24 juni 2010
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I haven’t travelled so much lately. Unfortunately, my Australia trip was cancelled because of the volcano. And since quite a few of my counterparts are attending various conferences all over the world, we have not received many visitors in April and ...

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Ik tref een envelop aan in de brievenbus. Een typische ‘uitnodiging-envelop’ en als je de 25 net gepasseerd ben, associeer je dat onmiddellijk met een trouwerij. Nieuwsgierig scheur ik de envelop open, om vervolgens enkele seconden verbaasd naar de kaart in mijn hand te kijken.

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When you study in Maastricht, a peculiar thing happens. All the people you know are students too. That might not seem surprising but if you think about it, it is quite extraordinary to never meet people who actually work from 9 to 5. I would not even...

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Ik heb een nieuwe grote liefde en zijn naam is Merton. Ik heb Merton leren kennen via internet, om precies te zijn via Chatroulette.

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Two weeks ago I came back to Europe from my 6 months assignment with WFP in The Gambia. Starting with a debriefing programme at the HQ in Rome, my cultural reintegration process into ´modern´ life is (believe it or not) yet ongoing as I still struggle to digest the tons of emotions and impressions I went through in that period while simultaenously getting used to old habits and lifestyle. Truly, this is sometimes easier said than done given the many soft contradictions between the two ´worlds´ in terms of culture, attitude, expectations, lifestyle, problem perceptions, initiative etc. which I have encountered and which now become dramatically more apparent to me. Yes, it might sound ridiculous but amongst others I do ask myself now more often why are the bananas here in Europe somehow tasteless and strawberries as big as tomatoes and why are we in the west economically so developed and others not? Ironically, it was in The Gambia that I found an adequate coping strategy for these questions, through poetry... Therefore, it is now in two pieces of poetry that I am trying to sum up few of the feelings that often went through my head and heart, and somehow still do. Thank you for reading and enjoy.

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“Jaoaoaoao” . This is Afrikaans for Yes and it sounds very nice and friendly. Last week, when I visited the partner week in Stellenbosch, South-Africa, this “jaoaoaoao” was amongst the most used words. Therefore it is still in my mind. It was my seco...

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I live in a house with five other students and like in most of the student apartments in Maastricht we do not have a living room. What does that mean for a shared flat? No hanging around together on the couch, watching TV, playing board games or spon...

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Your cooking team is absolutely thrilled that spring has arrived. We had almost given up all our hopes for a normal spring. Global warming? Not in Maastricht! We were more than fed up with the cold, gloomy weather and wintery food such as cabbage, ca...

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Soms kom je in een situatie terecht waar je je niet echt op je gemak voelt. Dat gevoel overviel mij afgelopen donderdag. Een vriendin vroeg of ik zin had om mee te gaan naar de Tefaf-afterparty in het Bonnefantenmuseum.

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After having finished 2/3 of my first year of studying in Maastricht I cannot help but think: “Where did the time go?” These months were the fastest ones of my entire life.  Not only did I get to know as many new people as never before, but I a...

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