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'The worst-tempered people I've ever met were the people who knew they were wrong.'
Wilson Mizner
I went to the Summer Fair yesterday and was extremely disappointed about the whole thing. I thought i...
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Life is still busy but good lately and I have one of those days today where I feel I have all the energy in the world to get things done that I need to have done. My appointment with the dentist went ...
Continue reading: Thursday Thoughts here...
It was a beautiful sunny winter's day today: a perfect day to go out and take pictures since the light outside is brilliant for photography during the winter months. I watched a documentary about The ...
Continue reading: Victorian Cemetery here...
Today I met up with S. for the first time, she's a dutch girl living in London. We have been writing each other for some time now and today was the day to meet up for a coffee and explore Harrods. The...
Continue reading: A Day At Harrods here...
I went to an amazing place last Sunday: the British Library, near St Pancras tube station. I wanted to see a temporary exhibition called 'The Printed Face of the European Avant Garde 1900-1937'. It wa...
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This Thursday I will be visiting the world's oldest and last surviving grand music hall called Wilton's. A wonderful and magical place hidden in the centre of London near Tower Hill. John Wilton built...
Continue reading: Magical Evening here...
I had to get up early but couldn't because I was still tired from staying up half the night while I should've been in bed asleep. But I had more important things to do than sleep so the night owl in m...
Continue reading: Birthday Maurice here...
I have a hangover today... (what's new hey?!) I was invited for dinner last night by Maurice and Warren. I was also invited over the weekend but wasn't feeling too well so I decided to stay home and s...
Continue reading: Home Early... here...
I haven't written much lately... I guess because there is too much going on at the moment. Pleasant things mostly and also stuff that needs to be done, so I ain't complaining. A. has been in Egypt for...
Continue reading: Bi-Weekly Update here...
Nothing spectacular going on lately... I'm just doing my thing, whatever that is. I was supposed to meet up with Amit today but he cancelled. I met him at the Flash Actionscript course that I did. We ...
Continue reading: Smoggy Cider here...
I didn't sleep for two nights in a row. I know it would've been better if I had, especially after being seriously ill for a whole week. Monday -last week- I decided to work on my website and once I'll...
Continue reading: Live... here...
Saturday: We spent time shopping all day, went to Covent Garden again but this time I did not take the stairs, we got off at Leister Square instead. I found some really cool shoe shops in Neal Street ...
Continue reading: Mayday Weekend here...
I'm still working on my portfolio. I need to finish one online and a physical one and since I have a five years of backlog it seems to turn into a never ending story. Also because I'm working on both ...
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I have been invited by Kimm to come over and spent Queensday at the usual spots, Vondelpark and Cafe The Soundgarden but it would've been a last minute [therefore an expensive] decision. I wasn't real...
Continue reading: Hollandse Gezelligheid [Dutch Pleasantness] here...
We booked our flights and the rental car today for the wedding in June. I found a really cheap B&B in the same little village where the reception will be. It saves us a 12km trip to the nearest big ho...
Continue reading: Asian Cravings and Markets here...
Things have been hectic last week when I started the Flash 8 Actionscripting course. It was quite an experience and I've met some really nice people. I thought I wouldn't be able to follow but I reali...
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Things have been good for a few days now. I seem to be able to accomplish a lot more once I set my mind on it, which leaves me feeling good about myself. I try to set a goal each day and instead of no...
Continue reading: Culture Shock here...
I had such a splendid evening, it reminded me in a way of hanging out with some of 'my' students at the Rietveld Academy, we would always end up in weird places, meeting people and not knowing what wo...
Continue reading: Grand Soiree here...
I've been invited by C. to another event organised by a client of the Times [where she works]. No Christies auction this time but a photography preview. So I will be ready for another evening of too ...
Continue reading: A Private View here...
I have to go to the Docklands this afternoon because I have to return a Karen Millen dress that I intended to wear at the wedding but I changed my mind. It's a beautiful strapless dress but somehow it...
Continue reading: Birthday Alex here...
What an amazing place! I wouldn't mind living here and compared to what we're about to buy in London we could have a big 5 room house with garden for less *sigh*. Perhaps when I'm old and grey, I coul...
Continue reading: Weekend Bath here...
I spontaneously arranged this weekend to stay in Bath and explore the city in two days. I looked up all sorts of interesting things online and have a whole list of fun-things-to-do. I sent a list of t...
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I finally finished uploading all the pictures for the gallery, that's why I didn't publish this post earlier, so here it is... [the link to see the gallery is all the way at the bottom of this post]
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And then everything went pear-shaped...
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I had my birthday today... Thanks Carla for your text message! Thanks Jodi, Dalton, Nicky and Inge for your emails! Thanks Uncle and Aunt, and A. for your lovely birthday cards. And thanks A. for orga...
Continue reading: A Night Out here...
I have been seriously ill over the weekend, I reckon it was the side effect of the flu vaccination that I got earlier. So I ended up having a terrible cold which then turned into a nice sinus infectio...
Continue reading: New Year's here...
I'm getting tired of xMas shopping. We have been out all evening on Tuesday and tonight wandering around a big shopping mall called Lakeside. I found most of the presents and only need to get a few bi...
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The exhibition yesterday was slightly disappointing to be honest. I reckon I was expecting more pictures of the Northern Lights, the two pictures I posted earlier pretty much cover the whole series 'H...
Continue reading: Greenwich and Docklands here...
We are going to an exhibition this Sunday and I'm really really really looking forward to it!!!!!! I found it thru a url A. sent me about things to do in London. Here's some info:
Primarily through l...
Continue reading: Oh Yes!... here...
We went for a walk in the forest. I guess I've never seen that many mushrooms, all sorts of colors and shapes, have a look yourself and go here.
[If you'd like to see more pictures of Funghi please s...
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08.00 alarm clock - no way I'm getting up this early... leave me, I wanna sleep!
08.30 okay okay, I'm getting there, don't rush me will ya?!!!
09.00 almost finished, just need to eat some breakfast
09...
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We went for a long walk at Epping Forest which was so relaxing. I've never seen so many fungi in one forest, amazing!!! All the different colors, shapes and sizes. Have a look at my pictures by clicki...
Continue reading: Magic Mushrooms here...
We went to Ikea this morning and bought our desks which will be delivered tomorrow morning between 07.00 and 12.00. No sleeping in again I guess... We didn't spend much time at Ikea today, we rushed i...
Continue reading: Barbie and Christie's here...
I went to the doctor this morning. I needed to register with the nurse. A lovely lady who sat down to talk to me, making jokes and took time to help me with my stuff. She even gave me two addresses th...
Continue reading: Tenterground here...
Gosh, I didn't realise it's been a while since I've posted. We've been extremely busy doing fun things and now I'm tired of doing fun things and would love to sleep for hours... Well I can't because I...
Continue reading: London Bridge here...
We met up with Steve and Marianne and the girls today. It was really nice to seem them again. We met up at the Natural History Museum and had a lovely time there. Amazing building, so beautiful! And a...
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I took the bus today which was cool! It took about 45 minutes to get to Oxford Street where we were supposed to go shopping. It's cool to be in a London double decker, it's the perfect way to do some ...
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I'm back into doing my exercises again and eating healthy food. So no fish and chips, no Kentucky Fried Chicken, no carbs... It's hard though because I'm having cravings every now and then and it's s...
Continue reading: Healthy Drumming here...
Recent Tickles
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...