>AMSTERDAM: French women, says a recent bestseller, don’t get fat. Japanese women, says another, don’t get old or fat. But their sisters in the Netherlands may have one up on both of them. That is because Dutch women, according to a book just released in the Netherlands, don’t get depressed. After scores of interviews with…

> I prefer AmsterdamIt’s more beautiful than ParisI prefer AmsterdamMy Mokum paradise Amsterdam hiphoppers THC Mokum is the word we Amsterdammers use for Amsterdam, it is a Jewish word coming from the Hebrew Makum which means Home.

> TwinsNew roses on my plant and two more to come. It’s a beautiful warm and sunny day here in Amsterdam. One of those days we wished we had in July, when it was summer and the outdoor swimmingpools still open and we could lay in the grass.Last Thursday when Stel and Lido were here…

> Lido (left) Stel (right) and me in the middle. We met in the Amsterdam of the Seventies and stayed close friends for all these year.

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> Life loses its dynamism from the moment we lose the passion with which to live it. No matter what our age, we cannot afford to let the flame within our heart grow dim. We do not become unhappy because we grow old. We become unhappy only when we grow ever more unwilling to change…

>I have been so quiet I can’t believe it. Anything wrong with me? Don’t remember. My past is my past and can’t be changed so I hardly ever think about what happened yesterday. But what happened yesterday is that I had a very intense weekend doing my keibi services in the Cultural Centre in Zeist.A…

> Where can we find happiness? Happiness is not found in a tranquil life free of storms and tempests. Real happiness is found in the struggles we undergo to realize our goals, in our efforts to move forward.

> This wonderful, beautiful, gorgeous, sweet smelling rose grew in my backyard.Every year the miraculous lush magnificence amazes me. Thanks, Mother Earth.

>”What kind of future do I envision for myself? What kind of self am I trying to develop? What do I want to accomplish in my life?” The thing is to paint this vision of your life in your heart as specifically as possible. That “painting” itself becomes the design of your future. The power…