Sundays' Best: 10 Reasons to be cheerful, part I

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While the world is in deep recession and everyone a bit gloomy I wondered: are there any reasons left to be cheerful?
After a quick moment I found at least ten..
1. You only get 1 life - so make the most of it
2. If you are in good health and shape - what's left to worry about
3. If you have the love of your live right next besides you
4. If your job is your hobby
5. If you are surrounded by people who care about you
6. If you can travel and meet other cultures
7. If you have everything to live a comfortable life
8. If you even have some unnecessary stuff too
9. If you do crazy things
10. Oh, yeh and always remember: there's no tno thing like a part II

Faces in (unusual) places

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A great Flickr Group about (more then 10.000!) faces found in everyday places...

Smart shopping during these difficult times...

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It seems that every retailer has one or the other discount action going on. Dicount stickers, discount shopping bags, no VAT or just an overall 15 to 20% off all items. What ever keepd the customers coming. If you really want a bargain, you might want to shop at portero were you can find luxery items for reasonable prizes like this Hermes Birkin bag for a mere $34074.00 (yes that's thirty four THOUSAND dollar - Oh yeh: and seventy four dollar...) Crisis: what crisis?

The end of Chrysler?

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Nothing lost here. Better today then tomorrow...

The end of Saab?

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The classic Saab 99 is really one of my all time favorite cars. Rumor has it that GM is abandoning Saab after efficiently killing over the last decade. Let's hope for a miracle and that someone will save Saab. I promise if they survive and develop a non-Opel model, I will buy one.

The end of Pontiac?

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Driving a pontiac used to be pure excitement, now it is pure frustration. So no wonder GM is killing this brand.

New Microsoft windows mobile 6.5

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Huh...looks familiair...

Birthday present - Thx Marijn :-))

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As a present I could create my own Nike-iD trainers. I made these Sparqs. Let's hope they look as good as finished shoes...

Birthday Dinner

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We had dinner at Lana Pura - Indonesian restaurant. They have this weird tradition to give you an orchid which you are supose to wear behind your ear. Left if you are free, Right when you are engaged. So we all had to wear the flowers on the right side ;-)

What were they thinking?

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Slumdog Millionaire

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I really liked Slumdog Millionaire - which makes clever use of the game show suspense while combing the beauty of India, its people and its music with the cruel reality of a society which still revolves about castes...

Birthday Lunch with Zomoto

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EasyLife, Easy Money

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In this crisis there are still bargains to be made: At the auction of the fraudulent ponzy scheme "Easy Life" you can buy a Rolls for € 70.000, a Ferrari for € 50.000 and a nice cellar of rare wines...

Sailor

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Sunday's Best: Top Ten Billie Holiday Songs

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I Bought the complete Billie Holiday Verve recordings Box (10CDs). This is my top ten:
1. My Man
2. Strange Fruit
3. Travelin' Light
4. Good morning Heartache
5. Don't Explain
6. Lover Man
7. Lady sings the blues
8. Embraceable You
9. Somethings I am Happy
10. Speak Low