29/8/2010 - Task 21 - 30

#21 Go on a roadtrip with no predetermined destination

#22 Rent a house at the beach for a week (or longer)

#23 Get my driver's license before driving the Lambo
I working really hard in my lessons. According to my teacher I learned everything expect for a little more driving experience. I hope to have my license before 2011 starts and I am fairly confident that I will pass the exam in 1 try.

#24 Put €5 into savings for each completed item
I have to start over again on this one because I think I spend quite some money from what I put into savings. I will calculate how many tasks I completted and will transfer that amount to my savings account.

#25 Visit 15 restaurants (13/15)
Only two more to go!

#26 Cook 25 new recipes (16/25)
I did a good job on this one this week. I made dinner 3 times this week so I must give myself some credit here :)

#27 Join Postcrossing and send 50 cards [2/9/2009]

#28 Participate in NaBloPoMo in 2009 [30/9/2009]

#29 Participate in NaBloPoMo in 2010

#30 Participate in NaBloPoMo in 2011

Summary:
Task 21 - 30
Finished: #27, #28
In progress: #23, #24, #25, #26
Cancelled: -

14/08/2010 - Task 11 - 20

#11 Get my High School Diplome [17/08/2010]

#12 Read 250 books (128/250)
Read another 6 books acording to last time. I could be doing so much beter! I love to read and I just let it slop. Maybe I should make it a rule to try and read 100 or so pages a day. Not to force myself but to get me into reading again. Why not start today? I am currently reading Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. I have seen the movie but I always want to know how the book that it is based on is like.
Ps. And I have just counted I have 45 other unread books..

#13 Watch 350 movies (204/350)
I am doing well with this. I have quite some movies to be watched and I just generally like to watch movies so, this should not be a problem at all!

#14 Run a marathon/race
I do not train for this. I really think that I should run more often but it is hectic right now because I want to rest before I go to school and my introduction week next week. Once we hit mid-september I should be able to do some more.

#15 Read the Bible cover to cover (7/15)
The bigger bible books remain for me to read. I think it is interesting, I really, really do but it takes a lot of focus and concentration from me. I am sure this will happen eventually too.

#16 7 days of volunteering for different charities (0/7)
This one does not go according to plan. We don't have seperate volunteer activities with charities.

#17 Go to the airport, pick a destination I never went and fly there.

#18 Collect a complete set of US State Quarters (46/59)
I went to the US just a week ago but was not able to find all state quarters. I am missing the following:
States: Alabama/Arkansas/Florida/Illinois/Iowa/Missouri/Nevada/Utah
Territories: District of Colombia/Puerto Rico/Guam/US Virgin Islands
Parks: Hot Springs, Arkansas

#19 Visit at least 25 cities from my book 501 cities (8/25)
I can add 5 cities here after my last trip to Canada and the US:
Montréal, Canada
Toronto, Canada
New York, USA
Boston, USA
Washington, USA

#20 Try to collect postcards from 101 different cities from my book 501 Cities (77/101)
Two new ones for here:
Montréal, Canada
Toronto, Canada

Summary:

Task 11 - 20
Finished:#11
In progress: #12, 13, #15, #18, #19, #20
Cancelled: -

13/08/2010 - Task 1- 10

#1 Visit the deep blue sea [7/8/2010]
Yes, went whale watching in Boston, US just a week ago. I actually saw the enormous creatures rising from the sea. It was pretty impressive if I may say so :). We traveled an hour from the coast by boot so I think this counts as the deep blue sea does it not?

#2 Visit 10 US States (9/10)
As I said before I was fairly sure that I would only be visiting 9 US States while being on our trip and it turns out, that indeed there where only 9! But I still have quite some time to go a 10th state!
So here is were I have been:
1. New York
2. Pennsylvenia
3. Maryland
4. Washington D.C.
5. New Jersey
6. Connecticut
7. Massachusetts
8. New Hampshire
9. Vermont

#3 Visit either a ManU or a Barcelona game
This still needs some serious planning...

