Anna Tjoeng Kroezen
@summera
Indonesian expat in the Netherlands
Forum posts
10
About me
Indonesian
Lives in Schiedam
Speaks Indonesian, English
Registration: 18 January 2011
Activity
Moving to Delft by idelisen
Hey everyone! It聮s just 3 days to the big day. On friday I聮m moving in with my boyfriend who lives in Delft. I don聮t have that many friends in Holland from before, except my boyfriend聮s family, so that聮s why I would love to meet some new people. ...
Hi Ida, I am 29 :) but i have a young soul :D I moved here last January and i always want to make new friends. At the moment, i live in Schiedam, Schiedam is neighbour of Delft and in November my husband and i will move to Delft. So maybe we can ... Read More
Working in Netherlands by AnitaMK
Hi people, I am new here! Also new in the Netherlands.Moved three weeks ago to start my new life with my partner. Trying to find a job since the first week that i am here but it is not going wery well,i don't speak Dutch!Even for a simple job they ...
Your welcome Ida Read More
Banks for loan in Netherland by Hravn
We are moving to Alkmaar and cant get a house loan in Norway since they dont give out loans for a house in other lands then norway, sweden, spain and one more contry. Can someone pliz tell me witch bank(s) to use for applying for a houseloan in the ...
Hi Hravn, Ja, you should try Dutch banks. As long as you both or one of you have a job and enough to cover the hypotheek, i think they will give you the loan. Try some biggest banks in Nederland, as Twan said ING, Rabobank, ABN Amro. In fact, we ... Read More
色花堂 hobbies by Julien
Hi everybody, What's your favourite hobby (appart from blogging ;))? Is there any kind of "local hobby" where you are? Well my favourite hobby (computers) is not very original, but I can say I like the petanque, you know that game we practise in ...
Recently i found an interesting thing to do while i feel nothing to do. It's called quilling art, the art is made by rolled up 3 mm width paper with certain lenght and you can make any shape you want with it. Here is a picture of ... Read More
those of you with spouses with a different mother tongue.. by ECS
whose language do you speak on a daily basis? Yours? Theirs? A third language entirely? Can you speak each other's languages?
@Gentlsle Woonde je ook in Schiedam of misschien in de buurt? Have you tried to encourage your wife to learn how to speak dutch? And yes, I agree with you, we need to put our mind to something and we can handle it good :) Greeting from Holland! Read More
Finding love on the world wide web by legacy
The internet is a fabulous contraption. Gone are the days when we have to think hard about a subject, look up the meaning of a word in the dictionary, go door-to-door to hand out resumes at prospective companies etc. The internet has made us all ...
When you know he is the one, then you just know. The feeling is just so true :) I met my husband online, on one of those social networking websites. I was in a country in South East Asia and he was somewhere in Europe. That was 3 years ago, we had ... Read More
those of you with spouses with a different mother tongue.. by ECS
whose language do you speak on a daily basis? Yours? Theirs? A third language entirely? Can you speak each other's languages?
I am Indonesian and my husband is Dutch, and since he comes from Friesland, he has his own mother tounge lang as well. At the moment we are talking in 3 different languages everyday, he speaks well enough indonesian and i speak basic dutch and we ... Read More
Your 10 best tips to make friends when you're abroad by Julien
We've been talking about loneliness when you're abroad, let's now talk about how to make (local and other expats) friends when you're living far from home :top: Which are your 10 best tips?
1. Learn local language 2. Do some activities with alot of people in it, such as sport 3. Always smile and say Hi and try to make a conversation to people you think not dangerous 4. If you have no job (a housewife), join some community, or go the a ... Read More
Working in Netherlands by AnitaMK
Hi people, I am new here! Also new in the Netherlands.Moved three weeks ago to start my new life with my partner. Trying to find a job since the first week that i am here but it is not going wery well,i don't speak Dutch!Even for a simple job they ...
Hi Idelisen, SInce you're going to live in Delft, you should go to TU Delft and look for the international secretariat, they have a program for buitenlander (foreigners). The program is called Delftse Methode. They hae the intensive course, i took ... Read More
Working in Netherlands by AnitaMK
Hi people, I am new here! Also new in the Netherlands.Moved three weeks ago to start my new life with my partner. Trying to find a job since the first week that i am here but it is not going wery well,i don't speak Dutch!Even for a simple job they ...
Hi everybody, Languange is very important here, i have finished my basic nederlandse taal but it seems its not good enough. So i am going for the intermediate course now. I hope it will get me closer to talk in dutch fluenty, well at least can ... Read More