Guus Bosman

Yesterday night we saw 'Be Cool', a funny action movie about the music industry. We watched after having enjoyed a delicious and extensive Thanksgiving dinner that made us all rather sleepy.

Be Cool was similar in style to Kill Bill, although with more emphasis on funny dialogues and slapstick comedy. Part of the Tarantino resemblance was caused by the actors of course: John Travolta and Uma Thurman both played main roles.

One of the most funny characters is Sin LaSalla (played by Cedric The Entertainer), a suburbian rapper-producer. Everytime he goes visiting someone he brings a large troupe of bodyguards and bad boys, and his big, bad mercedes is always accompanied by four big, bad hummers.

Be Cool is a sequel to a movie called 'Get Shorty' -- we should see that one too.

The weather in Puerto Rico this week was warm and rainy. There was a tropical depression in the Caribean. In the plane on the way back home I heard people saying there were in Aruba and it was raining all week.

Thursday night we had a bite in the hotel, where they serve an excellent hamburger, and we spent a pleasant evening outside. In the morning I checked out of the hotel and brought my luggage to work.

Friday afternoon we finished UAT for one of our projects, and we succesfully closed it, a good feeling. I left the office around 4 pm and Kevin, a colleague, gave me a ride to the airport. It wasn't very busy in the airport, but the flight I took to BWI was completely full. I arrived home around 23:00 o'clock.

This week Novi was in Washington, for a business trip to the World Bank. She and Sasha met a few times and she came to our apartment. It's been quite a while since we last met.

The first two days in Puerto Rico have been very busy, and we're making long days. It's good to be here, we're getting a lot done and it's much nicer to be close to the customer.

Yesterday there was a cake for me in the office from the customer for my birthday. Tonight we got in the hotel very late, and I shot a picture: the first one with my new tripod.

Due to the one-hour time difference we're getting up at 6.00 o'clock Virginia time in the morning.

When we went out with Bella and Ramiro last Saturday we saw a familiar sign in an unexpected place.

In Adam's Morgan we saw a falafel place called "Falafel Amsterdam". A sign on the door indicates that this was indeed an establishment with Dutch owners.