Archive for September, 2008
Still on the Beach
Posted in Photos on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All That Talk
Posted in Speaking, tagged Toastmasters on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The speech.
I know I talk a lot about speeches and toastmasters but as I tell people about my speaking and toastmasters it’s quite surprising the amount of people who’ve never heard of the organisation and know nothing about it.
It’s not simply about picking a topic and then getting up and talking about it, there is [...]
Grounded
Posted in Photos, The Netherlands on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A grounded kite
Words and Images
Posted in Books, Life, Photography, Speaking on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Words and images fill my days.Written words being this month’s book group choice “Maps for Lost Lovers” and I’m back to the usual race against time, this time I don’t think I’m going to win. It’s not a book that can be rushed. He writes in such a style about a Pakistani community living in [...]
Double D
Posted in Language, The Netherlands, tagged Dutch on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My life is filled with words and images these days, though not too many of them Dutch. Well, there are plenty of Dutch words in my life, I see them as subtitles on the television, in the free newspapers that everybody reads on the train and in the jokes and conversations that buzz around me [...]
On the Beach
Posted in Photos, The Netherlands, tagged beach, Scheveningen on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Buy Buy Buy
Posted in work on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been strange in work the last couple of weeks, there’s been this sense of being in the midst of the action yet being removed. The whole world is falling apart and there I am in a bubble, watching.
My new job is in a financial trading company and it’s certainly given me a new understanding [...]
Pieces of Edinburgh 5
Posted in Photos, Pieces, tagged Edinburgh, knight on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Far from the castle, standing proud outside a shop which was having a sword sale.
Pieces of Edinburgh 4
Posted in Photos, Pieces, tagged Edinburgh on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More steps…
Pieces of Edinburgh 3
Posted in Photos, Pieces, tagged Edinburgh on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Edinburgh is all about hills and steps and narrow alleys