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Secret Pleasures of a Senior Citizen – Part 3

Colson — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:52:53 +0000

For a long time my taste buds were extremely nationalistic. They exclusively wanted products of Dutch origin. Potatoes, rhubard, green beans, kale, sauerkraut, Hema-sausages, croquettes and meatballs . As well as pancakes, poffertjes, bread, milk, cheese and sprinkles.

Today everything has changed though. I prefer spicy meals now. In particular Feby, our daughter-in-law, converted [...]

Secret Pleasures of a Senior Citizen – Part 2.

Colson — Sat, 18 May 2013 10:30:50 +0000

Men – and perhaps women as well- lie even more about their being well-read, than they do about their performance in bed. That’s what Adriaan van Dis, a well known Dutch author, says. He may well be right. I myself tend to brag I read everything from Socrates to Sartre and from Homerus to [...]

Secret Pleasures of a Senior Citizen – Part 1.

Colson — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:43:34 +0000

Twice a year they fly from Jakarta to Schiphol and stay with us for a couple of weeks. Which happens to be right now. It’s the ultimate opportunity for bonding with my grandson Kris.

Today I discovered blowing bubbles together is one of the secret pleasures attached to it:

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Goodbye

Colson — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:14:33 +0000

Today is my wife’s birthday, it’s the day springtime begins and the one my blogging ends.

After way over 500 posts since I joined “Pelopor” in ’07, I ran out of steam. It didn’t go unnoticed that I kept on repeating myself lately. Dull. Boring. Lame. Tedious even.

And that’s something potential readers and [...]

Heroine isn’t Semtex and Capital Punishment isn’t Justice.

Colson — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 09:52:16 +0000

Drugs trafficker Adami Wilson was caught with a kilo heroine, tried, sentenced to death, was on death row many years and was shot the other day.

That served him well, didn’t it? Because heroine is killing. Once you get hooked on this drug, you’re life is in ruins. You’re doomed and will be a miserable [...]

Prabowo in the Hague?

Colson — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:37:08 +0000

In Indonesia atrocities and gross human rights’ violations did take place in the past. Actually in all parts of the world crimes against humanity occurred. And still occur. Especially in times of (civil) war, chaos and socio-economic instability. And in oppressive, authoritarian dictatorships.

Often those who are responsible are politicians and people in uniform.

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Scanned Snapshots of a Marriage *

Colson — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 08:05:29 +0000

My rule is to keep sensitive private life out of the social media. But the fun of rules is in breaking them. So this is the concise history of Babes’ and my marriage in simple snapshots I found in a box in the attic. Well, a radically photo-shopped autobiographic summary actually . It’s my spin-doctor [...]

PPI Belanda & Peace in West Papua

Colson — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:30:56 +0000

Like Aceh West Papua is very far away from the demographic, economic, cultural epicentre of the archipelago. Though it’s in the newspapers every day ( over the last 6 months I counted over 100 articles in JG, JP and Tempo dealing with violent incidents in that province ) apparently the rapidly deteriorating situation in West [...]