New Year concert from the brassband

Here we are at the, better late than never, newyears concert of our brassband. Was very nice, especially because there were tryouts of many new musical pieces.

Steve Vai guitar Lesson by Kristofer

Rocket Scooter goes Airborne!

Snow in Eindhoven!

Today we had a little bit of snow in Eindhoven

Rehearsal in Tilburg

Here we are rehearsing with the band. It is very dark in the room, sorry about that.








Eric at his drums........









During Anouks' "Loving Whiskey" we can have a break, it's only Patrick on guitar and Annemiek singing.

Glaasje op......laat je rijden.............!

Gig in "De Klomp" Etten Leur

Yesterday we played a gig in music cafe "De Klomp" in Etten Leur.








Here we are trying to fit all the stuff on the small stage.









And our lady singer has her usual "schrobbeler" before she starts to sing.

Back from Hong Kong

Finally, after a delay of 5 hours, the Jumbo arrived from Holland in Hong Kong, this was because of the storm in Holland.

This is the most strange Chinese guy I've ever seen!

Hong Kong!

The famous Hong Kong taxi.











Boulevard of stars.............










View on Hong Kong island








Another view on Hong Kong island












Tower on star boulevard









Camera shops in Kowloon




Pieter tries to buy a Tokina lens, they don't have, but they will get it and we have to wait for it (at least, that's what we think). I show interest in a german standard 35mm camera. First the guy asks 9800HKD, then he drops to 7800HKD and starts to talk and talk. Then he asks me what I want to pay, I say 50euro, he say: ok, 100 euro. Then I say no. After that his boss goes berserk and starts to argue with me that this was not polite and shit. I don't care and try to convince him that it is the risk of his business. After a while he stops shouting and says: 500 euro or leave. I ask when the Tokina lens is coming and he says: he did not get because he was waiting. Then we leave angry..........they can screw themselves next time, not us! He really wanted to get rid of that old type 35mm analog camera.............and failed again against the Dutch.
Hong Kong - Holland 0-1





Hong Kong island skyline in the evening. Was very difficult with my simple compact Kodak 1.2Mpixel camera.

Dinner with the Chinese guys of our factory!

Here we have dinner with the Chinese guys of the factory that help us with many projects








We have the chicken legs.......










The pigeon heads...........





No, actually, the food was very good, these were just the most "chinese" things.

Working at the sorting machine

Here we are working on the sorting machine. Judging from his laughing face Bert is very happy with it. You can just see mee peeping through the hole while adjusting the machine.








Here we are making the final adjustments

The foot massage!

This evening we went to the foot massage. Afterwards we had some tea.









At the foot massage they already put the christmas tree for next year

Long underpants

Bert spotted some long underpants at the dormitory!

Heavy loaded motorcycle!

On our way to the factory we spotted a very heavy loaded motorcycle, probably with many bags of rice. Look closely

Yinli hotel in the morning

Here's a view of the Yinli hotel in the morning.

Driving back from Zhuhai to Qingxi

Here's the taxi driver that drove me back from Zhuhai to Qingxi, it's a drive of about 2-3 hours, and he didn't know the roads very well.
He was all the time chatting with his CB radio. Funny guy!








Here's the "famous" Zhuhai Fisher Woman. Was difficult to photograph because the driver was going 100 where he was allowed to go 60.








A Chinese truck "on the road".







They carry "fat loads" these Chinese trucks.

Slippy floor sign

Trip to Zhuhai

Today I went to Zhuhai to give a presentation at another customer of ours. Nice holiday-hotel, you can sit on the beach in the sun with a cold glass of beer! This is not bad.

Boss of Yinli golfcourt playing his favorite game

Qingxi city center on a busy saturday afternoon

Lounging at the golfcourt

Here we are relaxing at the golfcourt.









This is the "boss" of the golfclub demonstrating how it should be done.









Pieter and Bert looking








Bert taking a picture with his "cannon".

Chinese market!

Today we went to the Chinese market in Qingxi.







Look closely, there are children looking at Bert (because of his beard) and Pieter (because he is very big).


























Copy of suzuki motorcycle, look closely.

Playing golf in Qingxi!

Driving to the factory in Qingxi!

Back in China!

Here's the view on the mountains outside the Yinli hotel.

Kampina!

Nice walk on the Kampina.........

Newyear ball at the dancing school

Gearing up for the trip to China

Next 2 weeks I'll be in China.

Rens testing new microphone for the band

Funny picture

This is the funny cat of Marions parents