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Biwa

2009-11-01T16:12:00.012+01:00

To celebrate our koseki (family register) producing visit to the municipality office, Yuya and I decided to cycle around lake Biwa (the blue spot on the map East of Kyoto). After three hours cycling from our home we arrived at ten in the morning at the starting point of our trip, a bridge.
The East side of the lake

When we arrived in the old town of Nagashima we were smelly and dirty enough to go to a nice and clean hotel. The next day we passed the north and the most beautifull side of the lake.

The last part of our trip was definitively the hardest. We almost managed to forget, but there are a couple of mountains between the lake and Kyoto. And it stinks being passed with great speed by 'real' pro looking cyclists when you are trying very hard to crawl up a mountain.
Still, we made it!

School trip

2009-11-01T14:27:00.011+01:00

I noticed that I did not manage to tell what it is that I do in Kyoto.
So I will start with part one, I study. I am a student at the Japanese
history department of Kyoto University. A very stimulating
environment with an occasional field trip. It is nice to go, see and climb ancient burial mounds once in a while. See old stuff. But for some reason it feels like an ordinary school trip, which goes accompanied with lots of candy or beer.

2009-11-01T14:21:00.002+01:00

I forgot to update my blog, for a while. Thankfully somebody was so nice to ask me for an update. It is not the case that nothing happened during the time but where should I start.

2009-04-13T13:27:00.003+02:00

After getting the state more than broke by measurements against the economic crisis with highly questionable effectiveness. The Japanese government has found a solution to the economic crisis and the low birthrate. They will lift the ban on carrying two children on one bicycle.

Accordingly women will no longer see any objections against a second child and thus both bicycles and baby products will see a boom in sales.

A bicycle designed for mothers to carry two children. Notice the extra front wheel.

Sweet Kyoto

2009-04-07T06:02:00.005+02:00

Although I am normally not a great fan of culture shocks, I do have to admit that I felt attacked by the Japanese cleanliness after spending two days in Cairo. The changes between Cairo airport and Kansai int. are quite large. In Cairo you should among a terrible chaos find out where to pay for getting into the country and than line up (not the other way around, it makes you line up twice). In Japan on the otherhand they let the foreigners line up sepperatly as a prevention against terrorism and other criminal activities. At least that is what a big banner tells you; "We are fighting terrorism". It means every time you enter the country they take a picture and fingerprints.

After getting through these checks out of the people waiting at the excit somebody came dancingly running at me, Yuya.

The view from my balcony, between Yuya and the other building mount Hiei

Egypt

2009-04-05T15:14:00.004+02:00

view from the guesthouse

I had meant to write here about Japan. But because it was cheaper and I had never visited Egypt before I first went on a flight to Cairo. I stayed in a Japanese guesthouse were I made a friend, Yuki, together we went to see Gizeh and some other spots together.

The big one

2009-03-22T23:34:00.002+01:00

Under large pressure of my father I will start posting regularly on this blog again. Because I will be away again. Starting from next Thursday when I will go to Cairo to see old stuff while waiting for a flight to Osaka. According to schedule Yuya will be waiting for me in Osaka on Sunday. Than we can go to a place buried in cherryblossoms, Kyoto. Where I will try to fill my time until my parents come to see me in August. So I will try to update everybody of my activities in the meanwhile.

Cheers

More Monkey, Yeah Yeah. And some toilet paper

2007-06-27T17:21:00.000+02:00

Alloma tellapy

Bluenet,

The form which gives satisfaction varies according to people. However, common element is a satisfied feeling that high standards can produce.

2007-06-27T16:27:00.000+02:00

Feeding monkeys

2007-06-09T08:49:00.000+02:00

Last week two Japanese woman held a wedding ceremony. And one of them is going to run for parliament. Hardly any attention in the Japanese media though. They did however rapport (not to much though) about gay marriages in Amsterdam, San Fransisco and Barcelona. Gays are apparently a kind of people you can find in foreign countries but not in Japan.

