Few hours in AMS

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

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

Amsterdam Revival and some news

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...

Puta madrid tio!!!

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

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!!

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

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.....................

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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!

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