Pens, papers, CD player, and a group of buitenlanders (foreigners) attempting to “vul de gaten in” (fill in the blanks). This was my Monday night last week — sitting the written part of the Dutch for Beginners exam. Monday afternoon I sat the oral exam, which went OK despite having spoken hardly any Dutch for [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 20, 2008
Aussie music in ads
A while back, my fave Oz music expert recommended I find some Angus and Julia Stone. I didn’t pay much attention at the time, but some months later I was searching for some Oz music and randomly came across just one track: Paper Aeroplane. It is rather catchy.
The last few weeks I swear I have [...]
January 2, 2008
A new year
I’m not a big fan of New Year’s celebrations — usually I’m in bed well before midnight and having to stay up for just one rather unexciting second is not my thing. We were planning to go out but as my partner didn’t feel well we stayed at home this year.
Probably the only major difference [...]
