Yeah, I try to go every year. It was mostly the first part of the Rapenburg that was that crowded - after the Sieboldhuis it was a little better (but just a little). But yes, far too many people for my liking The Rapenburg is really not suitable for events like this.
Also, lots of reminders of which particular aspects of 'Japanese pop culture' (as interpreted by foreigners) I really, seriously can't stand I went, ate, and left as quickly as I could. Happy to have had some takoyaki though, hard to come by in NL.
Het is jammer dat ik niet wist dat je er was! Misschien (maar misschien ook niet) had het wat geholpen als je niet in je eentje zo'n crowd hoefde te trotseren...
日本語 + Русский + norsk (part 1, CLOSED)
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Waarschijnlijk wel. Wel lief dat je het aanbiedt.
Ik kan niet overweg met de Japanse keuken, ik ben vegetariër...
Ik kan niet overweg met de Japanse keuken, ik ben vegetariër...
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Er stond dit jaar een standje met een vegan menu! Twee van de verkopers waren Japans Het zag er echt superlekker uit, 50/50 dingen die je echt in de Japanse keuken tegenkomt en fusion. Ik stond er nog voor in de rij, maar had helaas weinig tijd.
In Japan is het vaak een beetje tricky... Er wordt heel veel vega gegeten en het is makkelijk om vlees en vis weg te laten, maar soms zitten er stiekem wel dierlijke producten in verwerkt. Maar ook in Japan neemt het aantal vegetariërs sterk toe de laatste jaren en wordt het steeds makkelijker om vega gerechten/restaurants te vinden En in de steden snappen (vooral jonge) mensen het eindelijk als je zegt dat je écht geen vlees/vis/dierlijke producten eet, en krijg je dus niet stiekem toch varkensbottenbouillon voor je vega ramen
In Japan is het vaak een beetje tricky... Er wordt heel veel vega gegeten en het is makkelijk om vlees en vis weg te laten, maar soms zitten er stiekem wel dierlijke producten in verwerkt. Maar ook in Japan neemt het aantal vegetariërs sterk toe de laatste jaren en wordt het steeds makkelijker om vega gerechten/restaurants te vinden En in de steden snappen (vooral jonge) mensen het eindelijk als je zegt dat je écht geen vlees/vis/dierlijke producten eet, en krijg je dus niet stiekem toch varkensbottenbouillon voor je vega ramen
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Ja dat vegan standje heb ik gezien ja. Ik had alleen de cash niet op zak en pinautomaten op het Rapenburg schijnt iets volkomen bijzonders te zijn... :p
(Dit wordt wel een grote in-joke zo.)
Mama denkt af en toe nog steeds dat vegetariërs wel vis eten. Ik heb het haar al honderd keer uitgelegd...
Gelukkig zijn de meeste van mijn vrienden en vriendinnen flexi of vega, dus dat is wel makkelijk als ik moet koken. Maar ik ga dan niet voor Japans.
(Dit wordt wel een grote in-joke zo.)
Mama denkt af en toe nog steeds dat vegetariërs wel vis eten. Ik heb het haar al honderd keer uitgelegd...
Gelukkig zijn de meeste van mijn vrienden en vriendinnen flexi of vega, dus dat is wel makkelijk als ik moet koken. Maar ik ga dan niet voor Japans.
