Life update

Hello everyone,

I realised that I haven't update for about 4 years now. For the people that do take time to read this, thank you!

In the past 4years a lot has happened, I quit school and started working full time, my 5 yrs relationship has ended. I went through a lot of unhappy times. I also went through a mental breakdown and it took me a very long time to get comfortable around people again and building trust in people. 

I quit school because of the breakdown I had and close after that my ex broke up with me after 5 years together. I had a hard time to accept that and went to going out (don't worry I don't drink alcohol). I did it as a way out to keep myself busy. Very soon after that I regretted it and stopped doing it.

When the time is right good thing will come. Few months ago my best friend asked me if I was interested to go back into the ICT. I said yes without thinking since working with computers is a passion of mine. So in coming November I will move to Ireland to start a new job and a new chapter in life. I hope that things will work out well. 

So this it my current life update, I do not know when I will update it again, maybe I will update me live in Ireland. Who knows.

Signing off,

xhelentx

Pinkpop (14/07/2015)

Unfortunately I only went one day due to family parties. So went on sunday, the day that my bf really wanted to go because of Rise Against. Pinkpop is my first festival, so i didn't know what to expect. Also a week before I injured me leg and the day before I injured my foot. Yes I know I am clumsy. But I got tickets for it so I didn't let my injuries get in the way. When we arrived it was already in the afternoon so we didn't spend a lot of time there. We saw Rise Against, One Republic and some act where we happen to walk by. The sun was shinning so it was super warm that day.

Actually I don't know what to write since it was such a short day at the festival. Hopefully next time I can go without any injuries and 3 full days.

London (20/12/2014)

So to celebrate our 1 year anniversary my boyfriend came with a surprise. A weekend away to London, England. But he accidentally slipped it away so it wasn't a surprise anymore. But to make it up he came with another surprise. He invited my cousins from Manchester to celebrate with us. I was really surprised to see them at the hotel lobby.

We spend a day together in London, we went to some places for old memories and of course we went to Camden Market afterwards. We went to some stores, bought some stuff. And we went to the pub for a bit. and when it was getting late we went to an Japanese restaurant, specializes in ramen and bento boxes. Soon we retreated back to the hotel and my cousins left.

The next day we went by the London eye and then we went to the winter market before we headed to the airport. The winter market is really nice, atmosphere. Unfortunately that we were tired and had our luggage's with us, if not it would have been more fun.

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Ganglion @ Patronaat, Haarlem, Netherlands (02/04/2015)

Well what can I say. I have been a fan of them since the beginning. I was so excited to see that they were coming to the Netherlands. That day I had school so it was rushing home to get changed and rushing to Haarlem to meet up with my friends. When I met up with my friend, we walked to the venue. We were like 2 hours early and there were like about 5 people outside the venue waiting.

Time went by, more people arrived. Soon we were waiting for the doors to open. Once we got inside, like usual hanging up coats and bags. We went inside and 2 support bands were playing first, Sway and Lesoire. Personally they aren't my type of music, so I was messing around with my friends.

The time came that Ganglion was on stage, and everyone was screaming from excitement. They played their popular songs like "Distance", "Black Out", "Koufuku no Seori " etc. they also played some new songs.

When they finished playing, of course I went to buy merchandise. Afterwards I asked if they can sign the merschandise I bought and they were really happy to do it. Afterwards I also got on the picture with them.


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ADAMS @ 330Live, The Hague, Netherlands (15/03/2015)

Unfortunately this post won't be long because the concert was quite short.

Like usual I arrive with friends at the venue. 330Live is a small place, so it doesn't matter where you stand you can see everything. Except if someone taller than you stand in front of you. Before they started playing I was talking to some friends I haven't seen in a while.

When ADAMS got on stage it got hot straight away. They played song after song. At some point it was so warm that Shota said that if we take our clothes of then they will. Straight away a guy at the back took his shirt of. ADAMS didn't take their shirts off but Shota did unbuttons Adam's shirt.

After their performance you can buy some merchandise and get them singed and take a picture with them. For the first time for me that a concert finished so early. So walked back to the station with 2 friends. Only after a while we noticed that we are walking circles around the church. After we noticed that, we went on the right track to the station.

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Setlist:

broken piece-
-MC-
Kissin’ in the Dark
MARIA
ROMEO
Dizzy Love
-MC-
WHY
GAME SET (ゲームセット)
Seseragi (せせらぎ)
-MC-
Akisame (秋雨)
Boku no Sei (ボクノセイ)
-MC-
YOAKEMAE
-MC-
ROMANCE
Bittersweet
Sweet Dreams

Encore
Fly through the sky
-MC-
ONE AND ONLY

One Ok Rock @ Melkweg, Amsterdam (13/12/2014)

First thing first, Sorry that I am posting this like a year late, I have been busy with all kind of stuff. But I will slowly pick up my blogging again!

Well first I arrived almost late, and the queue was super long. Thank god I had a friend who was already standing in the queue, so we joined him. Door opened quite fast afterwards. Once we got inside, i went to hang up my coat and bag up first. Trying to find a good place in the crowd.

There were support bands playing, so the crowd wasn't that crowded yet. Mallory Knox were playing first and the Tonight Alive. I have never heard of them before, so I didn't know what I was expecting. To my surprise they we quite good. Of course as time passes I slowly moved to the front. By the time One Ok Rock were playing I was quite close to the stage,

Since they haven't release a lot of new materials, they started playing some old songs. I was able to sing every single one they played. Half way through they did some solos and played Mighty Long Fall their new song. After they were finished, they thanked everyone and got of stage. Of course no one is accepting that and started shouting "encore" after 5 minutes they came back on stage and played "Wherever you are".

After they were done officially we went to get some merchandise of course. I even got to take a foto with some members from Mallory Knox.

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Venice, Italy 2015

Ok so I know that still have like 4 post to write, but I want to write this one first. Its actually travel post I am writing I think.

I went to Venice for a week, from May 7th till May 14th. My plane to Venice was quite late, so when we arrived we just took the taxi to our resting place, Camping Village Jolly. I am not going into details regarding the camping much as I have a very negative review about it.

Lets go and talk about the trip itself. First day was pretty much figuring out what to do and just looking around. Having a small walk around to see what there are to see. We quickly decided that we will split it in parts to see on different days.

The next day we went to a different part, walked around saw a lot, ate a lot which could not be left out of course. Everyday we did the same thing, went on the waterbus which was a lot of fun. I didn't ride the Gandol because I have read online that its very expensive. So we decided to skip that. We also came across a mask shop that was hand made by the owner. I got a little souvenir for myself as I really wanted a mask. Instead of getting a big mask I got a small one made out of clay since its easier to fit in the suitcase.

Days goes by, and saw many things. On the day of my boyfriend's birthday we went to visit the little islands Murano, Burano, Torchello. It was very interesting to see that ever island has their own speciality. Soon the dawn approached us and we went for dinner. Food is delicious like always. And soon after we saw Venice at night.

Soon are trip was coming to an end. We have seen a lot, eaten a lot and enjoyd a lot.

Here are some pictures I have taken, please do not take them without permission as I have taken them all by myself!