
WHO AM I
Some background on the writer, believer and travelbird who pens all those words you can read here.
Hello all (:
I thought it would be nice to have an 'about me' tab so I can explain who I am, what I'm up to, and what you guys can expect from this blog.
Like you'll all know, my name is Jasper. I am a twenty-three years old Belgian blogger. My first intentions with this blog were very simple. Earlier I used to write down everything I felt, that really helped my in a mentally way. But I had hidden papers all over my room, so I thought, let's put them in a blog that nobody knows. This blog wasn't made for reading in the beginning, in fact I really was afraid my parents would find out and read everything^^. But as you can see, that changed completely. From now my blog will contain three sorts of posts. Firstly we have the biographical posts, about me, my life and my thought. Secondly, there will be some poetry now and then. Thirdly, there will be posts about travels, like the trip to the Lofoten Islands or Nepal. That will be about it.
Other things that might interest you, is that I used to be a passionate football-player(soccer for the Americans). Passionate didn't include me playing on a high level. I just like the game, it is really important to me, in a physical and mental way. In Belgium I'm a big fan of Club Brugge KV. The club with the most and the best supporters of the whole country. At worldwide scale; I'm specially fan of individual players. One of them is Zlatan Ibrahimovic. I read his book, and my respect for him increased immediately. That and his charisma, great guy! Next to him I really like players like Kün Aguero, Carlos Bacca, Paul Pogba, Garreth Bale, Steven Gerrard, Thibaut Courtois and Eden Hazard.
For the second point, I'm gonna tell something about my musical preferences. I have due respect to almost every style of music. As long as it isn't specially made to be played on the radio. My hair turns grey if I hear some groups change of temper, just to commercialize. To sell more, to get more famous and so on. Next to that, music has to have some background, some meaning. Meaning is the key word that was the basis of music back in the days. My favorite genres are punkrock, rock and alternative rock. Groups like Three Days Grace, Rise Against, Greenday (the American Idiot and older Greenday), Sum 41 and I can go on. But for the groups I saw live, not a single one of them can reach the power, the goosebumps, the vocals Muse showed on their show. They are really one of the few who is better live then they are on CD. Big, big respect I have for Matthew Bellamy and companions. Next to the rock I listen often too two other kinds of music. I like the chill electro. We probably all now Kygo and Bakermat, well that kind of music. Those have meanings and old speeches too, I like that very much, like this one! Timeless speech of Charlie Chaplin. It all depends on the mood. Music can make your mood, but your mood can decide which music you're listening too. Well, there is still a genre, I like calm music also. From time to time. Especially the music of Eddie Vedder and sorts like that. It's so melancholic. It makes me think all the time, reminds me of the movie where it's made for, Into The Wild, who really changed my life for good.
To end, I want to say that I am studying tourism at this point. I'm doing this in Kortrijk. Before this, I worked for a year. Before that, I was studying philosophy at the University in Ghent.
Cheers, and God bless you all!
Jasper Demeurie