Opening hours

2007-06-05T16:47:00.000+02:00

One of my deep rooted believes about Japan used to be that the country works 24/7. Going on a trip along some islands I ended up with my boyfriend in Takamatsu. To find out the 24/7 concept does not apply to nature.

update

2007-06-05T06:42:00.000+02:00

Computers can be so amazing. I just found out that I can insert the memory card of my digital camera into my computer. It is Amazing! A feeling similar to the feeling I had when I walked into a Uniqlo (This store sells XL clothes that fit me. According to my American neighbour the Japanese concept of XL comes down to the American concept of XS or the European concept of M) and noticed they were selling T-Shirts with Dutch texts on them. 'Achterom is 't kerremus'; ' Duik in de Dijk', ' Antislip'

update

2007-05-05T14:41:00.000+02:00

Somebody mailed me to inform me he would check my blog. If he indeed will check my blog he will notice that I just have updated my blog especially for him. Edwin, welcom on my blog!!!

I didn't do a lot of updating lately. I got my self a working camera again. But than my computer crashed. And at the moment I just can not find the cable to connect my cammera with my computer. I guess it will reappear at some moment. Maybe I should type something about the stuff I am doing here.

At the moment uch hoest kuch cough. That's basically it.

2007-04-06T10:11:00.000+02:00

I would like to introduce to you my neighbour Daniel. And the view from my new room.

Home Sweet Home

2007-03-30T14:15:00.000+02:00

Three weeks ago I left my beloved hometown Kyoto with Manami for Niigata. Together with a French friend we were to visit Manami her hometown in Niigata prefecture. The main discovery for me was that Niigata can be very windy and cold. Furthermore in Niigata dialect woman use to say ore. Where in the rest of Japan this is limited to man behaving slightly macho like. Although I am not really sure whether it is macho like. The Japanese language has many words for I. It is my general impression that man use ore more when among other man. Perhaps it is a bit more vulgar than boku.

In the picture you can see manami with her sister natsumi. They teached me and Betty a special way to keep warm by moving your back against somebody else' back. I guess the Niigata climate makes the people over there more intimate than in the rest of Japan. We were about to go somewhere by train. But because of heavy winds the trains stopped running. A very good excuse to get lazy and just put your legs in a warm kotatsu (a table with an installed heater and blanket) and relax.

From Niigata I went on my own to Saitama for a short stay in atarashiki mura. A village originally started in Kyushu by the humanistic, Tolstoi inspired writer Mushanokouji Saneatsu. The village focuses on agriculture and art. During my stay I found out that agriculture it self can be art on its own.

But before arriving in the village I had to cross the Japanese Alps by local train.

There were mountains and snow. Quite amazing.

The village was nice. I brushed my teeth

in this kitchen.

I mainly worked on the field, removing weeds, breaking open ground and breaking my hoe. I like doing agricultural work once in a while. Especially when there are nice and pleasant brakes.

Crash

2007-03-10T15:24:00.000+01:00

There where some great pictures I wanted to post. But... My computer crashed. Yesterday by accident I walked to lake Biwa. I was not planning to do so but it happened that my walk ended there. I also wanted to show you a picture of Dan my new neighbour, friend and classmate, hanging up his laundery. I suddenly need to type. ANd to think about what to type. But after this computer crash I do not have the energy to even check my English. Next update, hopefully with my restored computer, around the first of April. I need to do some travelling, starting within eight hours from now.

Food

2007-02-26T13:36:00.000+01:00

Being in Japan sometimes means taking over strange habits of Japanese people. Like being overly obsessed by food. Making photo’s of all the interesting food you come across. A small selection of the past week.. A sandwitch, scary and some more food. And I did not even bother to make pictures of the Mongolian food nor the picnic I had today under blossoming plum trees.

