Maybe a bit outdated, sometimes a bit manipulated.
But still striking..
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Touristing
Did another trip through London, this time with flatmate F.We're the only ones left in flat 26 as B. has already left for the Christmas holiday.
Touched the big egg that's placed in the middle of london's bussines center, had another look at tate modern, did some markets, walked chinatown...
This time there actually was a camera that worked.
Makes quite a difference when trying to blog about it.
This one is for I. Ceulemans :)
Cheers.
(expecting visitors in t minus 7 days!)
Sunday, December 6, 2009
From the vaults
A photo I've been meaning to post for quite a while, but I never got to it.
It's from my weekend in Belgium, which dates from November (thank you very much(!), Hulldown).
I've left the Chiro behind, but nevertheless I still feel quite bonded with it, as is has been a part of my life for about 16 years or so..
Anyway, I got to do a bit of a 'guest-appearance', which was a very strange but nice thing to do actually.
So, I told the assembled Chiro from the Hei that nobody in London seems to know what Chiro is, or what it is all about. You could call it scouting, but that's a bit of a different thing. You could call it boy-scouting, but that has got quite a lot of negative meaning to it.
So, I asked to take a picture of Chiro Heikant so I would be able to show Londeners what Chiro is all about.
The result can be seen below.
Too bad my camera lens isn't of the best quality and not everybody that should be on there is on it. But you get the gesture.
It's from my weekend in Belgium, which dates from November (thank you very much(!), Hulldown).
I've left the Chiro behind, but nevertheless I still feel quite bonded with it, as is has been a part of my life for about 16 years or so..
Anyway, I got to do a bit of a 'guest-appearance', which was a very strange but nice thing to do actually.
So, I told the assembled Chiro from the Hei that nobody in London seems to know what Chiro is, or what it is all about. You could call it scouting, but that's a bit of a different thing. You could call it boy-scouting, but that has got quite a lot of negative meaning to it.
So, I asked to take a picture of Chiro Heikant so I would be able to show Londeners what Chiro is all about.
The result can be seen below.
Too bad my camera lens isn't of the best quality and not everybody that should be on there is on it. But you get the gesture.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Masters of war - Bob Dylan
Couldn't find the live version which is even better, but this will do.
It keeps on surprising me how much hate Dylan was able to put in this song.
It keeps on surprising me how much hate Dylan was able to put in this song.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
TEDxLondon
So I got the chance to go to TEDxLondon!
And so I went, got there Just in time, pouring rain and extended diner times almost interfered.
(not my photo)
Very nice organisation, very nice venue.
An inspirational talk by Ben Keene. He started his own 'tribe' on an island without anything to start with but the idea itself.
Chris Williams talked about the use of computers in engineering, and why they aren't always positive for creative thinking.
Rachel Wingfield spoke about how growing food in city environment can be a positive experience.
Michael McGrath talked about micro-loans that help poor women start up there own little businesses in Africa. Not the most sexy talk, but probably about the project with the most practical results.
I could go into depth about there talks, but that probably wouldn't be much fun to read. Here you can find more info if interested.
Anyhow, I felt privileged to be able to attend the evening as it had the whole TED atmosphere going on. That and the fact that the whole TEDx-movement will only keep on growing. Tickets where very hard to get (sold out minutes afte being available), hope I will be able to get hold of some again in the future.
On another topic,
As a lot of people probably have heard of by now, I've recently had the unpleasant experience of been robbed (cell phone, mp3-player, some money). I was somehow able to talk the robbing duo into returning my wallet as my ID (and other cards) where in there. I normally never carry my ID but I needed it the day before.
Anyway, no real harm done. It did leave me a bit shaky though, you don't expect knives to show up, especially as it happened just outside my college-pub. But I do think I'll be alright, it makes you more suspicious about others in public places though. In a strange way I actually feel kind of sorry for the duo. Cheers to all the people who got my mind of things.
I was going to post the whole story on how the pub owner got in touch with the police afterwards and on how it took me several trips down-town to get hold of somebody from the robbery-squad. But that's not really the point so I left it out.
The real point being the fact they (very likely) arrested the robbers (because of the fact robbing girl-boy-duos are very rare). So, thumbs up to the Islington Robbery squad. It doesn't really solve problems, but it surely ain't a bad thing either.
