Two days ago the fire alarm in my apartment building went off for the first time since I've lived here, probably having permanently damaged my eardrum. Running in to the hall I then saw what had caused the trouble: my neighbors had decided to make a midnight snack at 1 o'clock at night. Something must've gone awfully wrong as their whole apartment was full of smoke, the girl stood outside being sorry for the noise while her boyfriend was trying to 'make it go away'. Luckily after a while the high pitched ringing stopped. Still wondering how you could produce so much smoke while cooking, I made pasta yesterday. I think subconsciously I was trying to copy that very event amd at one point I could barely see my window. Luckily the alarm didn't go off as I immediately opened all windows and the door to produce a draft. But now the whole flat still smells like salami...

Today I was on my way to go grocery shopping when I passed one of the big squares here in Den Haag crowded with people. There appeared to be some sort of street soccer tournament going on. As it turned out it wasn't an ordinary tournament but the Dutch Homeless Cup. Yupp, it's exactly what it sounds like. Would have loved to watch, but when I arrived, the last game had just finished. Still, a nice idea.