Category: Personal
November 4, 2022
What it's Like to Pull a Gloria Pritchett and Speak Two Languages
Where are all my bilingual babies at? Many of us students have grown up in bilingual families and it is common knowledge that a significant part of the […]
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November 3, 2022
Our Heart, Our Motor
We all grow up believing the heart is the thing that keeps us alive. The motor of our body. Our brain determines the way we think. Whether we are excited […]
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November 1, 2022
Grief Through my Eyes
'When I speak, I mention her name and do this in the present tense. Like she is still alive. Afterwards, I burst into tears. Because that tense hurts. Because […]
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October 28, 2022
Dear Future Pen Pal,
My name is Anne and I was born and raised in a small village in the Netherlands, which resulted in my lack of knowledge about the world. Now, […]
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October 26, 2022
Fall in love with Autumn and fight of the cooler season blues
Whether you have been living in the Netherlands for only a semester or your entire life, you might have noticed; Dutch people LOVE to complain. And the one […]
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October 25, 2022
Crystals 101 – Everything you need to know
Some might have them at home as decoration, some might use them for their energy, while others might have never seen them before: Crystals. These beautiful ‘stones’ can […]
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October 13, 2022
How To Make Daily Student Life Easier
In todays digitalized world there’s so much going on, that it’s hard to keep track of everything in this chaotic jungle of notifications, distractions, and opportunities. On top […]
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October 5, 2022
Why Reading is Suprisingly Cool
Listen, I get it. Nowadays, people aren’t reading as much as they used to. Why would we? Through the internet we have thousands of videos and games at […]
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September 30, 2022
Homesickness: A Real Nightmare
Homesickness has been my worst nightmare for most of my life. I have struggled with it ever since I was a little kid, and I am still occasionally […]
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July 14, 2022
Hustle culture or anti-ambition? A “zennial” in search of balance..
The glory of being a #girlboss, the all-nighters we pull proudly, the never-ending workweek, the constant need for an escape. Or in other words - just some of […]
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June 14, 2022
A house of cards
A house of cards. If you look up the definition, the first thing that appears on Google is that the phrase is used to refer to “an insubstantial […]
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June 9, 2022
5 things I wish I knew before getting piercings
When my mom wouldn’t let me get my upper ear lobe pierced, I had a friend of mine do it at a sleepover with the pin of a […]
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