After all those NewYear's drinks and parties, time for some Culture (with a capital C) this evening; at the NTGent Wouter, Katrijn and I went to the dernière of the "Oresteia". The story was a nice refresh of my knowledge about ancient Greec mythology but the play itself was almost perfect: intelligent decor, great actors and funny greek sentences ;-)

I'm finally home, left here about 21 hours ago for Louvain-la-Neuve. During the morning I worked, in the afternoon we were invited on NEXT's New Year's Party and this eveing Accenture had his New Year's reception... However, reception isn't the right word: a very elegant and tastefull walking diner, and a great party afterwards :-) Still suprised I spent all those our away from home? :-p

Someone stole my mobile phone today! I'm really sad because there were some nice pictures, emotional sms's, etc. on it... and also because I had to save a lot of money to afford the device :'-(
I still hope the world is good, and that someone will find it and bring it back! But I'm afraid that that is a too naive approach...

Today, the city of Ghent organized a NewYear's drink for all its inhabitants: Wouter, Katrijn and I went there (although I'm officially the only of us that lives in Ghent... Merelbeke isn't part of Ghent - have I been thaught ;-)). Pierke Pierlala was singing, talking and such more, the St-Baafsplein was crowded and so we hardly felt the cold/strong wind.
Afterwards, we had lunch in a new place: Godot. I'm a big fan of the interior... and the food was fine too!
In the afternoon we went to the exhibition about Stanley Kubrick in the Craemersklooster. As it was the last day, there were extremely many visitors. Nevertheless, the expo was great and very beautifull: I want to discover other movies of Kubrick now!

Happy 2007!
Daisy, Marijke, Johanna and I celebrated old year's evening at my appartment with verrrrrrrrry good food :-) Around midnight, my brother, Bram and Liesbeth (two of his friends), and Wouter joined us. We drank champagne on my balcony, kissed, wished each others the best for the new year, etc.


ps. Also Bram putted some pictures on his blog: Me with my K750i photographed by Bram with his K750i and Jérémy and me.

It was cold, the sea was calm, the wind wasn't blowing too hard... I had a deep breath of sea air today in Knokke. (No pics - unfortunately)

Tonight, we went with a bunch of Accenture colleagues to the Pré Soirée in Café Local (Antwerp): Dimitri, Bob, Philippe, me, Johan, Noortje, Bart, Eric, Ines and some others partied until midnight. Then the lights went on and the music was turned off :-(

Merry Christmas!

Unfortunately, I have no pictures from the Christmas eve at my parent's place, nore from the the first Christmas diner I organised at my place - what a stress upfront. Both family gatherings were cozy and pleasant...

1/ Mum's chistmas tree's decoration is amazing.
2/ Rudolf waiting for Santaclaus picking him up...
3/ Fritz surrounded by cards from friends

Thanks to my daddy's efforts this morning, my bedroom has a fairy-like lighting now! I love my hoppy lamp and its shadow spots on the walls and ceiling! Sweet dreams...

The mist of yesterday hasn't gone yet; the fields along the E17 highway (Ghent-Antwerp) were pretty... pretty misty... this morning.

Btw, my grandmother is celebrating her birthday today: she's now 95 years old! Congratulations !!!

Where is the basilica of Koekelberg?!?

Not yet a park at the back of my appartment... Although, thanks to the rain of the last days, I'm overlooking a LAKE nowadays. I'm looking forward to ice skate on it if it starts freezing ;-)

Lille, France. The Christmas atmosphere was fake and the streets too crowded. Nevertheless, Marijke, Johanna, Daisy, Kathelijn and I spent a nice day :-)

The first cold morning this winter... In some places it was freezing. Along the E17 highway temperature was still 4°C but the sight on the landscape around was too beautifull to capture!

VTK organised its yearly galabal tonight. The location, concept and timing were different but it was a great party! It was just a pity that party animal Mieke was missing this edition...


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Time to celebrate my 'new' appartment: a real 4 course diner with my good friends :-) The afterparty in the city centre was funny and ended late (now)...

The prepartions are ready...

... during the diner.

In the context of the Creativity Forum, the major musea of Ghent organized tonight a special event: "Museumnacht" (the dutch word for "Museum Night"). They staid open untill midnight and worked around special themes. Together with Wouter DJ and Tom D I visited the Bijloke and the House of Alijn. At the first we found out more about Ghent past, present and future urban plans, the other should 'Super8' movies from the second half of previous century.


(left) Design for port by O.M.A.
(right) Presentation in chapel of Bijloke

Early this morning... I enjoy the sight while not enjoying the traffic jams :-s

After an extra long weekend (it included Monday), I used my 'moving home vacation' day to switch tires on my car, to pass by the "administratief centrum" of Ghent, and I even jumped in on the official opening of the President's meeting of BEST (organised by my former LBG, Ghent namely). The opening was very elegant: in the prettiest room of the city hall, with prince Laurent speeching and a reception afterwards :-) Somewhat melancholic I thought about the PM in Mamaia 4 years ago...

ps. Some pics of the prince & the audience (from my seat) !

"Le Cigalon" was our hotel for the weekend: a cosy place with magnificant food in the restaurant in the most beautifull region of Luxembourg, the 'Mullerthal'. Food and drinks (I'm a big fan of Luxembourg wines) filled our evenings, while we visited the MUDAM and a local wine farmer on Saturday afternoon.


The waterfall of Mullerthal was our Sunday visit...

The 330 km trip back home was far less pleasant :(