Shin
Nov
14

Sinterklaas arriving in Heerlen

Yesterday Sinterklaas arrived in Heerlen, an event we of course had to witness.
Unfortunately it was rather cold and Sint was running a tad late, so after he arrived and started letting kids get on stage one by one (and there were hundreds and hundreds of kids) we decided to get out of the claustrophobic mayhem and observe a bit from a safe distance while munching on some warm sandwiches instead.

Nov
12

Say what?

Daddy makes cake. The oven dings to indicate the cake is done.
Daughter 1 screams enthusiastically: “Ik wil cake!” (translation: I want cake!)
Immediately after daughter 2 (age 2) screams equally enthusiastically: “Ik moet poepen!” (I have to go poo!)

Oct
31

Dear daughter

thank you for defeating crushing us at Memory last evening. It made for a proud, if somewhat humiliating, daddy moment. Quite good for a 3 year old.

Jun
08

Dear daughter

Thank you for making even random trips to the grocery store more interesting, by pointing at the hottest woman around whenever mommy isn’t with us and screaming ‘mama’.

May
18

It’s the little things that count

Sometimes it’s just a stroll around the block

or acting goofy with the kids

or seeing them be happy.

Jan
09

So yeah…

obviously, following the last post, and the lack of posts thereafter, we got sucked back into the wonderful World of Warcraft.
So happy new year, bla bla bla, we’re back off to Azeroth.
This time as 2 paladins on an rp server. There’s not a lot of roleplaying but there’s no asswipes either, so double win. Me as a protection pala tanking and the missus as a holy paladin healing. Healadins apparently don’t suck, it’s just other players that suck. It’s a nice combo to play with, very strong and with lots of heal and AoE abilities at the same time.
I like. Good company, good times.

Dec
24

Happy holidays

2010, it’s been one hell of a ride. Goodbye and good riddance to it, bring on 2011.
But at the same time it’s made us stronger, better, and maybe more aware of what matters.
So bring on the holidays, they’re going to be happy indeed.

Happy holidays and best wishes to all of you, well some of you.
Merry Christmas and have a blast in 2011.

Dec
24

Stranded in the snow

I was supposed to work today, but the weather’s really gotten bad.
The parking lot behind the apartment complex here is totally snowed in, and there were a bunch of us trying to get out this morning, but to no avail. The cars are all just spinning in place, and even if you do get someone to help push the damn thing a few feet you’re stuck again. And again.
So we’re all working from home today. Yay for vpn.

Buses, mail delivery, nothing’s driving today. Even truckers are advised to stay home because a lot of trucks have gotten stuck. I can’t remember it ever having been this bad.
So much for global warming.

Dec
21

A snowy morning in Maastricht

This morning I dropped off Katelynd at the university in Maastricht, after which I had an hour or 2 to kill. So I decided to just walk around town and take some pictures before daylight fully kicked in. So enjoy the snow scenery.

I apologize for the picture quality, I left the Olympus at home and Kate had my iPhone, so I was left with only an HTC phone to pictures, and god they’re terrible.

Work in progress... not home!
Trying to get all/most of the new code working before I start on the eyecandy.