“I hate it when you are right!”

I stomped my left-foot and pursed my lips, giving him the ultimate spoiled brat look. A perfect gesture to melt his frozen-anger.

“No” he replied coldly, piercing me with his blue-grey eyes “You hate it when you are wrong!”

An answer that instantly shuts me up and put my thought in motion.

It’s always easier to blame others, while the reality is quite simple, I just don’t want to admit that I made mistakes. In fact, I am trying to cover it by blaming others. Even using the fact that they’ve kindly corrected me.

How noble.

“Oh hunny” he smiled kindly, responding to my sudden silence “I didn’t mean to make you sad. Shall we get you some water?”

I nodded and grinned widely. What a brat.

~Stay tuned for the Faces in the Tram(2), friends

E, in a very fast-anxious-mocking way of speaking
Why did people ride roller coaster? I still can’t understand. It’s like every inch of the ride, you are closer to your death. Listen to all these people screaming. I am still young. Why would I want to die? Why would I want to be closer to death? It will come to me anyway..why search for it?
A, calm and amused
At least you will die in an exciting way
E,
Can’t I just die in a normal way?

After being late for 20 minutes :p (it was saturday, 8 in the morning, btw), we actually managed to found the other (waves to Filip, Magda, Aspasia, Barbara and Ben) and get in the train with a small breakfast. In 3 minutes, 7 of us left Amsterdam for Den Bosch. An hour of a nice train ride, followed by a bus ride (with long green strippenkaart xD), we actually there *gasp in excitement*

EFTELING!!

It was really a miracle, we don’t need to wait for anything. And the weather is great!!

There are already queues when we’re there, but suddenly we are at the front and woo-hoo!! we’re in! (ive got a nasty feeling that we’re cutting the line, btw, but hey, we’re in, suckers!!)

Treasure Chest. Get your cash here.

1. Pagode
Now you see the pagode, now you don’t. Now you see it, now you don’t. That’s because the pagode is up on the sky!! Wee!!

pagoda up in the sky

View from the Pagoda

2. Phyton
Curious that our first ride should be a…ROLLER COASTER, even better, it’s the BIGGEST in the park.

One problem. I hate roller coaster. I fear them. Ahahahahhaha -__-” This one even have the curves, the loop..(Moommmmyy..get me out of here please T__T) , the speed, and the heights (Mooommmyyyyyyy T__T my height-phobic)

Look at those loops and curves and height.

But for the first time in my life, a reassuring smile made me jump to the seat and take the ride. It was the scariest 1 minute of my life, and i thought it would be the last. When we decide to go to..

3. The Flying Dutchman
Aye. Pirates and ships. The story is about Van Decken, a succesful and ambitious captain of VOC. But Alas, he chose to sail at easter and he got cursed. The ghost ship that will roam the ocean for eternity.

I thought it would be like a ghost house thing. We sat in a little boat (of course the safety belt made me wonder for a while, but it wasn’t anything like phyton’s safety belt), and then we slowly sail into misty darkness. When suddenly rains and thunders came out of nowhere. And suddenly the boat accelerates, first inside the flying dutchman, where the carved face of Van Decken scares us, and whoaaa……

IT’S ANOTHER FRIGGIN ROLLER COASTER RIDE…

It’s going even faster, next thing I know, we are boosting and curving in the open, sunshine blinded my eyes, and LO!! we fall straight to the water…..

Ze Flying dutchman

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA MY WEAK HEART!! My weak faint heart…enjoyed it so much.

After this ride, I have the feeling that I should stop..I should stop..

4. Pegasus
Of course, I was wrong. The next ride, why of course, a wooden-track roller coaster. Creaking woods and high speed carts. Ahahahahahahahahaha.

But then I survived. And we went to get some water..

5.Piranha
…on ze clothes!! hihihihi…the next attraction was this-kinda-like-rafting-thing. I was so eager to get wet, but Andi got all the water T__T no fair no fair. It was too short, and a bit slower than i thought, but still fun!!

After intense rides, we decided to have some lunch and sat down for a bit. When we’re done, Ben and I stayed, while others advance to the next attraction Swiss Bob. I heard it was quite a smooth and slow ride for a roller coaster, but I was too tired for another round of roller coaster, so I thought I’ll pass and listen to the live music instead,

They are actually very good.

