[x] Philosophy in Brussels
I decided to write some report about what I exactly did in Brussels + some thoughts on my PokerLife, I combined both during Brussels and it would be a shame to just say ''Hey guys Ive been in Brussels, was fun etc.''
So it started all when I had to catch my train to Breda where we met each other to continue by a Bus towards Brussels. The journey lasted for 2h and 20 minutes 
However some were late by a 1-hour delay thanks due some idiot who jumped in front of the train. I mean, the world is not going to end when you lost your startcapital on PokerStrategy pal.. 
just don't jump next time otherwise I kill you!
Anyways after a hour waiting, we jumped in the Bus towards the Youth Hostel in Brussels. When we arrived at like 14:00, we immediately had to go to the European Parliament so I had no time undressing something appropriate lawl ♦
The Hostel is here 
So we quickly went with the Bus to this fella:
The distance is like 1.5 kilometres but it took 45 minutes to arrive with the Bus. Heavy traffic I am not used to lol
So we got welcomed by the vice-chairman of the GUE/NGL in the Parliament. Maybe it is handy to give yourself a picture of which Political Parties are there in the GUE/NGL:
http://www.guengl.eu/showPage.jsp?ID=327
Well we got a small lecture of how it works here and what the powers are etc. Some were astonished that the Commission had the Right of Iniative while we in Holland are used to the fact the the Parliamant has the Right of Iniative.
Anyways we went back to the Hostel around 17:00 CET Thursday. We checked in with our stuff and got into our rooms. I shared it with 3 other guys from different cities/ages. One was member of council in Alkmaar, one was on the list for the European Elections and so on.
We came into the room and we were like WTF how dirty is this... Crisps, chocolate and H&M papers on the ground while the bathroom is even more dirty with an unclean tampon like object. gross!
So one of us talked to the owner without saying it to me and the rest. Meanwhile there were a lot of guys/girls jumping in our room, gee are we popular? They knock, we open, they open, they left. After a while someone knocked again, and we opened as if they were among us. However there was an Alto-guy coming in with a sort of Nightwish t-shirt and some guy who we thin-slice identify as the head of this Hostel.
In the WORST Belgian English accent we heard up till this point, he asked the guy with the Nightwish shirt after investigating OUR room:
,So you call thís cleaning??'
And the funniest thing ever was that this Nightwish Guy who was British said Yes!. Hilarious ♦
So the Owner told him to get the cleaning stuff and clean the damn room so they both went downstairs again. Then there were the 3 of us in the room because 1 was in the other room, doing all kind of... whatever that ain't important!
So we looked at each other and laughed out loud what just happened, we totally weren't prepared to see 2 complete strangers for us having a conversation about our room, lol ! ♦
After we had our dinner + an evening lecture about European Co-Operation , it was time for some clubbing in Brussels
We split our 30-man group in like 3 groups seeking for Beer/Whine/Cocktails whatever!! We socialists need to socialize after all... At some point we found a Pub which suited our very well with Pocket Beers. Funny thing here in Belgium is that smoking Pubs is allowed while in Holland it is forbidden!.
Include that into the equation with 9 smokers out of 12, they were smoking as if it was a glass of water. We ordered Beer like Yoghi's Westmalle Tripel, Bush, Guinness and regular Beer as you can see here:
The damn funny thing was that we sat in a Non-Smoking area lol so we had to move! This was around 23:00 CET and the Hostel its doors would close around 01:00 so we had to get back before that time. We hopped into another Pub with cheaper prices and had some fun there altogether.
We continued our party in the Hostel pub with even cheaper prices, whoa! Also the music wasn't that bad + there was 1 Widescreen television showing JackAss and 1 smaller Television showing the EPT with Roland de Wolff, don't know which EPT it was but it was grabbing my attention once in a while 
We rickrolled into our bed at 03:00 knowing our breakfast will be at latest 09:00 CET but who cares about that 
We cared about the lecture that was supposed to start at 10:00 CET but the distance was 1.5km and we had to walk! Seriously WALK 
After 30 minutes and some strains in my muscles filled with Alcohol we arrived there to get another lecture about Lobbying in Brussel. Because of this lecture we decided to hopefully return to Brussel with a Demonstration against Lobbying on the 27th of March. What happens there is like a corrupt state like Zimbabwe.. Multinationals who are trying to persuade MPs to vote for something is sick!
After that lecture we took the metro to walk around the offices of the European Commission and the offices nearby. We saw an office that were lobbying for the Russian Government and GASprom during the war in Georgia, we saw a guy looking outside towards the Red masses of 30 people, smiling and raising 2 fingers as if he means 'Peace' well guess what we said to him in Dutch ... ♦
Around 17:00 CET Friday we hopped back in the Bus going to Breda again. This was the moment I thought about my Pokerlife. I mean at some point I have to focus on other things other than SSS since it will become a mechanism like basic SSS. For the month February & March, I think I will stay at SSS for sure due all the bonuses I priced myself into (Everest, iPoker²) so don't worry
But after that in April, I think I will take a shot at BSS FullRing and play once in a while SSS as well on the same limit
Beating SSS NL200 is actually a very realistic goal while NL1k, NL400 SSS sounds nice, it doesn't add up much for me but Scared Money since I found shoving $80 or $200 too much for me as if it is a 20bb stack..
anyways I hoped you really like this report, I go grind on NL50 Everest again. I specifically have chosen for NL50 Everest because I can grind my 5000 points easily with a stable profit without any worries, I lost too much time partying and travelling for this 30 day Bonus to focus on both Nl100 trappers on Everest and getting my 5000 points properly.
Also Everest software sucks when I open my 11th table, pretty sick that it lags and autofolds my Aces 
I wish you guys good luck and socialize on this Saturday Evening as well 
I go to my buddies at 21:00 CET, drinking some beer and raising hell !
- Gerv
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