I finally finished reading One Big Damn Puzzler by John Harding. It’s about a lawyer ending up on a tropical island where he comes across a native tribe. Some of the tribespeople have lost legs, arms or are otherwise disabled because of mines, left by American and the lawyer is there to start getting the […]
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I’m at home for two weeks and this has been a while. In the past six weeks, I’ve had trips to Malta, Malmo, Israel, Stockholm, Milan and Cairo, so I’m glad to spend a little bit of time in Utrecht.
Yesterday I spent some time working / hanging out in Rotterdam with Arjen. We went by […]
(although this is in English, it’s probably only relevant for Dutchies)
I live in Utrecht these and whenever I’m in Holland, I usually work from home (that’s only about 25% of my time, so that’s not much). Before I moved to Utrecht, I’ve lived in Amsterdam and Ermelo. My studies (before Ermelo) were in Utrecht also, […]
Another one of those Schiphol Top-10 books. Well, actually, I bought this one at Malta Airport right after I noticed my flight was delayed for two hours.
I didn’t get a chance to read a lot though as I met a Dutch guy at the airport that was a pilot for the Libyan oil company. Quite […]
It won’t save your life, but it is still pretty damn funny!
Published February 26th, 2008 in Abroad. 0 CommentsI finished reading This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes today in the breaks that I had while in class. The book is about a guy who’s stuck in his house and because of some strange pain he all of a sudden has, has to the doctor. After this event, a series of […]
Joris Luyendijk - Een goede man slaat soms zijn vrouw
Published December 12th, 2007 in Abroad. 0 Comments(listening to Skalpel - Theme from ‘Behind the Curtain’ while writing this… highly recommended)
I saw Joris Luyendijk for the first time in a talkshow called ‘De Wereld Draait Door’ with Matthijs van Nieuwkerk. Joris has written two books on his visits to Cairo that lasted for one and two years respectively. Both books are best […]
I didn’t know Denmark had that much of a beer culture. People looked very weird at me when I told them I had been in Copenhagen for the past four days and I hadn’t visited a beer pub yet. The immediately started pointing me in all kinds of directions to what in their opinions were […]
A Bengal tiger, a zebra, a hyena, a chimpansee and a little boy
Published November 5th, 2007 in Abroad and Leisure. 0 CommentsThat was the recipe for the Life of Pi a book written by Yann Martel.
I’ve just finished reading it and if you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend it. All in all a definite page turner that keeps your attention until the very last page. Using a highly unusual scenario (a 16 y/o boy […]
I got a comment from Ardddjjeennn a few weeks ago that every time he saw an entry on my blog that had something to do with books it was about a book that I picked up from the Schiphol Top 10. The Schiphol Top 10 of books are the most popular books sold at the […]
Okay, I admit, I just finished The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger. I guess I don’t have to elaborate about the story this little books tells.
Second confession: last summer, I actually also read her other novel: Everyone Worth Knowing.
You know, as a guy, I now of course have to say that I just read […]
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