June 26, 2008 @ 11:30 AM 5 Comments

So I finally gave in, I tried to hold it back for a long time because I didn’t want to join the hype. But now with a lot of my friends signing up for it I just can’t stay behind…

I now have a Facebook profile, so go and add me if you feel like it! I’m still trying to discover a lot of it but it seems fun and I’m already a little bit addicted to adding new things, thanks to my friend Liesbeth who was the one to convince me to join by sending me an invite.

June 25, 2008 @ 11:07 PM 2 Comments

Me and my BFF from when I was a teenager lost touch about 9 years ago. Of course driving past her parents house would occasionally make me wonder how she’s doing and where she is now. But I never really figured out a way to find out.

Until I received a message on Hyves, which is something similar to Myspace, from her. It was really good to hear from her again and we’re meeting up on Saturday to catch up on those 9 years.

It will be so much fun to share our stories from the past years. We already spoke on a messenger today but we decided to keep the juiciest stories for Saturday.

Who would you like to meet again and why?

June 21, 2008 @ 11:32 PM 1 Comment

Euro 2008 is over for The Netherlands. We got our asses kicked by Russia in the quarter final.

June 20, 2008 @ 10:47 PM Comment?

After reading this news article today I can only really draw one conclusion, although I hate to say it. Dutch fans are probably one of the stupidest supporters around. Or at least quiet a bunch of them. I have to be fair and say that with 100,000 Dutch supporters around for the Euro 2008 matches it’s easy to mistake someone for someone else. But this really tops it…

How can they mistake Swiss railway workers in Berne for supporters of the Dutch soccer team? I mean, railway workers are probably not jumping around, wearing stupid hats, drinking alcohol and helping people to get to places where they need to be. If you see someone doing their job, it’s most likely they are not there to support a foreign team, even if they are wearing an orange vest. Besides why would anyone follow anybody ONTO the tracks no matter what team they support.

A Dutch article about the same issue stated that a big group of singing and dancing Holland supporters followed the workmen onto the tracks thinking they were also supporters for the same team, while in fact they were railway employees either fixing things or pointing people in the right direction.

I can actually visualize it; a big, loud group of fans following a few men in orange vests. It seems kind of funny but if you think about it, it’s pretty dangerous. There is no way you would get a big group off the tracks in case of a train passing by. Especially if (most likely anyway) they are intoxicated.

The autorities in Switzerland replaced all orange vest by yellow ones, and even send some ahead to Basel where we are playing Russia tomorrow in the quarter finals.

There is said a lot about the Dutch fans in the media, not just now with the European Cup but a few years ago with the World Cup as well. We made the headlines in many countries due to our orange outfits and love for the national team. I guess stupidity is another thing to add to that list…

June 18, 2008 @ 10:24 AM 2 Comments

After driving to work yesterday (and getting a full tank of gas first) everything seemed fine. But when I wanted to go home at around 10 PM that same night, I was in for a surprise.

When I tried to start the motor, nothing happened. And then I really mean nothing, no lights came on or anything. Everything seemed dead. Of course the first thing that crossed my mind is that I left the lights on, or the radio playing. But after a quick inspection it turned out I had my radio cover in my purse (so it can’t play) and the lights go off as soon as the key is turned off.

One of my colleagues had some jump cables, but even that didn’t work. So there was no other option than to call either AA or my dad. With the AA generally taking forever to get to a scene I rang my dad and he arrived about 30 minutes later. After which a long tow back to my house began.

I finished work at 10 PM but wasn’t home before around midnight. It was quiet an adventure to be towed through the city to my house (the highway was no option!), although I have to admit that I was scared sometimes. Like the time when the cable broke and I stopped in the middle of an intersection while my dad was already across it.

Either way, I got home safe and today the man from the garage is going to see if he can fix the car today. If not, it means an unexpected day off work…

June 13, 2008 @ 11:19 PM 3 Comments

Some of you might know that the European Cup in soccer (football) is going on in Switzerland and Austria right now, others are now aware after reading this post. The Netherlands played their second match today and after kicking some Italian (world champions, thank you) ass with 3-0 we managed to kick some French behinds with 4-1.

We are now certain of a place in he quarter final, where hopefully we will continue our ass-kicking.

The Orange Lion is wearing soccer shoes, so other countries; be afraid

June 01, 2008 @ 9:15 PM 1 Comment

This week’s Photo Friday challenge is Minimalism. For me that means, very few things in a photo to distract you except the main focal point. Searching through my personal photo archive I came across a shot that strikes me as simple. But simple seems very close to minimalism so that will be my choice for this challenge.

I did a series of these shots trying to get one good shot each year. Unfortunately the tree is now gone so I won’t be able to extend the series, but it were a good 3 years…