Internal Dialogue

For the Dutch section of SkyscraperCity I take photos of the new Rabotoren being built in Utrecht. Like thousands of other people I post construction updates consisting of many photos taken near the site so that others (who don’t live close) can follow the building’s progress.
In other countries, certain people have been asked by the [...]

As the above comment written on an assignment proves: (my) teachers aren’t always so bad…
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Fall has finally begun to show its colors. But where many people seem to be annoyed with the bad weather (especially the rain and wind), I seem to like it. I realize most people don’t enjoy getting wet, but [...]

A lonely streak of light briefly pierces through the thick cloud cover. Monday morning, Steenweg, Utrecht. I reflect on my expectation that most stores would be closed on Monday (shouldn’t they be?), but quickly forget about it as a group of Japanese tourists pass me in opposite direction. Someone on a bike traverses the narrow [...]

I can’t say that the near daily sessions of loud talking – sometimes shouting – and things falling and apparently breaking hasn’t caught my attention. As I wrote in an earlier blog here, the public safety in this part of the neighbourhood is on the decline. The situation is clearly not yet out of control, [...]

[entry in Dutch due to quotes and, well, just because it is]
Uit het dagelijks leven.
Stoptrein Utrecht Centraal – Baarn, ~23:00:
Omroepen van de conducteur / machinist:
“Het is lang, het is recht, station Utrecht Overvecht!”
Gelach.
“U zult het niet geloven, station Bilthoven!”
Meer gelach.

Last weekend I went to see The Dark Knight with a couple of friends. It was really very good. I’m always a bit hesitant when it comes to hyped movies like this, but this one really deserved it. I didn’t give it a 10 though – it wasn’t perfect. Besides, there is only one movie [...]

Does anybody really know their neighbors? Sometimes it seems like the closer we live to each other, the less we know each other. Take my apartment block for example: I see the faces, but I don’t know the people. Not that I’m particularly interested in meeting all of my neighbors, but it’s always nice [...]