I like to go away from where I like to be

2007-02-21T05:26:00.000+01:00

Yesterday I got back from my 'schooltrip' to Kanazawa. On the picture above you can see Zhena my Ukrainian classmate. As you can see Kanazawa has a beautiful coastline.

There also is a Kirin beerfactory.

a garden

and a nicely decorated bathroom.

I like being where I am right now

2007-02-06T12:52:00.000+01:00

I like being where I am right now.
My dormitory is a nice place. Although it is getting a bit quiet at the moment, many people finishing their studies are leaving the house, others are going away for the holidays. This was a scene at the goodbye party for Ong, who is not in the picture but in Harvard. I will be following classes this whole month. During March I will be free to travel. With global warming it might even be skirt wearing weather. People in Hokkaido are nowadays complaining that it isn't cold enough.

2007-01-31T16:18:00.000+01:00

And I just realize this week is only three days old!

Childbearing machine

2007-01-31T16:06:00.000+01:00

Japanese politics is to often to sad to talk about. The number of political scandals has increased significantly after prime minister Koizumi ,who apparently thanked his position to his hairdresser, left office. The main scandals of this week. A court ruled that prime minister Abe didn't censor the national broadcasting corporation. He just pressured them to leave certain parts out of a documentary on comfort woman. I guess I didn't really get the meaning of the word censorship. Second scandal; the minister of health called woman childbearing machines who should do their utter best to get many children. Apparently woman do not need a man to get children. Hey to independent Japanese woman who can raise kids on their own and do not need man at all.

2007-01-30T10:25:00.000+01:00

Chocolate bar

2007-01-19T14:52:00.000+01:00

Maybe the letters on the chocolate bar are a bit tiny. But I would like to share them with you.

High Cacao

There is no accounting for taste.
So choose your own.
Experiencing deliciousness
Made me a slave to taste.

capitalism

2007-01-19T14:29:00.000+01:00

Living in a Capitalist world we have learnt to feel happy after buying stuff. Especially if it is new and not really necessary. Buying stuff in Japan, a country significantly more capitalistic than the Netherlands, is fun. Besides there is far more useless stuff in this country, the motto in this country seems to be; build shopping malls and thou shall prosper. So I bought a digital camera so I can show you everything I buy.

The first two pictures I show you from my new camera. First; Joerg who just proves that the red eye reduction function of the camera is perfectly in order. Secondly; two recent purchases, a bar of chocolate (instant happiness) and one of my two synthetic furs that keep me warm during the night.

NHK Japan Broadcasting something Kyoto

2007-01-15T15:45:00.000+01:00

I guess that at some moment I have told that I am in Kyoto to study Japanese. Today studying Japanese consisted mainly out of sitting on a chair in the library, sitting on a chair in the computerroom of my dorm, sitting in a chair in a classroom and sitting on a chair in a NHK studio. At the NHK studio mister Kanuma, one of the anouncers told us evrything about his job and the local public Japanese broadcasting station. I tried to watch the news program of NHK Kyoto but I failed in locating the station. Anyway, I still have the NHK Kyoto pen and the small NHK notebook, with pictures of the mascotte of NHK.

Belcampo versus Akutagawa

2007-01-15T13:08:00.000+01:00

A story by Akutagawa made me google good old Belcampoさん。 What I didn't now yet is that Belcampo wrote a part of the Deluge story in the Bible that was still missing. Gods revenge on the fish. Maybe this is going to sound a little bit to much 'Hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy' like but he also addressed the question; Who was god before god god was.

I certainly do would like to see god his résumé.

Dharma Tower

2007-01-09T11:52:00.000+01:00

Shinichi shared pictures with me from our trip to collect Dharma in Kamakura.

Dharma is quite cheep in Kamakura. Where as one has to pay about 500 yen to enter a temple in Kyoto, in Kamakure it will cost you only about 300.

And as a bonus there was Natsume Soseki his gate. (my hero in Japanese literature)

So I posed for a picture.

