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The Hermit

« Random Nonsense | Main | Track And Trace »
By Tess on Monday: Mar 19, 2007 at 15:53:55 |
A. is in the south of France, looking after his house and visiting his parents, sister and probably some more expats. I'm in London, on my own and trying to finish all the work that needs to be done t...
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Short Trip

« So Much to Tell, So Little Time | Main | Goodbye Party »
By Tess on Sunday: Jun 18, 2006 at 17:22:38 |
We went back to France again, just a short trip for a-family-get-together; the whole English clan. We didn't drive over but took the plane to Nice which is much faster but less fun [I like driving in ...
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Make Over

« Home Sweet Home | Main | Neighbours »
By Tess on Sunday: May 07, 2006 at 23:45:00 |
Driving to the South of France Lunch at Jo and Charlie's place Working on projects Party to celebrate the final results The village The new built pool The house ...
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Home Sweet Home

« Off We Go | Main | Make Over »
By Tess on Sunday: May 07, 2006 at 21:55:00 |
We came home today at 18.30 after spending three weeks in the South of France [half an hour drive from Cannes] where we had to work on A.'s house to accomplish a complete make over... It's been stress...
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Off We Go

« South of France Part II | Main | Home Sweet Home »
By Tess on Wednesday: Apr 26, 2006 at 23:09:00 |
To A.'s place, without internet... but lots of work to be done Sleep well and see you soon!...
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South of France Part II

« South of France | Main | Off We Go »
By Tess on Wednesday: Apr 26, 2006 at 22:53:00 |
A.'s place, redecorating and cleaning or taking pics for the website J. and C.'s place; lunch Cannes, sorting out internet connection and telephone, buying bits and pieces...
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South of France

« Would Have, Could Have | Main | South of France Part II »
By Tess on Wednesday: Apr 26, 2006 at 22:24:00 |
We're in the South of France staying at A.'s house at the moment. Well for a while already. Since we don't have internet yet, I'll try to upload some pictures that we took on our way here and while re...
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Finally Home

« Slow Day | Main | Birthday Gal »
By Tess on Saturday: Jan 08, 2005 at 21:28:00 |
I didn't have time to write and to be honest I didn't feel like it either. My back has been a real pain for a week now and it is not getting better. We're finally home after driving for two days. I ju...
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Slow Day

« Our Last Breakfast | Main | Finally Home »
By Tess on Wednesday: Jan 05, 2005 at 23:11:00 |
We had a wonderful time up in the mountains, but I have to admit, it feels good to be back home again at A. his parents place. The trip was very annoying, each bump or gap in the road made the pain in...
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Our Last Breakfast

« Le Dessert | Main | Slow Day »
By Tess on Monday: Jan 03, 2005 at 09:38:00 |
Early breakfast... We're heading home today, it's a 2 hours drive, I hope my back will be alright, it's very bad at the moment. In the morning it is just fine but after a couple of hours moving around...
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Le Dessert

« Le Hameau de la Fou | Main | Our Last Breakfast »
By Tess on Sunday: Jan 02, 2005 at 22:54:00 |
We had another excellent dinner tonight, I took a lot of pictures but I won't bore you with those, just the ones where we were having our dessert; A. his 'île de France dans une sauce Anglaise' and I ...
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Le Hameau de la Fou

« 2 Days Ski Resort | Main | Le Dessert »
By Tess on Sunday: Jan 02, 2005 at 14:25:00 |
A wonderful breakfast was waiting for us this morning when we woke up and went down to the restaurant. After breakfast we went to the resort again. I told A. to go skiing on his own for a couple of h...
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2 Days Ski Resort

« New Year 2005 | Main | Le Hameau de la Fou »
By Tess on Saturday: Jan 01, 2005 at 22:33:00 |
We woke up early in the morning and had again a tiny picnic on the bed because the hotel was still closed and the owner at home probably still drunk and asleep from the night before. So after breakfas...
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New Year 2005

