March 30, 2012
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
The weekend has arrived! That's the good news, nay, the great news! Even though I now work officially full time again, I am very happy with the fact that there are still some four day work weeks to enjoy. This week I took the Monday off, next week I will be off on Friday (for Good Friday), and the week after the Monday will be a public holiday (Easter Monday.) That means that, at least for the time being, there are still a couple of three day weekends to enjoy.
The news about the house is not so good though. The building, now that it's nearly stripped of its scaffolding on one side just looks awful. The top two floors are neatly done in new pointing and with bricks replaced where they were broken, while the two floors below (one of which is mine) contrast tremendously. They still look shabby, and look as if they have not been looked after at all. The most disturbing aspect of this all is that I really don't know who I can trust anymore. Something went wrong with the pointing - so much is plain to see for the whole of Amsterdam - but when it comes to the question who is to blame, the options are not nice. To be fair, I don't trust anyone involved anymore, and that includes some of my neighbours. That's not a nice feeling.
The get my mind off things, I decided to go to Kriterion tonight to watch Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy. It's been running for a while now, and I heard good things about it, so I decided to see it for myself. I walked to Kriterion past the Hollandsche Schouwburg (former theatre and assembly point for Jewish people in World War II - now a memorial) on Plantage Middenlaan. The picture is of its façade, the only part of the building that still looks splendid - as if a show can start any moment. The film was good, and kept me fascinated, but it was maybe a bit too serious for the mood I was in already. In any case I was glad out of the house tonight.
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