This post is all about a foreign student’s adventures in the Netherlands, where they faced culture shocks like “going Dutch” for bills, confusion over train types, a run-in with bureaucracy, and a dashed dinner date. Stay tuned for more of their eye-opening Dutch journey!
Category: blog storytelling
Navigating Dutch Bureaucracy: Your International Student Survival Guide
Welcome to the Netherlands, where tulips, windmills, and stroopwafels await. But before you embark on this Dutch adventure, it’s time to confront the less picturesque side: Dutch bureaucracy. Fear not, my friend; with a touch of humor and a pinch of know-how, you’ll master it like a pro. Let’s embark on your journey of “I’m-an-international-student-and-Dutch-bureaucracy-can’t-stop-me.”…
Navigating Student Excuses: Unraveling the Art and PR Tactics Behind Academic Tales
Ladies and gentlemen, gather around, because today we’re diving into the world of students, exams, and the art of crafting the perfect “dog ate my homework” excuse! I mean, let’s be real, when it comes to creativity, students are the real MVPs. They can turn the most mundane disasters into epic tales of woe and…
How I learned to love the Dutch language as an international student
When I first arrived in the Netherlands as an international student a lifetime ago, I had no idea what to expect from the Dutch language. I knew it was related to English and German, but I also heard it was full of strange sounds and expressions. I decided to take a Dutch course at the…
Let them fail
I was about to start writing this piece about student’s inquiring mind when my 8-year old daughter out of the blue asked, “Mom, do you know that many deep see creatures are transparent?” To which I answered shortly because I wanted to start writing right away,” Sure.” Not getting the clue that I was not…
Indonesia: Polarization in Politics: All a Cebong or Kampret
These days, it is hard to separate political polarization from the everyday life of Indonesian citizens.
Storytelling in Commercials – Examples from Cannes Festival of Creativity 2018
Given the (short) duration and (high) frequency of broadcast, it is always a challenge to get people to watch video/tv commercials. When the message is too light, people will forget. When the message is too long or too deep, people will get lost. Fortunately, people do value insights, and insights is more likely to stick…
How eating shrimps made me aware of food waste
Till this day, I still can’t understand why some people will only eat half of the shrimp and send the rest of the poor godsend delicacy straight to the trash can. He has paid good money for that, why throw it away? It is such an unnecessary food waste. It was from one guy of…
storytelling done right: Apple
Apple has been successful in building a powerful connection with its customers by communicating messages about their products through stories.
storytelling for internal communications workshop – Arnhem Business School in Arnhem – may 2017
In one of their guest lecturing programs, I guided a strategic storytelling in internal communications workshop for the second year communication students at Arnhem Business School in Arnhem, the Netherlands. They had been given a task to have a deeper look into a diversity policy of a giant multinational company and how they could present…
think storytelling 