#4 Visit a Formula One Weekend
Same thing here.

#5 Set up a tent in the backyard and sleep there with a friend
Ask S. to do this. Quickly!

#6 Visit 5 soccer matches (2/5)
Already making plans to go this August:O..

#7 Get a Manchester Soccer Shirt

#8 Get a AJAX-soccer shirt [10/10/2009]

#9 Go to the Chinese Wall

#10 Drive a Lamborghini CANCELLED
This is one that is going to be cancelled. Is not realistic to accomplish this during my 101 project.

Summary:
Task 1 - 10
Finished:#1, #8
In progress: #2, #6
Cancelled: #10

Task 1 - 10

I was thinking about planning the tasks in advance. So here we go:

#1 Visit the deep blue sea
This summer, in 6 weeks to be precise I go whale watching, so that is one for this.

#2 Visit 10 US States
In 4 weeks I leave for Canada and the US. I will make pictures of the States sign as proof. As far as I know I will be visiting 9 US States while I am there so still one short..

#3 Visit either a ManU or a Barcelona game
I think I should plan a weekend with my father this fall or maybe next spring to go to Barcelona. We could make it a father-daughter weekend.

#4 Visit a Formula One Weekend
Same thing here. It would be really cool to go to the grandprix of Singapore or Malasiya. At this moment I don't have the money and the time so again, maybe fall or spring.

#5 Set up a tent in the backyard and sleep there with a friend
Maybe I could do this at the end of the summer with S. since we might be both leaving for college.

#6 Visit 5 soccer matches (2/5)
Seeing Barcelona would make 3 and there will be 2 games of Ajax (def!) that I will go and see once the 2010/2011 season starts.

#7 Get a Manchester Soccer Shirt
Only thing I have to do for this one is get the money and buy the thing. Could be so easy. But I have no money whatsoever to spare at this very moment.

#8 Get a AJAX-soccer shirt [10/10/2009]
Did this. This was very easy. Ajax is by far my favorite team and I support them througout (?) the season. Hope to get a little more fanwear.

#9 Go to the Chinese Wall
I don't know if there is going to be any oppertunity to do this before the 101 project is over. I might transfer it to the new list :)

#10 Drive a Lamborghini
Same with this one. You have to be 25 (or 23) to rent a Lamborghini. I am nor will I be before the end of the 101 project.

Summary:
Task 1 - 10
Finished: #8
In progress: #6

xoxo Jirrine

13th of May - Update

I believe it is really time for an update again. Why do I keep on slacking this one?

#12 Read 250 books (114/250)
I should really hurry up with this one. But summerbreak is nearing as I am finished with school in just 2 weeks. I really do not have the nerve to read now, since final exams start in 4(!) days! Read The Host by Stephenie Meyer and that it was a fascinating book even though it took a while to get into the story.. Now reading The Eldest, second of the Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini.

#13 Watch 350 movies (170/350)
I started watching movies daily cause I really helps me to relax not that I am really starting to freak out for the finals. To name a few: Hannah Montana: The Movie, Welcome, Georgia Rule and The Boat that Rocked.

#34 Sell products in the shop where I work (€23,537.68/€25,000)
As usual I have been selling my products at work. I hope I will make the second one involving work too. I stop working half augustus because I am starting university next fall. The University is not local so I cannot continue working here. I am a bit sad about it but after two years it is time for something new again :).

#38 Collect 250 different postcards (226/250)
Not really much to say about this one..

#42 Watch 10 seasons of random series (5/10)
Watched season 4 of a show called de lama's, the dutch version of Who's line is it anyway? which I think is way beter than the original format.

#45 Play 50 Big Fish Games Demo's (15/50)
So easy this one. One I really liked was Dream Day Wedding Bella Italia :)

#79 Cover 250 km with the Nike+ program (42.95km/250km)
I just went running and I serieusly had to drag myself outside. My running life sucks.

