Last Friday I had a scheduled discussion with my boss about the results I'll meet coming year; I had a quick look at it and I did realize that it was on my account and depended on coorporation with other collegeas, more or less specified, if I 'll meet the goals. Sunday I overlooked it once and I read about goals which are no up to date anymore. I went to bed and slept well till Monday morning.
When I woke up I had a positif feeling but strangly when I went downstairs to get my bike I suddenly had an awkward feeling that it would be a problematic day.
I didn't pay really attention to it. It became obvious at work at 9am I had planned a short consultation with my co worker. But it became a long one. We discussed both results and the goals we've to meet. Only at 12pm we were ready. Oh my, it's much time we spend but we made some changes in our interest.
I didn't feel comfortable with the situation knowing that I still got so much work to do.
I wrote some alterations/suggestions down and sent an email to my boss.
Tomorrow at 10 am I've another meeting so I stop writing in order to be sharp tomorrow.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Inauguration
Everything worked out. Nothing happened on the day Obama could call himself president. Okay it worried me that they organization did keep up with the time schedule. It made me nervous. 12pmm, no oath, no president, new election. Oh my god everywhere little men calling themselves George W. Bush, George A. Bush, George B. Bush, George C. Bush, John McCain, A. McCain, F. McCain. They shout McCain for President. Oh my, skip Aretha Franklin peforming on the spot. Let Barack H. Obama swear his oath on the spot. It was only a dream. Than the judge and Obama came forward for the oath. This is the finishing touch.
Then my deception came, it was a sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band feeling.
I heard songs from the past but still present, I saw faces from long ago, I heard a dream which came true and I heard that at 12pm Obama was already President without swearing the oath.
Then my deception came, it was a sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band feeling.
I heard songs from the past but still present, I saw faces from long ago, I heard a dream which came true and I heard that at 12pm Obama was already President without swearing the oath.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Israel, Palestine -seize fire-
Yesterday Israel said that they met their goals. Today the Palestinians answered with a seize fire. Hopefully they stop the war efforts.
Probably this hope is idle because Hamas will succeed to rearm itself. That will allow Israel to attack again.
The stupidity of Israel is that they don't see that suppressed people will finally get away with the suppression. They'll fight for it.
I don't think Hamas is the right party for the Palestinians but they chose them in a democratic election. Why shouldn't the western world talk to them. Maybe they could learn some international diplomacy and that words are easier than the bombs they use.
Hamas has to build Palestine up from the bottom. Maybe the UN has to help the Palestinians as the UN does for many countries with a poor administration. Maybe even the EU could help. They got some expertise on the Balkan.
Economically a port in Gaza-city could boost the internal economy. That port has been hardly used. Hamas really didn't stimulate the economy. That's what they should do now.
A fishing industry for the local economy, outsourcing cheap labour to Israel, export of agricultural produce, tourist industry, maybe even a tax haven. And if the Jews are smart with money, why aren't the Palestinians? At least, the Hamas-leaders aren't.
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I was watching the inauguration concert on Sunday 18 January, when I heard the song "higher Ground". The melody was very familiar. Looking on the internet it was RHCP's song. Originally Stevie Wonder's.
The lyrics
It's just as my neighbor said lately when we discussed life and death.
She believes that there will be a next time on earth till life is okay. Then there will be a next level. It's actually the hope she has that everything will be different and better when she leaves the bad times behind her.
Probably this hope is idle because Hamas will succeed to rearm itself. That will allow Israel to attack again.
The stupidity of Israel is that they don't see that suppressed people will finally get away with the suppression. They'll fight for it.
I don't think Hamas is the right party for the Palestinians but they chose them in a democratic election. Why shouldn't the western world talk to them. Maybe they could learn some international diplomacy and that words are easier than the bombs they use.
Hamas has to build Palestine up from the bottom. Maybe the UN has to help the Palestinians as the UN does for many countries with a poor administration. Maybe even the EU could help. They got some expertise on the Balkan.
