tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35193272012-04-13T00:29:33.291+02:00selmernoreply@blogger.comBlogger708125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-84366219100235372122008-07-24T21:47:00.003+02:002008-07-24T21:54:05.874+02:00

Well... seeing as I managed to more or less end this blog with kittens arriving, let's pick up with the past 10 months of kittens. After being shy for a couple of weeks, a period of Wodan peeing places where he probably wasn't supposed to (including even once our bed), Wodan running away for a day and lots of shouting either:"Wodan, no!" or "Kissa, no!", both of them have settled more or

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-65812829549101908242008-07-24T21:42:00.001+02:002008-07-24T21:42:57.698+02:00

Her majestyOriginally uploaded by selmervYes, I know, haven't blogged in ages. Am still alive, might have loads of things to tell you all about. Will probably have to do so more often. But let's start slowly. After buying a new camera last weekend I've been taking loads of photos of things. Really liked this one of Kissa staring at a fly.

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-56419704208586713642007-11-18T16:21:00.000+01:002007-11-18T16:26:34.557+01:00

Yes, I'm still alive, yes I know that I managed to fail to write for almost 2 months. I've apparently been too busy chasing kittens (more pics to be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/selmer). They're currently working on severe demolition of the house. But after 2 months they appear to be almost used to living here.Besides that I've obviously been working, I'm using trains more and more to

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-89563292759993539272007-10-03T20:44:00.001+02:002007-11-18T16:21:46.243+01:00

More news on the kitten front. Last Monday girlfriend and I picked up our new kittens. After spending most of the evening looking at kittens sleeping in their travel-box we eventually spotted some movement. Kissa (Maaike's kitten) even walked halfway across the kitchen before disappearing back into it's travel-cage again. Wodan (mine) didn't move an inch all night.On Tuesday we both had to work

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-48432761065600897132007-09-14T22:32:00.000+02:002007-09-14T22:42:53.490+02:00

After giving girlfriend a kitten for her birthday, we still needed to pick kittens. (Somehow an 's' crept in to the whole equation) Fortunately Karlijn came up with somebody with kittens and tonight we chose the ones we wanted: Introducing: Kitten one and Kitten two (we're still deciding on names, we believe). Maaike picked the grey one, the red one is supposedly mine. They'll enter our

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-36074592138075937472007-09-10T17:12:00.000+02:002007-09-10T17:14:02.850+02:00

When girlfriend is out and you decide it's more efficient to place the laundry rack in the kitchen, try remembering this when you try raiding the fridge at 3am. That way you won't nearly wet yourself when you spot a weird shape in the kitchen.

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-92216700712663314592007-09-09T20:37:00.000+02:002007-09-09T20:39:59.762+02:00

Had the nerve to check what the summer did to my account balance, have to say it could have been friendlier. Then realised there still is a credit card bill coming in containing a washing machine. Might need to get a job on the side and live on water and one minute noodles for a bit.

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-85032545629735562332007-09-09T11:24:00.000+02:002007-09-09T11:42:44.850+02:00

Apparently time flies when you're having fun. And if that's the case then ever since coming back from my roadtrip, fun I must have had. In the space of two weeks I saw girlfriend finish uni and get herself a proper job, I somehow managed to hit the Utrecht night-life dressed as a gnome and I managed to get away with giving girlfriend a voucher worth "once castration" for our 3 year anniversary.

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-37419294603990244812007-08-27T20:40:00.000+02:002007-08-27T21:09:26.462+02:00

Just returned from 2 weeks of holidays, half of which was a roadtrip with McR, Nicktor, Karen and a Dutch girl called Ingrid, only Karen had met before. The other half was a meetup with the people mentioned in the previous sentence and lots of Australian people I had met during my days in Perth. Fortunately Ingrid turned out to be a lot of fun, so the first half was a big succes. My Australian

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-67858584476757083662007-08-05T12:38:00.000+02:002007-08-08T21:46:31.854+02:00

Was far too busy playing with my DS to update the diary, then a copy of "Bit of a Blur" by Alex James showed up and there was even less an excuse to update the diary. Really love the book, now need to find a way to have good looking hair. (Apparently all you need as a bass player is good hair)In another couple of days my second big holiday of the year should take place. This time it'll be a

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-61952050602616588952007-07-22T13:54:00.000+02:002007-07-22T14:00:16.942+02:00

After last week's budget-chicken, where I told Nicktor that I'd get a Nintendo DS if he'd get one. There's now a new addition to the Selmer and Maaike househ0ld. I'm still trying to work out whether now having a DS means I won or I lost. Our collection of games is still limited to two (which might either be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how you look at it) but both have received quite

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-284477388073128142007-07-15T21:49:00.000+02:002007-07-15T21:50:40.364+02:00

Hi all, got told off by Ellen, Lorraine and girlfriend for considering ending this blog. So... that must mean that I do have readers ;-) I'd better get back into writing interesting stuff soon then. Sadly tonight I'm too busy to write because somehow I ended up buying a Nintendo DS. I blame Lorraine and Nicktor's eager-ness to join in.

