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aaiëm Gertie.

Form of Geertruida. Germanic name, which is difficult to attach a plain meaning to. The first part, “Ger”, means arrow. Strong with an arrow. Stong -yes this is how I write it- woman. Yeah, that could be me.

I am compassionate, versatile, restless, chunky, sensitive, cozy, wellbeing, cool, impatient, superficial, neutral, alert, intelligent, smart, expressive, mediator, zealous.

(officially). I am raised in Belgium. My surname is Dutch. My dad’s parents are Dutch, coming from den Bosch. I have been living in Norway, South Africa and currently I am living in the Netherlands. Soon I will move again, to Italy. I am not Belgian.

I love my 3 cats. I love meeting new people. I love thinking about thinking. I love socks. I love my friends. I love my family. I love cities. I love traveling. I love music. I love photography. I love writing. I love drawing, painting. I love it all.

I graduated as engineer-architect in Leuven (class of 2016). I am still a student. Currently I am becoming an urbanist as well. And I am becoming myself. Learning for life.

aaiëm Gertie.

aaiëm Gemini.

aaiëm Belgian.

aaiëm in love.

aaiëm learning.