Gerbel blog

Hello, I thought to give you just a small note about the results of my flemisch language exam. It was STANAG 1.1. Ik ben geslaagd. It means i passed and i got 110 points from 120 possible. Not bad, though i could have done better LOL. Need to study more :) Next course 1.2 starts on 14 Nov and lasts till the end of January, I wish after that i can already use the language more often as i should have then more vocabulary ;) Till now i still use a little sayings and sentences only in my daily bases. Should use it more often but it seems so slow when i start to talk that i loose my patient ;) LOL So we had a small morning party at school today and some of the pictures :) On a group photo you will find our teacher, Johan (see the smallest guy in the middle), actually Johan is something 1.90cm tall guy.. LOL There are 2 pictures where you can see girls in our class .. nice haaa :) ... and there are also a picture of me and Lesley from UK. She was good, she got 118 points from 120.. congrat...

Hey my friends and fans :) I did it :) ..and im very happy with my result :).. as well my husband and of course my trainer Bill Richardons and my great friend Patricia who has been such a support and motivator for me ;))) It was really a great contest in Brussels - IFBB Nationals I & Belgium Federation Cup 2009 - yesterday, 24 Oct, where i got 1st place. In total, we had 3 female competitors in bodybuilding. Here are some pictures of my medal and trophee (multifunctional) and flowers ;) Also i put here one picture taken after contest with bodyfitness girls in dressing room. More pictures and the video (thx to Patricia) will be published soon also :) It was short info but i hope you loved to hear that :) Take care and lots of hugs :) Gerbel

Hello my dear friends, Now im married woman, Gerbel Mikk-Poortmans. Who still doesnt know, on 17 of October i got married with lovely belgian guy, Guy Poortmans, in Wilrijk-Antwerpen, Belgium. In Estonian magazine "Kroonika" there is an article about us, how we met ;) ..though it is in Estonian. To make the story short ;) ..we met online and we knew that we should be together already before we first met in real life, meeting was just a confirmation of our feelings :) Lovely! :) A hint, soon there will be also wedding picture in Kroonika ;) Now, after 5 month knowing each other, we are married. Seems like a fairy tale. The wedding was very lovely in one small castle, as simple as it could be. On 17th my day started already 0630am, did my make-up and went to hair dresser. Wedding was at 10.45 am and followed by lunch-dinner reception in near by restaurant "Den Bourgondier" with our witnesses, Guy's parents and relatives. Unfortunatly, my best friend Aire couldnt c...

Hey, Thanks to all my supporters :) ... my dearest Guy, friends, my trainer Bill and my family :) Here is a news flash in Estonian TV about Estonian championships :) .. yes I won ;) Even i was alone, it was a great experience again and especially for my next big contest in Belgium :) Sure i will be better form over there ;) But here is a sports news in Estonian TV. Soon i will put up more pictures as well :) http://sport.err.ee/index.php?0&popup=video&id=8726 And here is also an article in Estonian newspaper "SL Õhtuleht" Link in Kroonika ;) My best, Gerbel

Hello my dear friends, I know, i know, i havent updated anything lately in my website, included blog. It is just so busy, all the preparation for upcoming contests taking its time: 3 oct will compete in Tallinn ( Read here ) and 24 oct there will be a contest in Bruxel ( link ) ;) All the trainings with Bill Richardson have been so good that its hard to find better trainer. He is hard but good :) Will give my best on these contests :) And in between there are planned few nice activities which i will lighten you later on :) ...so its a very busy time here with flemish language studies, training and etc etc :))))) I love it here and everything is as it should and had to be!! :) Lots of love to all, Gerbel :)

Hello my dear friends, I had a great weekend. Especially on 22 Aug, Saturday :) First i had a great chance to do training with a legendary bodybuilder, Bill Richardson (in his gym in Antwerpen)! Bill Richardson is a UK bodybuilder who won the Mr. Universe (amateur) competition in 1980. See some links and pictures of his career. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Richardson_(bodybuilder) http://musclememory.com/show.php?a=Richardson,+Bill http://www.upfrontbodybuilding.com/billpage.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSxt39HD4Bs It was amazing experience :) i can tell you! ;) Then there was a "Muscle Beach" in Vlissingen , the Netherlands and afternoon time we enjoyed the beach with lots of muscular men and women ;) LOL Here is one Dutch Pro on the picture Aimée Molleman , and she was a big girl .. wow ;) ... Here are more pictures of the event: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gert_ten_thije/page3/ ..and FORUM ..and more pictures FORUM2 Its sad i didnt arrived in Vlissingen at ...

Hello everyone, Let me tell you that i am very fine in Belgium and everything goes nicely and smoothly here :) Finally got a second hand mountain bike and can do some biking in the morning or weekend, as this Sunday we went with Guy just for small tour with bikes :) .. and also took several ferries to drive through the rivers :) .. its was cool. :) Also, we went to Amsterdam just for fun this Saturday and here are few pics ;) .. we did also small video ;) lol.. cos its crazy how people reacting seeing me :) .. they just keep looking and some guys even forget to close their mouth ;) lol ...but as i dont know how to turn the video right then you need to turn your head or your pc :P lol Ok.. i keep doing things here ... its nice weather as always here btw :)) .. and you, enjoy your week also .. My best wishes to you all, Gerbel PS! I updated a links site in my website, just have a look :) Here are few more pictures.. this man with a dog as a horse was great .. the man was my hight ;)