"We All Lived In Erasmus Amsterdam"

Few hours in AMS

2010-06-27T18:57:00.005+02:00

hola!

Few weeks ago I changed flights at Schiphol, but since there was an eight hours gap between them I took the train to AMS and spent few hours in our "Erasmus town", time enough to see my beloved 2nd semester roommate who is still living there (he even speaks some Dutch!) and to check that Rembrandtplein has been renovated, as you can see below.

Be sure I had you all in mind...

Sarphati 7

2010-01-29T07:52:00.003+01:00

Hi Guys,

I know its been a looooooooooooooooong time since i wrote up here but i was going through my old email and saw a bunch of old photos and emails between us, making plans for different birthdays, trips, sarphati awards, (pictures from grandma's place ---HAHA) etc....

But there was one email that Hector had sent out when 7 of us got into trouble, and he named us the Sarphati 7. I was reading the email in class and all of the sudden i burst into laughter......i got into trouble for it with my professor but it put me in a really god mood. And made me realize hoe much i miss you guys.

There's nothing special going on here....work and school like always. I do graduate in may though, so i'm really excited.

I'll post some pictures and more news in a little bit. But just know I miss you all so much.....and love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Kisses

Mahsa :)

New Year's in Madrid

2010-01-09T18:47:00.003+01:00

Amsterdam Revival and some news

2009-06-08T21:37:00.013+02:00

Hello family!

How R U¿

Almost one year , that we were saying good bye to each other in Amsterdam.Amazing how the time flys.

Some of us were really lucky to revive Amsterdam and Queen's day. We haven't wrote anything about it yet.Except the misterious person who posted the picture , who I bet is Hector lol.

So as you may know 10 of us went to Amsterdam the 29th April and stayed in Sarah's place.Even if it was not too comfortable , specially to share the bathroom among so many people, it was really funny to be living together "again".Sarah thank you sooo much for your hospitality!!!!!!!!
And of course we had some funny adventures...
For example the flush broke up and during 3 days( because it was holiday) , we had to "flush"with a water cube...Also,the day after queen's day we decide to make 2 spares keys , in order to be more independent ...It was really useful, specially when Chimo Joan Faus, Mario Sarah and I forgot the sarah's keys and one spare inside and got stuck in Molukenstraat for 3 hours.Then Moflo came so quick that he forgot to bring the keys, so we had to wait for Hector a bit more, and, when he arrived , to continue with our good luck , he realized he took his work keys instead of sarah's place spare ones!!Unbelievable!So all the keys were in Sarah's!!We tried several ways to open the door, even sarah's neighboor helped and finnally I had to climb to sarah's through sarah's neighboor balcony and could get inside!really funny though...
To sum up , it was a really nice experience, even though it was weird because we were not all of us , because we were not staying in Sarphati , because we were riding Mac Bikes, etc.

Still, I have to admit that it was really nice to be there again and even if it's never gonna be the same , I know I'll always feel good in Amsterdam ,like at home, and will always be pleased to go there, riding in those streets with all those souvenirs coming up to my mind...

After Amsterdam I went to Paris to visit friends and family and I met Robin ( Again!;)).It was really nice to see you there !!!I went out in a club with some friends and Robin came with friends too! I actually spend a very good time! thanks for comin'!btw, thanks god I was there also, otherwise u would have finished the night in a crappy bar lol.Such a beautiful city that u live into.
Unfortunately Julie was in Toulouse so I couldn't see her!:(

I f u wanna understand what the hell is doing Robin ask him!!I have no idea!!!hahahahah

Hope u guys are doing well!!! Hope u have great plans for the summer!!

keep in touch!!!lots of hugs and kisses
Hélène

Back to Amsterdam...

2009-05-16T00:00:00.000+02:00

Puta madrid tio!!!

2009-03-16T18:31:00.004+01:00

hey everybody,

what' s up guys???

I just put some words to tell u about our trip in madrid some weeks ago. Helene, Chimo, Joan and me went to visit all the fucking madrid people. And it was, as usual, amazing, just a short moment of simple happiness. I mean i don't have to explain it cause it was a year like that. Partyn wisky, canas, jamon and tapas... great. Thanks to conde, moflette, mario and hectore (special thanks for conde's handjob bed i slept in, really confortable...). The only pb is that i couldn't visit madrid really well because the big hairs of joan that were hidding everything!!!!!
i m waiting u in toulouse guys
It has been a while now we left amsterdam but soon some of us will be back and in our mind and heart everybody will be there....

ps:moflo upload your pcis on facebook please

with the exactly same love and friendship

robin

Brussels

2009-02-25T10:08:00.010+01:00

Hey, people!! How are you??

This time I felt like writing because last weekend I was in Brussels and I happened to pass by some places that brought me back memories from the previous time I had been there with many of you... don't you remember the first Sarphati trip to Bruges and Brussels?? Don't you remember your 'White Night'?? .

Being again in the beautiful Grand Place / Grote Markt reminded me how we began the 'White Night': everybody sitting on the floor gathered around the drinks. Later, I got lost with two Sarphati people and we ended up in a old-fashioned bar with an old jukebox... yeah, this time I paid a visit to it too. That night, I didn't joined the group until dawn, when we were all supposed to meet us in the left luggage office of the train station; where I found you sleeping on the floor leaning to each other... yeah, this time I also paid a visit to the lockers (but nobody was sleeping there :D). However, this time I neither take the sightseeing bus nor I had a beer in Delirium Café... .

If just Brussels brought me back so many memories I cannot imagine how it's going to be to get back to AMS again... I'm looking forward to it so much! :) ...I hope to see you there! :)

Héctor

Happy new year!!

2009-01-05T10:52:00.004+01:00

As i am studying like hell, i decided to write on the blog....( i tried to Conde's method to study but i didn't work with me).

First : i wish to all you the best for this new year. I am sorry again to not have been with you guys but i spent my new year eve thinking about you and imaging you all in BCN. I tried to come until the last moment but some families problems + my exams and london to prepare kept me too busy.

Secondly i wanted to thank you for the music, it's great. I saw it last week and guess what i am leasting since.....??!! Mario i saw one of you post about the "Lilly song", if it's the french one ( in english) it's "lili" and the group is "aaron".

I leaving for London in 2 weeks now for a new experience so you are all welcome ( as soon as i will get a place to leave...). I moved out from my appartement 2 week s ago so now i am eaving at a friend place ( no way i could stay with my parents during the exams).

For the first time i am gonna post some pics so you can see a bit of my life in Toulouse . I have watched the pics on facebook and i was almost crying. It looks like you had a great time but all could it have been different???

My break is done now, i have to go back to study.....i miss M&M's room for that....!!
A lot of kisses for everyone!!!

PS: i am definitly going to Dam for queens day is some are interested!!!!
LOVE

Merry christmas and happy new year

2008-12-23T22:13:00.003+01:00

Hey Family!

How are you?

I wanna wish a merry christmas and happy new year!
I hope you all happiness , healthiness,love&luck

Last year in Amsterdam has been unforgettable.When I look back to all this year I've spend next to you I can't even believe all the things we did together , all those picnics, parties , roadtrips ,etc...I can't believe that all those memories come from only one year.It seems much more.We were so productives ,weren't we?
And I can't stop thinking either about the day I decided to go to Amsterdam in Erasmus instead of going to Edinburg and I realize how good my decision was .Probably, one of the best of my life.Because I know it wouldn't have been so great.

So I am not gonna wish you a happier 2009 than 2008 was , because I know it is quite impossible, but I am gonna wish you all to take again as good decisions as the one choosing Amsterdam that will bring you to where u want and to where u deserve to be.

