Our camera friend made a nice babbelbox movie which summarizes what people think about What’s Cookin’

I had a really really great time. Normally I have a lot of work during my own parties, but this time we found enough people to work for us.

Clair, Daphne, Anne and Rebecca from erasmus in Lisbon were here too, that made it even more special!
Thanks guys!

And thanks to everybody who was there to party!

Quote from Junior & Choco after the Party:

We wish we were still there !!!!!! Thanks for bringing us out and having a blast
Much love to everyone in Ghent
See you soon
1200 Warriors

Here is a short movie clip from our last What’s Cookin’ party on 1st of February in the Vooruit in Ghent.

The place was packed. Great party. I hope to see more of you guys at our next edition on 3 May!

We announced the lineup just a couple of minutes ago. There is a special menu for dinner this evening at Don Veggie’s, so you can eat there before the party (it’s 5min walking from the venue!)

Ticket pre-sales are on fire, so don’t be late.
The event page has a link to google maps.

Hope to see you all tonight!

First there was Beatrice’s party at our apartment. It was her birthday and we invited a lot of people. I think about 50 in our apartment in total. It was really fun and later that evening there was a gala from the economics faculty of Nova university. (that’s were Alec and me are studying)

A week later there was a party in the apartment of some other erasmus people, but this really beat all records. I think about 200 people were there that night. Really amazing. An open area with stairs going from one side to the other. (I hope I can get a hold off some pictures) . 4 floors of party people. The name of the street of this apartment was “Rua de 1° Decembro” so they had to give a party there on the first of december. We met some belgian people who study in Ghent there.

On 6th december, we had a christmas party with the people living in my flat. We bought gifts for each other and had a 6 course dinner. Everyone had to cook a dish. Ana made guacamole, Monika made a lovely polish soup, Bali and Andy prepared an amazing slovakian dish, Anne served us a nice tartiflette, Alec and me stuffed everyone with cheese fondue and Lena finished everyone off with a delicious tiramisou. One thing did go wrong though: A full glass of white wine got spilled on my MacBook. (It was playing the music) . Luckily my MacBook survived after letting it dry for 3 days.

That week we had our final presentation for the product innovation course. The idea of João and me finished second out of 7 groups. (This is fine, don’t you think?). Alec’s idea finished first of course I can post the presentation if you want, it’s about rPACS: a system for transferring medical images (X-rays) to doctors.

That night we had a goodbye cheese fondue at our place. Most people are leaving to be home for the holidays , so it was a nice opportunity to get everybody together.

They day after the final 5 minute presentation I left back to belgium for the What’s Cookin’? website launch party. The pictures of the party are online on the new website. The place was packed, everyone had a great time and we had the chance to tell people about our next great gig: 1st February, we are organising a whicked what’s cookin’ party in the Vooruit in Ghent. You might want to keep on eye on the what’s cookin’ blog because I think Jan will announce the headliner soon.

I stayed in Belgium for a week. It was nice to see my family back. But damn, It’s cold in Belgium (-3°C). Last Thursday, we had kind of a christmas dinner with the family. Really nice. I enjoyed spending time with my brother, sister, Rossella and my parents, and playing with the Wii

So I got back to Lisbon yesterday. I came home to an empty apartment Luckily the Dutch girls Daphne and Claire are staying here for the holidays, so I wasn’t completely alone. And Nathalie is coming tomorrow to spend christmas here. That will be nice Argh crap, I should be studying now for the exams coming up in 2 weeks.

So, I hope I brought you guys back up to speed on what’s been happening here.

I’ll be back in Belgium for the weekend, so if you want to join me for this crazy party, leave a comment or send me an email. I can arrange tickets

The location of the party will be announced on the new website next week, 13 december. That day we will launch the new website.

I’ve been working hard on the website and I hope it will be a welcome change from the boring and clumsy old site we’ve all been coping with until now.

See you next week!

UPDATE: We launched the website today. Read my blog post on the new site.