Lost in perspective

On pretext of researching for my architectural anthropology presentation, i have been reading up on many diverse and frankly unnecessary topics, brought on by a fast increasing interest in the three interconnected subjects of history, economics and politics.
My tutor Marc Dujardin lectures about the role of anthropology in architecture, citing his own research in Bhutan [...]

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Misty

It was a misty night.
The day was showing the last vestiges of daylight when I walked Pepijn’s bike out of my house, borrowing it for the night because mine had a flat tyre. The mist was not so apparent when i waited with Flora for her bus. But as I started down the Poel it [...]

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Productivity

My, so productive:

Spa, Belgium

Wellingstraat
No, i didn’t just upload two pictures. each is a link to a set, click on them for entire sets in flickr! Half of the Wellingstraat pictures have been posted here. Not the other half though. Found out that flickr free service is rather gay so don’t think will continue on flickr [...]

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Creativity

It’s common to hear about artists, writers, musicians or related “creative” people struggling to feed themselves, or more specifically, feed their avant-garde, non-mainstream dreams. They received (or not) some education in some artsy subject, and then spend some time trying to “live their dreams” (strictly no mainstream, hear!) before starving and realizing their poems or [...]

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Spring

So, finally, something strange is happening here in Sint-Lucas… we are finally doing something! No seriously, i thought i was gonna spend my 6 months here getting fat on Belgian beer and idling. It’s nice to know that we’re actually expected to design an airport instead of just talking about it.
But, sarcasm aside, it might [...]

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Sneak Preview

Yes it’s really a sneak preview for something that’s coming soon. I can say so with utmost conviction because I’ve actually finished the set already (i know, wonders never cease). But, i will save my precious internet quota and upload it the next time I’m in school, either friday or monday. To Khaiyong: i will [...]

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Making history

The number one complaint of this blog is that there is no pictures… So, for the first time.. here you go… hahah

Wellingstraat – the street where i live, also the most happening street in the city. or maybe not.

I don’t think you really need captions for the pictures. They’re pictures of my house and pretty [...]

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Lazing my way to a healthier diet (and probably other things?)

Today me and Johannes spent a combined 157 euros on groceries. That’s a lot of food, and we are staying in a city where plastic bags aren’t free and students have bikes instead of cars. Needless to say, transporting almost 70kg of food back home on bikes was a logistical nightmare. Somewhere along the wobbly [...]

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Anger management II

On my usual mode of communication these days – email- a friend told me a story of a girl who was cheated by her then boyfriend of almost RM 20,000 over 2 or so years. I use the term cheated because the guy was not particularly faithful (hardly) so i refuse to call it a [...]

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