On another note,
I made pizza, there's no such thing as too much cheeze.
On yet another note,
It feels like it's freezing cold these days, walking around London.
On another note,
I'm of for another practical session night-shift.
And so I went, got there Just in time, pouring rain and extended diner times almost interfered.
(not my photo)Very nice organisation, very nice venue.
An inspirational talk by Ben Keene. He started his own 'tribe' on an island without anything to start with but the idea itself.
Chris Williams talked about the use of computers in engineering, and why they aren't always positive for creative thinking.
Rachel Wingfield spoke about how growing food in city environment can be a positive experience.
Michael McGrath talked about micro-loans that help poor women start up there own little businesses in Africa. Not the most sexy talk, but probably about the project with the most practical results.
I could go into depth about there talks, but that probably wouldn't be much fun to read. Here you can find more info if interested.
Anyhow, I felt privileged to be able to attend the evening as it had the whole TED atmosphere going on. That and the fact that the whole TEDx-movement will only keep on growing. Tickets where very hard to get (sold out minutes afte being available), hope I will be able to get hold of some again in the future.
On another topic,
As a lot of people probably have heard of by now, I've recently had the unpleasant experience of been robbed (cell phone, mp3-player, some money). I was somehow able to talk the robbing duo into returning my wallet as my ID (and other cards) where in there. I normally never carry my ID but I needed it the day before.
Anyway, no real harm done. It did leave me a bit shaky though, you don't expect knives to show up, especially as it happened just outside my college-pub. But I do think I'll be alright, it makes you more suspicious about others in public places though. In a strange way I actually feel kind of sorry for the duo. Cheers to all the people who got my mind of things.
I was going to post the whole story on how the pub owner got in touch with the police afterwards and on how it took me several trips down-town to get hold of somebody from the robbery-squad. But that's not really the point so I left it out.
The real point being the fact they (very likely) arrested the robbers (because of the fact robbing girl-boy-duos are very rare). So, thumbs up to the Islington Robbery squad. It doesn't really solve problems, but it surely ain't a bad thing either.
On another note,
I made pizza, there's no such thing as too much cheeze.
On yet another note,
It feels like it's freezing cold these days, walking around London.
On another note,
I'm of for another practical session night-shift.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Feltham
-this post has been delayed for quite a while due to too much stuff going on, but here it is at last-
(feltham church)
After an anonymous tip from somebody from HQ of Heikant's own Queen-base I decided to go on a trip to Feltham (it's not particularly close to South-Tottenham). Feltham is the birth-town of Brian May and the english home-town of Freddie Mercury.
(feltham church)
The first permanent english memorial to Freddie was going to be revealed.
Offcourse, I had to be there (second row !).
Honoured guests: Freddie's mother, family and Brain May.
Also, Mercury, world's most renowned Queen tribute-band, played a free gig (only saw one song because I wanted to get a nice spot at the unveiling)
Funny thing: The security people told everybody to go to the parking lot where Mercury was playing, there was a large video screen set up, so everybody could follow the ceremony from there. Spots at the unveiling-site itself where scarce.
But then again, if I wanted to see the event on a screen, I could just as well have stayed at home and watched on my laptop.. So I stood my ground and waited, with some very pleasing results.
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
(Mercury)
(Freddie's mother giving a speech)
(Freddie's memorial star)
(Brian M, crowd close-ups don't get much better than this)
(Yes, it was kind of a upheaval)
(What it was all about. Freddie Mercury, "Lover of live, singer of songs")Freshly restocked fridge, I'm calling mtv cribs.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Were just passing by
Actually went to mc donalds today. Time crunch, fast and easy.
Wasn't bad either.
Cheese burger, fries and ketchup for £ 1.98. I can't even buy meat at tesco's for that.
Makes you think
Also went to see "Enemy Planet", nice show.
http://www.myspace.com/enemyplanetmusic
Wasn't bad either.
Cheese burger, fries and ketchup for £ 1.98. I can't even buy meat at tesco's for that.
Makes you think
Also went to see "Enemy Planet", nice show.
http://www.myspace.com/enemyplanetmusic
Saturday, November 21, 2009
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