| Unusual coincidences in my life |
| Introduction |
| Early signs |
When I was around sixteen years old, our class made a school trip to Münster in Germany. Münster is important in Dutch
history because in 1648 the Peace of Münster was signed, in which Spain recognised Dutch independence. We visited the
Peace Hall of Münster where the peace treaty was signed. There some of us sat down on the bench seats at the west wall of
the hall (see picture to the right).| Crossing paths |
| Events that followed |
| Links to Twente and the University of Twente |
Kroamschudd'n in Mariaparochie
Witbreuksweg 401-R: Mondriaan painting
Fireworks disasters in Enschede and Volendam| Jokes of God |
All my working life I was using the products of Oracle. At this moment I am working as a database administrator and before
that I was a software developer. I even graduated for the exam of Oracle Certified Professional Database Administrator.
Now I am forced to act like a real oracle.
Currently I work for the CJIB, which is the one of the most unpopular organisations in the Netherlands because it processes the traffic fines for the police. The magazine Zakenspiegel featured an article about the CJIB in Leeuwarden (see picture to the right). Someone sticked the article to a wall where it remained for years.| The visions |
Around November 2008 auditions took place for the Dutch version of the musical Joseph (see picture to the left). The musical
Joseph is about the biblical story of Joseph. The Dutch text on the picture means: "Dare to dream", referring to the dreams
Joseph had. Coincidentally the Natural Financial System was introduced when Joseph was viceroy of Egypt.
In November 2008 the telecommunications company Tele2 introduced a new advertisement campaign featuring a black sheep named
Frank to highlight that Tele2 is cheap (see picture to the right). Coincidentally I consider myself to be the black sheep of the family. Also I am frugal so I like cheap. When I was a student I was the treasurer of the Technics and Art festival of the Twente University. I blocked the spending proposals of officials that lived in financial fantasy land. I even threatened to resign after people tried to spend money unauthorised. Therefore the Technics and Art festival of the Twente University was within budget for the first time ever in 1991. Because most people in the board of the festival were at least two times as old as I was, they may have considered me to be wayward and not respecting seniority.| Conclusion |