#belgium moment

[purpurussy]

aw man idk why I assumed weed was legal/decriminalized in Belgium the same way it is in the Netherlands :( I wanted to get high after the show dsfghjkl guess I'll just have to cope with whatever they decide to put us through with alcohol only

[apropensityforcharm]

Max Verstappen overtakes Oscar Piastri on the safety car restart | Belgium GP 2023

"Big run now for Max Verstappen, trying to reclaim the lead that he lost. And Oscar Piastri goes through Eau Rouge […], it's going to be very tight between the two of them, checking the left hand mirror is Oscar Piastri - look at the momentum, look at the speed that Max Verstappen's got and he roars through to retake the lead." "And that is confidence from Max more than anything. To keep that glued to a lead car through Eau Rouge is supreme confidence […] and he just - look at this - tucked in behind - " "Full commitment, that's outrageous on a restart lap. What a fine way to take it through." "Dirty air, intermediate tyres, some spray knocking around as well and you keep your foot in like that, that is what made the pass look so easy in the end."

[anglerflsh]

departing for the last vacation of summer tomorrow <- : )

[minusninelives]

I wonder if Carlos had also gone for a one stop strategy, he could’ve finished higher if not on the podium. He was doing so well on the hards initially, could’ve waited longer and then pit for hards again to finish the race.

Oh well.

[flowerwreaththings]

Warm moments between royals: 940/∞

June 20, 2023 | Queen Mathilde and Queen Maxima enjoy each other's company at the state banquet, held during the Dutch state visit to Belgium at Laeken Castle in Brussels, Belgium.

[sunburnacoustic]

The heightened drama of this moment just gets me so bad.

Dom during the intro to Showbiz, live at Rock Werchter festival 2023

[cityzenchick]

That moment when ........... I see this sad picture of a devastated John biting his lip as he sits on the bench, having being injured in last night's 'friendly' international match ......... and it breaks my heart .......... 💔

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Cesare dell'Acqua (Belgian, 1821-1905) A shared moment, 1868

[isupportzaynxliamxziam]

Wednesday, 1 May 2013 (part II)

After dropping in at JIMtv during the day, the boys continue their Take Me Home Tour at night as they play at Sportpaleis in Merksem, starting with Up All Night and I Would. During the song Zayn looks at Liam and checks him out

credits: yardena haegeman's YouTube channel x zayncangetsome's Tumblr

After Heart Attack, More Than This, Loved You First and One Thing, they sing C'mon C'mon. While the other boys sing their part, Zayn gestures to Liam to come closer

When it's Liam's turn to sing, Zayn puts his arm around his shoulder

The moment they're on the big screen, it's obvious how intense Zayn looks at Liam's lips

credits: Yara Heselmans' YouTube channel x ohmy1zarry's Tumblr

After Change Your Mind, Harry talks to the fans, while Liam and Zayn 😳

credits to arwensrefuge's Tumblr

Zayn and Liam come together during One Way or Another

credits to hungryforzayn's Tumblr

Also on their setlist are Last First Kiss, Moments, Back To You and Summer Love

credits: Esther Seifert's YouTube channel

During Over Again and while the other are singing, Liam films himself and the others with a fan's phone

credits: caughtupinthemotion's Tumbl

After Little Things and Teenage Dirtbag, Liam approaches Zayn during Rock Me and they sing to each other

credits: Debbie C's YouTube channel x thesimpleartofwriting's Tumblr

As Zayn sings his part of She's Not Afraid, Liam, who stands next to him, decides to fix Zayn's collar

credits: Yardena Haegeman's YouTube channel x zayncangetsome's Tumblr

After singing Kiss Me the boys disappear in the backstage for a short time to come back and sing Live While We're Young and end their concert with What Makes You Beautiful

credits: ziamresources' Tumblr

[bopinion]

2024 / 16

Aperçu of the Week

"You can't knock on opportunity's door and not be ready."

