So, I'm feeling way better. I just need to continue taking the antibiotics. The past couple of days have been very confusing. I've met up with some friends on Sunday, went to the doctor for a last check-up on Monday, and today I didn't do anything. I had planned to go see the new Lanvin-collection at the H&M-store in Antwerp this morning. But I guess things didn't go as they were supposed to go.

Tomorrow I'll go back to work. It's a short day. I only have to work from 8.30 am until 12.15pm. I don't really like short days, because it takes 2 hours from my home to Hoboken, where the store is. (That makes a total of 4 hours a day spent on buses and trams). I don't even have to work 4 hours tomorrow. I'm lucky that my management is very considerate and willing to reduce the amount of short days to the fullest.

I'll probably hang around in Antwerp tomorrow and am still looking for someone to join me. If I end up alone, I'll take my laptop with me, and settle at some coffee-shop or something.

I should really make a new: 'album of the month'-post. I have everything in mind, but I just don't seem to find the courage to start writing it. And I was determined to make sure you guys were updated first.

Let it rain on me, when I'm soaked.

Soaked to the skin.

Try to break my heart, when it's broke.

Broke to the bone.

This is the end where I begin.

- The Script

What became of my list.

I think I completed every task that was on my to-do-list yesterday. Except for the 'cleaning my room' thing, obviously. I guess I'll do it today since I'm feeling much better. Hooray.

This is what I wanted to say.

Yesterday evening, when I went to bed, I put out all the lights in my room and took a last look outside. [I always do that, it's like saying goodnight to my hometown]. In the past you could see the top of the village-church peeking over the trees. But some 4 weeks ago, my neighbor pruned his 2 meter high hedge, and cut down some trees. Now, you can see 3/4th of the tower and the major part of the ship. [Imma' cut right down to the case]. So when I said my hometown goodnight I saw that in front of the church there was a square metal construction. The street-lightening made it look like an eye in a certain way.

It was like it was saying: The church is watching you.

My fantasy is way out of control.

I'm feeling a bit better already. The sharp edge of my soar throat is slowly disappearing.

Okay,

What I plan on doing today:

• Go into town for an hour or so
• Buy a guitar
• Go to the social security fund
• Go to the library
• Get decently dressed (oh wait, that I should do first.)
• Clean up my room.
• Start learning how to play the guitar.
• Edit 'Highway Zero'

okay, forget what I said in the previous post.

I called my doctor to hear about the blood-test-results and he told me that I didn't have Glandular Fever. He said that I already had it as a child. It's just laryngitis. I just need to continue taking my antibiotics and things will be fine.

hooray!

This morning, I still felt the same way like I was feeling the past 3 days. That meant that this wasn't just laryngitis. I made an appointment at the doctor's just as he had told me to do. He collected some blood so the people from the hospital could run some tests to see whether I'm really suffering from Glandular Fever. I can call him at a quarter to 8 later later this evening in order to ask for the outcome.

Anyways, I got a note to stay home 'til the 28th. That means that I will have to stay in for another 10 days (at least, because some people I know who've had glandular fever were out for 3 months). Tomorrow, I will have to go into town for an hour or so. I still have a book from the library that had to be returned some 3 weeks ago. Maybe I'll buy a guitar (check Highway Zero). Just to make sure I'm not too bored the following 10 days.

The rest of the evening will be well spent with drinking coffee, watching series, continue reading my book and maybe listening to some music.

Thank you pain-killers.

I haven't been out of the house since Saturday. My social life is seriously fucked up because of my illness. I've spent my entire day sitting at the computer, discovering new things, watching episodes of Will & Grace and drinking coffee.

Today I realized something weird. I always had a special bond with Antwerp. Last summer (that was before I started working there), I was there almost every week. Just because I like(d) the city. When I started working in Antwerp, I thought I was going to get bored of the city because I would be there too often. But I can proudly say that this isn't the case. After being in Antwerp almost every day for over 2 months, I still enjoy it to the fullest. To tell you even more: I haven't been able to go to work for 3 days now. That means that I haven't been to Antwerp for 4 days in a row. I'm starting to miss town already.

Okay, that just sounded pathetic.

I had planned to go see Vampire Weekend at Ancienne Belgique tonight. Unfortunately I can't go because of my illness. I'm still not feeling any better. Good thing there's something like pain-killers. They can take me from feeling like crap to feeling okay.

