Archive for October, 2008

Funeral

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

My feelings at the moment are hard to describe, mostly they are of disbelieve…Marcel’s death is hitting deep, very deep…

So many questions left behind, most of all, the WHY he did what he did. A tragedy for everyone around him; family and friends who were there for him with understanding, a helping hand and love…history repeated itself in a way, it could not happen, this can’t be true. Yet it is, and again that same why remains…

He must have had his reasons, reasons that no one, probably not even he, could comprehend. Reasons that exceed the human brain and heart in which he must have felt so trapped. No one really could get through, and he could not get out…

I hope he now found what he has been searching for for so long, his peace…it’s up to us to find ours…Marcel, you’re in my heart, I love you!

QOTD October 10 2008

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Antonia Brenner: “I lived what most people call the good life. I was happy, but deep inside I always felt that, with the short amount of time we are given to live and love in this world, we spend too much time loving things instead of people.”

Apple Notebook Event, October 14

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

The long lasting rumour turned into reality; Apple anounced an event for coming Tuesday, October 14, and, it’s gonna be all about notebooks…finally! 😉

The timing is great since Kristel is flying to LA coming week, just in time to pick up a new MacBook…*if* they are available directly after the event of course…

The folks over at macrumors.com are all over it, and from what they reveal, I expect that the new MacBook (Pro) line will be quite a success.

Zeitgeist: Addendum

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Last week the sequel of the ZeitGeist movie was released online as a Google video, ZeitGeist: Addendum.

I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m sure this one will be as revealing and smashing as the first one!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912

Zeitgeist.com: Zeitgeist: Addendum, attempts to locate the root causes of the pervasive social corruption, while offering a solution. This solution is not based on politics, morality, laws, or any other “establishment” notions of human affairs, but rather on a modern, non-superstitious based understanding of what we are and how we align with nature, to which we are a part. The work advocates
a new social system which is updated to present day knowledge, highly influenced by the life long work of Jacque Fresco and The Venus Project.

My cousin passed away

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Unexpectedly my cousin Marcel passed away yesterday, he was only 40 years old and the closest cousin I had…his father, my godfather, passed away 22 years ago…this cannot be happening, the family is going through the same shit all over…there was still so much in him that should have had the chance to get out in this lifetime, DAMN this is unfair!

The word is out!

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Last week the word got out, finally it’s time for an announcement! 😉

I’ll have a new position at work, moving from Program Manager Customer Satisfaction (and Service Manager) to Manager Engineering, responsible for technical sales support, product development and training in the company, leading a group of great engineers! The exact date for changing positions should be in the coming weeks, I can’t wait…it’s in line with my ambitions and a great new step in my carreer!

Lazy Sunday afternoon

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Robbert and I are enjoying a nice and relaxed Sunday afternoon, watching the A1GP race in Zandvoort, NL and playing some Mario Kart…we’ve got no other option than to stay inside and take it easy; weather is beyond shitty (we would have to bring a canoe if we’d go for a walk through the forest!!) and since the last days were pretty low on sleep it feels good to relax! 😉

Parkteatret Scene

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

We’ll be out in Oslo tonight and plan to go to Parkteatret Scene. According to its website this place is the natural choice of space for performance of new music in Oslo.

Tonights theme is ‘Halvfullt‘ (half full), a night filled with Funk, Soul, Hip Hop, Jazz, rare 45’s and “crazy mash ups”…it’s gonna be cool! (register on the Facebook Event page if you plan to come too)

QOTD October 3 2008

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Bob Dylan: “What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.”

Party weekend coming up!

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

My best friend from NL, Robbert, is coming over to Oslo this weekend, I’m sure it’s gonna be HEAPS of fun. It has been some time since he was here, so it’ll be good to catch up and see the changes in the city (such as the Opera building, and the take-down of the Holmenkollen ski jump).

Anyway, you know where to find us; we’ll be partying the nights away downtown Oslo! OR we take the cultural route and explore some of Norways finest museums, uuhhmmm… 😉

Skarverennet 2009

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

After successfully completing the Birkebeinerritet this summer, I decided to take the next sport challenge in Norway; Skarverennet! This is a cross country skiing race which will be held on April 25 2009 and runs for 38km (!) from Finse to Ustaoset.

It’s gonna be an interesting challenge, since I have no experience in cross country skiing whatsoever (well, ok, I tried it once earlier this year). I’ll have to train a lot this winter, work on both my condition and technique; with mountainbiking I had my technique to compensate for less condition, I am lacking both in cross country skiing at the moment…oof!!