Summer 2011

I admit, my last blog post isn't everything it's supposed to be. But on the other hand, I should not be embarrassed about my feelings. But my blog post today will be a lot vivid so it will make up for my latest sucky blog posts.

Alright, let's start with sketching my close-by plans:
In the following weeks I'll be finishing up some projects for school and classes themselves. After that, my actual finals will take place from the 30th of May until the 23rd of June. I booked my ticket a couple months back and I will leave on the 25th of May, at 7.15AM in Brussels. I will arrive in Hawaii at 7.45PM on the 25th of May.

I am really looking forward being back on the islands. It's been way too long.
Hope to see all of you again!

Regards,
TBK

Looking for words

Lately I have been looking for the right words to express my thoughts and feelings. It seems that I'm lost. I hope to find my way again. It will make everything better for myself.

Love,

TBK

Time to make concrete plans

How are you all today? I hope you're all doing great (the right way)!

It's been (again) a while since I've posted something here. Anyways...
I have some news that some of you might be happy to hear... I will be back in Hawaii this summer!!!

I havent been so stoked for something in a long long time. I hope it will boost my moral and help me through some tough times ahead of me.
I hope to book my ticket sometime next week. I will be leaving here in Belgium at the end of May after I got my results from school back and return back home somewhere at the beginning of September.

It took me many weekends to come up with the money to fund this trip, but I made it. It's such a relief to finally go home again. Yes, I still call it home. Every morning I hope to wake up in my bed in Hawaii. Go to the ocean, swim, paddle, do whatever. Jeezus, I really miss you and the islands.

Time to head back to reality though. I still have some time to spend and work here before I earn the right to fly away. But the dream is alive and kicking. And it will help me, I'm 100% sure about that!

Well, enough for today. Time to hit the sack.

Talk to you later.
xo

Time to revive this blog!

Hi everyone,

It took me quite a while to get this message here don't you think? My last message was on September 20th. Thats more than a month ago. Lot's of things have been crazy.

At school I have these new courses that swallow up a lot of my time because they are so new. And every week we have these deadlines for our project of the week. So I has been really though joggling my schoolwork and extra curricular work. These projects, beside school, such as this forum (www.ict-blue.be) I'm an administrator of, having to organize tons of things for our upcoming events.

I try to get involved as much as possible because when I have too much time on my hands I start thinking back to when I was back in Hawaii. I miss so many things and so many people. I hope to visit for a long while this summer and come back during next year to finish my degree. Come back to the school I love the most. Mid Pacific Institute.

Life here in Belgium is pretty miserable for us. The weather these time a year is rubbish. Rain, cold winds, hail, and we still don't have a government. We still can't get along with eachother. It's the same story over and over. It's making me sick. A funny video made not so long ago is this one. It describes our situation best. Do you want to know more about Belgium?

Life in my family is pretty good. The parents are doing well, my sister is in here sixth year (of seven) and my brother has to travel for a month to Mexico for his work. Farida (our Golden Retriever) is doing well too. She misses me though in the week when I'm at my dorm in Ghent (Ghent).

Life in Ghent is pretty chill. My house is located in the center of the city and that is really cool. I try to work out by going running or swimming after school. My condition is such a joke though. I remember being in great shape returning from Hawaii, but now, after being home and 'enjoying' college-life a bit too much, I gained some weight and lost a lot of my condition.

What else... oh love. Something that I haven't encountered for a long time. Maybe I'm too busy with everything that I'm not looking out enough. Oh well, being single has it upsides too :).

If anyone would like to skype sometime, that would be really great because I'm trying to improve my 'speaking voice'. Add me: lennartmaebe

Love and greetings from a rainy Belgium,

The Belgian Kid

Start of my second year in 'college'

The reason why I placed college between quotes is because I have chosen an education that is oriented to a more practical side instead of a more study oriented education. Schools here are good, but because our government divides us into categories it often seems that we are less then others. Anyways, school is starting again today.

I am in my second year of three, and I'm really exited to go back to school. Last year I had a lot of ups and downs, but I believe that this year will be different and hopefully better. I am much more motivated to study now because of my future plans. My writing isn't going very smooth this morning so I'll be back later on!

Have a great day!

L.

Progress.. you gotta love it

I am setting sail for yet another whole year [sarcasm] full of excitement [/sarcasm] at school. I am actually more excited for all the things I will be doing beside studying. Since last year I've been a part of the student government at school. And this year I will take place as president for the IT department. We handle all kind of cases related to the students and the course-group for IT. In little words, I will be responsible for the complaints of over 350 students towards the school.

The word that I will strive for this year is 'Realize'.

I've noticed it in the politics, I notice it within my family... that realizing things don't always go smooth. But I've had some practice last year and I feel that I am up for the job. I'd like to describe this year to be a new era for the Student Government. We have been in a dip and it is time for us not to crawl out, but jump out and obtain the goals that we have planned.

I know, big words for some 'silly' student government. But it feels right what we are doing. I believe the school is better off with us than without us.

Recently I also decided that I would leave the Boy-scouts as a leader because I believe that I have to move on and experience new things. I've kept tons of good solid friends over, and I believe that they will support me in the decisions I made and will make. I hope they believe in that way of living.

This was a more serious post, I guess my brain is in a quite serious mood today ^^.

I hope to address you all soon again!

Greetings from Belgium,

Your dearest :)

Making plans

These days everything is about making plans. So I figured, why the hell am I not working out a plan to go back to Hawaii? So I got off my lazy butt (I tend to have one of those from time to time, right? :)) and started thinking. Okey, what do I need?

1. Money: okey, I'm going to get a job after my finals now in august, and then during the year I'll find a weekend-job.

2. Time: Next summer. If school goes well and I perform at my best (unlike this year) then I will not have to retake exams in August and I will have three whole months of time. Two of them to visit (Hawaii + (probably) Japan and off-course the mainland) and one of them to work and earn back some money so my account doesn't run dry.

3. More plans.. but if I have learned one thing it is to go with the flow and something give it a hand.

That's all what running in my head for now I believe!

Catch you later

The Belgian kid