay for, budget budget and the leg space was just enough for me... but nothing more than that. I was feeling sorry for the guy who was sitting next to me, as his legs did not seem to fit realy:) but soon he moved to the middle row as that was completely empty, so I had two chairs to myself:) On the wayI got my hoofddoekje!! That felt strange to put it on, so I waited as long as I could... but was wearing it when we got off... :) photo will follow shortly!

Had lots of great conversation on the IKA airport in Iran, with the guy who was sleeping on the middle row next to me for the whole flight:), which made the wait quite short and on the plane I sat next to an Iranian doctor! Complete different nice conversation again:) So a lot of talk but no sleep...

Arrived at BKK airport 'Suvarnabhumi' I lost my friend Pieter from IKA airport without having swapped details more than first names... which was a bit of a bummer.
Jetlagged on the 22nd and couldn't believe I was in Thailand and still it doesn't feel like I am in Thailand. Maybe that is because it isn't... It's Bangkok :) I got on the airport express bus and it dropped me nicely at Ratchatewi station and walked from there to the hostel.

I arrived in this great little place; The old charm and it definitely lives up to it's name! Charming little place! I haven't been there much, but when I was it was relaxing... contrasting to the rest of Bangkok, in the city center all you see is tourists, so I decided spending one afternoon there was enough! So today I am on my wai... Next stop Chiang Mai.

Well booked my new place to stay, which my lost friend from IKA airport had recommended me... SK house, only... there are 2. Hope I got the right one! Think so as this one is closest to all the action :P

Well have to get going now... y train is leaving at 22.00 and still have to get my bag, get a massage and get to Hua Lamphong! managed to get one of the last 5 tickets on the night train!

Xx till next time!

Lin

First breath of foreighn air

2010-02-20T23:23:00.000+01:00

Getting out of the train at Düsseldorf Hbf i asked another train-man for directions, he was very helpfull and gave me a little note with the details of the train going to Wehrhan, which was one stop away! Leaving the station breathing my first breath of foreighn air, walking past a thai restaurant on one side and a sex shop on the other on the way to the hotel, finding some roadworks blocking the way to cross the road. Just a little D-tour to het into the stylish looking german Business Wieland hotel!
Trip is going splendid so far!
Wasn't tired arriving here... But getting there now with all the german dubbed tv, opera - which I can't make out a language of anyway... German popstars, or a program on neanderthalers consuming 5000 kcals a day! Like me haha! Btw... Also in german!!
Well signing off now... More tomorrow from the airport probs!

-x-

On the way!

2010-02-20T20:41:00.001+01:00

Didn't pay attention too much to my train ticket:) Booked a superdiscount one for 19,- euros ams-dus! Bargain, only ur stuck to your seat and therefor also train departure time :S to antwerp I just book the cheapest rate available and hop on at the most convenient time as nothing is printed except departure and destination details:) This one is detailed!!! My dad wanted to see what an online printed ticket looked like... Then when he started reading out the seat no. I realised the time I had booked it for! Decided to give it a go anywayz... So I got to Utrecht in time for the train of my aim. Thinking I would pull it off with my charm and a smile :) forgetting I was not on Aruba anymore:P The fact of being confronted with the German train-man at a trainstation a couple degrees above 0 with no coat made me realise that quick enough... So made my way up, found a locker for my backpack and continued into the 'Hoog Catharijne' shopping mall and found this nice and devine place to eat where I had an ossehaas (named entrecote?!?), served with fries, salad and.... salsa music! Couldn't have been better:D then enjoyed a coffee and made my way back to the train, ran past the albert heijn for a nice bottle of red wine to enjoy in my room later :D ran past the locker and made it to the RIGHT train júst in time, and by my surprise my no. 82 seat happens to be in a luxurious 6seat coupé!

All with all, I haven't had anything to complain on this first part of the journey! Continuing my way... Next stop: Düsseldorf Hbf!

Till soon ;)

Greetz!

Lin

Fixed it!! Ready to go... ประเทศไทย!

2010-02-18T17:28:00.001+01:00

My blog is back online!! messed up the DNS a little while ago... but just fixed it, now all ready to go... ประเทศไทย = THAILAND!!