Economically a port in Gaza-city could boost the internal economy. That port has been hardly used. Hamas really didn't stimulate the economy. That's what they should do now.
A fishing industry for the local economy, outsourcing cheap labour to Israel, export of agricultural produce, tourist industry, maybe even a tax haven. And if the Jews are smart with money, why aren't the Palestinians? At least, the Hamas-leaders aren't.
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I was watching the inauguration concert on Sunday 18 January, when I heard the song "higher Ground". The melody was very familiar. Looking on the internet it was RHCP's song. Originally Stevie Wonder's.
The lyrics
People keep on learnin
Soldiers keep on warrin
World keep on turnin
Cause it wont be too long
Powers keep on lyin
While your people keep on dyin
World keep on turnin
Cause it wont be too long
Im so darn glad he let me try it again
Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
Im so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin
Till I reach the highest ground
Teachers keep on teachin
Preachers keep on preachin
World keep on turnin
Cause it wont be too long
Oh no
Lovers keep on lovin
Believers keep on believin
Sleepers just stop sleepin
Cause it wont be too long
Oh no
Im so glad that he let me try it again
Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
Im so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin
Till I reach my highest ground...whew!
Till I reach my highest ground
No ones gonna bring me down
Oh no
Till I reach my highest ground
Dont you let nobody bring you down (theyll sho nuff try)
God is gonna show you higher ground
Hes the only friend you have around
Fade
It's just as my neighbor said lately when we discussed life and death.
She believes that there will be a next time on earth till life is okay. Then there will be a next level. It's actually the hope she has that everything will be different and better when she leaves the bad times behind her.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
How's life?
So much is going on these day's.
- Israel is bombing Hamas (unbelievable why civilians, especially children and women aren't in shelters. Are they used as human shields?) and the world community is not doing it's utmost to seize fire, or is it?
- The financial credit-crunch is still going on. The impact on the man in the street is growing.
- Obama is only one week away from his presidency.
- Hillary Clinton is almost minister of foreign affairs (is this the name?) She wants the USA to lead the free world again. This leadership needs support of the allies.
When writing this I think allies will always support. It only depends on how far the allies will support the USA. Obama won the election with faith and change. That's what there must be. The situation has changed dramatically in the past years. 8 Years Bush did harm the USA and the world.
- Holland has an obligation to be in Afghanistan in a peacekeeping and rebuilding role till 2010. We might support the Afghanistan mission after 2010.
- In Holland the ice is melting but the winter isn´t over.
- In the Ukraine are again troubles with Russia about the gas-supply to Europe. Eastern Europe is held hostage to to supply gas because the Ukraine in it's role as distributor has debts to Russia. In the midst of winter Hungary, Romania, Slovakya, the Tsjech republic, Germany, Poland have gas shortages. This happening for the 3rd year now. People already died of the cold. The Russians are unreliable from this point of view. Maybe the Ukraine plays a role in it I don't know. They have the benefits of the doubt.
- Life is okay. I got a new coffee machine which makes good coffee. Having a cup of coffee I write my blog. I still cycle, even in winter. After Christmas in the cold dry weather I cycled in total 200K. I feel fine.
- 2 day's ago I made a trip of 50K and found a photo camera, worth €150,=. I made a call of it with the Municipality I found it. The Internet makes life very easy.
- What's not going very well is my neighbor. The cancer is poisoning her liver. However she gets nutrition, she doesn't gain weight. So she decided 5 day's ago to stop the supply of nutrition with a drain. She gets weaker day by day. Last time I saw her was December 27.
- Israel is bombing Hamas (unbelievable why civilians, especially children and women aren't in shelters. Are they used as human shields?) and the world community is not doing it's utmost to seize fire, or is it?
- The financial credit-crunch is still going on. The impact on the man in the street is growing.
- Obama is only one week away from his presidency.
- Hillary Clinton is almost minister of foreign affairs (is this the name?) She wants the USA to lead the free world again. This leadership needs support of the allies.
