平衡的真妳 ▎JO老师：我音乐梦启蒙于荷兰，却跟随我的老公在中国落地生根!
JO：乐器老师、没借口妈妈广州负责人
我是一个很快乐的人，两个孩子的生活是很美丽的，当父母也不光是很累的，无论遇到什么事，自己心里想做的，就会坚持去做，这个过程也是很享受的。
我出生在荷兰的一个人口只有1200多人的小镇，7岁那年，镇上来了一个铜管乐队，然后我就跟妈妈说“我要学黑管（单簧管）”，然而那个小镇并没有学习的地方。十岁的时候，我们搬到了大一些的城市，在那里有了管乐队，我执着的要去学黑管，而弟弟喜欢鼓，于是妈妈就把我们送去学校学习。这样我就开始了我的乐器生涯。
17岁的时候就遇到了我的老公，他是一个很优秀的广州小伙子，本来在英国留学，却到荷兰工作。他到荷兰第三天就遇到了我，冥冥之中我们注定要相遇，再后来我们恋爱了。那个时候，我念大学，他工作。毕业之后，我们在荷兰结婚了，一起在荷兰生活了10年。
10年之后一天，我老公和我说，你跟我回中国生活吧！我说“好啊！荷兰很小，我已经看腻了，我们去中国吧！”于是我们开始了新的人生旅程，我很庆幸我是一个喜欢追求新事物的人。我跟着老公到了回到中国广州，开始当一个中国媳妇。
中国媳妇可不是那么好当，首先，我要学会中国话，噢！中国话是真的很难学，刚开始的时候，真的是哭笑不得。可是，经过8年时间，我已经能说一口流利的中国话。然后，我要工作，因为喜欢音乐，所以在广州交响乐团里担任副首席，和他们一起参加演出。还有最重要的，我成为了一名中国妈妈，来到中国后，我们相继迎来了我们的两个小公主。我很爱我的两个宝贝女儿，为了更好的照顾她们，三年前，我辞去了广州交响乐团的工作，开办了自己的音乐学校,这样我的时间就更自由了。
当妈妈后的生活，对我来说变化太大了。生完宝宝后，身材变得很胖的，这让我觉得很不舒服，我不喜欢胖胖的状态。于是，我自己在淘宝上购买了健身器材，自己在家里健身。我们有一群爱好健身的朋友，大家经常会在Facebook上分享我的健身照片和心得。每天早上在家里健身，下午就去学校教课，早上健身的时候，两个小宝贝还会经常闯进来跟我一起玩，虽然她们玩一会儿就又跑出去了，但是对我来说，她们的鼓励很重要。运动健身让我减掉了20多斤肉，我觉得我还会一直坚持下去。
中国很大，我去过北京、上海、香港.........但好多漂亮的地方我还没去过，接下来的，我还想去更多的地方。中国的生活，并没有什么不习惯，反而更加多姿多彩，我喜欢中国的美食，那种辣辣的烤鱼简直美味。想念荷兰家人的时候，就会带着孩子回去看看他们，她们也会来中国玩。今年过年，他们会来一起过中国年。
生活就是这样一步一步走的，每个阶段有每个阶段自己要做的事情。从荷兰来到中国，从乐团到自己的学校，都是自己的选择。我很喜欢现在的状态，因为健身的爱好，与“没借口妈妈”结缘，其实在认识她们之前，我就是一个没借口妈妈，认识她们之后，我多了更多的朋友。在成为“没借口妈妈”广州的leader后，我将我的健身运动分享给了更多的人。来到多彩社，我也将分享更多我自己给其他人。
（I'm generally a happy woman. With two children and a lovely husband life is very beautiful and as a mom also tiring at times. No matter what happens, when my minds has been made up, I do what I've planned and I will stick to do it, enjoying the process.
I was born in the Netherlands in a small town of only 1200 people. When I was 7 years old, I told my parents that I want to play the clarinet. The only problem was that our small town only had a brass band. To start playing music I took recorder lessons at my elementary school. When I was 10 we moved to a bigger town where there were three wind bands. My brother and I signed up for music classes and that was that!
I met my husband when I was only 17 years old. He's a nice guy from Guangzhou and we met on the third day that he was in The Netherlands. How about that for some destiny?
At that time,I attended college while he worked for a big company .We got married in the Netherlands, and lived there together for 10 years.
After 10 years my husband really wanted to move back to China. I thought: "why not?". Our country is very small so I felt it was time to go have a look elsewhere. We started a new journey together. I'm glad we did it because I like pursuing new things.I followed my husband to return to Guangzhou, China and started to be a Chinese daughter-in-law.
The most difficult step was learning how to speak Chinese. In the beginning it was very hard because of all the tones. But I decided I wanted to learn the language so I didn't give up. After living 8 years in China I've become fluent in Mandarin.
I played in the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra for 5 years as Associate Principal Clarinet. I love music so this was the perfect job for me at the time. After becoming a mom to two gorgeous princesses I felt that I needed to be more in control of my own time so I opened a music school and resigned from the orchestra. I'm happy that I did because I can spend more time with my girls now.
After becoming a mother, life changed a lot for me. I gained a lot of weight and didn't feel comfortable in my own skin anymore. I went on to Taobao for exercise equipment and started my home gym. On Facebook I'm part of a fitness group where we motivate each other. We do this by posting sweaty after work out pictures and sharing work out ideas. I work out in the mornings and teach music at my school in the afternoons. My little ones sometimes join me and cheer me on. This makes me very happy and makes me push even harder. I've lost about 10KG of fat in a slow and controlled way; fitness is the way to go for me.
China is very big, I have been to Beijing, Shanghai, LiJiang, KunMing and Hong Kong...But I haven't been to a lot of beautiful places yet. I'm looking forward to visiting them with my family when my girls will be a bit older.
I like living in China and I feel life is more colourful here than in The Netherlands. I like all kinds of Chinese cuisine from Cantonese to Sichuanese. When I miss my Dutch family I will Skype with them, sometimes we go back home but it is a bit hard with two small children. This Chinese New Year my parents are coming to visit us!
Life is interesting. Every step I've taken so far was by my own choice: moving to China, changing from orchestra to music school..... Because I love fitness so much, the "No ExcuseMoms" started to notice my efforts. It is funny: I was being a No Excuse Mom without realising that I was one! NEM asked me to become the leader of NEM Guangzhou so that I can inspire more mommies to live a happy and healthy life style. With coming to the Colourful Club I want to share a bit of my life with you all. Thank you very much for this opportunity!）
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Mooie fotos jo!
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