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Dit item was eerder deze week op het nieuws en het heeft mij sterk aangegrepen. Ik kan niet verklaren waarom. Maar ik weet wel, samen kunnen wij dit kleine meisje redden, daar ben ik van overtuigd !

Oproep aan alle Vlamingen en Nederlanders om haar NU te helpen redden!

U bent haar enige en laatste kans!

Sandra is een 7-jarig, doodziek meisje. Ze heeft nog maar zes maanden te leven als wij haar NU niet ter hulp komen. Er is een medicijn voor haar zeldzame stofwisselingsziekte maar dat kost handenvol geld. 1.080.000 euro om precies te zijn. Daarom deze oproep naar eenieder die dit leest : maak een donatie, stuur een sms (opbrengst gaat naar Sandra), zeg het voort, probeer zo veel mogelijk mensen zover te krijgen om een (kleine) schenking te doen ! Als 100.000 mensen 10 euro schenken, zijn we er...en is Sandra`s leven gered !

Alstublieft, klik door op de link en help deze mensen.

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De 1 Euro SMS actie "Stuur een SMS naar deze prinses" gaat van start!
Wanneer 1.000.000 Vlamingen een SMS sturen, zijn we er ook ....

SMS het woord SANDRA naar 3140.

I am now a...

certified North Pole traveller ! :))

My certificate arrived today. When I visited the island Grímsey in Iceland, I walked over the arctic circle. And now I have the little piece of paper to prove it.

7 december, what a day !

My oh my, what a fantastic evening did we have ! My boyfriend came over for the charity gig that Simple Minds were going to do at the ABC Venue in Glasgow. The gig was to raise money for 'Cash For Kids'. The venue was also selling exclusive Simple Minds tshirt, made especially for the gig. It was the normal longsleeve tour t-shirt, but with a tweak ;).

We arrived just before 6pm, not that many people waiting yet. So when the doors opened, we were in the middle of the front row. Excellent ! The place was packed, it turns out it sold out within the hour of tickets going on sale !

The gig itself was absolutey awesome, 2 full hours of energy, passion and sweat. A really good setlist, no slow songs, full steam ahead, lots of good vibes and good atmosphere ! Everything you expect and hope for from a Simple Minds gig !

Afterwards, my sweetheart somehow managed to get aftershow passes. Wahey !!!!! Something I`'d never thought of experiencing ! Sharing a drink with Eddie and Andy (didn`t see the rest of the Minds, they probably had an early night ?) and making a young teenager`s dream come true (but that`s another story!).

Easily one of the best gigs I`ve seen from them and for sure one of the best nights I have ever had !

The Gig !

Well tonight was the night ! I went to the SECC during the day and heard Simple Minds' soundcheck. No way of sneaking in though...

Went to the meetup before the gig where I just missed Mick McNeill. Damn! Said hi to familiar faces then had some food and off to the gig.

I thought I had a seat all the way back in the hall but it turned out my seat was on row 14 right in the middle of the stage. Nice ! The people I knew were mostly sitting in row 2, 3, or 4. So I went over there for a chat. We asked security if they'd allow people to stand at the front of the stage ? Yes, but only the people from the first 5 rows. Aha ! So I lingered around talking to peeps, pretending I was sitting in one the still vacant seats. (people were still coming in though). Music started and Viviane said (she had been to the previous concerts on this tour) "it`s starting!" I didn`t quite believe her as the lights were still on and the music wasn`t that loud. But people started rushing to the barriers in front of the stage so I followed suit. Security tried to check tickets to determine if you were really from the first rows, but all of a sudden the lights went out and BAM... "Waterfront" was set in !

So I was able to be on the second row for the whole 2 hours ! A good set was played with "I Travel" being the hightlight for me because I really love that track ! Ghostdancing... aaah I never get tired of hearing that one ! Chelsea Girl was great, Up On The Catwalk and all those other great songs ! They had the whole venue up on their feet and during "Alive & Kicking" I watched the audience and évery single person was waving. It was great.

Afterwards there was a gig by Four Good Men (with Derek Forbes on bass) back in the city centre of Glasgow. They played their set really late, especially for us ! The gig was fun, lots of old Simple Minds songs ! Brian McGee stopped by too (after the gig), that was a nice surprise !

A great evening, one I had been anticipating for for a long time. The Minds played and looked really good. Here`s to the next 30 years of live music lads !

Glasgow !

Hello all !

It has been quiet on this page lately right ? Lucky for you I`m in Glasgow this week for 2 Simple Minds gigs so the much needed update can begin !

The trip started this morning. I needed to be at the airport at 10am. When I got there the flight was already delayed by one hour. Then another half hour. Eventually, we took off at 13.00 instead of 11.00 lol ! Arrived in Glasgow around 15.00 checked in and went shopping. I have been here before in 2006 (also for a Simple Minds concert) and I don`t know where I went walking then but obviously in the wrong part of town ! I can`t remember that there were so many shops and malls here ! OMG ! And they all have autumn sales ! And penguins must be very popular here because they pop up everywhere !

Anyway, some nice pictures to set the christmas mood...

Day 14 - Horseback-riding and hotdogs and soup...

This morning I went for a nice trip with the horses. Along mountains, snowy meadows, very nice ! My horse was called Sóki and it was lovely.

Back in the city, I went for some more shopping, a girl can never shop enough ! Unfortunately it was raining, the only day it rained in these entire 2 weeks.

I stopped at THE BEST PLACE for hotdogs, : Bæjarins Beztu. Bill Clinton and Metallica will agree with me and stop at this little place whenever they`re in town.

After that I walked past this little bistro that had "soup in bread". Curious as I was, I wanted to try this and it turned out to be very nice ! Almost a full meal, I felt really stuffed with the soup on top of previous mentioned hot dog...

So that was my trip to Iceland. It was nice, cold, a bit scary at times, but worth doing. I can`t wait till next time ! During summer, doing the westfjords and such.

Day 13 - Back in Reykjavik

Flew back at 11u40. Was a nice, relaxed 45 minutes ! I still need to inform the rentalcompany that I left their car up north. Ah well...

The afternoon was spent in the shopping mall.

The Reykjavik City Hostel is filled with noisey kids and the likes ! A full room too, nothing like what I`m used to :(