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Asaltante a bay cu placa
di benta na Noord
ORANJESTAD(AAN): Un asaltante a drenta un oficina di number
na Noord y bay cu e benta completo. E oficina parce tabata cera
caba. Un dama su so tabata preparando pa asina bay cas. E homber
curpa grandi y shirt blanco a drenta y cu forza bruto a logra apodera classics. We got a taste of the album and liked it very much! While watching the video clips taken
di e placa di e negoshi. Polis a wordo avisa mesora. Na yegada e se-
ñora e conta polis kico a pasa. Parce cu nan a yega di mira e homber
mas biaha den vecindario pero nan no conoce den e area. Ora el a
drenta na banda via e porta di empleado el a spanta e señora y tira
man pa e placa. E no tabata arma. E señora a spanta. E ta bisa cu si
e mira e persona e ta reconoce mesora. Polis tin atencion pa e caso
aki.
DIARIO DIALUNA 9 MAART 2015
RESONA DEBUTS AT LOCAL STORE. The Minister of Culture, Otmar Oduber and the CEO
of the Aruba Tourism Authority, Ronella Tjin Asjoe Croes, hosted a press conference and social
mixer in honor of Michael Lampe’s new folkloric project, a updated music compilation of local
during production I noticed that Miguel Genser has cute dimples in addition to a great voice, Ga-
briela Krozendijk delivers heartfelt music, Ataniro sports new facial hair, and Biggie Boy scores
big with his version of an oldie. Please note that Local Store has delicious hand-cut potato fries,
don’t miss!
IT’S NOT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE, IT’S HOW MUCH MONEY YOU KEEP.
Stichting Kidspreneur organized Camp Millionaire last weekend and the Money Game workshop
just recently. It is an initiative of Nancy Maya, former glamor-girl turned self-styled educator and
I compliment her on that. Under the Kids Inc. Aruba umbrella she decided to help kids understand
money and pave the road to financial independence. Wow, you’re impressed, right?! The program is
available on line, and Nancy bought it with a built-in instructor, Elizabeth, who came to Aruba to
facilitate the materials. The workshops unfolded in The Office, a friendly, classroom and conference
space rental place in Eagle. The workshop room was festooned with truisms such as: Invest with
your head, not with your heart; Borrow money only when it makes you money, and financial suc-
cess comes from managing risk, not from avoiding it. So, I dropped in to witness the guru in action.
Elizabeth’s presentation was very good, teaching the young audience about expenses, and about the
relationship between time and energy invested by employees, and the eventual pay-checks handed
to them by their employers, after tax deductions. She talked about sticking to good habits, which
apparently rich people have, when they keep track of their expenses. I would have loved to send the
Aruba government for a weekend workshop with Elizabeth, they could learn a thing or two. In fact
the whole island should attend the seminar, and learn how to manage finances, save and invest and
stay out of debt. Check it out on line: winthemoneygame.com. What I took away is the following:
Ban piddly junk purchases, which we are so good at, piddly-junk being stuff we don’t really need.
The workshop was supported by RBC Bank and a number of other sponsors, 4sale magazine among
them. It’s a five star idea, hope Nancy Maya runs the distance with it. Dear reader, I regret to say
but I agree, as hard and as boring as it is: Creating Financial Freedom Is A Matter Of Developing
The Right Habits.
HAPPY HOUR HEADQUARTERS. I am not supposed to tell you, for fear of mass invasion, but
Nos Clubhuis, perched on top Hadicurari restaurant is a picture perfect happy-hour location. We
found Joost Boerman there, in charge of F&B, a professionally trained chef from the Netherlands,
who started the 2dayicook blog about his adventures in Aruba and his plans to brew his own beer.
Perfectly cute and charming, he is also a Lion Fish sushi/ceviche/tiradito expert who gets it: Eat lion
fish, before lion fish eats all fish! While I thought he had an innocent Harry Potter air about him,
Joost reported most people think he looks like Clark Kent!
