I handed my dear Flemmish girlfriend a brochure on all things Australia, in an attempt to try and sell the idea of a holiday this Christmas. She was impressed by the idea of a “Yarrah Valley’ with its 50 wineries and many tasty restaurants, though she couldn’t help but laugh at the idea of a [...]
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Kaka doen!
September 13, 2009
From Flanders Fields: Lemonade
July 28, 2008
In Flanders, Lemonade does not necessarily mean Lemonade.
In the classical sense, the word typically indicates a mixture of water and lemon juice. In the delightfully bland industrial sense, it may indicate sugar and carbonated water.
However in Flanders, Lemonade can be anything from Coke, to Orange Syrup.
AMAZING DISCOVERY.
Awerty; I love you; I ,iss you: The Q is supposed to be q A:
February 25, 2008
Everytime I come back to my dear office in Belgium, I am confronted by a painful argument between my computer and my keyboard. It usually goes like this:
Keyboard: “CTRL+ALT+DELETE plz”
Computer: “aight. Login!”
Keyboard: “Username is ‘Be326753′”
Computer: “What? Be”é§è(“?”
Keyboard: NO. NO. NO. NO.
Repeat process, though blinded, for the password. At least twice. On the [...]
Belgium vs. Italy vs. Belgium vs. ?
February 11, 2008
I started this blog in the opening hours (days) of 2008 with one intention: To blog my path from ‘Australian-Living-in-Belgium-But-Really-Living-In-Italy‘ to ‘Australian-Living-In-Belgium-And-Sometimes-Holidaying-In-Italy -Or-Going-There-For-A-Meeting-Or-Something’.
Unfortunately though, my plans of personal transformation came unstuck, as I have already spent a half of what has already been 2008 working my way through dear Italia.
Alas.
I have worked on a few [...]
