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September 24, 04:14 PM

Tonight I made rice for the onigiri the Japanese way with the last bit of risotto (not so Japanese) rice on my shelves (it would be great to use that kind of rice, so I don't have to store yet another ingredient in my tiny kitchen).
Following these instructions, and adjusting the ingredients to my small stock of risotto rice and my 1-person cast-iron Hackman pot, it worked out perfectly: very moist and sticky rice, no burns. I think this white rice cooking routine would easily fit in with evening chores, not so sure I'll be able to do this in the mornings though.

After the rice was cooked and ready for processing I made 4 (non-filled) onigiri the easy way, stored 2 in the fridge for tomorrow and 2 in the freezer.
When my dentist appoint goes well tomorrow I hope to take a bite from My First Onigiri (I think I'll be very into comfort foods after the (over-again) root canal)!

More on how my onigiri survived the fridge/freezer and how it was to my taste in another post.

Image: the goodies for bento-making I bought this week (see previous post).

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September 22, 06:07 PM

A new work week, a new bento.
- scroll down for pictures -

Already learned some bento&me things:
  • No matter how I think at night: "oh, this is easy, I'll put it together in the morning", it's not working: I'm not the most awake one at mornings; I'd even forgot to look at my bento notes I made the night before.
  • Despite my art education, I'm not at all creative in the morning, my only goal is to get on time to get up and go to work at minimal time&effort, and my bento shows...
  • I eat all but the bread I pack, could be my co-workers that bring in delicious cakes & cookies...
Since I'm not ready yet to get up very very early, just so I can get the creativity flowing by bento-making-time, I'll have to improvise, learn some new tricks and experiment a lot (all great motivation-triggers btw, I'll do anything but getting-up-early-just-for-making-lunch).

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This second bento was a very simple one, no dressing, no pretties:
  • 2 portions of mini heart-shaped fritata (a winner! I'm glad I made a large batch to freeze);
  • mixed sprouts;
  • 2 slices of plain bread (I have spreads at work, but today I didn't feel like bread, reason: our cleaning lady treated us with lovely filled cookies -last pic- for end of Ramadan);
  • tiny grapes with goat brie cheese.
I found a nice Dutch cloth to wrap it in (2nd pic), I do own a very nice Japanese wrap (a gift from the Japanese Cardinal), but somehow I think it's too pretty/holy to wrap my lunch in.

Yesterday I found "veggie cutters" in a hobby shop, it's actually clay cutters, and I now know why real veggie cutters are long; my cutters just cut 1 or 2 bits, so it's time-consuming when I want a lot of small veggie-shapes to sprinkle onto my bento. Today I spotted real (long) veggie cutters in a Chinese giftshop, but they didn't sell a shape I liked (or understood, some are Chinese characters).
At the same hobby shop I bought a star shaped puncher, they had a great choice of shapes and sizes, I really had to put a brake on my "want!"-sentiments ;-)

Nice surprise at the Chinese supermarket close to work: they sell 4 different flavors furikake, I bought 3 kinds plus black sesame-seeds.
Planning to make onigiri tomorrow, when I have more time to prepare, cook, create, cool and freeze. I think I'll experiment with my risotto rice first, although I did find various brands of sushi/Japanese rice in various supermarkets (local, organic and Chinese-): I'm very lucky to live in a mixed&multi-nationalities city :-)
More luck to be found in the city: a Japanese & Korean shop (I haven't been visiting, yet).

I found some great articles that really enlightened me on the (onigiri-)rice thing: Looking at rice, Japanese Basics: How to make Japanese-style plain rice and sushi rice  and Basics: Cooking Japanese style brown rice on the stovetop in a pot. Oh, and this one on easy-making onigiri!
I'll leave that for tomorrow after work, when I have more time to prepare the onigiri (and freeze them).
(links: by Makiko Itoh from Just Bento/Just Hungry)


To be continued!

