A short review

Five months from now and I should be able to finish my study. I cannot believe that it's already been a year and 7 months since I started. I came out of my field and entered this area because I believed, that was a right thing to do and because I believed there was a chemistry this time.
To my simple mind this subject seemed incredibly magnificent and extremely exciting.
After having to get through big and small challenges on my way, now I think this opportunity only has been a door to a starting point.
The diversity of mysteries is countless and it feels like being an immature baby trying to explore a complicated world, being curious is part of the deal, but you don't have the whole package unless you get to learn how to be patient, how to go and how to be that mature baby.

Learning Dutch-2

Describe Dutch language in 3 words: Full of exceptions

What would you feel...

What would you feel about an electronic card sent by a "friend" on your birthday with a message saying "hope you stay like this and don't change in the future".
What would you feel when a "friend" talks about other friends'
happy marriage,
nose job,
and the university she got a scholarship from, and you hear:
"come on! Look at her photos, she looks unhappy",
"her new look with this new nose is not good, before the operation she looked better",
and "what's the name of the university she has been accepted? The city is not a well-known city though".

Word of today:

Lucht means sky in Dutch, the "ch" should be pronounced as "kh" :D

Learning Dutch

Rosetta Stone is a language learning program. If you want to learn a new language from scratch try this, you'll find it very amusing. I've just started learning Dutch with this program. Will share more about the progress ;)

With Natives

We're at a party, it's a small place filled with people. When you want to talk you need to speak out load otherwise the person whom you're talking to wouldn't hear you but this does not make you feel you're loud because "there" you are not. You talk and you know the lady that you're talking to is British, a charming warm lady. You're enjoying the talk. Then she asks if you've studied or lived in an English speaking country before, you say no and then she starts giving compliments on your accent and English. Now, you feel aware of the fact that the place is getting quiet. Now, you feel a new awareness; you're focused on not making any grammatical mistakes. You wish she did not mention that.

We're at a party. A boyfriend of a new friend just got introduced to you. You know he's a Greek and recently arrived from USA. The place is not crowded or loud. You start to have a conversation with his girlfriend, the talk reaches to some interesting points. The Greek boyfriend is mostly listening, they decide to take the rest of the talk to her place next time. Next time arrives and you meet them in a small dinner of 4. You realize the boyfriend is in fact a Greek-American born in the US. Now you're too aware of the fact that he is a native speaker. You secretly wish he was only a Greek.

Feeling Good

Let's put it this way, I've made one of my wisest decisions (I think) after putting A LOT OF thoughts into the matter.