Very Impacient to see the ones we are lucky to welcome very soon in Barcelona!!
I couldn't imagine a better way to start 2009 than with the people that made 2008 exeptional, simply " the days of my life".
And to the others ,
believe us , you'll be with us,in our hearts.

Love u ,

Hélène

..........GOinG BaCk TrIP ................. ................GrEaT MeMoRiEs.....................

2008-12-12T16:31:00.010+01:00

Hey!!

Family!!, I went back to our lovely city. It was werid. Yes, I miss you all soo much. But yes, I also had much fun...
Usually I start writing without thinking too much, but this trip I don´t know how to describe it., so I just will say what I remember I did, because I ended every day a bit stoned and "cervezoso" (beer-ing).

DAY1: I arrived on friday in Schipoll Airport, and until I heard the tipicall noise every 2 minutes which I used to dream with time ago ( "MaMu- Me") , I didn´t realized I was back. I meet my friend in Central Station at 6 and she took me directly to have some beers with my bag. After a couple of beers and joints I realized I leaved my bike on sarphati 4 months ago. We went there, but I was expecting no bike. I arrived there and get inside the "yellow" and that was so, so, so, so, fucking weird... I checked in the parking because I kept my keys, but no bike there.. I decided to talk to Tom, and after he saying this year there are no more partys and me saying sorry to him because of the ones of last year, I am not sorry at all, he come with me to check in the fucking "purple". And you now what??? Sudently, my bike showed up and said she was missing me so much.. Amazing!! After 4 months my bike still alive...
Before leaving, I went to see my place the 145 L room, but after feeling my body with "chicken-skin" I wasn´t brave enough to get inside.. So we had another beer and we went to her place. She leaved close to Erasmus Park, in other part of the city.. When I arrived there I realiced that I was supposed to be at Sara´s at 9. It was already 10.. After having dinner and biking through the hole city like "Flash", I arrived there. I had been some times in that house before.., but it didn´t look like it used at all. Kind of different decoration, different people, new porsh style (Sara´s brand..), but there where two faces I knew: Sara and Judith. We had some pictures and some beers and we went to Hotel Arena. We had much fun.. Ask Sara.. I haven´t seen her so drunk never..
I am going to summarize the trip because if not this will never end..

DAY2: I woke up I don´t know at what time, and I went to fix my bike. I had lunch and I went to my friends second house "Green house effect", one of the "survivors" places where you can still smoke and drink.. We stayed there until ¿?? and then my friend was tired of the nitgh before and went to sleep. I meet another friend there and we went to melgwek.

Day3: I meet directly my friend in a coffee at ¿?¿ because I don´t know what happened in this trip with our watches that where completly not working.. It was sunny so I made her and a friend of her a touristic visit of the city. ( one more) We went to VondelPark (not Picnoc this time), MuseumPlein( I AMSTERDAM and a new one..) some Coffeshops( I was making a hash collection to send..) and suddently Maciek called me ( yes the polish guy..). I took my friend to the bar by the Amstel hotel, the one which had sofas out side and a great cold coffee, and I told Maciek to meet there. Biking to the bar, I heard "Conde!" with a familiar voice, and I was thinking who can be this?? And suddently I looked foward and you know who was?? Fucking Ernest!! He recognice me. We talk a bit and then we left. Was great to see him.
Finally we arrived to the summer bar (it was not summer at all that day...) and I meet Maciek.We talked a lot about how our lives had change in just 4 months!!!!! He was not too happy, he told me Amsterdam is not the same any more.. But I had a great idea and we 4 went to our "Dards Bar". We had some beers as usuall... And we played. It was so easy because Maciek is not exactly Robin Hood, and my friend was as bad as you Robin..hehe. I am sorry man.. When I was there the bar-man recogniced me and asked me why I used to come so often before and not now.. I told him thay unfortunately, I was not living here any more.. At that moment I wanted to bet some beers at cricket, but no Adria, no Moflo, no Joan.... I just bet myself..And yes! I won..hehe (I know.. , really bad joke). After 2 hours there Maciek left and we had some beers in another bar and we went home.

DAY4: We woke up at ¿?, we had lunch, and we went to Cocos at 5 or 6( happy hour). We had 1 mojito, 2 mojitos, 3 mojitos........, 8 mojitos!! And the happy hour finished... We were a bit drunk already but the day just started.. so we went to have some beers to my friend second house, again! At ¿? I was already "cervezoso" , but some times I have great ideas. I realized it was monday so I told my friend to go to Winston. It was Drumm&Bass nitgh. Too much dancing, too many beers, too much money wasted, some joints, much fun, and at ?¿ the bar close.. Now it was time to try to get home, well, time to try to find before the bike and go home.. Once there, we eat something, some beers, some joints and ZzZzZz...

DAY5: It was time to send the letters. So it was the Coffe-Shop day. We went to Barneys, Dampkrim, BaBa, ....... I waste some more money and I made the letters. Before going to the best bar ever, I met Sarah in a Bar. We had some beers and she took me to the Borrel..It was at shitty as usual.. Afterwards we went to a new Bar, we met a friend of my friend, we had dinner and we went to my favourite bar: The Doos. The best Bar ever was open as usual, was cheap as usual, and I don´t have to tell you how we finished.. As usual..hehe.

DAY6 ( LAST DAY): We woke up at ¿?¿, had lunch and we went to the bar we used to go.. Beer, beer, beer, joint, beer, beer,... And sudently we realized we had not to much money.. So my friend had the idea of insted of having dinner eat a muffin and was like dinner and also an investment... So we did.. I had to tell you that my plane left from Eindhoven at 9.15, so I had to be in Central at 6.. Long trip, possiblilities of loosing the plain, risk, as usual.. The "cake" made its effect and we laugh a lot.. We had some beers until the money was over.. So it was time to go home, finish the luggage and rest a bit. When I realized I was at her place with everything done but it was 4.. Finally I knew the time.. So I rest 1 hour and I left to Central. I loked my bike and I hid the key and I went to Eindhoven. My friend found the bike and the key, so my bike is definetly a survaivor...

Well, this has been my "GoinG BaCk TrIp".. Maybe too long, but I really wanted to let you all know how it was, how where my feelings... In conclusion, I have to say that the first day was weird, I also went directly to Sarphati (and this was really hard...), but I am really happy because I have seen the city still great. Of course it has nothing to be without all you, but I realized that is possible to come back and have fun.. I was really worried about it..Remember family, Amstedam still Amsterdam (even being just half without you ...).
After this trip, I have to say that I have the willing, the wish, and I really think that some day, somehow we will all go back, just for a week, just for a weekend, just for a day, maybe just for some hours.. And if it is not possible, just close your eyes and we will all be in Sarphati.. Our memories will always be there, will always stay with us..

Missing you a lot..

kisses and hugs

....Conde....

Ps1: If you want to see the pictures click them... I am not good enough in computers as you know..

Ps2: ....Always Remembering, Never Forgeting....

RaSTa MoFLo in NY

2008-12-11T16:06:00.008+01:00

Hi everyone!

This is Crazy Dancing-Chichotte-Moflo writing his second post. As some of you may know, i came back from NYC two days ago. I just wanted to let u all know that my experience there was awesome; if you haven´t been there yet, i highly recommend you to go as soon as you have a chance because it really worths it. Unfortunately, Mahsa and i weren´t able to see each other because of the distance between both states, nevertheless i had a great time with my family and some other friends from Madrid that also joined us.

