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Hope you're feeling better Bonny. I'm doing much better since I discovered I'm extra sensitive to caffeine. I've given up coffee, which was a pity and
am now drinking tea instead, with much lower levels of caffeine and having a hot chocolate late evening, which has even lower levels of caffeine than
tea.
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Ah, that's a good discovery.
Back when I studied instruments with Rudolf Rasch, I had to wake up at 6AM to get to the most boring class teacher and listen to him trying to explain
things. No matter what it was, it was horrible. Back when I had music theory I from him, he tried to explain the difference between major and minor by
playing it out on the piano. I thought I'd never hear anything that awful in my life. But I was proven wrong during musical instruments class - it
turned out he plays the violin.
Rasch was a very nice person though. He's seen both FZ and Jimi Hendrix live back in the 60s. And he tended to make jokes without realizing it.
Anyway, back in those days, it took me four cups of coffee to get me going - I'd be shaking all over. One day I quit cold turkey, and every time since
that I've drunk coffee, I had a terrible stomach ache.
But I do drink lots of tea.
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Coffee is not good for us. Says the guy who's just sipping a mug of hot black coffee. 
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Still fighting the black... 
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Dad and I went to visit a flea market. Considering the extremely bad weather we've been having with heavy rains on a daily basis, we both brought an
umbrella and I had my raincoat. And we could use them, oh boy. Heaven tore open at one point. An unfortunate seller I was talking to told me he wasn't
prepared for the rain as he'd checked one of those weather radar sites, which said it wouldn't rain until 5.
Props to the DJ who displayed great humour in playing It's Raining Men after the rain stopped.
Came home with a great book with 19th century knitting patterns.
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Still on a picture hunt: here are two of the images I'm still looking for:
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I found the bottom one of those, so now I just need 2 more. Am planning to do a comedy write-up on Lotus.
Today I went to the town to get a new ID.
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The change from coffee to tea seems to be going quite well. I've been through periods in the past where I was either full on into coffee or gave up
caffeine entirely and both of those approaches didn't seem to work out for me. Realising I have a sensitivity to caffeine and sticking to drinks with
low levels of caffeine seems to have done the trick. I grew up drinking tea and chocolate milk shakes and even when I took up coffee in my teens it
was mostly only instant which is not as strong as properly brewed coffee.
Just now at the end of week five of semester two, seven to go. So far managing to stay on top of the work. It feels good and I'm hoping I really have
finally found the subjects that suit me.
Lotus? New ID? Who are you now?
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I'm Seremela Leralonde, of course. This name was given to me by an Elvish priest.
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I put that name in Google and it came with a member on Gaia, whatever that is.
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I pulled it out of a Random Name Generator once and rather liked it, possibly because of the relation to the name of Primus's guitarist.
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For Punky: last Sunday in August is the day of the parade in Heeze: the Brabantsedag.
http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?news/216100262/Optocht+van+Brabantseda...
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Found the last painting in the art search! Yeah!
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Quote: Originally posted by BBP  | For Punky: last Sunday in August is the day of the parade in Heeze: the Brabantsedag.
[url]http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?news/216100262/Optocht+van+Brabantsedag+in+Heeze+maakt+indruk+Vriendenkring+van+Gaal+algemeen+winnaar.aspx
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Thank You!
It's amazing to me it's already that time of year... and past again.
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http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?video/89037732/Samenvatting+Brabantsed...
Here's the entire summary!
Themes of the carts is headlines of newspapers:
1: military chapel of St Oedenrode about the accidental shooting of a musician who was fishing and got caught in WW1 shootings. The Netherlands was
neutral, but St Oedenrode's not far from the border.
2: The gang of Oss. Criminalty in Oss was rampant from 1888 (when a military man was murdered) to 1934, with 29 murders, numerous robberies and
burglaries and arson in the not very large town.
3: Rebuilding of the Station of Eindhoven. Before, there were no tunnels, and whenever a train came by it caused major traffic jams. In the 50s the
tunnels were dug.The tower with the clock is a notable element of the new station, colloquially known as "the radio".
(Interview with major of Heeze)
4: Norwegian influences on Tilburg student life, featuring the entry ritual, the song Io Vivat some vikings.
5: EIndhoven 1935: legendary Dutch player Max Euwe plays world tournament match against Aljechin.
6: Aalst in Belgian Brabant: a Punch & Judy show got cancelled.
(interview with retiring chairman of Brabantsedag)
7: Winners Vriendenkring Van Gaal about emigration to Canada in the 1920s.
(interview with cultural mascotte and singer/songwriter Gerard van Maasakkers)
8: Philips (Eindhoven company) sport company foundation. Still one of the major employers of this province.
9: Introduction of traffic lights. L indicates a learning driver.
10: Arrest of jews in hiding in WW2
11: New church in Woensel (part of Eindhoven). Rise and fall of the Catholic church: this particular one had construction started in 1913, but
wouldn't be a church for 50 years. It was converted into a children's playground, where I was a lot as a kid.
