Been to have a high tea at a charming place ( Hofje van Wijs) with a friend. It was my belated birthday treat for her. Situated soehow on the border of Chinatown and the red light district is a coffe and teashop with a lunchroom. There is a tiny inner court thingy between 3 buildings where we sat. We started with a glass wine and a bowl of courgette ( Read more... )

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my back still hurts *grrrrrrrr*

I need to do my exercises. *sigh*

:-)

Coming Thursday I will go to the opera. Well I say opera, it is actually a monodrama and to my feeling a opera should be big a dramatic. (And I want to expose my opera hating boyfriend to the fun of them) But well, I think this might be fun and beautiful.

It concerns Emilie by the contemporary Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. I had never heard of ( Read more... )

After a long time of hesitation I finally made an appointment at the KNO (keel neus en oor /throat nose and ear) department of the hospital ( Read more... )

I've hurt myself ( Read more... )

I did some baking,

This is the fourth attempt and the first I am pleased with (though it is not perfect yet)
Peter has a cakeform in the shape of a castle, this renders a possibility for a spectacular cake in itself, but of course that was not enough for me and I wanted to add some color :-)


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sometimes my brain feels like it is broken up, fragmented, without its homebase.
For some odd reason the computer I am typing this on now (at home, it is called Wisent functions like an anker. It is somehow the proper machine to write about myself on. Peter's house has a high computer density but none feel like my place to write to my heart's ( Read more... )

I am losing my impetus ( Read more... )

It is decidedly dark outside, not stormy but not inviting at all. And I had plans to go into town to go to the second hand book shop to buy Sinterklaaspresents. The idea of bookshopping is appealing, the idea of cycling into town isn't.