(Peter Gene Hernandez, better known as Bruno Mars and my sons favorite soundtrack while he's cooking)

Bad News of the Week

Sport actually has nothing to do with politics. Because the competition is carried out by individuals who (can) stand outside of systems. Nevertheless, sport is often instrumentalized by politics by stylizing successful athletes as symbolic figures for the strength of a system. I can still remember the Olympic Games in the 70s and 80s very well, in which the athletes of the USA and the Soviet Union competed against each other in many ways as a priority. And Rocky IV, of course.

It is fitting that sports organizations have always been suspected of being corrupt - often rightly so, see FIFA. It is therefore clear that it is almost always not the athletes who are the problem, but the officials. Do you need proof? How about China and doping? Because there was a big boom this week, as a journalistic investigative team from ARD (the BBC of Germany) found out.

At a national swimming competition in China at the beginning of 2021, 23 swimmers tested positive in the mandatory doping tests - which means negative in this context. This was then covered up. With the knowledge of WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency). The agency did not consider it worth investigating the banned substance trimetazidine, for which the Russian figure skating prodigy Kamila Valiyeva was banned for four years in the same year. The Chinese swimmers, however, were not. In the following Summer Olympics in Tokyo, three of them won gold and two silver.

We can see that China today is what the Soviet Union (and to some extent the GDR) used to be - a regime that abuses even its top performers to score points at international level. The staff looking after athletes (including doctors who have long since thrown the Hippocratic Oath overboard) still have more say than the athletes themselves. An institution that was set up to prevent malpractice can also be corrupt. At the major sporting events this summer, first the European Men's Football Championships and then the Olympic Games in Paris, spectators will not know whether they are cheering on a fake. And the athletes themselves won't know whether the competition was fair at all.

Good News of the Week

At last, US weapons are back in Ukraine. For months, the Republican “Freedom caucus” in the House of Representatives had been standing on the brakes. And Ukraine lost. Because, as is generally the case in the NATO context, all other members cannot compensate for the loss of by far the most capable partner country. It is therefore a great relief that the rationalists in the USA have regained the upper hand. And are now giving the badly shaken Ukraine hope again.

The following still applies: if Putin can subjugate Ukraine or impose a dictated peace on it, he will not sit back contentedly in his armchair in the Kremlin and enjoy the day of victory. He will continue in his quest to bring the Soviet Union back from the dead. Even if the Baltic states are members of NATO, they would be his next victims (not to mention Moldova, for example). Because apparently he could simply allow himself to do this without being stopped. The democracy of the whole of Europe is being defended in Ukraine, that must not be forgotten. So my heartfelt thanks to the US Congress.

A positive side effect of all this is that the same financial package, which Joe Biden will undoubtedly sign as soon as possible, contains even more. Namely 26 billion US dollars for the suffering population in Gaza - in your face, Benjamin Netanyahu! And 8 billion for Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific region - in your face, Xi Jinping! The USA are back on the world stage where they belong. I would not have thought it, but I must now pay tribute to a member of the Republican establishment. So thank you, Speaker of the House James Michael “Mike” Johnson. Hopefully I'll get over it...

Personal happy moment of the week

My son was in trouble with a teacher. A misunderstanding - that had developed into a solid crisis due to a certain stubbornness on both sides - was now threatening to cost him his participation in a project that is important to him. I took his side and was called in for a “clarifying discussion”. This was then canceled because the teacher (probably looking for reinforcement and arguments) consulted with other teachers. And “received very positive feedback on his behavior”. Disciplinary measures were not taken “because he is so committed and keeps the group together.” So a serious accusation suddenly turned into high praise.

I couldn't care less...

...that a Belgian court acquitted a driver who was driving with a blood alcohol level of 2.1. Because he suffers from the extremely rare “home-brew syndrome”: the body produces alcohol itself, which leads to the usual symptoms such as reduced responsiveness etc. Anyone who is a danger to themselves and, above all, to others on the road should not be allowed to drive - for whatever reason. After all, the disability of no blind person is their own fault. But no court in the world would allow him to drive.

