After all

After all I sat at Dam Square for the first time :)

After all I'm in this situation again. Running. Leaving something. Starting with something else.

Transit.

Sweet day.

an under-water level house - Aalsmeer

Today as suggested I went to Floraholland. It was fanstatic.

Checked website before leaving I decided to buy a combine ticket to visit the place of Aalsmeer. And I did a right choice. :)

Today is vey sweet day. Such a long time I have it again. Everybody I met on my way was very gentle, sweet to me. I met around 10 people today. They shared me anything from bus information, flowers auction, tree planting, history of the city, their family .... And I decided to treat myself well, very well today. Is it result of 6 months? :D

Floraholland was impressive. Especially its logistics system. Just can say "supper". Observing the operations there I just wished one day some factories in VN can apply something same like that. And the auction was very professional. Could not believe the auction can be carried out in this way. With many rooms, several clocks per room, attended by many traders all over the world, from small to big. Everyone focused on their screen. Coffee there seems to be stronger :). Sometimes you just heard someone scream out. Good deal! Great experience. And I learnt of course. It was added in my logistics and trading knowledge.

Headed to Aalsmeer town after that. And I had change to see the whole area of FloraHolland. It was large. It was great that bus can go through the area. Smart. FloraHolland really knows how to make money.

Aalmeer was very nice town. "De Woude", Aalmeer sastified me as after all I see something typical Dutch. Or at least those are things I expect to see in the NL. Not bar, pub, beer, shopping center :D. It was interesting to wander around more than 200 islands between two lakes in Aalsmeer. And sometimes you see things like "island for rent or for sales" :D. And its amazing that you can see the land under water level from the boat! LIKE!

someone're leaving...

One of reasons I take picture almost everyday is for my blog :). As without picture I could not do blogging. As I find it hard to remember things. Pictures recall my memories.

Today early morning just arrived office I had got shock by an email. I waited for him to come back but not the news he sent me.

Stand still for several minutes. Could not do anything in the next 3 hours. Many thoughts crossed my mind. Just know that Its so hard to accept.

Told him "it's hard seeing colleague leaving" I tried to let them gone. But it was not easy. Will see you soon in Sep.

leaving

Apple tree

Maybe it's hard for some people to believe that it's my first time ever see an apple tree :). In fact there are many things more I havent seen before I came here in Europe. And I'm going to see snow for the first time of my life in October. exciting!

However it surprised me that Hannah didnt know "De Woude", a small island with 160 people live in :). And it's not very far from Amsterdam. It's very near Zandamm, Alkmaar. And it has website itself http://www.dewoude.net/.

Several farewell dinners have been arranged and even carried out. I'm leaving.

green the NL

At De Woude island

Rain is not always bad. :)

Dare to be ...

I think I'm on the way exploring myself. Peter thinks "explore" is my word. And it is.

So why explore?

Explore is:

1. To search and discover (about something) /

2. to think or talk about something in order to find out more about it.

And I really dont know that much about myself. I've surprised me and other peoples around quite many times by what I did. After several times I know there are many parts within myself that I havent known yet. And I want to know more about me :).

I was not a healthy girl. I was very weak. Got sick almost all the time from 7 months till 5 years old. My parents told me that there were containers of medicine to keep this small body alive. My teeth were colored by those medicine. But I know their love keeps me alive. I owe them my life. That's why health is the most important thing for me. And family is following, or maybe equal.

We had never known that I could be the first or in top 5 in the class many years, be selected to the best school for secondary school, high-school. Passed university entry to one of the best university of the country. We of course had never thought that one day I could go to somewhere out of my home town. And the thought of going out of Vietnam had not existed. But now I'm here in the NL working for one of the biggest retailer in the world.

On the way to be here I have done many things. Everytime I found out things of myself that I didnt know. It makes me believe there are even more. It motivates me to try, to change, to plunge myself to somewhere I havent known, to people that I havent met. With a dream that one day I find a complete me. And beautifully it turns to successes on the way. Happy journey!!!

I'm missing my parents very much writing down these words here.