Although it also could have been this gate. Which was actually free of charge!

And there was more free Dharma

It makes me think of Shinichi's idea for a Dharma tower. A place where one cann collect Dharma twentyfour seven. You ought to be able to cycle against a lot of wind, have a lot of rain, falling cherry blossoms or red and yellow leaves. But first of all a library.

visual pleasure

2007-01-03T08:05:00.000+01:00

I am not much of a photographer lately. My camera does not work properly so I didn't bother to bring it with me on my winter holiday. I visited Shinichi in Yokohama. We went to Kamakura the old capital and Ochanomizu (Thee water)where there is books (sory for my Japlish, I came to like it).

Since I don't have nice pictures of Yokohama, Kamakura, Ochanomizu, Nikko and Fukushima I will postpone posting about it for a while. It is so nice to be lazy.

I did find a nice picture on amazon.co.jp to be enjoyed by your eyes.

I am back

2007-01-03T04:47:00.000+01:00

Happy New Year. This would be the moment to summarize al the events of last year. You are probably not in the mood to read it. Besides I am to lazy to type it all down. I will limit myself to summarize yesterday for you. Which wasn't part of 2006 but is just easier to remember at this hour than last week;

Train

To double the size of my summary;

Local Train

To make it more specific

6.30 get up, eat breakfast kindly prepared by Oyuki’s grandmother; to Fukushima station with my backpack, a backpack heavy from a couple of visits to bookstores in Tokyo, presents from Oyuki her family and one kilo mandarins from her grandmother (so I will not get hungry in the train);
8.38 Train from Fukushima to K something yama;
Train from K something yama to Kuroiso;
Train from Kuroiso to Utsunomiya;
Train from Utsunomiya to Omiya;
Because of a small delay I miss my train from Omiya to Kozu;
Train from Omiya to Tokyo;
From Tokyo to Atami;
Atami to somewhere;
From somewhere to Toyobashi;
Toyobashi Ogaki;
Ogaki Maibara
From Maibara to Kyoto !
23.20 Kyoto station, For the first time I realize the busses don’t go at this time anymore.
23.45 Last metro to Marutamachi.
From Marutamachi I walk home with a brief stop to get dinner.

I lost the count of the number of speed trains that passed me. But then again I got to see many trains and travel 800 kilometres for just 2300 yen (about 16 euro).

2006-12-15T12:07:00.000+01:00

I tried to do the contemplating thing. and I misserably failed. I will try to give it another chance. Maybe it didn't work because due to some strange reasons I didn't have any alcohol since last saturday (I shared a small botle of warm sake wit Rie). And on the thurstday ( my usual drinking day since the only day in the week I need to get up urly in the morning is friday) before last saturday I had just one beer. A very memorable beer though, it was a hyuugaaruden. Yes you understood it right, real Belgian Beer.

Rhino

2006-12-10T15:38:00.000+01:00

One of my friends was so kind to remind me of the whereabouts of the subject of one of my November post. Namely on top of his scanner/ printer machine thing. I think he has taken good care of Rhino. And Rhino is in good care now.

O behave of the tree

2006-12-10T09:12:00.000+01:00

And Joerg says no the tree a bit more to the right, ...yes that one.

Sleepy

2006-12-09T15:11:00.000+01:00

I am sleepy. Quite sleepy. For the coming days I thought up a different kind of activity; study and spending time in the library. Or maybe just tomorrow and some random other days. Sometimes I forget that it was actualy the thing that brougth me here.

Like today when I met Rie again for the first time in a very long while (See archive picture of when we were still young, restless and full of energy and beer). Maybe I ought to do some contemplating so I will be able to say more than I had a great time, I went to this place called Osaka where there are many people trains and books. I will first do some sleeping and library chair occupying.

2006-12-05T14:42:00.000+01:00

Kyoto university, there where I do my studies

Steward is having a problem with the autorities. It is just way to much fun to throw your umbrella.

