white bomber jacket WEEKDAY / sunglasses RIVER ISLAND / the rest very old H&M (TREND) pieces
Yep, it's my damn 22nd birthday! As a birthday gift from me to you, here are 22 things you didn't know about me (yet):
1. I normally don't plan anything big for my birthday. As long as I spend it with the ones closest to me I'm a happy gal.
2. I love to eat. I mean I really really love to eat. But because I gain weight very easily I can't enjoy this guilty pleasure to much.
3. I used to hate the colour pink. Now I don't hate it anymore, I just dislike it.
4. My favorite sport (to watch) is tennis and my favorite tennis player is Novak Djokovic.
5. I normally don't watch that much TV. I'm only watching it at the moment because of the tennis tournament Roland Garros.
6. Watching The Bold & The Beautiful is another guilty pleasure of mine. I mostly watch it online and in my own time. It's ok, you can laugh if you want.
7. Speaking of watching series. I was a die hard Gossip Girl fan. Now that's over, there's nothing else to watch. So if you some nice series, shoot!
8. Surviving high school is like surviving the jungle. So not the most favorite time of my life.
9. I have very loving, caring but protective parents. Therefore they don't really approve the choices I make in life. I mean you should've seen my father's face when he saw that I dyed my hair blue/purple. Priceless.
10. My parents raised me as Christians and I am grateful for that.
11. I normally don't have style icons but Solange Knowles has never let me down when it comes to her style choices.
12. I value my privacy (freedom) and therefore I love spending some quality time with me, myself and I.
13. I sometimes even talk to myself. Yep, I'm a weirdo
14. I have a closet with 2 doors only. No I don't squeeze in all of my clothes, I just don't own that many and every now and then I get rid of the things I don't wear anymore.
15. My taste in music varies from Frank Ocean to Justin Timberlake to Drake to Ryan Leslie to Rhye to African and Dancehall artists. In other words; to many to mention. Speaking of Frank Ocean, I'm going to his concert on July 2nd. And speaking of concerts, this will be the first time I will be visiting a concert
16. .My roots are somewhere in Angola and D.R. Congo. I've only visited D.R. Congo for the first time in 2009. Wauw, what an experience that was. I still have to go to Angola because I have a lot of family over there. When I say a lot I really mean a lot. My mother has 17 brother and sisters and my father has 10. All of them have children/grand-children whom I don't even know their existence.
17. I speak Dutch, English, French, Lingala (spoken in D.R. Congo and some parts of Angola) intermediate Spanish and basic Chinese. You might wonder why I don't speak any Portuguese if my mother is from Angola. Well, blame her for raising me with only French. I always get weird faces from people which is totally understandable. But no worries, I have been learning.
18. Before I came to the Netherlands I have lived in South Africa. I have never lived in Angola or D.R. Congo.
19. I have been earning my own money since I was 17 by working at H&M. I still work there.
20. If everything goes according plan I will be moving to Seoul, South Korea for a year to study and/or do my internship.
21. As of today, I have been single for my entire life. Dating hasn't been my cup of tea and as I said earlier I value my privacy and freedom.
22. Me and Twitter don't get along. I had a Twitter account for a school assignment and decided to continue with it. Well, I can tell you that it didn't last for a long time. I don't believe I should be on every social media platform. I already have a Facebook and Instagram account (@ethniqueisland) and I find that enough for now. And I know, Twitter is one of the biggest social media platforms at the moment. But I just don't feel comfortable being on every platform. I mean what's next? Pinterest? Vine? Managing my own life can be hard sometimes, let alone more social media platform. Maybe I will open an account in the future if I ever get the hang of it.
I just want to say thank you to my dear readers. I have received several comments and emails along the road that all have put a smle on my face. THANK YOU!
My plans for today are going out to dinner with the ones closest to me. I will enjoying several dishes from Africa at a restaurant callled Viva Afrika. What a convenient name. On to the next birthday!