This was it..
xoxo

14th of April - Update

Second message of this month! It is a miracle :)

#6 Visit 5 soccer matches (2/5)
It is unbelievably tight now that the compition is nearing its end. My favorite football club is second only 1 point behind the number 1 FC Twente, and there are only two more games to be played. Last weekend, sunday, I went to one of Ajax's matches. The game was against VVV Venlo, currently ranked 13th or 14th I believe. My sister, father and I had great places and we saw 7 to 0 victory happening right in front of our eyes. Once again I picked a great match to go to!

#12 Read 250 books (108/250)
Read 5 only books. It is going well and I think I am going to make the number. I once again read a book from the amazingly funny Marian Keyes. I just love her way of writing. I have now read 4 books of her and I liked every single 1 on them! Now reading The Host by Stephanie Meyer, author of the Twilight Saga. It is renewing and I am quite curious were the book is going to end.

#13 Watch 350 movies (158/250)
Watched 3 more movies. I did not really enjoy them. They were fun to watch but not really my kind of movies. One of the movies was Oscar winning movie Million Dollar Baby and I did cry at the end. But I just had the idea that the movie was too slow..

#34 Sell products worth €25.000 (€17.770,70/€25.000)
Still selling stuff.

#42 Watch 10 random seasons of series (3/10)
Watched the second season of Lauren Verslaat. Now watching some episodes of Fobiac.

#45 Play 50 Big Fish Games
Just finished one called: Happyville Quest for Utopia. The objective is to expand en build a city. Was entertaining for an hour but it became quite boring.

#79 Cover 250 km with the Nike + programme (30,63 km/250 km)
Today I ran for the first time in a very long time. It was really tough to go trough but I made it to the end. I want to try and run a 5k race in the near future so I have to start running more often. I just did 3 km today.

Yep this was it again. Just did some different things from what I normally do! Hope to see you agian soon :)

3rd of April - Update

I still not doing what I am supposed to do: blogging more than once a month. My Highschool is coming to an end. That means that I have quite some spare time know, but I will be busy again in 2 weeks when I need to start learning for my final exams. But there most be some time for updating this thing.

#12 Read 250 books (103/250)
This is the one thing I will always keep working on. I read books for fun so this is not really something I have to push! Again I managed to finish a really horrible book I just could not get through: The Blue House by Preeta Samarasan. The novel just didn't make sense at all to me. So I will not be reading a book by her again.. There were some other simple reads this month but I am currently reading a classic again: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Will take some time to finish because the language is hard. I also promised myself I cannot buy any more books until after I come back from the States/Canada this summer. I have a whole shelf that needs to be read!

#13 Watch 350 movies (155/350)
Still a little than 200 movies to go. I made it easier for myself by decreasing the number of films that I wanted to watch. It is just not achievable to watch so many movies in 1001 days. I rented a bunch of movies this week. Already watched 4. The funniest movie was defenitly I love you, man with Paul Rudd. The guy is great actor and makes you laugh out loud all the time. Watched it with my sister 2 days ago. Was fun to do something with the two of us.

#34 Sell products worth €25,000 (€16,870.70/€25,000)
Even though it is Easter Sunday tomorrow there were not many custumors in the store today. Still time went very fast and I had a good talk with my collague's. How I love this job!

#38 Collect 250 different postcards (223/250)
I has been quite on the postcard front for a while. I sent out a great deal and all of them have arrived but there was only one card I received in the enitire month of March:(.. But! Maybe this month is going to be better because I already received the first card of the month today..

#42 Watch 10 random seasons of series (2/10)
I watched a dutch show called Lauren Verslaat. In the show a girl goes to different event and problem areas in the world to write a story about it. She went to Napoli to write about the Camorra and she went to Rio de Janeiro to write about Carnaval! She has an interesting way of reporting. You can see the show (dutch!) here: www.laurenverslaat.nl
The other show is called Wie is de Mol?. It is format that is sold to many countries so maybe you know how it is played. 10 'famous' Dutch persons are sent to a country. There are 9 candidates and 1 mole who tries to prevent that money is won. Each episode there are 2 games to be played. In the games money can be won. At the end of the episode the candidates have to make a test and guess who is the mole. The one with the largest number of wrong answers is sent home.