But I don't want to talk about me feeling sick. I'd much rather talk about the weather. There has been a thick fog hanging over my town all day long. I love it. Just a few moments ago I was checking out pictures people uploaded on Facebook. It's my favorite waste of time when I'm sick. One of the albums contained pictures of a trip to Stockholm. The landscapes were constantly covered with a layer of snow. This made me long for snowy landscapes, white trees, steamy houses and tucked-in people.

I sincerely hope that my illness will be over soon, so I can finally enjoy the cold weather outside.

IHEARTFIREWORKS.

*sigh

I told you guys yesterday that I wasn't feeling very well. This morning it was triple as bad. My throat was very soar and I had a major headache. I phoned Vanessa from the Shop to say that I wouldn't come to work today. So I went to the doctor and when he checked my throat, he became blank to see that my left-tonsil was terribly swollen. I got a note from the doctor which allows me to stay home for 3 days. He prescribed me some antibiotics and pain-killers. But he was slightly worried that this was more than just laryngitis. He said that if the pain didn't go away after 3 days of taking antibiotics, he had to collect some blood to see whether I'm suffering from glandular fever. I hope I'm not, because I have no interest in being out for weeks. Currently I'm feeling much better, probably because of the pain-killer I took.

PS: Music Video Channels shouldn't broadcast Taio Cruz' 'Dynamite' anymore. I'm so sick and tired of that stupid song, and they are playing it over and over again. Ugh.

It's been raining non-stop for over 6 days now. Normally, I don't dislike rain, but it's really starting to annoy me now. I mean: where does all the rain keep coming from? But I guess there has yet enough been said about the weather.

Yesterday was very busy (read: stressful) at work. Tuesday is an official holiday for the Muslim community called: The Festival of Sacrifice. On this day Muslim families gather to celebrate Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son. All the members of the family are all dressed up in new clothes, so that's why it was very busy. I can't possibly imagine how the sale period will be.

Despite the slight headache and the minor soar throat I'm having, I'll try to complete following tasks:

• Clean up my room.
• Start reading a book.
• Take some pills or anything.
• Follow some blogs

Burst into colours.

Dus vanavond had'k zin om wat te experimenteren met de camera. Ik zeg het je, ik ben rotslecht in fotografie. Daarom experimenteer ik, omdat je daar moeilijk wat fout mee kan doen. (':

En dit is het resultaat. (:

You cannot be replaced.

Like a lightening bulb,

Your heart will glow,

And when it's time, you know.

You just gotta' enlight, the light.

And let it shine.

Just own the night, like the 4th of July,

as you shoot across the sky.

Baby, you're a firework.

It's been 8 days since I posted something. I've been terribly busy with work and other stuff. The last couple of days, I traveled with trains, buses and bikes from work to friends, from bars to my bed. I can say that every minute of my week was spent well.

But this weekend was totally different. I urgently needed some Jeroen-time. I spent most time watching tv or sitting at the computer. I've learned to appreciate Jeroen-time more than I used to before.

Alright.

Today, after work, I went for a drink and a hot bowl of soup with a dear friend of me. She's an old classmate and we can talk about pretty much anything. But today we talked about our old school-lives (and especially our senior year). We came to the conclusion that it was seriously fucked up. We got frustrated about the behavior of some shallow people who were in our class.

My friend said she didn't want a reunion or anything within the next couple of months. She wanted some distance from all those childlike people. I don't really feel like seeing them either. School is a closed chapter for me. The only things I've learned from High School are just a few valuable lessons and I kept 2 or 3 friends.

Maybe I would want a reunion. Not to see everyone again, but to own every single one of them. I'd let them see that I'm better off without them, that I'm doing my own thing and that I'm perfectly happy (probably the happiest) doing so.

Postscript.

In addition to the previous post, I wanted to thank everyone for the good time we had yesterday-evening.

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I made a new page entitled 'Highway Zero'. Please feel free to check it out.

November First.

Gosh, it's already November. The weather is typical for this time of the year. 10 degrees Celsius, a thick fog, dark skies, ... My mother always says that this is always the weather on All Saints Day.

I'm not quite bothered with the weather. In a bit, I'm gonna' take my blanket and lay with some magazines or a book and a hot cup of coffee against the heating-system.

Currently, I'm rediscovering this band I know for over 2 years now: Yellowcard.

Lastfmlink!

Check out following tracks:

1. Ocean Avenue

2. Lights and sounds

3. Shadows and regrets

4. Light up the sky

5. Fighting

This whole fall-atmosphere is making me long for winter.

+ This is awesome, rajt?