.. it has been a bit of a rumble lately. The emotional rollercoaster took our little family to all ends of the spectrum, but now it seems all is calming down again and we are looking forward to the holiday.... oepsss .... we were planning the holiday for July 31st till August 15th, but i just found out today that this was a bit of a mistake. Mieke - the kids mother - had booked the same week , so we are moved back to 13th of August till 27th now .. not really a problem, but now everybody has to adjust the schedule to my little mistake ....
on the title now: we had dinner with Serge, Onno and Lotte from Luon. They have become very good friends and we enjoy a bit the similar things in life: good food and very good wine. During the dinner we came to the different projects they were involved in. Well they have a brilliant and unique concept which made me feel good about working in this business. On Tuesday they will launch a unique mobile operator. Ello Mobile (website will go live tuesday on www.ello-mobile.be) is a totally webbased operator with a heart of gold. All profits will be going to social projects selected by the King Boudewijn foundation (very famous belgian foundation of our former king) www.kbs-frb.be
in the same area i had a quick summer lunch with another friend who just came back from a mindblowing experience: taking a step back in life and asking yourself what you really want. Not the 5 second question that you ask yourself when rushing into two meeting, but genuinely asking yourself the question and confronting yourself with it and only with that for one week ... when is the last time you did that ....
The same day i could not help me dropping by Dare Digital ... the sight of Flo Heiss and James Cooper hanging out of the window put a smile on my face the lasted all day long .... not talking about the good old days but just catching up on how life is and the small things that make us happy .. when is the last time you did that ...
Saturday evening: bbq at my dads place with the whole family (my brother and 3 sisters). sitting there with all of us and listening to the joyful conversations about our lives ..... when is the last time you did that ...
I guess that we all do these things from time to time, but sometimes we forget to make the time to really enjoy them ... this last week we needed to have this kind of things in our lives to look back and say: we are lucky.
recommendations:
Life after the 30 sec spot of Joseph Jaffe, a brilliant piece of literature that puts the work of current TV advertising marketers in the spotlight as being a species under threat of extinction. I loved the booked enormously, especially since I read it on the way to the ad agency for a creative and budget meeting :-) ...
Matchpoint: the latest movie from Woody Allen, not really a recommendation during this lovely weather but anyhow. It was one of those movies that still today's spooks in my mind. A story about luck, what it means and how destiny can play such a predominant role in where you end up and have to lead the rest of your life ....
Happy travels friends and hope to see more of you all in the coming months
Toon
PS: the Africa trip is becoming more and more serious. Can you imagine we bought the maps and we are already figuring out where all the gas stations are for the trip in the deserted area's :-)
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