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Say ‘hi’ to my niece

Nanda — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:29:50 +0000

It was Tuesday, the 27th of April in the year 2010, when a little one was born. Her name was Tessa. She was beautiful and her parents welcomed her with love and joy. Two hours after she’d been introduced to this world, her grandparents and aunts came to meet the new addition to the family.

A newborn child is a miracle on its own. You are a miracle. Welcome to this world, my niece.

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Pre-made isn’t always a bad thing

Nanda — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:27:36 +0000

After a lot of thinking I decided to upload a pre-made theme. It’s just a temporary solution while I finish designing the new theme for this website. Room 34 have done a great job designing this simplistic WordPress theme. Thanks to them for creating something like this for free.

Last week I decided that it was time for me to create a new website. It will be a weblog where I share my opinions on products, films and books with you. I am currently designing a theme for it,while I spend the rest of my time doing homework assignments for my writing course. This writing course should be finished in September, so I’ve still got a few months left.

If you have any suggestions for this website, or the new one, feel free to leave a comment.

Day 6 of NaNoWriMo: I have a tip for you

A new beginning

Nanda — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:31:15 +0000

I had this blog entry about the winter months typed up and ready to get published, when I realised the season was almost over and the weather proved that it was spring. After about thirteen years of hardly any snow, this year we’ve had a real winter. It was about time!

But now it’s finally time for the new season with baby animals, sun and a lot of happy people. This morning I was taking a walk with my dog when I noticed people appeared much friendlier, and certainly less grumpy than they had been in the past few months. I definitely think this has something to do with spring.

Spring makes us feel like we can take on the world and leave the bad dark winter months behind us. It stands for a new beginning, a fresh start. Not just for animals, but for us as well. It is the season of new ideas and getting things done.

For me, it means I will need to catch up on some homework very soon, quit procrastinating and making some drastic changes in my life. What does spring mean to you?

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Online dating is for everyone

Nanda — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:39:57 +0000

Many people make the assumption that online dating is for people who don’t have the social skills to meet someone in real life. The truth is that some people are too busy to go out and meet people or want to get to know someone better before they go out on a date with them.

Through online dating people are given the chance to meet others they otherwise would never have met. Although the opinions about online dating are divided, thousands of people get married every year, thanks to online dating, so it is definitely worth a try if you’re up for it.

What’s your opinion on online dating?

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Happy 2010!

Nanda — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:17:38 +0000

It’s a bit late, but I’d like to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2010! How did you celebrate New Year? I spent it at home with my parents and drank a nice glass of white wine.

I spent the past few weeks designing a website for an awesome new gaming company based in Australia. I’m happy to say the website is almost finished! I will put up a link to their website as soon as it’s finished.

I promised to put up a new design on this website a while ago, and as you can tell nandawrites.com is still using the old design. A few days before I had planned to put up the new design, I ran into some problems, and I’ve been too busy to fix them. I promise I will, as soon as possible!

Where’s that design?

Our first white Christmas in years!

Nanda — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:30:39 +0000

If that’s what you can call it…

Today is the day a lot of people have been looking forward to. Christmas. A day to spend with family and friends, people you love. As you might know, us Dutch people have two days of Christmas. This afternoon I am going to visit my aunt and uncle and tonight I’m going to watch a film. Tomorrow me and my parents are going to do this thing called raclette (we call it ‘gourmet’). Raclette is my favourite part of Christmas, as everyone gets to prepare their own food.

I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2010!

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It’s winter! Finally!

Nanda — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:06:13 +0000

Snow reflects light. It lights up those long, dark winter months. And who doesn’t want a white Christmas? I know I do.

Sadly enough it doesn’t look like we’ll have a white Christmas here in Holland, but at least we’ve had lots of snow in the past few days.

Kids love snow, dogs love snow, Nanda loves snow. Do you like snow? I know my dog, Shiba, does.

Two days ago I recorded a video of Shiba playing in the snow. She had so much fun!

What are your plans this Christmas?

Help! My dog’s on Twitter!

Nanda — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:12:37 +0000

Yesterday my friend Daniel asked if I knew my dog, Shiba, was on Twitter. My reply: “Yes, she must’ve been using my laptop while I wasn’t looking.”

A few days ago I found it to be almost unbelievable when I found out my dog was using Twitter. I knew she was intelligent, but intelligent enough to turn on my laptop and tweet away on Twitter? No way. But it’s true. You should go see for yourself: @shibatweets is her handle on Twitter.

Twitter isn’t new, but it seems like the social networking website is getting more and more popular. A little over a year ago people didn’t understand what was so interesting about Twitter. These days people are finding more and more ways to use Twitter, and now it seems like even dogs are taking over Twitter.

Shiba isn’t the only dog who tweets. Check out @skyecollie, @samcollie and @sadieshihtzu. They all have an account on Twitter.

Even cats like @iamButton and @Elvis_cat use Twitter to plan their attack on their rivals[1]

So if Twitter’s not safe from dogs and cats anymore, what’s next? Giraffes joining Twitter?

1. Dogs, of course.↑

Review: The Twilight Saga New Moon

Nanda — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:18:52 +0000

Most people have heard of the very popular Twilight Saga—a series of four books about Bella Swan and vampire Edward Cullen. In New Moon we’ll get to know Bella’s best friend, Jacob Black, better.

Some people call New Moon the movie of the year, which makes sense, because wherever you go, and whatever country you live in, Twilight is everywhere. It’s in books, magazines, on television, on posters. People talk about it all day—New Moon has been a trending topic on Twitter for months.

The premiere of the new film, New Moon, was on Tuesday and thousands of fans from all over the world watched the premiere live on MySpace, and some even camped in front of the Mann Theatre for four days to be able to see their favourite stars in real life on the red carpet.

Last night I went to the cinema to watch New Moon and I can tell you that the film surpassed my expectations. Stars Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan), Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen) and Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black) all did a great job at portraying their characters.

Although some people call Kristen Stewart’s performance in Twilight weak, she surprised me in this movie and I think she’s doing a good job at portraying Isabella Swan, the girl that many girls and women of all ages can relate to.

Robert Pattinson did not get much screen time (about 45 minutes), but he’s great as Edward Cullen, the vampire who loves Bella so much, he decides it’s best for her to leave her, for her own protection.

The person who amazed me the most was Taylor Lautner. He isn’t just some actor playing Jacob, he is Jacob Black. Jacob is Bella’s best friend and he’s in love with her. To make the situation even more complicated we find out he’s a werewolf.

New Moon is an emotional, but action-packed movie. In many aspects I think this movie is much better than Twilight. With the special effects and the introduction of the wolves this movie is filled with action. Some parts of the movie might be a bit cheesy, but there’s enough action to keep even male moviegoers entertained. So guys: Don’t worry if your girlfriend wants you to see this movie with her. You’ll like it just as much as she does.

To anyone who hasn’t seen the movie (yet), I’d suggest you to drop everything you’re doing[1] and to go see it now. You won’t be disappointed.

1. Okay, not literally…↑

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Where’s that design?

Nanda — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:44:28 +0000

After promising you guys a new layout on nandawrites.com, it’s still not up. I’m sorry about that. Sadly enough I had to drop out of NaNoWriMo. Why? I spent too much time writing in the first week of NaNo and I didn’t take enough breaks. My wrists really started to hurt and for a few days could barely type, so I’m trying not to use the computer too much. The new layout will be up as soon as possible.