last Sunday (Sept 23rd) was a pretty hectic day as I got up early to work through many items on my 'to do' list. After a quick coffee, doing the make-up routine and getting ready for the day I run to my office and try to get my pile of paper down to a more acceptable level. Did I told anyone that I hate paperwork...? My wife and my little son were at the home of my parents in law in Germany. Probably very busy as the Skype messenger from their side stayed quiet. Whilst getting through the worst paperwork I tackled the topic I really run away most. My tax declaration for 2011. As I have incomes in two different European member states I have actually to do two of them and to communicate them rightfully to the tax authorities. Thankfully, I have good tax advisors... I hoped to be ready around 14.00 hours but at 15.00 I was still scanning documents and bringing them in order. Than finally my lovely wife called me on Skype and told me she arrived safely from her parents to our little place in Germany. Okay, I wanted still to go to our Storage facility to stuff back my camping gear in good order which has been thrown into the box in a hurry already a while ago and continue to IKEA for getting some of the Ivar shelfs. At 16.00 I was finally ready, throw the tax declaration into the mailbox and speeded first to IKEA (30 min drive) getting the stuff, queuing in line and getting about 300 Euros worth of wood into my car, heading to the storage box and then get everything arranged with sweat running down my face (never optimal conditions especially if you have to wear heavy make-up).
After all the stress I thought I owed a nice dinner and a good glass of wine and drove to Koekenbier, a nice women-friendly restaurant in Alkmaar.
After a lot of action coming to a place where you can relax I felt to see the women's room and met a very nice, friendly lady. She chatted with two about 6 years old little gals, making jokes and I just thought "Wow she is really nice." Of course, I was a bit unsecure .... Don't laugh, yes I am a bit shy. With all the make-up you just can't see me blushing... So we casually say good bye and I ordered a quick salad to get some energy to my brain. Suddenly I heard music from the neighboring room and when I finished I decided to take a look. There I met the nice girl from the ladies room and she was indeed the singer. Just then I realized that it is Kim de Boer, the finalist in the recent "Voice of Holland" competition. She is from Alkmaar which explains she made the concert in a more intimate little side room of the restaurant. This was pretty cool and she played for about another 40 minutes. This was real cool stuff. Of course, the acoustic of the little bar room for amplified music is not the same as if you would have a bit larger room, but you could feel the passion, her great voice and the groove she is so talented with. After the concert she casually talked to everybody and even agreed to take a picture with me.
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