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I really really need to stop being stubborn and I need to stop procrastinating. I know it's a Goat's thing but at times I really don't do myself a favour by feeding this Goat trait of mine nice juicy ...

I'm Stupid...

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coz I'm ill by overwork and I'm dealing with the consequences... I'm gonna stay away from computer and blogging for a while until the inflammation is gone. I can hardly type because of severe RSI, a ...

Moon Energy

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The dust has settled after a week and I even heard an apology yesterday. It seems that whenever there is a full moon, things get heated at times. I do believe in the energy of the moon, the power of C...

Business Update

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I finally got my plastic pass in that I applied for weeks ago, it came in with the post this morning. I went to meet with my accountant today to sign the company papers. Of course I ran into that swee...

A Mystery...

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Monday I had my blood test done and for the first time, ever since I've moved here, I was confronted with the bureaucracy of the UK health system and I was not happy about it to be honest. What could ...

Happy Halloween

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To those who googled for 'chinese doctor' please read the previous post [Three Days In Hospital] and next one [A Mystery] too. Feel free to email me if you have any questions about the herbal treatmen...

Three Days In Hospital

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[edited version 28/10/07] Complaints: I haven't been feeling well for five weeks. It started the day after Maurice his birthday and back then I thought it was a stomach bug so I didn't think much of i...

Jaundice

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Hi all, I ended up in hospital at EMC [Emergency Medical Care] Wednesday morning because of a serious liver malfunction and jaundice and only got out today because my liver test was slightly improved...

Short Update

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This week has been hectic so far and I will be happy when it's Friday night and I will be asleep. Just too much going on at the moment. I promised Paul to test his project for him last Monday and Tues...

Another Friday

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To those who googled for 'chinese doctor' please read here how I ended up in hospital because of the herbal treatment, it took me three months to recover and I'm lucky to be alive; it caused a serious...

Chinese Doctor II

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To those who googled for 'chinese doctor' please read here how I ended up in hospital because of the herbal treatment, it took me three months to recover and I'm lucky to be alive; it caused a serious...

Chinese Doctor

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To those who googled for 'chinese doctor' please read here how I ended up in hospital because of the herbal treatment, it took me three months to recover and I'm lucky to be alive; it caused a serious...
It's Wednesday and I'm still feeling tired and drained, I think I haven't had enough sleep last week; going to bed late and getting up early. I have a cold since Monday, I'm trying to fight it: I don'...

Covent Garden

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I'm still working on my portfolio. I need to finish one online and a physical one and since I have a five years of backlog it seems to turn into a never ending story. Also because I'm working on both ...

Culture Shock

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Things have been good for a few days now. I seem to be able to accomplish a lot more once I set my mind on it, which leaves me feeling good about myself. I try to set a goal each day and instead of no...
They've taken two biopsies Thursday evening and removed a polyp from within the womb. A hysteroscopy and a colposcopy were done. This Thursday I will find out about the results. Pain is bearable but I...

Random Nonsense

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I'm so tired today, I guess it's because I stayed up all night to sort out some Flash problems. I'm supposed to meet up tonight with C. and go to a pub somewhere near Bethnal Green to watch a colleagu...

Cattle Behaviour

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Well, I managed so far, but since my other half refused to wear a surgical mask, although I kept nagging him about it, I now am victimised too. He shamelessly spread bacteria each time he had to sneez...

One of Those Days

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It's one of those days again... I'm feeling slightly stressed because there's too much going on. My friend is still in hospital and I'm waiting for T. to give me a call about her condition. They start...

Alice in Wonderland

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Appointment 09.30 at hospital. I've spoken with the specialist for at least ten minutes before she and the nurse examined me thoroughly. Had to have a scan made, according to the scan specialist all s...

By Appointment

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A. called the hospital for me. Next week on Thursday I will have to see a specialist, I'll keep my fingers crossed but I reckon since it will be my first visit, she won't do anything freaky [just yet....

New Year's

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I have been seriously ill over the weekend, I reckon it was the side effect of the flu vaccination that I got earlier. So I ended up having a terrible cold which then turned into a nice sinus infectio...

We Have a House!

