The weekend ended even better than expected. Right after posting my previous post, I lay down on the sofa for a small nap. About 20 minutes later I woke up from a text-message on my mobile. I didn't recognize the number, so my heart started beating faster. And yes, it was Philip sending a message. He just asked me how I was doing. Of course ( Read more... )

This weekend was really nice. On friday I just stayed home and enjoyed a quiet night. Yesterday I ordered my wooden floor for my apartment. In the afternoon I went with Michel to the Tefaf, the world's biggest art and antique fair, in Maastricht (Netherlands). It was amazing. I saw the most beautiful paintings and sculptures. And of course I ( Read more... )

Yesterday I got a mail from Janaki. She said hello to those she knows. She wrote that the day before Sripad Damodara Maharaja came to her and asked how I was doing and when I was coming to India. He told her to tell me I got the accident because I wasn't coming to India yet. :-) I'm always amazed he remembers me and asks about me. I wanna go ( Read more... )

This afternoon my team of work had a tour trough a educationcenter from my work in another city. So we first had a meeting, a break and than a tour trough the classes. During the break I went outside to sit in the sun with 2 colleagues. 1 of them had just returned from India last sunday. So we started a very deep conversation about India, but ( Read more... )

I just read the most amazing thing. I read on the tour-report of the Mayapura-parikrama that a Western devotee called Pradyumna Misra Prabhu received sannyasa and is now called Bhaktivedanta Vaishnava Maharaja ( Read more... )

It's been quite a while, but I am giving course again this week and I spend so few time behind the computer this week, which is sometimes good i guess ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went to Maastricht with Jorge and Luc. It was quite nice. We went to this bar we know well and ran into many familiar faces. Some of them I hadn't seen for years, so that was really cool ( Read more... )

I just read a whole bunch of the names that are playing of Graspop this year. I look forward seeing: Iron Maiden, Slayer, Type o negative, Ozzy Osbourne, Amorphis, Dimmu Borgir, Thin Lizzy, Aerosmith, Celtic Frost, Children of Bodom ( Read more... )

Yesterday at art-academy I finished my painting of Garuda. Garuda is portrayed as as man, but with a vague beak. The background is dark, but Garuda has some warm colors. His expression is sad again (of course), but maybe he is just missing Vishnu ( Read more... )

your favorite myth: Anything dark and obscure, especially the ones that happened close to where I live ( Read more... )