Just like me. Yesterday I went shopping at Bever sport in Amsterdam to get some quick drying ultra lightweight tropics clothing, a mosquito net, some DEET, water purifier and a little travel towel to hang off my backpack, daypack, anywhere to keep me dry. Also I found the perfect place to stay! yesyes... It is going to be @ the one and only... "The old charm" in Bangkok!

Leaving the 20st by train from Amsterdam to Dusseldorf where I will stay overnight to catch the train to the Dusseldorf airport from where my flight leaves to Bangkok with a stopover in Teheran, Iran. This is where I will have a 4 hour wait with my head coverd in scarf and without any beer... Yesterday I was at the hairderessers and one of the hairdressers had just come back from Thailand in Jan, flying with Mahan Air as well. He had no complaints and told me the food was good:D that was what I wanted to know anyway;) The headscarf is included in a little welcomepack which you receive when you board. I'm looking forward to it, really, yeah! excitement:)

So got the blog online and also created a group in my phone which I added email addresses to for easy update sending;) if you want to be added, send me an sms with your email address:) otherwise just keep checking the blog!

I've done a lot of homework and some of my findings I have pasted into my Thailand travel map below. The things I will actually see and do on the way I will document in it, for example the placemarks I have acutally seen I will mark with a fotocamera icon:) And of course tell you all about!!!!

Thailand reis weergeven op een grotere kaart

Also I got a book on learning Thai language. Crazy me... I hear you think, an impossible project, learning Thai! Well... the first unit actually went surprisingly well. Maybe it had something to do with that the chapter is about: ordering delicious food (aahaan aròi)!! But I memorised a lot and it even makes a little sense:)

Well enough preview on Linnie's trip...

Can't-wait-Linnie!

IJs pret!

2009-12-15T11:49:00.005+01:00

Jaja lang gevreesd, maar nu het er uiteindelijk is... valt het best mee die - voor dat getal in het weerbericht... Laten we er maar is wat leuks mee gaan doen! :D

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Wasmasjien DRAMA!

2009-10-01T05:33:00.000+02:00

Ok het begon met het knopje... dat draaide door wanneer het programma bij het centrifugeren aankwam, maar dit was alleen voor programma 4. Dus op een ander prog centrifugeren werkte wel... maar dus niet zoals gewoonlijk dus Linja stelt het wassen uit tot het probleem zich vanzelf oplost.. In a perfect world zou dit misschien het geval geweest kunnen zijn... maar wake up Linnie!!! Het is nog steeds the real world you're living in:) jaja ik weet het... anyway probleem leek even opgelost. Maar vanavond bleek NIETS minder waar... Ik heb zon beetje alle programmas geprobeerd en ze werkten allemaal niet... Robijntje bleef maar in het bakje en de knop begoin steeds harder rond te draaien!! Dan maar het 30minuten op 30graden programma wat niet op hele hoge toeren centrifugeerd. Progje netjes afgelopen, dus Linnie blij! Ook al zat Robijntje nog steeds in het bakje. Was was niet helemaal zo droog als normaal, dus kwam ik NU AL op het idee laat ik dan de droger proberen:D Ok, netjes droger aan, 30graden, strijk droog kan niet veel mis gaan dan. Nou die ook klaar. Deurtje open. NOG natter dan dat het was. Ok, dan maar zo aan de waslijn... halverwegen het eruit halen kwam ik tot de ontdekking dat de halve trommel nog onderwater stond:@ dus al mijn kleren ook! Nu heb ik helemaal niks om aan te trekken morgen, dat gaat dus never nooit niet droog zijn... zelfs niet het duste blouseje. Alles uitvringen, buiten ophangen!! Hmmmz... Morgen dat ding uitelkaar! en ik stop er echt niet mee tot ie helemaal picobello in orde is!!!

