My Dutch Dream

I’ve mentioned before how I learn new Dutch words by watching English language TV with Dutch subtitles.
Now I often watch Animal Planet but most of the time these days it is one of those programs that only loosely fits the definition – sort of like “When Animals Go Crazy” or something like that.
But the good [...]

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I had to share this. Probably you might not get it if you’re not familiar with the (in)famous Dutch dish known as stamppot.
This certainly made me chuckle!

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Yesterday I crashed my bike!
It started the night before when I was about to leave centrum for home after a few joints (of course). I adjusted the tension on the rear brake and the first time I tested it, the cable broke!
I was left with a front brake that has been locking up lately due [...]

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Wherever you are in Amsterdam, you always see crazy things. I mean, when you’re on holiday and you see crazy stuff happen in the tourist zones, it’s pretty normal. I smoke often near centrum and all the time you see tons of weirdos – and the coffeeshops especially seem to attract them!
But even elsewhere you [...]

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I smoke a lot these days (naturlijk in Amsterdam!) and have learned more about coffeeshops in the last 4 months since all my 20 holidays here over the last 10 years. Mind you, I’ve probably smoked more joints in the last 4 months than I ever have in my entire life too!
I see [...]

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I do feel more settled than after initially getting here. But I am also recently finding myself struggling for time to fit everything in. Here is my present to-do list:

Work on my business. My no. 1 priority.
Work on my Dutch.
Work on my other self-development projects.
Join a language class.
Join another activity where people meet regularly.
Get drunk [...]

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Something that I had never realised in a decade of taking vacations to Amsterdam is just how crazy freshman/fresher students are here.
I’m living with a Dutch guy at the moment who we have barely seen because he is always away on some kind of camping or adventure. Here’s what he had to go through so [...]

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My landlord is a total dick so I’m leaving in just over 2 weeks.
Thing is, I know how hard it is to find a room here (using kamernet so far), so I started looking around 2 weeks ago but so far nothing. Now I’m getting a little worried, so I may have to look at [...]

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Sorry for not posting for so long! Jeez, it’s been well over a month! SD, got the message from our mutual friends I needed to update the blog
I’ve been stoned for a solid 3 weeks. Yes, I admit it. What can I say, I could smoke my weed again and I wanted to [...]

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I mentioned briefly earlier about having a goal and then going for it. Sounds really cheesy, new-age crap but it does work. Being focussed on one outcome really does help you to achieve it.
Anyhow, every Englishman wants to one day own his home. It’s partly responsible for the huge housing bubble that exists back in [...]

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