Are you thinking positive? Are you really? Thinking positive goes beyond the cliché of the half glass full or the half glass empty. Thinking positive is a state of mind, and showing insight to yourself and other people even without thinking about it. Thinking positive will make other people smile, be more productive, get the most out of people, lead people to accomplish wonderful jobs, encourage people to do whatever they haven’t done before and most important heal sorrow or losing somebody you love.
Just the other day, one of my best friends texted me. The situation with her father has gone down hill, and it would not be long for him to say goodbye to his loved ones. What can you say at such a moment to your friend you have known for over 22 years. What can you say at the moment she is about to loose her father. What can you say from 5,00o miles distance.
Sometimes it takes a fresh perspective to look at things. Just today somebody said to me, "I spend the coldest days ever in Amsterdam. It was back in February two years ago. It was so cold". I responded: "You are lucky you were there in February, you only had 28 cold days". He laughed and said: “Dennis, you are always so positive”. And before I knew it, I did it. I’d sent some positive energy into the world with the simple words of wisdom meant as a joke.
I hope I can soon tell this joke to my friend and we can laugh together again. It probably won’t be for a couple of weeks, at least not until we meet again when I travel to The Netherlands. But I’ll make sure I send her this post if the time has come. I know one person deserves some positive energy right now! I hope she can share it with her family…
Saturday evening, time to get out of the house. On upcoming I stumbled on an event I have never been: Women's Flat Track Roller Derby. San Jose has it’s own team, the SVRG, short for; the Silicon Valley Roller Girls.
A roller derby is exciting. The two teams try to score points and block the other team at the same time, to avoid they score any points. As the girls are on roller skates, and the track is fairly narrow, you can be sure that there are one or two casualties in a couple of rounds.
I didn’t know the rules, but in the book I could find the general rules.
All players had interesting names and funny helmets.
The Derby was not close at all, SVRG swiped the floor with their opponents.
Before you go sit somewhere, make sure you check if the seating is not dangerous. You might want to sit somewhere else if you see this sign on the ground:
Imagine you are just 7 years old, and you don’t want to go to church. What do you do? Right, you hijack a car, and get involved in a car chase with the police. Problem solved, I bet the boy didn’t went to church, rather he went to the police station to be questioned.
A 7-year-old boy put his life and the lives of others at risk Sunday morning when he decided to skip church and go for a joy ride in a stolen vehicle.
You can’t make these things up. Only in the United States this can happen!
He ran a stop sign and almost hit another driver before turning into a local high school and then turning around to drive home. He made home to the driveway and ran into the house to hide. The reason for the joy ride? It sure was better than going to church.
Amazing. I’m just asking myself how the hell this little boy could see over the steering wheel, while he was driving.
Summer in Zurich is awesome. Although winter is not bad either, as I was there last December and it was not that cold or rainy at all. Last week rocked in Zurich Switzerland! The first three days the temperature was over 30 degrees Celsius, which is approximately 90-95 Fahrenheit.
With a Monday night dinner at the shores of the lake, and a boat trip on the lake on Tuesday, the weather gods has blessed our journey. The rain didn’t fall until Thursday!
With a busy schedule, it was hard to see something of the city itself, but I did got the chance to sync up with some old friends who I already know for years now.
Some pictures of the trip are below.
The view from the restaurant where we had dinner outside. The city of Zurich is in the background.
A nice billboard to remind us where our food is actually coming from. From ducky to Xmas dinner .
Some nice meats at the BBQ on the boat trip on the Tuesday.
Some nice view on an old piece of Switzerland
With a nice sunset at the end over the lake of Zurich
On Thursday a brief visit to the Google office. Inside, it was not aloud to make any pictures, so only a photo of the name tag in the lobby was possible.
And my taxi back to the airport was completely covered with advertisement stickers in some bright colors blue and pink.
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