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30 juni 2009
Bye Class-A, hello Achmea
Today was my last day as an employee of Class-A . Some two months ago I started talking with Achmea about a position there. We were both convinced that there would be real nice opportunities. I have decided to take them up on the offer and will be joining their ranks as an architect. This means that... Read More...
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02 juli 2008
The cup is finally ours
Two weeks ago we (De Treffers from Rosmalen) played the waterpolo cup finals for the southern region of The Netherlands. I had been in the finals two times before, only to go home empty-handed. However, this time we crushed our opponents 17-4. This is the first time in the 40-year history of our club... Read More...
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03 april 2008
A new family member: Guusje Thissen
Today Lieke turned "Big Sister" (again) when our baby girl "Guusje Emerens Thissen" was born at 10:48 AM. Weighing an impressive 4.0 kg and measuring a good 53 cm Guusje is as tall as Lieke was at birth, but has a good kilogram over her. Both Guusje and mother Nicole appear to be... Read More...
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04 januari 2007
Tag, you're it. Quitsies, no anti-quitsies, no startsies. Double stamped it. Touch blue make it true.
The blog tagging game is still going on. With all the big names and blog-gurus tagged, eventually the less known/unknown ones had to be reached. And because Dennis , who tagged me, can't count really well (tagging 8 instead of 5 people) things are speeding up. So here's my list of 5 things you might... Read More...
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23 december 2006
Getting up in the morning
Take a look at this picture of my daughter Lieke: Looking pretty wise and smart, right? (Remember, this is her father talking). Well anyway, just to tell you the truth: that's not how she gets up in the morning. Follow this link to see how she looks without her first cup of coffee and make-up on. Read More...
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29 april 2006
Champions: Yes
On a more positive note: My waterpolo team " De Treffers " won the last matches of the season 2005-2006 and finished first in the 1st class District 5 competition. All results can be found here . For those who care, I'm leftmost in the picture. We are also still in the running for the "Bekercompetitie... Read More...
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29 april 2006
Champions: No
Sad news first: Champions eSports Association is no more. The Counter-Strike players (r0y, xyLo, Crimson and MasterMe) have decided to part with the clan. The owner and other manager Juvenile (besides myself) has decided that he does not want to continue with CEA. The players have joined up with xire... Read More...
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14 februari 2006
Proud papa
This picture was taken during our wedding photo shoot. The girl in the front is our daughter Lieke who was with us during most of it. She is very fond of her thumb, as you can see. Anyways, this photo has been nominated in the category "Child" on the Dutch "Bride and Groom" website www.bruidenbruidegom... Read More...
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21 december 2005
Transaction committed and JIT reflections
Well, the transaction locks had been held for exactly 10 years, before we entered the 2-phase commit stage. Luckily (for me), all participants in the transaction voted a commit. Or, in plain English: Nicole Roestenburg and myself got married yesterday 20th of December 2005. We did a photo-shoot at the... Read More...
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28 december 2003
What does it mean?
I would be very interested if someone could tell me what this Arab text fragment means: If you know what it means, please let me know. I think I know, because it was written on my request. Just want to make sure if they played no joke on me. (And no, I didn't have it tattoo-ed yet :) Read More...
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