Looking into the future

Great, finally there is the big question. What will you be doing in five years? I cannot look into the future can I? If I am honest, I really do not know. There is not really a goal I would like to achieve. The reason why I have chosen 'Business communication', is because it is a liberal study. I kept all my options open, by decide to try this study.

During this study you discover everything. We made folders, magazines, websites, we did newspaper activities, in English as much as in Dutch. We had to do research for a business. But I am not going to bore you with that.

I was thinking about do a working placement by a magazine in year three of this study, because that is a varied business. Maybe I will be able to decide what I like the most if I am really doing that. Would it be the writing part or the designers part? Or maybe there is a job that is perfect for me. I am really looking forward to the working placement.

It is hard to talk about the future. I do not know what I will be doing after I finished my graduation. I am sure that I will be fine, and that I am going to be happy with my job. But for now, I seriously have not got a clue. So far my future after my education.

Now it is time for you to tell me about what you do for living, or about what you want to do. I am curious! Or maybe you guys have a great idea for a future job for me? Let me know!

Happier than ever (2)

I can't tell you how happy I am. As you may remember I tried to explain it to you last week, but that feeling of freedom while you're at school isn't easy to discribe. I also told you last week that I still live at home, and that I have to travel to school, but even that doesn't matter to me.

In fact, if i may say so, I like it. Well, there are some exeptions. I don't like sitting in the train while there are dirty and smelly people sitting next to you, or when someone turns the volume of the Ipod too loud.

But mostly I like travelling by train. My secret? Make it yourself comfortable! Take your jacket off, and lay it over there while you put your bag over there. Get something to drink and to eat. Get something to do. Or not, and decide that you're just going to look out of the window. Feel it! Feel the freedom.

I only like the idea of living in a student's room if I know the students. If i was a milionair I bought a house where my friends and I could live in. That would be perfect. But unfortunately, I am not. The advantages of living on your own are that:


• you don't have to travel every day, so you can sleep longer
• you feel more grown up and independent




Messy student's room


• nobody tells you that you should clean up your room



And, ofcourse there are much more advantages. But for now, I am happy to live at home. Dinner is always ready, it's clean, my friends live close and I have a hundred times more room than you ever can think of in a student's room.

For now, I am not going to live in a student's room. But can you convince me?

Happier than ever

Wow, I can't believe how fast this half year went by!
Going to uni was a whole new experience for me. It made me scared, stressed, surprised and last but not least: happy.

Okay, there were some things I really missed at this school. I missed my closest friends the most. The ones who really listen to you when you're trying to tell something, the ones who wait for you when you have to pee, and the ones who always have something to say to you, even if it's about something silly.

But the new school also gave me some good things. I'm more independent than before, which gives me the feeling of being free and stronger. I'm a real student now, and I have to travel almost every day, and you know what? I really don't care! But I’ll write about that later.

A few days ago, I really had to go shopping in Utrecht. But there was no one to go with me, so I went alone. In the train back I was sitting with a huge smile on my face; I bought some very cool stuff, and I could not worry about school because there was nothing to do. I almost can’t describe the feeling, so wonderful was it. I can’t remember that I ever felt so great and thankful for everything. Have you ever had that feeling? Then my mum texted me; what I would like for dinner: spaghetti or pancakes. Wow, my day couldn’t get better.

Okay, the days before school was going to start, I felt stressed, and a bit scared maybe. But it turned out to be really great. The whole atmosphere felt good and I was surprised by the fact that I felt home so quickly. Student life is better than I thought.