A Week of Lasts

Movie Nights

The semester is quickly coming to an end and with the first couple people having already gone home, we are all becoming a bit emotional (and maybe a little clingy) Two nights last week a group of us got together late at night to watch a movie and cuddle. The first night we watched Willy Wonka (a movie Laura and I had been planning to watch for months now) with Jessica, Ellaisha, Laura and Andrea. The next night Ellaisha, Jessica, Marta, Andrea, Renata and I watched She’s the man all cuddled in Ellaisha’s bed.

 Last Mentor Dinner

This Tuesday was the very last mentor dinner of the semester. The theme was “white t-shirt party” in which you wear a white shirt that everyone else writes messages on. We were told it would also be the last Tuesday night party so I decided it was necessary that I actually go out (only to find out the next day that they added another party this week). Being the last party most people decided to just go wild and get even more drunk than usual which made for an interesting night for the sober observers like myself. I decided to put my keys in Laura’s bag to avoid  the chance of them being lost should someone accidentally take my coat with them by mistake. But to my dismay Laura forgot she had them and left without me. Too bad she waved at me without me noticing! About a half hour after she left Koko and I decided to bike home. Realizing my keys (to both my bike, flat, and room) were gone I decided the best solution was to just run home beside Koko’s bike. Lucky for us we ran into a nice Dutch boy who gave Koko a ride on the back of his bike, leaving me with the world’s smallest bike. Arriving home to find Laura still awake to return my keys was the perfect end to a strange night.

 Lake Street Drive Concert

The other day when talking to Frances she mentioned to me that a band she really likes would be coming to Den Haag but she had no one to go with. I decided I loved their music and we planned to take the trip together with Raischa and Maria Paulo. I took a train from Tilburg University station and they left from the Central Station with a plan to meet up in Breda on the way. Sadly my train to Breda never showed and I had to wait an extra 20 minutes to leave.  This was one of those rare moments from the past few months where I regretted not getting a cell phone in the Netherlands. Thankfully they were waiting for me at the train station in Den Haag. We went to a slightly upscale restaurant near the concert venue and enjoyed large plates of tacos. The concert was amazing, the band sounds even better live than they do on CD.

Thursday Night dinner and Games

Our Wednesday dinner couldn’t be held on Wednesday this week so we decided to move it to Thursday. Andrea, Baron, Jiri, Cagatay, Beka, Koko and I made a curry chicken dish with rice (Laura being busy was the perfect chance to have a meal with meat!) After dinner I had to help Rena die her hair, while the others began to play charades with an iPhone. We ended up playing the game until around midnight. Afterwards Beka and I went to her room to have some of the Dutch cheese we bought in Zaanse Schans.

Saturday Afternoon Sun

Saturday was the day after our Gala, the final big event of i*esn. Needless to say most people didn’t wake up before at least noon (some sleeping until four…) A large group of us spent the afternoon lounging in the sun outside verbs (with most people trying to get over their hangovers from the previous evening)