About me!
About me?
Well, that can be a long story if I want to... But I'll try to keep it short. ;)
Education
I've attended the HKU for a short course in video animation back in 1995 and I've received my bachelor in Computer Science at the HVA in 2001.
Work
I startd working for BaseSoft as a programmer in 2000 and worked there till 2003.
From 2003 till 2005 I worked for Demon Internet, which was the Dutch branch of Demon.co.uk, and worked as a developer for this internet provider.
I currently work for Spil Games as an IT Architect. I started working for this company (previously known as Spill Group) in 2005.
Cars
I've been a Japan fan for almost my entire life I think. It all happened in kindergarten when a friend of mine, who is half Japanese, had me over to play with his (Japanese) toys. In my late teens I got into Anime and Manga because of this and started collecting everything I could.
At the late 90s I really got into Japanese games, so of course I started playing a lot of Japanese race games. Most of those featured mostly Japanese cars and that's how I got hooked on Japanese cars! I loved the outrageous cars like the Skylines and the GT3000, but also the smaller lancers, mx5s and Corollas.
In 2000 I got the first fansubbed Initial D episodes and since then I was quite determined to own a hachi-roku (Toyota Corolla AE86) myself! I instantly replayed most Japanese racegames and tried to allocate all AE86s in there. Most of them actually had them! I also registered some domain names and got one of my best friends to buy an AE86. Together we founded AEU86.org, a European community for AE86 owners.
Anyway, I bought my 1985 USDM AE86 in 2005 and owned it up till 2007. It was a converted SR5 (to GT-S spec) and I rebadged it as Trueno with the stickers we were already started selling replicas through the shop.
I sold the AE86 in favor of a mint Toyota Carina TA60 automatic because my girlfriend was expecting our son Olivér and she couldn't get into the AE86 too well and a child seat wasn't fitting in the AE86. So I swapped the 2 door AE86 in favor of the 4 door Carina.
My father did also own a Toyota Carina TA60 van in the 80s (I think it was 1985-1989) so it was quite natural for me to start looking for a 4 door Carina. The Carina TA60 itself is quite identical to the AE86: it even got the same rear axle!
Anyway, plans are to convert the Carina to manual shifter in the future and then swap the 2T engine for a (more economical) 4AGE.