Mams zegt dat ze mijn trui droog krijgt voor morgen:) One of the joys of living @ home! :D Let's hope so!

x Lin

Thuiskomen! Nog steeds ja:)

2009-09-29T20:50:00.003+02:00

Ze is nog steeds aan het thuiskomen! Alles zo vertrouwd en toch allemaal weer de eerste keer. Eerste keer in de grijze motregen op de fiets vandaag naar huis van werk. Eerst keer wakker worden met keelpijn in de kou vanochtend... ja hoor ik jullie denken, die kou moet nog komen!! At least gaat het nu geleidelijk. Toen ik afgelopen december hier gedropt werd van 30 graden naar 1 trok ik het echt even niet meer en was ik voor een van de weinige keren toch wel heeel blij om Amsterdam te mogen wisselen voor het zonnige eilandje. Deze keer mag ik er langzaam aan wennen... zal wel moeten haha!

Maarrr things are going good for me hier! Heeeerlijke zomer achter de rug met tal van terrasjes en leuke dingen doen buiten. Zwoele zomer avonden, openluchttheaters, boottochtjes door de grachten, festivals, parades, licht tot 23.00u en hier ook mooie sunsetjes over de grachten. Heerlijk. Het was de goede keus, op het goede moment. Nu komen de gezellige korte dagen eraan, lekker warm thuis terwijl het buiten koud is. Kaarjes aan en filmpje erbij of iets te lezen, wegkruipen onder een warm dekentje! Heb er zin in :D

Nou ik ben ziek aan het worden dus ga lekker in mn bedje alvast bovenstaand uitproberen:)

Greetz!

Lin

Op speciaal verzoek...

2009-07-27T23:20:00.002+02:00

Hier een stukje kaas op de blog;)

Echte Wasabi kaas uit Alkmaar :)

Dertien vitamines

2009-07-19T20:17:00.001+02:00

Er bestaan dertien verschillende vitamines. Vier vitamines die oplosbaar zijn in vet en negen vitamines die oplosbaar zijn in water. De vetoplosbare vitamines zijn A, D, E en K. Die kunnen in je lichaam worden opgeslagen.

De wateroplosbare vitamines zijn B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B8, B11, B12 en vitamine C. Je lichaam kan deze stoffen niet goed vasthouden en daarom moet je ze dagelijks aanvullen.

De hoeveelheid vitamines die je nodig hebt, hangt af van je persoonlijke situatie. Zo zijn je leeftijd, ziekte en zwangerschap bijvoorbeeld van invloed.

Vitamine A
Vitamine A zorgt ervoor dat je immuunsysteem goed functioneert. Daarnaast is vitamine A goed voor je huid, haar en tandvlees en voorkomt het nachtblindheid. Je haalt deze vitamine uit vis, lever, melkproducten (zoals vla, yoghurt) en halvarine en margarine.

Vitamine B1
Vroeger dacht men dat er maar één vitamine B bestond. Maar er blijken verschillende B-vitamines te zijn die voor hun werking deels van elkaar afhankelijk zijn.

B1 zorgt voor de verbranding van koolhydraten. Daardoor krijgt je lichaam energie. Het speelt ook een rol bij de geleiding van zenuwprikkels. Bij een tekort krijg je last van vermoeidheid, depressiviteit en een gebrek aan eetlust. B1 zit vooral in varkensvlees, graanproducten en peulvruchten.

Vitamine B2
Vitamine B2 is nodig voor een goede spijsvertering. Verder houdt het je huid en haren gezond. B2 komt voor in melkproducten, vlees, groente, fruit en graanproducten. Tekorten aan deze stof zijn zeldzaam.

Vitamine B3
Vitamine B3 helpt je lichaam energie te halen uit suiker, vet en eiwit. Daarnaast speelt het een rol bij de werking van het zenuwstelsel. B3 zorgt tevens voor een gezonde huid. Goede bronnen voor vitamine B3 zijn vlees, vis, noten, graanproducten, groente en fruit. Tekorten komen niet veel voor.

Vitamine B5
B5 zit in bijna alle voedingsmiddelen, dus je hoeft niet bang te zijn dat je er te weinig van binnen krijgt. B5 zorgt ervoor dat je lichaam eiwitten, vetten en koolhydraten kan afbreken. Het stimuleert de aanmaak van antistresshormonen en afweerstoffen.

Vitamine B6
Vitamine B6 is belangrijk voor je spijsvertering en weerstand. Verder helpt het bij de aanmaak van rode bloedcellen, is het een onmisbare stof voor je zenuwstelsel en het houdt je geslachtshormonen mee in evenwicht. B6 zou daarom de symptomen van het premenstrueel syndroom (PMS) verlichten.

