Yannani

BBQ Birthday Party with friends

This weekend some friends and I got invited to a BBQ Birthday party. It was really fun despite the fact that not everyone was able to attend at the last minute.

I started the day by just waking up and jump into the shower so that I was nice and clean for the party. My friend would arrive at around 2 pm so I had at least 3h to prepear myself. I shaved my legs for the first time and put on one of flower dresses, because the it was almost 30 degrees outside. After my friend arrived we headed over to the Netherlands. It was a 40 min ride so it didn’t take too long which was really nice. Upon arrival we got news from the other people that their car had broken down and they wouldn’t be able to come. So we went from 6 to 3 people, but it was really nice regardless.

We started the party with playing some UNO. We played it differently from the rulebook, but it was really enjoyable. I had a point system which was that when someone won they got points. The points were determained by how many cards the other players had left. I think I got second. After UNO we treid Settlers of Catan Card edition and then we did one more after that. All of the games were really fun and the fact that they were in Dutch wasn’t a problem.

When we were done with the games we started up the grill and got ourself ready to eat. Our friend had a lot of food prepared. We had burgers, sausages and bacon. I really enjoy a good BBQ in the lovely summer weather. The bacon got a bit burned 😂, but the rest was perfectly cooked. For the rest of evening we just hang out and talked until it was time to head home.

The was a really great day overall even though it was a bit sad that not everyone could come, but I’ll get to see them next time 😊 When I got back home I told Nathan about my day and just relaxed for the rest of the evening.

I hope you all have had a great weekend and if anyone have any tips about how to stay cool during warm weather do let me know ^^

Movie date night

This weekend Nathan and I went to the movies. It’s nearly been half a year since the last time we went to the cinemas. We went to see Sonic 2 and it a really good movie.

Recently Nathan and I watched the new Sonic movie on Netflix. It’s about how Sonic became the iconic figure we all know and love. Unlike Nathan, I haven’t played a lot of Sonic games, but I really enjoyed the movie regardless. I was also looking forward to seeing it because the villian aka Doctor Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik was played by the legendary comidian actor Jim Carry. The movie was super fun and I loved how they drew the new Sonic character. For those of you who didn’t know the first ever trailer they made potraited Sonic really bad. It got huge backlash from the community and they had to re-draw Sonic which was for the better. The new one is more cartoon ish which fits him better. After watching the first movie we figured out that the second one recently got released and was showing in the cinemas.

We booked our tickets for this Saturday and decided to make a date out of it. Our movie started at 19:45 which meant that we could just chill before we left. When we arrived at the cinema we bought some drinks and some snacks. Nathan had chips while I had a large popcorn with cola. The second movie was just was much fun to watch as the first one. They had all the same funny elementas as they did in the first one. It also included some other character which you would recognise if you ever played the games. It was really nice to return to the cinema. It brings a whole different experience there rather than when you watch movies from the couch. After the movie ended they did teased the potential of a third movie featuring another character. I really hope we get to see that one as well.

After we headed out we went to Burger king and had a menu each. I went with the long chili cheese menu and Nathan wenmt with bacon and chicken. When we got our order we quickly figured that they made the wrong burger for Nathan. He got one with beef inested of chicken, but he didn’t mind and we just decide to do nothing. When we were done it was already almost 11 pm so we just headed home and relaxed the rest of the evening before heading to bed.

Hope you guys have had a fun weekend as well and I would defintly reccomend watch theb Sonic movies if you ever had any intrest in the franchise.

A well needed Easter break

Easter break is officially over now and it’s back to school. I’m really happy I got 2 weeks off, because I really needed a break from the Dutch lessons and just the stress from schoolwork in general. This was the most active easter I have had in years.

I haven’t had a lot of easter plans since I was younger. When I was growing up me and my family sometimes went up to the mountains for some skiing, but when we got older we lost interest plus my parents were tired of hearing me and my sister aruge all the time. The last times we went they blamed me forruining the trip because I would want to talk to other people and not be spending ever hour with them. After a while we just stopped going all together.

For the past years I have only been sitting at home with my family without anything really planned. Most of our easter celebreation is about food. My parents would always make a special easter meal where we would usually have lamb with some side dishes. Last year we had an entire lamb leg. I don’t really mind since I really love my moms cooking, but this year I acutally had plans.

This years plans only happened during weekends since I was the only one who had the week off. Nathan only got one day of because it was a public holiday.

