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.

View over “The atom” form the entrence

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.

The main entrance
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.

Winter wonderland Brussels

This Saturday I and Nathan went to Winter Wonders in Brussels. It’s basically a giant Christmas market that stretches around different locations within Brussels centrum. It was great fun and I can’t wait to tell you guys all about it.

Our plan was to arrive in Brussels by 3 pm, but we ended up sleeping way longer than expected. The bus was also super late which meant that we had to take the next train and everything, so we didn’t arrive until 5 pm. It was already dark so all the lights looked amazing though.

We started by walking to the “grand palace” where they had put up a giant tree with light and people to place their own ornaments. We got our event bracelets which made sure that we were allowed to buy stuff from the stands. We walked down and everything looks so beautiful. All the light and all the people really gave the perfect holiday vibes. There were tons of stands that sold everything from food, clothing, jewellery & a bunch of other things.

We walked around for around 2 hours before we decided to head home. Since it takes us almost the same amount of time to travel there. On the way home, we met some interesting people. First was the train conductors who made a joke about confiscating the coconut balls that we bought from the market. The second was a drunk guy on the bus who asked the driver if he could stop and wait for him because he had to take a leak. Surprisingly the guy complied xD.

All in all, it was a rad weekend and we are getting closer to Christmas. It’s less than a week left until Nathan and I are heading to Norway to meet my parents. We are staying there for a week so I’ll keep you guys updated. It will be the first time my parents meet Nathan which I’m kind of nervous about…but we will see how it goes. I also have my oral exam that same day so it’s going to be a bunch of nerves xD.

Dutch test & baked potatoes!

Today I had a written test about the subject “Family” from my Dutch lesson. After the test, I met up with Nathan in Antwerp. We went to a new eating place he recommended & to the MediaMarkt.

I had to take public transport rather than the bike since I was going to the city straight after the lesson. I managed to time it correctly and met up 10 min in advance. Before the break, we had a regular lesson where we learned more about things related to apartments. It was quite a stressful part because we kept having to pair up for different exercises and my partner wasn’t really the best when it came to me learning things. So I was surprisingly looking forward to the test so that I could just work individually.

After the break at around 11 am we got handed our test. It consisted of 3 parts: one listening, one where we read a text and gather the needed information and the last one where we had to send an e-mail to a friend telling them about a family with the giving information. We got their position in the family (father, mother etc), their age, what did for work and what they liked to do. Overall, I think I did pretty well. Part 1 and 2 weren’t way easier than I expected. I struggled a bit on the 3rd one, but that was about it.

Since I finished the test around noon I got to go earlier which is always nice. I took the tram to the city where I waited for Nathan to show up. We ofc first went to get bubble tea (It’s a tradition now) where I got a Virgin pina colada with mango bubbles. It tasted really good. While drinking our tea we walked towards the restaurant. It’s called “Kumpir Eethuis”. We first thought it was closed because of its terrible lighting until I noticed that people were getting served and we went in. The restaurant specialises in making baked potatoes. The menu looked so interesting and there were a lot of different choices to pick from. I went with the “Doner with garlic sauce” and Nathan went with “Chicken with a cocus and curry sauce”. I managed to almost finish my potato but the potions were really big. My goal was to at least eat up all the meat parts. Nathan didn’t have the space for everything.

After we had left and walked away from the restaurant I suddenly realise that I didn’t have my bag with me which meant I had to go back for it which was kind of awkward. I also managed to walk in circles trying to find the way to MediaMarkt. At the MediaMarkt I was looking for LED strips for my room which I can’t wait to install. We also bought an extension block for all the contacts.

The LED strips I bought

Nathan also told me where the name Antwerpen came from. So hand = hand in dutch and werpen = throwing. They just removed the H and changed the D to a T. There is also a statue in the city close to “groenplaats”

Detail of the statue of Silvius Brabo throwing a hand. The statue is in front of the Antwerp town hall (Flanders, Belgium).

So after a long day, we finally headed home and just relaxed for the rest of the evening. Since we both were really full from the baked potato place we just had a small dinner.

~ Anna

Crazy exciting weekend!

This weekend was filled with a lot’s of fun activities which were so fun. We were outside more than we have ever been since the summer vacation in June.

So this weekend aka 30th and 31st of October Comic-con was being held in Brussels. As soon as I found out I asked Nathan if he would be interested in going there with me and he was happily agreed, so we purchased two standard tickets for Saturday. I was so excited and couldn’t wait. I haven’t been to such an event since around 2016 because of different reasons such as money and friends.

