Thank goodness for autosave.

Today I and some fellow-MUWCI-students-to-be decided that our 'mascot' would be a green gummy dog. Yes. We have created an in-joke before we have even properly met. Whoot :)

On Thursday I met up with all the Dutch UWCers of 2009-2011, to plan all sorts of stuff. It was all good fun, what with the murder attempt (on me by Jens) , crashing into the neighbour's garden for pictures (this does make sense, truly), the decision to all be 'sick' in order to practice our performance (shh.) and the evening out waiting for dinner for simply ages.

Ah well. Yesterday I went to the Efteling and tried (hopelessly) to get a tan. The rides were great fun :) And we got some amazing pictures of us 'flying' and cute little castles etc.

En nu in het nederlands! Vandaag hebben ik en een paar andere toekomstige MUWCI studenten besloten om een groene gummy hond als mascotte te hebben. Inderdaad. Geen gummy beer (hoewel die natuurlijk ook gewoon ontzettend cool zijn) maar een gummy hond. :)

Op donderdag gingen alle nederlandse UWCers van 2009-2011 naar Den Haag. Allemaal heel erg leuk :)

Alleen heb ik nu niet zo veel zin om alles te 'translate'n, dus je zou dit gewoon in Google Translate (bless it. SO useful. (: ) kunnen gooien als je dat wilt. Maar goed.

Gister ging ik met vriendinnen naar de Efteling. Het was erg leuk, alleen lukte het me niet om bruin te worden, maar ach ja :)

Oh and btw! Anthony has started his own blog, bless :) His awesome blogname was very much my idea as well :)

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A Translation for Anthony

Alright :)

So, I thought writing in Dutch was a good idea. Only, my very first follower doesn't understand, and has issued a complaint...Here's the Dutch bit in English then :)

I had a really really long day today. It's strange, as I know I only have 33 days of school left here, ever. Nice strange :) But still strange.

Okay, so it's not worth directly translating the text word for word. Shove it into Google Translate if you like :) 

It's Ascension Day on Thursday, and I am looking forward to the extra sleep that will bring :) 

Anyhows, I'll try and update with more useful stuff soon...Hopefully Thursday, after I've met up with all my new UWCers again :)

x

Let's Make Better Mistakes Tomorrow

I'm still trying to get a nice voice-over of my presentation I did last Saturday at the Information/Introduction Dutch UWC day, so until then my wonderous video (thank you Veerle for the post it photography (: ) won't be up here. Sorry about that :)

So, last Saturday. I went over to Utrecht and met all my fellow Dutch UWCers, which was nice. We all had presentations, some of which were amazing. Now, we're busy organizing our act for the sponsorday thingie, and trying to come up with fundraising ideas.

En nu in het nederlands. Ik ga op deze blog al mijn UWC ervaringen proberen bij te houden, maar omdat ik nog niet in India zit, praat ik nu gewoon een beetje over wat er hier allemaal gebeurt. Vorige week zaterdag ontmoette ik al de andere geselecteerden, en we hielden allemaal korte presentaties over onszelf. Het was mijn bedoeling om die van mij te uploaden, maar daarvoor moet ik nog het een en ander doen, dus dat komt wel strakjes :)

Vandaag was een lange dag. Het is vreemd, want ik weet dat ik nog maar 33 dagen van school in nederland heb. Raar, aangezien ik hier nu al zeven jaar woon of zo. Maar wel leuk raar :)

Ik heb mijn huiswerk niet af maar dat geeft niet :) Momenteel ben ik gewoon even met andere dingen (lees: fashionsites en winkelen) bezig :)

Morgen is nog een dag, dus.

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From a Dutch Interior

Hey,

My very first posting on my very first blog (: Here goes...

I'm Sophie, and I'm Dutch/English/Chinese.

This year I was one of 23 lucky Dutch people selected by the Dutch National Comittee to go to a United World College for the next 2 years.

For those of you who haven't heard of United World Colleges, or UWCs, they are basically international schools who focus on service and international awareness as well as providing the IB (International Baccalaureate) education. 

There are 12 UWCs in the world, and places at these schools are offered only to those selected by their national comittees or by the International Committee. Places are offered on merit only, and to students who the committees feel comply with the UWC aims and ideals.

For more information, you could check out the international website: http://www.uwc.org/

Alright, so now we've had the basics, I'll talk about myself a bit more (:

At the end of the summer I will be off to India, to the Mahindra College (or MUWCI) for 2 years of potentially life-changing adventure and experience. 

I'll be going with another Dutch guy, Lennart, whom I met yesterday (:

So, I'll be using this blog to inform people of the goings-ons, and to show you all how I've been spending my time out on what is now for me the other side of the world.

So excited!

Soph x