2006-12-03T09:39:00.000+01:00

Apparently I am not writing what I should write. It is good to know how to prepare gaarikkutoosuto (garlic toast), but I miserly failed until now to report what it is that I am actually doing here. How I ended up here and why I am here has something to do with the number 42 (read the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. But please do avoid to watch the movie that has been made). If somebody would be able to understand it or explain it please be my guest.

Here is Kyoto. I study Japanese at the university of Kyoto. And I try to avoid to throw with umbrella’s. Not everybody is all to talented in not throwing umbrella’s. As this action picture of Steward makes clear there is a real need at this university of more paper to tell us how to behave.

Source of Hapinnes

2006-12-01T09:30:00.001+01:00

Aren't German peopel just adorabel. Look to the contents of my refrigerator. The yellowish thing I got from Jurg(congratulations with your birthday) and Miriam. Liebe freunden vielen tank und tank schon, und so wieder. I just have one word for it, Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssss

Source of Hapinnes

2006-12-01T09:30:00.000+01:00

Plaatje

2006-11-28T11:37:00.000+01:00

Apocalyps

2006-11-25T05:16:00.000+01:00

I was about to update my blog when the end of times appeared to have started. One by one all the sites I used became out of reach.

(Het is dat Belcampo toen hij 'Het grote gebeuren' schreef nog niet bekend was met internet, maar anders had een geleidelijke uitval van het internet toch echt plaats gevonden in dit verhaal.)

Luckily enough Skype was still working, so I called my mother. It was a big relieve to be still able to talk to her when big things were happening.

The other thing that happened to me this week is that I got old. It started with me no longer being able to see the end of the pooltable and it ended with me turning a year older. The turning old thin was actually quit pleasant. My friends and neighbours deprived me of my highly valued sleep. First by feeding me cake at midnight than by asking me in the morning how I wanted to have my egg.

Breakfast with Miriam, Renato, Lai, Yumi and Jurg.
More prezzies drinks and sleep depriving where to follow during the day and night.

pan

2006-11-21T14:09:00.002+01:00

A very common miscomprehension of the Japanese language is that the word pan means bread.

It might surprise you, but there actually are methods of making this.. wel this foam taste quite well(I bed for a piece of this foam that the producers of it knew how to ad soybeans to it (according to a Muslim neighbour they also know how to ad pork to it)).

The most easiest would be to toast it and enrich it whit peanut butter (ピーナッツバター).

A bit more smelly would be to mix the following ingredients; table soft (butter might work out as well) parsley, lots of garlic, some salt spread it out on the foam, toast it for four minutes. And then, then everything will become very garlickly.

hello

2006-11-17T05:46:00.001+01:00

I should update my blog. I think the nicest thing about blogs are pictures. Since I haven't been making any pictures lately I just posted a picture from my archive.

autum

2006-11-03T11:24:00.000+01:00

November is this nice time of the year when leaves change their colour. Something quit enjoyable to see in the mountains. It is also the time of the year the toiletseats are electricly heated again. A real plessure for your buttocks I might ad. A jolly good time

Breakfast revisited

2006-11-02T08:24:00.000+01:00

Today I had a real breakfast in the morning thing. Today was a really special breakfast because I have been doing stuff before breakfast. I got op five to eight and went to the lobby to do some yoga with Brynjar (the Norwegian, see story on climbing a mountain), Jurg (the angry German, see picture of guy and fire and guy with guitar) and Yumi (someday a picture of her will be on my blog) . After waiting for a while on our teacher Kumar the nice Indian guy we decided that Brynjar was going to be the person to pull him out of his bed.Half an hour later we started our yoga class. I wonder what would be healthier to get a decent amount of sleep or to do yoga? It definitely is a way to wake up. After one hour of yoga I noticed a spot on my shirt just underneath my armpit. After the first shock of the possibility that I might have been sweating (i.e. did sports) was over I realized that I must have spilled some deodorant.

