Back in The Netherlands

DSC04609 (Small)I think I am getting used to being in Netherlands. It was only one year ago we were here for 3 months, and now we will stay here for other 3 months. I got the feeling that this is already my home town even though I just knew a little about it. I got the feeling of going home because here I meet with my family, a great family that I got to know not more than 5 years ago. I feel at home here. I can open the fridge to grab food anytime I want without worrying that I might not be polite. I can sleep as long as I want, I may just stay at my room whole day. But the thing that I like most is being together with them. Having dinner together with whole family, riding a car and wandering around in small cities, going to the market and grabing kibbeling of loempia (heel lekker!!).

The thing that I don't like here is TIME GOES VERY FAST!!! It has been already one month of my stay here in Netherlands, and I felt it was just like yesterday when we arrived at Schipol. When the time to get back to Indonesia comes, I hate to face it. I already had that 3 times, and I couldn't wipe out the feeling of spliting up when we were at the airport with our family for saying goodbye. It doesn't mean that I don't like to go back to Indonesia, but it is just not comfortable to leave everything that I love.

The season today is winter. I love it so much especially when it snows. It just took 3 days after I arrived then it went snowing. Everywhere was beautiful, everything was white covered by snow, the river freezed up, the cars slowed down because the road was slippery. I don't know why I love snow so much. When I was younger I remember that I liked a christmas song which title is White Christmas. I never got an idea how a white christmas looked like. It was just all in my imagination, and I wished that I also got a white christmas in Indonesia. This is why I love snow very much because it reminds me of my childhood, of the thing that I ever wished.

So Lord, I pray that it will go snowing a lot when I stay in here. When it snows, I feel peace in my heart, I thank to Him that what I ever wished comes true. Even though I know that the earth is threatened by the global warming, I still think that nothing could hold back me of praying for snowing here in Netherlands.:D

Lekker koud...Groetjes!!

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