my life is one big pop quiz

but unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a price to win.

Some examples:

at work:

"Goodday, belgacom helpcenter, this is Karen speaking, how may I help you?"
- "can you tell me if I dialed the right number?"
"euhm, it depends..."
- "what is the right number then?"
"that depends, which department are you trying to contact?"
- "the one that can help me"
"and what is the problem"
- "you tell me, because I don't know"

"Goodday, belgacom helpcenter, this is Karen speaking, how may I help you?"
- "my tv is not working"
"I see, but you do not have a contract with Belgacom for your tv"
- "no, I don't"
"then you'd better contact the company who owns your contract"
- "who is that?"
"we do not have that kind of information"
- "but why is it not working?"
"we can only check our contracts, I am sorry, you'd better call your provider and they will be able to help you"
- "what's their number?"
"I don't know, who is your provider?"
- "I don't know, why can't you tell me?"

It's been like that the entire day today...
I've spoken twice to the TV-lady and she has spoken to three other operators today, all telling her we cannot solve her problem

But in my private life it's not different...
"mum, who is that?"
-"euhm, sorry boy, I don't know all the people in the world"
"why is she wearing a green coat?"
-"euhm, I don't know"

"what's that?"
- "what?"
"that"
- "what? where?"
"the thing on the thing"

e-cards

Don't you just love e-cards?? they are a cheap way of telling people you care! I quite enjoy cards overall, maybe I prefer the handwritten ones since I like to see people's handwriting, since these days you hardly get to read something handwritten.

But e-cards are amusing, mostly the ones on this website.

However, I have not yet had the guts to send someone a card from this site... ;) But will do, once I find the appropiate card for the right person, I'll care enough to hit send...

suggestion of the day...

not sure what to eat today? we face that issue on a daily basis...
Like today, we are both at work and had no clue what we to get for lunch, then I had the bright idea of going to the market and get some vietnamese loempias, man, were they good!!

So, should you be wondering what to eat, I suggest you have vietnamese loempias today! :D
Enjoy your meal

Grace Kelly

I am addicted to the song "Grace Kelly" by Mika, really, it's one of the absolute best songs I've heard in the past few years. Mostly because it is something new, because lately I have the feeling I have heard most of it.

But hats off for Mika!

should you like to see the clip and hear the song, click here. I listen to it a few times a day, mostly because I downloaded it on my mobile's mp3-player.

Japan

One of our colleagues is on a trip in Japan, where she ran into this picture, apparantly those pictures are all over the place, to make sure the telephone lines won't get cut. Which would make our job a lot easier if they'd put these signs up in Belgium as well... however, it might be interesting if they'd print the text in a comprehensional language for us though ;) I quite like this pic. If you'd like to see some more pics of Maaike's trip to Japan, you can click here.

what can ruin my good mood

Don't you just hate the people who nearly kill you to make sure they can wait a bit longer in front of the red traffic light!? Or the ones who nearly drive you off your socks, so that they can block the pedestrians crossing, whilst waiting in the autoqueue?
Fun, isn't it, when they speed up in a 30kmh zone, whilst you are walking on the sidewalk and they suddenly realise they've passed the point they needed to be and just drive onto the sidewalk and park in front of you, not even caring the fact that you have to walk on the street with your three children since they are fully blocking the sidewalk....

No wonder agression in trafic is growing on a daily basis...

Yoghurt overload

It's probably the same all over the world, so you'll probably all have noticed yet, but nowadays you can solve every physical problem you have, just by eating a yoghurt!?

So, one Activia a day helps your congestion,
one Actimel a day helps strengthen your natural defences,
one Yakult a day for your instetinal health,
one Essensis a day for the health of your skin,
one Danone Nutri Day for the nutritions of the day,
one Benecol for your cholestorol
and one whatsitcalled (something with a CA and PO in the name) to strengthen your bones, should make your physical health a lot better overall, however, I doubt anyone could hang on to eating that much yoghurt on a daily basis without getting sick of it. Furthermore, those bloody things are rather expensive, we usually stick to the normal ones, which are less pricy, ok, they probably won't do our health any good, but still, they do the trick (when one feels like eating a yoghurt)