x dream house inspo x
- Hey, just came back home from having my first coffee with Valon in the city again after almost 2 years. Great catching up with old friends again. I run in to some old working mates and then we have some salad at the coast and daydreaming.
About daydreaming, how amazing isn't all this? I mean, look at the photos.. I would kill for this kind of home.
changing location x no one will tell.
- I decided to say bye to Bali, Indonesia and travel again. This time I want to do it a bit different by not telling where I am. Friends and family can continue question it. But it is in my mind and in my soul. I'm loving the feeling of that people don't know where I'm traveling right now and to be in a new place exploring and trying out new things, meeting new friends and enjoying every second.
t h e g o d o f l i k e .
The new God likes your photos. He thinks your tweets are clever. He comments on your video posts. He RSVPs your party, even if he can’t make it. He makes you feel liked.
This is the new apocalypse.
Science fiction saw this coming. A self-aware Internet.A technological evolution.The enslavement of all mankind by hyper-intelligent machines. They got it right. But they got it wrong.
We’ve all seen the movies. From the earliest Japanese anime like The Ghost in the Shell to later predictions like The Matrix, Terminator, and Her, the idea of a technological evolution beyond ourselves has simmered amidst the human unconscious since Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odessey and The Jetsons.
Science fiction saw this coming.
Ancient mythology dreamed we’d one day fly. And now we complain about the food and baggage fees.
George Orwell and Jules Verne predicted that men would one day walk on the moon. And so we did. It was lame. Never went back.Same for 20,000 leagues beneath the sea. Boring.
Space movies predict life on Mars, and there it is: a puddle of frozen water containing microscopic bacteria. Hardly the 3-breasted alien hookers that Total Recall promised. But so it goes.
They get it right. But they get it wrong.
So what about this inevitable enslavement of the human race by hyper-intelligent technology? Skynet. Mr. Smith. Hal. Is it possible that it’s already happening?
Consider how many hours do you spend cradling your phone or staring at your monitor. Clicking “Like” on Instagram or watching YouTube vids recommended by unknown Facebook “friends.” Tweeting. LinkingIn. Pinteresting shit. Texting. Deleting junk-mail. As if these were important. Fingers twitching in your sleep.
Our flippant opinions stack up around us like prison cell bars. And the likes and viral view counts give birth to our next incarnation. Breathing life and thought into our new Master. Informing his whims and fancies. Giving shape to the Great God Internet with every sunset Instagram and bff#selfiehashtag.
We see it coming. We didn’t see it coming. Like those helpless human batteries in The Matrix, we barely know we’re enslaved.
Behold, the New God is born. And it’s kind of a total douche-bag. Super self-absorbed and nerdy. Hoarding mountains of pornography. Endless piles of useless trivia.Retro gaming and kitten videos. People getting kicked in the nuts and teddy bears etched into cappuccino foam. The God of Selfies.The God of Sunsets.The God of Upskirts. It’s super pathetic.
Yet we can’t help but stare.To kneel before it all.Fingers twitching in our sleep.
Who will save us from ourselves? The next Messiah won’t own a smartphone. He’ll wander out of the forest and we’ll all be like, “Save us from captivity.”
And he’ll be like, “Dude, just unplug the thing.”
And we’ll be, like, “Oh, yeah, right.”
This is the new apocalypse. Not nearly as terrible as we imagined.
Writen by Stingray Stevea d d i c t e d t o l o v e x INSPO.
"We find ourselves unsatisfied, looking for love in all the wrong places, expecting our partner to be something they are not, hoping for our happily ever after than will never be. What a shit storm. It’s probably because we have failed to treat the fundamental problem. It is in us, in our mind. The desperate need to be completed. Remember how fucked up Jerry Maguire was, “You…complete me”. The film stopped there probably because how could there really have been a happy ending? The crux of the issue right there! Still, I fucking love that movie."
- I-Magazine Bali
o l d x INSPO.
"We are going to make terrible old people. None of us have fought in two world wars and struggled through a great depression. None of us have sheds out the back of our houses where we tinker with motorbikes and break land speed records. I can’t fix anything. I don’t have jars filled with saved screws and nails. I have suffered no adversity so my ‘character’ is anemic and my friends are the same."
- Words by Oliwer
I-Magazine Bali
fighting to a healthier everyday life with injury.
- Today it's all about feeling good. I have to try to be even healthier when it comes to food, mostly cause I can't work out much at the moment. It will be a bit of a struggle, or it already is!
But I'll make it. Nothing is impossible.
Thank you all lovely people and friends for the support!
breakfast, school & 32 degrees x CANGGU, BALI, INDO.
