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  • 2010
    • August
      • Movies and small festivals!
        08/29/10
        Hey All!

        Here are 2 other movies I saw in the last 1,5 month
        Shrek forever after (3D):

        (Click on the image for the trailer)

        I went here with some colleagues and I have to say that this part is a lot better than the 3rd part! But it’s a very good movie to see at

    • July
      • The A-team the movie
        07/02/10
        Hey All!

        Last Wednesday I said that I wasn't going to do anything that day after being in the same place at the same time with a car :S... However, I went out for diner and a movie with a friend, since we first planned to go to a concert that evening. The concert didn't seem lik

    • June
      • One of those days...
        06/30/10
        Hey All!

        Today is just one of those days that I should have stayed in bed :S. It already started at work. Some things didn't go as planned with the project, so I went to get a good cup of coffee. Once I got the coffee, someone bumped into me and I had coffee (the good coffee!!!) all

      • Robin Hood and The Killers
        06/17/10
        Hey All,

        Lately I’ve been to two movies:


        The first movie I’ve been to is “Robin Hood”. This movie was a very good movie, there was action from the beginning till the end! Usually there are always some periods within the movie that I feel a bit bored, because the storyline

      • Concerts!
        06/16/10
        Hey All,

        I wanted to tell you about two concerts, unfortunately they are both of Dutch artists though :S.


        The first artist I’ve been to was Daniël Lohues, he’s a singer/songwriter who is born and still living in the area of the Netherlands where I’m also born, so there a

    • May
      • Birthday, summer, music and tennis
        05/26/10
        Hey All,

        So what has happened since the end of March. Of course there was my birthday in April, a good reason for a party at my place. Some friends and some colleagues came over to celebrate my birthday. During that party I also received some wonderful gifts, like some new CD’s, some whis

    • March
      • Lot's of music lately
        03/24/10
        Hey All,

        It's been too long (again) since I put something on my blog. But lately it's been busy again with music (as usual). Not that I already know how to play the guitar, but I bought some great CD's lately. So here some fast written words about some of the CD's/Arti

      • Egypt 2009
        03/01/10
        Hey All!

        My last vacation of 2009 went to Egypt. I traveled there with 11 other people from diving club Piranha .

        Piranha written on the briefing board

        [more]

        We had to leave from Enschede quite early, but for a vacation it's most likely not a pro

    • March
      • Freedom writers
        02/02/10
        Hey All,

        January 11th this year I read that Miep Gies had died. She was one of the people who hid Anne Frank from the Nazis during World War II. She discovered and preserved the diary of Anne Frank when she the Franks were arrested to give it back to the father when he returned.
        When

  • 2009
    • December
      • Law abiding citizen
        12/23/09
        Hey All,

        A very short blog, but yesterday I'ven been to the movie "a law abiding citizen".

        This movie was a good movie and definitely not a good movie for a Sunday afternoon. This is finally a movie again with a very good storyline with some nice twists which yo

    • October
      • Busy week
        10/10/09
        After the high-school reunion on Saturday, I had to work again on Sunday. I had a presentation due on Monday, and I didn't finish it yet. It was a bit hard getting to work on Sunday after the high-school reunion, it was a bit later than planned, but I still managed to drag myself to work.
      • High-school reunion
        10/10/09
        A high-school reunion, when I read it the first time, I couldn't imagine that it was already 9 years ago since it was the last time that I walked out there. But I was curious what happened to some old friends and therefore I decided to go.

        Last week it was finally time that I would

      • Math problems
        10/01/09
        Sometimes you stumble on a fun movie on the internet. Especially when you're working at home in the evening and want to do something else for a few minutes. Yester was an evening like that and I stumbled on this movie.

        Should this be how math should work?

        Maybe not reall

    • September
      • 2009 part deux
        09/24/09
        I'll try to update this site a bit more often than so far this year. I'm not saying that I will update this site every week, but I'm gonna try to update at least once a month. Last time I told that I would put some pictures online of my apartment, unfortunately I don't have any p

    • August
      • 2009 so far in a nutshell
        08/02/09
        Hey!