When i was arriving to the US, during the flight we had to fill in a document answering some questions like "do u suffer from a contagious sickness?" or "are u a member of any terrorist organisation?". At the beginning i thought it was some kind of joke, but i changed my mind when the father of my friend was kept inside a little room for two hours because the US police thought that he was a drug dealer. When finally he was released we went directly to the Hotel we booked for that was in the fucking middle of Manhattan!! I shared my room with my bro and a friend of mine called "John the drunk" (direct translation from his spanish nickname haha); our room was in the 28th floor and our bathroom sink was always full of ice with cans of beer haha.
Even though i was there only for five days, i was able to see plenty of things: Statue of Liberty (you have to take a ferry to the island where it is, and it´s not that big!) Wall Street (it´s really cool), China Town (you can buy fake watches really cheap), Soho ( I went to a great restaurant with live jazz music), Central Park (it´s fucking huge and amazingly beautiful), The Dakota Building (Where John Lennon was murdered), The Empire State (no words to express the feeling you have when you are the top of it = 86 floor!!), Times Square (incredible during the night, epileptic attack!) Brooklyn (it´s the Orthodox Jewish neighborhood, they are completely crazy!) Queens(another neighborhood that belongs to Long Island) and even part of The Bronx (It´s fucking unbelievable but it´s really dangerous).

By the way, Adria your post touched me deep inside and thank you so much for the ultimate sarphati remix, it brings me plenty of good memories. Can´t wait any longer for new year´s eve guys, it´s only two weeks away (Mahsa i will miss you so much that day!)

Love you all. Moflooooooooo

Razz Mataz

2008-12-09T22:18:00.003+01:00

I´ve been a while wanting to post this picture. If you close your eyes and open them again...it could be perfectly one wednesday in paradiso. After that amazing post of Adria I think I wont be able to express better what I feel right now...I just want to tell u that I had the best year of my life with the best family ever,

Lots of love

chimo

P.D: This is on Razz Mataz, when Robin came and Hector and Conde join us by surprise.

Sarphati Mix

2008-12-08T21:10:00.004+01:00

It's Adria again. As I told you about a week ago I usually get bored while I'm studying. There was this one thing I've been trying to do since I came back: the Ultimate Sarphati Mix. This is something we discussed with Moflo, Conde and Robin when we were enjoying (¿?) our last days in Sarphati. We came up with like a 100 songs and then we selected 48, enough for 3 hours of music. We divided the songs in 3 groups, 16 songs each. The first album was meant to show the kind of music we used to listen when we went partying (or in Moflo-Conde's room). The second one was basically intended to have Paradiso-Melkweg related songs. The third album, the touching one, was supposed to be filled with songs we used to listen in Sarphati. Or at least that was the plan... then everything ended up all messed up and we even included a german drunk song in the Paradiso album. But, the main thing is that most of these songs will bring you back to Amsterdam and will make you think of the fun and tears we shared. Enjoy listening:

DOWNLOAD CD 1

DOWNLOAD CD 2

DOWNLOAD CD 3

*If there's any problem with any link, let me know.

First Time Hurts

2008-12-03T02:10:00.006+01:00

Yeah, I'm still an alcoholic and I still haven't get rid of my yellow raincoat. I was looking for some cool pictures of Matadepera to show you guys, but all I found were drunk faces, so I decided to hang my drunk face in Matadepera.

You're not gonna believe this... It's my first post in here! Shame on me. It's gonna be quick and painless. Since I came back from our city I've been thinking of us in there. I miss all that. Being with some of you back here in Barcelona it's been strange, specially with the ones I'm not usually seeing (people visiting for a couple of days). Why did it took me so long to write in here? Because it took me a long time to accept that we won't go back there. I mean, I knew, but I didn't wanna know. I'm studying for my exams now (again), so I have plenty of time to think (always a bad thing). I've been avoiding that kind of thoughts since july. Yeah, I'm that kind of weak person. Actually, today it's been the first day that I've opened the "Amsterdam" folder on My Pics. I watched like 20 of Moflo's videos and I realized that I miss being there with you guys, and that there's no point in hiding it from myself. It will be one of the best years of my life and it's basically because of you. Someday, when my son tells me that he's going to Amsterdam with some friends to smoke some weed and fuck some whores, I will be able to tell him that I was there many years ago with some friends that did that as well ("and what did you do there, daddy?") So, today, 2nd of december, I'm officially an ex-erasmus.

Everything here's fine. I've been seeing some of the catalan people often and I enjoyed all the visits as if I was back in Amsterdam. I've been reading and stalking (nice word, Mahsa) all the ones who I haven't got the chance to see (so far). I'm really looking forward to new year's eve in Barcelona. I hope I can see all of those who are not coming as soon as possible.

I miss hanging out with you guys. I miss you.

2008-11-19T20:53:00.001+01:00

Hola tios que pasa ????

I came back from barlcelonafor a week now where i could practise my Spanish ( in a successful way i would say but probably joan and adria wouldn’t…) .

So, 2 amazing days started after a road trip quite strange to get there ( my driver was just crazy : driving on the emergency line sometimes and about 150km per hour in average (take your calculator mahsa…), Adria and Joan were kindly waiting for me ( actually we waited for mister late (joan) one more time..).

We went to Chimo’s place to meet Joan faus, Mariona, Hélène and Chimichimo.

Suddenly (as a Marisol pronunciation) fucking Hector and Conde ( of course…) appeared in the apartment ( surprise managed by Adria and them). So imagine the happiness of the moment that leads us to do only one thing: “let’s open the whisky bottle!”

We did it….

It was almost the same that being into a Sarphati’s room, even if of course lot of people were missing. We decided then to move to the famous “razzmatazz”.

I m not going to be able to tell u exactly what happened in the club cause things were not that clear in my mind, I just no one security guys wanted to kill me at the end, looking at me like a killer and screaming “que pasa, que pasa!!!”….nervous man

I have to noticed that I sleep with a barca cover that smelt like Etto or maybe it was adria‘s….don’t know.

Therefore after having a great lunch that only chimo as the secret, conde and I decide to make tourism…. Disaster, Conde being the worst guy of the history of humanity. So after five minutes in front of “Sagrada de familia” we went to starbuckcoffee……. No comment.

Fortunately Hector arrived and I got some really interesting information (normal it‘s hector you are probably thinking).

Besides, magic fountains;And we realized on of my dream by going to CAMP NOU to watch amazing match 6-0 for barca with Etto scoring 4 goals in one half and Messi playing like god ( even if Henry was a shame for me..).Nacho joined us (finally) as well.

We finished this great night by a lovely coffee.

On Sunday it was, first “burger kinggggggg”, then visit of the center with a “tapas lunch” and a last lovely coffee before Madrid people departure’s.

After that just the time for Adria, Joan and me to go to Newport Beach.., euh sorry to Barcelona port making fun about tourists and watching an amazing modern bridge…

Finally, these two days looks like a week, and it was just great to be with u guys cause when I’m with one or several of u, I don’t why, but I feel just happy.

So for these entire people thank u a lot for this week end.

And for all the other, see u soon, because being together now is the same and tha’s the more important thing.

Kisses and hugs from Toulouse forca barca

Naked women

2008-11-18T20:04:00.005+01:00

Hey you guys!

I'm doing well here in Bergen; my days pass by with my psychology studies, my music and my friends. Additionally I'm acctually attending a drawing course, where I'm learning to draw protraits and nudes! It's so much fun!!!!

I was thinking; what pictures can I show from here that will reflect my life? It's not like I take pictures of everything I do.... So hey - how about showing a couple of my drawings??

I've never done anything like it before, so I'm expecting some improvement. But it's not to bad for a start? I really reccommend it for anyone who has ever considered taking courses in painting or drawing. It's great!