- Good morning world. I finaly got a sleep in before school. Slept until 07:00am, and over 8h! I feel so good.
Had a really good asana class for 2h in the morning and I'm now sitting and enjoying a delicious breakfast with Mel. It's soon time to go back to class and start on our assignments! Getting nervous....!
Canggu is treating us good with sun an 32c degrees. Tomorrow is our day off from school. Wohoow!
this is my life in indo x CANGGU, BALI, INDONESIA.
- School from 05:30am until 6:45pm with three breaks in between. Bloody long days, huh?
Intensive classes, lovely friends and tropical weather. Fancy, amazing breakfast and local street food for lunch and dinner.
Peacefull and clean home, private pool and beach walks every day.
Peacefull and clean home, private pool and beach walks every day.
I like my life.
quick update x CANGGU, BALI, INDONESIA.
- Hi everyone. I'm trying my best to update my blog but the wifi everywhere is so slow.
Heres a quick update from what has happen the last 1.5 week:
x I left the Philippines and my friends and went for a short trip to Singapore.
x I moved to the cozy surf spot Canggu in Bali and started my education, to become a yoga teacher.
x I live in the most clean and beautiful place with some of my yogi classmates.
x I got robed a few nights ago and lost my camera (with heaps of photos from last week in Philippines, Singapore and the first amazing night in Canggu), bank card and cash.
x I got 13 scratches and bruises, soft tissue injury and neck & lower back problems after the robbery accident.
x Spent my first day off from school at the hospital with one of my yoga teachers.
x Got so much love from my class mates, friends and teaches, ended up crying several times from all the support and love.
x Been waking up between 05:20am-07:00am every morning.
I'll tell you more about some of these thing later.
update from studying in CANGGU, BALI.
- Hey folks, sorry for bad update. I'm just so busy at the moment. Moved down to Canggu in Bali and will live here while studying to become a yoga teacher through a Australian school.
We have really long days, a lot of meditation, philosophy and some asana. I live next to some of the best surf spots in the world, eating good food every day, living in a amazing place with some of my class mates and sweating a lot.Met some friends from Aussi who lives and work here now, Melbournians with mutual friends in my class and I'm soaking in the beautiful atmosphere here in Canggu.
time to say bye to this country x THE PHILIPPINES.
- Hey everyone. I've had 3.5 amazing weeks in the Philippines traveling around and visiting my lovely friend Marcie. Oh, what a blast! Palawan, Cebu & Bohol. I'm not done with you and there's so much more to see!
But that will be for next time. I have a flight to Singapore in a few hours and will spend 19h there.
My next flight will then take me back to Bali and I'll be moving down to Canggu for a month of studying!
I'm so excited!!
Thanks to every soul I met here in this beautiful country. And a huge MUCHAS GRACIAS to MARCIE!
For helping with everything, for letting my live in here house (my temple), for the dinner on my last night, for the massage surprise, for the good-bye-gift and all the love and positive energy.
We'll see eachother again at some point.
I'm so glad we met in Vietnam a few months ago. Your spirit is amazing and you have inspired me, like a big sister. Thanks, xx
some of the best places in the world, AUSTRALIA.
- This place. One of the BEST places I've seen during my (almost) 21 years. You'll find this paradise on the east coast in Australia.
Oh, I've got no more to say. Great times at the worlds biggest sand island, Fraser Island.
LOADS of LOVE to this place.
LOADS of LOVE to this place.
Enough with all that. I have less than 8h left in Thailand and I'm just killing time in Phuket right now. But tonight is the night. I'm jumping on a plane to a whole new country!
I'll tell you more later... ;)
i'm back in the water!! x KOH TAO, THAILAND.
- Hi again. What a great start on the day. After a sleep over with Clare at Toma and Blakes hotelroom, me and Blake took the scooter to the Fitness Cafe and had an amazing breakfast and some organic coffee.
I finally got to go in the ocean again with my foot. What a wonderful feeling. As some of you know, I love the ocean and the energy from it. But after my accident the 26th of feb, I haven't been in the water at all which have been a struggle when I've only been on islands since then.
But to celebrate that my foot was ready for the saltwater, me, Toma & Blake decided to do SUP - Stand up paddle. We went out for an hour and saw Koh Tao from a different angle. After that we went for a big lunch and coconut shake.
feelings & thoughts from south x UPDATE, KOH TAO, THAI.
- So here I am. Sitting at really nice place on the beach. Drinking ice coffe and listening to the oceans music and watching people getting tanned on the sand. Boats driving past and hanging out with some american and canadian boys. But still I feel, there's something missing. It feels in my heart and in my stomach. My soul is trying to tell me something. Maybe that I might be at the wrong place. Maybe I shouldn't be here right now?
