I was ten years old when I first walked into an orchestra rehearsal from one of the orchestras at Hofstads Jeugdorkest. This is a youth orchestra association, with five symphony orchestras and a string ensemble, for people from the age of seven till the age of 25. The orchestras are all different levels and as […]
After a long, covid-related delay, it was finally time for a fun group activity with the website commission! Or, as I decided to call it, our ‘suitje’. We decided to go bowling in Utrecht, as you probably already guessed from the title. When we were all there we went inside and divided ourselves over two
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It’s almost spring! The nights are getting shorter and the sun is getting brighter. Life is getting busy again. The lockdown has come to an end and the Netherlands is catching up with the activities that we have missed for the past two years. Currently I feel like I am constantly on the run. Bowling
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Lately I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather. I don’t seem to enjoy my life to the fullest as I once did. The days seem to be filled with university work, board tasks, committee tasks, pressure and frustration, and this seems to make a dangerous cocktail. What should you do when you hit that
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This would’ve been the month that Girl in Red would come to the Netherlands to give a concert in TivoliVredenburg, in honor of her album if i could make it go quiet. The concert is postponed till May, but we can still listen to the album that came out last April. It’s an album that
Review: if i could make it go quiet- Girl in Red Read More »
Starting block three in Utrecht feels like coming home. After having all my lectures and seminars online (all but a few…) since march 2020 getting back to Utrecht feels like starting a new study. I feel very motivated to get started with this ‘new start’. After realizing that I am really getting back to Utrecht,
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2022 has begun! Like every new year, many people make a list of resolutions. Eat healthier, read more or take up a new hobby. But how do you hold on to them? The first thing you could do is to keep a Bullet Journal. Instead of blank, lined pages, a Bullet Journal contains sections to make
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While the moon stares at me from my window, I’m thinking about what I want to write in this column. First of all, I want to wish you all the best wishes for 2022! Second of all, I finally decided to write about New Year’s resolutions. I never make those, because I think every day
Column #109: Am I tacky? A series of (un)fortunate events Read More »
I feel very honored to write this Christmas Column for the fourth time since I joined Hucbald. Whenever Christmas is nearing, I scroll all the way back to my previous Christmas-themed columns just to reminisce about the most wonderful time of the year. I believe that Christmastime has this magical thing that can’t be explained.
Column #108: Christmas Chaos Read More »
