Stream – The Anna behind Yannani

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.

2026 already beats 2025

We are almost through with the first month in the new year, and I can already say that I have had a much better start than last year.

I started the year with hosting my very first charity event over on my twitch channel in honor of my dad. I chose to raise money towards PF (Pulmonary Fibrosis) which is the disease that dad was diagnosed 6 years ago, and is the reason he passed away. I found a British organization called “action against pulmonary fibrosis”.

APF (Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis is a national UK, people driven charity. We bring people together to drive change so more people affected by APF can live well for longer.

We provide expert support, information & education. We collaborate to drive change that improves health and care and we provide vital resources to researchers, bringing hope for new and future treatments for this devastating disease

https://www.actionpf.org/about/about-our-charity

The event lasted for 4 days (from Jan 3 – 6th) with the total goal of £50. I didn’t want to make the goal to big, because I’m not a huge streamer with tons of views. I honestly didn’t expect anybody would donate, so I was absolutely over the moon when we completed it. I was so overjoyed that I have decided to make this a yearly thing and increasing the goal a bit each year. I’m already looking forward to the next one.

The second event this month was the 5 year anniversary between Nathan and I, which we celebrated on the 18th. I had it all planned out. We had our sliced Wagyu which we bought from the butcher during the holidays, I had my rose mixed with tonic and then we had a meringue cake for dessert. The entire meal was SUPER delicious. The Wagyu was so tender it just melted in your mouth, and the cake later was a perfect mix between soft with a bit of crunch. The drink however was a complete failure, but I was already slightly prepared for that. It was overall an amazing experience, but Nathan and I did agree at Wagyu is overrated for how much it costs compared to what you get.

The finale event of the month was the a dinner party with Nathan’s mum. They moved to the Netherlands last August and this was the first time we were able to visit. We met up with the brother per usual and then we all headed over there together.

Their new place was quite nice, not too big. They also had a dedicated room for the grandson aka Nathan’s nephew. We exchanged Christmas present and just did our usual catch up, since this is the first time we had seen them since they moved. Our was gourmet with different meats, veggies, bread and cheese. I tried blood sausage for the first time, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought. Then for dessert we used the same grills to make pancakes. I also spent a lot of time hanging out with the nephew as I usually do. He had gotten a mini arcade machine loaded with 200 games, so we just play some of them on the couch while the rest was talking. I did ofc get the repeated question about having kids, to which I answered “maybe”. The mother wanted me to tell here in advance so that she could make a room for it when the time comes. I am quite used to her asking me about it, because she does it every time we visit. I just wish she would remember my answer, because it’s getting a bit annoying having to repeat it every time, but it is what it is xD

We stayed from around 3pm till 8pm. On the way home the nephew wanted to play their version of truth and dare, which let to more questions about kids and also marriage. I like that there is a difference between visiting the mum vs visiting the dad when it comes to topic of conversations. We answered all their question and some answers even made them go wild for some funny reason. After we finally reached our home, we just chilled for the rest of the night

This was everything that happened this month. We don’t have any other plans. The next thing on the calendar is Nathan’s first concert this year, some time in February, but that’s it.

To summarize: This start of the year beats last ones. Even though it wasn’t that hard of a challenge. I did have a lot of fun doing the event, being consistent in uploading stuff on my socials and meeting up with family. Hopefully the rest of the year will continue being this nice.

Weekend with a criminal twist!

This weekend was really packed. There were so many things happening. Got to meet up with a bunch of lovely friends and had one of my best time at TwitchCon.

The weekend started with my friend Yungul arriving on Friday. He was going to stay with us for the weekend, because on Saturday we had plans to attend TwitchCon where we would meet up with more friends. Nothing much happened that day. We just got bubble tea and then headed home. We were originally planning on going to the a carnival, but both Yungul and my boyfriend were quite tired so we decided to move it to Sunday and just spent the rest of the day chilling, gaming and just getting settled.

Saturday was the big day. We woke up at around 10 am, ate something small before our friend picked us up and we drove to Rotterdam for TwitchCon. We arrived a bit later than planned because we got stuck behind two suspension bridges, but at least there wasn’t a queue to get in by the time we arrived. We presented our tickets, got our badges and goodie bags and headed in to the event. The event itself wasn’t as big as it has previously been, but it was a decent amount to things to see. We met up with a couple of streamer friends and most of the day was just spent walking around with them and hanging out.

