When astronomy made me nervous…
I´ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. – Galileo Galilei Have you ever got out of an experience, realized you can do better and can´t stop hitting yourself? I know, because I´m exactly in that position right now. I just got off from a phone interview for an international organisation. Looking back, I know I gave the right answers, but I was soooo nervous that I know I could have done better. Much, much better. Because I know the answers to the questions. The whole interview focused on astronomy because they have a project for next year, which is the International...
Read MoreBecause I am not British…
Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in public, and get paid for it. – Octavia Butler Because I am not British, I blew up an application for a Writer/Editor post in The Hague. It seemed to be the perfect setting — the company is situated not so far from where I live, it seeks a Writer/Editor who would have to be “responsible for editing and writing of publications in English and making articles and publications available via intranet, website and other media, someone who can write speeches,...
Read MoreFeeling like a fresh graduate
Concealed talent brings no reputation. – Desiderius Erasmus I got a call yesterday from a university where I applied for the position of English Writer/Editor. They were looking for someone who has a loving relationship with words. Someone who can write press releases, articles, web content, brochures or just generally, text. Sad to say, they did not have any ‘brilliant’ (that’s the word the woman who called me used) news for me. They just called to say that they already found someone who is perfect and that they cannot invite me for an interview. The conversation...
Read MoreActually Counting on a Career
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. – Leonardo da Vinci I was busy almost all day last Friday placing my resume in job websites in the Netherlands — monsterboard, multilinguals, xpatjobs, expatica, nationalevacaturebank – I actually renewed my CV in xpatjobs and monsterboard and just entered the others. Today I also entered intermediair and automatically inoverheid, to my husband’s suggestion. Now I guess, I’m really clearer with what I want. The first period I looked for a job here was in August last year, after I got...
Read MoreLooking for Work
Currently looking for work in a country that has Dutch as the mother tongue is not easy. Especially for a Journalist who has English as the almost mother tongue. My Dutch is still doing well but you can hardly call it perfect. Thankfully, The Netherlands is a multi-cultural country. Not too long after I started looking for work matching my skills, I stumbled upon a vacancy for an Editor for a Real Estate Publication. I have been practising my profession for ten years, even more. With the length of my Journalism service, I’m sure I have covered (once, twice or more) a story about real...
Read Moreabout.me
Multimedia, multiplatform journalist, writer and communications professional. My passion lies in telling stories, working with words and finding the best platform to communicate information.
Along with collecting and sharing information, I am also particularly interested in beautiful typography, digital tools and technology, photography, historical mysteries, cultural diversity and languages. I love to travel and to see more of the world has been a fixation since I stepped into the vast jungle called journalism.
During my free time, I bead, bake, create wordpress websites or look for a new hobby to obsess myself with. What do you do on your free time?