The first thing we did was the Kermis. Not the one I wrote about in another post but a proper one. This one had HUGE vans with bunch of attractions, one of them being a Casino. I got to try “Coin Pusher” for the first time. We didn’t win anything big, but we did gather a lot of points which we can use for next time they are in town. I also did the thing where you throw a ball and try to knock down a tower of empty cans. There I won one of them Octopus that you is happy on one side and then you can fold it and it’s angry on the other side. Last one was shooting with a rifle. Here I didn’t win anything since my aim was too bad.

The weekend after that we went to the convention “Made in Asia”. That’s by far my favourite out of all the things we did. It was so hug and so much to see. I’m looking forward to returning again next year to see EVERYTHING!

For our last weekend we tried to visit another Kermis, but as you may have red from my last post that one was a huge dissepointment compared to the first one, but Nathan and I was able to make a great day out of it regardless.

In conclusion it was a really fun Easter. Even though I wasn’t able to enjoy my mothers easter dinner because of the move I was still able to talk to them and make sure they were doing alright, and maybe next year I’ll be able to visit them and spend some time with them.

Not according to plan, but good day regardless!

So today Nathan and I had plans to head over to the Kermis. It was a different one this time since the previous one moved, but when we arrived we ended up being very surprised to what we saw.

It was a really lovely day here with 20 degrees and full sun. I started the day with a small stream since I woke up earlier than expected and our plans didn’t start until around 3 pm. I played a game called “Sun Haven” together with a friend and then some League of legends before we were ready to head off towards the Kermis.

Since we decided that it would be easier to reach by bike we decided we would make a day out of it. First we would go there and have some fun and then head into the city for some bubble tea and ramen. It was a nice and quite 30 min ride, but what we saw was surprising for the both of us or should I say what we didn’t see.

When we got the the location there were nothing there! There were bunch of people sitting outside of restaurants and caffes, but no Kermis. As we looked around confused all we saw were to really small attractions. One was a childrens carousell and the second was where you could fish for ducks and win prizes, but that was it. No casino or anythiing else. This made both of us really sad since we were excited to have some fun. So after a while trying to figure out what to do instead we decided to just go into down and carry on with the rest of our day.

We took our bikes and made our way in to town. Our first stop was ofc the bubble tea place. Nathan went with the an Oreoshake one and I took a Taro Frappecino. We just found a place to sit and relaxed for a bit while enjoying the nice weather. Then we headed over to the ramen place where we have been multiple times. This time I decided to go with something else than ramen and took a Gyazo Yakisobe dish. It was fried noddles with vegtiables and it came with a small bowl of broth and a side salad. Nathan went with Spicy Kara ebi miso ramen which had both deep fried chicken and shrimp skewer. Both of the dishes tasted as always really delicous. After we had eaten we just headed home biking along the canal.

Even though it wasn’t the day we expeceted it was stilla really nice day. It was nice to take a small bike ride in such lovely warm weather plus it’s always a great day with bubble tea and ramen.

I hope everyone has had a lovely easter with some egg hunting and delcious food as well. Next week school starts up again which is always a drag, but it is what it is ^^

Made in Asia 2022

This was a day that was both super fun, but also incredible annoying and stressful at the same time. Next time we do this we are going to make sure that we everything right and make no mistakes!

Hey everyone! It has indeed been a while since last time. For that I just want to appologize so much. I have been busy with school, trying to find a job and streaming pluss I haven’t felt like I had anything to make a post about either.

This weekend Nathan and I went to a convention in Brussels called Made in Asia. It was as expected a very anime/manga & cartoon type of an event. Although this one was way bigger than Comic Con we attended last year. It had 4 differnt section with a bunch of differnt stalls ranging from food & drinks, swords, art etc…

We started our day waking up at around noon. Since it was in Brussels we didn’t want to leave too late because there was a long travel time, so we got dressed and headed towards the train. When we arrived in Brussels we decided to get some cash just in case we needed it. Then we started walking towards the place I thought the convention would take place. It wasn’t until we arrived that I doubled checked and realised that we were in the wrong place and not even close. The convention was way further north and another 30-1h walk and my feet were already getting quite sore since I forgot to wear socks. After walking for almost another 15 min we finally managed to get on a bus that took us to the location we needed to be aka Brussels Expo which was right next to the tourist attraction “The atom” (A big silver statue of what an atom). We headed towards the entrance and headed in. The clock was already almost 5 pm.

