My childhood heroes

I am not the very commercial type…I am not a fan of Valentine, Christmas, and so on.
However, I love the commercialisation of my childhood heroes at one of the supermarkets in Holland:

Hee hee, I already have the female teddy one, which I love, and 5 of the small plastic ones.
So, I would like to add a more fashionably and definately prettier lady from my lovely country: Doutzen Kroes in a Teddy-like fashion shoot…
 

This one reminds me of the film Donnie Darko, with the psycho rabbit. This is more the scary teddy who is going to….(make your own version of this fairytale, but keep the happy and good ending)
 

The best carnaval yet…

Was when I was 19 and living in St. Maarten, Dutch Antilles.

I stayed up all night with my BFF Jen, and the next morning at 4.30 we went in the crowd doing the “jump up”.

I have no pictures or videos of that period (I cannot even remember the greatest carnaval song) but it might have been something like in this video.

Mind you, I did not wear the bikinis, just some shorts and tshirt. Oh, all sizes are welcome in this video (which gave me confidence in that time, and still, for having a large booty) 

 

9 things I would say to my younger self…(10 years ago)

1. You had so much fun in Barcelona, but do not expect that your American boyfriend will keep contact with you. You will feel sad about this, but remember that there are more suitable persons for you, and you will find your match…                                                                                     
2. Please, do not befriend that boy in the Dutch discotheque…he, and his friends, will ruin 4 years of your precious life… And do not spend your photographs on them: you will burn them anyway.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
3.                                                                                                                                                              Change from Leiden University to another University, change subjects if you like, but do not leave Uni, because you are still smart (just a bit confused right now)…
4. Enjoy your beautiful skin for the couple of years it takes.                                                                    
5. USE SUNBLOCK, even though the people around you say that tanned people are more beautiful.                                                                                                                                                        
6. Yes, he might be (so much) more beautiful than you, but if he is interested…go ahead. He will value your intellect and personality…(and think your eyes are gorgeous)                                                 
7. TRAVEL TRAVEL TRAVEL, even if you think you are travelling a lot, you can travel so much more…                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
8. Be kind with your mother and enjoy being with her…she will have just a couple of years left to live… (or go and see several doctors with her who can detect the cancer in an early stage)           
9. Enjoy being innocent and naive…your intuition will keep you from doing really stupid things (and your older self knows)