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Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Rijswijk July 11th 2017

The fever is gone, so no more excuses; to the gym. Because the personal training session is booked for Tuesday, today is a bit of free-wheeling around the machines and weights. After a 20km cycle adventure through the French countryside (you've got to love these modern stationary bikes), a couple of chest, shoulder and biceps/triceps exercises. Tuesday the first day of 'real training'. The intake was a blast to reality. Fat percentage, BMI, weight, how many insults can a man take in 20 minutes :). We agreed on a schedule alternating upper and lower body and 4 times a week. This gives me time to play some golf as well. The goal set is to lose 2,5 kg in 4 weeks; an easy target knowing the Singapore regime of 4+ pints/day is history. Wednesday my first ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Rijswijk April 13th 2005

So I've already survived the trip over, Day 1 of jet lag, and my first day at the office. All the folks here are pretty friendly, and are already more than comfortable giving me a hard time for the little things I do that I believe qualify me as a walking disaster. For example, the cafeteria here uses a reloadable cash card to speed up the checkout process. I, being an all round genius and renaissance man left my card and receipt (necessary for expensing the meal) on my tray, which I subsequently put on the conveyor belt to the magical land of dishwashing. Now, lunch has become the time when everybody can remind me I get another chance to throw away more money. Eh, it's just Euros...not like it's real money...... The free eating is ... read more




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