Comments

2006-10-27T08:47:00.000+02:00

I have changed the settings on my blog. You don't need to do registration stuf anymore to leave comments.

Breakfast

2006-10-27T08:34:00.000+02:00

I started this morning with this a couple of hours after (enjoying some sake) feeling. Then I prepared breakfast and went to class.

festival

2006-10-22T12:32:00.000+02:00

The weekend is almost over. Tomorrows classes will start at 8.45. It was a nice day. There was a big parade with historical figures. And my neighbour Kumar organized a Diwali Party. A Hindu festival about ...well something about ligth, good food and music. Some of you might be going to meet this nice Indian guy. Because afther his Phd at Kyoto university he might be going to the university of Delft for some Aerospace engineering (fietsenmaker!).

Kill your own cockroaches!

2006-10-21T17:03:00.000+02:00

Inspired by the slogans; Kill your own cockroaches and You are the leading character of this kitchen, me and my neighbours started cleaning the kitchen. We found out about the original colour of the floor, the contents of the cupboards and how many years over date some of the stuff in our kitchen actually was.
Than there was good food, beer and music.

Blurp

2006-10-18T14:29:00.000+02:00

Blurp

Still moe

2006-10-15T14:54:00.000+02:00

Today Yoichiro was so kind to take me out to wander trough Kyoto. At one of the temples we visited (I already had prayed for succes in my studies at another temple) we came a cross a festival. An old lady standing next to me said that it was for the safety of the children and to help woman get pregnant. She assured me that this festival really helped for woman ...etc. I guess I first should have visited a certain temple for finding a suitable husband. I cann't imagine that they don't have one.

moe

2006-10-15T14:38:00.000+02:00

Bit tired tonight. So I'll just upload some images that kept me from sleeping. Starting with a breakfast. I mean a real breakfast, food in the morning. A BBQ and a welcome party. Some temples. I prayed at the temple on the last picture (it will help me graduate!, at least this specific temple is very suitable for students. Kitatenmangu)

Bycicle revisited

2006-10-14T17:05:00.000+02:00

Riding a bycicle in Kyoto can be a pritty uncoordinated action. As a cyclist you can chose wherever you want tot cycle. The road, sidewalk left or right. Brakes and lights are nice things to have. But you could do just as well without them. THe most important part of your bycicle is the basket at the front part of the bycicle. You can put anything in it.
So I was a bit supprised when I was stopped by the police. I had waited for the traffic light to become green (realy a sissy thing to do). But insted of stopping the guy that had crossed the street while the trafficlight was red they stopped me. ( Although they did say 'Abunai' to the guy, dangerous). I could skill up my Japanese conversation abbilities for half an hour with two police officers about bycicle ownership, and the history of my bycicle and the lock that had fallen of (apperently Japanese police officers have a trained eyesight for bycicles with locks that have fallen of from oldage). Me not being a registered bycicle owner; couldn't proof that I had gotten my bycicle in a proper manner.

Where

2006-10-10T16:59:00.000+02:00

Some people asked me the question where it is that I am. I do my sleeping and eating mainly in the building I have tried to point out in this picture. It is taken from daimonji. A mountai just a litle bit to the east from the place where I live. Yes you understood it wel I have actualy climbed a mountain. You now this very big kind of rock thing. I went there with somebody who is more used to altitude differences. A Norwegian guy who walked just a litle bit faster than me. You know, it just took me a bit more time to enjoy all the Bob Ross kind of views we came across. You can see Brynjar in the other picture. With a litle bit of luck, I guess.