« The Gorges du Verdon | Main | 2 Days Ski Resort »
By Tess on Friday: Dec 31, 2004 at 01:36:00 |
We went hiking for a couple of hours in the morning which was at times a bit tricky due to snow and slippery trails, it took us a long time but it was fun! Alas the waterfall we've been looking for tu...
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The Gorges du Verdon

« xMas 2004 | Main | New Year 2005 »
By Tess on Thursday: Dec 30, 2004 at 15:17:00 |
Yay, we're going to the mountains, it has been snowing and so we've decided to go to the mountains to snowboard: my very first time... We will arrive on Saturday morning because on the way to the moun...
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xMas 2004

« The House | Main | The Gorges du Verdon »
By Tess on Saturday: Dec 25, 2004 at 01:11:00 |
We had such a wonderful xMas! Too many presents... I am so spoiled by everyone!!! A. bought me a beautiful beautiful beautiful ring. Something dear and special to me. I was speechless... and I still a...
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The House

« Shattered Girl's Dream | Main | xMas 2004 »
By Tess on Friday: Dec 24, 2004 at 19:50:00 |
We went to A.'s place today to check it out. What an amazing view! Everything looks so much nicer than in summertime. It was a beautiful sunny day and the grass looked so green. Trees too btw. It was ...
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Shattered Girl's Dream

« You've Got Mail | Main | The House »
By Tess on Friday: Dec 24, 2004 at 19:11:00 |
15.15 We left for France via Antwerp, Brussels, Luxembourg, Metz, Nancy. A. booked one night at one of those silly Formula 1 hotels along the highway. We had a hard time driving down there since it st...
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I Want To GO!

« Tired | Main | Piercings »
By Tess on Wednesday: Dec 15, 2004 at 11:48:19 |
Only one more week to go and we're off to sunny south of France... Everything over here looks so grey and boring. I haven't seen the sun for weeks and it starts to really depress me. I'm also still ve...
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Some Pics

« La Côte d'Azur/Provence | Main | Study »
By Tess on Monday: Sep 06, 2004 at 13:00:00 |
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La Côte d'Azur/Provence

« Time | Main | Some Pics »
By Tess on Sunday: Sep 05, 2004 at 21:56:00 |
I just came back from a 5 days trip to the Côte d'Azur/Provençe, A. invited me to come along so we took the plane to Nice on Wednesday and left the cold and the rain behind. Temperature i...
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Beyond Description

A Zestful Quest...

Here you can read about my expat life in London: the latest news, concoctions and crazy thoughts I might have every now and then... Pictures will be added as well if what is on my mind can't be put in words...

About Tess

Occupation:
- Managing Director

  Web Designer
  Graphic Designer
  Multimedia Designer
  Digital Artist & Pixel Fukcer

Expat Life: I moved from Amsterdam to London, Aug. 2006. Things didn't quite work out as planned and I found myself on my own in a foreign country.

Reflection: 2007 Has been a difficult year but I've managed to accomplish a lot more than I thought I ever could. I've set up my own business, survived a serious health issue, met some amazing people and found my future...

Personality: At times stuck in a time warp of ideas and thoughts, Mixed Blood [Eurasian seems to be the fancy word for it: Indonesian and Dutch], typical Capricornish Goat, Sensitive, Crazy about Apple Macs and anything related, Gadget Girl, Intelligent, Psychological profiling of all kind, Sucker for all sorts of stuff that makes my OS run like: Coffee and Chocolate, Deep Thinker, Perfectionist, Foolish, Silly, Stubborn [WHAT?... ME? I don't think so... tsk, pffft....]

Indulgence: English full breakfast once in a while when not counting calories, Indonesian fried rice and a Sateh [Nasi Goreng] like my great grandma used to make, Thai Tom Ka Kai or Thai Green Curry Noodle soup original traditional recipes, definitely a peaty Islay Scotch preferably shared with my best friends in Scotland [Inge and Frank] and a Dutch coffee when I'm in Amsterdam with a piece of Dark Chocolate!