Bloedarmoede, huidproblemen en een verminderde weerstand zijn symptomen van een tekort aan B6. Je haalt deze vitamine vooral uit vlees, vis, ei, peulvruchten, aardappels en volkoren producten.

Vitamine B8
Met vitamine B8 houd je je huid en haar gezond. Daarnaast stimuleert B8 de aanmaak van vetzuren. Het is te vinden in eieren, melk, soja, noten, chocolade en bloemkool. Een tekort aan vitamine B8 komt niet vaak voor.

Vitamine B11 (foliumzuur)
Vitamine B11 ken je waarschijnlijk onder de noemer foliumzuur. Deze stof is heel belangrijk bij de aanmaak van bloed en DNA-materiaal. B11 beschermt bovendien mee tegen hart- en vaatziekten.

Als je zwanger wilt worden, moet je extra foliumzuur slikken. Daarmee vermindert de kans op een kind met een open ruggetje.

Een tekort aan foliumzuur kan leiden tot vermoeidheid, verminderde eetlust, gewichtsverlies en geheugenproblemen. Deze vitamine zit vooral in groene groenten, fruit en volkoren producten.

Vitamine B12
Vitamine B12 komt alleen voor in voedingsmiddelen van dierlijke afkomst, zoals vlees en zuivel. Het is onder andere nodig voor de productie van rode bloedcellen en voor een goed werkend zenuwstelsel.

Vooral oudere mensen kunnen last krijgen van een tekort aan B12. Dat leidt dan tot geheugenproblemen.

Vitamine C
Vitamine C is goed voor je weerstand. Maar je houdt er ook gezonde tanden, botten en bloedvaten mee en het vertraagt het verouderingsproces. Groente, fruit en aardappels zijn de belangrijkste bronnen.

Let wel: sinaasappels en kiwi's bevatten veel meer vitamine C dan bijvoorbeeld appels. Slik extra vitamine C als je vaak verkouden bent, weinig energie hebt en wondjes slecht genezen.
Vitamine D
Vitamine D komt uitsluitend voor in voedingsmiddelen van dierlijke herkomst. Deze voedingsmiddelen bevatten echter over het algemeen erg weinig vitamine D. Een uitzondering hierop zijn vette vissoorten (bijvoorbeeld paling, zalm en makreel). Deze bevatten iets meer vitamine D. In Nederland wordt vitamine D aan margarine, halvarine en bak- en braadproducten toegevoegd.

Een tekort aan vitamine D komt veel voor. Het kan leiden tot botontkalking. Uit recent onderzoek blijkt dat een tekort aan deze vitamine ook een rol speelt bij het ontstaan van bepaalde soorten kanker, hart- en vaatziekten en diabetes.

Mensen boven de 50 wordt geadviseerd om extra vitamine D te slikken, omdat de huid niet goed meer in staat is om de vitamine aan te maken. Kinderen tot en met 4 jaar hebben ook extra vitamine D nodig, omdat hun huid nog niet voldoende ontwikkeld is om deze vitamine aan te maken. Ook zwangere vrouwen en vrouwen die borstvoeding geven hebben extra vitamine D nodig.

Vitamine E
Vitamine E houdt de huid, zenuwen, spieren, rode bloedcellen en het hart gezond. Het helpt ook om hart- en vaatziekten te voorkomen. Qua eten moet je denken aan plantaardige olie, noten, graanproducten, muesli en sesamzaad. Ernstige verschijnselelen als gevolg van een vitamine E-tekort zijn zeer zeldzaam.

Vitamine K
Vitamine K ten slotte heb je vooral nodig voor de bloedstolling. Het wordt grotendeels in je dikke darm aangemaakt. Verder kun je deze vitamine uit broccoli en spinazie halen.

Kinderen die borstvoeding krijgen, hebben de eerste drie maanden dagelijks 25 microgram vitamine K nodig. Volledige zuigelingenvoeding bevat al voldoende vitamine K.