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I was on the phone with Carla tonight, she needed my personal info to arrange her wedding next year since I will be her bridesmaid, when the neighbour rang the door bell to tell A. that he accepted hi...

*Sigh*

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We've been to the GP this morning, A. wanted me to go because I have been ignorant and in denial for quite a few years now. Just didn't want to have a checkup again. Last time I did I had to go to hos...

Minus Ten

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It took me a while to publish this post because somehow there is a bit of shame and the lingering question how it happen. I know how it happened; it has been medication mainly and the side effects of ...

Ill

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Right, no new posts for a while. I'm having a high fever and I'm sleeping a lot lately. During the day that is and not during the night because then the fever kicks in and I'm wide awake at four in th...

Running With The Devil

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Well, I haven't been faffing really. I finally unpacked my G5 because I couldn't sync my new cellphone with my PowerBook and I was desperate to see if it would work on the G5 and OSX 10.4.7 First it d...

Murphy's Law

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"A mathematician, a psychologist and an economist commissioned by British Gas have finally put into mathematical terms what we all knew: that things don't just go wrong, they do so at the most annoyin...

Me and Hat [Yeah!]

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I feel a bit better. I promised A. yesterday to go out for a little walk today although I didn't really feel like it. So we did, first time out of the house in days and guess what I had my hat on... B...

Oh Well...

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I've been in bed since Wednesday afternoon because I have a high fever again. The moment my colleague came in I told him I had to leave straight away, go home and into bed. I cancelled my appointments...

The Weekend

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I still don't feel well. I still have a bad cough and I stayed home for almost two weeks. I didn't feel like going out of the house because it was either cold or wet. So also this weekend we stayed in...

It's Oh So Quiet, Ssh Ssh

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Back into the land of the living. Well... almost. I had a bad cold and I finally feel a bit normal again. I have been in bed for about a week, feeling one moment freezing cold the next burning hot. Lu...

Typical Thursday - Part III

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Well I'm off to bed, joining A.. The bug is still there, I guess I was just a bit optimistic. As soon as I had something to eat the pain, sounds and other annoying symptoms were back again. I'm drinki...
Guess I've past it on to A.; he's not feeling good, nauseous and a stomach pain. Just how it started with me last Friday. I still have a bit of a problem but at least I can eat food again. A shame bec...

Typical Thursday

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I slept in this morning, guess I needed it after all the disturbed nights. My stomach is much better and not making noises anymore, but I didn't eat anything yet and I didn't eat much for 5 days alrea...

Stomach Bug

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I have been ill for two day, a serious stomach bug which is causing severe pain. I can't sleep because whenever I turn around the pain seems to be everywhere. I asked my colleague today what it could ...

Progress

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I had an extremely busy day today and I'm glad that I'm home not having to do anything and being able to go to bed early since I have to be at work at 07.00 in the morning... I had to visit my GP this...

Another One

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I had another panic attack last night. I couldn't remember a thing about it but is seriously disturbs my sleep. I'll have to keep a track record to see if there is any improvement on this. I'll also h...

Bad Night

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I had a bad night last night and I can still feel the results of that. I have been tired most of the day. Just drained with energy. I woke up in the middle of the night having a panic attack. I asked ...

Deep

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They've finally found out what is wrong with my system. Well to be honest I heard about it two weeks ago right before I became ill. I'm not going to discuss it on here, not because I'm a wimp but some...

A New Beginning

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Today is the first day of a new life, a new beginning. It scares me and it feels like things are no longer in my control although they are. A. helped me thru the first day. We've been talking a lot ab...

Blood Tests

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I had to see the doctor again this morning and after that the nurse. We've discussed all sorts of things. The nurse is called Wija and she is going to arrange some covers for me. These dust mite proof...

High on Meds

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I have a lung infection. This is the first day that I'm up but not running unfortunately. I feel drained still and the fever came back this morning. Which isn't a good thing and I'll have to tell the ...

Mrs. B

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This morning I had to get up early and go to the hospital to do another heart test. I was still tired when I woke up since we went to bed late at night, or early in the morning if you prefer. I didn't...

Intense

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This morning felt like I had a severe hangover. An emotional one that is. I didn't sleep well last night and I had to get up at six in the morning. Thank God it will only be one more week and then Car...

