A song about Robin Frijns - from the Prins Bira Formule 1 Podcast
Lyrics both in Dutch and Translated under the cut. anything in italics between () is sidenotes by me. The ? are when I'm not sure if I heard it right.
Dutch:
Ooit in een ver verleden, toen Max nog in de speeltuin zat.
Kwam een ander joch uit Limburg en die reed ook echt fucking hard
Hij won in alle klasses en dat elke keer zonder geld.
Zelfs Mark Webber riep heel hard, jesus wat is dat joch toch een held.
2009,10 en 11 waren de jaren van Robin Frijns (this is a mistake? he won his World Series title in 2012 and in 2009 he was only rookie champion, guess they did it so it actually fit the tune)
Formule 1 kon niet voorbij aan het talent van Robin Frijns.
Ondanks z'n zege in de F2, (still GP2 back then) werd hij toch aan de kant gezet.
Het geld was op hij werd boos (?) en zijn carriere leek verpest
Na een jaartje aan de zijlijn werdt hij toch steeds weer opgepikt
En de hele wereld weet niet hoe hij het steeds maar toch weer eens flikt
Oh ja die lijkt op Jean kloot van Dam was dat niet Robin Frijns? (idk if i heard this one right)
En in de opstapklasses was hij altijd beter dan Carlos Sainz … en bianchi
(singer silently talks about how he actually can't sing that high and that he's already regretting it)
Mensen bleven steeds maar zeggen zonder geld kom je niet in F1
Maar in een Tolen (?) en een Limburg geldt dat ordeel helemaal niet eens
De man in DTM, Bathurst en de Blancpain Series
Robin Frijns die blijft maar winnen ookal is het niet altijd kitsch (??)
Wie is de beste coureur uit Limburg nee niet Max dat is Robin Frijns
Ik wil hem zo graag een knuffel geven die vette gast Robin Frijns
zeg het nog een keer
de beste coureur uit Limburg nee niet Max maar Robin Frijns
Robin Robin Frijns, veel beter dan Max
Robin Robin Frijns, echt veel beter dan Max
Robin Robin Frijns, wat had kunnen zijn
English:
Somewhere in a distant past, when Max was still on the playground.
Came another boy from Limburg and he also drove fucking fast
He won all series and that always without money
Even Mark Webber said: "Jesus what a hero he is."
2009,10 and 11 were the years of Robin Frijns
(this is a mistake? he won his World Series title in 2012 and in 2009 he was only rookie champion, guess they did it so it actually fit the tune)
Formula 1 couldn't possibly pass the talent of Robin Frijns
Despite his victory in F2 (still GP2 back then) he was still pushed to the side
The money was gone, he got mad (?) and his career looked ruined
After a year on the side he was picked up again
And in the junior series he was always better than Carlos Sainz.. and Bianchi
(singer silently talks about how he actually can't sing that high and that he's already regretting it)
People kept saying without money you don't get into F1
But in a Tolen (?) and a Limburg that prejudice doesn't count
The man in DTM, Bathurst and the Blancpain Series
Robin Frijns keeps on winning even though it's not always kitsch (??)
Who is the best driver from Limburg no not Max it is Robin Frijns
I want to hug him so bad that cool guy Robin Frijns
say it again
The best driver from Limburg no not Max it is Robin Frijns.
Robin Robin Frijns, much better than Max
Robin Robin Frijns, really much better than Max
Robin Robin Frijns, what it could've been
What can I say... except that I’m feeling defeated amidst the storm of eugenic gaslighting and COVID minimization constantly swirling around us. It is a dark time to be in public health, but it’s even more devastating when your own field turns against its own alleged values. To those still holding the line and speaking our truths, I echo your defiance.
I’ll continue to show up day after day and do my best.
Notable Happenings
Long-awaited reunion with Quag - skating in North Van
Monkeypox vaccine campaign
J+K wedding in Tofino (Wickaninnish Beach)
Expanding my teaching practice :)
Camping with Lady @ Sproat Lake
Norcal trip: Monterey, Big Sur, Napa/Sonoma, San Francisco
Highlights: McWay sunset, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Asian Art Museum, Legion of Honor
Influenza vaccination campaign
Adopting Goose! (@thecutestgoose)
Books that influenced me:
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma (Foo, Stephanie)
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent (Wilkerson, Isabel)
Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism (Walia, Harsha)
All the Living and the Dead: From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work (Campbell, Hayley)
All That Moves Us: A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience (Wellons, Jay)
The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die (Engelhart, Katie)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory (Doughty, Caitlin)
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Elliot, Andrea)
On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal (Klein, Naomi)
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowkedge, and the Teachings of Plants (Kimmerer, Robin Wall)
No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need (Klein, Naomi)
The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER (Fisher, Thomas)
Dear Life: A Doctor’s Story of Love and Loss (Clarke, Rachel)
The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease (Wadman, Meredith)
The Facemaker: One Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I (Fitzharris, Lindsey)
A Good Time to be Born: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future (Klass, Perri)
The Magical Language of Others (Koh, E.J.)
Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown’s Most Stylish Seniors (Lo, Andria)
Enjoy this video I edited from Robin and Lim’s V Live from World Klass about milk v. cereal first. If you’re a committee, please vote for my bbs I want them to debut so much 😭👏🏼
Upcoming new k-pop survival show “To Be WORLD KLASS” has released a 2nd set of individual teaser images of Chan, Chi Hoon, Robin, Kyung Ho, & Ji Su who will be competing for the resulting project global boy group TOO.
isnt robin the guy from world klass?? im pretty sure its him:))
idk this is the pic oomf sent me all she said it’s a rapper named robbie from aussie 😰 pls say world klass isn’t another survival show i can’t handle those