My first New Years Eve in Denmark (after 9 years), and the last one too I dare say. And yes I miss the oliebollen (raisin-filled dough balls traditionally eaten around the New Year celebrations by the Dutch), a lot, and not the least the appelflappen which are my personal favourites. And I miss Youp on [...]

I found The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe a bit boring. Maybe you should not compare the film to the Harry Potter movies, but if you do, Harry Potter is a lot more interesting to watch. Probably because the Narna story is a bit slow. And the sound was very [...]

No more Love Actually on the wall I guess it wasn’t real love after all (And yes it is snowing here are the moment, 10-15 cm of snow already, and this afternoon they have promised snowstorm – hurrah !)

After The Life Aquatic experiment, I took it a bit further today. And I still don’t quite understand how it happened. I filled a cup (a thick glass Bodum one) with cold chocolate milk (there is a snowstorm coming, so better be prepared). I put it in the microwave to warm it up, for about [...]

Can you sum up your 2005 in just twenty-four words? I could, and this might be a temp solution for my out of diary space problem. (Here are mine in slightly modified version – 24 words which sum up my 2005: Greenland. The Girl In The Cafe. Bill. Awakened. Decision. Lost. Found. Heart. London. Kevin. [...]

All the things I left behind so I could take care of them “after christmas”, well they were welcoming me home today. Next year we try another approach. I’ll book the nissar (what?). I would rather have been welcomed by the stack of DVD’s I ordered “before christmas” and the enormous pile of missing christmas [...]

Come on and let it snow … I’ll be off to Holland for a few days, and will be back in Denmark on the 27th of December. Posting will be very irregular, most likely on hold, until then. Merry Christmas ! Prettige Kerst ! God Jul !

Ok the plan was this : The Real Estate people now have a key to my flat. Which means that soon they will invade it, with potential buyers. At least that is the plan. Since my flat is in a permanent status of CHAOS (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrom) – and looks like a place [...]

Ingrid to Robert: – 6:34 pm (55 minutes ago) Ja hup in een logje, da’s een mooie. Mijn opa is 91 en internet (mail en skype ook) nog (cool he), en mijn oma is ook nog redelijk fit. Da’s dan een van de goeie dingen van zo’n familie bezoek, dat ik hen ook weer even [...]

5 things about the Office: It’s the (re) discovery of Martin Freeman (Tim). I suddenly understand why girls find him cute, because he really is cute in the Office. And after having seen him here, both Love Actually (a christmas neccesity) and Hitchhikers Guide are a lot more fun to watch ! The office in [...]

Ze zijn op !

Look into my Eye Today I signed some very important papers. They are going to sell my flat. “They” are expensive real estate people, and I know I can save some money selling it myself. But I think I have enough things bouncing around in my mind already, so let them handle it. And if [...]

If temperature below zero – roads are slippery. Do no take sharp curves – or bike will crash – with driver on it. How hard to remember is that. (First thing I did was of course check if anybody else saw me fall. 2 did. One of them was a dog.)

And you just thought I was plain crazy.

It never ceases to amaze me, how big a disaster area you create by tipping a glass of water on your desk. And all this because my mobile phone started ringing (the vibrating noise still can shock me). Somehow my hand could not pick it up without hitting the glass of water standing on my [...]

King Kong : Cute monkey I had no expectations whatsoever for this film. And I didn’t even like LOTR, which wasn’t Peter Jacksons fault, I just thought the books were a bit boring. But having seen the trailers of King Kong, I decided to go and see it. So here are 5 things about Peter [...]

Good Night, and Good Luck heeft al een hoop prijzen gewonnen, is ook genomineerd voor een Golden Globe, en deze film maaide een hoop prijzen weg uit de tuin van The Constant Gardener bij het Filmfestival in Venetie . Helaas, en misschien ook niet helemaal terecht. Maar filmtechnisch is ie mooi, in zwart wit, mooie [...]

In december doen ze hier elke morgen een spelletje op het werk, met kadootjes en een dobbelsteen, affijn u kent het waarschijnlijk wel, wie dubbel 6 gooit wint het kadootje. En dat dan 4 weken lang elke dag, tot het kerst is. Geforceerd leuk, en ik doe er dus echt niet aan mee, want ik [...]

Bill Nighy en Kelly MacDonald – The Girl In The Cafe Dit is macrogeluk : Én Bill Nighy én Kelly MacDonald genomineerd voor een Golden Globe award voor beste acteur / actrice in dé beste film van 2005 : The Girl In The Cafe. Als ie hem wint geef ik een feestje. Als ie hem [...]

Every day I bike past this anonymous appartmentbuilding, because it is located about 50 meters from where I work. And suddenly one day (about a week or two ago) the building got a bit more interesting. I know that graffitti normally shouldn’t be encouraged, but today I brought my camera, stopped shortly, and here you [...]