Google Translate says eat flavor corpse

Er...
this is why language is more than just the sum of its parts. (As are many things in life, true. (Or rather, life itself.))

About a month ago I tried to converse in Dutch way more than I do now (I was taking a course and now ... well, lets just say May and Queensday and many, too many holidays, feestdagen have taken their toll on me).
  And at one point, I wanted to wish someone a nice meal. I thought to check before I write it, since I wasn't sure about the -e. Well, you can see the result below. :)

Nifty. Nerdy. WUR...

In a course's Nitrogen simulation game,
computer roles are played by
R2D2, Archie and Marvin.

Nifty.
#WUR #nerds #awesome

What is Your Centre?

After watching Rise of the Guardians [imdb], I came away slightly pensive and highly spirited. A nice conversation to break the ice, excuse the pun.

What do you see?
- You have big eyes?
- Yes! Big eyes! Very big, because they are full of wonder.
That is my centre. It is what I was born with: eyes that have always seen wonder in everything!
Eyes that see lights in the trees,
the magic in the air,
this wonder is what I put into the world!

And what I protect in children - it is what makes me a guardian.
It is my centre. What is yours?

Jack Frost and North. The Rise of the Guardians

Is it pretentious to think I am North? I find myself thinking along the same lines.
What is your center?

You can also watch the trailer on Youtube here.

Sustainability in party preparation

O: cocktails are expensive C. :p
R: I'l bring half bottle of martini that I have left from yesterdays dinner!
O: vodka is always a good base
A: Vodka: connecting people.

C: can someone bring plastic things? like cups, plates, forks etc...cuz i am not sure if i have enough at home............. and because we can throw them after using so we dont have to clean :P
M: long live sustainability :D
R: I have some plastic forks and knives, so, I'll bring them...
T: Maybe is better ('sustainable') that every one who have plastic cups and/plates bring them. I have a plate and some cups... I also can wash the dishes :) Do we have a bday cake?? I can bring one...
M: jaja, I was joking, I don't know to what extent washing is more sustainable (water, heating, soap, water treatment...)
R: I'll help with washing dishes as well!
...
P:
In according with the sustainable group, I will washes the dishes.
and I want make a nice pasta in my place and bring in Celia place!
see you around 7.30 and I bring with me also S.

Back in Ghost Town

  Wageningen se počasi, počasi polni. Študentje se kot ovčke pridno zbirajo pri Almi Mater ... Danes mi je pocingljal (saj veste, kolesa) Gerard (a.k.a. Landry a.k.a. Sehomi) in sva imela prav prijeten Welcome-Back pogovor, pa še knjigo za ekonomijo mi je posodil.

Seveda se je dan odvijal v tej smeri in zaletel sem še v Carlosa, ekvadorskega prijatelja in Pierluigi-ja iz Italije. Utrujen od učenja in doživetij sem po kratkem prehrambenem šopingu (Grrr, outdoor štacuna je zaprta ob ponedeljkih) in čakanju, da se mi računalnik pregleda in popravi, zaspal.
  Seveda premalo, da bi držalo za celo noč in preveč, da bi šel lahko takoj naprej spat. Aaah. No, pa vseeno: grem probat srečo s sanjami. Včeri sem spet d best sanjal - neki z vitezi in konji in celo (srednjeveško) odisejado skorej.

Nimajo nobenga odnosa do maja...

Kot veste, je v severnih deželah (mednje nekako štejem Nizozemsko, če ne zaradi drugega zato, ker meji na Severno morje in ker je dan opazno daljši kot v rodni deželi) lahko ... hladneje.

To seveda izkušenih morjeplovcev, letalcev in drugih popotnikov ne bi smelo presenetiti. Ampak mene dejansko je. Piše se 17 maj 2012 in že cel teden je preklemansko mraz! Tko, v smislu dveh majc, puloverja in softshell-a. Trenutno je zunaj 12 °C, kot je bilo že včeraj in dan pred tem. Seveda so ponoči in zjutraj temperature še nižje - danes zjutraj je bilo v Amsterdamu na primer 8 °. Sapa se vidi, ljudje. Maja! In sploh nismo v Bohinju ali Logarski dolini!

In kaj je najhuje? Ko sem to pokomentiral pred Nizozemskimi prijatelji in znanci, so nekako samo skomignili z rameni, češ: "Mjeh, se zgodi". Kako prosim? Maj je! Temperature bi morale biti med 20 in 30 °C, za ziher!
Ti Nizozemci sploh nimajo odnosa do Maja.

Holland --> the Netherlands

Iz članka na Wikipediji:

The Netherlands in its entirety is often referred to as Holland, although North and South Holland are actually only two of its twelve provinces (a case of pars pro toto; see terminology of "the Netherlands").

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands