Where do I start? It has been a while since #13 (August; it’s December now, where have I been?). What was #13 about again? [opening a new tab to check my own writing] Right. Well, now is now, and I’m not looking back too much these days. Only looking forward…

It happens again that I start writing without exactly knowing what I’m going to write about. So, the title will come. Like writing of music ‘comes’ to the composer, I let the subjects and the header come to me. I’m in a caravan just out of Croyde. I’m sleeping here…

Whatever I do, it’s Patience that keeps me close to it’s teachings. Patience in getting to where I want to be in work, Patience in living with an eccentric landlord at the moment, and Patience for whatever future I envision for myself. Patience for love. Patience with the wicked. …

Since my arrival in the UK (April 1st) and now (June 14) so much happened. From lifeguard selection day (April 15) to working as a gardener, to starting to work in a pub, to moving to Croyde, and starting to coach surf again (last week). Feels like a lot happened…

This blog entry number ten is a special one. We published our website www.sackedsurftour.com. This blog entry is to start giving some body and richness to it. A start you could say. The site looks pretty alright we think. …

It’s May, spring is here, and I feel alright. The people here in Devon have this funny use of the word ‘alright’. It can basically mean anything. I mean it here as ‘I’m generally good, but on some aspects of life I could do better’. If I had to score…

A friend of mine is the classic example of a skilled fun-seeker. He finds fun in the smallest of things. Mind you, he is a creative, works in the creative city of Amsterdam, and he’s father to a four year old toddler. Once, I visited him, and an obstacle course…

To be frank, I have been trying to answer the question here atop ever since I started asking ‘big’ questions. It started on an academic exchange in Canada, as I was trying to work on a Master Thesis with the subject ‘The key determinants of success of European Venture Capital…

Let me begin by stating that I am a fortunate, somewhat privileged or just lucky young man. Born in a free country. Born in a somewhat Liberal Calvinist society, in a hard working, abstemious and loving family. No work. I have withdrawn my application for government benefits before I received…