Quarter update!

So it’s been a while since last time I posted due to constantly forgetting about it xD but there are a few things that has happened which I will briefly update you guys in this post.

So we left off just at the end of January, going into February. The events that happened were 1) Valentines Day, 2) The boys first concert of 2026 and 3) My first TCG convention.

FEBRUARY HAUL

Valentines day

Not much planned for that day because Nathan had band practice for most of the day, so I decided to do a little Valentines stream with my community. I had a lot of fun. Tried an upcoming game together with Seyaca and then a new cozy game called “A little to the left” which is about organizing.

I made reservations for Nathan and I do go out the day after to a place we have been several times called Amadeus which serves “All you can eat, ribs”. We tried taking our bikes besides me suggestion that we go by public transport. Nathan quickly realized that biking wouldn’t work and we had to ride home and cancel. He understood that I was a bit upset about this, so we decided to go out to one of the few restaurants closer to our home. We picked one and made a reservation. I had a GIANT calzone and Nathan had a chicken pineapple cream curry. Even though it wasn’t what we had planned I appreciate Nathan understanding they situation and we ended up having a nice time in the end ❤

The boys first concert 2026

The weekend after that aka 25th of February, the boys had their first concert of 26 in Gent. It was in this small very narrow bar with a small stage. They were the warmup band, but there were a lot of confusion about when they were going to play. First it was 10pm, then it became 9pm and at the last minute it went back to 10pm again, which is a bit annoying since Gent is ~1h drive from Antwerp. We also got to learn that the drummer had agreed to let the other band use his drum set, so we couldn’t even leave after their performance because of that. So we weren’t home until close to 1am, which isn’t the best.

The concert on the other hand was great! I personally thought they were WAY BETTER than the “Main” band. Not due to bias, but just like the genre better, the songs and just the overall experience. The members of the other band were all ~18-20, so they were quite young. They didn’t put any of their music online and was planning on just do physical stuff like Vinyls and CDs. They were apparently were well known and already had a decent fan base. I just personally didn’t really vibe with their music. The female lead singer also was kind of a drama queen and wore a pretty short skirt. Their most raved song was something about a monkey? idk xD Just glad when it was all over and we get to go home. I also had to wake up early the next morning.

My first TCG convention

The next day I woke up at around 8:30 am to get ready to ride into the city. I left my bike the underground bike garage by the central station and took the train to Breda. I was attending my first TCG (Trading card game) convention with Nacho and Moopie. It was my first time, since I don’t collect any TCGs. Nacho overslept a bit, so I got breakfast at the station before heading to the location. There were for some strange reason a lot of police people there that morning, even a small squad outside of the station as I left towards the buss stop. I never got to learn why.

After meeting up, we just walked around looking at all the stalls and all the cards. Nacho collects Pokémon cards while Moopie and I didn’t collect anything. I did however decide to get a few cards since I have been considering starting a new hobby, but I didn’t want to go with Pokémon. I picked the somewhat new TCG set from League of legends called “Riftbound” since I felt the most connected with that. I bought 5 single cards and 3 booster packs. The cards I got were really nice looking and I am excited to look for more in the future. We also had this funny moment where we walked around to find the best price for those transparent plastic sleeves used to protect the cards. I bought some and put them in my pocket and then we went to sit down. Not even 10 min later when we were a bout to leave, I asked Nacho if I could have some sleeves from here, and it wasn’t until I stood up and reached into my pocket that I remember that we JUST bought some! The best part was that all three of us had forgotten, despite walking around for past 30+ minutes looking for them. We all had such a great laugh and a great way to end the convention.

After my train ride home, I went down to the garage where I parked my bike and was greeted by the worst possible scenario. My bike was STOLEN! At first I thought I had forgotten where I parked it, but then I saw my cheap locker that had been cut, just laying on the ground. It was such a shitty way to end the day. I couldn’t walk around too long either since my phone was on less than 20% battery and I needed it for my buss ticket. R.I.P bike :c

MARCH -> TODAY

March was quite uneventful. The only thing that did happen was that I applied to a job at our local McDonalds. I was given an interview which I was thankfully allowed to do in English. I mentioned that I was very flexible as one of the reasons to pick me. He then asked if I would be able to work a random 1pm shift, to which I answered “ye” and he went “woaw, you are indeed flexible” xD. I met up the next week for my 2h trial run of “proefperiode” as they call it here. It was a lot and much harder than I initially thought. I was in charge of the grill aka “making” the burger patties. I tried my best, but it was sometimes hard to use the spatula to scrape the burgers off the grill without leaving too much behind. I also did some finishing and just learned about the workplace in between. The worker who was in charge of training me did his best to do it in English, and he did a really good job. Later when things were quite and we had a small chat. He asked me which lvl my Dutch was. I said it was 2.4 and went “THEN WHY ARE WE DOING THIS IN ENGLISH!!” xD Apparently he was lower lvl than me. I tried to explain that it was due to being nervous BUT I was nervous xD

I ended up not getting the job in the end.

That leads us to Easter. Where nothing much happened. I did get to do a lot of games with friends and I also finally started my Easter chocolate. Nathan and I ordered a lot of Chinese food which were delicious. My next adventure is FACTS on April 11th. I am so excited cuz I will be meeting up with so many of my friends. We will be like 8 people walking around.

That’s it for this quarter update. I hope that you all have had a great 2026 so far. Enjoyed your Valentines day and Easter with either your loved ones or just celebrated by yourself ^^. Next post will be about my first FACTS experience (if I don’t forget again)

Chiao for now.