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What you see above is nothing compared to what we're going through. And what I'm going to write is only a tiny teeny bit of what's really going on there.

We've been living in this apartment for more than 2 years and it's been sh*t after sh*t happening because we unfortunately thought people were honest.

It started from the beginning but we were too naive and too excited for a new place that we didn't see anything until we realised we were dealing with non-professional people who actually are smugglers. We've been complaining since day 1 (we bought our place in December 2009) that there was a water problem and that needed to be fixed. We heard all kind of stories like
"it's normal", (sure, water coming out from our living-room walls is normal), 
"we injected something, it should be okay now" (then it flooded in the garage like it never had before), 
"there are no problems, you're imagining it" (of course, we're imagining the water coming out of our balcony lamp and didn't make a movie to prove it to you), 
"yes, there is water in the car elevator opening, but we put a pump to get it out" (and put the other end of the hose in the same opening and it killed the elevator motor), 
"the car-elevator shouldn't be put out of service, it's not dangerous" (ten seconds later you say the exact opposite when your boss isn't around + water is actually flooding so hard it looks like a waterfall, no really, I have a video to prove it too), 
"the water problems (oh there are some now?) are going to be fixed when it will stop raining/when it'll snow on it/when it's all going to be dry/when the 2nd phase is going to start/when the 2nd phase is at your level/when the 2nd phase is done/when the roof of the 2nd phase is done" (it's been 2,5 years, Sept. 10 2010, to be exact, that we noticed the water coming out abnormally from the balcony, but of course, we have to wait all four seasons, twice, before you incompetent duffer do anything and even right now, as of today, you haven't done anything and haven't got a clue what the problem is)...........
Right now, I'm just tired and fed up and am in such a mood that I wish I had a punching ball. P. is making himself sick with anger from all their lies and all their screwing over, I hate seeing him like this, he's not his regular self and it gets me so worried. We're far from having a baby/family in this crazy building filled with neighbours who can't take a stand when it's time to but are eager to share their disappointment and worries and anger when we're chatting in private.

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This weekend was full of unexpected events, some bad, some great.
I'm going to write about one bad but I'm not going to be complaining (so much).

I fell yet again from my bike.

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I don't know what it is with me and bikes but it seems that I have some sort of curse:
When I was about 8, my lovely white bike broke in two, right in the middle, while I was riding it.
When I was about 12, I wanted to do just like my brother who  just went through a 90° angle and went right down... the field. I was so in shock I couldn't move for a moment.
When I was 16, I almost fell but could find my balance again but hurting myself because I took my Mom's bike which was a man's bike. Ouch! I also wanted to get into our tiny pathway with the bike and scratched all my left hand fingers. Ouch again!
Just last Summer, we were riding our bikes in Limburg, Belgium and we were looking at how beautiful the nature was and we slowed down and I couldn't avoid the biker in front of me and fell (I have to admit that I was trying to take a picture and ended up with my right hand really high up so I wouldn't break my iPhone. Since then I bought a lifeproof case).
And so this time, I got stuck in a tram rail.

I've been afraid it would happen but I managed not to get too close to the tram rail or to completely avoid them or to cross them in such a certain way that the wheels of my bike wouldn't get stuck. But we went to this street (that I've never been to before) and the street is so narrow that you have to pass the tram rails.

I got stuck once but could get out real quick without any trouble but then I was scared (and I was tired) and got stuck again without being able to get out of it. And fell.
I really hurt myself this time and started to cry (mostly because I was afraid of the cars behind us) and asked BabyLuv to take the bike away from me. I couldn't walk properly and was all wet. My left feet hurt terribly as I tried to walk and my right calf was pouncing pretty hard. I took a look at my legs and saw it was nothing bad so we went on to go to the restaurant, but I wouldn't ride my bike.

I think I won't take that street with my bike ever again and I'll also be 100 times more careful. I heard some of my colleagues talk about it (falling off because of the tram tracks) but I'd never thought that it'd be that scary.
Later on, I came across the image below and thought about how ironic it was. I think this was very accurate. LOL!

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Day 21:  Turn ons and offs

Turn ons:
  • makes me smile/laugh
  • great hair
  • a smile with the eyes
  • perfumed
  • optimism
Turn offs:
  • smoker
  • bad breath
  • teeth not brushed
  • bad manners
  • disrespect women
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Day 14:  Provide pictures of five celebrity crushes:
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Day 9:  Pet Peeves:
  • No blinkers when you need to make a turn.
  • Boys/men who think they can treat a girl like sh#t.
  • Not picking your dog's poop up on the sidewalks.
  • Throwing your chewing-gum on the streets or anywhere other than in a trash can.
  • In fact throwing anything anywhere other than in a trash can.
  • People deliberately making noises during movies.
  • Guys who don't put the toilet seat back down.
  • Tailgaters.
  • Walking into spider webs.
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Day 2: 10 Likes and dislikes (in no particular order).

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