12: Centralization of dairy industry.
13: Rebuilding the heavily bombarded city of Eindhoven. In WW2, the city was bombed 3 times, twice by the Brits (one a very major one with over 170
casualties on St Nicholas, our Christmas) and once by the Germans in an attempt to stop the allied forces in their tracks on 19 September 1944.
14: Clock of Amer-powerplant. The real-life plant has a gigantic clock, 10 meters high. Love the little shot of the church clock. It's a clock by
famous company Eijsbouts in Asten.
(interview with audience, weather, come here often? Funny moment when she mentions she's from Eersel, which has a bond with 7 other villages called
Acht (8) Zaligheden, but the host mentions 7 Zaligheden. )
(interview with kids, both liked the Philips sport cart best)
15: Flower parade of Zundert, biggest dahlia parade in the world. Voice by the actual host of the Bloemencorso.
(interview with the host. "You're a week too early!" "Oh it's a week too early! I was wondering why there were so few flowers on the carts!")
16: Creation of labour in 1936 during the low points. Population dug the sewer system in Eindhoven.
17: Last cart: Man and Machine. Based on an article from another province where they mention they're working so hard in Brabant. The men at the arms
of the cart have to hang on that machine for three hours.
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It is a rainy day here. Perfect to sit inside and watch a parade! 
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Today I watched a Japanese horror movie and saw a spider in the bathroom.
The spider scared me most.
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| Quote: Originally posted by BBP | http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?video/89037732/Samenvatting+Brabantsed...
Here's the entire summary!
Themes of the carts is headlines of newspapers:
1: military chapel of St Oedenrode about the accidental shooting of a musician who was fishing and got caught in WW1 shootings. The Netherlands was
neutral, but St Oedenrode's not far from the border.
2: The gang of Oss. Criminalty in Oss was rampant from 1888 (when a military man was murdered) to 1934, with 29 murders, numerous robberies and
burglaries and arson in the not very large town.
3: Rebuilding of the Station of Eindhoven. Before, there were no tunnels, and whenever a train came by it caused major traffic jams. In the 50s the
tunnels were dug.The tower with the clock is a notable element of the new station, colloquially known as "the radio".
(Interview with major of Heeze)
4: Norwegian influences on Tilburg student life, featuring the entry ritual, the song Io Vivat some vikings.
5: EIndhoven 1935: legendary Dutch player Max Euwe plays world tournament match against Aljechin.
6: Aalst in Belgian Brabant: a Punch & Judy show got cancelled.
(interview with retiring chairman of Brabantsedag)
7: Winners Vriendenkring Van Gaal about emigration to Canada in the 1920s.
(interview with cultural mascotte and singer/songwriter Gerard van Maasakkers)
8: Philips (Eindhoven company) sport company foundation. Still one of the major employers of this province.
9: Introduction of traffic lights. L indicates a learning driver.
10: Arrest of jews in hiding in WW2
11: New church in Woensel (part of Eindhoven). Rise and fall of the Catholic church: this particular one had construction started in 1913, but
wouldn't be a church for 50 years. It was converted into a children's playground, where I was a lot as a kid.
12: Centralization of dairy industry.
13: Rebuilding the heavily bombarded city of Eindhoven. In WW2, the city was bombed 3 times, twice by the Brits (one a very major one with over 170
casualties on St Nicholas, our Christmas) and once by the Germans in an attempt to stop the allied forces in their tracks on 19 September 1944.
14: Clock of Amer-powerplant. The real-life plant has a gigantic clock, 10 meters high. Love the little shot of the church clock. It's a clock by
famous company Eijsbouts in Asten.
(interview with audience, weather, come here often? Funny moment when she mentions she's from Eersel, which has a bond with 7 other villages called
Acht (8) Zaligheden, but the host mentions 7 Zaligheden. )
(interview with kids, both liked the Philips sport cart best)
15: Flower parade of Zundert, biggest dahlia parade in the world. Voice by the actual host of the Bloemencorso.
(interview with the host. "You're a week too early!" "Oh it's a week too early! I was wondering why there were so few flowers on the carts!")
16: Creation of labour in 1936 during the low points. Population dug the sewer system in Eindhoven.
17: Last cart: Man and Machine. Based on an article from another province where they mention they're working so hard in Brabant. The men at the arms
of the cart have to hang on that machine for three hours. |
I did not see this before!
It should be in a wiki somewhere, or something.
Example of how the Dutch honor and remember their peoples and past accomplishments and losses. In a parade!
Such a fine tradition.
Thanks for writing all this out - and in English, too!
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There's a nice online collection for Brabantsedag, see if I can dig it up...
www.brabantsfaam.nl
Jaren for years, groepen for groups.
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Have little to report... been trying to look onto DeviantArt but they've been down for me for a considerable time now: three days. Of course now when
I actually have stuff to upload.
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