ANNE MARIE's HOMEPAGE
Welcome to my new homepage!!! I make this page to introduce you to me! You may see no pictures but that is true, I show them only with my permission, so only if you have an open connection with my computer you be able to see them.You can contact me anyway via tenwaho@hotmail.com. SOOO lets start my interview ;)
Updated on June 5th 2008
BASICS
My full name: Anne Marieke, aka known as Marie, Marieke, An, Anne, and all other forms of my name.
Screennames used: Zafara, Tenwaho (from TE nnessee WA lking HO rse), imasmartcookie and SnowBreeze. I most frequently use Zafara and Tenwaho though.
Residence: Lisse, the tulip capital of the world in Holland
Place of origin: Katwijk, always lived on the seaside, waking up with the view of the sea.
Future residence: for now I stay in Lisse, but my dream is to go live on a quinta in Portugal.
Date of birth: November 23rd 1977, in Katwijk
Starsign: Saggitarius, and I think I am like how it is described in the books ;-)
MY LOOKS
Hair: straight semi long, though in pure anger I cut off 85% of my hair last january... but I look better than before so I dont regret my anger AHAHAHA!!!
Haircolor: Born as blackhaired it is now blond, but for how long? It is anyway a fact that I wont get any blonder than I am now... and it is golden blond!!! I am as well summer blond, I bright up in sunlight and in wintertimes it is dark gold again. But one day I will turn into brunette but when? Thats is natures destiny.
Eyes: Blue, adapting to the surrounding light they can be pale blue or cobalt blue.
Weight: ahaha I dont know but it is less than one year ago... though I have been a sinner to chocolate these days... I am not fat but not skinny either.
Body type: Sporty average, good confirmation.
Personality: I am kind, sweet, a bit strange but with a very good heart. A quite difficult character but when you take that for what it is I am very easy going. And I can be almost perfect to the one who deserves it ;-)
My biggest problem: I cant stand crowds, what explains why I dont go out that often (and for that matter dont know so many people) I freak out in heavy crowds, and who can cure me from that I am forever thankfull. But I am any way working on it, and it has sure some progress compared to few years ago ;-)
FAVORITES
Food: Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, fish and also vegetarian (I am vegi few days a week) I like to cook.
Drink: Still at this moment bananaberries
Pie: Schwarzwalder Cherry pie you can wake me up for that!!!
Candy: of course chocolate (but it easily bores me as well...)
Flower: I grow orchids, passifloras and fuchsias, but I like flowers anyway. My pride are now my blue rose and my passiflora Kaiser Eugenie.
Animal: I love almost all animals, I have too many at home, I love horses (Morgan. Alter Real, Tennessee Walker, Lustino and Andalusians), dolphins, capibari and lots more. Its impossible to choose just one....
Color: Just recently (last week) I started to paint my house with purple walls. I LOVEEEEE IT!!!! But I like all bright colors in general.
Country: Portugal of course!!! In my heart Portugal is where I belong the only place I can be happy. I am always looking forward to my next visit. And in 2007 I go work there (Coimbra) again for a few months I cant wait!!! I adore the Alentejo country side more than any other place I have ever been to, the work there with the Royal Horses have put a big impression on me. Besides Portugal I have few other countries I want to visit: Costa Rica, Iceland, New Zealand and Thailand (again) are ranking high on the list.
Music: I listen almost all music, except rap, hardcore and black/death metal and music that on average 75% of the people dislike of course too. I rather listen to the radio then buy cds, but few cds I have are Nelly Furtado, Bon Jovi, Tiesto, Enya, Corrs, and the full collection of Roxette who I have been a big fan of when I was young. At this moment I am also a lot into pagan and gothic music like Nightwish, Inkubus Sukkubus, Omnia, Within Temptation
Film: I like fantasy, Disney some thrillers, some drama, some comics... not one favorite, but I liked tenth kingdom, LOTR and Harry Potter
Actor: Must be Orlando Bloom (Legolas) ;-)
MY LIFE AS IT IS NOW
Maritial Status: well as single as usual, I give up with this and enjoy my single life. I usualy meet the wrong people or the wrong people me. Not very luckily in lovelife. But who knows what is on the way. Being single has good sides too ;-) In my dreams I would like to be handfasted to a supernice witch. Prefered on Beltane of course :) Just sadly the male witches are quite rare....
Mr Right: coming across him lots of time but with the short vision of todays people I am usually considered as uninteresting.... if only they knew what they are missing ;-) I hate people who judge me with the first impression, simply not worth it to pay attention to. But sometimes it hurts like hell.
Again Mr Right: for me two words are most important, that is trust and understanding. There are two things that I hate to see and that is jealousy and someone who is not himself just to impress me. Just be himself with all the good and the bad things and be romantic. And the rest... I know from the first second on if someone makes no chance at all... I have very good intuition you•À?ll be surprised I know things that are never told...
