we enjoyed the long week-end very much ... it all started off with a night out with the best of the best ... what do you expect if you are having dinner with Dawn (MC project manager) and of course Olly (the best User Experience architect alive on this planet) .. all of this in the best surroundings of the Fifteen restaurant in Amsterdam ...
a smashing combination from my part, getting the best of cooking with the best of web ... of course the night was filled with many discussion on web and how to get from WEB 2.0 to WEB 3.0 ... ideas that certainly require some further investigation over some wine and by preference under a nice sunset ... to be continued ..
Saturday was recovery day for us , topped off with the latest play of Abbatoir Ferme, a local Mechelen theater crew that is rocking the boat ... artistically a very nice play, even superb i would say .. telling a story without words always has been my favorite, but i could not help to wonder why we always need to look for things so far deep down and beyond the normal reason .... as a counter measure to the high artistic values we went for a bike ride on Sunday, crossing the Ardennes and visiting the flee markets .... contrast between art and kitch or whatever you call it ...
today was running around to get the necessary bikes (yes Agnes needs some bike in Amsterdam to really feel integrated there :-) )... in the evening the real art .... a vernisage of 5 young artists , between 6 and 8 years old ...
it was so nice to get the explanantion of Ward on his art pieces .. it were all dreampeople that he gave a face, rushing through the gallery at the end he ran off continuing to play with his brother in the back yard ....
does one need more of a week-end ?
Happy travels
Toon
Monday, May 28, 2007
Sunday, May 20, 2007
... it is time for ...
some action .... this very long week-end was packed with it:
1. getting serious in the hobby
thursday i had the pleasure and joy of cooking again for a group of people. my brother needed some help to assit him at a friends son first communion. ok, they already took a take away thing under the arm for the starter and the main course which i did not really like, but my god did we as a team (Agnes, my brother and Patty his wife) blow their sock off with the apetizers adn the dessert ...
veal in a crusty parmesan coat with salvia
foie gras on a bed of black peppers roaster pears
patoato with leek and salmon eggs
...
desert: gratinated sabayon with red fruits
this of course fuelled my appetite to have once my own restaurant here in Mechelen, maybe a dream that can become reality. i will need to find some venture capitalist to do the funding :-)
2. getting serious about my condition
started running this week-end with agnes and Lauran. Must admit i was the one trailing the pack and my body was aching all day the day after , definitely time to get into shape now i know that getting serious about 1 is requesting a fit condition
3. getting serious my commitment to global peace
i did it, i got my subscription to ello mobile (for everybody in belgium: go for it too; www.ellomobile.com). it is a virtual operator that allows you to let your heart speak. their complete profit goes to the project i selected: helpen to get water to villages in africa and fund mobile schools for kids in South america.
now i know where i will go for my next trip: go and visit the projects i have supported in Africa and south america.
My god life can be so simple on a sunday evening, let's see how i can get some steps closer to this all tomorrow
Happy travels my friends
Toon
1. getting serious in the hobby
thursday i had the pleasure and joy of cooking again for a group of people. my brother needed some help to assit him at a friends son first communion. ok, they already took a take away thing under the arm for the starter and the main course which i did not really like, but my god did we as a team (Agnes, my brother and Patty his wife) blow their sock off with the apetizers adn the dessert ...
veal in a crusty parmesan coat with salvia
foie gras on a bed of black peppers roaster pears
patoato with leek and salmon eggs
...
desert: gratinated sabayon with red fruits
this of course fuelled my appetite to have once my own restaurant here in Mechelen, maybe a dream that can become reality. i will need to find some venture capitalist to do the funding :-)
2. getting serious about my condition
started running this week-end with agnes and Lauran. Must admit i was the one trailing the pack and my body was aching all day the day after , definitely time to get into shape now i know that getting serious about 1 is requesting a fit condition
3. getting serious my commitment to global peace
i did it, i got my subscription to ello mobile (for everybody in belgium: go for it too; www.ellomobile.com). it is a virtual operator that allows you to let your heart speak. their complete profit goes to the project i selected: helpen to get water to villages in africa and fund mobile schools for kids in South america.
now i know where i will go for my next trip: go and visit the projects i have supported in Africa and south america.
My god life can be so simple on a sunday evening, let's see how i can get some steps closer to this all tomorrow
Happy travels my friends
Toon
Monday, May 07, 2007
The stones .. and i bet you they ain't rolling
well well well .. it has been a long time i had them, but there they are again: the kidney stones. My god did i pick the wrong timing for this. if they're not out the natural way (you know the moment you pee and it says 'ting'), surgery will be the alternative ....
being in the hosptal makes you feel very helpless and makes you realize you have to take somebodies word for it. Talking about trust. a guy puts a needle in your arm and connects it to some liquids and he just assures you that the pain will go away .... well it didn't ... so he got an injection needle out to give me the real stuff: please lay down because you are going to feel dizzy and be very fuzzy ....
i was already wondering: why do i need that : i already feel like that since a long time. He clarified to me that was the difference between the mental and the physical state ...
anyhow not being able to work in this place is a blezzing in a way, but also adds to the frustration that i'm feeling. I'm so impatient to get things moving and now my stones block my normal functioning ...
i hope my stones travel fast from my left blatter :-)
Happy travels my friends
Toon
being in the hosptal makes you feel very helpless and makes you realize you have to take somebodies word for it. Talking about trust. a guy puts a needle in your arm and connects it to some liquids and he just assures you that the pain will go away .... well it didn't ... so he got an injection needle out to give me the real stuff: please lay down because you are going to feel dizzy and be very fuzzy ....
i was already wondering: why do i need that : i already feel like that since a long time. He clarified to me that was the difference between the mental and the physical state ...
anyhow not being able to work in this place is a blezzing in a way, but also adds to the frustration that i'm feeling. I'm so impatient to get things moving and now my stones block my normal functioning ...
i hope my stones travel fast from my left blatter :-)
Happy travels my friends
Toon
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