abn business centre in euroborg

Nanko van Buuren paid a visit to the Ntehrlands. An old friend from my father but moreover the owner of ibiss, an association that works in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. They do all kinds of projects for the children that live on the streets in Rio. To keep them out of the criminal circuit and drugs things and all shitty things. They have quite some success and this was also why he was honoured by the queen on this evening in the euroborg.
Next to that, all kinds of famous people were walking there, but I didn't really recognize one of them. Apparently famous Groningen football players.
We had a nice meal, and especially my dad met a lot of people from a long time ago. I had to leave early for hte whiskyproeverij, but he stayed for some while longer.

cafe de vriendschap

How do you end up in a cafe in ZW? I will not mention the name, as it is actually a secret. When it is a secret no more, I will explain more. They do not have the best coffee, or capuchino to be better.

a coffeebar in Arnhem

I don't remember the name, but it was a nice and fancy coffeebar near the postal office in the centre of Arnhem. I went to Arnhem with my dad to get our tickets to vietnam and also to shop around for a backpack for him. We had a coffee break at this restaurant.

sally o'briens

On the first thursday borrel at TNO there were not yet that many people present in the office. It was the thursday after new years eve and most people still have the week off.
Hence, we went to sally o'briens. I went here once efore in the keiweek a year ago. It was very crowded then, but now it was a bit cold. We just had a chat.
Later we went to el txoko (wrote abotu that before) together with Fleur and Jaap-Henk. Nice conversations and nice to get to know colleagues a bit better.

santiago de cuba

This is the place where we went for salsa dancing. Or actually merengue and samba. Especially samba is not a very easy dance, but the guy I was dancing with could explain it a bit.

de kram

In eindhoven, hanneke and I went for a good night out. After the tapas we first went for some salsa dncing and then we ewnt to this cafe called the kram. I think Hanneke didn't like it that much, as her jacket was stolen, but the music was just great. Rock music, where can you find that! I think the last time I danced on this kind of music was in a bar in India called mojo's. I had a great time and it was a shame we had to go.

het pakhuis

Delft also has a pakhuis. Instead of a bar it is also a restaurant and Hanneke organised her graduation party in this cafe. Was really nice food and nice ambiance. I had a nice evening together with Froukje en Zeger. But I was very tired and still had to do something for work. I stayed the night over in the plataan on doelenplein and the next morning Merijn and Hanneke were so kind to also get up early and meet me for breakfast.

whiskyproeverij in de toeter

Together with some whisky lovers I organized a whiskytasting in de toeter. With some scottisch music and explanation with the tasting it was a really good atmosphere. You get to know your colleagues a bit better and after we tasted 4 whisky's we continued with karmeliet. We left theplace at 3.30 am, which was actually not as planned, but we had a good night out.

cafe rene

I don't think I will ever come back in this cafe. A colleague of mine had his own new years eve party and we decided to visit it, as it was not that much fun in de toeter. Actually the place lacked a good air conditioning which resulted ina very damped space in which it was hard to breath. Though, I decided to stay a bit longer and talk a bit. It's weird that a small cafe like this can actually exist.

de koffer

The new year's eve ended in de Koffer, just around the corner. Roos had worked there when she lived in Groningen. THere were some friends of her, and they were nice friends, some more beer, stupid conversations.

l'auberge espanol

It was the second time I saw this movie and it was perfect for the day after new years eve. We woke up at 2.30pm and went for some food and grabbed the movie. Feel good movie that stimulates to travel more. It's so nice to meet people from a lot of different places.

the Notebook

On my last day of sickness I rented two new movies. One of them was the Notebook. I heard quite some stories about it, and they were good, so I was probably going to like it.
And i did. But as it started I remembered seeing a part of this movie once before. I don't know where and when but I jsut know I did. And back then I wanted to know what the title was,because I wanted to see the whole movie.
And finally I did. I just love the romanitc love stories. True love hurts once again.

das leben der anderen

I remembered seeing this movie together with some squashmates. Not a particular happy movie, but it was a good movie. Also with Sebastian Koch and I remebered we discussed this actor then because he also took par tin zwartboek.
And this movie is also about a war, and I gues also the 2nd world war. I can't remeber exactly how ti goes, but I do remeber the sad main character who eventually turns out to be the hero.

Mysterious skin

On a lazy friday night I watched this movie together with a friend/colleague. It is a strange movie and is definitely not one to cheer you up. It makes you feel awkward and suspicious to the world around you. Thinsg I can't relate to at all, but it was all filmed very human, except for the alien part, which turned out to be all imagination. Pedofiles and whores, aids and loneliness, strange things and all in one movie is quite much, but maybe logical at the same time.

yasmin

I was attracted to this movie, because it had an indian cover. I though it would be nice ot see some about India again. But when I finished it, it wasn't really because of that that I liked the movie, but because the way they showed what September 11 has doen to the muslim community. And although it wasn't very well acted, I could imagine things liek this had happened. THat because of the way the muslim community was treated after that day, they only became stronger and more fighting than they were before.

hable con ella

I don't know why everybody made such a fuz about this movie, because I didn't really like it. Crazy spanish guy and a beautiful spanish girl. And the torrero, the lady looked like a man almost. But anyhow, I didn't like the story either, it was toos ad and to farfetched if you ask me and it was too obvious she would come alive in the end.

dogville

When I was ill I rented some movies I always wanted to wathc, but never got the time for. So I also watched dogville. Strange form, but nice story it is still in my mind. Especially because half way the movie you don't mind the open decor anymore, you just don't see it. Only the ost basic thinsg that have a role in the story are there and even then some in a very minimal way. And I can understand why she did what she did. It's a sad story

Kinky Boots

I don't why I kept watching this movie, because it is an incredible unlikely story. too stupid to be true but on the othre hand, it was about shoes, hence it could be somewhat interesting. A boy earns the shoe factory which is about to go bankrupt. Then he meets a transvestite and starts making special shoes for that target group. With all the conservative citizens and employees it becmoes quite hard but eventually everybody shows their good side... blablabla

Zwartboek

I very much enjoyed this movie and actually watched it twice in three days. Unfortunately due to copying I missed the first scene and it was a bit weird at first. But it turned out I only missed the prelude for what can be seen as the actual plot and sense of the whole story. I have to admit I fell in love with Sebastian Koch, although I had see him before in another movie (das leben der anderen) this was the first time my eyes were touched by his sensible smile and the way he looked at Carice. Later I understood that they were seeing each other since the time they worked together for thi smovie...
But about the movie, it is just remarkably well written and directed. Everything that happens makes sense and no stupid details attract attention. Another way to look at the 2nd world war and apparently we can finally admit what has happened and see that there are always two sides of a story.

sideways

A nice movie about wine. I already saw it once but only learned to appreciate it at the end of the movie. The guy is so extremely sad, but that makes the movie really good. He is just too true, too real, and therefore nice to see you are not as bad as he is.
And then the whole winetasting. He really appreciates it, but is more an excuse not to feel miserable. He gets in a flow when talking about wine, but he also stil gets drunk of too much of it.