Since I was a kid, I have been fascinated with aviation and I wanted to become a fighter jet pilot. When my eyesight wasn’t perfect anymore at age 11, this dream faded. Instead, I decided …
Onism
I’ve often said that I wish I could clone myself. With only one life (I think) and so many possibilities, I find it difficult to just choose one path. I guess this is …
Volunteering: when doing good does harm
Volunteering has conventionally been linked to good people with good intentions. When done well, volunteering can benefit many people, communities, professionals and governments as well as raise awareness on social issues beyond the …
Benefits and disadvantages of being a nomad
You get to see the world You get to travel, a lot! You get to see places that some people can only dream of and you get to keep travelling. You get to …
Africans (can) do it better
This morning, I woke up to headlines reading ‘Nederland m/v doet het slechter dan Burundi, hoe kan dat?‘ (The Netherlands m/f are doing worse than Burundi, how is this possible?) The article indignantly …
Plot twist!
A little history This is a photo of my apartment in The Hague. I moved here after 4,5 years of living in different countries, moving into a new apartment every (half) year or so and …
Wandergreed
Eight years ago, I went on my first backpacking trip through seven Southern African countries in six weeks. I particularly loved Botswana and Malawi. People told me that if I love Botswana, I would …
Test riding: to Zeeland and beyond (and lessons learned)…
This weekend, I had the pleasure to go on my first bike tour weekend! Since I only had three days off, I decided not to go too far away: Zeeland. My friend Lisa, …
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Us vs. Them
“The root of all human rights violations, including crimes against humanity (genocide, torture, slavery, etc.), is seeing and thinking of a group of people as less human, undeserving of respect and dignity. Separating …