When I entered I was empidietly suprised to see how much bigger this one was compared to the previous one. They even had a lovely entrence with a carpet and bunch of flowers. There were ALOT of people there. We decided to start by getting some food and sit down for a while. After around 5 min we finally found out the food location. I had butter chicken and Nathan had Banh mi with pulled pork. It was really taste and just what we needed after a fustrating and exhausting start to our day.

Lovely rest place in the middle of the convention

As soon as we were done we started to walk around. Most of the stalls were identical one way or the other. People sold art, swords, plushis, action figure and just general much. I wasn’t on the look at for anything specific, but we were hoping that we could find something from one of Nathans favourite animes “The fate” series. We looked and we looked, but we couldn’t find anything. I did however find more Nezuko merch (Yes I know I’m addicted xD). I got myself a new T-shirt and a figurine where she is tiny and runing. Nathan bought himself a “Sword art online” mouse pad and a “Nero” ( A version of Saber from Fate) key chain. We stayed until they closed since we arrived later than expected and it was more to see than I had anticipated. Thankfully our ride home went way smoother. We arrived at around 10 pm and decided just to relax and continue watching the new season of “Demon Slayer”

Despite all our hiccups and delays I did have a really fun time. I always enjoy attending these conventions to see what kind of things people are selling. Next time we will make sure to know ahead of time where we are going ^^ Stay tuned this upcoming weekend as we are going to the “Kermis” (Traveling Carnival)

Time for celebration!

Today was a pretty big day for both me and Nathan. I got the results from my exams which I was pretty nervous about. I got my new monitor, last buut not least Nathan & I celebrated 1 year together.

The day started with my waking up and waiting for my new monitor to arrive. I had to be at school between 9 am and 12 pm so I was a bit worried that I wouldn’t be home for the package. Thankfully the door rang at 10 am which gave me plenty of time to set up my stuff. I mounted my new 24 inches to my triple monitor stand and fixed the position. As soon as I was satisfied I got dressed and headed to school.

It takes me only 15 min on the electric bike which is way faster than public transport. It’s also a nice little ride. When I got to school I went up to the classroom & waited for my turn. As soon as I walked into the teacher said “aah the super student” because when we sat down to look at the score my mouth almost dropped. I had 99% (listening/speaking) & 85% (writing/reading). We talked about how we would proceed with the next course and everything, but we were both REALLY happy with the result 😀 Afterwards, I applied for the next courses and headed home.

When I got back home I just cleaned a bit in the apartment until Nathan came home. The moment Nathan got home I decided that I wanted to give him his present. I had bought him a digital photo album and pre-loaded it with pictures of us two. He really liked the gift, but wanted it to be more “our” than “his”, so I loaded up some more pictures from our trips/travels the past year and put the frame next to the TV. Since it was our 1 year anniversary we decided to have gourmet for dinner. We had ordered a bunch of meat from the butchers and it tasted SUPER delicious.

For the rest of the evening, we just hang out with some games and watch some tv. It was a really amazing day ❤

Here’s to fresh beginnings!

2021 has officially ended and we are now ready to start 2022. This year was the first time I celebrated away from home. With a Different family and in a different country. I was super duper excited.

The last day of 2021 was a really good one. I woke up at around 11 am and prepared myself for my last stream of the year at noon. Nathan and I had plans to meet up with his brother at 6:15 pm which gave me 6h of streaming. I got to play with my friends again which was super nice since I hadn’t been able to earlier since I was away, We played some dbd both normals and customs and I really had a good time.

After I ended the stream I quickly got myself ready to head out. Thankfully the brother only lives around 15 min away from us so it wasn’t a long walk. We met up with him and his wife and immediately got into the car because we were going to have dinner at their mom’s place. The people who were there was the mum, step-dad, Nathan’s nephew and grandmother. When we walked in we saw that they were planning on having “raclette” for dinner. So the brother (who work as a butcher) had bought a bunch of different meats. Then there were some vegetables and a bunch of other things. Everything looked really good. It didn’t take long until everyone was ready to eat.

I ate so much that in the end, I didn’t even manage to finish the food on my plate. As the expression says “my eyes were bigger than my stomach”, but it all tasted really delicious and we got to take some of it home. When we were done with dinner we just enjoyed watching “Home alone 2” on the couch while eating ice cream. We stayed until around 11 pm which was perfect since Nathan and I had some plans of our own at midnight.

