Wednesday, September 24, 2008

golf tournament at Lowe and DraftFCB

A couple of weeks ago, the guerilla chief in our office thought of an idea to make the office environment more fun. We have a huge field surrounding our office and so they created a golf tournament. The interns cut the grass and placed a little pool fountain. They were also the caddy of the CEO of Lowe and Draft.


The CEO's and Tiger Woods.


Draft CEO


Lowe CEO


on the grass bunker






the CEO and the caddy

nurse anneke and doctor andy the

I made these for steve's parents a while back and never got the chance to take a picture of it until this weekend. Steve's mom use to be a nurse and steve's dad is a doctor. The picture was taken in their home backyard in Hengelo.

look what we found in the dutch supermarket!!!

Monday, September 15, 2008

Prime minister of holland donated his space!!!

My team (Floor, Jordi, Kelly) and I worked hard for the past year with Move Your World organization and if finally paid off!!!! This Friday we finally reached our goal for "Donate your Space" campaign. Reminder: the goal of the campaign was to get the attention of the government so that they will push through with reaching the 8 Millennium goals by 2015.

As much effort as we put into this campaign, it won't make much difference in the third world countries. The people that are in power are the ones that can make a real difference. And all we had to do was inspire the government with our creativity and determination. And so we have been asking since the beginning of our campaign to meet with the prime minister of Holland (Balkenende) and our request was finally granted. Prime Minister Balkenende and Minister Koenders acknowledged our work and was amazed by our creativity and interest in the 8 Millennium goals. On the 25th of September they will meet with the UN and he is going to mention our campaign and the enthusiasm of the young Dutch people.

We had a little press moment at the government building in Den Haag. Minister Koenders was so impressed with the idea of donating your space he asked us how we came up with the idea. It was our proud moment. In the ceremony, we gave both of them a "Donate Your Space" tie and a board which showed pictures of people's participation. And in the end he donated a space in his office.

Floor, Jordi, and I left the building feeling satisfied and happy to know that the work we did for the past year has paid off. Our idea was recognized and supported by so many different types of people, from teenagers, people abroad, senior citizens, to the government. And the best thing is that we did it to help the world. Thanks for all your participation and support guys!


"Donate your Space" tie


press moment with the presenters


Prime minister Balkenende and Minister Koenders




They donated a space in their office building. See me in the back?


Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Monday, September 01, 2008

A hot summers day in amsterdam!

Yesterday was one of the nicest hottest summer day in amsterdam!
We chilled, we threw the frisbee, played volleyball and I tried flying a kite for the first time. The kite was a birthday gift from Alex the 2 euro 3D kite. It was so much fun but too bad there wasn't a lot of wind so the kite didn't fly that high. So steve had the brilliant idea to try and fly the kite while biking. And afterwards I even tried biking on my own. Oh yea of course we had to bbq on a portable grill that you can get at the supermarket. It was the perfect summer's day.

Check out the videos, I will post the pictures later.