6. Fata Morgana
A very slow attraction, we ride a boat, to see the inside of middle age Baghdad. The Bazaar, The Harem and The Camels. There are tiny bit of laser show, and it was a very refreshing ride, after all the excitement at the start of the days.

7. Row-a-Boat
Ehe. By far this is my favorite ride. It’s very simple really, you got a boat and you could row around the lake. If you know how to row xD.

First, we were sitting in the opposite direction to the boat’s front. And then I started to row backwards. 15 minutes past, 4 people were rowing and yet we still going around the same corner, laughing at the fact that we haven’t moved an inch.

And then magically we moved! straight into crashing a willow tree, and the next thing everyone was roaring with laughter and the leaves were slapping our cheeks.

Thanks to Filip, we managed to land safely on the ground. But that bit was hillarious.

We set to find for a haunted house and fairy tale land, on the way we met,

Geese Parade

After roaming around for a bit, we found…

8. Fairy Tales Forest
It’s a forest filled with..fairy tales (surprise surprise) and a long walk. There are figures (As in puppets) who read the story to children, we stayed a bit and watched a show about Waterlilies, I can imagined small children would gasp in amazement, but for 6 adults, that was just too much.

9. Villa Volta
Ah well, didn’t even get the seat to the main attraction. LOL. but yeah, Ive seen the alike once.

After that, we are just plain exhausted and everybody said yes to the idea of going home. So we did. Have to wait for 15 minutes for the bus, but it was worth it, since we got a seat and able to get some nap. Took a quick dinner at Donner Company, and got the train in Amsterdam, just 2 minutes before it departs. Lucky!

All in all in was a great day! I learn something about myself, and about life, and the best of all, I had FUN!

I sat with my bestfriend yesterday, reminiscing the days when we were..
Complete.
Yes, that is the word, Complete.
A job, a fiancee every women would die for, and a steady social life.

Funnily enough, we were complete, but unhappy.
I was always searching for the meaning of happiness, and she was always trying to kept the sadness away.
It took me long enough, before I finally understood.

I am sorry, my dear friend, but I have to disagree with you. There is such thing as a Happy Life and oh yes, it doesn’t come easy nor cheap.

Is it extraordinary?
Yes.
Is that mean you are laughing everyday, has everything you want and you need?
No, not at all. I have my ups and downs. My frustration and desperation. Tears and anger.
Yet, I have a peace in mind. I have confident and courage to solve problems. I am not afraid to ask for help and grateful when I received one.I know I will bounce back everytime I fall and cry, and bounce even higher and stronger. I follow my heart, and let my loved one, govern my head.
Are you happy?
Yes. I am
How does it feels?
Like a warm, soft sun in the morning. Like a warm bath after a long day of working. Like a nice warm soup in the cold winter night.

So, my dear friend, I suggest you start looking for that feeling. I know you have it, tucked somewhere behind your worries and anxieties. Don’t give up just yet. Happiness is somewhere around the corner.

e: what’s a passive-aggressive anyway?
u: well, you are showing your anger in a passive way
e: mm..weird.
u: why?
e: well i always thought, for me, scrap the word passive.

Oy, Asshole!

Of course, I am capable of being aggressive. I even believed, most of the time, I am aggressive.
But it got me curious, so I looked at these signs of passive-aggressive behavior.

The book Living with the Passive-Aggressive Man lists 11 responses that may help identify passive-aggressive behavior.

hmm..
ok, let’s see,

* Ambiguity or speaking cryptically: a means of engendering a feeling of insecurity in others
mm..you mean telling half-truth? sounds like politician to me, hihihihi. Lemme see, I don’t think this describes me, no. I usually blurted the truth.
Like “squeeze” or “oh, you’re cute”.
Seriously, honesty can be very embarrassing.
* Chronically being late and forgetting things: another way to exert control.
Hmmm….hmm..uh huh..uh huh…wait, what am i supposed to do again?
* Fear of competition
I avoid competition because I strongly believe I am better than any of you. You low life midgets, competing with you morons will just a waste of time.
….
uh..what was the question again?
* Fear of dependency
I am..ok..seriously, this is getting more and more sounded like me..
* Fear of intimacy as a means to act out anger: The passive aggressive often can’t trust. Because of this, they guard themselves against becoming intimately attached to someone.
not true. I am attaching myself to anyone who wants to be attached by me. hohohoho. forcefully.
or not.
what was the question again?
* Making chaotic situations
I swear I didn’t mean it. Which situation did you refer to anyway? How chaotic?
* Making excuses
Err…it was the tram, no, I mean, the door, no, the neighbor, no, really, anything but me.
* Obstructionism
what is the meaning of this word? (no, this one, i don’t forget, i simply don’t know xD)
* Sulking
HAH!! Sulking is only for loser!!
but you are a loser,
No, am not,
yes you are, and you are in denial
Argh.can’t.stop.this.voice.in.my.head.
*retreat to the dark corner and start to weep*

