back from france

My first voyage of this summer has come to an end. I went with my parents and four obnoxious sisters to Groffliers a sleepy village in Pas-de-Calais, of the northern regions of france.
the holiday began very good as i got the message from jeroen (thanks buddy) I passed the exams. We visited the old cities of Boonen and Kales (nowadays known as Boulogne and Calais) and went to the beach.
The best thing about the domain was the swimming pool with jacuzzi. Allthough I cannot swim, i went to the pool every day. We drank a lot of wine (he wasn't that good, but still better than nothing).
The french are a sleepy lot though, things that should open at some hour were closed until another hour passed.
Onanother note: tom Boonen won a stage in the tour de france today, houzee!

post exam stress (or no stress :))

exams are finished, I suffer from a severe case of sunburn, my legs are killing me and I'm drinking champagne, just like Freddy Maertens.
In the mean time, my version of NWN (neverwinter nights, the greatest game ever) is installed once again and searching for updates.
today, i went to katrien (i guess you'll be hearing a lot from her in the future), my thesis counsellor. She outlined the whole project, highlighted the important issues and burried me in information :) (She seems nice though). I'll be working a whole year at "slot waveguides for biosensing applications".
On a totally different note, in a week the tour de france starts. I fear the race'll be in the shadow of the drugs. New revelations are menacing some of the topplayers: Petacchi, Valverde, Vinokourov... on top of that, the csc team refuses to signe the charter from the UCI, thus excluding them from participating in the tour?
I just hope Boonen wins the stage in Ghent and gets the green jersey at paris. and of course also that the winner of the yellow jersey (I put my money on Schleck) don't get caught afterwards.

Livinusfeesten

In the village where I live (Sint-Lievens-Houtem), there is an old tradition of a big party every 50 years in honor of Saint-Livinus, an irish bishop who christened our region. This weekend, it's that time again :)

So, the result is that there are four podia scattered across our village, a lot of noise for the coming days and a lot of local artists who are performing. To memorate the irish inheritance of Livinus, the theme of the feast is "when love comes to town", after a song of U2.
Tomorrow I'll be walking 29 km (from ghent to sint-lievens-houtem) like the pelgrimages of old. This kind of 'religious stroll in the park' existed already in the 15th century, but emperor Charles V forbade it because there were too many crimes committed along the way.
Let's hope that doesn't happen tomorrow!
anyway, for those of you who want to know a little more and who speak dutch, surf here

The end is near

only one exam left.

meanwhile, you can look at my music taste right here
celtic punk ftw!

PM

PERT, CPM, WBS, RAM, AoA, AoN, RCPSP, SGS, SPT, LPT, RND, MIS, MTS, GRPW, EST, LST, MSLIC, GRD, GCUMRD, CPLB, CSLB, BRLB, RCPSP/DC, NPV, RLP, RCPSP/WC, CC/BM, ROI, NPV, DCF, IRR, EVM, EAC, BCRW & BDRW

hope you can follow :p

exams: part 2

three down, three to go,

so far so good :)

exams

ability to write diminished due to exam over load

courses I'm learning these days:

microsystems, sensors and actuators in photonics
=>basically boring stuff about temperature sensors and photodiodes

physics of technolocical processes
=>all about the wonderful world of CMOS production

projectmanagement
=>CPM, CC/BM, RCPSPWC

photovoltaïc energy conversion
=> how to make energy of the never shining sun

Quantumphysics
=> Einstein was wrong all along

Study and evolution of mankind
=> I'm a monkey

ah happy times