Rueda Classes @ Pachanga

2009-02-18T13:20:00.003+01:00

Really this was in my private blog, but on request, here are my notes on the Rueda classes taught at Pachanga!

Feel free to put any corrections you have in the comments! As I did take 5 spanish classes a couple of years ago, unfortunately none of them included the words below:)

Well, here you go... the things I've learned in class:

Tue 17/02/2009 19.00 - 20.00 Rueda

Vorige les:
Dame 3
Clave
Pelota 2
Pelota 4

Deze:
Para centro
La flor
Vuelte rueda
Dracula
Dracula moderna
Princessa bueno
Princessa mala
Exivela

Tue 03/02/2009 19.00 - 20.00 Rueda

Enchufa - draai onder de arm door naar de volgende man
Enchufa - double eerste draai wordt gestopt daarna gewone enchufa
Dame una con una
Dame una con dos
Dame dos con una
Dame dos con dos

Tue 27/01/2009 19.00 - 20.00 Rueda
Dame dos
Baby check - hand in rug en buik uit, mannen hoofd op buik
Abajo - salsa steps
Fly - klap boven
Tarro? - looplooploop naar de volgende man
Tarro de Mentira - looplooploop opde plek en man loopt een rondje.

Tue 20/01/2009 19.00 - 20.00 Rueda

cinco or gracias (turn back to partner)
dame otra
esso mi no gusta
dile que no
di me un secreto
di me un chiste
saca la pasear
saca la pasear y tu tambien
Urina al centro
sacudela bien

Tue 13/01/2009 19.00 - 20.00 Rueda

Guapea (Basic step)
Dame or Dame Una move one partner)
Bulla or Una Bulla (Yell)
Mas Bulla (another Yell)
Una Meia (clap your hands on the outside)
Conoce ella (kiss partner)
conoce ella y bisinja (kiss partner and neighbour)
Molestea bisinja (pinch nose , messup hair of neighbour)
Cinco (turn back to partner)

Just a test from email

2009-01-20T19:04:00.000+01:00

Woke up photographically!

2008-11-14T13:48:00.006+01:00

Sporty me!

2008-11-04T12:18:00.001+01:00

Ok, Since going to the gym three out of the four nights I spent in Jamaica (just 50 min on the tread mill), I remembered the feeling of what exercise does to you. Before I went exercising 4 times a week on average. For a while it was swimming 1 hour after work, then I changed over to TaeBo. I got really muscular, people like that, but I don't I was a little unhappy with my weight and size and this taebo was not helping me loose any! Just adding muscle and not loosing anything. So when the cristmas break arrived I never went back after. So it is almost a year I have not really been sporty I only now realise how long it has been.... as it is almost christmas again.

Now I have been testing different places to go. Of course the regular TaeBo with Frank at Collegio. I try to only go there once a week. It is so addictive that I really would like to go everyday! But I decided, no, try some different things. I went to try Zumba last week . First one lesson at Santosa. I did not like the atmosphere there and the lesson was ok, but not something wauw. The teacher was hopi muscular and the hips were not too loose, so I went on and tried a local place in a gymnastics room in one of the stadiums here on Aruba called; Frans Figaroa in Bubali. This was great! I just dropped in and the lesson was half weight training, tonight I am going again and see what a whole lesson of zumba dance is like. They have two in a row, so maybe I'll stay the second one too :P
There is one other place, in Sta. Cruz, Club Estrella. I have not been there yet, but want to try it out as that would be a little easier travel from work/home. Probably tomorrow.

This is inbetween the salsa dancing I got back in to:)

Wednesday - Mambo Jambo
Friday - Perle D'or
Saturday - Mr. Jazz

So back into an active life again and loving it.

Well. Have a nice and active day!

Greetzzz!

Lin

The unexpected

2008-10-30T04:51:00.004+01:00

smoking, drinking and eating ice cream before going to bed... It has been a while!

Had a good night having dinner with two good friends tonight... Different from what i had planned tonight... Which was going to bed after work and read one of the books i bought in jamaica.... But it was worth it. Totally unexpected, which are always the best :)

Well it is late... Off to bed now...

X

Better today!

