Uit het maandarchief: mei 2006

25/4/2006

op 25 mei 2006 door

I guess it’ll keep on feeling weird, no mater how long I work at the BDC in Brussels. Mixed toilets. Men and woman sharing toilets. No! Not literally! Thank God there’s still separate minirooms to avoid such indecency!

Men seem to mind less than women. Some ladies enter, unaware of the strange concept, gaze [...]

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19/4/2006

op 19 mei 2006 door

I just saw a very good Othello in De Singel. I remember a performance I saw in Brussels ages ago, that was very “tormented intellectual leader” in stark contrast with tonights pop-culture hero of the people. Why don’t I see more plays? Because there’s no daily shows at seven and digital copies

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I’m not certain you celebrate easter or not, she mails me from a country far away. Girl: I do celebrate Easter, the traditional Christian way. I get a day off, stuff myself with chocolate and hear the radio news quoting Ratzinger ‘thanks all for flowers’.

Our very own Cardinal Daneels was worried about the brutal [...]

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7/4/2006

op 7 mei 2006 door

Opposite me on the subway, a young girl watching a stroller. As the rushed me by to check on the baby, her fragrance reminded me of old mysterious candy stores. As I searched for words to ask for its name, the doors opened to a station. A terrible stinch filled the wagon, cabbage of some [...]

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3/4/2006

op 3 mei 2006 door

It feels bad to see a coworker you like leave. You want them to, because they say it’s best, you wish them great new projects in a new environment. Yet you want they to stay to talk over lunch, exchange design tips and Sushi recipes. I’ll keep checking your site for great designs [...]

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