so many things have happened the last month. I finally had the house warming party and sorry James, but the bottle of whisky was opened. I will buy a new one for the day you come over to Belgium. The party was complete madness :-) 50 people in the house and a swinging party till 5 o'clock in the morning. It was good to have some many people around that enjoyed themselves. A complete wonder that the cops did not pass buy since we were playing the music loud with the windows open ...
The week after everything needed to be prepared to go on the ski holiday with the family ...
.... Riens and Lauran even took up snowboarding, something that we did not do before. It was a week to cherish as a treasure .. everything was really relaxed and all troubles seemed so far away .... It is in that period that you suddenly realize that the time you spend with the people who you love and the ones that make you happy is way to short ....It was also nice to talk about other business with our friends. We were three couples with kids there. One of them Jan has his own company in the world of design. You should check out www.domani.be .. I like the website.
although I have known Jan for already quite some time it was fascinating to hear him talk about his business and especially his clients. I know people who would be jealous to know the he has a very famous client list featuring Will Smith, Melanie Griffith, Nicole Kidman, .... and has been selected to decorate Ground Zero in the new project .... And that when in a sense he is still just Jan to us .... by the way you should try the trick with the spoon at the office ... I know somebody who manages very well ....Also Bart another friend is doing really cool stuff.... building factories, warehouses and industrial buildings around the globe. Not to mention Catherine (Jan's wife) and Nathalie (Bart's wife), both working for the Museum of Art History. They just opened a new Museum for Japanese art ... maybe time to invite Sasaki-san and Kawagoi-san ....
From the Swedish Japanese front I hear that there is a lot of motion and commotion. On the one hand there is the tremendous succes of the results , on the other hand a number of people are moving on. Next week I have the pleasure to be in London for some days, so I'm trying to meet up with some of the old gang.
In the rubber world all is moving along in a steady pace. It is a very tough business that is transforming completely. From an car supplier to a marketing organization, sometimes you don't realize, but it feels like being on a ship in the middle of a storm ..... It is sometimes difficult to convince people of new ideas and new ways of working, but it is in that that lies the challenge .... I guess future will tell ..
happy travels
Toon
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