#74 Do something with mom 15 times (3/15)
Last weekend I went shopping with my mom for a dress for my prom. It was really a mother-daughter thing but I asked my grandma to come along to because I know she likes it. I found a gorgious dress and it is a shame that I have to wait some time to wair it. The prom is on the 28th of april, before the final exams even begin and I am really looking forward to the party! I will post a pic of the dress after prom :)

#77 Get 5 pairs of rare or coloured sneakers (3/5)
This one is so easy with my addiction for shoes. I bought two pairs last weekend: A blue checkered pair Tommy Hilfiger shoes and grey/black Vans.

Yep, so this is it sofar. Have to free days so I might wanna work on some things this weekend!
xoxo

16th of March - Update

I am going the same way again: not updating at all. I should really update more often than once a month!

#12 Read 250 books (97/250)
Read 4 new books since the last update. I stalled finishing the Battle for the Big School. I just couldn't get through. I did finish 1 fantastic book called Pope Joan (has been made into a film!). I seemed enormous but I had it finished in a matter of days. Furthermore I read 2 chicklits and a real classic, Wuthering Heights. I am currently reading a SF book called Artemis Fowl. I already read this one but that was about 5 years ago! Still like it :)

#13 Watch 500 movies (143/500)
I was thinking about altering this task a bit. I need to watch movies every single day if I want to finish this task. So maybe I should just bring the number down. I was thinking 350 movies? Yes, good one. New task: Watch 350 movies!
I did watch 3 new movies: Avatar, Smokin' Aces 2 and New York, I love you. I swear that Avatar was a brilliant movie. Go see it, I you haven't yet :). The second was a sequel to a movie, different characters but the principle was the same en the last movie was just weird. The title is what grabbed but it was just a sequens of small stories with no main plot. As I said: weird.

#34 Sell products worth €25,000 (€16,127.30/€25,000)
Last weekend I sold for a little more than €600. My aim to have this task finished already was not a very good one. I just not that busy in the store. But I think I will get there eventually. It seems that I will be working 3 entire weeks in June so that will turn out just right..

#40 Take the 5,000 Question survey (230/5,000)
I started this and it is really funny to do. The person who thought of this made up the weirdest questions. Some are easy to answer, just simple yes or no but other need a thought or 2. I really want to answer them all just out of curiosity.

#45 Play 50 Big Fish Game Demo's (9/50)
This one is easy! Just played a funny game called Farm Mania 2 yesterday. The goal is to expand your farm by buying crops and animals. If I find this game in store I just might buy it.

This is what I did the first half of March. I promise I will start some other tasks too. So see you next time..
xx

27th of February - Update

So much for discipline. I cannot believe I let it go this far.. But I am determined to keep you updated in the future. So sit back and make yourself comfortable because it is going to be a big update!

#12 Read 250 books (93/250)
I need to keep working on this one. I love to read but I see that I have less time to do it because other things need my attention to. Since the January 7 I read an extra 11 books. A few needed to be read for a school assignment and I am so happy that assignment is finished. Two books I really enjoyed were Her name was Sarah from French writer Tatiana de Rosnay. It is a book about a French jewish girl in WWII. The book was really touching and is defenitely a must-read.
The other book I really liked was The Beach House by Jane Green. Jane Green has a way of writing which is so warm, so familiar. She wants to draw her reader in her world of family and friendship and I love it! The next book (I already started!) is The Battle for the Big School written by Sarah Tucker.

