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PD

Monday, May 11th, 2009

So, the excruciating pain I have since my cast came off finally has a name: Post Traumatic Dystrophy. After the hospital visit, I came home with a bag full of medicine *sigh* One anti-inflammatory drug (3x a day), another anti-inflammatory drug combined with a painkiller (3x a day), medicinal creme (5x a day), vitamin C […]

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

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Sound of Music

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Regular visitors of my blog will know that I’m an avid theater-fan, and also love watching TV searches for the lead in a musical. We’ve watched them all, at the BBC and on Dutch TV 🙂 Not too long ago they started the search for Maria in the Belgian production of The Sound of Music. […]

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Ciske de Rat

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Opening night: October 5, 2008 Seen: RAI Amsterdam, February 5, 2009 It’s hard to explain this to foreigners as the story is so typically Dutch. It’s like explaining Uncle Tom’s Cabin or Huckleberry Finn to someone outside the US. Impossible indeed, so I’m going to keep this short, but still wanted to write a review […]

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Made me smile…

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

I saw a sign on a company-building the other day: “We heard there is an Economic Downturn, but we decided not to participate”. Brilliant! Made me smile anyway 🙂

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