Busy but nice weeks before Christmas!

Hey people,
I finally found the time to write something new on my blog because I've been very busy these weeks. And now I'm enjoying a lovely quiet weekend at home by my parents:)!
Next week will al so busy beacause I've an exam on the day of Christamseve.... till 3o'clock in the afternoon so I hope the NS (dutch railway)hasn't delay that day!

Where have I been busy with, you would ask? I will tell you:
*1 december interview about environment and being vergetarian with a schoolgirl for a paper
*2 december Printing posters for the christmasdinner
*3 december My parents came to visit me and I went to look at an other room.
*4 december annual mass of my grandfather and helping my mother with preparations for "sinterklaas"
*5 december "sinterklaas" with the family of my mothersside. It was a nice day together. It was nice to see them all although my youger nefew doesn't enjoy it really. some of the things I get a fairtrade measurescheep, a knittingbook: modern top-down knitting and a lovely pigbeanie! And I gave also little gifts to erveryone, giving does more enjoy than becoming!, I crochet clovers for everyone and gave them together with a little fair gift.

*6 december a meeting with some high people of the university organisation about making the university fairtrade and a lovely evening with friends where I haven't been for too long because we all are very busy. And ringeling....Sining a contract for an other room with a kitchen for my self and a floor lower so less warmth in the summer in the same building. It is a bit expensive... but I luckily have parents who support me. I actually wait on a room of the official studentshousingdepartment but there are the witingtimes 5 years or so.... In an other post more about it!!!
*7 december UMP meeting at my home with cooking together from 18.00-23.00
*8 december progressexam at the other site of Nimwegen from 9.00 till 13.00... and my bike was broken and ther was snow so I had to take a bus much too early (after 9.00 o'clock you may not go in the hall... even though it is 9.01... ) After that a meeting about a demonstration about a demonstration against the savings on the Dutch students.
*9 december My laptop was broken, the keyboard doesn't react anymore.... I think it gets worn out... Bye Bye sinterklaasmoney to get a cheap netbook. And I get a new secondhand bike because my mother wants to ride a bicke in Nimwegen too and it was very difficult to get my other bike to the cycle repairer because lots of ice on the afterplace at my studenthome... (I saw many people fall or almost fall) I adopted a little piglet from "het goed" a secondhandshop and I had to organize tableware for the UMP christmasdinner but it was more difficult than other times, they don't react on emails I send two weeks ago and reminderemails till tonight with a telefonenumner for someone else and I arranged sponsoring from "de stroom" a eco horticulture who also arranges our vegetablepackets.

*10 december The demonstration against the savings on Dutch students in Nimwegen, I was responsible for the EHBO (luckily they don't need me) and in an orange vest one of the members of the "ordedienst, people who are there for proceed to little disturbances before the police intervenses because the "ordedienst" normally less stimulate agression than policemembers. And I organised the tableware after calling 3 times, at 8.30 he wasn't there he should be there at 11.30, at 11.30 he was upstairs, they should call me back but they haven't (in fact luckily, organising tablewear during a demo...), after the demo I finally organised it in a couple of seconds..., he said: is no problem when would you pick it up?...




*11 december In the morning I've been to the Ikea to look around for a couple of things for my new room, mainly of things would fit in the car.I've eaten pasta with chesnuts there, I think I like chestnuts roasted more then cooked After that I've been to the christmasmarket in Luik with the work of my father (my mother was busy at home), this was very nice, really christmasatmosphere exept that Luik is a carcity, cars can get everywhere in the city... also between the christmasmarket.. We have made a 2 hour walk through the newer parts of Luik, there where also many
many cars... we drunk cofee at a very nice eco fairtrade coffeebar! and I found lovely lights for my new room and moon earrings! At 10.30 we where back in Maastricht (where my father works) and around 11 o'clock we were back at home and I went to sleep.







*12 december. I went to my grandmother, baked 72 vegan cupcakes for the UMP christmasdinner and build up the christmasvillage from my father at my parents home.


*13 december I went to the coop (a supermarket)to ask for sponsering (after an other girl that originally does this emailed that she was in Sweden till tuesday..) but (of course) the manager I had to speak wasn't there... I arranged that I would come back next day at 8 o'clock beacuase there was less time till wednesday... And I've cleaned my room extra good because next day someone comes to look of he would hire my room.
*14 december I went back at 8'o clock to the and whe get sponsoring coop, and we get sponsoring! at 9.30 I arranged with someone of the studentscounsel to speak about fairtrade and at 10.30 I went to get back to the coop with an other girl to get all the things we need for the christmasdinner.
*15 december The christmasdinner! I went to a lecture about alternative medicine and cancer and after that I've stand in the kitchen the whole day except for transporting things from the studentslaborunion to the beta faculty where we organised the dinner. I was responsible for the organisation this day so a little nervous. Luckily the people like it and it was very nice!! I was home around 11 o' clock after clearing up. I also saw on the internet that my old room was hired.




*16 december Taking a rest after dinner,hmmm not many time for. I had many colleges and eat together at the students trade union and played werewolves! This was very nice but I wasn't early in my bed...
*17 december lectures and more lectures till 17.45 on friday:(.... The last was interactive and the most people who should be there already went home so the people who stayed get many questions.... Luckily I had no problems with the train in the snow, at the west side of the country there where many problems....
*18 decmber. Finally time to take some really rest (a lot of things where very niuce but although you need really rest sometimes.. )!! Tomorrow I have to learn for my exam next week again...

In between al my business I also had many lectures and study groups about a heavy subject....: cancer.. Very nice mainly around christmastime and for people who have patients in the close surroundings... About this subject is also my exam at 24 december...
It is although also a very significant and informative subject beacause 1 in 4 people get cancer at sometime in there life (mosttimes luckily older people)...
Actually I ask myself that cell proliferation goes well so many times as you see how many things can go wrong.

And of course I've answered the ump email every day and learning at home. I had not much time to be creative except baking cupcakes and hooking clovers for sinterklaas but found a little time to make two little snowfairies!: