July 8, 2008

Introduce our Self



Hi I'm Sam Rapaport, sorry for this (very) late introduction but that's because I've replaced Sander who can't come to Bali.
So, I'm Sam, I'm 16 years old and I live in Utrecht (just 10 minutes from school). I have one older sister (Eva, 23 years old. She doesn't live with us anymore but in Amsterdam) and one little brother (Levi, 12 years old). My cousin also lives with us, his name is Maarten and when you come to Holland he will be 15 years old. I have a small dog, called Kuzco.

My hobbies are dancing and sports (soccer, baseball, snowboarding, etc.) I also like listening to music (rock, hip-hop and breakbeat) and I play electric guitar.

C ya,
Sam
Hi There!
I'm Vera Verwimp and I'm 17 years old.
My parents are divorced and now I live with my mom and my stephdad. I have a brother and a sister, who both aren't living at home, but by themselves. I love to be with friends, watch movies and go out, also listening to music is one of the favorite things that makes me happy. Because I don't get a lot of money from my parents, I work at a supermarket. It's called "De Albert Heijn".
Holland is nice, but also small and shallow. You can do lot's of things here, when you're 16 you can buy alcohol and go out. When you're 18 you can do an exam to ride a car. I'm very excited to go to Bali, because you're culture is very different than ours.
Well, see you in october!
Bye! Vera.

Rinse

Hello dear people, I am really exited to come to you all. Bali, it’s familiar as a beautifulplace with nice people. I’m gonna make photo’s! I’m looking forward tomeet you guys. Were all are so curious and I believe it is going to be awonderful time. My name is Rosa Kolkman, I am sixteen years old and livein Utrecht, a city in the middle of Holland. My house is big and I livethere with my parents and my pet. It’s a black dog. My brother and sisterhave moved out. They’re living apart to study on their own. Everything isdifferent between Bali and Holland I think. I wanted to learn of you andyour culture, see how you live and let you know how my life is going. Thanwe see there are agreements and realise that we aren’t different at all.
See you soon! Rosa




Hello!

I’m sorry for this late introduction, I was on holiday when you’ve skyped
with each other. I’m Jorien. Now I’m sixteen but at October 11 its my
seventeenth birthday, and yes that is when I’m in Bali!=] I hope you can
show me how to celebrate your birthday at the Indonesian way!?

My hobbies are theatre (!) and playing the guitar. I also play badminton.
I have two brothers, one is my “real” brother and one is my foster
brother. I work in a ice-cream store it’s called “Roberto Gelato”. It is
the best of whole Utrecht! Too bad its closed when you are here.

For the rest, I love to do things with friends and listen to music.

Can’t wait to see you guys!

Sampai jumpa!
Jorien


I will introduce myself.
My name is Thijs, I’ am 15 years old, I have 1 sister and she is 12 years old.
I live in Utrecht which is in the middle of Holland.

My house a little bit boring because it is a very normal house and the hole street have those houses. It is a 2-storey house. My house are 4 miles away from my school and it takes 20 minutes to cycle to school.

I like to snowboard an ski, I like playing tennis, read and playing world of warcraft (video-game) on my computer. I like many types of music like pop and rock, I don’t have a favourite band or artist. I have two pets two guinea pigs The guinea pigs named: Freddy and Bram.. My favourite animal is a penguin.

My friends are : Gijs, Falko, Dyon, and Bas.

Hello! My name is Tycho van der Hoog, I am 15 years old and I live in Nieuwegein (near Utrecht). I really like living in the Netherlands because it’s a very nice country. My hobby’s are listen to music, playing violin, playing hockey and hang out with my friends. I also like movies and cooking. When I visit Bali I will meet the people and know the culture, I’m very interested in that. When you come to the Netherlands I will show you’re everything! I think this is a great experience. Good luck and I hope to see you soon!

Tycho

Hi, my name is Luuk. I’m fifteen years old. Right now I live in a housewith my parents and my brother. My sister is twenty years old so she liveson her own. My brother is eighteen and is moving in about six weeks. Whatdo I really like? That would be every thing about other countries liketheir history, culture, nature and politics. I also like to write aboutcountries, earlier this year I wrote a travel paper in Dutch. In my sparetime I play Hockey. What do I think of Holland:If I think about Holland I think of windmills, rain and a flat country. Alot of Holland’s cities are filth with little cannels. Also does Hollandhas a Queen she is a bit old so her son and his wife will follow her soon.And almost every student is going to school by bike.

Hello, I’m Maisie. I’m 16 years old.I like to do things with Friends and having fun!I have a brother, he’s 18 years old.I live with my father, mother and brother. We all have separate rooms.We don’t have animals at home.Holland is really fun! A lot of people and cultures.Holland has really weird weather; warm and cold at the same time. It’svery variable wetter.I go to school by train, but when you are here I’ve probably my scooterlicense so I can go to school with my scooter.My expectations of Bali;I’m very curious how you live in Bali! And what you doing in your live.See you in October! Lots of Love.

Hello all of you,

I am Marije van der Vlis, one the initiators of the very unique project! Last February, I was in Bali, one day I woke up and thought: ‘ I have to visit schools to make a real exchange happen. So, me and my friend visited a couple of schools in the near of Ubud. Then we met Putu Indra. This real exchange became reality.

