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Rice field in front of my uncle’s house just before the rainy season Have you ever flown? Took an airplane and flown across skies, far above the clouds, hanging in a tube with wings propelled by a couple of engines giving you that thrust to keep steady in the air?…Continue reading “About”

Mon, 7 May, 2018

Kampong Trippin’ (Final part in Malaysia’s East Coast Series)

I did not want to take that wiggling bridge again we took entering the docks I wrote about in Pt…

Tue, 1 May, 2018

Sobering Paris (A Paris Must Read!)

Parisyndrome Viva la Paris! Paris, the city of lights, love, the Seine, Louvre and a wealth of history and culture…

Mon, 16 Apr, 2018

Road Trippin’ Kedah Malaysia (with many pictures!)

Sunday morning, 15th of April 2018 After a long week it finally was Sunday. Weeks always feel too long, especially…

Body shaming is okay! and when not to love your own body

Tue, 8 May, 2018

Body shaming Body shaming is okay! At least, according that category of people that equates attitude against smoking with obesity, or, in their eyes the addiction to an unhealthy and…

Ooohhh that bloody cat and the birds!

Mon, 7 May, 2018

It was more than a year ago. I was sitting in the car, her old car, the Picanto when we still drove it. It was early morning, around 6-ish when…

Kampong Trippin’ (Final part in Malaysia’s East Coast Series)

Mon, 7 May, 2018

I did not want to take that wiggling bridge again we took entering the docks I wrote about in Pt 3 of this series. In little boy's excitement I did…

Get. Out. Of. Your. Comfort Zone and be Amazed! (Pt 3 in Malaysian’s East Coast series) (Many! pictures after text)

Sat, 5 May, 2018

Whenever you plan a travel, usually you plan with a certain expectation. Most of the time this expectation comes true and you have had a very nice travel but also,…

Stripping on the beach (Pt 2 in Malaysia’s East Coast series)

Fri, 4 May, 2018

I am absolutely sure that everyone who reads this at some point wanted to strip naked and dive in the ocean to cool down on a hot humid day! and…

Women of the planet you rock!!! A random appreciation for all the hard-working women!

Thu, 3 May, 2018

This cartoon, don't know from who, is in a report I was reading about gender roles, specifically in poorer rural areas where the divide is bigger. The report is about…

Cars vs. Elephants (Pt 1 in the East Coast Malaysia series)

Thu, 3 May, 2018

Yeeey! Hadie and I had our anniversary on the 27th of April! That was another year of a very good life together, on distance at first but now, comfortably together…

The Awakening #Pancake-Force

Wed, 2 May, 2018

I am Dutch. And I seriously live a very good and content life here 10.000km away from the country I left. However. Some Dutch food I really always can eat or drink…

How a small gesture make other people happy

Tue, 1 May, 2018

Today was such a day, at least, a part of it. Before I was home permanently in Malaysia, Hadie spend quite some time with her parents. That's easy, it's the…

Sobering Paris (A Paris Must Read!)

Tue, 1 May, 2018

Parisyndrome Viva la Paris! Paris, the city of lights, love, the Seine, Louvre and a wealth of history and culture dating back all the way before the Renaissance. The most…