As usual, the last period of the year, you’re sitting inside working for school, and outside the summer is playing with other people, not with me. Well, not completely true of course :) I just finished my last course here, handed in the research paper. I did a research about ‘doing nothing’. About the time [...]

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So.. Where to go from now? What do I want to do? Do I still want to continue with HKU? I’m not thát sure anymore. Although it might not be bad for me and also give me a nice few projects again. (Something practical finally! I’m quite done with the theory here..) I found the [...]

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I was reading an excerpt from a new book about design and sustainability when I got goose bumps – gåshud, kippenvel – when reading this part: (…) it’s no secret that the most beautiful thing you can wear is an authentic smile, and that the most beautiful people among us would be just as beautiful [...]

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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 [...]

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Now that my apartment has some furniture I went into to the cities (Eskilstuna and Västerås) and bought the more decorative stuff. See below for the result of the last weekend! If it goes too fast, click pause and navigate it yourself. It feels very good to create an own home like this. It gives [...]

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Finally I got some time to visit one of my neighbors. This has the same reason as the dark video I made of the apartment; I haven’t been home a lot during daytime. I live in a very multicultural neighborhood as you can see, good for my study :) Today I went to people from [...]

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There is snow here, but it isn’t cold. It is even warmer here then in the Netherlands. Is that where I bought all those clothes for? Eskilstuna is a nice small city, the same size as Alkmaar, but with two third of the people. Lots of parks.You see litter (the bedding material for cats) on [...]

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