and last, but not least

* Victimization response: instead of recognizing one’s own weaknesses.
Seriously, aren’t all human being has difficulties on recognizing their own weaknesses? Even if they do recognized it, they would have a hard time in owning up to it.

So, my conclusion, am I passive-aggressive?
No. I’m aggressive. point. :p
but only if it’s needed. and when it’s spring.
Lately, my fuse has been very short, that I would love to bite people’s head off

how bout you?
recognize the signs in you?

Ah yes, Saturday, a nice weather, and a long weekend, what can two people infatuated with love do?

why of course, GO TO THE ZOO!!

After a nice breakfast, warm tea, anti-allergen for both and some arguments (:p, yes yes most of the times i can be very difficult..), we finally marched out of the house. A bit cloudy, but Google said it would be sunny (who wouldn’t trust google? :p)

A quick journey with the tram, when the conductor suddenly announced that the next stop is for Artis. So we followed the advice and jumped out.

-.- wrong thing to do. It’s a long walk to the entrance.
ahahahahahha -.-”

anyway, as soon as we found the entrance,
e: where is this entrance?
a: further down, c’mon it’s not like a rocket science on how to find the entrance..
e: it is, if I don’t know where to go
bought the ticket, excitingly go inside and we found..

Camels. That one made an “oooo” with his mouth. Looks like I am not the only who got surprised.

But it’s really a bit sad….They have to share their field. Mind you, it is already a bit too small for 3 large camels. As if it’s not bad enough, they have to share it with this sorta-bull thing, with horns in their head, which sometimes poke the camels in the ass (poor guys T.T) and the worse is this metrosexual creature xD,

although I have to admit, their hairstyle is quite trendy…
nyahahahaw.

After a quick discussion, we decided to go to Aquarium and watch show in the Planetarium. The show starts at 16:00 which leaves us 3 hours to wander around. And so we did.

The highlights of the wandering around,

fennec

uber cute fennec >.< makes me want to eat it…

my fave shot (taken by Andi :p),

bigturtle

our fave animal,

vulture

stopping by the butterfly garden, which is beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,

a bush filled with butterflies

before proceeding to the Aquarium. YAY.

They have HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE Fish. I mean seriously, they are monstrous fish. Even there is this one Goerami (yes guys, Indonesian gurami, yumm), which looks as if it can feed the whole village 0______0
really,

Dinner

oh and Andi’s fave

leopard shark

And many many more.

In the end, it’s a very sad place for the animal, I hate to say. There this one bird, who usually walks 10 km a day, but then, they have to stay in their cage. So what they do, is pacing around, with confused looks on their face . Or this ant-eater,

ant eater with the new born

*Sigh.

Anyway, we slow down a bit for Andi’s ice tea and my cotton candy . With face covered with pink sugar,

pink sugary cotton candy

Saw a huge python, mini croc, and huge croc.
e: My, small croc. What kind of croc is that? *mocking*
a: Mmm..check this one out,
e: 0___0 ok, that one is HUGE

After the reptiles, we rushed back to the planetarium and waited awhile for the show. We watched the Origins of Life and Spacetrip. Unfortunately, both show was in dutch. But from the explosion, we concluded that Big Bang and Supernova is involved .

We also stopped by kinder-boederij, where you can pet..uhmm..goat, sheep and chicken.

XD

I mean seriously, who would want to touch the goat, when they added the sign,
“Be careful, goat can chew on your dresses!”.

Bwahahhahahhahaha.

But, I brace myself for an attempt to pet a…

elvin and sheep. doesn't go well together.

After the shock, we decided it’s time to go home. Artis will be closing in 5 minutes and we had so much fun already.

It was a wonderful and fantastic journey, plus we welcome Artis de Partis in our house

Wizzywig

say hello to Wizzywig!! hihihihi isn’t it cute????