Excitement about the gym

We had a lot of plans on Friday. In the morning we were waiting for someone who would come to repair our hood. When we arrived to our accommodation, we were not so happy because everything was really dirty. I remember that we spent our first day and second day cleaning our “flat”. I am not a person who would complain and ask for another room but when we heard some friends that when they complained last year, their RA team changed something, we decided to try it. Therefore, we sent theme pictures of our walls that were quite dirty and then we complained about the hood because it was more than disgusting. In fact, we are scared to cook there because sometimes the mess falls from the hood. In addition, it is not working. I was quite surprised that our RA team said that they would send painters to our room and also that they would send someone to repair our hood. I did not expect it! The painters called me today and they are coming on Friday at 7. 30 am so I guess we will have to get up early. Last Friday was the day when someone was supposed to come to repair the hood. It went really fast. The man just changed the button and it was all. We were quite naive when we thought that he would change it all. Therefore, it seems that we will have to clean it all alone.

Then, we started to work on our homework. I appreciate a lot living with Romca because it is just easy that we can do the homework whenever we want to. This day we just promised ourselves that we would finish the homework anyways. Sometimes I would love to see us because I guess we can seem funny. We already knew that the exercise is not going to be easy since we started with it last time. We also found a special handout from the teacher with help and we decided to study the handout first and then apply it on our homework. Haha, we were doing a progress quite slowly and then we were finally done and we understood the way how we should calculate the homework. When we finished the first exercise we just found out it was only exercise 1a and there was still b, c, d and then another 2, 3, 4. It was quite funny but at least we were not stuck as last time. We just finished the exercise, we cooked something to eat and we had a break before the gym. I was looking forward to going there because it was Fit Fight time! I was also wondering what Romca would say about the class. It was her first time.

This time, we were on time, prepared for the group exercises. The teacher told us that we would do the same movements for 10 weeks and we did not like it much but at least we can improve our technic as he said. I have to say that this class is amazing! I just totally love it! It makes you really tired and next two days my body hurt. I always prefer when I feel the pain after exercising because at least I know that I did something good for my health. After the class, I felt again full of energy. The only thing that I did not like at all was that the teacher spoke mainly in Dutch. Why? Last time he did not have any problem with English. What changed? It was quite annoying since I don’t want to study Dutch and also it gets little bit boring when you don’t know what to do.

We wanted to make a leek soup because we did not have enough time. I was Skyping for one hour and then it was time to go to the party. I was looking forward to the party but it was different than I expected. Firstly, we met with few friends at our bench. This time the weather got colder and I did not like it all. Of course, I felt sick the day after even though I took my jacket and scarf. We were biking for a long time to get to the party. I was surprised that the building looked quite new and nice. I expected an insane Mexican party and everybody was just talking and it looked quiet. I did not even know who exactly organized the party. When I entered the place, I was happy when I saw few friends from our building because we did not have many opportunities to talk. We drank again a lot. The time went fast.

Parties

I had such a nice time with Romca there because in the beginning we just decided to sit at the bench and talk. When I went to France, we did not see each other and I still had many things to tell her. I started with one story that I never told anybody who were not on Erasmus with me. It was quite hard for me to remember everything that happened. In the meantime, we tried the guacamole and we could not get enough of it! I said that it was the best guacamole I have ever had. It was not so spicy but it tasted like I was eating fresh avocado. I can´t believe that there were times when I did not like avocado. At the moment, I am in love with it and I could eat it every day! I guess that I said at least three times that it was delicious! While eating, we were talking and talking and the party went well. Then, we decided to socialize and we met new people who lived there. It was quite inconvenient that they did not have any common toilets there and every time when we wanted to go to the bathroom we just needed to ask someone who lived there. We met nice friendly people and then we noticed they said something like: “When I was in Slovakia”... I immediately reacted and we could speak Czech. I don’t like this! I don’t know why there is so many people speaking Czech and Slovak. I spoke more English during summer in Prague for real! Now I can understand that German or Spanish people have problem because you can always find people speaking their language everywhere. Even though it is easier, it gets also harder when you really want to practise English. Anyways, people we met were nice and we talked a lot. In the meantime, many people left and we agreed with new people to continue to the bar.

