This post will be in Dutch, look at the bottom for an English translation of the introduction. Swedes can read parts of the Dutch text also.
Gisteren is het Nederlandse woordenboek binnengekomen, voor Zweden wel te verstaan; Nederländska fickordbok. Zodat Frida de Nederlandse grammatica achterin in het Zweeds kan leren, wel zo makkelijk.
En achterin hebben ze [...]

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In the second-last week we had the presentations of the last course, an open research project. It was quite interesting, what kind of research questions people had came up with, and nice to present my own results.
One research was investigating the (Hofstede’s) culture dimensions (like individualism – collectivism, femininity – masculinity, long-term – short-term orientation) [...]

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When I was on the phone with home this week they told me that Pi, the cat, was lying on the table with the phone in his arms.. Today I saw his yellow eyes in front of me. Just being there with me for a moment.

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Next to that I’m not using a clock anymore, I also start forgetting which day and date it is. Not for a day, but for weeks now, I don’t really have an idea of the calendar anymore. I do of the events, but not of the date itself. Another thing is that I don’t have [...]

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Am I that stressed that I feel that all stress course teachers talk too slow?

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Spam is getting better these days!
The sun will shine brightly for you again every day.
Some romantic moments that u lost in past will be brought back!
Have a nice day,
Extend your possibilities in your private life
Do not lose your chance to be happy and healthy.
Stop sitting near computer, let’s go out
Thanks to Craig Ryan, Helene Cellier, [...]

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Today I had a lecture again where we discussed about stereotypes. Tulips, cheese and drugs-friendly Dutch; family loyal, siesta enjoying and hard-working Mexicans; always on time, environmentally aware and reserved Swedes; and many more.
What I particularly liked was that it came clear that stereotypes are not always negative, in fact stereotypes are mostly positive when [...]

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