In the days leading up to it, I also went to the hairdressers. If you don’t know I had a birthday stream with different goals where one of them were to dye my hair. I decided to go with black and dark green thinking that the timing would be perfect with Comic-con and Halloween just around the corner. Ended up spending almost 3h at the hairdressers and the result was way more subtle than I expected, but I didn’t mind it too much because it was still a new colour and a fresh cut.

On Saturday we decided that we wanted to be there around 1-2pm. The total travel time was around 1h45min because we first had to get to Antwerp, then take the train to Brussels and then another bus to the area. The trip went pretty smoothly and I really enjoy train trips and seeing new things along the way. As soon as we got to where the event was being held we showed them our ticket and vaccination certificate and then it was onwards into the event.

It was soo big and so many people of different ages from kids to adults. There were also so many amazing costumes and stands. There was clothes, food, action figures etc. My plan for comic con was to find something from the Demon Slayer anime more specifically some Nezuko merch. We walked around for quite a while checking out everything including a small area for games and the food quarter where we ate lunch. I didn’t see anything I wanted which started to make me a bit upset and as soon as I saw a Nezuko figurine it got sold to the person right before me. Thankfully Nathan spotted a box in the background and alerted me. I bought it without hesitation and was so happy. Shortly after we found another figurine and naturally I wanted that one too. I bought way more than I thought I would, but everything was soo worth it.

We also made sure to keep hydrated and eat whenever we were hungry. Our main “meal” was a bowl with chicken curry, rice and salad and Nathan had a giant sandwich with pulled pork and some salad in it. Later on we I got some Onigiri since I was curious about how they tasted and we both had some bubble tea.

We ended up staying almost until the event was done and left around 6.30 pm. Our trip back home was not as smoothly because we took a train which had more stops and we also had a delay which made the train have to wait 20 min at a station. We weren’t home until 9 pm. So we were both pretty exhausted and just chilled for the rest of the evening.

All the stuff I got from Comic-con!

The next day aka Sunday was Halloween. Belgium doesn’t celebrate it the same way that I was used to in Norway with small children dressing up in costumes going “trick or treating”. So for us, it was just a normal Sunday, but I did decide to have a small stream for the occasion where I played the new update of Phasmophobia with friends and a new game called SOMA which is about robots in short terms. The stream was way more amazing than I thought it would. We had so much fun with Marbles on stream and some of the amazing people from my community gifted multiple subs. At the end of the stream, we had gotten 30 gifted subs and 325 bits. We also drew a winner of the giveaway and revealed our next emotes. You guys are so incredibly generous and a tiny bit crazy, but I really do appreciate all the love and support.

So this weekend has been the most fun I have had in a long time and it’s thanks to all of you guys. I hope you also have had a lot’s of fun.

Double October Fest!

It’s now October, the month where all the spooky, scare things happening because of Halloween! Both me and my boyfriend have our birthday in this month so we decide to celebrate.

A Gen Z’s birthday!

My birthday was first up on 8th of October. Unfortunately Nathan was still recovering from his hospital visit. We decided to just have a quite small celebration. I therefor decided to host a “Birthday stream” event with goals and fun activates. I had everything prepared and ready to go live without knowing that I would regret it later (in a funny way xD).

These were my goals and my plan was that for every gifted sub it would add to a counter, but thanks to amazing friends we reached them within the first 2h of stream. My friend wanted me to do a 24h run and since she has been so generous towards my streams lately I decided to agree. The evening was amazing and I had a lot of fun and some wonderful people I haven’t spoken to in a while stopping by and giving me their wishes.

Played some “Dead by daylight”, “League of legends” and even starter my first play through of “Life is strange”


My top highlight from that day was all the amazing wishes, subs and bits plus the “Spicy Ramen” goal even though it gave me a super upset stomach for the rest of the evening.

A millennial’s birthday!

The second one was happened on the 19th one. This time Nathan was feeling way better and was had gotten his energy level back to normal. We decided to go into town since it has been a long while since we were there. As always was our plan to get Bubble tea and some delicious ramen.

I also wanted to go into a store called “4geeks” to see if they had any “Demon Slayer” merch specifically Nezuko stuff, but they unfortunately didn’t. We tried going to another similar store, but no luck there either. So we decided to just continue with our plan. This time I went with a “Frozen coconut with nutella” and Nathan went with “Oreo-shake” with apple bubbles. Both of them tasted amazing although this time I decided to not pick any bubbles.