        It's been a while since I last updated this website. Last thing I put on here was my vacation to Curacao in December last year, so I will give an update what I've been up to this year.

        In the beginning of this year I started my PhD at the Department of Radiation

    • April
      • Vacation Curacao (November 2008)
        04/03/09
        This was a short vacation, just 1 week :(. One of the reasons was that I wanted to visit a friend that did his internship there! It was fun seeing him again, although just after booking my ticket he said that he was maybe going back home before I could visit him :S.

        My friend still had to

    • January
      • Scotland 2008
        01/16/09
        For my work I spend a couple of weeks in Scotland. I stayed in Greenock, a small town 30 mins west of Glasgow. The first time I would go for 2 weeks. I won't tell much about my work, that went ok, but in the weekend, me and 2 colleagues first went to Stirling castle and to the bridge where Will

      • Six weeks Belgium
        01/05/09
        Six weeks Belgium.

        For my work I had to go to Belgium for about 6 weeks. I already liked Leuven in the winter, but now in the summer it was even better! The first weekend however I went to Ghent, to meet a friend again, which I’ve met in New Zealand! It was pretty nice seeing hi

  • 2008
    • October
      • Vacation in Canada and NY (Part 3)
        10/21/08
        Once back in Montreal, I didn’t do much. Later that day I went with Magali to the park to see if you “friends” were there and we had some fries with squeezing cheese (typical food from Quebec). This was pretty nice, but not for every day! [more]

        The day after Magali and me didn’t do much.

    • September
      • Vacation in Canada and New York (part 2)
        09/11/08
        I can’t write much about the trip on the bus to New York, the only thing I can say was that the trip was long and boring. Then you think that when I came to New York, the good times could start, but to be honest I was pretty tired and went to bed early.[more]

        The next day I got up early

    • August
      • Vacation in Canada and NY city (part 1)
        08/26/08
        Vacation in Canada and New York city.

        This vacation was a bit a last minute one, but I’m glad that I went. It was nice to meet Magali again!

        When I arrived at the airport Magali was already waiting for me and we took the bus to her apartment. That evening I was pretty tired, bu

    • June
      • First time in Taiwan
        06/21/08
        I arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday May 20th. The flight was pretty ok, because I could even sleep for about 2 hours in the plane, that is the longest I’ve ever slept in a plane :D! During the week I had to work enough, but on Friday evening I went with some colleagues to Taipei to eat. Of course after d

    • May
      • Weekend Back in Holland!
        05/13/08
        Last weekend I went back to Holland! This weekend my parents came back from a vacation and on Sunday it was mothers day, so a day to be at home!

        On Friday morning I still had to go to work and around 12:30 I got in the car to drive home. Around 22:30 I was back home, so it was a bit of a

      • Last couple of weeks
        05/05/08
        On Friday April 4th I drove back to Holland! I got in the car around 5:30 and I came back home around 16:00. Then I had to prepare for my birthday party, because that evening I would celebrate my birthday! It was a bit early, but I have no clue when I will be back in Holland to celebrate my birthday

    • April
      • Long weekend in Zurich and PSI
        04/06/08
        This week I had some vacation, because the factory closed on Wednesday and Thursday. So I went a long weekend to Zürich! On Wednesday morning I left the hotel in La Neuveville and drove to the “Biker’s home” in Zürich Altstatten. The people here are friendly and want to help you in any way! It is an

    • March
      • Château de Chillon
        03/24/08
        Château de Chillon

        The first thing I did was sleeping in! So waking up around 9 am I had a nice breakfast and after breakfast I walked up the hill near the hotel to have a nice walk and I wanted to end up at the castle up the hill. I did end up on top of the mountain, but I didn’t end up

      • 2nd week working in Switzerland
        03/22/08
        2nd week in Switzerland.

