1. You have a bike
2. You even know how to brake using retropedaling
3. Walking from your faculty to the cafeteria has become unimaginable. You take your bike, even if it's for 50meters
4. Eating 7 slides of bread for lunch doesn't scare you anymore
5. By the way, you stopped eating warm lunch. You just eat bread
6. You know what a kroket is, and you learned to avoid the orange ones
7. It doesn't surprise you anymore to eat at 18:30
8. You drink beer
9. You got used to trance and electro music
10. You don't cheat on the train, because controllers are EVERYWHERE
11. When the cafeteria is crowed, you line up neately with the others
12. You used to use cash all the time, but now you have a pin card
13. You think ducks are cute
14. As soon as the sun pops out, you make a barbecue, even if it's 10°C outside (not really BBQ but for sure eat outside, in the back yard)
15. You think 15°C is warm
16. You know winter stops in May, and not March as everywhere else
17. You don't remember what a moutain looks like
18. You still don't know how to speak Dutch. But your English has improved
19. You know what Surinam is. And where it is
20. You never go out without your bike lights
21. You think butter in a bottle is normal
22. You know that all the guys are in Delft. And the girls, everywhere else, especially Leiden
23. You go to Leiden on saturday
24. You've been to a flower park, and thought it was cool
25. You're ok with having only one flavour of ice cream (the white ones)
26. You don't even bother to ask "do you speak English?", you just speak English right away
27. When you go to the cinema, you are ok with being told where to sit
28. And you wouldn't dare sit anywhere else
29. You have finally accepted the fact that Gouda is cheese
30. Paying 6€ for a meal in the cafeteria seems normal
31. You know how to repair a bike
32. You eat potatoes at least once a day
33. You always check the weather before leaving home (de jeito nenhum! BuienRadar.nl SEMPRE!)
34. You know what it is being late and having to wait for a boat to cross the bridge
35. You can drink milk at any time of the day
36. Sometimes, you only drink milk as lunch
37. You have tried karnemelk at least once
38. You start liking dropjes (isso JAMAIS irá acontecer comigo!)
39. For you something sweet means stroopwaffels
40. Spring means flowers blooming and construction sites opening up all over the place
41. Being tall gets a new meaning
42. Blonde is back to being a hair-color, not a concept
43. you have 4 seasons in one day
44. you can start a mail to your teacher who happens to be a doctor by "yo, wassup doc" (exaggeration can get the message through)
45. You think that paying to use the toilets is normal.
46. You know that kapsalon is not a typical turkish dish, but a hairdresser
47. You start to think that the strange position of the hole in the WC is not that disgusting
48. You find it easier to find a good joint that a good coffee
49. You have the AH bonus card
50. Your windows have no curtains, and you don't care
51. If your windows have curtains, you don't use them, and just don't care who might be looking at you
52. For you, light rain is not rain
53. Professors write a "well done" comment in your assignment and still grade you with a 6
54. You can drink beer in the cinema (good)
55. 10°C is warm enough to wear a short or mini skirt
56. You can ride your bike in the rain, wind and even snow
57. Guys are very cute
58. You can ride your bike wearing skirt (if you're a girl), a suit or even high heels (if you're a girl)
59. When you start having strong opinion even if you vaguely know the topic
60. When you "wash" the dishes with soap without rincing them
61. "Alstublieft and dank u wel" are the only dutch words you know (era assim em 2007, hj, não mais!)
