This week ended with a fun training from Raul. He had organized a training on Sunday morning. He called it Fortalesa Fit, commando style. The commando-style scared some people away. What Raul meant with commando-style, was that we, the participants had to follow his assignment immediately. Raul wanted to have mud on the field. His …
This week ended with Father’s day. My father means a lot to me. He taught me Dutch and to read when I was 3/4 years and to play table tennis. Up to this day, he is my handyman. And so much more. Raul and I had lunch with him and my mom. We talked about …
Trying to remember what happened last week, it feels that just 1 one day has passed by. What have I been up to? One afternoon Raul woke me up from my midday nap. He said to me: “You like to sleep, don’t you?”. I like to sleep, because I have lacking it for a long …
Another week with things I have done for the first time. A very exciting week. The week started with the 19th birthday of my daughter. 19 years. I can hardly belief it. Last year she finished high school, took a gap year and is now preparing to study abroad. I wish that the protection, guidance …
This week I am not so much into writing. With the help of my father, I fenced off a small part of my garden in the back and planted a lot of papayas. One day I just threw the seeds of papaya in the garden, and now I have a lot of papaya trees. I …
Back at school, not full time yet and not all students are there. The school is open for staff and for students of the Senior year. We are at school in a new normal. The school made a video to let the students know how they should behave. Take a look: Last week I told …
Last week I wrote about the book that Raul and I are reading, ‘The purpose-driven life’ by Rick Warren. We missed one day. There was one day I asked Raul some questions that popped up because of the questions in the book. Raul said OMG the idea is to get answers, to be more relaxed …
This week it was all about the “new normal”. A lot of things are possible again in Curacao, but in a new way. The last 3 days we were free to move about and around between 6 in the morning and 9pm. It was like Christmas time; people and cars everywhere. So much people. On …
Some things are possible again in this Corona-virus period. The best thing for me is that my restaurant, Sweet & Blue, can cook again for me. I am a bad cook and my food needs to be prepared in a special way due to the operation I had 8 years ago. On the days I …
The week started with the funeral of my uncle. It was not at all what we were used to. Because of the COVID-19 situation we could not put an announcement with time and date of the funeral. I do not know all the friends of my uncle, and with the closest family in the Netherlands …