A while ago I wrote a blog posts on the concerts I went to during my time in San Francisco. Back then I wrote that the only concert I was anticipating was Natasha Bedingfield's concert. Since then I have been to her concert but have...
Thanksgiving; probably one of the most American holidays there is. Many of the international students have never experienced this holiday and neither had I. I did, however, wanted to celebrate it and experience what it is all about. For that reason, I posted in the IEEC...
When studying abroad, you will probably encounter another grading system from the one in your home country. In the US people typically use letter grades (A+, A, A−; B+, B, B−; C+, C, C−; D+, D, D−; F). In the Netherlands we scale from 1...
Something I've noticed in the United States, is that the moment Halloween was over, people started preparing for Christmas. On November 1st I went to Target and already saw Christmas decorations, Christmas food, Christmas gifts and clothing. I thought this was really funny because the...
At SFSU some of the courses are online. I had never encountered this before as my home university does not offer online courses. In this blog post I will share my experiences with online courses. The online course I am following this semester is Understanding Politics...
Moving to another country will always be a culture shock, no matter which country you move to. I think there especially are a lot of differences between Europe and the United States. When I came to the US and lived here for a while, I...
A while ago I wrote a blog post on the IEEC Movie Nights. By now I've visited some more of these movie nights, which I will discuss in this blog post. The Autopsy of Jane Doe On October 17 the movie shown was Halloween-themed. The movie was...
Every Thursday, the IEEC organizes an International Movie Night in the Cesar Chavez Center. I've been to these Movie Nights three times and in this blog post I'll discuss some of the movies we watched there. Quién te cantará Quién te cantará is a Spanish movie about...
Right now for many of my classes we have midterm exams. Midterm exams in the US are quite different from exams in the Netherlands. In this blog post I'll discuss some of these differences. Study guides Professors in the US post study guides in advance of the...
Dutch food is not exactly 'high cuisine', but the Netherlands does have some very tasty foods and dishes. In this blog post I'll discuss some of the foods I miss, especially when cooked by my mother ;). Hutspot Hutspot is made out of boiled and mashed potatoes,...