I don’t even know how it happened but we ended up with one guy Peter who lives in Dublin going to the city centre. I don’t know how I can handle it but we were riding a bike again two on the one bike and it was totally okay. I just remember I was counting the minutes and we went 20 minutes like this. Although I was having a lot of fun and it was nice to meet Peter and his friends. When we arrived to the right place we noticed that we had never been to that area before. It was called Leidseplein. We were so excited! There were many clubs and bars. I guess it is the biggest place with bars in Amsterdam. It was alive even though it was 2 am. We went to check the club Hotshot but there was a big line. We went to find Peter´s friends and we had the worst idea ever – to eat in Burger King.

I still can´t believe that this happened! Normally, we go to Burger King when we want to save money but this time it was different. I remember that our friend Jeremy told us that you can get a cheeseburger for 1 euro in Burger King. We went there full of enthusiasm and I just told Romca to buy two cheeseburgers for us. Then, the seller told us that it was impossible at 3 am and we had to choose only from the big burgers. It got me angry so I just said that we could share one and Romca ordered one big burger. I could not believe when she told me that she paid 13 euros! It made me so angry. I mean – not really but people who know us would be laughing because we always calculate money since it is expensive here. We even bike 15 minutes to the cheapest shop to save some money and then we just spend 6. 5 euros on a fucking burger. It was even worse when I ate it, because I did not like it at all. Anyways, there was no way back. I would prefer spending that money on dinner but we could not do anything.

During our eating, our “new” friends made fun of us because we probably looked starving. When the guy who worked there wanted to kick us out, they were just making fun that it was our first time eating cheeseburger and he should let us eat it properly and enjoy it. When we were done, we wanted to continue to some bar. Then we accidentally found our Valuation mate Ibi and we split. I thought that we would meet with other guys later but we did not manage it because we were tired. I thought I would kill Ibi because he was so drunk that he did not remember where he put his bike. We spent at least 15 minutes by looking for it. Nevertheless, we found it and we went home. We woke up around 11 am and we did nothing on Saturday. I was naturally hangover. Moreover, I felt ill. On Saturday, Romca´s Czech friend Sasa came to Amsterdam to visit her.

I did not feel well so I just stayed in bed and I wrote something on the blog. That was the only thing I managed to do it, actually. I had also a Skype conversation with my mum after long time. It was great! When the girls were back, we were planning to go to the city centre. I went with them but I felt sick and I knew it was not a good idea. We went to Albert to buy some alcohol and we discovered a new amazing liquor shop! They had Capitan Morgan only for 10 euros! We should definitely start drinking it instead of wine. It is the same as in France. Every party in France, I just drank wine. At least I am already used to it. I regretted that I did not go to the Food Festival because I heard it was awesome!

We were sitting outside with the girls, drinking a little bit but then I just decided to go sleep because I was worried that I would feel worse the next day. While I was falling asleep I still heard the girls talking. Then, I suddenly woke up at 6 am and I was wondering what happened. Girls just came from a party. It was funny. I did not know that Romca likes to party too! When we were in Prague together, she always preferred going home over party. I am so happy about it. When girls told me their stories from last night I was amazed. Next time I will go with them for sure! Anyways, this time it was a good idea to stay in the bed because it helped me to be recovered.

In the morning, I went to the library – finally! I was surprised that it was quite full even though it was Sunday. In fact, when we came there around 11 am it was quite empty but then people were coming and coming and the library got full. I think I should go there more often. Tynka was studying and I had time for my blog. It was way easier to be focused there with all students than writing at home. In the end we spent there almost five hours! It was crazy. Naturally, we had a coffee. It is really efficient to go studying and working to the library. When I am there, I don’t check Facebook and I like that I am still surrounded by people even while studying. Sometimes I am too lazy to go there but it is always beneficial! We have a nice library at our school but it is always full. I am just annoyed with the fact that we don’t have our student card yet and we cannot even buy a coffee at café because of it! And let's not talk about the fact that we cannot print either.

