Tourist

Tourist in my own country.
Walked around with a colleague and found out that there still are sooo many places I haven't seen yet. Maybe I should take some more time to study my own country or the city I work.

family

Not family by blood, well, maybe a bit....
Family by the Japanese sword.

A part of the good memories of last Orly seminar.

A story by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

Sometimes we all feel like Alice in Wonderland...

Anyway, I like the image of the white rabbit, "follow the white rabbit".
The story starts with Alice seeing a white rabbit walking by her, telling he is going to be late, checking his watch nervously. Alice (as curious as she is?) follows it and tumbles down the hole and finds herself in Wonderland.

"follow the white rabbit" or following the white rabbit signals a start of a adventure. (question to myself, am I tumbling down the hole?, am I already in Wonderland? Or just realized I found my white rabbit and the adventure is just getting started?)

One of my favourite passages in the book:
"`Cheshire Puss,' [Alice] began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider. `Come, it's pleased so far,' thought Alice, and she went on. `Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'
`That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.
`I don't much care where--' said Alice.
`Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.
`--so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation.
`Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, `if you only walk long enough.'"

sake sake, love you long time...

sake sake, love you long time, well this joke doesn't work for the Dutch..
So to them I say: Hupsaké!

There is a new Dutch website on sake you can find it here. Cos maybe in the future I would like to know a bit more about this drink, have a nice taste of Japan.

own house

Who doesn't want to have his own place?

We let's start to give one to the birds...
(a gift filled with memories)

Even biggger this year

He/she/it? Is getting bigger every year.

A quote from the movie Leon:
Léon: [referring to his plant] It's my best friend. Always happy. No questions.

More info on Leon: here

Ben Harper - Waiting for you (lyrics)

I somehow felt like posting the lyrics.
(please don't read them, listen to them, only then you know what it is about.)

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I’ve been waiting for you
I’ve been waiting for you
Never found anything else to do
But waiting for you

I’ve been calling your name
I’ve been calling your name
Never found anything else to say
Nothing to say

You can kill a lot of time if you really wanna put your mind to it
Leave it all behind if you never want to go through it

I keep hearing your name
I keep hearing your name
Nothing else sounds the same
As hearing your name

You can kill a lot of time if you really put your mind to it
Or leave it all behind if and never ever go through it

I keep hoping for you
Keep hoping for you
What else can I do
But keep hoping for you?

You can kill a lot of time if you really wanna put your mind to it.
Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it
We can kill a lot of time and never really have to go through it

What else can I do
But keep waiting for you ?

I found a home-made video on youtube, you can listen to it here.

Dutch championships 2009

Dutch championships 2009, I really liked the matches.
I enjoyed the day, next year we will do it bigger and better!

I would like to thank everybody who helped us out on this big day.

Sorry for the picture of myself, but this might be the first iaido picture of me that is not really bad...

away, Belgium?

I want to get away, forget everything here...

Already a while ago, but we really had a good time in Belgium, the path we walked was not as planned, so maybe we have to go back soon.
:)

green or purple heart

This is a picture of the green heart, or should I call it the purple heart?
Well, I know it is a heart filled with all kind of emotions.
The world is changing around us, do we change with it or do we choose our own path?

Hard working girls

Hard working girls...
both of you, thank you.

poster

A poster voor the Dutch Championship Yushinkan organised.