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September 18, 03:11 PM

OK, so it's not a Japanese kinda cute bento, just ordinary Dutch fridge leftovers in a lunchbox ;-)

In the clear box:
- mixed greens (salad)
- 1 hard-boiled egg
- ready made dressing in a small bottle
- 1 cup of hot sweet-sour sauce (no-meatballs dip)

In the orange bread box, from top to bottom:
- sourdough bread with hummus
- 3 small no-meatballs (veg)
- 2 boxes with sliced tomato and cucumber (to drop in salad)
- 1 box with shredded carrot in orange juice and 3 walnuts

It's set in a beautiful community garden in the city centre of Rotterdam, very close to my work; when the weather is good it's my fav spot to eat my lunch.
I didn't eat it all, a co-worker brought some chinese rolls in, and I took one (it was filled with some unknown sweet substance, delicious!). So I spoiled my bento-lunch... I left 1 no-meatball and all bread to be snacks for the afternoon.

I didn't bring my camera, so these pictures were made by phone, and I couldn't see what I was doing (hi late-summer sun!), but the contents are showing. I made one picture earlier today of the package I brought in to my office (see last picture, the thermos isn't part of the bento, it's my regular teapot on my desk), I really should skill on folding and tie-knots, messy, but it held :-)

It was fun to make, it was a great joy to eat, so... to be continued!
:-D

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June 07, 12:29 PM

Sjaan is suspicious of that resembling moving kitty at my screen...
- on a lazy sunday afternoon -

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June 05, 03:27 PM

I already decided I wouldn't care if the leather couch would be scratched, but it seems she has no interest in doing that, super-sjaantje!
I'll work on her own blog tomorrow, to keep her former owner posted on her well-being.

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June 03, 02:49 PM

Kan niet tippen aan die van Bosz, maar ook leuk.

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June 14, 08:57 AM

13 juni 2009: Een zalig zonnige zaterdag, en voor mij: 'lui op balkon hang dag'. Zo niet voor Sjaan, die nog maar 1 week in 't Rotterdamse is. Het was moeilijk streng te zijn (en ik houd dit ook niet lang vol ben ik bang), maar heb nog heel even grens gesteld, barricade opgeworpen voor de open balkondeur, en Sjaan eerst de balkon 'suite' laten besnuffelen, voor de zekerheid (mocht mijn barricade geen stand houden) haar vast het halsbandje met penning omgedaan.
Dat vond ze dus maar niks: buiten rook zo lekker, hoorde vogeltjes twitteren, en een open deur, maar toch ook weer niet...  en hield ietwat verbolgen (doch vreedzaam) een sit-in op het schone gevouwen wasgoed.
Kwam mij goed uit (shhh, laat ze het niet weten), want de nieuw ontdekte gevouwen-was-tafel is tevens het opstapje naar het 'katteluik' (dakraampje, dat straks altijd open staat: -hop- via dakgoot naar -plof- balkon en v.v.)
Toen ze even beneden was gaan snacken, heb ik een sprei over het wasgoed gelegd (tja, het was nog steeds mijn luie dag, wasgoed opruimen komt nog wel), en daarna heeft ze het nog lang volgehouden.
Ze heeft een punt natuurlijk, en ik geloof dat ze me snel zal breken, en ik haar de vrijheid geef om balkon domein te verkennen en te bezitten.
- Meyke

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June 08, 12:04 PM

Sjaan heeft post gekregen van Suske*: "Welkom in Rotterdam!"
Zo zoet! :-)

* Suske is pleegkater (zie laatste foto), meeverhuisd met ex.

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June 07, 07:02 PM

7 juni 2009: Op een luie zondag... zat ik me af te vragen hoe ik nou kon laten zien dat Sjaan & laptop op schoot heel snel went...
Het duurde even voor ik me herinnerde dat ik een webcam ergens had liggen (nooit aangesloten/gebruikt) - dank @lolalara! -, nieuwe verslaving is geboren... -> webcam is fun!
Ware het niet dat toen ik het ding eindelijk op laptop werkend had gekregen, Sjaan stoel-lig-mood kreeg (zag de fotobui hangen blijkbaar).
Nuja... heb er 1 kunnen schieten met bewijs laptop + Sjaan op schoot = best relaxt, en Sjaan heeft ook 1x op het knopje gedrukt (al wassend, is wat bewogen, maar vol charme). Ze vond het maar raar, die poes op screen die zich hetzelfde voordeed als zij.
's Avonds tijdens online meeting met vrienden nog wat rode bank-hang momenten kunnen schieten tussen de bedrijven door.
- Meyke