2008-10-28T22:17:00.000+01:00

I’m house sitting @ JJ and Prem’s. They live at Casibari and I don’t ;)

Sunday night I stayed over there for the first time as I thought it would make more sense during the week to drive from their house past my house on my way to work, instead of from my house to their house and back. The reason why I have to visit both houses in the morning is 4 cats and a lot of catfood!!!

So ok, I normally leave 7.55 from my house to arrive at work at 8. Yesterday morning I left from Casibari 7.25 as I thought 30 minutes of extra time in the morning would be plenty to drive to my house, pickup some stuff get the cats to eat and drive to work. The night before I timed it and it took 10 minutes. So I calculated double the time for in the morning with all the traffic and…. I just made it. On the minute! 8 sharp. Was in 3 different traffic jams and it took me 25 minutes to my place, but yes, just made it to work! This morning I took a shortcut, someone once showed me this road. Knowing me, you would think, no Linja don’t… it will make you late! I always get lost and you have to keep giving me directions:) yes every time. Anyway, it was ok as I got half of it right and successfully avoided 2 of the 3 jams and got back to the 10 minute travel time! Took my time to feed the cats, as I had plenty, packed my bag for tonight for my first Zumba class. I heard a lot about it and as I am in dancing mode these days I thought this would be a perfect addition to my fun and active lifestyle these days:)

When I was in Jamaica, I stayed in the Pegasus hotel, they have a gym downstairs and I went every day. Just for 50 minutes on the tread mill. It was from the brand Cybex International and it had two pre-programmed modes. One for weight loss, which took 30min and one was named Cardio, which took 20min, so I decided to do both of them which came to a nice 50 minute workout. The way I stared feeling afterwards I missed. Looking in the mirror seeing my abs come out as well;) Using energy gives me energy… How that works, don’t ask me, but it is works :)

Well, I'm sure you do not feel like you have waisted your time reading this post as it was sooo informative and fun ;-)

Morning!

2008-10-22T15:52:00.005+02:00

Arrived at class... No one here yet but the teacher.

Way too sleepy still. Yesterday i went to the gym again, got something to eat in the restaurant, got into re-writing my notes of the day and I did not get to bed till 1. Today i woke up just way too early and had a way too big a breakfast!

Some people are getting in... Signing off...

Till later! Have a nice day ;)

Lin

Places on earth

2008-10-22T07:22:00.002+02:00

The possibilities of now, include easy travel. Think about when cars did not exist. How were people moving and how limited were they in where to go. No phone no cars no nothing. Just imagine. Look at us now. All the luxury, mobility. You can go wherever you want to and stay however long you feel like.

Been on Aruba now for 4,5 years approx. The first year was the nice extended holiday. Later everything becomes what they call "life" ;-) "The real thing" Now that life is comfortable, including a lot of friends and nice and new people around me, is this what I want? Do I want to stay on this sunny one happy island? or do I want to further explore the world?

Difficult question.

x from the other 'happy' island named; Jamaica,

Lin

Cold feet.

2008-10-15T14:55:00.002+02:00

Today started early. I woke up at 05.18 It had been raining for 24hours straight by then and it still is now. I lay awake for a bit played some music and waited for my alarm at 06.32. Got up and there it got to me! My hot water had broken a while ago, but it had been summer and I really didn’t miss it, now as early as it was, I realized there had not been any sun for at least 24 hours and I had to get under it… What was facing me… was a very very cold shower!

PS. I survived ;-)

Elmar and Omar

2008-10-14T22:07:00.007+02:00

Yesterday.

A little before lunch time the power went down in the little capital of Aruba, Oranjestad. 4 out of 8 transformers caught on fire while the workers were on strike. They think a kind of switch exploded, which resulted in no power for almost the whole town.

Chaos at work. The UPS was overloaded and therefore did not work. So you think ok, little inconvenient, but then after a little wait…. NO generator. We spent the whole afternoon at work with the server room and everything else in the dark and without any airco. so at 15.00 they started sending people home. At the end of the day everything came back fortunately and it has been up still since!

Today.

I get woken up by thunder as if it got to the roof of my house. This was the start of bad weather all day long. As it never rains on Aruba, of course everything is in chaos from the first drop ;) I had a dinner planned for tonight, but it is canceled. No really today is, not jokingly, pretty bad weather. Everybody, except for technical got sent home again at 14.30. The streets are filling with water. The forecast is that it will be better by tonight though.