Am I romantic: Yes I am... I am the classic type of person, who is devoted and caring. That means as long as you deserve it because I can also be a terrible dragon, its because of my moodswings lol. But most of the time I am very very sweet. And I could never betray someone, and if someone does to me, there is no chance anymore.
I live: in an apartment, first floor of 6, quite large in a good area. As I didnt have lots of money at time of moving, it is furnished and decorated in more or less cheap style, but by time I replace all by better things to my liking. My pets have their own room, wich doesnt mean there arent any in other places however... I have a large balcony (8x1,5m) on the southside, where I have my flower hobby, I hope within few weeks my passiflora has covered lots of space with beautifull flowers.
Pets: I have plenty pets, my two rabbits Kees (Dutch Lob-ear) who lives in my house (he roams free) and Gijs (Dutch rabbit) who lives with my parents in Katwijk. Then I have 6 guineapigs 3 shorthair females (Snoopy 3color sand agouti, Tica 3color original and Rosa solid black) 1 English crested black female Kruintje (daughter of Rosa) and an abbysian female brindle named Borstel II and my boar Elmo, a gold ruby eye he has done beauty contests with good results. Both Snoopy and Tica have skin cancer unfortunately (I discovered in Tica today). Then I have a Syrian hamster named Hammieham, and 1 Russian dwarf hamster. I also own a budgerian, a rainbow pastel male but he is in love with his mirror buddy in the window so he isnt very tame. Last but not least I have some tropical fish (pristella, copper salmon, tetra, freshwater shrimps, beaufortia and some remained life bearers). And then there is the family dog Perth THOMAS of the Close Garden, a Cavelier King Charles Spaniel, living with my parents, but for some times he lives with me. That I have so many pets is more accidence.... I wont get so many anymore for as long as I lack time, space and money. For sure no more hamsters.... they are cool, funny and nice but never again hamsters.... They destroy everything. Recently Tica passed away (on May 1st 2008, as well as Snoopy and Elmo last year. All the hamsters have passed away too some years ago.
Work: currently I am student and dont have much chance to work (only allowed to earn 10.000 a year... But this week I got a zero hour contract at money value service, to distribute the seasonal xmas- stamps. Besides this I still do my marketing research work for the Dutch Consumers Association. But it is freelance and no guarantee for work. The work is ok though to do to drive around the country visit shops, service stations etc in different cities, towns and villages.
Sports: Swimming, aquajogging, aquarobics, bodypump, bbb, canaletics and horsebackriding. (gaited horses and western)
Study: I started a new study in September 2005. I go to college to get my bachelors degree in health, for radiology. I already managed and passed another very tough study so I go try to do it again! When I am done I have if it is right no more financial problems with a very good salary, and hope to study on to become veterinary radiologist J until now I did vocational studies in equine management, stable keeping and veterinairy science. Also I started a study for hotelmanagement but something went wrong and I came in a wrong study which mentaly was very very bad for me (very aggresive class full with problem students)

In 2007 I started also a study for alternative medicine for animals (homeopathy, herbal medice, reiki, healing stones, bach flowers etc.
Dreamjob: It would be to work at the veterinairy service in a zoo. Also zookeeping would be a wonderfull job, if I could work with the savanne animals like gazelle, girafs, zebra emus etc.
SOME LESS IMPORTANT FACTS
If I was an animal, which one would it be? I think my rabbit Kees, a lazy life without worrying about anything, no life between bars.
If I was a flower, which one it would be? A rose, as everybody likes roses, so I was loved at least by someone.
Beer or wine? I rather choose wine, though I drink occasionaly beer. I prefer sweet wines, or vinho do porto.
What has been the last thing I ate today? some cheese
How many times examns until the drivers licence? In 10 days and 1 time examn J Dont ask me how I did it, it was sheer luck as I was the only one that passed (Ok ok I started lessons 8 years before and quit lessons until that 10 day course)
Whats my dream car? I now have my Kia Picanto (I was first in Europe that bought this car :-p and I love my little companion a lot. I dont need any other car, but I hope one day the Picanto comes with a stronger engine so I can take it more easy to Portugal.
Last movie I saw in cinema? Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix
What color are the socks today?   Light blue
Whats on the desktop of my computer? 3 sacred shaman animals (wolve, eagle, mountain lion)
Who did you dislike the most in 2007 I simply have no idea, must be one of the first times in my life nothing bad has overcome me. Ok.... I know one thing, to be disrespected by my best friend, as result she isnt anymore my best friend.....
What was the best thing in  the last year?a Getting my propedeuse to be able to go to university, my study, the chance to go have clinical at the veterinairy university radiology.

But the very best thing to happen to me, is to discover and find out I am a witch, I knew all my life, but since last year I lived the life as well, and it simply changed my life myself and everything like nothing else could. To be part of nature, to do magic, to be with wonderfull people.... It is too good to be true.
