Sunday, October 7, 2007

Spring come





Some weeks pass by and all you did was work - hard. You feel more like a machine than human and a whole day in front of a computer or in meetings effeciently sucks out all life out of you. This is where nature does wonders to you. The strong redish colours never fail from astonishing me - I get so excited over the display of colours that I forget everything about long exhausting meetings or unhealthy rays from the computer screen. Funny how much time we spend indoor nowadays when nature is so much more fun to be in.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

pay back time






There is nothing/noone a good meal and some solid drinks can't buy - not even extra labor hours from parents who'd rather go shopping or taking a nap. After a long weekend working on a rather caotic apartment dex dexter and I invited our parents out for a nice meal and some drinks. I should have know my mother would take advantage of this and on purpose seek out the most expensive drinks on the menu. But then again they saved me from having to go through all the hassle of finding and having to pay for unreliable premium priced carpenters, painters, plummers etc......I guess a couple of long island iced teas are pretty cheap in comparison.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Pandora's box of all evil






According to the myth, Pandora opened a container jar releasing all the evils of mankind— greed, vanity, slander, envy, pining— leaving only hope inside once she had closed it again. This describes my feelings in a pretty exact manner having started the renovation of my new apartment. We naively thought it was merely a question of tearing down the ceiling and painting a bit here and there - how wrong we were. We are in utter dispair, it seems every day is one step forward and two steps back and all that is left is the hope. Or to borrow slightly from Martin Luther King's famous speech (and refrasing it somewhat) I have a dream that one day this apartment will rise up and live out the true potential of its creed.

Friday, August 31, 2007

Second wedding *****





Yet another wedding, and quite a funky and beautiful bunch of people I doubt the people participating resembled an average sample of the Danish population! Old traditions were celebrated, such as the men kissing the bride when the grome leaves the room and cutting off the socks of the grome. It was one of those nights you never want to end. ... I would defenitely rate it 5 stars out of five.

First wedding





The first wedding in 17 years - what better way than to witness two people (a dutch and a dane) confessing eternal love in an old British castle surrounded by people waiting on you and catering your every need... no words are needed the pictures tell the tale.

Monday, August 13, 2007

home sweet home




It really beats me how they can call it 'airport arrival service' - I mean it can't be argued that the 'airport arrival' part of the word is correct but the 'service' part is rather doubtful. Returning home from Spain my luggage was left in the bermuda triangle of travel bags, a place no airline or airport seem to know anything about. One week of imagining my bag drifting off in the stream of nameless bags never to return home finally came to an end Saturday - I felt almost 100% happy when bringing the bag home and seeing it on my door step - maybe there just is no bag bermuda triangle or maybe my bag just got away in time, but thank God it is back

Sunday, August 12, 2007

surf adventures=teenage holiday







Our intentions were pure, however what was supposed to be an active vacation learning how to kite surf ended up a more a teenage holiday than any vacation I have been on the last 13 years. But can you do when the weather doesn't allow you to kite surf and you somehow forget to eat because the drinks somehow are more compelling and tastier?! I didn't think I still had it in me to sleep very little and go out every night but apparently it is not that difficult when you have fun. I still really would like to learn the art of kite surfing and in our case we only got to the point of playing with the kite not actually trying it on water but until next year I will have to dream about those long exotic nights with a steady stream of malibu-coke and warm days at the beach admiring the tricks made possible. In those dreams I will leave out the bloody acidents with people getting their ears or other body parts cut off due to the strenghts and speed of the strings when the kite falls to the ground..