Boudewijn Lutgerink

tagged... oh boy... now what

You foxers are a curious kind of human beings. So Eric Tagged me (how dare he). You really want to know 5 things about this doubledutch Dutchman you do not know, always wanted to know but were afraid to ask?

Do I want to tell you all the gory details? YEAH SURE. I am, after all, your worse nightmare. Never say you did not ask for it! Never say I didn't warn yer.

1. Been married for 3 times. had a wife twice. Now I have a buddy, a true friend who stands next to me no matter what is going on, a lover, a sweetheart first class, a person giving me metal wake up calls. This "angel from heaven" is called Elina.
SHE is responsible for me taking up software developing as a job (so blame her for me being here and making your lives miserable). Before doing this I was working in facility management. I lived, at that time in Hellevoetsluis just below Rotterdam when I fell in love in and with Arnhem.

2. There are dogs and there are Border Collies. And among the latter Joey is God's chosen Stud. Joey is my border and I am training him for trialling. He had a nasty accident a few months ago when he was overrun by a mad Bouvier, broke his leg, got operated and is now up and running and fast and furious.

3. I am a Reiki practitioner. What is Reiki? hmmm, good question. I'ld say, clever people these fox developers! It is originally a Japanese "word" consisting of the word "Rei" meaning "higher", "divine" but also "power" and the word "Ki", meaning "lifepower". I had my first initiation 15 years ago and Reiki, the practice, in all its aspects as described by my teacher and Reikimaster, Mrs Phyllis Lei Furumoto, is the leading principle in my life. I have second degree since 1992 and maybe some day I will have third degree as well, although I still feel reluctant to using the title "Master" that goes with this third degree.

4. THE person being responsible for bringing the smart fox in my life is John zijlstra.
He lived just across the street in Arnhem (I moved 8 years ago to Huissen) had his own company and brought me into fox. I fell in love with the fox and stayed with it ever since.
He taught me first, now he occassionally calls me with questions. he moved too, to the beautiful island of Texel (up north in our country). Did he move or was he looking for shelter, away from this mad developer that I am ever since.

5. I like to sing, nothing as good as a barbershop song to start the day.
So, "when a rainy day comes, and a cloud of gray comes, and I lost my sunny day...
Mr music master, make my heart beat faster, you can chase the rain away....
So when you write a melody.
Just add the words and think of me
and give me a song an old barbershop song that I can sing when I am blue
Give me a beat
to start tapping my feet and make my worries fly away...

OK, satisfied? let's see what

Marcia "10 casualties" Akins, has to say. (these poor people and the beamer are now recovered).
Or what about Jamie Osborn, that ozzie is around on foxite for a while already?
Now that we are down under, Bernard Bout, YOU ARE TAGGED MAN!
OK From eastern europe, Borislav Borrisov, I am curious what you got to say.
I am not sure whether this much respected lady has a blog here already, but Tamar Granor, you too are tagged.

No laughing please, signatures after the show.

Boudewijn Lutgerink

Published Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:25 PM by Boudewijn
Filed Under: Visual FoxPro, Random subjects, Reiki, VFP