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-20057746851802509642007-06-13T21:26:00.000+02:002007-06-18T21:31:56.743+02:00

Went bookshopping in the morning, then teamed up with Ruben and Wendy for lunch. They managed to make us eat all the things in the "what to eat in Singapore"-booklet, which we failed to cover yesterday.Eventually left Ruben and Wendy behind and did the night safari in Singapore zoo. Recommended.

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-47336433764108035862007-06-12T21:23:00.000+02:002007-06-18T21:31:30.958+02:00

Flew back to Singapore, got measurements made for a suit for lots of money (still a whole lot cheaper than at home though) and eventually teamed up with Ruben and Wendy for food, food and food.(Ruben is trying to get us to eat all foods of the "what to eat in Singapore" booklet within 48 hours. We're not complaining ;-) Walked around town for more food, tea, coffee and nice views. Got told off by

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-46942396918233213852007-06-11T21:21:00.000+02:002007-06-18T21:23:19.064+02:00

After visiting 3 more temples in the morning, we ran out. No more temples to be seen in Angkor. Our tuctuc-driver advised us to take a boat-ride on the lake, which we did. An interesting boat-ride but for the $20 each the 1 hour trip was probably a bit expensive. The boat-trip only taking us to an overpriced restaurant made it feel even more of a scam. Still.. interesting to see how people live

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-79530006809570479672007-06-10T21:20:00.000+02:002007-06-18T21:21:42.517+02:00

Woke up really early to catch the sunrise at Angkor Wat. Nice. At the same time this meant that we were finished looking at temples around noon. Slept most of the afternoon, then had dinner in Siem Reap. The city center looks like more fun to stay than our place. Still.. for $USD 12 the room is really nice.

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-49766173085363976602007-06-09T21:18:00.000+02:002007-06-18T21:20:32.517+02:00

Day one of visiting temples. Slept in, booked ourself a tuctuc-driver for the next 3 days (USD $60), got access passes made for Angkor ($40 each) and set off to look at lots of temples. Really interesting, really hot and sweaty and every other step 10 childeren will jump you to try and sell you something. (Usually "only 1 dollar") Still definitely worth it.

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-39884038691119836912007-06-08T21:14:00.000+02:002007-06-18T21:18:26.313+02:00

Woke up in Bangkok, had a bit of trouble finding the place where we were supposed to be picked up for the next bus (arrived there at 6:50 while we were supposed to be there at 6:30) and spent an hour wondering whether we were still on time. Just as we started to consider whether we should book a place to sleep for the night, we got picked up for another bus which would take us to the Cambodian

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-12600832843097772022007-06-07T21:11:00.000+02:002007-06-18T21:14:12.353+02:00

In the evening our Bangkok bound bus would pick us up. Till that time we stocked up on books, fruit and other useful things. I'm now finally the proud owner of "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance", Mangosteens and anti-diarrea medicine.Managed to get picked up by the bus and spent the rest of the night bussing.

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-27454423338451654632007-06-06T21:04:00.000+02:002007-06-18T21:11:30.964+02:00

Woke up and did the "chilli club cooking class". Mr. Visutt is still the brilliant teacher I remembered him to be and girlfriend and I got schooled in Thai cooking + food decoration. Still suck at the food decoration, still having trouble finishing all the food. Did survive though and eventually at dinner time set out for a look at the night market. Failed to buy anything useful.

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-14172451508866176062007-06-05T20:59:00.000+02:002007-06-18T21:03:58.167+02:00

Woke up early, crossed the border on a boat and after a little wait at a guesthouse on the Thai-side (why wake up early again?) we made our way to Chiang Mai. I spent quite a bit of time there 4 years ago but apparently most of it was spent drinking beer seeing as I can't remember seeing much of this town.Walked a bit around town and tried booking a train out of town. Found out that that train

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-32958880304325701342007-06-04T08:54:00.001+02:002007-06-11T08:56:04.034+02:00

Up early again, into the boat and then did basically the same as yesterday. Arrived late in the afternoon, found ourselves a guesthouse, had dinner and passed out.

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-91405448273490448862007-06-03T08:47:00.000+02:002007-06-11T08:53:43.691+02:00

Got up fairly early and set off for the boat-station. Here we hopped onto a slowboat, which took us slowly up the river to Pakbeng. Floating slowly upriver means staring out at scenery (mainly trees and bushes with the occasional cow, goat, fisherman and elephant.) Still good fun for the 10 hours it took to get to Pakbeng.There our bags got dragged off the boat by a friendly local, who offered to

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-57187206838771151372007-06-02T08:40:00.000+02:002007-06-11T08:47:20.142+02:00

Walked around Luang Prabang, looked at temples and got soaked in sweat. Looked at some more temples, had dinner and did some shopping at the night market.Oh, we also managed to book the boat out towards PakBeng and Houayxai (sp?). Over the Mekong. That should take us most of the next two days.

selmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519327.post-8134702535596469612007-06-01T08:33:00.000+02:002007-06-11T08:38:18.361+02:00

Today only a 200 km bus-ride from Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang. That can't be too challenging, can it? Actually, our expensive bus turned out to be fully packed with foreigners and legroom was a bit of an issue. Also, apparently it is possible to take more than 6 hours to travel 200 kilometers. (Then there was a mountain in between)Eventually did make it though, found a guesthouse, had dinner,

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