Here an image of the hurricane center forecast:

Here an image of windguru today!! Not one likely to be found again...

Dag Patries...

2008-09-29T03:23:00.009+02:00

Patries is weer terug naar Nederland

Het waren super leuke weken!! Fijn om een goeie vriendin even zo dicht bij je te hebben:-)

We hebbenn van alles gedaan. Local happy hours on the beach, Sushi eten bij Sushi Ya en Cocktails drinken bij Next Door. Eten bij B55. Kajakken. Adventure Golf. Salsa dansen bij Mr. Jazz. Avond picnic op het strand bij Manchebo beach met strawberries & Champagne. Salsa dansen in Mambo Jambo. Happy hour bij Bugaloe om te vieren dat Linda 7 jaar op Aruba is:) Gewoon chillen bij Bugaloe. Pizza eten bij Casa Tua in de stad. Lunchen bij Taste of Belgium voor het snorkelen bij Boca Catalina. Lekker touren op de noordkust. Paardrijden was denk ik wel het hoogtepunt! Patries is (ik moet nu dus zeggen was) bang voor paarden... Daar is ze nu dus helemaal overheen:D De eerste keer een beetje spannend... daarna wilde ze nog een keer... De tweede keer kreeg ik vanaf een galloperend paard te horen dat ze in Nederland maar ging informeren naar lessen:P

Dag Patries.... misjoe! Tot snel!

Xx

Lin

Pecan Puffs - Mexican Wedding Cookies

2008-03-19T04:02:00.005+01:00

I am posting this recipe because it is still sitting on a piece of paper since the 24th of december, a friend of mine wrote this down for me at christmas dinner, after they became everyones favorite of the night:-) I am afraid I will lose it so I thought this might be a safe place to keep it!

The picture is not mine... I have no oven at home so unfortunately I am unable to make this delicious treat... so btw feel free to show up at my doorstep when you have tried them out!

well... here it is:

Ingredients:

1 cup pecan nuts (grounded)
1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp Vanilla extract

Add some salt if you want to.

Roll them in balls.
Put the oven on 300 F and leave them in there for 30 min.
After they come out, roll them in confectioners sugar.

Success baking them for me!

Greetz

Lin

Saving Spheno!

2008-02-01T02:13:00.000+01:00

Geen lighting parade voor mij... pika.. .maar toch wat aktie!

Het leek een rustig avondje... lekker tjil na cas:-) Wierrookje, muziekje, beetje bvn kijken, internetten, macbook fixen, deur open... katjes buiten. Ben al een tijdje niet savonds thuis geweest dus ze zijn helemaal blij:-)

Opeens staat de buurman bij mn deur, goedenavond buurvrouw... mis je een kat? (Taran was een keer 4 dagen missing!!!) Ik zei ze zijn allebei buiten... zegt ie dat er een kat tegen hun raam opspringt, maar hij kon niet goed zien hoe die er uitziet, dus ik klimmen, over het muurtje roepen, maar er zat allemaal prikkeldraad boven... ook helemaal donker, ik hoor wel miauw miauw maar ik zie niks... Ok hoe kom ik aan de andere kant?? rondlopen gevraagd aan de andere buren, uiteindelijk was er een hek en dat was open gelukig :-) ik naar binnen... het was aan de achterkant van alle apartementen, en roepen... ondertussen had ik Taran gevonden en thuis gebracht... dus het kon alleen de Spheno doerak zijn:o Er lag overal water en allemaal pallets (waar ze van die dozen opstapelen) dus ik daaroverheen lopen, maar omdat het zo nat was was het hout niet zo stevig meer.... maar ja dus elke stap kraak kraak... en ondertussen zie ik een zwarte schim... en ja hoor hoor ik een miauw... Spheno-tje... in de verte op een pallet.... allemaal water er omheen. Ik kwam een beetje dichterbij en hij loopt door het water naar me toe, helemaal nat, toch maar wel dragen want het was nog een aardig stukje terug met een paar pallets die ik wel met houvast kon redden, maar ja met Spheno vast, toch maar door het water (enkel diep) toen nog door het hek wat ondertussen alweer dicht was gevallen.... Spheno stribbel stribbel... aan de andere kant teug lopen, nog een hekje... nu veilig thuis, good ending to the adventure:-) Deur maar dicht gelaten voor de rest van de avond. Spheno had genoeg te doen helemaal nat hehe:P lik lik lik hij is wel droog nu.

