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14 December 2012, yesterday, was the graduation day of ISS students. I was not part of the graduating batch, as I am actually in a two-years Mundus MAPP…
Yesterday, the gouden koets or golden carriage of the Dutch Queen, Beatrix, went through the streets of The Hague. It is an annual procession. The carriage is used…
My third day of covering Indonesian MPs was the busiest but also the best: I got a bonus to dine with them. Gourmet ones, truly not my usual…
100+ dorm residents with only four washing machines and four dryers are the perfect ingredients for a very long, time- and patience-consuming queue I have to endure during…
The Netherlands celebrates Koninginnedag, its Queen’s Day, on April 30th. It is the birthday of the previous queen, Juliana, since Beatrix’s birthday on January 31st — festivals in…
It’s spriiiiing! Sunshine’s back in my life! The real one, I mean, not the deceiving one which gives you the light but not the warmth. Yesterday we had…
During Yoga’s visit, we travelled to some cities in the Netherlands. Not much, they were just half-day excursions, since we usually woke up late and took a very…
Days are passing so fast now since Yoga’s around… 🙂 I haven’t even shared how he went here in the first place. It all started last year when…
I also went to last Saturday’s Winternachten. Coincidentally met Nany and Thandi there.. 🙂 The ticket price was pretty steep — 13.75 euro and it was student price,…
I went to the Writers Unlimited and it was amazing to see the wordsmiths at play. The first event I attended was the Oxfam Novib/PEN Award on Thursday,…
Yesterday at ISS was a blast! It was the ISS International Day, when almost everyone’s showing off the best of their nations through exhibition (4-6 pm), food (6-8…
Today’s the third day of the five-days celebration of Diwali, the festival of lights. South Asian friends in ISS held a celebration in the campus’s atrium and everyone’s…