62. You aren't surprised anymore that the disco closes at 4 (but it still pisses you off)
63. You learn to bike without using your hands on the handle
64. You go to the market and you only buy the stuffs that fit in you bike
65. Riding a bike and driking coffee/smoking/eating lunch at the same time is not a problem any more
66. You reformulate the saying "if you drink, don't drive" by "if you drink, don't ride"
67. You've been asked where the coffeeshop is
68. You start wearing orange during soccer events, even when you're not dutch
69. You get used not to use napkins when eating. You just eat dirtily.
70. You know what GVD stands for
71. You can never predict the weather and can not believe the weather forecast anymore
72. You wait for the light to go green before crossing the street, even if there is no car
73. You sometimes eat only with a spoon
74. You tried fried fish from the caravans at least once
75. You clap the lecturer (just because he's been speaking for 2 hours)
76. You run to Albert Heijn at 21.55 to get some beer for the party that night
77. Trees planted in straight rows/ aka the forest/ seems normal
78. You think you understand why they don't serve coffee at coffeeshops (but you're not sure yet)
79. You steal a bike at the station because the night before someone stole yours
80. You think it is okay to eat multicoloured sprinkels on bread for breakfast
81. You use 9292ov.nl to go to the supermarket
82. You know that the wind blows in your face regardless of the direction in which you are biking
83. You don't even try to park in an unauthorised area just to 'pick something up in 5min', because you know you will get a ticket in 30secondes
84. When you move out of your appartment, you know you might have to take the floors with you
85. Stepping in doggiepoo on the sideawalk becomes almost a daily thing
86. You end up eating super greasy food at 5am at FEBO or ALEV (Delft)
87. And after that, you manage to bike home still completely wasted and go to work/class at 8:00
88. You need an appointement to talk with your friends. Or your mother.
89. You enjoy making tourists jump off the bike path (adooooooooooro! ahahah)
90. You paid more for the lock of your bike than for the bike itselft
91. Real bread? You've made your peace with it. It doesn't exist
92. You know that the Netherlands doesn't have a special dish. They just fry everything
93. You know getting a couch will be difficult because it doesn't fit through the door. Windows maybe?
94. You're ok spending Queen's Day in the train because people are walking on the rails
95. You pay for ketchup at the restaurant/fast food and think it's normal
96. Kroket, Frikandel, Frietjes met (of zonder mayo) are your normal on your food vocabulary
97. You know at least 1 guy called Jaap, Joost or Jeroen
98. You take your own plastic bag to the supermarket
99. Lekker, Gezellig, Mooi and Lekker Weer are expressions that are also on your vocabulary
100. When you cry once you have to go back to your homeland. (ZEKER WETEN!)
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Recebi esse email e resolvi postar aqui já que o que está destacado em vermelho é tão normal para mim nas bandas de cá que até me espantei!
Em relação ao item 38, eu JAMAIS gostarei de dropjes! E quem já provou, há de me entender!
Gente! impressionante como me identifiquei com a lista, sou quase uma dutch e nem sabia...rsrs.
ResponderExcluirPara que eu gosto de dropjes, hoor!
Ah...eu tava na casa do sogro e nao tinha bikini nem nada, sai catando roupa do cunhado e meio bikini da cunhada...rsrs.
Caracaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,
ResponderExcluirMorri de rir com esta lista, Nossa me identifiquei hororres, Posso postar no meu blog tambem? hauhauha, achei o maximo! beijinhos!
Claro que sim Cuquinha! ahahahah
ResponderExcluireu tomei um susto em como sou holandesa! ahahah
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ResponderExcluirvc ta nos azuis ou nos vermelhos?
Olá Taís!Tudo bem?
ResponderExcluirEntão...respondendo sua pergunta, sim eu sou Bacharel em Turismo, Trabalhei na Tam quase 2 anos, também já trabalhei na prefeitura do RJ Info turísticas, Infraero, agencia de turismo etc
aqui na Holanda é complicado trabalhar em Turismo pq eles pagam muito mal e eu não tenho mais saco pra trabalhar por escala.
Eu no momentou sou guia de um museu de jóias em A'dam, mas é trabalho temporário.
Pensei em fazer um curso de guia aqui, estudar mais espanhol para guiar grupos de sul americanos ...mas isso é para o futuro, na verdade ainda estou um pouco perdida em relação a uma profissão.
Em Breda existe uma universidade ótima que tem o curso de Turismo
http://www.nhtv.nl/wohbo-bachelors/toerisme/international-tourism-management/introduction.html
Você pode procurar a prefeitura da sua cidade e se informar se existe Wissel Werk por aí (eu moro em Hilversum e aqui tem), eles tem ligação com a prefeitura e eles ajudam quando você está tendo problemas para encontrar um emprego na sua área e se você mostrar interesse em fazer uma faculdade por exemplo vc pode até conseguir um Uitkering para pagar o seu curso.Procura saber direitinho e tenta marcar um afspraak.
Outra coisa importante você provavelmente vai precisar de um teste de proficiencia de inglês (IETLS TOEFL...)
Bem, te desejo boa sorte e se precisar de mais alguma dica pode comentar lá no blog.
Ahhh Já ia esquecendo e para curso de guia de turismo
ResponderExcluirhttp://www.ivor-reisbegeleiding.nl