Friends

Abstract

I’m not a person to write things about myself, therefore I’ve asked some of my friends to write something about me. Feel free to email me your thoughts about me.

Jan De Poorter

I know Geert for about 10 years now, and I allways liked him a lot. We sometimes have our differences (him being a geek and me, being something else doesn’t always work out that well) but over all he is one of my few good friends. He knows a lot of things and he has a wide range of interests and is a very enjoyable person to be around. If he considers you as a friend he would move mountains for you.

Freya Vereeken

He is an handsome guy with beautiful profoundly blue eyes, cute short dark brown hair which you can rub without being commented that his hair lays at odds. I estimate he’s about 1 metre 75 tall, so not too tall but certainly not short; actually he’s perfect qua length. Geert’s always dressed in that famous coat with the more famous inside pocket where he can put everything in it. For the rest qua clothing he’s dressed nice in a normal manner, so not like some weirdo in some jogging suit of some mark, or snobbish with super expensive clothes, he is dressed dignified in clothes in which he feels comfortable I think.

When I first met him, I could talk with him in a way I couldn’t with anybody else. He didn’t make fun of me when I didn’t know how that camera functioned, or when I embarrassed myself when I sweated that much. In other words, I find him helpful, because he has helped me several times with a lot of things, and sometimes with the most stupid things first, and I really appreciate that. I also know he does a lot for other people too, like maintaining servers etc, and I know he loves to code (to put it in general).

He’s sometimes uncertain about himself, with at other moments, like in a discussion about something he nows a lots about, he seems to be very self-assured.

Geert’s someone I can always go to, even if we don’t talk to each other constantly. He’s addicted to Jupiler, and french fries. He can play the piano superb (I haven’t heard him playing trumpet, so I can’t tell anything about it). In short, I think of he’s very positively, I think he’s just a cute guy where I can always go to.

Karel Brockhoven

When I think of Geert, I first of all think of a bright young man who’s always prepared to lend a hand. I’m glad to call him my friend and hope this is likewise; because I know I can go to him when I have some n00bish questions or when I’m a little bit down.

But the most enjoyable thing to do with Geert is go out to a pub or lan-party, Geert is always in for a party and in for a beer(s). Geert, just keep on being yourself, you’re a great person and you can always put a smile on my face, especially when you’re drunk

Michiel & Katelijne

Ok Geert, here it comes! The 404 poem is absolutely not the best poem ever written. Especially for you: poem 405!

Geert plays the trumpet very nice
But as you know, he doesn’t eat rice
For most of you it is still a curiosity
That he strums the piano with virtuosity
Although he’s a musician to the bone
Life’s more than music alone.

We don’t know him as a marketeer
We know him being impatient for his beer
To all his business friends, here’s a rumour
He has a profundity in his humour
When you need the feeling of a bazooka
Go to “Buon Gusto” with him for a sambuca!

He helps friends everywhere he can
For example: for our engagement he fixed a “van”
I’m sorry, in fact it was a limousine.

A thing that’s very well concealed
And that now will be revealed
He’s training to run a long distance
We give him moral and physical assistance
Geert and sports: a strange combination?
The reason: woman’s temptation!
Cause even when you have a lot of gold
a woman can not be sold
So, girls schedule a date
Don’t let this young man wait!

Christel Dahlskjaer

Geert is one of the most precious people in my life, wherever he goes he spreads happiness and sunshine. He is always friendly and helpful, yet serious when need be. I might not have known him forever, but in the time I have known him we have grewn close, and I hold very highly of him.

This young man is clever, he is intelligent and will challenge you in any conversation, he is cultural, with views and knowledge when it comes to music and theatre. He is also a geek, and we all know that smart is sexy. If there was one person I could claim as mine and keep with me at all times, that person would be Geert.

Geert has been one of these people who has been such a constant in my life for years and years, he’s always been there no matter what, he can always cheer me up, he can always make me feel safe, he is way considerate and a total gem. He’s the guy who will rather stay at home and cuddle me and watch bizarre russian-english-belgian tv shows about prostitutes than go out having fun with the rest of our friends when I’m tired.

He’s the guy who will always go that extra mile when a friend is what I need. He is the guy who appreciates coffee just as much as I do. He’s the guy who sends me the best ever postcards when he goes away and learns the word for “cow” in many different languages. He is one of three people on this planet I’d trust with my life, and he’s one of the few people I’d do anything for. He’s the guy who was oblivious to the fact that I had a major crush on him for years.. and when he realized way later, told me that was “cute.” He knows what happens when he talks nerdy to me.

He takes me out for Belgian waffles and strong beer for breakfast, and decides on the spot that we should spend the remainder of the day drinking beer and teaching me how to speak flemish. He is, quite simply… The Best. I love you to bits, and I hope you have the most wonderful birthday, ever. And I can’t wait to see you again.

I love you to bits!