Alles is Liefde
I have decided that it is better to finish TIK-week before we dig into the details of Introduction Camp. Thursday, August 25 is all I’ve got left for you. It was another exchange introduction day. I skipped the mentor group breakfast to win an extra hour of sleep. Then we had two hours reserved for different workshops. I chose to attend Tilburg for Beginners and Cultural Matters, among the other available workshops were Dutch for Beginners and Dutch Drugs policy. Tilburg for beginners was interesting as it gave me some insights in the city’s history and local habits. Cultural Matters were not what I expected, it turned out that we were supposed to play a card gamed but they assigned us different rules and we were not allowed to talk to each other while playing. Of course they did not tell us that, and as I am very stubborn I were extremely frustrated with Martin who cheated given my rules of the game. It was not among the highlights of the week, but the exchange coordinators, who were leading the workshop managed to show us that we are going to encounter problems related to cultural differences.
After lunch it was time for a computer course to get to know UvT’s computer systems Blackboard and COMAP. They are rather user friendly once you get to know them so I think I like them. We had to do some more boring administrative procedures during the afternoon such as taking pictures for the student card.
In the evening we saw a Dutch romcom called Alles is Liefde with I*ESN, it was a pretty good movie, and provided some interesting insights in the Dutch culture. Apparently Santa Claus arrives to Holland a few weeks before Christmas, and middle-aged Dutch women picks up their toyboys at funerals.
Most of the day is a blur; it is now two weeks ago. I know that there was a party at LG and that I went to Olof when LG closed for the after party, I don’t remember all of the mentors that went there, but Party Mentor, Captain Kelly and Jasper did. I got home to late, but I had already come to the conclusion, that sleeping was not top priority.
Tot Ziens.
