Club Barbie

Wonder what this is about.....

(FYI we actually did not visit this, it was on the way to our restaurant where we had amazingly (and over priced) sushi somewhere in Kawasaki).

Japan

Above some pictures of my trip to japan. Tokyo is an amazing city!
The workshop was quite interesting as well ...

English for japanese

It is a bit unworldly actually.

A walk in Tilden park, II

A view of San Pablo reservoir from Wild cat peak.

From Wild cat peak, a short hike takes you to the Nimitz way which ends at 'inspiration point'.

Power cables.

After Inspiration point, I took the meadows canyon trail. A 1.43 mile hike back to the nature area.

In total, the hike was about 5 miles/8 km (Peak trail, Nimitz way Meadows Canyon trail) and had a height difference of about 700 feet (and 700 down of course). It took me about 2 hours, with some rest at the Wild cat peak. Not to bad for an overweight ex-smoker I would say ... 

A walk in Tilden park,I

I had a walk today in Tilden Park. The weather was nice as well as the scenery. Here some pictures:


This picture is taken at the start of the Sylvan/Peak trail, just after Jewel lake.
Not sure if these are juniper berries. I doubt it.

Not sure what this is either. Looks like a big dried up 'distel'

On the top of wild cat peak, this nice bird was about his business. 

Hey, don't disturb me! I am rebuilding a protein model!

Shakthi is one of the youngest Coot (ab)users. 

Cricket

 

Hallo!

Drinken uit een echte beker zonder een bende te maken! 

Foundersday 1

Banu had to work yesterday and Shakthi and I went to the 'Founders day' 75-th year celebration of the foundation of Berkeley Nat. Labs.
Shakthi got a nice pair of safety glasses which she is showing off here.
It was a nice day. 

A day in San Francisco

Op de pier verwarde Shakthi een zeemeeuw met een gans...

Bankje

See here a transvestite on a public bench in Amsterdam opposite of the 'Rookerij' close to Muntplein.
This bench (or actually the one next to it) was the usual place where two friends and me used to chill during our pub (or sometimes city) crawls.
To celebrate the succesfull PhD defense of a friend of mine, we had a commemorative plate placed on this bench.


This picture was taken by my sister during the Gay Parade last saturday.

X9B

I found this picture of my wife on the web. She is collecting X-ray diffraction data at beamline X9B of the NSLS. This picture was taken approximately one month before our daughter was born.

Newsletter

Newletter regarding lattice symmetry is done ..

Have a peek here

Look at me!

 

Zuster Shakthi

 

Union Square

We were chasing pigeons on Union Square. Here Shaktrhi is taking some rest. The hunt went on afterwards without delay ... 

Opa en Oma have left the building

 

Verjaardag, 4

 

Verjaardag, 3

 

Verjaardag, 2

 

Verjaardag, 1

 

Familie

 

Beach

Shakthi was wat onwennig op het strand, maar had het toch naar haar zin .... 

colours

The ocean was somehow very blue today. I was told it is not always like that. Not sure why though.