When writing this I think allies will always support. It only depends on how far the allies will support the USA. Obama won the election with faith and change. That's what there must be. The situation has changed dramatically in the past years. 8 Years Bush did harm the USA and the world.
- Holland has an obligation to be in Afghanistan in a peacekeeping and rebuilding role till 2010. We might support the Afghanistan mission after 2010.
- In Holland the ice is melting but the winter isn´t over.
- In the Ukraine are again troubles with Russia about the gas-supply to Europe. Eastern Europe is held hostage to to supply gas because the Ukraine in it's role as distributor has debts to Russia. In the midst of winter Hungary, Romania, Slovakya, the Tsjech republic, Germany, Poland have gas shortages. This happening for the 3rd year now. People already died of the cold. The Russians are unreliable from this point of view. Maybe the Ukraine plays a role in it I don't know. They have the benefits of the doubt.
- Life is okay. I got a new coffee machine which makes good coffee. Having a cup of coffee I write my blog. I still cycle, even in winter. After Christmas in the cold dry weather I cycled in total 200K. I feel fine.
- 2 day's ago I made a trip of 50K and found a photo camera, worth €150,=. I made a call of it with the Municipality I found it. The Internet makes life very easy.
- What's not going very well is my neighbor. The cancer is poisoning her liver. However she gets nutrition, she doesn't gain weight. So she decided 5 day's ago to stop the supply of nutrition with a drain. She gets weaker day by day. Last time I saw her was December 27.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Thursday, January 08, 2009
time and ice
A few hours ago I finished the 4th day of the working week. My goal to have dinner earlier is working. The food is cooking. This evening sauerkraut and a sausage is on the menu.
Meanwhile I listened to the radio, a discussion about the introduction of the Euro 10 years ago.
Yesterday I thought about time. How a day felt when I was 10 years old compared to now, so many years later. Yesterday it was a busy day for me and when I finally did the dishes I realized that when I was a little boy time felt the same.
One day I had a busy school day. After school I played (mostly soccer, the European football) outside with the other kids in our neighborhood. When it was time to go home to have dinner with my father, mother, sister and little brother the day was almost finished. But there was a children program on the only TV-channel we had. That expanded the day and made it long.
Yesterday the day was long. But with washing the dishes the evening fell. The time after that last action was an extension of the evening. It almost felt like the years when I was a little child.
It's cold in the Netherlands and Europe in common.
In Germany temperature dropped to-33 degrees C. In Utrecht it was -10C. The Dutch attack the ice, they made a track on the ice floor and then they are ice skating.
The media is giving the low temps since X-mas much attention. Now they even talk about the E-word. You shouldn't talk about. It's the famous and heroic Elfstedentocht.
When I talked with my mother on January 1th she said something about the low temps and that if the freezing temperatures remain an Elfstedentocht would be possible, we had almost quarrel about it and certainly different opinions. Last week ice didn't get any better in Friesland.
Temperatures on January 6th 10:20pm.
I live in the centre of the map, the darker blue area, while Friesland is in the light blue (under the 3rd and 4th island from the left)
Of course so much happens in the world today. War in the Gaza, economic crises everywhere and so on. But the Europeans got to count their savings.
Where would the Europeans be today if they didn't have the Euro, where would the world be if the Euro wouldn't exist. 1999-01-01 Is the day introducing the euro- as an accounting currency. 2 Years later the physical coins and banknotes were introduced. That was a negative part of the whole conversion. The Dutch had to let go their famous Guilder, our Gulden, the golden coin, a save haven times long ago. But in today's turmoil it would have any change to keep it's worth. 6 Years after it's physical introduction the Euro is a part of daily life in Germany, France, Belgium, Italy and in other countries.
Meanwhile I listened to the radio, a discussion about the introduction of the Euro 10 years ago.