Btw; I hope noone is offended by me posting naked women on our webpage... If so, please just remove them. You can do it anonymous by editing this post, so don't hesitate!

With kind regards (and a loads of hugs and kisses!!!!!!!!!!!)
Mama Cathie

US belated news!

2008-11-18T02:03:00.010+01:00

Hello to everybody!!

EEEhhhHHhhh!! It is so long since the last time I wrote in this “diary” and after having been so busy and offline, It is 2 am and I am awake enough to give up to speed to you guys!!!

The first thing I want and I’m obligated to do is thanking Mahsa for everything she did last month for my b.friend and me. THANKS for driving 7 hours alone from Tucson to Vegas, THANKS a LOT for the best suite ever, THANKS for making the end of our stay in US completely gorgeous with a great and wonderful Grand Canyon’s “movie-end” (leaving apart fucking low temperatures, remember?), Definitely going to Las Vegas with you was the best choice ever!! Mahsaaaaaaaaaa I miss you!!!

As I was describing, US trip was very nice, exciting, stimulating and a bit romantic too J. Jose and I stood 3 weeks in San Francisco, and we definitely loved it! You can smell the freedom everywhere!!! We went to an “interesting” S/M gay pride called “Folsom Street fair”, some street festivals, some parties, Alcatraz, golden gate bridge, a lot of cultural visits,…. After that, we went on an unplanned trip to LA, Vegas, flagstaff and Grand Canyon!! It was really fun and I spent absolutely needed time with B.friend after our “Erasmus break“…. Anyway, I don’t want to bore you with lot of info about the trip, I will do it face to face soon.

I,m in Madrid then, living in my own flat, sharing it with Jose and another friend. We are having such a good time here, it was so stressed in the very beginnings tought. Besides, I,m full of subjects in the university this term so, studying is my near and middle term future hahaha.

I,m still remembering all of you more that you can imagine!! Now I,m noticing that we spent so much time together and I have “monkey” of beeing with friends all the time!! Thanksfully I,m meeting Conde, Moflo and Hector so often so I can hug some that lived and live the same as me, it is kind of comforting.

Anyway, I,m tired of writing, and tomorrow it is going to be a long university day, so.... BYE!!!!

PD: I,m posting some of the pictures with Mahsa in Las Vegas, such a big girl this persianamericanspanishsoul friend!!! It has been so difficult to decide wich ones post, here you are,...... Mahsa you should swim in swans lake near your hometown, I really hope it could be fun! :-)

PD2: oooohhhhh I forgot to announce it……, I,M IN for BCN!!! I will be there probably from 28 to 2nd,,,,,, I hope to see as most of you there!!

Kissesssssssss

Time to give some news too!!

2008-11-16T23:55:00.002+01:00

Hey everybody!
I am so sorry to not giving more news but i think a lot about you even if i try to not think too much about last year. I can see that everybody is busy and back to "normal" life.
My life is at the moment crazy, i have time for nothing and believe it or not i don't even have time to see Robin and same for him. We haven't been to a club together in Toulouse, when i go out , i found him in the street going back home and i am drunk and when he goes out....i have such an hangover of the past night that i can't go with him. But we will manage to have a real Toulousaine party and we will post the pics.
As i said life is crazy because i am going to another kind of erasmus next semester so i have to prepare everything.....Yeppppppp i am going to LSE in London. It's great but it's not a new erasmus for me, it can't be and it will never be : 1st because i don't want to, 2d because London is so f..... expensive!!! But as i'll be there, i'm going to Amsterdam for queensdays.....FOR SURE!!!
What else to say, well i have classes from monday till wednesday most of the time from 8am till 8 pm with 1h30 break and after that i have an intership on tuesday and friday.....So i have
stopped going out now , i mean i go out less often ( only once a week). It's getting worse because i have to move out of my appartement at the end of december, to find an intership for the begining of may ( probably in Paris) and to find an flat in London....
The good point is that i really enjoy being back in my city..taking the public bikes ( like in BCN) everyday and seeing my friends.
I would love to come to BCN to see the spanish team for new eve....but i have to save money for F..... expensive London so i hope Santa will be generous.
Girlssssssssssss i miss your gossips and i have some new from me.....( mahsa you know which part of my life i an talking about) !!!
I hope to see you all as soon as possible, come to Toulouse whenever you want or to London from January till en of april or to Paris from May till.....So you have the choice!!!
Take care
Lot of Love
Julie

.......................... GoInG BacK...........................................

2008-11-12T12:00:00.008+01:00

Hey familly,

How is everything going??I hope all of you are good. It has been long time since I wrote our Almost Berlin Trip because of my birthday.. In this case I felt also the necesity to write, just to tell you that I am going back to Amsterdam.. I just bougth my way back to Madrid trip because as some of you know when I arrived here in summer I boutgh a two ways trip (was cheaper). I thougth about buying another two ways trip but I don´t want to go back again without at least one of you..Maybe QUEENS DAY???????
I am going from the 5 December to the 11 December. Almost a week, but the way back to Madrid arrives from fucking Eindovehn..(my economy nowadays is really short..). I thougth about starting to work in Red Ligth, but I wont have many customers so..
It would be great if someone knows how much time takes to go from Amsterdam to Eindovehn, bus , etc.. I do not remmember it..
If some of you want to come these days would be great!! Let me know please as soon as possible. For the moment I think MR. Bikes is the only one coming more o less the same days, so I hope to see him. By the way I told Sara, Judith, Alvin and Maciek I am going so I hope we make a small meeting.. But not in my house.. Finally!!hehe
I have a friend living there since 1 month also, I have to show her some stuff of our city. I think for me is going to be weird to go back, but I really want to know what I feel, because I am seriously thinking of going again, not as a tourist, but this is another story...
I haven´t said nothing about my life back, but nothing special rigth now, I won´t pretend everything is so great back home as it used to be last year in Amsterdam because it is not. I am just bussy doing o pretending to do maybe too many things, but is the way to create a new routine.
Well Sarphati people, I will let you know If our building and our rabit continues alive.. and if something have chaged, eventhougth I know yes, Is not going to be the same without you..

"Lost" of kisses and huges to all of you!!

Still missing you,

Conde

BarCeloNa News!

2008-11-06T19:45:00.002+01:00

Hey Guys!!
How R U?It has been a long time since I wrote....
This Monday I started to work in AIG Europe for a six-month long internship in the "Financial Lines".I guess lots of u know that AIG Inc., had a big liquidity problem in September and that the Fed bailed out AIG ( 85 billions$)..But AIG Europe is a french subsidiary ,without any liquidity or other problem,except facing a bad image right now!!haha!( Look at how good worker I am ;) )!Adrià is convinced that they hired me because they are not gonna last long.!haha!
Anyway, I’m kinda happy to be working in spite of the fact that I’m gonna be waking up early for 6 months(OMG!)!It’s good to be busy in order to not think to much about Amsterdam .Besides, I’m still having 2 free afternoons...This quarter I ‘m only taking 2 courses,which was too much free time.In one of the courses I’m with Adrià and I have to do a work with him!I hope he’s gonna work more than with Pierre!!And more than Nacho did with me!JK!
Oh I’m also very proud of myself because I’m using a lot "Bicing"( too long to explain , sort of bike system in bcn).It makes me soooo happy!I’m always riding from my work to the university ( 25 minuts) and to university to Chimo’s place ( really closed ),etc.I’m seeing her a lot , at least on Mondays and Tuedays after university in her place to eat some cookies and study english!I’m serious!!! Hahahaa
We also talk about u very often and remember Amsterdam in general!
I am still having a little erasmus life in Bcn, which I am glad to, because of Miffy
( Australian girl from Prinsengracht) and all the Amsterdam people coming to visit (specially to Mariona&Anna).Miffy is living in Bcn and we often hang out together and go to the bar where she’s working which is full of Australians &co!

