pand 48

I got home quite late

queens day in Ede

VENcE in cafe de Hertog

The weekend I was moving from the Carolieweg to the Jozef Israelstraat Sebastiaan had a gig in cafe de Hertog. I was one fo the best I have visited and I have visited many of their gigs in Groningem, if not all. I am a groupie, yeah!
But this was just perfect and I needed it. My head was occupied with some guy I will not mention and this music touches me each time again, in a good way, a melancholic way. It feel slike something is about to happen, but it also feels like I can't see what and don't know where.

Alice in Glamourland

Roos and I were at my parents' place and wanted to watch just some movie. It appeared my mom had bought this movie. A dutch movie with Linda de Mol starring. It entertained us and as romantic as we both are, we coudl believe in it, wanted to believe in it. Yes it never stops and that's why I still like this kind of movies.

Hannahannah

A dutch tele-movie with Antonie Kamerling and a girl I knew from the Koppels Series. It was a nice movie, romantic, recognizable unforutnately. But it gives me hope for the real one, for the man that can understand me and wants to and can even love me irrealistic demands of everyday life and dreams with me. I can't stop dreaming and this movie shows I shouldn't, a little bit, that's what I make of it.

der Witz

This is a pleasant brown cafe at the grote markt. Fancy interior and good service. Mixed public. I had been here before with Sebastiaan, but this time I went there with Anne-Marije to catch up on the facts and figures of the Vuurproef

Chaplins

About a month ago I went to this cafe on a sunday night with a very nice guy. I haven't seen much if the cafe itself, we mainly talked and were more absorbed with each other as it became later and the alcohol started to do its work. But I was there!

de maronnier

A nice living room restaurant. We arrived wheni t was completely empty and left wehn comepletely full and a well sprayed woman sitting next to me (with perfume and lipstick).
The food was really nice, finetuned, but later on my stomach was hurting... maybe a bit too fat?? The service was good as long as it was not too crowded, but hey, I will come back I think.

EQD comedy cafe in Huis de Beurs

Together with my brand new colleagues, we had dinner in huis de Beurs, and a comedy night afterwards. Imrpovisation with familiar games such as, each says one word at a time to make a story, a blind date, dubbing, and even a song. They were ok, but in Dutch would be better!

VENcE in cafe de Toeter

My favourite band in the quarterfinals of bandcontest Groningen. And they won, which means I can listen again on the third of June in my favourite cafe, cafe de Toeter.
Nice songs like bang bang, just my vice, god is where you put him, and many many more...

King Khan and the Shrines

My first Vera experience
Vera is a Popstage in Groninge, famous for its underground music... good underground music.
I was really tired of two exhausting days and kinda forgot I promised to go to the concert and since already tickets were bouht, I had to go.
It was a party, this is a really nice live band. I doubt if I like it on CD, but it was just party and splendid performance. 8 people, an canadian Indian brought back memories. But this Indian could sing!!

the Terminal

Catherina Zeta Jones is way too handsome to be the character she is playing. It was an entertaining movie though, in which the friendships and the sympahty towards allt he employes grows. It is not very credible though... but it is supposed to be based on a true story. Based, inspired, what does it mean...?

bevrijdingsfestival Groningen

TO celebrate our freedom (we were freed from the germans in 1945), we have freedom festivals across the country. Groningen is not famous for it, like Zwolle or Wageneningen. We had some beers on the field, because the weather decided not to rain for 40 days in spring. We listene to bad music, and chatted. It was only in the evening that it started to be entertaining, when leaving the festival and going for a beer in de Spieghel together with sebastiaan.

Huis de Beurs

Before going to the movies, we had dinner in Huis de Beurs. Despite all the stories I had heard about it, I had never been here. The food was OK, atmosphere good, with live piano music. We almost forgot to be silent for 2 minutes at 8 o'clock... memorial minutes for victims of the 2nd world war.

Angel

Together with Annet we went to Images and decided to watch this movie. On overacted shitty movie. It was hilarious, to some extent romantic, but not really good. Cult movie. Casablanca, meets monty python like...

de Heksenjacht by het Nationale Toneel

One week after we did our performance in Martini Plaza, the national theater of Holland did the same play in the stadsschouwburg. some wellknown actors took part in this play, so it was supposed to be a good one.
But it appeared that a boring play can even with good actors never become vibrant and entertaining. I knew the lines (were the same) and the stage and characters (also those were the same). We were not worse, not better, but the witch hunt in Salem didn't become very interesting.

de Vuurproef by ME

One of my active cultural achievements; acting in the play the Crucible by Arthur Miller. for three nights we possessed the Martini plaza in Groningen. A theater which has place for approximately 350 people per night.
The production period has not been one of the greatest I have ever had. It was chaotic and not well arranged, communicated , produced so to say. Together with some fellow actors we gossiped a lot about the organsiation (groninger studenten toneel), which is actually bad, but they were bad.
Each thursday we had rehearsals from 5.30 to 10 pm, dinner before with Robby, Daan en Marijke.
And standing on stage was not as overwhelming as it used to be. I was fed up with the lines, with some fellow actors, the director and the whole play to be honest. I was glad the third night was over and I was done with it.
But now one month later, I realised it has given me something special. If not only nice people I have met (which I only realised in the last few days and days hereafter), also some open mind, peace, and just knowing I stood in front of 1000 people, doing something stupid without feeling I did so.

Joe Speedboot by Tommy Wieringa

This book is a nig hit in the Netherlands. Though I have to say, in the end it touched me. In the end I couldn't stop and read it through the end. THe book is about a disabled boy that actually can't speak. You read his mind and the funny thing is, the actual author of the book really makes you belief you do, which is actually quite amazing. Now I am not the one that doens't think everybody is beautiful, but personaly I find it hard to communicate with someone who can't talk. Some other people in this book can find te peace and pateince to enclose him in their heart, for better or for good. So in the end I would recommend it.

afrika museum

Although my heart belongs to India, I became very intereste din Africa becasue of what friends tell me. A visit to the Afrika Museum has only strengthened this feeling and it is now on th etop of my travelling list (which does not mean it will be the first place I will visit). i can recommend this museum near to Nijmegen to eveyrbody. Very informative as well as triggering and illustrative.

het boek karna

Also the last of the trilogy was a page turner, although it was the least interesting on eof all three. From beginning I already knew what was going to be the end. it was not really about Karna, it was merely about the whole family, Benjamin and Dina included.