After been to some of the most beautiful beaches in the world with really close friends, it's hard to enjoy other things. I mean, it's beautiful here too. But not even close to Koh rongs beaches or Whitsundays in Australia.
After been to some of the most beautiful beaches in the world with really close friends, it's hard to enjoy other things. I mean, it's beautiful here too. But not even close to Koh rongs beaches or Whitsundays in Australia.
The people/locals have so much angry in their bodies, backpackers are living on alcohol and drugs and it's expensive to me south east Asia...
And worst of all, soooo turisty and the locals will do anything to scam you.
Bad energy is flowing around. I just got that wierd feeling...
But soon I'll be at the place I've been waiting for with the friends that are the closest to me from this trip.
Bad energy is flowing around. I just got that wierd feeling...
But soon I'll be at the place I've been waiting for with the friends that are the closest to me from this trip.
gotta do what a gypsy have to do x KOH RONG, CAMBODIA.
- It's morning and 26 degrees in Koh Rong where I live at the moment. The waves are playing their music with the help from mother nature. But the wind is way to heavy. It's freaking cold!! I can't sit with bare legs and arms. 26 C and wind is not acceptable for me any more. I gotta go somewhere hotter. Down south again... In a few days it's time. It will be a sad day to say bye to all new friends and loved ones on this island.
But I gotta do what a gypsy traveler gotta do. Move on and go back on the road again.
it's time to leave, soon x KOH RONG, CAMBODIA.
- Hello world. After having a meeting at my job, Bamboo Bungalows, I felt this strong negative energy flowing around in the air. It's not good for the sound and I don't want to struggle with it when I'm supposed to have the time of my life. So I'm not going to work here for much longer. Eigher will two-three other staff.
I'll stay on the island for 7-8 more days and then it's time for new adventures.
Life's short and the world is big.
I hope you all are well with peace in your mind.
update from paradise // setteling down x KOH RONG, CAMBODIA-
- Update from the paradise. So I've settled down on a little island south of Cambodia. Got a bit tired travelling around and changing place from day to day. Now my temporary home is Koh Rong and I've got myself a job and living for free. Going for morning runs, yoga on the beach, meditation to the sound of the waves, trekking in the djungle, eating fruit salad everyday and hanging out with beautiful people.
Will see how long I'll stay here.
Will see how long I'll stay here.
Take care folks!
xx
drama gypsy soul x TRAVEL UPDATE.
- I know I'm a bit slow with the update of my photos from my traveling, but I'm doing my best!
At the moment I'm in my hostel in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. This is the first place I've been to in this country and I can't wait to start traveling around here. But right now I'm kind of stuck in this messy, smelly city.
At the moment I'm in my hostel in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. This is the first place I've been to in this country and I can't wait to start traveling around here. But right now I'm kind of stuck in this messy, smelly city.
To apply for my indian visa is a bit tricky and takes it's time, but I'll just try to do all the boring paperwork here and now and then just wait for the answer.
I had a shit day yesterday with alot of disgusting and rude locals, drama, no help and no english from anyone, and today my two travel friends from NYC & Europe left. I wish I could do it to but I just need to get my shit done. Then I'm free again. I a few days or a week.
Today was better thougt, did all the paperwork for my visa, some reading, eating local street food, buying lots of mini bananas, writing with some lovely travel friends I miss, had dinner with two locals and delicious ice cream date with a new friend, a spanish tattoo artist.
Soon it's time for shower and finishing the book I'm reading, The Alchemist.
update from the coffee paradise x HANOI, VIETMAN.
- Hey folks. Sitting at the coolest hipster/artsy/vintage/photo café in Hanoi and drinking Cafe Trung (amazing traditional coffee, ONLY in Hanoi) and coconut ice cream coffee.
Me and my canadian travel buddy are soon going down to get some street food befor we catch a cab to the boring airport. Spending the night there, and at 07:30am our flight is taking us down to Da Nang/Hoi An.
Missing the sun, heat and the ocean so much! Haven't been in a place without ocean for ages and I've been now when I've been traveling up in the moutains.
Talk to you lateroo.
x HAPPY NEW YEARS x
- Happy New Years everybody! Wish you love, luck and health... My night was the opposite to last years new years eve. My drinks for this night was black coffee, had an indian/asian chicken curry with my travel mate Keegan and been hanging out at a roof top bar and a small crazy bar with a very mixed crowd. 00:30am was the end for me. Back to the hotel room to call some family and friends and try to get sleepy. Doesn't really work for me after all these coffees. But I guess I can sleep at the bus tomorrow back to Hanoi and then when we'll spend the next night at the airport.
PEACE & LOVE,