Last Saturday I went to a Halloween dinner where I didn’t know everybody.All of the sudden, I started to speak with one guy and "U know what?", he went in erasmus to Leiden and his favourite club ever is Paradiso!We were so excited and talked for a while about Netherlands, Amsterdam,clubs, restaurants and everything we loved there!We both agreed we had never found a club like Paradiso!I really miss Wednesday there!hahaha!

Otherwise I’m also happy to be back in Bcn.I’m enjoying again my city, my family and all my friends .And it’s better like that,I couldn’t have stand being depressed during all the year!!
Enough for today! (For those who are still reading...) .
I thought I didn’t have that much to explain but finally...

I hope all of u are great, having fun , and enjoying life back home or wherever u are.
Hope to see u soon!
Love u
XXX

Hélène

Dear Mr. President

2008-11-05T16:20:00.002+01:00

I voted yesterday. I had to stand in line for more than an hour. And now we have a new president!! I'm sure you all know already. Hector I really wanted to put your name down in the write-in candidate!!! Hahaha JK
-Mahsa

Possible exchange of Hector for Chimoooo

2008-10-16T18:08:00.002+02:00

Hey guys!!!

This is Moflo writing for the first time in the fucking Amsterdam blog. I just want to let u know that Hector came yesterday to Madrid for a job interview; that´s why i wrote that title for this post because it´s possible that next week Hector could start working in Madrid for the next year!!!!! (Chimo we don´t want you anymore having Hector!! Just kidding sweetheart hehe).
Today he had the interview and right now we are going to take some beers just in case we have to celebrate it in advance!!!. Tonight he is going back to Barcelona, but tomorrow he will receive a call from the firm telling him whether he has been selected or not. (Please guys pray for Hector hehe).

Now it´s time to focus on myself and not in our fucking presidenttt. As some of you guys may know, i started working in my uni one month ago more or less in the econometrics department (sounds cool doesn´t it??). I can say that the work it´s quite interesting and only four hours per day, which means that i have enough time to attend to the lectures of my courses. Apart from my horrible routine, i also can say that Conde and i have been partying quite a lot during the weekends of those last two months (i think that everybody knows the way it works --> drink to forget that we are not in Amsterdam anymore). Anyway i just wanted to tell everybody how much i miss all of u.

Especial message for Mario: We are craving to hear,to read,to see your wild wild trip to the US with Mahsa (Conde told me that you went to Las Vegassss).

Take care everyone and hope to see u soon. Moflo in the sky with diamondsssss

Wednesday night...

2008-10-02T19:49:00.005+02:00

- "Wednesday night... Paradiso!!"
- ...but we are not in Amsterdam anymore!?!
- ...mmm, Wednesday night... Apolo!!

American life as it used to be....

2008-09-12T23:39:00.009+02:00

Hey dudes!!!!!!

I've been going to school for about a month now, and almost back for 2 months. I can't believe it's been that long already.

I have a lot of classes this semester because I have to catch up from last year. Hahahaha

And now I'm applying to be a professional business student at my university. About 2000 students apply every semester and they accept 400. I have my assessnent tests and my interviews in 2 weeks. So wish me luck.

My university is really big here. There are about 50,000 students here. So it takes me 30 minutes to walk between classes. But it a very nice university. I took these pictures in the morning when it's not over-crowded with people.

I've also been working in a restaurant. It's in the northern part of town. It's a "corners of the world" restaurant so we have a lot of Tapas. And on thursdays we have live jazz, and fridays a live band, and saturdays a bellydancer and then after that a live DJ. It sounds strange but it's a nice place. The only thing is in the US servers make money only by the tips that people leave, so we have to practically kiss eveyone's ass. Hahaha

I've been going to a lot of American football and baseball games here too. They're really fun(at least for me.) Haha. I'll take pictures of my university's football game next time they play at our school so i can show you, same thing for the baseball.

The more time I spend here, the more I realize how much my life here is a typicall stereotype of Americans(in a good way of course :)

So I took a couple of pictures from one of the pool parties I went to. The party started at 12 noon, and by the time I got there at 3 everyone was already drunk. They had already drunk 1 and a half beer kegs, and all of the hard alcohol between them. By about 10:30pm everyone was already passed out on the beds and the couches. So my friend and I had to sleep on the dog bed. And it was NOT comfortable at all. We all woke up at about 7 in the morning and everyone started playing games again and swimming.........

I went to work from there, and I'm sure I was still a bit drunk. Good thing I didn't get pulled over or else I might have been in jail now, hahaha

And yesterday I took two exchange students out to dinner with my friends. They're from Britain. With realy thick british accents. (which made me think of Joe) And listening to them talk about how everything is so different and american made me think of how you guys would say the same thing if you were here. haha

Well I have to go to to try and sleep, my aunt is visiting us and i gave her my room. So i've been sleeping on the couches/the floor for 2 weeks, and I only get about 6 hours of sleep.

Tomorrow night mitra's boyfriend is coming to meet my parents for the first time. Wish him luck. hahaha

I love you guys, and miss you more every day

Kisses

Mahsa

p.s. Mario, sorry I keep missing you on the internet. I should be home and online all day tomorrow. So I hope you can be on then.

Amsterdam 2nd Years

2008-09-11T12:02:00.003+02:00

Hi everyone...

Long time not seeing u guys...

How are the stuffs going on?

SOmething about me... Its .. school started with all different people. I went to isn borrel on tuesday, and yeah its so fucking crowded with the new people. Get to know them and they are fun. Probably not as fun as u guys, but they are different, and i am sort of starting to like it. I really missed the living atmosphere at sarphati, although I really have a nice place at De Pijp area now.. but still u know, I cant just go to anyone doors to talk when I am bored, cause I and my flatemate are the only students who living at that apartment.

Well yeah, u guys still remember right, u, u , and U are always welcome to go visit amsterdam. There are still Maciek, Dana, Andrei, And alexadra. Also Alam and his wife...

Maybe its good if we do kind of reunion at Sarphati beach with BBQ ;)

Love u guys...

Cheers,

Alvin

Back to school

2008-08-31T13:47:00.004+02:00

Yeah, well, I'm officially back to uni and real life. Started two weeks ago (on the 18th) and it's been bloody hard!!!! Now I'm really realizing how relaxed my situation was in A'dam... Phjoh! I've been sick with a cold as well since wednesday, and I've been dead-tired. This weekend I had family and friends of my parents in town; we celebrated my mothers 50th anniversary. It was so nice having them here - even my grandmother, aunt and uncle came all the way from Germany! It was a big surprise party, and we acctually managed to keep it a secret up until now! It was so nice!!! Except for the fact that I couldn't participate in everything, because I was laying around on my sofa watching stupid series :P But now I'm all better, and everybody's left.

To inform you briefly about what I was doing before Uni started, we started working on a musicvideo with my band. It was a lot of fun! We didn't do a lot, just a bit of research and planning, but here's a photo from one of the shootings

The background is in the center of Bergen: It's such a beatiful city I live in!?? I absolutely love being back :)

So, I know it's really early to start talking about it, but I'm from the north of europe, and we like planning things... What do you think about celebrating New Years Eve togehter? I am seriously considering Spain as a destination - I want to be somewhere it (hopefully) doesn't rain, with people I love and to eat 12 grapes. How about it, a New Years Eve to remember?