Rise n' Shine

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Early Rise n' Shine today because I had to return the silly machine before a certain time. Of course I didn't make it because no matter how early I get up, I end up faffing around, being busy with not...

Machines and friends

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This morning I had to go to the hospital again to have this scan done. It took half an hour or so. About ten minutes later I had to go to another room where a nurse put this silly box on me. Once agai...

Sick

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All of a sudden I was sick last night. I guess because of the food and medication. The fact that I don't have any solid food lately. I had something before dinner that must have been too much/heavy fo...

Wired Up

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Went to the cardiologist this morning. They made an ECG scan of my heart, it seemed alright but they're going to take more tests within the following two weeks. Next week they're going to make an echo...

Condition of the Heart

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I just came back from the hospital. I had to see a neurologist about the dizziness, headaches and fuzziness in my head which started 7 years ago. The reason why I went to see an ENT specialist [ear, n...

Gig Last Night

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Willy DeVille was awesome! The gig at Paradiso was really cool. He's getting older though, he needed a stool to sit on during the concert and he was limping. People were guessing about his age, most o...

Running

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I had a busy day today, didn't have time to write something on here. I went to the park this morning and met up with Dina to go running for an hour. It was a bit cold this morning. Ran into Alex *not ...

One of Those Days...

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I'm feeling sad. Today when I got home I found the youngest bird in the cage: dead... I think it's number five or six that died over the last 3 years. I don't know what happened. Maybe it got stuck wi...

Ill

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I'm in bed for a couple of days already. I went home from work on Friday morning. I called my colleague on Thursday evening to tell her that I didn't feel well but I was going to start up the next mor...

Therapy

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Yesterday I've been told that I seem to be 'seriously ill'... I went to a therapist who measured my complete system using electro-acupunture and the Chinese meridian points. It seems that my immune sy...

Attack of the Viruses

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I'm under attack once again by viruses. Not on my computer though because that is one perfectly fine PowerBook running on OSX therefore safe from virus attacks. My own operating system isn't alas. Las...

Bad Day

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Had to take the train this morning to just outside the city. I had an appointment with someone who is going to judge if I am capable of working or not. I told her I could, but with certain limitations...

Glitch In My System

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I had an appointment today with an osteopath... These people are miracle workers! Amazing what they do, how they examine you, what conclusions they draw and how good and unusual their treatment is. He...

Second Opinion

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Had to go see GP for approval to get a second opinion. But he wasn't in, and his replacement was such an ass I felt like I had to answer to him about things he didn't even know about, he was so annoyi...

Exhausted

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Had to take the train today Pain in the butt I couldn't do it; too many people Too much pressure on my mind I had to, so I did But afterwards I was so dizzy Spoke to doctor today She said I needed mo...

Results

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Had to run some errands today Called employers to give them an update on my situation Still very dizzy and tired though and at times severe headaches I try not to think about it because it is no use B...

Trust...

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I don't trust hospitals nor doctors and believe me, I have some good reasons for that. Today was just another confirmation of something I've known for a long time. I feel angry and confused. I had to ...

High

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Friend came over to see how I'm doing Still taking things slow, when friend left I wanted to sleep again Why am I still so tired? My head is filled with cotton balls. It's like I'm high all the time. ...

Dizzy

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Did some shopping on my own today, I am still so incredibly dizzy. I can't focus on anything and if I have to I get impatient and just give up. Focus on something is impossible, takes a lot of concent...

Blood

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I received so many post cards, flowers, phone calls and emails. I am too tired to reply though so I keep sending one mail to all my friends but they all keep replying me and then I still have to send...

Flowers!

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Knock on door Huge bouquet Expensive!!!!! Most beautiful I've ever seen Delivery from My employer Really Cool! ...

The First Time

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Okay... going out of the house for the first time It's 9 in the morning and still quiet at the store A friend came over to help me buying groceries Carrying bags for me because I'm not allowed To put ...

Sleeeeep

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Had some friends coming over today It was good to see them And some other friends called And some other friends sent me mail Now I'm exhausted... And still in pain =( Better get some sleep And go bac...

