Meme of Me : a great idea, but I’ve only added the first seven letters of the alphabet, still quite a few to go!

While talking to a colleague just now, I realised that – through only two people – my six degrees of separation is actually quite impressive. ☑ My dad once met the current Dalai Lama ☑ A friend met George Clooney What is your six degrees to people we know?

G is for … Georgia And Georgia is still on mind. Right after high school, I spent one year in Georgia, USA. I was enrolled at Oxford College of Emory University [wiki:Oxford@Emory]. Looking back at my year, I can see how I grew, but I also realise how much I had yet to grow compared [...]

F is for … Friends And that was any easy pick! This post is for all my friends, in the Netherlands, in Belgium, in the UK, in Germany, in the USA, in Spain, in Mexico, in Poland, in Canada.

E is for … Eten (Food) Alright, so I’m cheating slightly, but only because I am bilingual. Eten, according to the Van Dale Dictionary of Dutch: eten(1) (het ~) (noun) 1 voedsel 2 maaltijd eten(2) (ov.ww., ook abs.) (verb) 1 (iets) als voedsel tot zich nemen => aan de maaltijd zitten, aan tafel zitten, bikken, [...]

D is for … Den Haag Apologies for the late post, but I was busy with my sister’s wedding last week. On to this letter, D. Den Haag / The Hague, my new hometown as of December 26, 2006. I grew up in Voorburg (might come back under the V), one of Den Haag’s neighbouring [...]

C is for … Comics And cartoons. In books, or on television. I love reading comics and cartoons, and while at university I graduated to reading and enjoying graphic novels. It all started with my parents’ collection of Suske and Wiske comic books [Spike and Suzy] and I still occasionally read them when I’m at [...]

B is for … Bamse My teddy bear. I received him for my first birthday from my godparents, and he has been a faithful friend ever since that first day we met. I do not have a current photo of Bamse, but compared to his first days, he has certainly changed! He used to sleep [...]