Lots of love,
Cathie

Sporting - Barça

2008-08-30T11:42:00.004+02:00

JOAO, TELL YOUR MOM SOME CATALAN DRUNKS ARE COMING TO YOUR PLACE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS

-Adrià

Bilbao

2008-08-29T12:33:00.005+02:00

14 Sarphati people gathered in Bilbao for some days during "Aste Nagusia / Semana Grande". It was a revival of Amsterdam, although we weren't there and we are no longer Erasmus students. All thanks to Mario, who hosted all of us in his house (Thank you very much Mario!!).

....

Just thought I'd let you know........

2008-08-22T06:24:00.003+02:00

I'm sitting here in my house in Tucson and from the moment I woke up this morning untill now the only thing i've done is think of you all. Going through all of the memories from last year, jokes, adventure, etc........ I hope I get to talk to you tomorrow because I won't be home for the weekend(my time.)
Well, it's hard to do anything else. I miss you all. There is no other way to say it.

I LOVE YOU

Hugs and Kisses to everyone
Mahsa

i feel like giving news today...

2008-08-19T22:28:00.001+02:00

hey guys!!!

i have not written anything since today and even if im gonna see quite a lot of people in few hours now in bilbao i wanted to give some news to everybody.
My life is now relatively calm and quiet comparing our undescriptible year we had all together...It is almost one month for me now that im back in france and i spent most of the time working in a surgery room as testify the pictures( im actually writing this in the room two meter from the surgery table). I could talk about disgusting stories with blood ( i know that moflo is already exicted reading that, come down man) and destroyed human bodies.... for hours with everything i saw but i don't wanna shock the fragile people. I can simply imagine that my daily job is a mix btw grey's anatomy and doctor house without special effects.. i won't tell more about it but it is really cool.

Except that, i had some good parties with my friends even if the wiskhy with cocacola smells and tastes like all of you now, so it is quite hard to drink that with other people ( but don't worry i still do it). By the way i wanna say to some people ( adria and conde to not point them) that i quit smoking cigaret in amsterdam, the last one was on the trainplatform one minute before leaving and we bet until bilbao, im gonna win this bet for surrrrrrrreeeeee ( like someoneelse would say).
For the moment i have been on holidays just during a we ( yes im saving lives, i cannot do eveyhting...). I went to britain in english or Bretagne in french ( west coast ) with some friends ( i was fishing on a boat of 4 meters so next time i probably borrow the one that principessa spent her holidays on , ok??)).
i think i tried during the first weeks ( those that sucked a lot) to explain to my f'riends my erasmus but i stopped cause like we said before it 's impossible, not because of them but i could find the exact words to explain all the feelings that we shared and all the stuffs that we built.
i miss all of you so much but i also feel proud and full to have lived what we did.
so thanks
with love,
and see you really soon or unfortunetly later .

dr Robin VINCENT ( or almost dr...)

ps: im arriving at 6.40 pm at bilbao's airport on thursday, if someone feel like picking me up...it's a great feeling that should be realized...

In all humility...

2008-08-17T16:59:00.002+02:00

Hey guys!

Is it ok for me to do some commercial here for my own blog? Just in case you want to have a look at it; I occationally write on english as well ;) http://krigogfredogsaann.blogspot.com/

I'm doing well, by the way! Back in Bergen - it's been so chaotic in my head and in my heart since I've been back. I think about you a lot, and I miss you still. University starts again tomorrow (!! crazy country = crazy people...), and I'm more or less ready for it. Will be good to do something again.

Yours truly,
Cathrine

Matadapera....candidate for next huge meeting!

2008-08-13T19:07:00.004+02:00

I dont know if im going to be able to post a photo because Im kind of slow with this things, I was like 15 minutes trying to find were I could write. But don´t worry I´ll do my best (or I will call Mario) :).

This was on Monday in Adria´s second house ( well, I think we have to say Adria´s "residence" house) it is half an hour from barcelona " in theory" because I came with Joan Sola and we spend like one hour and a half to find the house following the Michelin route, we can say that he was making tourism to me. Whatever, the house is really nice, it has a pool as you can see.

We had a great time, but a lot of people were missing and is something we all noticed. It has been the best year of my life, the best decision of my life . Moving to sarphati was incredible, were I found the best family ever. Looking forward to Bilbao , miss you all....

Chimo

“There is no place like home”‏

2008-08-11T13:43:00.004+02:00

Sunday, 29-June-2008.

“There is no place like home” is what a friend of mine told me through a phone call when I was waiting for my baggage in the Airport of Barcelona. That made me think. I analysed his fucking inopportune phrase and I considered it from the point of view by which it really has sense for me. Of course there was not place like home, there was no place like Sarphati. In that moment this thought tore me up. I burst into tears; all the tears that I could not cry in our lovely and amazing Dutch city. All my friends were waiting for me in my village’s festival but I was not ready. I could not see anybody that night. I was psychically knackered. And still I am. And still I Amsterdam. Thank you for being as you are. I always will love you,

Joan

2nd meeting in BCN

2008-08-07T02:28:00.003+02:00

August 6th, that was the day in which several Sarphati people (and one from Prinsengracht) met in the same place as in the first meeting in BCN.
Another time a dinner was the excuse to gather us, some from BCN and some visiting BCN... and again, so many Sarphati people were missing!!!

We miss you all

Adrià, Conde, Chimo, Joan Faus, Hélène, Héctor, Tea

My Big Truck, Red Cup weekend

2008-08-04T20:08:00.007+02:00

Hey everyone,

This weekend my friends decided to take me with them on a weekend trip to one of the lakes in Arizona. We left Friday afternoon and got back yesterday. The whole time I was there I kept thinking what all of you would think about all of it. Because I was having a culture shock, so I can only imagine. The huge trucks, the cheap American beer, the red cups, the fireworks they bring, the BBQs.

When we got there we were so busy talking that the sun went down and we still hadn’t put our tent up. This was great fun trying to do at 1:30 in the morning, and having help from our drunken neighbors.

Everyone there has their own boat. They buy all the parts and fix it themselves and then go out every weekend and on Saturdays too race. To bring their boats to the lake they ALL have really really really big trucks (don’t worry I took photos for you so you can see how big they were. I think the one with the ladder can give you an idea, or how my head doesn't reach the side mirror of the white one)

But it was a bit scary, these boats went up to 100 miles per hour which is about 160 kilometers per hour (I think). There was also cliff jumping, and a rope swing to jump into the lake. And a lot of people brought their water skis, jet skis, tubes………

The weather wasn’t so great though, I probably had to drink at least 10 bottles of water each day. One of my friends ran out of gas when he went out and he had to paddle back. Another friend’s battery died and they had to drive an hour to buy a new one. Another friend’s boat sunk in the water. And one hit a bolder in the water and broke his prop.

And now I’m back, and the funny thing is I’m still not used to being here. I don’t go more than 2 minutes without thinking of you guys. I miss you all, a lot. Wish I could be there to see you.

Kisses
Mahsa

Meeting in BCN

2008-08-01T01:04:00.004+02:00

July 31st, that was the day that eventually the Catalan people arranged for the first meeting after leaving AMS... and suddenly Conde showed up!!!
We had a great dinner at Héctor's place trying to imitate the kind of dinners we used to have in Sarphati... There are no words to describe what we all felt, it was weird to met us again in BCN and not in AMS... but above all, the weirdest thing was to meet just some of us (11 people)... so many Sarphati people were missing!!! Be sure that we thought about each one of you!!!
We're about to go out... despite we won't go to Paradiso, we'll try to have as much fun as possible.

We miss you all and we love you..

See you soon.

Catalan people + Conde.

Hello, hello! by Mario!