#13 Watch 500 movies (140/500)
I notice that I watch less movies than I used too. So conclusion: I need to watch more! Saw only 5 in the last 1,5 month. One of my favorites was the Sherlock Holmes movie. I went to see that movie with my uncle as a birthday present (turned 18, the 9th of January!). The movie was unbelievably exciting and when it appears on DVD I have to have it! Another movie I enjoyed was the movie Australia with Nicole Kidman. Even though the made the story quite long, they could have cut some scenes, it was a good movie nontheless. Go see those 2!

#20 Try to collect postcards from 101 cities from my book 501 Cities (73/101)
I do not really have to do anything for this one. The cards just keep coming to me! Got a few from the USA and Lithuania so I am quite satisfied.

#25 Visit 15 restaurants (9/15)
4 restaurants to add. Went to Le Byblos in the Hague with 2 girlfriends. It was kind of Greek but you could order all kinds of food. Went to 2 Chinese restaurants this week alone. With a group of people from where I work. One of my co-workers had her 40 year wedding aniversary! And I went to one with my grandparents so that was a pleasant suprise. Food was delicious because you can always eat as much as you want and you can pick your own combinations.
And then last wednesday. I flew to Innsbruck to go see my parents for a couple of days. We ate a small Italian restaurant called Il centro. The pizza I had was not really nice but I finished my little sisters plate so had a nice time after all:).

#34 Sell products worth €25,000 (€14,395.48/€25,000)
This one needs to updated further. I did not add the last weekend I worked because I do not have the numbers yet!

#38 Collect 250 postcards (209/250)
I am getting there. Still receiving cards every single week. Cant wait for monday. More cards for me!

#45 Play 50 Big Fish Games Demo's (4/50)
I just love to play games so I started this task too! This one is quite easy since I tend play games just for fun :).

#98 Save €10,000 (€2,700/€10,000)
Yeah, I passed the quarter milestone. The 10 grand is just for the future. I am nearing the end of High School and will probably live on my own next year February so I am saving for future spendings.

So, this was it. Planning on working on some different things in the time to come:O. So stay tuned!
xx
Jirrine

7th of January - Update

Time for an update:

#12 Read 250 books (82/250)

I finished 3 books this week: Loverboys - Helen Vreeswijk, De zwarte met het witte hart - Arthur Japin and Mates, Dates and Tempting Trouble written by Cathy Hopkins.

First books is of series written by a former policeagent. She writes realistic stories about common problems in which youngsters are involved. She wrote books about drugs, chatting and this one is about Loverboys.
The second book is a Dutch literature book. I am reading it for school. Not really enjoyable though.
The last book is from a teen series known as the Mates - Dates series. It is about a group of teens living in London and how they live through High School. More books are to be read soon. There is a pile of them waiting for me. Next is a book (again for Dutch classes) called (translated) Gentlemen of the Tea. A book about Dutch emigrants in Indonesia when it still was a Dutch colony.

#13 Watch 500 movies (135/500)
I keep watching movies. Just watched 15 in a little more than a week. It is really fun because there are so many films that are incredible but are little known. One of the best movies I watched last week is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The movie is about a man called Benjamin who is born old. The physical process of growing older is reversed. Externally Benjamin is growing younger. His mind is getting older though. Which means he has to learn how to talk and walk when he seems old but ends up being a child with dementia. A really moving story and really worth the 2.5 hour sit!

#20 Try to collect postcards from 101 cities from my book 501 Cities (64/101)
To my great suprise 2 cards arrived this week from the USA. I had not expected to receive them so it was fun! One was from San Diego and one from Los Angeles. I still needed both of them so lucky me! This one is really fun to do because you get great views from city you might have never heard of!

#38 Collect 250 postcards (182/250)
As I said I received 2 from the US but also 6 postcards I received for Christmas! I had not counted those yet since these hung with the family cards. I only counted the cards directly addressed to me..

This was it for this week. It seems it is all about books and movies but these tasks are so time consuming! But I will try to keep working on the other tasks as well :)
Jirrine