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Mind Boggling

Posted in Architecture, Thoughts on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

You know you really have a problem with procrastination when you even procrastinate thinking. On my old uni projects I always delayed making decisions. Even when drawing something I’d draw the easy lines first and refuse to ponder about the difficult, critical lines. It got so bad I’d spend hours fixing tiny details that are [...]

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Labour Day

Posted in Life on November 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »

On Labour day Johannes woke me up in the afternoon (with a hangover, no less) with the news that I was going to cook a meal for 11 of his friends that evening. It was for VCF, the “Flemish Cooking Federation”,  a practical (and political) inside joke they played on no one in particular. Every [...]

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Last Weekend

Posted in Life on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Today I managed to buy a bottle of Laphroaig single malt (a present for Johannes, mind you) without the guys at the local Sainsbury asking any pesky questions about my age. Either I look old or the staff were lax. Both aren’t good news.
Last weekend was an extremely expensive one. It was the fortnightly dinner [...]

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Credit Crunch Christmas

Posted in Life on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Santa couldn’t afford the reindeer chauffeurs.

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Belgium Preview

Posted in Life on November 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »

It’s just been 8 months, but it seems ages ago that the 4 of us, all of a sudden and without precedent, trooped off to Ghent, Belgium for a 6 month student exchange program. This friday I shall return for a weekend… and, very soon, I shall be reunited with my beers! oh my precious [...]

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Eat your heart out

Posted in Thoughts on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Two weeks ago I dropped by the newly-let studio after work and spent a couple of hours unpacking and fixing the furniture. During a heated session of screwing (ehem) I lifted my head up to grab the sheet of DIY Instructions and saw through the window that it was snowing. Lots of snow, falling steadily, [...]

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Posted in General on November 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »

So, apologies for disappearing for almost 3 weeks – I’ve been busy uprooting myself from the 2 month stay in Camden and moving elsewhere. Already Camden seems so distant away
The entire Internet registration thingy took about 30 hours from stepping into the store – efficient? I’d just like to think we got lucky.
Anyhow regular updates [...]

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