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east timor

I had this evening my youngest brother on the phone. He announced he will go to East Timor to beginning of october. There he will work for the United Nations / UNTAET. UNTAET was established to administer the territory and exercise legislative and executive authority during the transition period. UNTAET consults and works in close […]

GVB

Aaaaaaaargghhhhh Worked hard today, went sporting after work around quarter to six… planned to go earlier, but a colleague called to mention he had fixed a huge bug with the intraday application. For the insiders; the daily datadump has been fixed, one little programming error, a array with 30 posistions starts with position 0 and ends […]

amc

Went to the doctor this morning to get my vaccinations for Costa Rica. Got two injections, one arm each. Had to wait a while at the GG&GD. Was nice to observe the medical crew around there. Got the feeling I wouldn’t have mind working there. Was a nice atmosphere. Some of you might now know, […]

downhil

Feeling better… weather is not so good, fall has started. Luckely I’m leaving soon for vacation… Still have to do a lot of things before I can leave. Ran into this picture, must be amazing going down a hill like this… without brakes. [Swiss Jean-Yves Londo, wearing a special suit with 20 wheels, in action […]

space shuttle

This picture is just great!!! After spending half a day close to the planes at Schiphol Airport where all the huge machines are so clean and lean, it’s simply amazing to see a aircraft that really went into space. U can see the roughness of this machine. U can see it has battled the elements […]

barclays

Spend the whole afternoon with a British photo-crew at Schiphol Airport . They had to make some pictures of a business man and a paper on the airport. So I was the subject. Walked for miles through all the gates, sat for hours with papers in my hands. Stand for ages staring outside the windows […]

Vacation confirmed!

Yippie… Got today confirmation that my flightticket has been booked… Will fly on september 11, 2001 to Costa Rica … Oeff… Handed over my “i quit my job” papers at my work . Get Ready… The latest New Order CD, released only monday in Europe and Australia (october for the US), got it today from […]

soon…

Tired. Went to fitness this evening, after the longest run yesterday, my muscles are really stiff. Hmmm. Getting old. Still waiting for flight confirmation for vacation, soon…

preparation

Preparing for vacation soon. Hope to hear tomorrow the confirmation of my flight tickets… Will do only small things the coming weeks. Can take it easy now at work. BTW, I have to send a a letter that i’m quiting at my employer. Running went very very well this evening. Ran almost 55 minutes, two […]

uitmarkt

Had fun today, went to the Uitmarkt , the start of the cultural season. Shows and performance in the open near Leidseplein and Museumplein. Since the weather is still great, it was fun to walk around and see some short shows. One thing I really liked was the one of Enge buren Bob Bep en Bram .