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June 06, 01:28 PM

Sjaan heeft haar eerste nacht erop zitten, ik heb gisteravond de deuren naar boven opengezet, ben naar bed gegaan en Sjaan het extra domein op d'r eigen gemak laten verkennen. Ik hoorde haar flink scharrelen en snuffelen; aan veel plekken op zolder kleven nog luchtjes van de katten van voormalig langdurig logerend nichtje. Na een kwartier hoorde ik een plof op het kussen naast me. We zijn relaxt ingedommeld en hebben allebei lekker lang uitgeslapen, elk op een kussen.
Mijn oude poes Lula kwam alleen op bed slapen als ze bang was, pleegkater Suske was een notoire voeteneindploffer, en zelf ben ik een onrustige inslaper (zo niet vannacht: direct in slaap gevallen onder genot van zacht gespin).
Van Marie-Claire en Linda gehoord dat Sjaan het liefst òp je hoofd slaapt, tussendoor graag je haren doet en je wakker maakt met likjes op de neus, ga ik vast nog meemaken, maar zoals vannacht was errug fijn!
- Meyke

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June 06, 09:44 AM

5 juni 2009: eerste middag & avond in Rotterdam, een aantal meubels zijn goedgekeurd, nog vele testdagen & meubels te gaan...

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June 06, 08:26 AM

5 juni 2009: Natuurlijk moest er eerst onder de kasten gecontroleerd worden, het was er wel wat stoffig...
Foto's door Marjette :-)

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June 06, 07:49 AM


5 juni 2009: Sjaan op weg naar Rotterdam
Film gemaakt door Marjette / mjtts
- hoezo moet film altijd in landscape? gewoon hoofd ff kantelen ;-) -

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June 06, 06:51 AM

5 juni 2009: Samen met Marjette naar Linda in Huizen, om Sjaantje mij te laten keuren en wanneer goed bevonden, zou ik haar mee kunnen nemen naar Rotterdam, en zo geschiedde (ik ben door keuring heen gekomen, yay).
Foto's door Marjette :-)
- Meyke

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June 06, 06:25 AM

Het begon allemaal toen ik deze tweet spotte (op 29 mei).
Ik was niet op zoek naar een nieuwe kat, maar hoopte wel dat er ooit weer eentje op mijn pad kwam, en dit voelde als zodanig, dus gelijk gereageerd en correspondentie met Marie-Claire opgezet.
En 1 week later kwam Sjaan in mijn leven :-)
* Voor Marie-Claire, om haar op de hoogte te houden van wel, wee en gebeurtenissen van Sjaantje in 't Rotterdamse. *
- Meyke

