Early Spring In London.

The Swamp (1900) by Gustav Klimt

Pages stained with coffee rings, thoughts blooming between lines, and light spilling into rooms where art and study meet. A life paced by paragraphs, warmed by stillness.

february mornings: iced latte in a mug, journaling, flipping through magazines. ☕️

14.05.2025 // catching up with readings

love all the reading I've been doing lately. it is also exciting to see my library build up over the years, especially now that I can afford to buy some of the books I have wanted for years. recommendations from friends and acquaintances have also helped me expand my reading choices beyond my usual categories and genres. the tbr list keeps growing and it's a reason to live for.

old dutch cities are so beautiful

2025. 04. 28 | The weekend.

Koningsnacht and Koningsdag, we took it easy this year.

I had a pretty bad week a couple weeks ago at work and just mentally checked out for a bit, which was easy to do because it’s basically been Pasqua weekend, work retreat, Koningsdag, and now we’re back. Like a month later lol.

There’s just casual racism, sexism, xenophobia by some people there and not really anybody recognizing it, so I lost my drive for work for a bit.

Anyway, today was the first real day back and my student and I spent it in the lab. There are setbacks but we’re making some progress. I’m just excited to finally get going.

"Kikyo's Stolen Ashes" Inuyasha: Season 1, Episode 14 (2001)

April 29th, 2025

Nature is so beautiful right now... I am so happy to finally be able to spend much time outside, soaking in the colours of spring!

My vacation is over and I'm a bit sad. I loved every minute of these two weeks but now back to work. Which is ok as I like what I'm doing. Still, time off is still better haha

April 22nd, 2025

Tuesday already but I still have this week off. However, I'll have to start working a bit today as there's a pile of exams to grade and some classes to plan waiting for me. My plan is to do something during the day and work 1-2 hours each night. That way it'll still feel like vacation.

To do for today:

- get an overview of the things I have to do before school starts

- prepare one exam

- grading