Ki mas? ik was vandaag de hele dag op pad. 9.45 afspraak met de dokter daarna naar het hospitaal voor rontgen fotos, seeeh ma wak jovert :-) min a wak Lincy... paso e tbt tin late shift ayera nochi. Pesey e no por a bin Tamaras Bday:-(

E ta 12.18am awo pero mi tin liber te diaranzon :-p

Morgen weer afspraak voor mn rug, spera e ta bai bon! en laterrrrrrr KIWANIS! heb een kaartje gewonnen! jajajja ik heb al een date:-)

Welterust kga nu slapen wel.

x Lin

Kinderparade Playa!

2008-01-28T02:35:00.000+01:00

Vandaag was ik bij de kinderparade, hopi hopi pret:-)

Heel veel mensen gezien, ik was van huis gaan lopen, bij de rotonde van cas di cultura de route op gelopen. Eerst even bij Terence gaan kijken daarna bij Bobbie en Manon, daar kwam ik Howard tegen. Later kwamen Kencho en Jess langs met hun zusje en ben ik met hen meegelopen om de parade te kijken tegenover El Rey snack truck. Toen belde Linda dat ze met Michel bij Chaos waren, ben ik daar het einde gaan kijken en zijn we met zn drieen weer terug gelopen.

De parade zelf was een beetje klein, maar toch erg mooi! Tania liep mee met de roadpiece waar ik ook nog aan heb meegeholpen!

Nu lekker thuis:-D Iedereen is naar Moomba... maar ik ga lekker slapen zo :-)

Greeetz!

Lin

The first post of the year! and may lots follow!

2008-01-02T13:21:00.000+01:00

Hey there,

Happy new year to all of you!

First working day of the year has started for me. A lot of other companies give the employees the 2nd of January off as well, but not mine... Anyway I had a great time new years eve was very nice! Stayed up way too late really... but very nice:-)

Yesterday I couldn't post anything, because I was in bed all day hehe! woke up and there was a very nice lasagna waiting for me.... It was not like an Italian lasagna, it was a real Arubian lasagna, it had the familiar sheets of dough, and of course the tomato sauce... but apart from that it had this delicious filling which reminded me of the Ayacas which they eat here on Aruba for Xmas. They originally come from Venezuela. I had to get used to them at first. It is made of funchi, which is a corn flour side dish served with the local food here on Aruba. In an Ayaca this is filled with with a lot of nice things, in the most ayacas I have eaten here they had shredded chicken or pork and shredded beef, olives, a cashew nut, a prune, sometimes raisins (I haven't found them this year) All of this is wrapped in Banana leafs. They have become one of my favorite foods yummieeee! Anyway, this lasagna had about the same filling as an ayaca... loved it!

Ahhh here some pictures of Ayacas:

Ok, I'm off, back to work!

Bye for now,

x Lin

Last post of the year...

2007-12-31T14:41:00.000+01:00

Hehe guess what is my newyears resolution.... WRITE MORE! correct:-)

I will start posting at least the best photo of each album I put online.

I went to see the fireworks from Ling and Sons this year with Klaas and it was huge!!! I took my camera and the tripod and of course a little cool box with some Polars and a bottle of red wine... We met someone there called Julian, he had the Canon EOS 400D (Rebel) we talked a little about the cameras as they are quite similar. Klaas also made some video:

!!!HAPPY YEAR!!! I wish to you all the health and happiness for 2008!

Taran en Spheno

2007-10-11T16:39:00.000+02:00

Ik heb gisteren voor het eerst de deur open gezet sinds Taran en Spheno in mijn appartement zijn aangekomen. Spheno rende meteen naar buiten en weg was ie, Taran zette 2 stapjes buiten, en rende toen meteeen weer naar binnen...