RAMADA COLOMBIANA SERVES GREAT SOUP. In Tanki Flip, Ramada Colombiana must
be Aruba’s smallest restaurant and one of the most reasonable. We had lunch there last Monday and
managed to spend Awg 66 on generous, tasty lunch for three hungry souls. Colombian food is hearty
and filling, and if you are in need of chicken soup, with yucca, you know where to go. Every day
features another soup, and son #1 says the oxtail is memorable.
CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT. Arion Wine Company and Wente Vinyards are orchestrating
their popular golf tournament on March 27th & 28th, with celebrity, fourth generation winegrower,
Eric Wente, as host, representing California’s oldest, continuously operated winery. A welcome
reception for sponsors and players at Papiamento Restaurant on Friday will highlight Wente’s deli-
cious red and white wines. Edward Ellis always does an amazing job on catering that reception.
Then on Saturday a tournament at Tierra Del Sol Golf Course will raise funds for Telefon pa Huben-
tud, operating #131, a phone answering service designed to empower kids with information, and
emotional support. The upcoming tenth edition of Wente Vineyards & Papiamento Restaurant Golf
Tournament is inviting you to sign up at teetime@tierradelsol.com. The 12:30pm shotgun start and
exciting golf will be followed by buffet, wine tasting and an award ceremony at the famed banquet
area overlooking the California lighthouse.
OPENING TROP CASINO & CLUB. The opening festivities of the Trop Club & Casino attracted
many locals, fans and friends of the cozy casino, which was completely redesigned by Cai and
Milly Profet, Inarch NV. Casino Director Wilfred Trimon, handsome in a dark suit, welcomed
VIPs at the door, joined by the recently repatriated resort general manager Richard Roy and his
wife Rosanne Roy-van Rooij, who resumed her work at La Cabana Beach Resort & Casino, one
day after her return from Florida. Having been closed for 100 days, the Trop Club & Casino staged
an exciting comeback, and Chief Engineer Angel Rojas reports the Tropicana Resort rooms will be
renovated next!
THE ENDURING CHARM OF CHOPARD. Rudolf Lang, Managing Director at Chopard Mar-
keting Services, Inc., hosted a Champagne reception at the Ritz Carlton last week. The company has
been making watches in a small village in Switzerland since 1860. Ulysse Chopard, founded the
business. His son Paul Louis Chopard, moved it to Geneva and grew if significantly, then grand-
son Paul André Chopard, identified a helpful partner and investor by the name of Karl Scheufele,
and together they invented the Happy Diamonds. Once that transpired, in 1993, they lived hap-
pily ever after, enjoying prosperity and business success. The kids, Caroline Scheufele and Karl-
Friedrich Scheufele, are still at it, making stylish watches and jewelry, because the patented Happy
Diamonds, make that company happy. I too believe that in life, you should have at least one good
idea, preferably a great one! Thank you Dinesh and Varsha Mahtani for your hospitality.
NEW HAND-CRAFTED COCKTAILS. On Friday night we tried TEN new, different cocktails
at the Hollywood Smokehouse, Alhambra Casino & Shops. All craft cocktails are concocted with
house-made syrups, freshly squeezed juices and fresh herbs. I said tried, as in tasted! No, I didn’t
drink all ten, they are all so dangerously delicious that two is the limit! My favorites were the Peach
Moon and the Acai Cosmo. The Peach Moon is made with Carolina Midnight Moonshine, muddled
peaches, Peach Schnapps, simple syrup, fresh lemon juice and Angostura bitters! The Acai Cosmo,
is shaken with Russian Standard Vodka, Acai Liqueur, Grand Marnier, cranberry juice and fresh
lime juice. All cocktails are made at the smokehouse by Wonder Boy Danny van der Linden, a
talented mixologist who tweaked the recipes created by superwoman Tina Causey-Bislick. Also
awesome: The Cocopom Cooler made with Ron Barcelo rum, Pomegranate Liqueur, Coconut Water
and Orange Bitters!