Some events in July...

I have been lazy lately with lots of blogs lagging behind. Certainly there have been many events happening, if you don't know that it's summer time here in Belgium. So I will briefly list out what I have done:

1. 4/7 - 6/7 A weekend trip to Butgenbach with all my fellow sportive friends. It's located at the picturesque Butgenback lake with great mountain view surrounding the site. I have done a lot of sports there: badminton, walking, kayak, swimming and etc. The best part was certainly the eye-candy thingy, but I won't tell you much here :)
   
   
   trying out difficult challege to stand on the kayak...
   
   
   
   photo session during the badminton games
   
   
   
   me, dropped in the water due to technical problem... :)
   
   
   
   
2. I went to one of the biggest and well-known music festivity in Belgium: Gentse Feesten. Luckily I have a Malaysian buddy who lives there and was willing to give us a city ride. Nice music, live concert and people were everywhere!
   
   
   river view at Gentse Feesten
   
   
   one of the decades of concerts
   
   
   
   
3. Of course how can I forget the Belgium National Day on the 21st of July! Although I didn't really do anything spectacular. I went to have Dim Sum with a bunch of Chinese friends in Antwerpen city. On the way back we saw some army aircrafts scrolling across the sky in high speed and damn low. I was so distracted trying to watch the sky while I ignored the road in front of me! (mind you I was the driver...) Anyway at night I played badminton until 11pm, and when I was on the way back home, I passed by the Royal Park and was just in time to see the fireworks! So I quickly found a place to park my car nearby and went to watch the fireworks at closed distance. It was really nice, I was there in the crowds with my tight sportive short and a wet shirt. Didn't know if I really scared off somebody...
   
   
   standing alone in the night street watching firework in sport suit...
   
   
   
4. Then 24th I took a day off to go to the famous Breden beach in Belgium to take advantage of a summer sunny day in Belgium (oh yes, sunny day is rare during summer in Belgium...). Mind you it's a naked beach, but I just camped at the beach next to the naked beach as I didn't prepare to get all naked for the sake of timidity. It was a great day out with nice tan skin as reward in the evening. We went to Ghent again on the way for the Gentse Feesten and had dinner there.
   
   
   Sunset view on Breden beach
   
   
   
   people dancing during the feest
   
   
   
   
5. On 26th I went to the Belgium fair not far from where I live. It's a yearly fair that takes place the whole August. Price of game participation is of course way too expensive compared to those in Malaysia. Besides, it's not easy to win, nor not that fun in my humble opinion. The difficulty level is high as the prizes given are quite valuable. I still very much prefer the fair in Malaysia where you can play cheaply with great fun for more simple prizes. After all you are going there for fun but not to win a fortune...
   
   
   lots of excitements to be pursued
   
   
   
   enjoying my favourite snails cooked in celery and spicy soup