2008-08-01T00:13:00.006+02:00

Hi guys!!

I didn,t write for a long time in the blog and altough I don,t have a lot of new things to say, I wanted to do it, Does anyone have a problem?? Oh!

How are you? I want to have more activity in this Board, ok?? I have to talk a little bit about Bilbao,s Trip. I know that maybe this is not fair for the people that cannot come, and specially for sweety Mahsa that is in far Arizona. But to compesate, I have asked to B.friend to have a detail for her, so here i go,.... Hello Hello! hahaha :-)

Jose photoshops ourselves in this composition!! For you my dear!!

For the rest, comming back to the trip, I have to say that I,m so glad to receiving you guys at my little flat,.... and specially for this,.... I would like to ask for those that are comming by car (catalan Sector) to take as many as sleeping bags as they can!! because the floor is gonna be so tough.... hahah.

I,m going to do my best in order to be confortable, buuuuut this is all the resources I have..... I would like to remember that the dates are from Thursday 21st till 24st, appart from this, of course you are welcome to come the period you want or can!! I,m preparing a BBQ too, it is gonna be great guys!!

So, I,m in Bilbao now,.... and I miss you all mother fuckers!!

Kisssssseeesssss (in honour of wonderful Dimitra)
Mario

I'm back with the polarbears

2008-07-29T13:45:00.002+02:00

Haha. Kidding, off course there are no polarbears here now. They hibernate during the summer... :P

It's around 25 degrees, and really nice in Norway at the moment. I came to my parents place near Oslo Sunday night, and on Thursday I will go back to Bergen. For the first time in 6 months! It feels rather surreal...

I left Amsterdam on the 30th of June, by train, to my grandparents place in Germany. For ten days I ate, basically. From there I took the plane to Naples, where I visited Ivan for ten days. It's so beautiful there (look at the pictures)!

The view from Ivans house

The 2nd bluest water in Italy

Spontaneously, I ended up flying to Vienna to visit a friend from Prinsengracht. I stayed for a week, and it was so much fun! We were 5 people from Amsterdam, and even if it was a bit weird meeting them in Austria, it felt so natural being together again. This made me really happy, because I know it will be the same when I meet any one of you again.

Viennese Coffe- House

It was so touching to read all your posts, there were truly great friendships established this year!

I still think about you, and I always will.

Yours,
Cathrine (Cathie ;) )

From the south of Spain...

2008-07-28T16:49:00.002+02:00

Hello people!!

How is your new life going?? I have heard about some people that had already left our wonderful city, and I think that more or less we have all the same feeling about being back home. The truth is that I have been doing here a lot of things but still I think about you every single day. I came yesterday from an amazing trip in Portugal with all my friends, and I have to say that It has been incredible, we had a lot of fun there but despite this, I was always thinking how it could have been if you were there. About you Mahsa, I'm really happy that missing your plane became a good situation. You guys, that changed your trip not to let her alone was a behaviour that says a lot of good things about you, and make me feel very proud of the kind of friends that i did during my erasmus. When I talked to my parents telling them what had happened and that you had changed your trip to go to Brussels to stay with mahsa my father told me - Marisol, these are the kind of things that just good friends in life do, It shows the strong friendship you made there - and I have to say that I feel proud and lucky about this.
For the rest, I am waiting till the first of august to go to Almuñecar and spent there some days in summer. I know that maybe some of you will come to visit me but you are all invited!!!

I don¡t have a lot of new things to tell, just that fortunately my summer is going really good and here I also have a lot of good persons that were waiting for me. I keep talking about you as the best erasmus ever because after talking with a lot of pepole I am sure that our group was the best.

I can not wait to see you, and you those that are far I am sure that we will see again.

I MISS YOU ALL, AND I LOVE U ALL....

Marisol
xxxxxxxxxxx

PD: Adria, really good idea to make this blog. It is nice to heard from all of u.

Some french news

2008-07-23T12:27:00.003+02:00

Hello my sweet family!!
I can see that everyone is more or less ok but that we definitly keep it touch although i was sure we will but this blog is a great idea!
I am sorry to not give you more news but i am very busy here and my computer doesn't work very well anymore so i have to send my e-mail from my friend's computer.
I came back from Poland on sunday where i have seen maciek for few hours, it was nice and weird to see each other not in Amsterdam.
If i can give you some hope concerning the "after eramus period", well, it's been one month that i came back home and i think about you every single day but i am not sad....just happy that this happened in my life, so i hope you will have the same feelings.
I have also a funny story : i get my master for next year so i will spend 6 months in Toulouse and 6 months in Warwick as a kind of second erasmus....and guess with who i will be in England??.....JOE!!!!
I asked also for Barcelona but they didn't give me the answer yet so England is sure and maybe Barcelona.....
I have found my appartment in Toulouse so you are all invited to come whenever you want to.
For the Spanish people i plan to come in Barcelona from the 8th to the 11th of august and also to Bilbao at the end of the month.
For the sweetest american girl, i am definitly going to Montreal next summer and i am gonna try to get an intership in US in september 2009....so i will do my best to come to visit you.
Miss Ponce Fiesta i am not sure to be able to come to sevilla but let me know if you can meet me to barcelona or somewhere else....
I wish you all a good summer, here the weather is amazing and i spend my days to the swimming pool.....
LOT OF LOVE
Julie

some words..

2008-07-22T16:37:00.002+02:00

Hey people,

How are you?
I’m glad to see that the blog is being followed..

I’ve been back home for already one week but as I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to write you some words.It’s not that I have to ,but I want to.
I just wanted to thank all of you for such a great year.It has been amazing!It couldn’t have been better.
I know that I’ve grown up so much as a person during this year...I’ve learned something from each of you and the result , I know it, is that I am a better person now.So thank you so much.
All my friends and family are telling me how happy I seem to be , how beautiful I’ve come back, how much my eyes are shining...etc since I arrived. But it just because I’ve come back HAPPY, full of life, full of “ joie de vivre”,...
After a bad period that I had had to go through ,quite recently, this year was the perfect gift someone could have ever given me.
It has fulfilled me of energy, optimimism, and enought strength to face the future and whatever comes.

I sincerly love you ,
Hélène

I love you.

2008-07-21T11:54:00.002+02:00

So missing my flight back to the US is probably the second best thing I’ve done in my life. The first being to go to Amsterdam to study.

The last trip around Europe was amazing. I couldn’t have asked for a better 4 days. Thanks guys for coming all the way back for me. It means a lot to me. Sorry to have made Berlin unsuccessful once again. Conde's birthday was great, we missed you all.

I ended the best year of my life with the 2 worst days I’ve ever had. The guys left the airport at around 1:30 in the morning. And I decided to stay the night there to make sure to make it to my flight (not that missing it again wouldn’t have me happier than anything.) I spent the next 12 hours in the airport. Destroyed. Then got onto my plane to Philadelphia. But we couldn’t land in Philadelphia so they took us to Boston. We couldn’t land there either, so finally we went to Atlantic city. We got more fuel for the plane and after 10 and a half hours we finally got off the plane.

That gave me about 1 min to catch my next flight to Phoenix. We had to wait about 45 min before taking off, because of bad weather. After another 5 hours of flying, I got to Arizona. My luggage didn’t. But that a story for another time. No one should be allowed to travel all that way alone when they're destroyed.

My parents picked me up at the airport. I’d missed them. More than I had remembered, and we drove to Tucson. I’ve been home for about 1 hour. Everyone is sleeping. But I can’t, not because of the time difference, but because my first night here is too hard. Too real. Tomorrow is that start of my new life, and somehow I’m hoping it doesn’t come.