Lucky Day

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Just my lucky day Another parcel came in the mail Some French lingerie All I need now is the right occasion ;)...

Hairy Highlander

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Someone knocking on my door Cool; a parcel delivery from the UK My friend in Scotland sent me all my favs A nice card with Scottish man in cheeks Two miniature bottles of good whisky A nice hairy high...

Pain

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Too much pain Too much happened Too many thoughts I really really don't like hospitals They took me brain out this morning Well at least that's how it felt Worst experienced pain ever To have bandag...

Survived

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I survived... Blood all over the place today Bandage came out by itself Panic Called hospital Bleeding stopped after 45 minutes...

Surgery

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Surgery today I'm scared......

Clear Mind

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I'm getting ready to recover within the next 4 weeks, I won't be able to go shopping so I have to get it all ready in advance. I went down town. Been cycling thru the drizzling rain. I was soaking wet...

Surgery

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I need surgery, it might help... I have to think about that, I have to think about a lot lately...

Tense

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I am tense because of tomorrow. The results of the scans will be in and I have to go to hospital... I was taking it out on him tonight when he came home, I feel bad about it. Never meant to do this, ...

Scared

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CT scan today I am so scared, didn't tell anyone Because I have to be the strong girl I can do it on my own I did everything on my own so far I don't need anyone Because the only one I can truly rely ...

CT Scans

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Having severe headaches for months already and being extremely dizzy all the time. Today they ran tests on me to see what could be wrong. Got antibiotics and a nose spray. Have to come back to hospita...

Ill

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Been ill for a couple of days Was out of town as well Been looked after which was great Home on my own again mid week Still ill......

Great!

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Food poisoning. Great! How to fill a bucket in a sec. I'll never eat fish again... [yeah right...]...

Yeah... Ill =(

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Yeah... ill =(...

Still Ill =(

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Still ill =(...

Ill... =(

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Ill... =(...

Beyond Description

A Zestful Quest...

Here you can read about my expat life in London: the latest news, concoctions and crazy thoughts I might have every now and then... Pictures will be added as well if what is on my mind can't be put in words...

About Zest


Occupation:
- Managing Director

  Gadget Gal
  Web Designer
  Graphic Designer
  Multimedia Designer
  Digital Artist & Pixel Fukcer

Expat Life: I moved from Amsterdam to London, Aug. 2006. Things didn't quite work out as planned and I found myself on my own in a foreign country.

Reflection: 2007 Has been a difficult year but I've managed to accomplish a lot more than I thought I ever could. I've set up my own business, survived a serious health issue, met some amazing people and found my future...

Personality: At times stuck in a time warp of ideas and thoughts, Mixed Blood [Eurasian seems to be the fancy word for it: Indonesian and Dutch], typical Capricornish Goat, Sensitive, Crazy about Apple Macs and anything related, Gadget Girl, Intelligent, Psychological profiling of all kind, Sucker for all sorts of stuff that makes my OS run like: Coffee and Chocolate, Deep Thinker, Perfectionist, Foolish, Silly, Stubborn [WHAT?... ME? I don't think so... tsk, pffft....]

Indulgence: English full breakfast once in a while when not counting calories, Indonesian fried rice and a Sateh [Nasi Goreng] like my great grandma used to make, Thai Tom Ka Kai or Thai Green Curry Noodle soup original traditional recipes, definitely a peaty Islay Scotch preferably shared with my best friends in Scotland [Inge and Frank] and a Dutch coffee when I'm in Amsterdam with a piece of Dark Chocolate!

Proud Owner: Mac Classic †, Mac LC II †, PowerMac 6500 †, Performa 6800 †, Power Mac 8200 †, iBook Tangerine †, PowerBook G4, iPod shuffle, iSight, Power Mac G5.

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  2. La Delirante
    My creative retreat. A Salvadoran living in Malta.
  3. Ismoyo's Playground
    .. ismoyo's creative playground
  4. A roam to Rome
    A San Francisco Gal transitioning to a life in Rome!
  5. Invading Holland
    The story of an accident prone Englishman
  6. Happy to be
    Happy to be a mother, a wife, an expat, a business woman, and someone who talks about sperm a lot.

  7. Inspir