They did have a artist gallery area which I went into at least 3 times. I bought myself a couple of nice things. A Espion beanie, a red panda mouse mat and a Sylvion key chain. My friends also got some things for themselves. I even did my first IRL stream from the convention, which was really fun. We did disconnect twice, but besides from that both the audio and the visual was good, so I might do more of those types of streams in the future. We peaked at 14 viewers which is more than we usually have during streams.

We stayed until they closed at 6pm and then we were planning on getting something to eat, but non of the places around the even had space for us. There was also a rock concert happening, so there were a lot of people in the area. We eventually decided to just hang out for a bit with our friends and then get some MacDonald’s on our way home.

After driving and picking up the food, we just headed back to my apartment and hung out, watched some YouTube while we ate. Nothing more really happened on that day.

Sunday we were planning on going to the Sinksenfoor, which is like a huge carnival that is being held close to us every summer for 4 weeks and I thought it would be a fun experience for Yungul. He did however sleep until 4 pm, so we ended up being there during the evening, which wasn’t that bad. The temperature was nice during that time. We did have some showers of rain, but nothing too bad. At the carnival we did a couple of things

We first took a ride called “Big Splash” which was just your typical water log ride. Then we did some small attractions. One where you got an X amount of balls, depending how much you pay and then you roll them up a lane and try to make them fall into 1 of the 5 holes which had different scores on them. I hit the 500 score 5 times, which definitely is a personal record. The boys hit 1 x 500 each. After that one we did where we had like a gun with small pellets and tried to shoot down cans and then the last one we did was archery.

We also tried a couple of foods and drinks. I had a Cuba Libra and then I tried a corn dog for the first time. We also ate like a potato slices on a stick. I had a lot of fun overall ^^

Fast forward till today. We headed out at around 4 pm so that we would have time to get something to eat before Yungul had to catch the train to the airport. Sadly the public transport perfectly lined up so that we missed the one bus and one tram and had to wait until the next one. We got the city, got some more MacDonalds and then headed to the train station.

After I left Yungul I decided to pick up some bubble tea on my way home since I was in the city. I picked up one those scooters that you rent and headed over to bubble tea place. After getting my order I was heading back towards where I usually take the buss to get home. I found one of those dedicated parking spots for these things and tried to park it, but every time I pressed “end ride” it told me to confirm that I was standing in a parking spot. I used my camera and even though the app did say that I was in a parking spot, it still didn’t allow me to end my ride. It took me like 5 attempts on 5 different locations before I finally got to end my ride. Then it was off to the bus which were suppose to arrive at 18:50, but for some reason that bus just vanished. When the bus did arrive I went on and sat down. I already started to fall a sleep since I was really exhausted and my feet hurt. I forgot to activate my tickets and two stops in there was a control and I got fined. So today was a REALLY bad day for me, especially mentally. Straight after I got home I headed to my bed and did a smoll cry. Now I’m just going to hang out with friends and try to decompress for the rest of the evening.

Despite the fact that today was horrible, I did have a fun time from Friday till Sunday. I’m ready to go back to normal and not going anywhere for the next months xD I hope everyone had a nice weekend and didn’t get caught without a ticket.

M-audio air 192|4 vocal studio pro

So last week I decided to buy a proper audio setup and there was this bundle that the store I’m working in is selling. So I bought it since I get 20% discount. So these are my thought about the product and if you should buy it.

So the bundle included: Condenser microphone (directional so it picks up sound from the front and not as much from the back) and the xlr cable for it, shock mount (to eliminate vibrations), puff filter (to soften up the p and t’s) m-audio air 192|4 sound card, a headset and cable.

After unboxing it I plugged it in and it was basically ready to go. It’s really simple to set it up and I tested it out and it REALLY made my voice sound deeper. Went into a call with friends and they thought that I had voice changer on or that I had a cold which I found was really funny. I did however run into some trouble while setting it up, but that is because I use an on board mixer form my stream to split sound through different output sources. It too some time, but with a help from a friend we got it work eventually. The only complaint I have is the headphones that comes with might feel a bit too tight around your ears at least it did for me, but that’s up to everyone’s taste and preference.

All in all I really like the bundle and the mic. Despite it making my voice double as deep as the other microphones it’s still a great purchase for me because now if I want to upgrade to another xlr mic later on I don’t need to buy a separate device to it to work on my pc. I can’t wait to keep using it. I feel soo such a professional owning all these things and it looks sick on camera too xD. Hope you guys have a lovely week ahead and stay safe ❤