09.27.07
Posted in Curacao at 7:38 pm by Soosh
Everything is all wrong. I’m back in Holland, but somehow I feel like I’m not quite home yet. My house is all wrong, there is no boyfriend, no cats, no life. My car is all wrong, since I’m driving Bram’s beloved junk-yard material (no offense babe). My home here in Holland has lost the familiar vibe or soul or whatever you want to call it. It just feels all wrong. I know this will change as soon as things will finally return back to normal. But after being abroad for a year and half, what is normal again?
And yet, strangely enough, everything feels so familiar. It is still the same house I’m in, with the heating blasting away, since I’m always cold. It is still the same street, in the same city where you can find my house. It is still Holland, with it’s wonderful smells. It is still the place I missed so much and I’m so happy to be here again.
I think this is what happens when you relocate to an island that is nothing like the world you grew up in. You get used to your environment, both here in Holland and also in Curacao. So now, I have to get re-acquainted with this all wrong but yet immensely familiar place. I think it won’t take very long 
Love,
Soosh
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09.19.07
Posted in Curacao at 4:37 pm by Soosh
It’s always so surreal to come back to Holland after a while in Curacao. It feels so cold outside and the smells.. the wonderful smell of autumn coming. I really really missed this place. Ofcourse I´m fucking freezing, but I will get used to it in about a week. And finally I´m not sweating all day because it´s so freaking hot. Driving a car is a real different experience here, it´s faster but not as interesting. Especially driving in Tortola was really cool, with all the hills, going up and down, making sure you didn´t hit anything or anyone.
So, I´m happy to be back. Just trying to get rid of the ´jetlag´ now. I´m not really jetlagged, but just kinda out of it. See ya!
Love,
Soosh
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09.16.07
Posted in Curacao at 11:04 pm by Soosh
Tomorrow I’ll be on a plane. That plane will go to Amsterdam, Schiphol. I will arrive Tuesday at 9:10, my flight number is KL736. Hopefully I won’t have to wait for my bags and everything to long and will be outside in the free world between 10:30 and 11:00.
I’ll see you when I see you!
Love,
Soosh
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09.10.07
Posted in Curacao at 3:36 pm by Soosh
Today we had a little talk with the Chief Immigration Officer. That’s the dude that’s going to decide if we’re welcome on the island or not. Unfortunately, he found that we had traveled on and off the island a little to much and has told us we had to leave. They even have confiscated our passports, which we will get back as soon as we are about the board a plane (yes, someone is actually gonna come to the airport with our passports to see us off). This means we have to hang around Curacao for a while, until we receive our permits. The container with our furniture has not arrived either, so I’m not to worried about it. At least this means a real bed and some real chairs to sit in. So far the update for this moment.
Love,
Soosh
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