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John arrives
I pick up John at the airport
For those who don't know John surf to www.baeyens.net
That's the way I learned to know him. Strange one might say, well I am quite happy about it.
Internet does work as communication thing.
That's how he became my twinbro in e-space.
And suddenly he will be here in real-time. (never saw him before...)
I doesn't feel uncomfortable, it seems very normal in a way and I don't feel nerves for this 'blind date' as Sigal calls it.
We drive the rented car to the Dead Sea and then to Eilat.
Although I told him we would visit Tel Aviv, Jerusalem etc, I changed plans and decided to show him the 'real' Arab world, and then do Israel in a quicky.
My desert adventure of not to long ago wants to be repeated. I want to convince people this worldis so interesting, I want to have people feeling the same exitement I challenged some days ago.
Desertstorm makes bad sight, but I don't care. After an early dive in the Dead Sea and a dissapointing Massada (Mum, you missed NOTHING!) we arrive in Eilat. I drive into the city, to drink something, but a trafficjam and Benidorm alike people make me take a U-turn and head for Aqaba straight away.
And then it happens to us. As we cross the border we enter a different world. I feel comfortably home. John seems to enjoy it too and my only aim of this trip, giving him an impression of the Middle-East, seems to have worked already.
More has to come.
Snorkling and desertrips. But that's another day...
Posted on May 30, 2003
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Fishy
After a Middle-East breakfast (orangejuice) we head for the glassboat to snorkel in the 'Japanese gardens' -I wonder who called it that way, we ARE in the Middle-East...- where we swim amongst fish.
I used to look at Kristel's aquarium.
As the little glowing fish, the zebra-fish, the sardineschools swim around me and beautiful corals are beneath me, I wonder how one wants to have an aquarium.
I swim in the biggest aquarium of all.
For John this is not new, but I guess it stays as impressive every time...
Posted on May 31, 2003
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Camelrides and other stuff
So after the snorkling we went to the desert, Wadi Rum, here we come.
It's a great trip. It's a great trip again. John doesn't say a lot, but he likes, I guess.
The highlights are: I get to drive the jeep (which I adore and strengthens my hope for driving Paris-Dakar one day)
(John decides on exactly the same moment he doesn't want to join the same jeep that trip)
and secondly, we get to eat at a bedouinplace: great chicken (go to John's blog to see how to prepare the chicken...)
A 5 millionstarsky enlightens the night, but I fall asleep fast. A short sleep as in 5 in the morning we get the wake up call from 2 camels, taking us to see sunrise.
Really fast we experience seeing one driving it is easier than doing it ourselves. John falls of it. (I have to mention this, because that way I feel less stupid having felt of a horse...)
Although everything is different from the first trip, it is as great.
I look at John's eyes. They blink. So I am not they only one thinking this...
Posted on June 1, 2003
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Queens and deserts...
Today Tamar has a selection for 'queen of the desert'.
Out of 6000 women, she and 149 others got selected.
Today is the last selection. Only 40 will succeed and be able to go to Thailand with jeeps (//Camel trophy, but for women)
If you want to support her, drop a mail at tamare@bezalel.ac.il
From me this one:
Yalla, mami! Go for it!
The sky is never the limit...
Posted on September 22, 2003
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I see square circles
Sometimes you visite people because you have to, other times you do because you want.
Lately I have been running around to see those I wanted to see.
And it is great.
Arrive in an evening, ring a bell and say 'It is me'
A door that opens, a smile, a kiss.
Last year I believed that some things had changed, but by now I know they stayed the same.
We laugh for the same reasons, we think in the same way and sometimes different.
And that's ok.
Pink elephants in the sky... Always.
The hug was warm. Thanks all of you.
Posted on January 3, 2004
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Woman.
Some days ago, this wonderful woman said: 'I'm turning 38... It's kind of scary.'
I had to smile, but didn't say much. (Everybody thinks she's 26... and age is in one's mind, isn't it?)
But yesterday I started to read the book of Lieve Blancquaert and Betty Mellaerts. It is a photobook, but next to that it contains wonderful daily stories.
I had to translate these fragments...
"It started with the question of 2 men, asking me whether I felt like making a book on 10 women. The women could be anyone, from Flanders, or Holland, famous or not. The only thing in common: they had to be 40 or above.
I said yes.
It was said at the beginning: in this book we would choose for women who wake up in the morning and dare to look in the mirror, watch their wrinkles, and read the stories of their life in them. That they laughed, a lot. And cried, and worried. And that with time, there came peace, knowing who they are, and what they want.
And what the world thinks doesn't matter anymore.
Women, always somebodies mother, daughter, lover. But after forty, also and especially: themselves. Vulnerable and strong."
[Textfragment from Betty Mellaert, pictures © by Lieve Blancquaert]
Posted on January 14, 2004
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Artists and politics.
Radio 1 interviewed me some time ago on Jewish artist, 'How do they deal with the political situation'.
I remember that question as odd.
The answer is diverse, and contains as many diversities as there are Jewish artists. Just like a similar question in Belgium 'How do Belgian artists deal with VB' might end up with as many answers.
