How my face got brutally sandwiched between elevator doors
Dutch Of all stupid things I experienced in my life (soon readable in my book ‘Surviving in a Fake World’); this was the day to add a totally almost catastrophic mildly cursed incident to...
Dutch Of all stupid things I experienced in my life (soon readable in my book ‘Surviving in a Fake World’); this was the day to add a totally almost catastrophic mildly cursed incident to...
English Van alle idiote dingen die ik in mijn leven heb meegemaakt (binnenkort te lezen in mijn boek ‘Surviving in a Fake World’), was dit dé dag om een totaal bijna-catastrofaal lichtelijk vervloekt incident...
Dutch So here I am. I think, for about 6.4 seconds, I’ll just pull over for a bit and enjoy the view. That enormous field, 38 sheep on standby, a few clouds casually hanging...
English Nou ben ik dus hier. Ik denk ff, 6,4 seconden, even aan de kant en even genieten van de view. Dat enorme weiland, 38 schapen op stand-by, wolken die wat rondhangen en dan...
Dutch When you wake up in the middle of the night (it’s 3:36 now) to write things down, but you’re actually do not know why to write it down and it has totally no...
I’m slowly starting to suspect that laundry is actually indestructible. I don’t really have any scientific evidence for this, of course. And I haven’t done any research into it either. But I’ve now spent...
Ik begin zo langzamerhand te vermoeden dat wasgoed eigenlijk onuitroeibaar is. Ik heb hier natuurlijk niet echt wetenschappelijk bewijs voor. En ik heb er ook geen onderzoek naar gedaan. Maar ik woon inmiddels 60...
Dutch language So my family has apparently caught wind of my blog and, sure enough, I have now been presented with a turbo insect terminator that supposedly does not send tiny creatures straight to...
Dutch So I just finished a chapter in my new book about some of my disturbing idiotic holiday adventures which are to stupid to be true; but they are I’m afraid. In between writing...
Ducth Welcome to tiny escapes for overstimulated people which brings your breezy tangled up nervous system immediately to this panic-less place where you would think you could destress and escape the flipped algoritm for...
Dutch In the name of de-phoning, I made my own variant from destressing, sometimes you have to snatch your child away from screens you know. You totally have to drag them in completely unnecessary...
Read in English Sinds januari van dit jaar hebben wij in de familie allemaal massaal een dierentuinabo genomen. Want ja baby inda house, dus that means mallotige diertjes bekijken en hele (lange) dagen in...
Read in Dutch Since January this year, our entire family collectively got zoo subscriptions. Because yes: baby in da house, so that means staring at ridiculous animals and dragging ourselves through the Rotterdam Zoo...
Read in Dutch I am probably the only woman in the world who never wanted to be a grandma. Ever. Never ever! Yes seriously. And no: I don’t understand either. But so don’t I...
Read in English Ik ben waarschijnlijk de enige vrouw ter wereld die nooit oma wilde worden. Nooit. Echt nóóit. Serieus. En nee: ik begrijp het zelf ook niet. Maar ik begrijp cactussen ook niet,...
Read in Dutch When you suddenly hear yourself saying: “Why isn’t your face working??” To a husband who is just doing the dishes while I urgently need to unlock his iPhone because a set...
Read in English Wanneer je jezelf hoort zeggen: “Waarom doet jouw gezicht ‘t niet??” Tegen een echtgenoot die de afwas staat te doen en ik dringend zijn iphone moet openen omdat er met de...
Yesterday my last three functioning brain cells collectively decided I could no longer tell the difference between ridiculously luxurious design-like felt panels and a completely ordinary white cardboard box at the home improvement store...
The most scary thing in life for me is when you are fast asleep, dreaming about sitting on the head of a giraffe and you wonder if you should slide down the gigantic neck...
Het allerengste in het leven voor mij is wanneer je diep ligt te slapen, droomt dat je op de kop van een giraffe zit en je je afvraagt of je langs die gigantische nek...