        The second week in Switzerland was also a very nice week. But from Monday till Friday were long days. Working from 8:30 to 20:00 or 21:00 and then eating something with my colleagues.[more] Back in the hotel around 23:00 and then sleeping. Friday was supposed to b

      • Going to Switzerland for work (day in Geneva)
        03/16/08
        Last wednesday I went to Switzerland to work at EM Marin. Therefore I stay in La Leuveville in a very great hotel next to a lake. So if I wanted I could make a nice walk next to the lake every morning, but I'm working from 9 to 21 o'clock, so I don't do much in the morning!

    • February
      • Weekend in Milan!
        02/06/08
        Last weekend I went to Milan to see Gerlandine (She moved from Holland to Italy) again and of course to see Milan! This weekend was great, on Friday evening I took the plane from Amsterdam to Milan. Geraldine and her uncle picked me up at the airport. In the beginning it was kind of strange, because

      • Weekend to Milan!
        02/01/08
        Although I can have carnival in Emmen again next weekend I decided to go to Milan. A friend of mine moved there and I would like to see her before I start traveling a lot for my job!

        Next week you'll here more about this trip and soon I will put some photo's online from this tr

    • January
      • Start at ASM Europe B.V.
        01/29/08
        January 2nd was my first day at the job. The first 2 weeks would be training in Almere. The home base of ASM Europe B.V. Here I got the very basics of the machine, but especially safety. It was with a group of 4, and the group was a lot of fun! January 16th I started with the on the job training, th

      • Back in Holland
        01/29/08
        Once I was back home, I visited quite a lot of friends! I just took my car, took my sleeping back and my backpack and traveled through Holland. First I went to my parents of course! The first Tuesday I went to Ludica, back to the student days :P! It was great to see those friends again! Also of cour

      • Auckland
        01/27/08
        First I had to bring back my car, it was kind of hard to say goodbye to a car that has been traveling with me for over 7500 km! It wasn’t a very fast car, but it was a car that could bring me to the point that I wanted to be every time, even without oil in the engine :P. [more]

        After sayi

  • 2007
    • October
      • Northland
        10/02/07
        In Northland I was going to stay with Family. I met them before, but I couldn’t remember everyone, because I think I was about 7 years old when I met them for the last time.

        But it was great meeting them and I made them a small gift from back home. I’m glad they liked it… Most of the tim

      • Taupo
        10/01/07
        In Taupo I stayed in the Rainbow Lodge, there was a great group here, so we had a lot of fun in this hostel. The first morning was a bit hard though, because I had to get up at 5.30 am(!) to be in time for the Tongariro Crossing in Tongariro national park. This is a 17 km hike over mountains, a hard

      • On the road to Taupo!
        10/01/07
        This time it was daytime when I went on the ferry from Picton to Wellington. Therefore I could see some of the nature! Again it was quite amazing! [more]


        Nice view from the ferry


        Another nice view from the ferry


        I was planning to go to Taupo that da

      • Picton
        10/01/07
        The first evening in Picton I did a pub crawl with some people from the hostel (where they serve free Apple crumble with ice-cream every evening!). The first bar was “flying Haggis”, a Scottish bar where the owner was singing when we entered the bar, actually he was pretty good on a guitar and singi

      • Kaikoura
        10/01/07
        Kaikoura is known for the whale watching, so this is what I did here. I only had one day here, so the weather just needed to be good for that day! [more]

        So in the morning I went to the beach and they boat went out today so I got on the boat. Once we were on the water we found out that th

    • September
      • Christchurch
        09/16/07
        After getting Peter on the plane I went straight to Christchurch, which is a 5 hour drive. But I never get tired of the landscape of NZ, so it didn’t feel that long! Once I arrived in Christchurch I walked through the city with the idea to get some food. While I was wondering around a bit, I saw the

