Thursday 2 April 2009

Back and forth

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ADA
AND WIM!

This is TaTa and KeKe just before they left Oegstgeest. They had to drive through Dutchland, then Belgiumland, then a little bit into Frenchland and then row their boat to Dover.
The next photo is KeKe and Tim (who is the son of Gert) in Gert's kitchen. Tim has just qualified to be a nurse and is specialising in lungs and the respiratory system. He is also a master of Kuntao. Kuntao involves an introduction to the serious study in defence of one's physical, mental and spiritual existence; one must not consider this a sport in any way until one has considered this is not a sport.

Physically, its movements are composed of jumping and swinging shoulders with the body's joints and muscles locked in to form one unit. The Kuntaoist's hands are known as 'fire hands' because of the searing strikes executed. It is very fierce and meant to deal with the most severe attacks. The physical component of Kuntao is both very powerful and fast. The exponent of Kuntao trains the left side of the body for speed and the right side for power. Inner mental visualisation along with touch sensitivity sessions adds cognition to your automatic reflexes. The secret of being an expert in Kuntao lies in the spiritual training. As with the physical and mental aspects, there is a spiritual training system for the Kuntaoist to follow throughout the day.

Us Siamese are masters in all martial arts - after all us animals teach you the art of movement, posture and ways of being. However we prefer not to use our skills because if we did there would be no humans left - we observe your cruelty to those without a voice and eventually you will answer to The Great Cat in The Sky.
So watch out - mess with me and I will call on Tim.
Next is a photo of the beautiful town of Alphen aan den Rijn (means on the Rhine).

Alphen has a population of around 70,000 and is in the western part of The Netherlands in the province of South Holland. The town is situated on the banks of the river Oude Rijn where the river Gouwe branches off. The town is located in the Green Heart of The Netherlands. The name Alphen is believed to be derived from the name of the Roman castellum Albanianae, meaning 'settlement at the white water'.

Then I couldn't resist another photo of the gorgeous Baby Mila with KeKe and TaTa and lastly here are TaTa and KeKe sleeping on the boat - they should have been rowing but TaTa said she had just had her nails done.