Fundamental difference

There is a fundamental difference between having a 7.30 a.m. wake-up call and a 7.30 a.m. conference call!

Why is nobody writing Xanga entries anymore? Where are all the happy, exciting, flamboyant and naughty stories?

Have we all become...adults?

I'm free!

Always a good feeling to create an out-of-office reply message.

Missed my flight this morning to the NL as my alarm was broken. Just booked a new one that costed 3x more than the original one.

Going to Beijing tomorrow.

Morale of the story: work hard, enjoy life but never book an early flight again.

One piece

A lot has happened since my last entry, which seemed like ages ago. What have I done in these couple of months? Hmmbtained my GVB golf licenseompleted all my coursework and my master thesisad farewell dinners with friends, families and foes.

After a 6.5 hours long ferry trip and 1.5 hours train ride, yesterday I finally managed to reach London alive in one piece.. (well, including the trolleys and bags I was carrying along it was actually four pieces.) By contrast, an ordinary flight Amsterdam-London by plane normally only takes a mere 45 mins. It's surprising what a fool is willing to do in order to carry along an extra pair of jeans or two, huh?

Just wanted to let you know I still alive and well.

(for the time being...)

No fancy first-class upgradesoyal treatmentsavish corporate expenses?

(for the time being??)

The absurdity of situations in golf

Today written exam for golf has been driving me nuts for a couple of days.

Yes, you read this correctly: a ritten exam?for a sport!

Can you imagine how many silly rules this entlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden?game has? Welloo many in my opinion.

For two days, my mind was stuffed with tiresome golf terminology, used in endless many absurd situations:

1 or 2 penalty strokes ?match play or stroke play - normal or lateral water hazards ?loose impediments or obstructions ?abnormal ground conditions ?provisional balls  - Stableford point count - ough? airway?or reen??blue, yellow, red or white signs - threesomes, foursomes, three balls, four balls, gang-bangs?/SPAN>

At least 2 days of hardcore studying weren for nothing and I passed the test satisfactorily.

My mission now consists of practising a lot and pass that practical golf exam as well, in order to obtain that stupid golf license before summer starts.

For the ones who think I exaggerate about the absurdity of situations layed out in my exam book, I have sketched you a similar real-life situation and you can test for yourself:

After a seemingly perfect first stroke, (high and far up in the air, albeit a little bit off-direction) you find your ball in the following situation:

What do you do?

A)    The turtle is an utside agency?and has taken your ball. You have to drop a new ball at approximately the same place where the turtle has stuffed the ball in its ass and you can continue your play without penalty.

B)     You must pull the ball out of the turtle ass, but who wants to do that? No one elite enough to play golf, that is. Alternatively, you are allowed to declare your ball as nplayable?and strike a new ball at your previous spot. Penalty: one stroke.

C)    You wait until the turtle has stopped moving (and grinning at you), after which youl strike hard! Ball including turtle must fly high up in the air, enabling the ball to be detached from the turtle automatically. Take that, bitch! Watch out for the water hazard though.

D)    None of the above

Answer:

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D) None of the above. Why should you? You got a ole-in-one?

I've done the trick