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Stories, films and things I learned along the way. Originally published between 2017 and 2025.
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SONGKRAN FESTIVAL THAILAND PART 3 - A Family Day
The day has yet to start on this Second Songkran Day, and the uncles are already enjoying themselves. The second day of Songkran is all about. . Family.
SONGKRAN FESTIVAL THAILAND PART 2 - Friends and Sausages
Songkran is mostly known by foreigners as a Three Day Drinking and free for all Water Fight Holiday. That’s not a lie. That's exactly what Songkran looks like for Thai youngsters.
SONGKRAN FESTIVAL THAILAND PART 1 - A Watery Reunion
This is the first part of a four-part series about the Songkran Water Festival in Thailand. Songkran is Thailand’s equivalent of New Years' Eve. However, it’s totally different.
A Day in the Life of a Sustainability Startup in The Netherlands
In this episode of Future Talks, we get a look behind the scenes of Noria, a startup founded by Rinze and Arnoud. Noria is a hands-on innovative sustainability startup in The Netherlands that is developing a machine to get plastic waste out of rivers in a sustainable and economic way. In 'Future Talks' I capture moments of people who are working on their ideas.
The Best Camping Barbecue Beef Sandwich You'll Ever Make
Probably the worst part about camping is eating horrible tasteless frozen hamburgers. I say we don’t take it anymore. We demand simple and delicious camping food.
How Dutch Wooden Shoes Are Made
When I tell people I’m from The Netherlands, they always jokingly say: oh, so you must be walking on wooden shoes all the time, right? The truth is, I didn’t actually think people would still walk on wooden shoes until I saw a farmer actually walking on the famous Dutch wooden shoe. Naturally, that sparked my curiosity.
Is this Crisis the end of Small Family Farms?
In March 2019 I shot an item about plastic recycling with this small family farm as the decor. Now, a year later the world has turned upside down. With the whole Coronavirus COVID-19 situation and the coming economic crisis ahead, I’m wondering if there is any future for small family farms like these.
VISUALIZING MY GOALS TO BECOMING A MASTER OF STORYTELLING
To achieve my goal of becoming a master in storytelling, I need to make a habit out of creating short films. According to James Clear, the author of Atomic Habits, the visual tracking of habits has three benefits: 1) habit tracking reminds you to act; 2) tracking habits motivates you to continue; 3) the tracking of habits provides immediate satisfaction ( https://jamesclear.com/habit-tracker ) As a Master of procrastination and a notoriously lying to myself, I need something to keep myself on track of becoming a master storyteller. As practice makes perfect, how the heck do you measure when you are a master in storytelling?
I Created a Photo Album to Find a Balance Between Digital and Analog
I Created a Photo Album with Instax Polaroid Pictures to Find a Balance Between Digital and Analog. I almost never look back at these photo’s. But when I do, I feel a weird cocktail of nostalgia mixed with self deprecating cringe running down my spine.
From Farm To Table - Authentic Italian Home Cooking in Sicily
Cooking fresh food, from farm to table, in idyllic Sicily - Italy. Doesn't it sound like a dream? I was lucky to have had the opportunity to see how Graziella, an Italian mom, cooks authentic Italian food of Sicily with fresh products from her own biological vegetable garden.
Designing and Making your Own Furniture DIY Project
My friend Lucas recently moved into a brand new apartment in Amsterdam. Although he has a beautiful view, everything is brand new, the space was pretty empty. Lucas channeled his inner creative and designed and built his own industrial style piece of furniture, using metal pipes.
This Dutch invention has to prevent Plastic from reaching the Ocean
We all know that there is a problem with all the plastic in the ocean. But there is a difference between knowing, and actually doing something about plastic pollution. Noria, a Dutch start-up is developing a machine, using ancient Dutch techniques, to get plastic waste from the rivers out of the water.