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March 05, 03:11 PM
it’s not the end. - http://www.swiss-miss.com/2011...
via: swissmiss - M* | Meyke
May 13, 08:03 AM
Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options - Graphic - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/interac...
via: http://lifehacker.com/5537985... - I may have to check on some settings (again)... - M* | Meyke
December 01, 01:21 PM
stereomood - http://www.stereomood.com - "behind every song there's always an emotion. we don't know why but maybe that's why we love music. so we've created a way to suggest songs that follow your feelings: stereomood is the emotional internet radio, providing music that best suits your mood and your activities. how do i feel? what am i doing...
November 23, 04:39 PM
Tom Gauld print: "Characters for an Epic Tale" - Boing Boing - http://www.boingboing.net/2009...
October 22, 02:40 PM
Infographic Posters from Visual Aid | Thist Just Inbox - Core77 - http://www.core77.com/blog...
"Visual Aid (like The MacMillan Visual Dictionary's kid brother) is a series of books containing loads of information that must be visualized to be understood. For example: the space race chronology, human anatomy, comparative sizes of spacecraft, swimming strokes and the like. Now, after the release of their 2nd book, Visual Aid: Stuff You've Forgotten, Things You Never Thought You Knew, and Lessons You Didn't Quite Get Around to Learning, they've released all their graphics in poster form." - M* | Meyke
October 21, 09:45 AM
UPPERCASEIT.COM - http://uppercaseit.com/
"UppercaseIt.com provides the ability to uppercase, lowercase, flip, reverse or transform any text. Copy and paste the results into an e-mail, word doc, powerpoint or just about any application." - M* | Meyke
Options: Uppercase * Lowercase * Flip Text * Initial Upper/ word * Initial Upper/ Sentence * Strip Spaces * Reverse Words * Reverse Letters * Camel Case * Braille * Morse Code * _ Friendly urls * - Friendly urls * Rot13 - M* | Meyke
October 16, 01:07 PM
The Billion Dollar Gram | Information Is Beautiful - http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visuali...
"Billions spent on this, billions spent on that. It's all relative right?" (via: http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarks...) - M* | Meyke
September 11, 03:23 PM
Classic New York: The 1940s - Photo Gallery, 43 Pictures - LIFE - http://www.life.com/image...
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October 02, 03:17 PM
The Piet Stove: A Smoke-Free Indoor Ethanol Stove | AT Re-Nest - http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest...
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"This portable, clean burning, installation free stove is one of a kind. Designed to be used like an electric area heater, it burns ethanol, a clean burning and stable fuel source..." - M* | Meyke
October 04, 04:49 PM
= average color, calculated from 26.000 images from MoMa's art collection, by Joshua Nimoy - M* | Meyke
October 04, 04:12 PM
7 Ways to Makeover Your Old Shoes For Fall | Ecouterre - http://www.ecouterre.com/1731...
October 02, 04:30 PM
Recipe: Hot & Sour Soup - So Easy! | AT The Kitchn - http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitc...
"One of my favorite soups is Hot & Sour Soup, and I was flabbergasted to discover that it's really quite easy - and cheap! - to make. (...) This could easily be made vegetarian or vegan by substituting dashi or vegetable broth for the chicken stock and omitting the pork and/or the egg." - M* | Meyke
September 26, 08:38 AM
Death in Sakkara - free fun adventure game online | Just Adventure Review - http://www.justadventure.com/reviews...
"Death in Sakkara is a charming, tiny edutainment adventure created for the BBC website. It’s snappy, stylish, fun, and best of all, free. The story of the game concerns the player character, the journalist Charles Fox. It’s 1929, and the discovery of King Tut’s tomb has everyone in the world crazy for ancient Egyptian mysteries. Fox is summoned to a meeting with the curator of the Hull Museum. It seems that the curator’s daughter, a young archaeologist, has gone missing while investigating some ancient ruins! Only you can save her!" | http://www.bbc.co.uk/history... - M* | Meyke
September 25, 10:06 AM
Pixelated Artwork Made from Paint Chips - Reader Project | AT Re-Nest - http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest...
September 24, 04:14 PM
blu's onigiri for bento #1 - http://blutec.posterous.com/blus-on...
Posted via email from blutec's blog - M* | Meyke
September 24, 02:09 PM
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September 22, 01:57 PM
Calming Foods List. Zen... | Healthy. Happy. Life. - http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com/2009...
September 22, 01:04 PM
Digitally Imported - Addictive Electronic Music - http://www.di.fm/
I'll have to check this out, when the playlists of Soma.fm are getting familiar ;-) - M* | Meyke

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Government Administration | Rotterdam Area, Netherlands, NL

Experience

  • Sept 2011 - Present
    Communication employee / Gemeente Rotterdam
    Hands-on & multi-inzetbaar en beschikbaar voor allerhande communicatie "dingetjes" in de uitvoering, digitale media, beeld & tekst.
  • Aug 2010 - Sept 2011
    Project Assistant / Gemeente Rotterdam
  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2010
    Assistant Project Manager / Gemeente Rotterdam
  • 2006 - 2008
    Assistent Budgethouder, Afdelingsecretaris / Gemeente Rotterdam
  • 2003 - 2006
    Secretary / Gemeente Rotterdam
  • 1998 - 2003
    Fashion Model Booker / Max Models
  • 2000 - 2001
    Project Assistant at MCC / FREIA
  • 1998 - 1999
    Producer Photography & Film, Entrepeneur, Location manager, Set Stylist / Phoxx Locationscope
  • 1995 - 1998
    Assistant Producer Photography / Phoxx Producties
  • Aug 1995 - Jun 1996
    Shop Manager / Foto Modern
  • 1992 - 1995
    Assistant manager, saleswoman / sissy-boy
  • May 1991 - Aug 1991
    Printer Professional Photography / Phobutech
  • 1985 - 1990
    Assistant shop manager, employee / Foto Modern

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  • 2006 - 2007
    NCOI
  • 1989 - 1992
    Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag - Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
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