Malaysia
Tue, 22/02/11 – 13:46 | No Comment

Amazing: it’s snowing in Europe and here am I sweating in my shorts in Malaysia. But I am enjoying every single minute of it and hope to do so for many more years to come.
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Back Home :-)
Sun, 8/11/09 – 15:45 | No Comment

Home SmileyFor those wondering why no updates since August, well, we helped our oldest son to built up his house in Portugal in the mountains, just in time to have everything ready before the first snow fell.

And now back home ready to unpack, more updates later this week!

Zucchini cold soup
Tue, 4/08/09 – 5:22 | No Comment
Zucchini cold soup

This zucchini cold soup is ideal on a hot day (like 2 days ago), overly delicious with pieces of smoked salmon!
 
If it starts raining like today, then you would most likely feel more like …

Unhappy smiley face
Wed, 29/07/09 – 0:00 | No Comment
Unhappy smiley face

Today’s unhappy smiley face is dedicated on the 41 year old woman who got buried today in our little town…
You guess it right, she died from cancer and has been going in and out of …

Back to work?
Fri, 24/07/09 – 0:18 | No Comment
Back to work?

I don’t think so!
What happened? I got a phone call yesterday asking me if I want to teach unemployed people "what life is all about in the corporate world".
Now I do love teaching …

New chicks in the making!
Mon, 20/07/09 – 5:48 | No Comment
New chicks in the making!

I am going to be grandfather again, and this time it better be a big bunch of chicks!
Chicken chicks that is One of our chicken didn’t leave her nest today, so we have …

A cup of coffee anyone?
Thu, 16/07/09 – 0:00 | No Comment
A cup of coffee anyone?

I love weekends. You would say: why? You are retired already?
Well, my kids aren’t nor some of my friends, so for them it’s the only time they have to pay a visit.
So I bought a …

Too much water in the basement
Sat, 11/07/09 – 23:53 | No Comment
Too much water in the basement

Really: old things break down more easily than younger things…
Health is an issue when you get older and well, machines just break down…
My water-pump in the basement finally broke down after more than 40 …

No spare parts when your body gets old
Thu, 25/06/09 – 23:00 | No Comment
No spare parts when your body gets old

When I was 40 I never said but I always thought: gosh, I am not in my twenties anymore. And now having passed the big 60, I must say I am not 40 anymore…
A big …

Getting a bit fat
Tue, 16/06/09 – 3:21 | No Comment
Getting a bit fat

Woops, since I am helping with the laundry these days, I was thinking my trousers had shrunk, maybe I had used too hot water in the washing machine?
Turns out I still have the perfect skills …

My alarm-clock are my chickens
Tue, 5/05/09 – 8:13 | No Comment
My alarm-clock are my chickens

First thing I did when I went to bed the first day of my retirement was:

taking my alarm-clock
removing the battery
putting all deep down in the closet…

So these days I wake up when I hear my …

Say aaah!
Thu, 16/04/09 – 6:23 | No Comment
Say aaah!

Coming down with a flu… My own stupidity: working in the garden: sweating like hell in my cold clothes and than taking out my sweater and continuing.
According to my wife I have to stop thinking …