Birthday

Today would have been Hergé's 100rd birthday, which is a great event in Belgium, because he's one of the great cartoon artists here.

Some pics of last weeks party...

Yeah, so they've said I'm getting a big boy now, so I thought I'd stand up on my feet for that...
(or for the ones who know the "is mijn kont"-song: "is mijn kont niet te dik in deze broek???")

Father and son... Both Soufyan and Ilyas take after their father... :D Good thing there is still grumpy, moody Yaesseen who takes after me (and who's inherited my morning temper ;p)

But, look at them... :D

Yeah, the dealing starts early in this family...
Ilyas to Yaesseen: "hey bro, that's a nice car they gave you, can I have it??" ;p

Three years ago

Today was Yaesseen's due date, I remember Sunday April 4th 2004 like it was yesterday. Since Soufyan was born on 03-03-03, we thought it would be funny that Yaesseen would actually be born on his due date 04-04-04.

 

That time there were a lot of docu soaps about giving birth and a lot of those women accidently wet their pants and thought their waters were broken and they got induced, so we were doubting to do the exact same thing. But something held me back, I think it was the fact that I didn't want to make a fool of myself or didn't want to take the risk of not getting induced and then having to go to maternity when it actually happened and being there with red cheeks ;-)

 

So Yaesseen's birthday got delayed as well, fortunately enough not as long as Soufyan's, but the induction was not really interesting. However, I had fun though, after the epidural kicked in ;p

 

But the little man is already turning three, if you ask him how old he'll be, he'll try to convince you his fifth birthday is coming up ;-)

 

This weekend we're having a double birthday party, since it's really tiring and chaotic for both us and the kids, we decided to throw just one for Yaesseen and Ilyas instead of having one this Saturday and one next Saturday.

 

Damn, time is going way too fast, within 12 days I'll having a four-year-old, a three-year-old and a one-year-old son. It feels like I've just grown up myself ;)

Birthday time

Today is Quentin Tarantino's day turn to be in the 'who's birthday is it today' spotlight! :-)

Hoorah for him, he's turning 44 today!

He's known for making better movies like 'Reservoir Dogs', 'Kill Bill (2)', 'Pulp Fiction', 'Death Proof' etc. After seeing Reservoir Dogs for about 21 times I get his style and I'm a fan!

Birthday time!!!

Yes, yes, yes, on our daily episode of who's birthday is it today, I can proudly present to you my favourite birthday man of the day...
Paul De Leeuw
known of better songs as "blote jongens in het park", "vlieg met me mee", proud father of two adopted songs, proud figure of gay men, brilliant comedian, TV-personality!
Hoorah for Paul!

Important event

Today, Thursday March 22nd, my friend and colleague Phasma is celebrating his birthday. So he deserves a special note, doesn't he?!



Dear Phasma, I hope you spend the day the way you wanted to, I hope your birthday is brilliant, that you and D will celebrate at least fifty other birthdays together and that you'll be happy and cheerful throughout the coming years! You are a really nice friend, and I feel honoured knowing you, because you really make my life more amusing! Let's hope ageing doesn't change you one bit ;p



So, let's all sing for him: happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear phasma, happy birthday to you!!!

Today is the national day against racism and discrimination, we can only support that... :D

In case anyone's interested

today is my 9680th day alive

LOL

it brings everything in perspective if you count your age in days... ;-p (not that I did count it with a calculator myself, but if you check your biorithm, it gives you your livedays)

Birthday time

Today I will return to business as usual, and it's birthday time!!! Hoorrah!
We will be celebrating someone's 2050th birthday... :D
Here's a little story about our birthday boy (I'm not sure wether boy is the correct word though...) Ovidius
So, happy birthday to you, Ovidius, you are not forgotten!
Roman poet, noted especially for his ARS AMATORIA and METAMORPHOSES. Ovid was the first major writer to grow up under the empire. He died far from home, in a desolate town by the Black Sea. During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Ovidian stories were highly popular among artists, poets and in courts. In England the Metamorphoses was one of Chaucer's favorite books.

I'm sorry for any fool who rates sleep a prime blessing
And enjoys it from dusk till dawn
Night in, night out. What's sleep but cold death's
reflection?
(from 'Elegy 9b' trans. by Peter Green)

So, happy birthday to you, Ovidius, you are not forgotten!