I'm no soccer fan, but boy am I excited for tonight’s game!
The Dutch play Portugal (the Euro2004 host) in the semi-final.... wow. Statistically the hosting country often does not make the final, so that would mean we can be in Sunday’s final.
I'll upload some pictures of one of my colleagues dressed for the game..... the things i have to deal with :)
Update: Here are the pictures of my colleague...
The Revalidation Division is discontinuing its domestic visa revalidation (reissuance) service. Basicly this means that when you have a visa and want to renew it, you have to leave the US to renew it. Obviously, when you don’t renew you have to leave the US too. The Department of State claims it’s not feasible to collect the required biometric indicator (fingerprint) from all visa applicants. It is required to do so according to the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act (H.R.3525).
More information can be found here.
Just a short post about our glorious victory over Sweden yesterday :)
Two of my favorite Orange fans:
Think He had time to listen?
Oh, and myself?
Well, i was kinda tired of our fun trip to Batavia Stad Outlet Shoppig earlier that day.
But i did enjoy the game!
We're going crazy over the Euro2004 :)
Take a look at these pictures. Yes, all this over soccer :)
Tomorrow we have to take on the Czech team.
The cafe at our streetcorner is getting ready, as you can see our street is relatively calm...
The Dutch Ministry of Justice started a XTC campaign. Instead of arresting XTC producers or dealers, they made a poster discouraging you to take your XTC outside The Netherlands.
The poster shows the jail sentence for possessing XTC in the USA (9 years), Spain (11), Thailand (6) and Germany (14). The poster refers to a website where important questions are answered like: Does smuggling XTC make you rich?
Nowhere on the site does it tell the sentence for possessing XTC in The Netherlands. So I asked a police officer. “Just a few pills won’t get you arrested.” The official policy appears to be that anything up to 0.5 gram of any hard drug won’t get you arrested. The drugs will be confiscated by the police. And probably they’ll resell it or use it them self. This is the policy though the law says you should get a 1 year sentence. Low priority, they say. More that 0.5 grams is not considered for your own use and has a maximum of 4 years in jail.
I think we should make up our minds in The Netherlands. Either it’s legal and we should stop spending money on posters and fake law enforcement, or it’s illegal and we should take the law seriously. But now it’s illegal and we allow it. That’s just weird. My guess? A majority of Dutch want drugs legalized but we are afraid for the rest of the World.
For the record, i've never used XTC.
Being Dutch i'll always be the better biker when i move to the USA.
Today during a lunchwalk i noticed commotion on the street. American voices where shouting "Stop! Turn around, we have to take a left." There was a group of about 25 Americans trying to take a cycling tour through The Hague. Dangerous!
As you can see (yes, that's my thumb) they where all over the place. You can clearly regonize them by the helmets. Can you spot the ones using the sidewalk on the left? Americans on bikes are so funny and they make cycling look extremely difficult :) Especially in the typicle traffic of a Dutch city.
You should read Erics observations about Dutch bikers: Rolling By, Beneath My Window. Eric is an American living in The Netherlands. I took this picture from his site; a Dutch biker...
Sweety is writing about the diner we had yesterday at Jazzclub Pannonica. It wasn't a real success. More about that (including pictures!) at Hello World It's Me, soon! If you're ever in The Hague, don't eat at Jazzclub Pannonica! We ended up having fun only because of the great people we went with.
There's just one thing that i have to add to me DCS (Dutch Customer Service) category. After diner, one of our friends walked up the stairs and the manager of the restaurant asked if she had enjoyed her meal. She awnsered "To be honest, not really." The guy just looked at her and walked away. Didn't even ask what was wrong!
Now that's DCS!
Tonight Sweety and i enjoyed a very tasty barbecue at her parents place. I had fun playing with my camera and enjoyed the nice weather :)
This are Sweet's mom and dad. Her mom always takes real good care of us and her dad is one of the best cooks i know. He makes the best Greek BBQ!
As you can see, Sweety is really looking forward to eating her Domaldes. On the photo they look a bit like shit, it tasted a lot better :) I just love Retsina - wine of the Greek Gods. I don't believe in them but i believe their wine :)
This is almost turning into a photo blog, but i just like playing with my camera phone...
This week i recieved the ugly pin for my ITIL certification.... remember the ugly logo? I really wonder who would go to work wearig a pin with that on it.
On the bright side, i passed another exam :) No new logo, it was a Microsoft exam but i'm already MCP and need to pass two more exams before i'm MCSA. No clue what i'm talking about? Just enjoy the picture :)
Sweety, the day after a long night out.
Ok, i know... it's been a while since my last post..... thanks for pointing it out Goodsnake, makes me feel like people actually like reading my humble little blog :)