It's fine with me...

...that for the first time in the history of the USA a criminal trial is taking place against a (former) president. I don't care whether or not you can plead guilty to election interference by falsifying business records because of hush money payments to a porn star. I just wish that a proven notorious liar and cheat, who is also a sexist, racist, homophobe and incidentally “unfit for office”, would finally have to take responsibility for his actions in court.

As I write this...

...April lives up to its name: first you can go swimming and two days later it's snowing. Candles are set up in the vineyards to warm the tender buds. And the hedgehog that has been hibernating on the terrace under our barbecue probably thinks it has woken up too early. Allergy sufferers are happy about the abrupt end of the pollen season. But everyone misses spring.

Post Scriptum

Everyone gets their life from their mother. She is the primary caregiver that all humans have in their first perceptions. That's why I've never understood why so many men simply devalue this in the course of their lives - and grant women fewer rights than themselves. Poverty, discrimination and a lack of equal rights cost lives, according to the latest UN World Population Report.

Not only is there no progress towards equality, there is actually a decline. The rights of “women, girls and gender-diverse people are being pushed back more and more,” says Dr. Natalia Kanem (head of the United Nations Population Fund). Lack of representation and limited self-determination force one in four women under a male-dominated yoke. And sexual violence is a problem in almost every country in the world. No man can want that. Not for his mother, not for his sister, not for his daughter. And not for his wife either. Shame on you!

[not-equippedforthis]

hi :) i went to the beach today & saw an incredible amount of jellyfish!! it was so cool!! reminded me of you (bc jellyfish are your favourite animals), so here i am saying hi :)

have a lovely day <33

hiiiii!!!! <333 sorry ive gone AWOL ilysm im just. ouurhhhh

thats so cool 😭😭 actually crying thank you for thinking of me skgbsng. on a somewhat unrelated note, i have a vague understanding of what you look like based on picrew challenges but i still see that specific image of DANC holmes and go omg...anna....

going to a beach and seeing jellyfish would cure me, i think (maybe i need to move to belgium...tho im pretty sure we have some biolum beaches heree??). i hope you had a good day!! i saw your tags a while back and i feel you with sometimes feeling better going and exploring by yourself rather than w family (iirc? bad memory gang sorry). idk what ur situation is like but sometimes its just so much more fun/relaxing. i think going to a bioluminescent beach is on my bucket list - ive done my epq project on biolum, i adore it, i adore jellyfish. i need to go to one sooo fucking badly shaking you i need to shake my hand in the water and watch it glow back

i also saw your bio energy level and i hope you feel better <33 have a nice week :]

[dramoor]

Basilica of the Holy Blood - Bruges, Belgium

(Photos © dramoor 2023)

[jerevision]

So today I was driving and I stopped at a red light. A car stopped next to me on the other lane and was blasting Gustaph's "Because of You" from the stereo. I turned to look at the driver. We blinked at each other and he turned down the volume, almost apologetically, only for me to start belting out the song. His eyes widened in surprise, he turned the volume back up and started singing too. It was an amazing moment and for once 8n my life I didn't want the traffic lights to turn green. Truly united by music.

[coquelicoq]

i have finished the first part (of five) of les misérables! that's the good news. the bad news is that i now have to read the second part, which opens with a 70-page section entitled "waterloo". like babe i do not know what ANY of these nouns are though. i'm getting that there was a battle at which lots of people died horribly (as often happens in battles) and we are now describing the battleground thirty years later. okay so are we gonna do this for the whole 70 pages or...

[levbolton]

Ma’am that’s not my country but it is

[tuituipupu]

lil list of things i’m looking forward to personally after esc:

- the barbie movie (imma go so ham on the pink and glitter barbie aes in my outfit)

- hopefully taking a trip back to liverpool this summer but w/ my sister this time (as it was originally supposed to be for esc).

- a summer trip back to london with my sister

- heartstopper s2 coming out in august

- hopefully go back to kpop clubbing after 3 years