When we got home we decided to open the bottle of wine we bought before we left. It was a super sweet one with the taste of ….. I am not a big fan of alcohol but this one was really good and tasted more like soda than wine. When it was around 11:50 pm we headed out. Our plan was to walk to the nearby bridge that stretches over the highway. It was only 5 min away and the best place to see the fireworks from because of it being slightly elevated. Upon arrival, we heard some people starting a bit early. It was still 5 min left until midnight. When the clock stroke 12 I gave Nathan a big kiss and said “Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar” which I figure you guys can easily guess the meaning of. It was definitely a smaller show that I am used to in Norway, but that was because Belgium is way more strict when it comes to the rules. It was a wonderful show regardless. We stood there for around 15 min looking at the different fireworks before we headed home. The rest of the night we just relaxed and went back to playing some games.

I made some new years goals. One “Content creator” and second “Personal”

Content creator one!

1k followers on Twitch
Upload more content on other social media (TikTok, Twitter and YouTube)
Improve my streaming room.
Work on my streamer/gamer room.
Build up the community

Personal one:

Start traning
Get a job
Imporiving my Dutch
Maybe get a pet

I know it’s a bit late but I still wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR and let’s hope this year will be better than the last. Hope you guys had a wonderful time whether you celebrate or not I wish you all the wishes for next year and remember to stay safe.

Travelling home with new wisdom and style

Today was our last day before going home. Our flight didn’t leave until later so we visited the Norwegian folk museum first. Nathan and I had a really funny experience on our plane home!

We woke up at around 10 am since we had to plough the snow in our courtyard before heading out. Unfortunately, my father was too ill to join us today so it ended up being just with my mother. The drive over there took around 30 min. When we arrived we bought our tickets and started to walk around. We visited the different exhibitions and walk through different areas. The point with the folk museum is to give people a picture of how the Norwegian people used to live in the olden days in different places around Norway. There were a bunch of different houses where you could walk in and see how people lived up close. Nathan found everything really interesting which was nice since it’s one of my favourite museums for the reason being that I love history. We ended the trip with a small lunch. Then we headed back to get ready to head to the airport.

Today we had to take the bus ourselves because my sister wasn’t home and my parents didn’t have the time to drive us. I don’t mind taking the bus and we had estimated enough time for everything. We were actually in fact finished almost 1h before the plane was taking off. Everything was running smoothly and on time. When we sat down on the plane I notice something interesting. We were sitting in the same seats as when we arrived in Norway aka 2E and 2F, but on this aircraft, the economy class started from row 3 which meant that we got seated in Business class. Even the flight attendant checked our boarding passes. Now neither Nathan nor I was expecting to get special treatment because of this but when we were up in the air the guy actually asked if we wanted some free drinks and something to eat. The airline actually treated us like we were business class which was super nice of them. We got € 27 worth of food and drinks which was amazing.

Once we landed in Brussels we just headed to the train station and made our way home. Got home around 10 pm and the first thing we both did was install our new SSD’s into our motherboard. For the rest of the evening, we just played some games and relaxed. Tomorrow we are heading to Nathan’s mum with some family to have a New Years Lunch/Dinner and some other plans.

I hope you guys have had a nice week and that you have something nice planned for New Year. I have already prepared my resolutions xD

Bunch of walks and bunch of foods!

Yesterday Nathan and I joined my mother on a nice walk around the harbour and then we ended with some delicious food at a restaurant. While today Nathan got to taste crispy burgers in a croissant and experience the Norwegian shopping centres

We started yesterday by taking the tram down to the central station and walking into “Østbanehallen” which used to be a proper station in the olden days. Now it had turned into a place with shops and restaurants. My mum had needed to stop by the pharmacy so Nathan and I decided to check out the sushi place called “YO Sushi” since they had conveyor belt sushi or rotation sushi. Nathan had never seen that before so we decided to sit down and have a couple of bites. After that, we met up with my mum and headed over to the new public library.

The new library was huge and had over 4 floors. They also had so much more than books. There were instruments, a sound studio, 3D printers, sewing machines and a bunch of other things. There is tons of space to both study and read. It has really revolutionised the way we think when it comes to libraries. When we were done at the library when showed Nathan the Oprah house and then we just walked around the harbour.

