Yellow fever. I first heard about this term from my ‘friend’ in university, describing our other friend who was flirting with me. This first friend then tried to hit on me later, failing …
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Stories from Southern Africa – part four: South Africa & Lesotho
So much has been going the weeks before I left Thailand and since I arrived in Cambodia… So now, from a balcony in Phnom Penh, I gather the motivation to write up the …
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Ten things that are ‘normal’* in Thailand, but not elsewhere… and vice versa
* By ‘normal’, I mean ‘socially accepted’ rather than ‘common’. Ten things that are ‘normal’ in Thailand, but not elsewhere 1. Eating disorders When you visit Thailand, you notice soon enough that everyone …
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Looking ‘Asian’
Both my parents are from Hong Kong. It is therefore no surprise that I look ‘Asian’. However, being born and raised in the Netherlands, I do refer to myself as Dutch. I would …
