Friday, April 13, 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Formula, easter, mosquito
The other day I discovered that even though the Belgian Grand Prix was cancelled last year, it was reinstated this year. Furthermore, it takes place on the 16th of September. My birthday! I was of course extremely excited, until I saw the price of tickets. It may be a dream to see a race, but for multiples of my monthly salary I won't... Maybe next year. Still, with Formula 1 coming to Belgium there should be alot of related activities and parades and such, and this I'm looking forward to see.
Easter was nice, even though we only had a single holiday. On Sunday Elisa invited everyone over for an easter brunch, and we gorged on the food for most of the day. Eventually we could no longer bear the heat inside and went for a refreshing walk along the river and sat on the riverbank sunbathing for a while, before returning to Elisa's for a game of Anti-Monopoly and then Uno. All in all a great day. (For those in Iceland: +18°C)
And finally, another season first. I got bitten by a mosquito yesterday. However, I did track it down and kill it before it did any more damage. 1 - 1... but it itches like hell (at this point I feel forced to repeat: +18°C).
Easter was nice, even though we only had a single holiday. On Sunday Elisa invited everyone over for an easter brunch, and we gorged on the food for most of the day. Eventually we could no longer bear the heat inside and went for a refreshing walk along the river and sat on the riverbank sunbathing for a while, before returning to Elisa's for a game of Anti-Monopoly and then Uno. All in all a great day. (For those in Iceland: +18°C)
And finally, another season first. I got bitten by a mosquito yesterday. However, I did track it down and kill it before it did any more damage. 1 - 1... but it itches like hell (at this point I feel forced to repeat: +18°C).
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
ID! Finally...
Finally I got my first Belgian ID card. It's still a temporary one, and I haven't even got an 'NN-nummer' yet. Only a part of it; right now it says 790916/.../.., I'm really looking forward to finding out what the other numbers will be.
But for now I have to accept that to the Belgian state I'm mostly a puntje-puntje-puntje.
But for now I have to accept that to the Belgian state I'm mostly a puntje-puntje-puntje.
Friday, March 30, 2007
White Socks
We had a heated (not really) discussion about white socks at the dinner table last night, where I seemed to be the only one not overly concerned about them.
I'm wondering if I somehow missed the meeting where white socks were deemed completely unacceptable, or if this is maybe just a Belgian pet peeve.
Everyone but me seemed to fall in to the "I would rather wear my underwear on the outside of my pants than wear white socks" category, while I'm in the softer "I don't wear them but I know people who do and we tend to like the same films" category.
To be clear, I don't mind people not liking white socks, but the general level of complete and utter repulsiveness expressed by my dining buddies - and my contrasting feeling of not caring so much - made me think I may have some catching up to do.
But first I need to confirm if this is a world wide opinion, or just something the small group of friends that got together last night has in common by pure coincidence.
The small group of friends, with the exception of one, that is.
So, gentle reader, pray tell, what category would you put yourself in when it comes to white socks?
I'm wondering if I somehow missed the meeting where white socks were deemed completely unacceptable, or if this is maybe just a Belgian pet peeve.
Everyone but me seemed to fall in to the "I would rather wear my underwear on the outside of my pants than wear white socks" category, while I'm in the softer "I don't wear them but I know people who do and we tend to like the same films" category.
To be clear, I don't mind people not liking white socks, but the general level of complete and utter repulsiveness expressed by my dining buddies - and my contrasting feeling of not caring so much - made me think I may have some catching up to do.
But first I need to confirm if this is a world wide opinion, or just something the small group of friends that got together last night has in common by pure coincidence.
The small group of friends, with the exception of one, that is.
So, gentle reader, pray tell, what category would you put yourself in when it comes to white socks?
Thursday, March 29, 2007
First of the season
Two evenings in a row spent on a terrace bathed warm sunshine, drinking exquisite beer.
Summer is coming. :)
Summer is coming. :)
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