| China travels |
May 4, 2008 2:20 am
Mood: nervous, 146 Views | I'm almost ready to go to China again. Has been a year and I am looking forward in seeing all my new friends again. This time I will visit Chengdu, the UNESCO village Lijiang and Nanning.
Of course my travels won't be alone. I will be going with my Chinese girlfriend, so you can imagine my nerves. It will be the first time to see her in real life, but I bet it will be a good meeting.
I am also looking forward in tasting all the great Chinese food. We have Chinese in Holland, but it's by far not the same as the food of my girlfriend. It's the taste of most Westerners, but I love authenticity. So I am happy.. and nervous.
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| Train |
Apr 17, 2008 5:32 am
289 Views | I go to work by train, but trains in Holland don't go on time. The government used to hold all shares, but they gave it away and turned the train company into a commercial one. A bad move if you ask me, so trains don't ride on time.
What always amaze me is hearing the train is late right at the same time another train is passing by from the other side and thus making such noise I can only hear the train will be late.
Funny how those things work. | |
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| The China adventure continues |
Mar 16, 2008 9:16 am
528 Views | | Once upon a time there were a girl and a boy. The girl said she loved the boy. He replied - since he was very cautious - she should go meet him. She, since she was smitten, agreed. But the road was longer then she thought and hoped for, so she failed. The boy, still cautious, but also curious decided to pursuit her instead. And this May he will go for a journey to Chengdu in the beautiful China. He's still cautious, but hopes she will show him the world of love again; a world he already had left many years ago. | |
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| Life can be cruel |
Mar 12, 2008 2:36 am
478 Views | From time to time I have the munchies. I know it is bad for me, at least my belly tells so, but I am weak. Not always, but at moments I am weak. So I was browsing in the supermarket. Originally i was looking for vegetables, some meat and some noodles, but the little microwave meat snacks were calling me. I tried to ignore them, but every time I walked by they called my name. It was even loud enough to make other customers look up and looking around for a 'Raymond' (because that is my name, you know). So I had no choice. I had to buy them. Mini meatballs, chicken nuggies and something we call mini frikandels in Holland. It is actually a small round thing made of chicken, horse meat and other stuff. Yuck you might say, but try it and I guarantee you will be hooked  Especially with ketchup, onions and mayonnaise. They were on discount too, so I had no excuses.
At home they found my stomach. It was good, but they had a secret. And the secret I discovered the next day - and today. My stomach hurts, so I suspect they were on a discount for a special reason. Maybe they turned bad on the way to my home. I don't know, but my stomach hurts. So next time it is back to the boring veggies again. Life can be cruel. | |
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| Up in the skies |
Mar 10, 2008 4:44 am
500 Views | As a white angel he fell from the skies. The moment he touched the ground the creatures from the woods around him surrounded his body. Was he dead? One of the odd creatures poked him. He moved and the creature took a few steps back. What was this thing there in front of him; laying on the ground with big white wings.
The other creatures didn't wait. One stripped him of the wings and the others caught him in their net. They wrapped it around his body and placed him on a rope so they could lift him high in the skies.
And there, there high in the sky the man came to life and struggled for his life. But he did this with a lot of wows from the audience. Cirque Du Soleil started their show Varekai and I loved it.
It was indeed a great show with wonderful acrobatic performances, comedy, some drama, odd costumes and great music. Seeing is believing is what they say and in the case of Cirque du Soleil I can only say people are right. You have to see the tricks and you will also be in love with the skillful performances of these people.
It ended with a act on a swing. One guy winked me. 'Come on, you can also be one of us', his eyes said. But I felt safe being in my seat and I kindly refused. But deep in my heart and dreams I would also want to be part of this circus and fly through the skies while people applaud. | |
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| The bird |
Mar 2, 2008 8:47 am
502 Views | My grandma has a little bird. He just walked in her house. I didn't had an appointment, but he was still welcome.
Today he was in his cage and his left eyes was swollen. My grandma was too scared to get him and putting a cream underneath his little black eye to heal the swollen parts. So she asked me. I am no hero, but I love animals.
Little yellow bird Sammi was flying and my hand was big. I know he was scared, but I wanted to help him. Finally I had him and I took him out of his cage very slowly. My niece did some cream on his eyelids and he was saved. Well at least we all hope so.
My grandma was happy and asked me to come more often to help her. I am always eager to save a life, so i might come there more often | |
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| Sigh... |
Feb 21, 2008 7:25 am
597 Views | | It would be a nice fairytale, but sadly it has no happy end. The visa application didn't go through, so she cannot meet me here. Life is not fair. | |
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| Once upon a time... |
Feb 14, 2008 5:12 am
639 Views | | Once upon a time there was a boy and this boy had a dream. His dream was to be famous, and being rich wouldn't hurt him either. But this story doesn't have a happy end. The boy never became famous or rich, until today. No I'm not rich, but today I discovered the game I worked on back in 1999 on YouTube (type in 'Sixth Sense Investigations' for those curious). Someone made a nice move and he actually played it. The comments are hilarious and I can agree with most of them. It was a very interesting thing to endure. And in many ways it made me a richer person. So the experiences I gained I will use for the future. Not to be rich or famous, but just to be plain happy which is a much better goal in my humble opinion and I am already on my way up. | |
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| I miss her |
Feb 13, 2008 3:55 am
649 Views | | Today she left again. She will be back, but she is going to try to get her visa. I miss her. These are the times, and especially around Valentine's Day, I wish we were closer together. But only the future will and can tell what happens. For now I am enjoying the attention and love I get from her. Sometimes life can be a blessing, even when not everything goes the way we want it to go. That way there is always still something to desire for. And I have enough desires | |
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| Love |
Feb 11, 2008 12:42 am
669 Views | She was small and he was tall. She was Chinese and he was Dutch. But they both loved each other. Every word coming out of his mouth was honey to her ears and with her hands she kept stroking his. It made me happy. I love love itself, but actually seeing it can make me even happier.
I can only wish for the same. | |
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