Yesterday I thought about time. How a day felt when I was 10 years old compared to now, so many years later. Yesterday it was a busy day for me and when I finally did the dishes I realized that when I was a little boy time felt the same.
One day I had a busy school day. After school I played (mostly soccer, the European football) outside with the other kids in our neighborhood. When it was time to go home to have dinner with my father, mother, sister and little brother the day was almost finished. But there was a children program on the only TV-channel we had. That expanded the day and made it long.
Yesterday the day was long. But with washing the dishes the evening fell. The time after that last action was an extension of the evening. It almost felt like the years when I was a little child.
It's cold in the Netherlands and Europe in common.
In Germany temperature dropped to-33 degrees C. In Utrecht it was -10C. The Dutch attack the ice, they made a track on the ice floor and then they are ice skating.
The media is giving the low temps since X-mas much attention. Now they even talk about the E-word. You shouldn't talk about. It's the famous and heroic Elfstedentocht.
When I talked with my mother on January 1th she said something about the low temps and that if the freezing temperatures remain an Elfstedentocht would be possible, we had almost quarrel about it and certainly different opinions. Last week ice didn't get any better in Friesland.
Temperatures on January 6th 10:20pm.
I live in the centre of the map, the darker blue area, while Friesland is in the light blue (under the 3rd and 4th island from the left)
Of course so much happens in the world today. War in the Gaza, economic crises everywhere and so on. But the Europeans got to count their savings.
Where would the Europeans be today if they didn't have the Euro, where would the world be if the Euro wouldn't exist. 1999-01-01 Is the day introducing the euro- as an accounting currency. 2 Years later the physical coins and banknotes were introduced. That was a negative part of the whole conversion. The Dutch had to let go their famous Guilder, our Gulden, the golden coin, a save haven times long ago. But in today's turmoil it would have any change to keep it's worth. 6 Years after it's physical introduction the Euro is a part of daily life in Germany, France, Belgium, Italy and in other countries.
Monday, January 05, 2009
Back to work
After a holiday since December 25 today was the first day of being back in office.
This is the time for new resolutions. I have at least one: I have to start cooking earlier. I'm fed up eating at 8:30/9:00 pm.
Another thing I got to bear in mind is fail-ability and reflexivity, after reading books of Soros.
At work it's business as usual that means a lot of work to do. Tomorrow morning my co-worker and I have an evaluation of estimated costs in the future.
Tonight will be cold -10C to -15C. That's the cold we need to be able to organize a Dutch championship speedskating on natural ice over 100 kilometer. Probably it will be held on Thursday January 8. Tomorrow, maximum temperature -5C
It's crisis :(, but we can skate and that's good for the attitude of the Dutch.
This is the time for new resolutions. I have at least one: I have to start cooking earlier. I'm fed up eating at 8:30/9:00 pm.
Another thing I got to bear in mind is fail-ability and reflexivity, after reading books of Soros.
At work it's business as usual that means a lot of work to do. Tomorrow morning my co-worker and I have an evaluation of estimated costs in the future.
Tonight will be cold -10C to -15C. That's the cold we need to be able to organize a Dutch championship speedskating on natural ice over 100 kilometer. Probably it will be held on Thursday January 8. Tomorrow, maximum temperature -5C
It's crisis :(, but we can skate and that's good for the attitude of the Dutch.
Friday, January 02, 2009
A lecture
This long video of a lecture of George Soros.
It's about his book "The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crash of 2008 and What It Means" a book I'm currently reading (in Dutch of course, isbn 978-90-254-2951-5)
There is a lot of criticism on Soros and I don't know why. Of course he earned his money in a way many people disgust, but his theory is quite right. It's about fallibility and reflexivity.
It's about his book "The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crash of 2008 and What It Means" a book I'm currently reading (in Dutch of course, isbn 978-90-254-2951-5)
There is a lot of criticism on Soros and I don't know why. Of course he earned his money in a way many people disgust, but his theory is quite right. It's about fallibility and reflexivity.
Thursday, January 01, 2009
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