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From Napier to Whakatane
We were not in a hurry today. Our plan was to drive from Napier to Whakatane, a distance of about 200 miles and the hotel room at our destination had already been booked. So we took our time in leaving our neat little Pebble Beach Hotel apartment in Napier and our terrace with palm trees. First I [...]
Goodbye Eketahuna
The past few days I had continuously been working on Tallie and Henk’s PC between our outings. It was now connected to the Internet, but it was terribly slow. This was not only caused by the slow connection with a modem, but also by the PC itself: It had too little internal memory: Just a [...]
Gniffels in New Zealand
Before we left for New Zealand, Julia had done an interview with Echo radio about the CD “Wijs met Groningen” by the Gniffels. Today this interview was to be broadcast, so it would be great fun to listen to that together with Tallie and Henk. Jane too understands enough of Dutch language to be able [...]
Elektorlive
Today I visited the Elektorlive event in the Evoluon in Eindhoven.Some 1500 people had pre-registered, but the whether conditions were not optimal. It was the first snow day in this winter. But more than 1000 people did show up! Of course most of the people there were men. There were only an handful of women [...]
Gold!
Today was the official celebration of my parent’s golden aniversary. They had rented a hall in “De Landvast” in Alblasserdam and all their friends and family gathered together there. There were 70 people at least and quite a few of them had never met me as Evelien before. I had not seen them in ten [...]
Cash!
It was exactly one year ago I had had my operation today. Many trans-people celebrate that as a kind of birthday, but I did not feel like making a big thing out of it. It did feel kind-of special, but life just goes on as usual. It was my turn again to volunteer at the [...]
Passport and drivers license
Yay, I’ve got it fixed! Today I could finally go to the city hall to collect my new passport and drivers license. It is now about ten years ago I took the decision I had to stop hiding my feminine feelings. I knew I had to do something and I set out for the long [...]
National administration updated
Last week I got a letter from UWV (the national institution co-ordinating benefits for sick and unemployed workers), addressed to Mr Snel. It was about my illness last year, when I had my operation. Apparently my employer never told them I was cured again and already full-time at work for several months (100% since March [...]
Birth Certificate
Today I received a letter from the city administration in Rotterdam, stating that my gender has now officially been changed in my birth certificate. Finally the moment has come! Official recognition.Now I can go for a new passport and drivers licence.