      • Nelson
        09/16/07
        Nelson would be the last two days for Peter in NZ. Because he was still a bit sick we didn’t do much. We did saw quite a lot of movies though in Nelson. We saw “Bourne ultimatum”, “Das leben der anderen” and “The Italian”. All movies were pretty good, but the last two weren’t Hollywood movies, but

      • Motueka
        09/02/07
        The first day Peter stayed in bed and I went to the I-site to get some information about walking and kayaking in the Abel Tasman national park. I ended up booking both, but I still didn’t know when I was going to do on what day, because for the kayaking trip there was a minimum of 2 persons. I also

      • Westport to Motueka
        09/02/07
        After a good night sleep and a good breakfast in the hostel we went on the road again! The first stop that day would be the “ Buller Gorge Swingbridge”, this is the longest swingbridge in NZ. There we were also trying to find gold, I only found 3 small pieces (maybe for 5 euro). What we did found th

      • Fox to Westport
        09/02/07
        After another night in a terrible bed we had to check out. Peter did his skydive over Fox Glacier and I just had a great breakfast with Dave. He made me a great breakfast (toast with ham, cheese and mushrooms!!!). It had been a long time since I really had time to have breakfast! When Peter got back

    • August
      • Fox Glacier
        08/23/07
        Here I did the full day glacier walk on the 'fox glacier'! First we had to walk for about 1.5 hours to get on the glacier, but this was a beautifull walk with a nice view of the glacier itself. But it was too beautifull, therefore I made too many pictures. I could walk there with my camera

      • Queenstown
        08/23/07
        Queenstown is the city where a lot of people go to, to jump of the Nevis bungeejump, or to go skydiving. The evening we arrived in Queenstown we went to a bar with some people we met in the dorm, they were from Auckland and they brought us to a bar where we got a 'vulcano' and a 'flam

      • Milford Sound
        08/23/07
        Luckily we could drive to Milford Sound, because some days the road is too bad or slippery to drive. On the way to Milford we stopped at the Mirror Lake, where you can see a mirror image of the mountains if the wind isn't blowing. This was the case, so we took a few pictures. [more]

      • Te Anau
        08/23/07
        To go from Invercargill to Te Anau we continued on the Southern Scenic route, so first we went to Bluff, which is the most southern village/city of New Zealand. There we went to Bluff hill to have a look at “Steward Island” [more]

        CLICK ON THE PICTURES TO ENLARGE!


        Steward

      • Dunedin to Invercargill
        08/19/07
        In the morning we walked through the city and this was quite nice, because this is a Scottish city, therefore I really like these buildings.

        Later that de we did the “Elm Wildlife tour”. During this tour we saw Albatrosses, Sea lions, yellow eyed penguin and of course fur seals. [more]
      • Trip to Dunedin
        08/18/07
        From Napier we went to Hasting, we didn’t do much here, just went to see ‘Die Hard 4.0’. It was nice to sit down for a moment and do nothing! The next day we drove to the capital of NZ, namely Wellington. We went up with the cable car to the botanic gardens and then we walked back down through these

      • Rotorua and Napier
        08/18/07
        After the Hangi Mulligan and me drank a bottle of wine, Koops didn’t say or do anything, because he fell asleep the second he hit the bed. The room we were in was great though, n the morning we even got a free breakfast. This was a lot better then the sandwiches we had the day before on our way back

      • 4th and 5th day in NZ
        08/14/07
        First of all, sorry for the abrubt ending last time, but my time was coming to an end. Like it is more often the case when I'm traveling here. We are a bit too busy to make time for things like the internet. But I will continue where I ended last time! After the terrible thunderstorm when we we

      • First 3 days in New Zealand
        08/11/07
        3 pictures added August 14th!

