Core festival: hasta nunca baby
Core Festival. What the hell are you? Not the love child of Rock Werchter and Tomorrowland, as we all expected. Maybe the morning after...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 16, 20222 min
Paris, Paris!
Before moving to dreamy holiday destination Spain, I’ve been holidaying in Brussels and Paris. My week in Brussels, delicious as ever,...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 23, 20222 min
Halfway
Can you believe I’m already halfway through my Belgian journey? Yes, you read it right: I’m not here to stay. That was never the plan. I...
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 16, 20212 min
The concept of home
What is home? Is something I’ve been asking myself and others for as long as I can remember. Flying back to Belgium is like coming home....
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 9, 20212 min
Flying home
It’s been hard to keep quiet but now I’m ready to open my mouth and yell it out: I’m back! In the tiny winter wonderland named Belgium....
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 10, 20192 min
The big move
“Isn’t it hard? To change your life around, sell all your things, grab a backpack and fly to the other side of the world? But most of...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 10, 20192 min
Early morning magic
Is it the lack of structure in my life or can I still blame the jetlag? I’ve been rising early, seeing all hours of the morning, catching...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 2, 20192 min
Jetlag life
When Mexican dreams turn into Belgian white nights, lying wide awake thinking of going out for a very early breakfast of chilaquiles or a...
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Joke De Roeck
Jun 16, 20193 min
Dickhead
Do you know the feeling of getting really deep into a good book? So deep you forget about what life looks like outside of the pages....
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Joke De Roeck
May 25, 20191 min
Rainy days
Rainy days ask for this Making tea smoking spliffs I write you a love letter You let me be your muse The eyes you lay on me See straight...
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Joke De Roeck
May 7, 20191 min
Remains
Serpents crawling up walls incense giving the room a purple hue remains for daze golden frames holding voodoo shells your coffee tastes...
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Joke De Roeck
Apr 16, 20192 min
Summer dreaming
Life! You funny little thing! As I’m planning my faraway escape, my adventure into the wild unknown shaped as colourful Mexico, you throw...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 9, 20192 min
Love you up
I don’t know if it’s the first sunrays on my face, the scent of spring in the air. We all get sick at the same time, we all feel loved up...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 24, 20192 min
Mind wanders
In the land of city life and office work, magic seems harder to find. My eyes are foggy with cigarette smoke, cheap perfume and air...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 10, 20192 min
Hibernation is for dreamers
I’ve been living in my bed for the best part of last week. Not the honeymoon kind of bed life, I have to disappoint you (and myself)....
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 28, 20182 min
The end is near
And just like that, another year has passed. The transition of one year to the next is always a fine time for reflection. Where am I?...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 20, 20182 min
The movies
When I find myself hiding in the fluffy seats of a dark cinema three times a week, it can only mean one thing: autumn is here and I have...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 7, 20182 min
The Rules
There are so many rules to succeed in life. Especially in this city life I currently find myself fooling around in, I notice from time to...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 4, 20182 min
Dirty Old Men: part three fucking million
I’m not the type to be biting my tongue when it comes to dirty old men. As long as they’ll be crossing my path in their most disgusting...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 14, 20181 min
Alice in Wonderland
I like to decorate my life as if it were a Wonderland. Living in the reality of grey Brussels with work and responsibilities, but opening...
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