Intro

How rude of me the post a reply to another blog without introducing myself first.
I'm Thijs, currently a ICT Product developer and bartender. I enjoy life to the fullest, or try to at least. In my spare time I like to talk about stuff we'll probably post on here, or just random lame stuff, interesting and boring discussions in the pub. Or over msn, or in any other way of communication.
I like communication, and I like playing with it, seeing where the boundaries are...
Wait, I'm actually introducing a subject I was planning on writing soon.
Anyway: Hiyas.

P.S. Please feel free to reply on any of the posts we'll make here, and perhaps it could lead to even more interesting discussions.

Re: Life's game

I really wonder what you would call the following scene:
We(me and you, and some others) go and have a drink on a friday night*cough*cough*.
So after a while I tell everyone I've got to go because I've made another appointment.
We say goodbye to each other, and I left the room.

Now would you still call it 'life' or "life's plan" that we meet again in the same snack bar after we had our evening out? How would it ever be possible(except for coincidence, luck and faith) that we meet at exactly the right snack bar out of the thousands in the city at the same time?!
In my humble opinion I would have to say there is always a luck factor. Sometimes it's there when you need it, but it never is when you expect it to be.
Just like this evening. I went to another appointment assuming I wouldn't see the people I started the evening with again this evening. Yet we end up in the same snack bar at the right place. That's just luck... Or coincidence, or faith maybe.
I'm just trying to say(Sorry I'm drunk at the moment) that life isn't just life, there's other things that we can't measure yet that influence our behaviour in certain environments and or certain time spans.

And assuming everything is just 'as-is' isn't enough for me. I really wonder how the evening would have been if different choices have been made. For example if that one friend didn't ask his other friends to come in, which ended in a argue with the only girl we were with. The evening wouldn't probably end up the same.
Or what if I didn't told my collegues I was tired and ignored the feeling(which I originally planned to do)?

Life's game

Let me start off by saying: 

I believe everyone is here for a reason. It's not always about chance. People often use the curious word 'coincidence', but I don't think it's that simple.

Life namely, plays funny games. We are all like little pawns, making our own way...but what is Life's plan?

There's this little village called Vught. One of my best friends has a father (Peter), who was born there, and my uncle (Jan-Kees) was too. In age, they differ like 5 months. Jan Kees works for the embassy and works alot abroad. 

But occasionally he visits Holland and one day he met Peter, when both their families visited our home. They liked each other, and it looked like they knew each other for years. 

I thought about this while daydreaming in the train. Did they perhaps go to the same class back then? What if they knew each other, and now yeaaaars later they meet again...only, they don't realize it.

Life's funny, did Life plan this? What does Life hold for us in the future, what's the plan?

It isn't Fate, you make your own life ofcourse... But some things are meant to be....And in the end, are they for the best?

RE: What is this blog about

This is a test, to see if this Newbie (Hi, my name is Alvaro) can actually blog...

What will this blog be about... One of the first things that came to mind, were actually just thoughts we had... thoughts that would be worth mentioning in this blog, named 'Beer and Wiskey' (by the great Thijs da Sweet).

But to make this blog really suit 'Beer and Wiskey', I'll probably improvise once in a while... We'll see....! 

Here I close.

What is this blog about

Alvaro, hier moeten we even een tekstje plaatsen waar we over gaan bloggen ofzo..
Ofcourse in english. d'Oh