Music is my boyfriend

I’d always known it but being here has confirmed it: Europeans LOVE bad dance music. I heard Robbie Williams’ “Angels” for the second time recently. This time I was prepared enough to sing along and record it. But after a month of dancing to repetitious beats with vocoders singing over them, I’m supremely thankful for [...]

Gratis omhelzing

If there’s one thing that changed about me since I’ve moved to the Netherlands is that the sun now makes me react. When it’s sunny there is no staying home. Last Saturday was like any other except for the fact that it was sunny. So with no plans, I decided to go on a walk [...]

Addendum

Originally I had planned to post two video from the Amsterdam Bibliotheek but wasn’t able to figure out how to show both without messing up my layout. I mentioned I’m a little behind on my coding ability yes? But it seems from the comments some people are misconstruing my thoughts about the OAB vs the [...]

The medium is the massage

When I was 13, I was sure that I wanted to be a website designer. The word “blog” didn’t exist at the time and I was way ahead of the coding-skill curve for a pre-teen in the late 90s. But time and the dream passed and consequently my meager coding ability was antiquated in the [...]

If you’re eating Dutch, you’re not eating (too) much

Exchange by definition entails some give and take. I’ve only been an exchange student for two weeks but I’ve seen a fair share of give (but mostly take) when it comes to the food in the Netherlands. Eating out is expensive here especially when this is considered a student town. Most meals cost between 7€ [...]