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I travel every single day of my life. I rotate between places like Zimbabwe, India, China, Australia, the middle East or anywhere in Europe. Since last year, I’ve entered an ongoing cultural excursion without having to adopt a jetsetter lifestyle as...

It’s 25 degrees on a Saturday afternoon. I enjoy the warmth of the last warm rays of sunshine on my face. I enjoy having all my friends around me, the atmosphere in the air. I hear and I feel the music. This is what an open air get-together in the...

It’s that time of the year when Master open days take place in Nederlands.. You might be wondering, isn’t it a bit too early for a 3rd year,who has just recently started her last  year, to be looking for a graduate study? Well, I would say the earlier you...

Hey everyone! I have been studying in Arizona for the last two and a half months at Arizona State University. During my time here I have experienced a lot, and many things appear to be similar to the Netherlands, but some things are noticeably different....

Hi everyone!

Today I want to take you on a time lapse. I’ll dive back into that time that I was a freshmen at UCG, which in fact is only one year ago.

Dear readers,

When I was a kid, I had a rabbit called Rabatzi. Sometimes I let Rabtzi out of her cage in the backyard. I thought I was doing her a favor by granting her some freedom. To my surprise, Rabatzi did not hobble away into the nearby wheat field, but quietly...

Three weeks have now passed since I have left the outskirts of the Kalahari Desert to return to my other, more tame residence: the Netherlands. After having spent a large part of my summer 10 000 kilometres away under the hot sun in Botswana (Southern...

Even though for most of my fellow UCG classmates the semester has only just begun, mine, here in Australia, is already halfway over. I cannot believe how quick this time has flown by, and how little time I actually have left in this beautiful country!