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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Rixensart







Chateau de Rixensart, Belgium - Jan 2007



By the creek near the chateau




The derelict chapel in the woods




Close up




Found this cross near the broken chapel


Going home

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

North Station, Brussels, Belgium, Jan 2007

Antwerpen Station, Belgium, Jan 2007




The gothic church in Arnhem, Holland

S-Hertogenbosch


S-Hertogenbosch


S-Hertogenbosch

Creative blend of old and new architecture at S-Hertogenbosch, Jan 2007

S-Hertogenbosch


Dutch weather

S-Hertogenbosch


I didn't know s-Hertogenbosch is such a beautiful town. With such a difficult name, I had avoided stopping by many times before.

Rosendaal

Waiting Room at Rosendaal Railway Station, Holland - Jan 2007

Louvain-la-Neuve


Louvain-la-Neuve


Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium - Jan 2007
University Town built after breaking off from the (Flemish) University of Leuven in the 60s. LLN was created in double quick time to address the crisis of the split. Those of you who know about Belgium know that there is a big gap of culture between the Flems and the Walloons. Some factions in the Flemish government still long for a day when they will split from the Walloons, who are not doing as well economically within Belgium.

Thursday, January 04, 2007

My Double Life :)




I am not in two places at one time, but i do live a double life.

In one, i live next to 300 hectares of wood and spend much of my time cleaning out leaves during autumn and chopping wood for fire during winter. Here, the air is very fresh and the surroundings quiet. Here, i enjoy the sound of nature: of birds singing and the trees swaying in the wind. Here, i converse in French and drive on the right side of the road.

In another, i live in this tropical island city state amidst dense skycraper residential estates. My favourite occupation here is roller blading by the sea and then having my ‘mee-pok ta’ (noodles) at my regular HDB heartland coffeeshop. Here I speak Singlish to make sure my orders are correctly placed and enjoy the casual, humid and sweaty environment.

Professionally, I am an information security specialist serving mostly banks in developed countries. In another, I sell environmental systems serving governments, mostly in developing countries.

Living a double life is fun, but it can be stressful, since I cannot be in two places at one time. Some people live a double life in two countries: one of them overt and the other covert and unknown to their spouse - making it a quadruple life!





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