My dad and me skating on the Belterwieden on Christmas day 2010

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Kids are playing with iPads while the adults are cooking and drinking. Merry Christmas everybody!

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Skiing in the fog in Sauerland, the top of the mountain is in the clouds

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Crossing the Dutch-German border on our way to the ski slopes of Sauerland

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The 22nd annual VCL Christmas dinner just started!

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Back home, playing with Scott in the snow in our garden. #shanghai #snow

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It keeps on snowing in Shanghai and even downtown the snow now covers everything in a white layer

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Dinner with @joop and @akinasuna at our place, with several good bottles of Californian red wine

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Playing with the kids in the play room. Scott has a bit of a cold but keeps on playing anyway.

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Two bottles of champagne in The Apartment

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Business lunch with a view of the Bund and river (@ New Heights - 3 on the Bund)

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Scott and me in our tuxedos, ready to go to the INSEAD Christmas party

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At the quarterly CIC board meeting at their Shanghai office

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UnitedStyles.com company dinner, the company is growing fast (16 people now)

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The newly built ferris wheel next to my office got colorful lights - and they change constantly...

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Scott in his tux and Elaine in her gala dress, ready to go to their first formal dinner party (INSEAD Xmas party)

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Scott and me in our tuxedos, ready to go to the INSEAD Christmas party

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A huge burger at KABB in Xintiandi

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Drinks on a terrace in Xintiandi, hard to believe it's December, it feels like spring

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Peter Driessen trying to break into the Shanghai office of Japanese SNS Mixi

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Scott created his own train this morning

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View over Shanghai from Epicure on 45 during lunch with Peter Driessen

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Got tons of work done this morning. Now time for a light sushi lunch and the Shanghai Daily

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Walking through the Hongmei Lu Christmas market with my dad. 18 degrees outside, no xmas weather!

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Sinterklaas (a Dutch tradition) in Shanghai, the kids all love it

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Walking around in Zhouzhuang with Scott on a sunny Saturday morning

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Having a caramel latte outside on the terrace of Cafe Lab on Hongmei Lu after taking Scott to school

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Even while its building is being demolished our DVD shop stays open!

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My family getting ready for our yearly pre-Christmas photo shoot

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Christine Lu taking a Foodspotting picture at Mardi Gras in Shanghai

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Tudou already has a Christmas tree! Jessica Shu and @christinelu posing in front of it.

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Safely landed in Shanghai after an uneventful overnight flight. Busy day ahead.

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40 min refueling stop-over in Singapore at 1:30 AM. Remaining flight time 5 hours, so won't get much sleep tonight.

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There are worse places to do some work :) At the pool with good wifi before flying back to Shanghai in a couple of hours.

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Several beers later... Yanik, Peggy & me having a good time at Paulaner Jakarta

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A German stripper @ Oktoberfest in Paulaner Jakarta

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Oktoberfest in Paulaner in Jakarta with my long time friend Yanik Cantieni (CFO Mercedes-Benz Indonesia)

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At the SparxUp Awards 2010 Ceremony, even the band has a twitter account @mikes_jkt

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Twitter and Facebook are everywhere in Indonesia

And if you check into Foursquare you get tons of tips about every place, meaning that people are really using it here

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Biggest indoor slide in Asia @ FX Mall in Jakarta. Right behind it the pitches for start-up award take place.

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My temporary office with a nice view over Jakarta and its constant traffic jams

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At the SparxUp Awards 2010 in Jakarta, Spil Games is one of the partners. Very inspirational, Indonesian Internet has a huge potential!

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My sister and me making a walk in Hoch-Elten ( Germany), overlooking the Rhine valley.

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Bought tickets for this movie, it's finally out in Holland. Looking very much forward to it!

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Halloween in the Spil Games office in Hilversum, lots of people are dressed up!

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Breakfast with @vincente in Amsterdam

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Art on the wall of Restaurant Zuid in Eindhoven. Typical Dutch :)

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Tarbot filet as main course with a chilled sauvignon blanc

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Dinner with the Spil Games management team at Restaurant Zuid in Eindhoven

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Driving from the Bilderberg Parkhotel to the Erasmus University. Nice Jaguar again ;)

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