When it came to the food we went to our favorite place and ordered our self a bowl of ramen each. I went with the “Spicy tempura scampi ramen” and boyfriend and something with fried chicken and scampi too. After everything I felt so full that I couldn’t possible eat anything else.

At the end of the day we just went home, played some games and relaxed for the remaining of the day since I also had my Dutch exam (another post)

So that was our birthday’s this year. It was an amazing time and I’m glad that I got to spend with both my friends and my partner since this was the first time without my family it really meant a lot to me that they were there.

Language school and vaccination

It’s been a while since my last post so here comes a small update on how everything is going. A lot of new things have happened and I can’t wait to tell you guys all about it.

News number one is that I started language school, because I feel it’s important to learn the language if I want to have a better chance of getting a job here. Every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 am to 12 pm I go to learn some Dutch. According to my mentor I am currently taking A1 which are just the basics. Some of the stuff I have learning I already knew from Duolingo, but some things are new which is nice. It’s also back to having homework which is alright. My school last until the 28th of October. I will then take an exam/test to check if I move on the next level. Getting to the school have been a bit complicated since the public transport here isn’t that reliable. All in all it’s still a fun and exciting experience and one that will help my move better.

The second news is that since I’m going to school I got told that I could get vaccinated for free. All I had to do was meet up at the place that was mentioned and bring my ID (which in my case is my passport). So I headed over to the location this Tuesday (21st September) and there were quite a lot of people to no ones surprise since it was a free vaccination shot. The queue time tok around 20 min so it wasn’t so bad. When I got in the front the were a couple of staff that asked if I was feeling ill and they also took my temperature. Then the guy at the desk took my passport and registered me for the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.

For those who doesn’t know that vaccine you only take one shot off so no second dose needed. It is meant for people who for example are homeless and hard reach to get to meet up for a second dose. It has an efficacy of 66.9% against symptomatic moderate and severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. There are a lot more detailed information, but I am just happy that I’m fully vaccinated. According to the people working there I will get an email once everything is finalised and completed. After taking the vaccination my arm has been a bit stiff for the past days. My side effects so far has been: Pain, a bit of swelling in the arm and muscle pain, chills, nausea throughout the rest of my body, but nothing too serious which I’m happy for.

My boyfriend on the other hand is still I’ll from his second vaccination shot. It’s been almost 6 weeks and his glands are still pretty big, but at least he seems to get his taste buds back to normal. He does miss going to work which is understandable so hopefully he will recover soon and be able to go back to work.

So that was just a small updated on what has been happening with me these past weeks. There are still a lot of things to be done before I’m can considered being fully moved. My next plan now is to get try to get an appointment at the Norwegian embassy in Brussels to help out with making my official address set here in Belgium. All in due time. For now we just got to wait and hope for the best.

Halloween is coming up and I do have some plans when it comes to games I am planning to play on stream. So whiteout spoiling too much all I’ll say if you’re like horror games or watch someone who never usually plays them try them out then definitely feel free to stop by my stream during the next anytime the next month especially on Halloween. My schedule is every Monday, Wednesday at 2 pm cest over at https://www.twitch.tv/yannani and I hope to see you guys there :D.

hope you guys have had a lovely week and stay safe ❤

Bicycle ride and hairdresser appointment

Me and my boyfriend decided to go for a bike ride to explore more of the surrounding area and today I went to the hairdresser.

This Saturday I had planned out a route for us to follow, but when we started we just ended up biking around. I got to see a bit of the next city called “Ekeren” and I got to see where the closest cinema is. The cinema is located in a nice little area surrounded with different restaurants. We decided to sit down and take a drink. I had a “Raspberry Mojito” and Nathan had a Cherry beer. After our break it started to rain ever so slightly so we decided to make our way home. We just relaxed for the rest of the evening.

The next day Nathan had plans to meet up with his band that he hasn’t been able to play with for over a year. I decided to spend the day to have a small stream and play some more “Green Hell” and that was basically our weekend.

Today I had an appointment at my boyfriend’s hairdresser. The guy was really friendly and chatty. He asked me all kinds of questions about me and Nathan. I usually don’t fancy small talk but he was so nice and sweet plus he had a really adorable dog to keep me company. It was only me there and I am still a bit unsure about what I feel about my new cut. but regardless it’s way better than my previous one. Now we just have to prepare for the wedding on Friday.

My new look

I hope you guys have had a lovely week so far and I’ll write a new post about it during the weekend.