Did I do something intresting today? No not really I have holidays from uni, so I went working, and finally got OsoriX working (a medical computer programm to work and view DICON images from CT  and MRI scans) thats all.
If I got 3000 euro to travel with, where would I go? I think 4 days all inclusive to Euro Disney in Sequoia Lodge Hotel, and every night to the Buffalo Bill diner show. And a short holiday to Costa Rica or a horse track in Iceland. Plans enough, but I think seriously about it if I get the money. Lol
Sun or snow holiday? None of those. I dont like mass tourism. You wont find me in places where I can come across tourists.. I prefer the off the road travels. Besides, I am sun allergic, I cant stay in the sun for long without getting insane of the itch. and few minutes longer I get red bumps on my skin and later blisters. So no laying on the beach holiday... I have to keep moving to not suffer it. Thats good because I am a mover.
My worst nightmare? No idea at this moment....
Whats the first thing on my mind when I win the lottery? YES finaly a positive bank account!!! Debt free
They can awake me for? family or friends who need me, usefull things, sweetness
And for what absolutely not: for work, fire training, useless reasons, people I dont know, wrong dialed numbers, my upper neighbours with their stupid music and fights.
Morningmoods? I do have sort of, but not a bad type but I protect my environment by saying nothing at all for the first hour. I go my own way and dont lack any sweetness, I just dont say anything. Dont try to make me talk or I have the worst morningmood you have ever seen/heard.
SaintNiclas or SantaClaus time? SantaClaus time but only the weeks before,once it is xmas the fun is over. Every year I hope for the first time in my life to have a good xmas.
The best thing/person I ever met in life: must be my horse that I got in Portugal, the then 3 year old black Alter Real (Lusitano) stallion Que Juizo, that I broke to ride. The first ride was the last as he was sold very suddenly to a very famous international horse show (Royal Horse Gala) if I knew he would be mine before that day Now he is in Thailand (did not satisfy enough for the show team (missed me ahahaha) and I hope he did not die in the Tsunami. He is the most beautifull horse  I ever met with the true Lusitano attitude, a once in a lifetime bond, like love at first sight he never never never has been bad to me, he only blamed me for my short visit to family in Lisbon with a 3 day strike to give me a hug or whinny. ;-)
Best thing I did in my life: I guess I did more than one thing. First it was my first parentless holiday to California, a month full of fun and party and very good memories. Havoc in hotels, mad hotelguards, bonfires on the beach, my very nice hostfamily, window shopping on Rodeo Drive, Disneyland, Universal Studios, beach etcetc.  And the next best thing, my apprenticeship in Portugal, in Alentejo, at coudelaria nacional de Alter do Chao. Not only because of my horse QueJuizo, but also my studs Frizuco and Atrena (retired royal Portuguese highschool horse), Oheide, QueJovem, QuiJarim and Maravilha, the beautifull area good for hours riding before or after the sun did his painfull killing job, picking kilos of amoras (blackberry) better than you can ever buy, watching the herd of mares and foals, waking up when the herd was taken in the freerange stable next to my house, the bells they carry are such a relaxed way of waking up. My collegues and the friendly people (opening the supermarket specialy for me :p) The only bad things are the heat (45 degrees is normal in summer), the lack of recreation (closest city/large supermarket driving 1 hour) nobody speaking English, but Alter do Chao had a cinema!!! The latest movies only in weekends, all the town was there. And a ticket only 1 euro, thats a price. Only problem: to get there,  20 minutes biking in 45 degrees. And you cant trust Portuguese drivers at all!!! I can talk about my time in Alter do Chao for days and days Just get the topic and sit down to listen I have to scan some photos but I have no scanner suitable for Mac OS X yet
The most crazy thing I ever did: I do crazy things all the time. Last Saturday I had the idea to park my car diagonal in 2 parkingspots in the parking lot... But then I am so kind to just put it back in normal position as Saturday is a busy day and earlier this week I was angry because 4 times in a row someone steals my parking spot in vision... But the most crazy I dont know at this moment I am quite impulsive, and act before thinking. Sometimes I am even too ashamed for what I did so surely I wont tell everything here ;-) Some people will know what I mean there But I am a joker sometimes, that at school (where I lived) I went home and put my radio programmed with a terrible song very loud, so it would play at 5 in the morning (normal wake up time there) and nobody could turn it off as I locked my room. I manipulated computers at school with wicked screensavers and mopy fish that had to be fed before you could use computer again, I put passwords so only I could use it (hehehehe) I put some tape on the coin insert of the sigaret machine, and it was then out of order for a week before they discovered my joke And my act before thinking resulted also into booking a holiday while I was in Thailand and after few hours in Holland I was off again to the surprise of my parents.