Gym

We talked a lot with Tynka that day and we agreed on going to the gym in the evening. I felt the way better because I prepared my “favourite” onion with honey. We found out that our membership includes also sauna but I did not want to go there this time. Actually, I was not convinced to go to the gym because of my illness but when I was at home I decided to try it. Unfortunately, the closest gym was closed already because it closes at 5 pm on Sunday. We were biking to the same place where the party was and I have to say it was far! When we got there the gym looked amazing! It was bigger. We immediately found our place – at the stepper. I was so happy. We were there for 15 minutes and it was a great combination because we could talk about everything while exercising. I was interested into the conversation because we talked a lot about transformations and eating healthy and exercising.

Suddenly one guy with a lot of muscles came and he said something in Dutch. Of course we did not understand him. Then he switched into English and he asked us to join them for a circle training. I was not sure if it was a good idea but we just went for it. After a few seconds I knew it was a bad idea! It was madness! Guy came up with 10 spots for exercising and we had to change the place every 40 seconds. Normally, I liked these types of exercising but this time it was too much. I don’t think it was an exercise for girls. I was not okay with any spot. There was for example kicking into the punching bag, push-ups with jumping and many other activities that I am not able to describe. I was completely red after five minutes. I just needed to drink. Unfortunately, the exercise was not meant to be with breaks. It was insane. I had a feeling that I was not able to continue many times. Guy just shouted: “Don’t stop! You have to continue! ”. So I did. After a break we did another round. It was really intensive. When we finished I felt happy and totally exhausted. I think we will go again for this exercise when I am completely healthy. We also managed to do belly exercising and then we took a ride on bike and we went home. I was worried that I would be able to go home. Nevertheless, it was okay. I felt well after this experience! I am definitely decided to buy a membership!

Regarding gym, it is my first time when I am about to start going there for real. When I was at high school I did dancing competitively so I did not need another sport. Then, when I stopped dancing I missed sport a lot. I decided to go to the group exercises. Although, it was just casual and I did not go so often. One of my best exercises was jumping. Then, I decided to try running. It was quite ridiculous because I was the one who hated running the most at high school. Things can change and I started to like running. I just perceived it as a way of relaxing when I can think about everything related to my life. I started to do it often and I even participated in a competition. In Lille, I went running really often because there was convenient weather for it and there was a great park where many people run every there. I loved that place. When I came to Amsterdam, I was quite unhappy because all the parks were far and the weather was too cold for running I guess. That´s why I decided to think about the gym. Moreover, we have a special offer for students that we can pay 160 euros for a whole year. I was going to the gym only once in my life when we had a special trainer but I did not keep going there for a long time. Then I tried it again with my exboyfriend but I think that it is important to have someone to exercise with who can motivate you.

I am quite excited about the gym because even when I was happy with my weight while running I always wanted to do workout in the gym to have strengthened body. Unfortunately, I did not have time for it or it was too expensive. This time it is convenient to buy it! I want to do sport anyways and I love group exercises they offer. In addition, I already have gym partner who can go with me often. And the gym is quite close to our place. I hope I will go there regularly. I think that this time I could manage to do it thanks to Tyna! Let´s see.

Today, I felt surprisingly fine and almost recovered. We did not do much. I finished my mango and I totally love it! It is the best breakfast ever – mango, coconut, muesli and yoghurt. We had a class of Real Estate Markets and it got little bit more difficult. They still try to scare us about the exam. In addition, I cannot decide about my plans for this week. Our former classmate organizes a party in Rotterdam and I already promised to go there but when I realized I was going to work on Thursday and on Sunday I changed my plans. Moreover, we are having a Valuation case this week that is not small and also it is the end of this blog competition. That´s why I think I am staying in Amsterdam.

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