When we were done with our work we headed home and reset up before we went out for dinner. My parents wanted to take us to this nice Thai restaurant that they had been to many times before. I have also been there a couple of times. At the restaurant, Nathan and I decided to go with duck as our main dish. So we had duck with grapes, pineapple and cherry tomatoes with a lovely sauce. It both looked and tasted delicious.

After everyone had eaten their dish we headed home and relaxed for the rest of the night.

Today we decided to take it pretty chill. We went out to a place that sold fried chicken burgers since Nathan wanted to try one where they used a croissant as the bun. The place is called “Fly Chicken” and he really enjoyed his meal. After that, I showed him where I used to work and then we had some frozen yoghurt.

At around 4.30 pm my mum picked us up to go to another shopping centre because she wanted to buy me a new winter jacket. We first tried out the shop that she usually goes to, but they didn’t have anything we liked so we went with another one. I found a nice dark blue one that was fairly thin but also thick enough to keep me warm. Then my mum did some groceries shopping and we just walked around. I went to buy a cable for my dad and then Nathan bought a crab shell to eat later.

When all that was over we just headed home, had dinner and talked for a while in the living room. Tomorrow we are heading home and I must admit that even though it was super nice being with my family again I am looking forward to being back home again. Our last adventure is happing tomorrow so I’ll tell you all about it then.

Showing what Oslo has to offer

Today I showed Nathan different places around Oslo. We visited the food court, the shopping streets and the Norwegian winter wonderland. They were a bunch of beautiful lights everywhere.

We woke up at around 1 pm and got ready to head out. Today was another cold day outside with around -6 degrees. We walked down to the station and took the tram down to where the city kind of started and walked from there. I had already mapped out a route we would walk so that he got to see most of what we had to offer.

It started with Mathallen which is a food court located right before you enter the crowded part of the city. In there you have a bunch of different restaurants from Asian, Mexican, Italian etc, but you also have some places that sell some interesting things. Nathan and I decided to try out a sandwich place since we hadn’t eaten breakfast. He had a spicy cheese chicken sandwich and I had a cheese chicken with spinach wrap. They tasted super good and even had some hotness to them which we both like. Mine came with ALOT of sauce so It was a bit messy to eat xD

After the food court, we walked further into the city until we reached a store called Yummy Heaven. I told Nathan that this was the best candy store in Oslo. Naturally, he was interested so we went inside to take a look and ended up buying a small bag of mixed candy. Then we carried on walking through the walking street past another food court that I wanted to show him but they are temporarily closed because of Covid.

Our next stop was Power aka one of the biggest brands for electronics. Since we had a gift card for 1k NOK aka around € 100 we decided to take a look inside. We had already an idea of what we wanted to buy but it didn’t we decided to take a look around regardless. Unfortunately, they didn’t have what we wanted there so we had to go to another one. There was one close to home that we decided we would stop by.

Next, we visited Oslo’s store for anything anime/manga related. Neo Tokyo was our next stop. Thankfully it wasn’t too far away from the electronic shop plus it was inside a small shopping centre so we could warm ourselves up. In this store, they sold a bunch of different anime related things. They had also expanded which was new for me too. Nathan did not find what he was looking for but still thought the store looked cool. Apparently finding the right merch from the “Fate” franchise isn’t easy.

The last place we went to was the small winter wonderland that Oslo has every Christmas. It isn’t as big as the one in Brussels and it’s way more expensive, but it looked just as beautiful with all the different stands and everything. We did not buy anything here because there wasn’t anything too interesting plus we only brought hand luggage which means we are limited to what we can bring with us home, but we walked around and mingled with the crowd. After we had gotten something to drink we decided to head home. We walked up to the subway station and waited for our subway.

Before we headed all the way home we made sure to make a stop at the electronic store “Power” that was at Storo to use our gift cards. We had decided to both go for one “Samsung 970 Evo Plus M.2 NVME SSD 500GB” each. They cost just under 1k NOK which meant that we had used up both of the cards. All we gotta do now is install them on our pc when we get home. These also get screwed straight into the motherboard which makes them super faster with a bit over 3k writing speed which is 7x faster than a regular SSD. I can’t wait to put my games on it such as “The witcher“. After this, we finally went home to relax.

Today we had to take away pizza for dinner since my parents wanted to relax from making all the Christmas food. The food was amazing and tomorrow we are headed out with my family which can go both ways.

As always I hope that you guys have had an amazing day too.