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Hahaha ja om één of andere mysterieuze reden heeft Leiden echt een paar dead spots als het op pinautomaten aankomt
Still no sign of my Russian grade. *screams into the void*
Still no sign of my Russian grade. *screams into the void*
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Japanese (half challenge)
Reading: 3.5 books, 174 pages (total)
21 May 2018 ハリー・ポッターと賢者の石 10 pages
22 May 2018 ハリー・ポッターと賢者の石 13 pages
Watching: 8.7 films, 787 minutes (total)
Russian (half challenge)
Reading: 0.1 books, 4 pages (total)
Watching: 12.3 films, 1,108 minutes (total)
21 May 2018 Ромео и Джульетта (Мюзикл, 2006) 139 minutes
21 May 2018 Нюхач s2e8 60 minutes
24 May 2018 Кухня s1e5 25 minutes
24 May 2018 Кухня s1e6 25 minutes
24 May 2018 Кухня s1e7 25 minutes
This was not my best week, but I've got an excuse. Yesterday I had another non-language related challenge going on... I ran a half marathon! I had been training for this for a long time and was confident, but when the weather forecast for the weekend came in and the predictions ran up to 29 degrees Celcius I got nervous and wasn't really able to focus on anything else for the rest of the week. So a physical challenge became a mental one But I'm happy to say I finished! (And I'm sore )
And now I'll be packing for Bratislava. I'm really excited! I wish I had done a little more Russian preparation beforehand (and I still might, tonight or tomorrow). And I wish I had more languages to contribute with at a decent level. I've only got Dutch, English, German and Japanese that I'm functional at, and then all the languages that I'm an extreme beginner in (Mandarin and Korean - if I even remember anything at all - and Russian) I'm probably going to be completely starstruck by all the hardcore polyglots
I'll be flying to Vienna on Wednesday early in the morning (and then taking the bus to Bratislava) and flying back Saturday night, so I'll only be at the Polyglot Gathering Wednesday-Friday. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone! Whoever wants to meet and have drinks, let me know
Still no grade for Russian class. This is a very special form of torture
[edit] Also also: I posted a short piece of Japanese writing on iTalki for corrections, but argh. The way iTalki handles corrections is very frustrating. It's really difficult to see at first glance what has been corrected. Some users use formatting (i.e. bold, strike, etc.) but many don't. I guess I'll stick to Lang-8 for corrections...
Reading: 3.5 books, 174 pages (total)
21 May 2018 ハリー・ポッターと賢者の石 10 pages
22 May 2018 ハリー・ポッターと賢者の石 13 pages
Watching: 8.7 films, 787 minutes (total)
Russian (half challenge)
Reading: 0.1 books, 4 pages (total)
Watching: 12.3 films, 1,108 minutes (total)
21 May 2018 Ромео и Джульетта (Мюзикл, 2006) 139 minutes
21 May 2018 Нюхач s2e8 60 minutes
24 May 2018 Кухня s1e5 25 minutes
24 May 2018 Кухня s1e6 25 minutes
24 May 2018 Кухня s1e7 25 minutes
This was not my best week, but I've got an excuse. Yesterday I had another non-language related challenge going on... I ran a half marathon! I had been training for this for a long time and was confident, but when the weather forecast for the weekend came in and the predictions ran up to 29 degrees Celcius I got nervous and wasn't really able to focus on anything else for the rest of the week. So a physical challenge became a mental one But I'm happy to say I finished! (And I'm sore )
And now I'll be packing for Bratislava. I'm really excited! I wish I had done a little more Russian preparation beforehand (and I still might, tonight or tomorrow). And I wish I had more languages to contribute with at a decent level. I've only got Dutch, English, German and Japanese that I'm functional at, and then all the languages that I'm an extreme beginner in (Mandarin and Korean - if I even remember anything at all - and Russian) I'm probably going to be completely starstruck by all the hardcore polyglots
I'll be flying to Vienna on Wednesday early in the morning (and then taking the bus to Bratislava) and flying back Saturday night, so I'll only be at the Polyglot Gathering Wednesday-Friday. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone! Whoever wants to meet and have drinks, let me know
Still no grade for Russian class. This is a very special form of torture
[edit] Also also: I posted a short piece of Japanese writing on iTalki for corrections, but argh. The way iTalki handles corrections is very frustrating. It's really difficult to see at first glance what has been corrected. Some users use formatting (i.e. bold, strike, etc.) but many don't. I guess I'll stick to Lang-8 for corrections...
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Four languages will do fine. I only had a few more at my first gathering and I was fine.
I hope for your sake you don't have to take the 7 am flight, haha. (If so, we're on the same damn flight).
I hope for your sake you don't have to take the 7 am flight, haha. (If so, we're on the same damn flight).
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The 6:50 KLM one? Yep Oh man, too early... and no trains between Leiden and Schiphol
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No, I'm on the 7am Austrian one.
My mum's driving me, fortunately.
My mum's driving me, fortunately.
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Oh, but then you will be landing around the same time, I suppose? I plan to take the 9:50 Flixbus from the airport to Bratislava.
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