G. thanks ouwe!

Christmas came early this year

Can you believe the fucking prices nowadays?!!

Super sandwich

I just came back home after a long night of "working" at Escape ;). I told my colleague J. that when I'm home, I'm going to eat a nice juicy steak. he looked at me and said it is crazy to eat meat at 07.00 in the morning. I thought about his words for a second and I decided to take it to an even crazier level:

J., if you think it's strange to eat meat in the morning, what do you think about this? ;)

-Toasted bread
-Garlic/cheese butter
-Fried potatoes with rosemary herbs
-Steak with a hint of salt
-Garlic sauce
-Special Dutch/Zaanse mayonnaise

-Made with love, that is why it tastes delicious!

Hari vs. Schilt

I actually lost money on this fight.. even tough Badr Hari is one of my favorite K-1 fighters, i didn't expect him to defeat Sem Schilt. but he did.. 1st round TKO

Update

Things went very fast. last weekend i was at karate camp. you think training at the U.S. Army is hard? try training karate for all day -to the fullest; beyond your limits- from 6.30 till 18.30. you evolve yourself physically as well as mentally. you train for all weekend under strict regulations together with 80 other karateka's. in the evening, when everyone is tired and exhausted, we don't go to sleep. not yet; we're going to philosophize about Genwakai Karate and its purpose and continuation. the point of our karate camp is to focus purely on training. cell phones, smoking, alcohol etc. is not allowed. when you eat; knife and fork are used with the other hand, when you are right-handed; you brush your teeth with left and vice versa, all to break out of your daily habits and rituals.

On Sunday, when everyone can barely stand straight, the examinations take place. i also did exam and i passed. i'm now one rank away from Shodan (black belt). when i came home -all broken and damaged :)- i slept like a little baby. it was the best night of my life ;)

But what happened yesterday.. you wouldn't believe it.. i have difficulties believing it myself.. i never felt so miserable and fucked up.. one of the darkest days in the history of mankind..

Tomorrow (14 May) we were supposed to go on vacation to Sweden. but today i had to fucking cancel the trip!!! yesterday we were at the casino and we thought it would be a wise thing to win some money so that we could chill to the fullest in Sweden. to make a very long and painful story short: i lost € 2200....

Once again: € 2200 !!!

It feels so fucking unreal.. i promised myself i'm not going to play for a whole year. next time i'm going to the casino will be on 12 May 2010. on that day, i'll have my vengeance.. it's a promise! i really felt bad and i even called my ex W., because her voice always calms me down. thing is that i didn't talk with her -not once- for almost half year and when i heard the words 'hello? hello?', i came to my senses and hung up the phone..

I cant believe we're not going to Sweden anymore.. i was looking forward for this trip for a LONG time and then i had to be so stupid to gamble like a fucking addict. imagine what you can do with € 2200.. i could have my iMac now!!!

Het balletje kan soms raar rollen

But what happened, happened. it makes no sense to feel miserable about it now, because today is already a new day. and tonight i'll meet a girlfriend, so everything is okidoki ;)

"Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn."

A.

Knowing black L&B

So we went to the cinema, but i'm not here to give a movie review. instead i tell you to watch this movie with your own eyes.

Ow yesss, before i forget it: i invented an all new pick-up method that is guaranteed 100% effective to impress a girl!!! if you wanna learn it, let me know and i'll give you the numbers of my bank account ;)

After the movie we went to a place where emotions can change within seconds ;). thanks for choosing 'black'! i knew you would bring me luck ;). for those of you who know what i mean; know when to quit.. for those who don't know what i'm talking about.. i'll take you there next time so you can feel it yourself.

To celebrate our victory we drank whiskey at a certified cafe that 'has been chosen as a great whiskey bar of the world for outstanding presentation, promotion and knowledge of great whiskeys from around the world' *
let me tell you, we spend true quality time at cafe L&B and we had the one eye-opener after the other :)
If you read this and you were there; nothing but love! if you read this and you were not there.. ask yourself this.. why weren't you there? why weren't you here chilling with us? do you have more important things to do? ;)

All i can say is that i love spending time with wise and warm people and that is why i liked it today with you!

x A.

*

Queen's Day

Yesterday was Queen's day. the legend goes that on this day the former queen of the Netherlands -Queen Juliana- went bankrupt and she had to sell all her royal belongings in a shop at the market. she sold her crown, her jewels and even her children -all for a fair price of course-. initially she wasn't making a lot of sales, so she decided that she had to do something extraordinary, she had to attract attention. so.. she was walking on the market, looking for the most disgusting homeless person she could find. when she finally found him -instead of giving the bad-smelling beggar money- she gave the man five bricks and told him to make a slow circuit of several blocks. at certain points he had to lay down a brick on the sidewalk, always keeping one brick in hand. on the return journey he had to replace each brick on the street with the one he held. meanwhile he had to remain serious and answer no questions. once back at the market, he had to walk into Juliana's store, he then had to stop, walk out, look into the sky and say: "in the name of Her Majesty". he then had to make the same bricklaying circuit again.
 
According to the legend, several hundred people watched the mysterious movements of the beggar and by his fourth circuit, onlookers swarmed around him, debating what he was doing. every time he entered Queen Juliana's shop, he was followed by people who bought more and more items from Juliana. in fact, many of them were so distracted by the former Queen's collections and stayed inside. by the end of the first day, the brick-man had drawn over a thousand people to Juliana's shop. a few days later the police ordered him to cease and desist from his walks -the crowds were blocking traffic-. the bricklaying stopped, but by this time already thousands had entered Queen Juliana's shop, bought more than they could afford, and many of those had become Queen Juliana's converts. eventually the former Queen made a lot of money and she invested it in the rebuilding of a democratic republic: The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
Hence it is tradition that on this day people are selling their old crap on the streets to pay tribute to Queen Juliana, the true sovereign ruler of Holland.

(I think by now you already know this story is complete bullshit :P hahaha for the real story about Queen's Day, click here. but i warn you, that story is not as good as mine ;)

But seriously, i also was selling yesterday. the last time i sold, i was about 16 years old and that time i earned € 700. this year i didn't had many things to sell, but still i made about € 200.

Old shoes, i even sold my Prada's

Movies

Making money

With my mom. she wanted to sell me, but i'm priceless

Capoeira

Music

The show must go on

Son of a queen