Flip flop

2006-10-05T10:01:00.000+02:00

Using slippers is convenient. Especially if you are afraid of cockroaches who enter shoes. So when you have a good pair that breaks, it’s a sad thing. Especially if you are two asphalt kilometres away from home. This was my situation. But then I was saved, by an old Japanese lady. She came rushing out of here house with a nice pair of slippers. Me not being Cinderella, I didn't get my feet into the slippers, she ran back into her house. And than she came back with larger slippers (just two sizes to small for me). So I would like to thank her here again for the slippers. They even matched with the clothes I was wearing.

The view

2006-10-04T13:36:00.000+02:00

Sorry, I forgot about the view.

A room with a view

2006-10-04T13:27:00.000+02:00

Although I am for her on the other side of the world I do want to give my mother the opportunity to check whether my room is tidy enough. And of course everybody can now have a look at the amazing bed linen I bought.

Leaving

2006-09-30T13:20:00.000+02:00

Yesterday I held a small goodbye party. Thabo was so kind to lend me his house. And some other people where kind enough to show up so there were actually guests at the party. Tomorrow I will be going to Japan. What I am going to do there is something I still need to find out. I have a whole year to find out so it shouldn't be to much of a problem.

Oant Sjen

update

2006-09-25T12:08:00.000+02:00

Update

2006-08-17T11:52:00.000+02:00

Is there anyone who happened to see my bycicle lately. I just can't figure out where I left it. I do have my bycicle key however

Fiets 2

2006-08-10T12:40:00.000+02:00

After nine days I suddenly felt the urge to go and cycle a bit. So I went to Sanders place to start a search for my key in his room. Arriving at his student flat I saw my bicycle. I saw my bicycle and it wasn't locked. Realising that I hadn't locked my bike in the first place I was heavily shocked. Why did nobody take the effort to use my bike. An unlocked bike is after all a thing free to use for anybody. The biggest crime of this country is bicycle theft. It's just shows an enormous amount of disrespect for my bicycle by the whole student community of Leiden.

fiets

2006-08-07T21:14:00.000+02:00

Last week there was some kind of a party at Sanders place. It was nice having to much to drink on the balcony with Urszula. And to steel chocolate from Sander' fridge. (Sorry Sander, really tasty chocolate by the way). After getting kicked out of Sander' room I headed for my bicycle. Realizing that I didn't have my bicycle key with me, there was nothing else to do than to follow Urszula to a pub.

2006-08-03T17:22:00.000+02:00

I am still looking for somebody who may look outside throe my window for the time I will spend in Japan. Somebody who can take care for the basil and rosemary in my room, and will pay the rent for me.

News Concerning my window

2006-08-03T17:19:00.000+02:00

Yesterday my window got repaired.

2006-07-29T13:28:00.000+02:00

I wonder what makes me talk about the window in my room. I haven't been spending any time there lately. Mainly because it's to warm.
And it doesn't even piss me of. It's only a window. Two months from now I will be at the airport waiting for my flight to Japan. I did exciting stuff like buying a bottle of beerenburg. Went to the beach with my brother Bert and I didn't even mention it. Shame on me.

No real news concerning my window

2006-07-29T12:56:00.000+02:00

There is no news concerning my window. It is still broken. And there haven't been any new attempts for reparation. The first attempt was stopped after the guy found out that he needed to order something to repair the window. The Housing Corporation told me from their air-conditioned headquarters with marble toilet seats to be glad whit this quick emergency reparation. Not that there had been made any change in the condition of my window.
With the temperature in my room being well over thirty degrees I went to the cinema to see Marie Antoinette. Which is really a cool movie.

Second post

2006-07-22T15:19:00.000+02:00

I jus didn't want to spoil my first post by telling about the bureaucratic strugle I have to go through at the moment. And it is not even about getting a visum or anything else for my comming trip to Japan. The reason I started this blog in the first place. It is about getting the window in my room repaired. For its the time of the year of cucumber news (sorry for the Dutchlish) it would be nice to monitor the process of getting ones window repaired.

First post

2006-07-22T15:14:00.000+02:00

This is the first post. I realy do plan to post a second one.