It’s been ten years! Ten years since I moved away from my dear family and friends in the Netherlands. The goal was trying to live and work in another country for one year and if it didn’t work out I could just move back again. Never before had I been to Norway and the Norwegian language sounded just as familiar to me as Chinese 
In ten years I have learned a loooooooooooooooot and I have seen a loooooooooooooot!
I got to know a lot of new people here and I got to know myself as well! I enjoyed living here so much that I stayed a little longer.
Living in another country makes you realise where you come from and makes you think about the pros and the cons of your own country and the one you moved to. It makes you see things you never would have thought about if you would have stayed in the same place all the time. It has never been one of my dreams to move outside of the Netherlands, but it is absolutely something I wouldn’t want to miss!
And talking about dreams… from now on I am a photographer!!!
This has been my dream for many years now and I decided not to dream about it anymore, but to just DO IT!
I’m moving back to the Netherlands in a few days to live together with my sweety after 2 years of traveling to see each other, I’m selling all my furniture and I quit my very secure and meaningful job.
Yesterday was my last day working at the Radiumhospital and it felt a little strange to say goodbye to everyone I worked with for such a long time. I’m not going to walk the same hallway again which I walked through at least twice every day and I’m not going to wear my lovely pink shoes anymore
I’m going to start all over again, looking oh-so forward to it and yes… dreams do come true!
I'm so proud of you, Moniek! You found your dream, and you're going for it! I know you're going to make it big-time!! I wish you all the best of luck, so happy I got to know you!
Moniek, good luck with everything, your pics are beautiful, I am quite sure this is going to be the beginning of some amazing times for you! Great to meet you last month, stay in touch, Sally
Moniek, I wish you all the very very best, I know how it is to move somewhere different, but without that, i wouldnt be me! You are awesome, you are a brilliant photographer and i cant wait to see how much more you grow! By the way, I have never been to the Netherlands, how about i come visit?!
Wish it,dream it, do it! I hope for you that in your new life all your dreams come true!! Good luck!!!!!!
Hai lieve Moniek!!! Wát lees ik?? Ga je terug naar Nederland nu??? Wat bijzonder zeg!! Ik wens je veel sterkte met het achterlaten van je geliefde land...en hartelijk welkom in Nederland!!! Veel liefs van Marloes
So happy for you! You'll do great! You're a super girl and a super photographer!
Hi Mo! Nice pink shoes! :P Well times back at home will be good also. I hope your new job as photgrapher will be just as or even better then your last job! It's your dream so i think the last one ;) See you soon! GrtZ
I hope all your dreams will come true! And I'm sure you will become a very successful, admired and rewarded photographer. Good luck with your "new life" with me! :-)
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