Now that little girl on the photo could be me. Actually she looks a lot like me when I was that age (what is she, 4-5 years old?). It is not a surprise that she looks like me as this is my grandmother, holding something that looks like a sheep (or is it a rabbit) [...]

Twitter (Photo by Shareski licensed under CC) I think Twitter is dividing the world in two: people who absolutely don’t get it and people who do understand that Twitter is indeed pointless babble most of the time, but it’s also useful at times. It took me a while before I understood the usefullness of Twitter. [...]

but you aren’t. It is nice to plan a trip yourself: you can often find cheaper deals and book everything from your pc, however you can also miss some important information that travel agents would have given you. That happened to me! I have been preparing like mad for this trip and as a final [...]

Regent’s Park The weather is so incredible in London at the moment that I decided to bike to Regent’s Park after work, to catch the last sunshine. I think that Regent’s Park has become my favourite park. It is often peaceful, I love to watch people struggling in the boats on the boating lake and [...]

US Trip (Coffee on me for the person recognizing the title quote without googling!) I am not exactly off in three weeks, I am off in 10 days! And I am not prepared at all yet, so I better start working on that. I have stripped off quite some bits from the draft plan and [...]

Cycling in London My mum visited me this weekend and with the weather being fantastic we have been outdoors a lot. Among a lot of other things, we did a lot of cycling!

Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese. Billie Burke I’m not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You’re as old as you feel. Elizabeth Arden None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. Henry David Thoreau Live your life and forget your age. Norman [...]

I felt like drawing a bit again, so this is the latest creative mind dump, and yes I did hand draw those cups myself. I will soon be on the tube to Heathrow where I will pick up my mum who will visit me for the weekend. The weather doesn’t really seem to know what [...]

Some of you might already have seen this video ( I posted it on Facebook ). But for the people not on there: Does this make you smile or what? I find it an incredible refreshing wedding entrance, and it makes my tragic romantic heart sing. (Lovely and appropiate song too!) (And it was Bill [...]

Books, lots of books After another day of working in the Oxfam shop yesterday I must say that I am really starting to like it. I most like to work behind the till which I did all day yesterday. I like the interaction with the people buying books or music. Some are very talkative, some [...]

A room with a view Taken while sitting on my bed yesterday. The moon looks huge, doesn’t it? Other short notes: We loved G-Force. I mean what is not to like, it’s talking guinea pigs! And mice! And a mole! And it is Bill in 3D. Apart from the slightly over the top Transformers like [...]

Maybe I am just way behind, but I had no idea I could listen to most of my music online for free on Last.fm. It means I no longer need my iPod at work. And better – most of my iPod songs are free for you to listen to too: here is my personal radio [...]

Meet Leonard, the squirrel Meet Leonard, the squirrel, my new neighbour. I know that most people don’t like the grey squirrels because they are making life for the red squirrels very difficult. But I must admit that I still find them cute. I spotted Leonard when I left my flat this morning, he was sitting [...]

Who owns this tea towel I wonder … As I swear this tea towel isn’t mine!

Piccadilly Circus Today it was time for some neighborhood exploring and I took a walk passed through: Maida Vale which has beautiful lanes with big green trees. And if it has to be a Starbucks to get your cup of tea then the one in Maida Vale/Kilburn has to be one of my favourite ones [...]

Swim – anyone? (Fountains in Trafalgar Square) A heatwave has arrived in London. I wonder if this is typically British, a heatwave warning with different levels and all. Sounds like the perfect weather for a move to me. Good thing I hired removal men for it. I used my weekend to pack everything and I [...]

Yes, these are my Kermit sneakers I got tagged by Vanillasky for this questionaire, so here we go. What is your current obsession? Uhm. Going to the cinema and watching Last Chance Harvey. Have seen it 4 times now. Last Chance Harvey is the new Dan in Real Life for me. I love it. What [...]

All these stop motion short films make me: 1. Smile big time 2. Want to make one myself Now there are quite a lot of them there, but I will point you to the ones I like best: 1. Her morning elegance I love love love this film. And I also really love the song, [...]

Moving house … I told you I was going to move right? And that one of my flatmates was going to be Angus, the 39 y.o. friendly Kiwi. Well that still is the case. I have packed more than half of my things in boxes, booked a removal company and sent out the first change-of-address [...]

Notebooks It is quite amazing how much stuff I have collected during my 3 years in London. I arrived with two bags, but my possesions will now fill quite some boxes. One of those boxes will contain some notebooks … I like notebooks. I buy them as souvenirs in places I visit: the two ones [...]