The image above is from a friend of mine. Jossi is a painter, and although his paintings are extreme vague and off politics, I found this one in an early collection that has something to do with his daily life.
I guess people in Israel just have to deal with their daily life, and thus it reflects in their doing. For a painter in his paintings...
Jossi is a great painter, and I simply forgot to ask him how much his paintings cost, because I would surely buy one. -He is gonna be big, I tell you...-
Enjoy his poetic whisperings...
Posted on December 15, 2004
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Ana got married!
Congrats!
-Brazil nor USA was a good place to get the rings on the right place, so they went to Canada.-
Her -little- wedding present is finally on the way...
Posted on January 12, 2005
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Reminder: expo in Minard
Expo on Sunday: in Minard. Check it here
in ccop with PhotoBlog.
See you there.
Posted on January 12, 2005
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Hakan
Akif, an avid photoblogger, but first of all a very good photographer/artist, has released a new series.
Visit at HakanPhotography
Posted on January 18, 2005
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A book
Breast Awareness was a project PhotoBlog participated in.
One of my pictures was chosen.
Such a thing is 'not real', until the moment you see the results.
Then you think: What the heck, I am published in a book in Beijing!
Moko, congrats again with that project.
Posted on January 20, 2005
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Go to a museum...
The Neuberger Museum of Art is situated directly across the street from the world-renowned Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens at the world headquarters of PepsiCo., Inc. Area restaurants offer light meals as well as more elaborate dining. A day trip to the Neuberger Museum could easily combine the PepsiCo Gardens, a gourmet meal, and a shopping expedition to a trendy, nearby White Plains mall or the upscale boutiques of Greenwich, CT.
I was chatting with Ana on studying in America, and somehow we ended up exchanging links.
She gave me a museum and referred to their exhibitions.
I checked on some more info and found the above.
Splendid advertisement: combine art and boutiques.
Posted on February 2, 2005
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She's back. And how.
Finally..
Posted on March 9, 2005
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Just got a beautiful e-card...
Thanks, sweet one ;)
Posted on May 21, 2005
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To Mocha and the other 'boyz'
Take care over there in Texas, Austin.
Posted on September 23, 2005
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Eid al-Fitr!
Happy Eid al-Fitr to all my friends.
Posted on November 3, 2005
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Freedom
I was so unhappy while in my home country 'cause I thought there's no atmosphere of freedom, but now I'm in a free country, how come I still feel unhappy. Then I understood that it's my heart, it's all because of my heart. My heart is not free, then no matter where I am, I can't be happy. I pushed myseld too much.
A remark from a close friend, though she is very far away.
Posted on November 25, 2005
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Getting 40 in Belgium...
I was low on blogging the last couple of days, since Tamar came over from Israel to celebrate her birthday.
She left couple of hours ago to the (warmer) Tel Aviv.
Lees meer "Getting 40 in Belgium..." »
Posted on February 6, 2006
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Free time in an Apple Store
What do you do when you have some free time and you happen to pass an Apple store?
Series here.
(Btw: these are the fabulous Sabine and Zabine)
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Posted on March 14, 2006
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Worlds of differences
Shel mailed me with the interview, and asked to send some pictures.
Meanwhile, Barbara, a journalist from Radio 1 was asking me some info on Israel since she is leaving in 2 weeks.
And here I am, longing to take that flight, and go back to my old friends...
See them.
And while scrolling through all the pictures, the memories come back...
Me in Gaza
Posted on November 21, 2006
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Dreams
People with dreams not so different from ours...
Taken in Gaza City, Feb 20 2002
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Posted on November 21, 2006
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Shel Israel: Global Neighbourhoods
Shel is releasing more and more on the new book...
Here is the TOC, and apparently Scoble is writing the foreward of this one.
Posted on January 2, 2007
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Vacature writes on blogging
and Sebastiaan Van Doninck, old pal, made the illustration.
Let's all run to the bookstore this Saturday to check what we are all about ;)
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Posted on March 6, 2007
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Expo: Annelies De Mey
Annelies De Mey was one of my favorite teachers at the Academy.
Today she's exhibiting at Fotomuseum Antwerp + in a gallery in Brussels (click to read more)
Worth checking out since it is really fabulous photography.
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Posted on March 16, 2007
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There she goes...
C (alias the Beautiful One *melting*) is in the air*...
Off to Equador.
You can track her stories at 'Soundscapes' (another reason why this blog was so silent lately: just too busy making her blog in record tempo...)
She's certainly gonna be on top in my feedreader.
Fingers crossed she's filling the thing...
*(weird delay though...she was already boarding at 10am..They left with 30 min delay...)
Posted on April 14, 2007
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Strong euro
I didn't pay attention that much, but the value of the euro raised and almost got to his highest level ever.
There are good and bad things about that, such as less import thus a stop of the economical growth, and sofort (which John can explain much more profound than I do.)
The nice thing I remember from it: I know someone who'll be particularly pleased by knowing she gets more dollars for her euro's in Ecuador.
I know another one who is also very pleased, and hopes this stays until she goes to South America to treat herself to a large room, in a nice hotel, preferably with pool...
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Posted on April 16, 2007
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