I just can’t believe that it’s over. I shouldn’t be here. I can’t think since I left. I can’t breath. I can’t stop crying. I criticize everything now. The big trucks, the huge stores, the wide streets, the never ending sight of cactus. But at least every time I’m about to cry because of sadness, I smile.

Because it really was the best year of my life. Thanks to all of you. My love for you is forever.

I believe in a theory. I wish with all my heart that it’s true.

I miss you………….
Mahsa

Just Kidding...

2008-07-20T21:39:00.000+02:00

Concerning my kid... Bullshit!

ALmOsT BeRLin TrIp....

2008-07-20T16:22:00.002+02:00

Hey Sarphati people!!I heard from some people that the return to the fucking reality is hard and weird.. I have not arrived yet to this world, but unfortunately I am coming soon.. I am not going to start saying sad things and great memories from the past, but be sure I will..
I just want to let you know how was our almost Berlin trip. We left Amsterdam the 16th after saying bye bye to Mahsa... so imagine.. We rented the car and we took the road direction to a city that aparently is impossible to reach.. When we were in "Hangover" Mahsa called us saying that she had just missed her plane.. So after thinking quite a lot we decided that we must go to Brussels to pick her up. So we did. Once there, and after maybe 10 hours of car, we went to this amazing bar that most of you will remember: The "guinest record beers bar" called Delirious. We slept in a hostel but we had a "quick beer" before in a kind of party in the same hostel.
Next morning, without knowing for sure where to go we decided to go to Lille, because was in the same way of London, which was aparently the choosen city to celebrate my birthday. We arrived in Lille(an unexpected nice city), we have a walk and we went early to sleep.
We had a kind of good breakfast in the hostel, and after calling my friend, who was suppose to give us accomodation in London but finally didn't, we had no fucking idea where to go. This was a weird but at the same time freedom sensation. After making a formal discussion we had the "great idea" of going to Luxembourg.. So once more we get in the car and drive some kilometers..
At 4 in the afternoon more o less we arrived in this small but beatiful country and city at the same time. We went to a hostel but....I do not know if thankfully or not, we had no place to sleep in the whole Luxemburg.. So as usual, we had no fucking idea of where to go..
We had a "free coffee" and a deep discusion and we decided to go to PARISSS without knowing if we were going to sleep or where to stay there. We get in our "secondhouse-car" and we left Luxembourg at 6. After a huge traffic jam and 4 hours of driving we arrived in Robin's city.. His family was really nice and they allowed us to slept that night there.
At 12 my unexpected birthday in Paris began. We went to QUEENs, a really cool but expensive place. We had much fun, but we were only 5.. I felt like there were at least 20 more people which must have been there with us this day... My friends, my Sarphati family...
Next day, we took the car direction to Brussels again.. We all had a strange feeling of happiness because of the great trip we just made, but also of sadness, because of having to say bye to Mahsa again.. We had dinner in a little village, and unfortunately we had to go to the, from now on, most hated airport ever..
So, the trip was great, but it began and finished in a sad way.. But I think for the 5 of us it has been a trip we will never forget...

I wish all of you could have been there with us.

Lots of love. We miss you.

Conde

David is a pussy

2008-07-19T06:16:00.004+02:00

Yep. True story, david actually dreams about you guys... I bet he cried while writing his post...
However, i must say that i share his feelings, those were the best 6 months of my life.

I will miss each and everyone one of you (not you Adria) for the rest of my life (not you Alvaro), even Carlijn (no Moflo and no Conde i didnt do anything with her).
The parties, the football games, the poker games, the drinking games, the PES (still haven't beaten me Joan), the talks about nothing and everything, the dinners (by the way, Pierre, you have to teach me to do some of those amazing sauces), the weed, the shrooms ("What else?"), the elevator ("Fuck you Joao" or "Fuckin' Joao"). Man, what a long sentence.
Everything about that place was great even the fact that i had to put up with fucking Adria. Let me just finish by saying: Fucking Portugal we played like shit in the Euro! Congrats to all you fucking spanish people!

Last thing, my girlfriend is pregnant i am gonna be a father!!!!

P.S. Poker?

Lotta Love (Who the hell says that?),

Fuckin' Joao

!!!! HELLO!!!

2008-07-17T16:34:00.002+02:00

OLÁ!

Dear friends,

It has been 7 months since i left sarphatistraat. And i just wanted you to know, that after 7 months in "reality" i still haven't forgotten any of you. Believe me or not, i dream with you guys and or times in amsterdam about 2 or 3 times a week, and for the first month i couldnt even get some decent sleep.

Truth is i miss you all. I know that there hasnt been almost any communication between all of you but that doesnt mean i don't remember you or our great times, and i seriously hope you still have some kind of reminescence of my person :)

I also wanted you to know that for me it is really fucked up to know that next time i come back to amsterdam you guys won't be there, so i feel like there is something that i won't ever have again. I always said that i would visit you and i was supposed to however i failed one course and had to stay in lisbon studying, oh and yeah, i passed now which means that i'm graduate now \o/

Dear friends, i whish you all the best, good luck for your life and i hope we can meet somewhere in this (small) world. And hey, the biggest part of this group of people is spanish! And what is right next to spain?? Portugal! So let's just have a weekend together in some random city and have a taste of the old good times!

Lotta love!

David from Portugal

PS. This blog is an amazing idea! Just keep it updated or else ill join Adria for you know what.

SOUL FRIENDS by Mario

2008-07-16T02:34:00.002+02:00

Hi Everybody!

I,m pretty sure that specifically this post is not gonna be so read, but anyway someone have to start putting things here, in order to keep in touch in a real way!!

Today it has been so hard guys, I have said bye to some of my closest friends in my erasmus life, and that have killed me, Mahsa looking at me completely distroyed is the last thing i wanted to see (I luv U)

In that train, I was saying to my mind, .... "It is not fair to find finally soul friends here", "why life is so cruel?". I am not talking about the hilarous parties, great picnics and so on that we,ve enjoyed together.... I am talking about something more, about people that have completely accepted me with all of my pros and cons. That,s gonna be so hard to find it with another people. I,m so thanked guys, thanks for making me the happiest man ever!

Hopefully or thankfully (I think in this case is Thankfully,.... Mahsapedia?) Jimena, Faus and I were flying in the same flight and this have helped the 3 of us so much. It was fun the way back home, 26 kilos in a low cost airline, bike with a crappy package, 4 handluggage of joan, 2 of chime, 2 of me,.... exhosted but fun!

And here I am, B.friend is sleeping because he has to work early tomorrow morning,... thankfully I have him helping me to get over of this deep sadness, but it is 3 am and I cannot sleep!

Good luck to those that are travelling to Berlin in some hours, and a big hug as well to Mahsa, that is crossing all the world to meet her family and friends again!

I,ll promise next time to be more optimistic, but what can i do? afterall with you guys I feel that I can say everything without any "tabu", and that,s the coolest thing that could happen to a group of a SOUL FRIENDS.

LOL (Lots of Love)
Mario

PS: Nana is so high,....... You say goodbye I say hello,......... what a memories!

Smiles by Héctor

2008-07-14T21:55:00.001+02:00

Wednesday, July 09, 2008 11:30:28 PM

Yesterday I celebrated my birthday with my close friends from BCN, as I am used to do.
However, this time it was not the same, I felt like many people were missing in the party... then I realized that I also would have liked to have celebrated it with you Sarphati people in Sarphati... but rather than becoming sad, a smile was drawn in my face when this thought came to my mind.

Thanks for make me smile

Best regards from BCN

héctor
www.hector624.com

Goodbye Sarphati

2008-07-14T19:36:00.000+02:00