Proud Owner: Mac Classic †, Mac LC II †, PowerMac 6500 †, Performa 6800 †, Power Mac 8200 †, iBook Tangerine †, PowerBook G4, iPod shuffle, iSight, Power Mac G5.

Feel free to leave me a comment!

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Zestful Links

  1. Expats Friends:
  2. La Delirante
    My creative retreat. A Salvadoran living in Malta.
  3. Ismoyo's Playground
    .. ismoyo's creative playground
  4. A roam to Rome
    A San Francisco Gal transitioning to a life in Rome!
  5. Invading Holland
    The story of an accident prone Englishman
  6. Happy to be
    Happy to be a mother, a wife, an expat, a business woman, and someone who talks about sperm a lot.

  7. Inspiring Friends:
  8. Oh fer cryin' out loud
    ... Life ... Love ... Happiness ... Love ... Life ... Monica Ford's Thoughts and Such
  9. Captured Moments Blog
    Open Your Eyes and See
  10. How I Am Becoming An Astronaut
    The actions I am taking in trying to become an astronaut.

  11. Digital Talent:
  12. Graphic Design Blog
    Graphic design blog is to share views on all things graphic design.
  13. The Seelie Court
    The secretions of Amanda Sartor
  14. Pixelgirl Presents
    Customize Your Style
  15. Vectorpeeps
    The Whole World Should Be Vectorized
  16. Deviant Art
    Where ART meets application!
  17. Computer Arts
    The Authority on Graphic Design, Image Manipulation and Web Creation
  18. Thumbtack Press
    So Hip it Hurts

  19. Geek Food:
    20. National Geographic
    Reporting Your World Daily
  20. Discover the Cosmos!
    Astronomy Picture of the Day
  21. Nova
    Science Now
  22. KNMI
    Dutch weather webcam

  23. Misc:
  24. My Baby Jo
    My Baby Jo-vintage clothing, retro, rockabilly, shirts, dresses, 40's clothing, 50's clothing, swing, and lounge.
  25. DListed
    Be Very Afraid
  26. Occultopedia
    The Occult - Occultopedia: The Occult and Unexplained Encyclopedia
  27. Paranormal Voices
    The Independent Direct Voice Phenomenon

Weekly Note


Recent Posts

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- jim on Mental Detour:
Well, it is fascinating to watch a tornada (sorry, my Southernese still lurks) from a couple miles a...
- jim on Beck's Canvas:
Hehe.... tell me about compromises :-) We both could stand some winning these days. Yes, avoid the ...
- Tess on Mental Detour:
Twisters: I realise it's a good thing but would love to see one for real and not on TV ;) No... no l...
- Tess on Beck's Canvas:
Wen: did you realise your blog has the same option? So any Blogger has one basically :) I installed ...
- jim on Beck's Canvas:
Seems your plans might be better then any I might have conjured up ;-)...
- jim on Mental Detour:
No twisters.... really a good thing even though they might be fun to see. No long Leo huh? Even thou...
- wen on Beck's Canvas:
I love this feature of your blog that allows you to receive e-mail notification of further comments ...
- Tess on Mental Detour:
Wen: you miss rain huh? *LOL* perhaps we should swap houses for a few weeks? Dress: thanks Wen :) I ...
- Tess on Beck's Canvas:
Wen: yes, it will be fun! Really looking forward to this :) More later this week. Happy to hear you ...
- Tess on Garden Design:
Wen: yes it is and I still haven't convinced myself 100% *hehe* I was supposed to get text and a CD ...
- jim on Mental Detour:
hmm. . . my lasts don't show up :(...
- jim on Beck's Canvas:
Time for a little research then fire up Illustrator and whip up a press pass :-O...
- jim on Mental Detour:
Ah yes, T-storms... any boomers? Seems we're scheduled for some severe ones today but they can be hi...
- wen on Mental Detour:
I also miss rain :) Chocolate satin dress? Wow! Beautiful colour! :) Great choice. I loved the pic...
- wen on Beck's Canvas:
"my Dutch friend who lives in London too, received an invitation as well" How cool!! Thanks for you...

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