        In the plane I didn’t sleep at all, so I only had 4 hours of sleep in like 2 days. Therefore I was kind of broken when I arrived in NZ. Peter and Paul Mulligan (Peter’s Irish roommate) picked me up at the airport and then we first drove to Helmsville and then

      • Sigh!
        08/04/07
        I just wrote a very long story about my stay in Tokyo, Japan, but when I wanted post that story I was logged out! Therefore a very brief story and maybe later I will write a long story again! [more]

        The flight to Tokyo was not really nice! It started with a delay of 4 hours and I couldn`t

    • July
      • Almost on vacation!
        07/30/07
        The master study is finished, I moved my stuff from Enschede to Barger-Compascuum and now I'm busy packing my bags for the trip to Tokyo and New Zealand.

        Tomorrow I will first go from Amsterdam to Tokyo. There I will stay alone, as fas as you can be alone in a city with 12 million i

      • Shrek the Third
        07/22/07

        Shrek the Third

        First I wanted to go to this movie with the entire tennis team, but I only went with one (Erik). Before the movie started I already was laughing out loud when the preview of Simpsons the movie and Ratatouille started!

        But about Shrek, the second part was

      • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
        07/16/07


        Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

        After seeing the first 4 movies of Harry Potter, it was time to see the 5th part of the series. This part was also a very nice movie, but a bit more boring then the previous movie. Not very much was left for my own fantasy and therefor

      • Graduated!!!
        07/11/07
        On Wednesday July 11th I finally graduated for my Master degree. I already submitted my thesis a week before and today I had to give a presentation about my project. The project was to "Characterize a frequency domain fluorescence lifetime microscope". The presentation went pretty well and

      • Weeks of writing
        07/06/07
        For the last few weeks I have been writing my master thesis. It took more time than I wanted to, as usual. But nevertheless after working two long weeks (days from 9 to 23 o'clock) including the weekends I'm finished. This morning I received the printed version.

        Now it is just

    • June
      • Inge's party
        06/26/07
        Inge got back in Holland after being in Spain for 6 months studying Spanish. Because she was happy for being back home and wanted to see her friends again, she gave a party, this party however was also a bit strange, because this was a "Welcome home party" and a "I will see you later&

      • Last day "rescue diver" course
        06/24/07
        Yesterday was the final exam for my rescue diver course. This is the third certificate you can get (at least with IDD). This day the rescue group had to prove that they were able to setup a rescue operation. [more]

        The preparation started a day in advance, because our group wanted to brai

      • A lot of water in Enschede
        06/19/07


        On Sunday 10th of June it rained pretty hard in Enschede. In 50 minutes 48 mm of water fell down per square meter! Some streets completely flooded and there was a lot of damage!!![more]

        On some places the water was as high as an adults knee! There were cars that couldn't

      • Pirates of the Carabean: At World's End
        06/15/07

        Pirates of the Carabean: At World's End:

        Last weekend I went to this movie with my sister and Danny (Her boyfriend). Before I went to this movie I thought that the movie could be a bit boring, since this movie is almost 3 hours long. But when the movie started, it was easy to s

      • Tennis competition
        06/04/07
        Yesterday was the last day of the competition. We (Gogonuts) ended 2nd in our group. Therefore we got promoted to the 5th division. It's too bad that I won't be playing tennis here next year, but I wish the rest of the team good luck next year. First we will celebrate the promotion on June

    • May
      • Busy, busy, busy
        05/29/07
        Hey Everyone,

        A short update from me. A short one, because I'm quite busy at this moment. I'm trying to finish my master thesis. Furthermore I'm also busy getting my "rescue divers" degree and my "Medical trained" (a.k.a. First Aid).

        Most of

      • Movies
        05/25/07
        A couple of weeks ago I went to the movies "Spiderman 3" and "Shooter" Below you will find my opinion to these movies.

        "Spiderman 3"
        After I had seen Spiderman 1 and 2 I thought this movie was going to be nice, but actually this movie was pretty bad. I

      • Renewed website
        05/20/07
        Hello everybody,

        I will try to update this website more often then my old one, see my old website. Not everything is already on this website, but because it is a blog, it will be easier to update, and therefore hopefully more frequent. It is also easier when I'm in Tokio and New-Zeal