We have this site. We will visit each other to learn from each other and our cultures! That’s really exciting!

My hobbies are: film, documentaries, innovation in all kind of fields, writing, reading, scenarios, cooking and dancing.

In the past, I lived 4 years in Berlin and worked as a editor for film and documentaries. Back in Holland I changed my profession and became a history teacher at a high school in Haarlem. Besides my work as a teacher I developed educational projects for UniC.: ‘Europe’, ‘The world is becoming smaller’ and ‘Political Behaviour’.

I studied modern history at the University of Amsterdam. I live in Amsterdam, in the old city centre, in the near of ‘Waterlooplein’ and the ‘Nieuwmarkt’.

I am really looking forward to see you!!!! Bye, Marije



Hi, I’m Marloes. I’m 15 years old and live in Utrecht, with my parents andsister. My hobbies are dancing and drawing. I danced one year in the same group as my sister. That was very fun. My hobbies are also the things I love, I also love hanging out with my friends. What I think about Holland:I think Holland is a very rainy country, with a lot of people. Most of those people are very nice. I like this character ‘Miffy’very much. It’s acute little bunny. We have a whole museum about Miffy and her creator. I think that’s very funny. Just as, that almost everyone rides a bicycle. See you at Bali, bye!
email: marloes-myrthe@live.nl

Greets



Hello,
My name is Katrine. I’m fifteen years, I’m almost sixteen! I love to dance, it is really the thing I love the most. I dance Hip hop, it’s close to street dance. And I like shopping of course. I am really interested in the culture on Bali. And I look forward to in visit you. I think Bali and the Netherlands are very different, so I am very curious. I have next week summer vacation. And after seven weeks we have to go to school again. I have one sister, her name is Jet. I hope to see all of you!
Bye, Katrine



Hello, my name is Kiki van Keulen. I am fourteen years old. I am born inUtrecht and I still live there. I live with my mother, Vader and sister.My mothers name is Arja. My Vader’s name is Ernst and my sister’s name isJolijn. My sister goes to Bali too. My hobbies are: Playing on the Piano, singing and dancing. I play alreadyseven years and it is still nice to do. How longer you play, how nicer itbe.I am singing in a choir for a long time (around eight year). And also Ilike dancing. Every week I go to street dance lessons. Holland is a nice country. There is so much possible to do. Holland is asmall country, but there are a lot of people. Your country is verydifferent. I am curious to go to Bali and see all of you! Xx Kiki


Name: Koen de Jong
Age: 16
Hobbys: Volleyball
Family: I live with my parents and my sister. My sister is 15 years old and loves it to get good grades.
Things I love: Food and sport
Things I hate: learning for tests and not being able to sport

Hello, I'm Lotte. I'm 16 years old. I have a half sister (27) and alittle sister (14). My half sister is the daughter from my father, notfrom my mother. She¡¦s born out the past relationship from my father. I don't see her much. I live with my mother and my sister in a house. Weall have our own separate room. When I go out of the house, I always have the same things with me; myzippo (lighter), my mp3 player (I don¡¦t know if you have these in yourcountry, but it¡¦s a compact music player), my mobile (so I can havecontact with al my friends ) and my jacket (you never know when it's going to rain in Holland). I have a boyfriends for over two years, he lives 175 kilometre away fromme. When I go to him, I¡¦ll go with public transport (train, busetcetera), it¡¦s a trip of 3 hours. We have a lot public transport in ourcountry, they say it¡¦s better for the environment. I like living in Holland, I don¡¦t have any religion, my mother learned myhumanistic (nothing is really true, and even this isn't) I'll hope to see you around soon!Kiss, Lotte


Name: Hanneke de Graaff

Age: 29
Hobbies: surfing, reading, photography, cooking
I love: my husband Bas, my friends and family, light, wind and water and
being a teacher

I hope this journey will bring us much wisdom about different ways of
being, living and thinking. Is what we think to be normal as normal as we
think? Wisdom, friendship and knowledge will hopefully give us the energy
to make a positive change. I hope that with our stories, we can influence
thinking about the environment, poverty and differences in a lot of minds.

My name is Iris Harmsen and I am 15 years old.I really like to sing, play the piano and I do sports.I live in a very normal house with my little brother and my parents. Ialso have 3 cats and I love them. I really like Holland, we have a verymodern land and many facilities in the city. What also very nice is isthat Holland is very small, you are in less than two ours on the otherside of the country. I am really interested in Bali, I would really liketo know how your school looks like and how you word an thinks. When Ithink of Bali I think of rainforest, white beaches, spicy food, traditiondancing and very lovely people.

Hi everyone, My name is Jannita Jáuregui and I am 16 years old. I live in the citycalled: ‘s Hertogenbosch, I go to school every day in Utrecht with thetrain. I live with my parents, a sister and a brother. But my sister andmy brother are grown up, so they don’t live with us anymore.I love to dance all kind of styles. Also I like to play the harp, to goshopping, go dancing in the disco with lost of friends, discover newcountry’s, speak other languages, learn other languages, singing, make-up,clothes, acting, and so much more!  Holland is a very nice countrybecause everything is possible here. You can go to theatres, movies,dancing en lots more.I’m really excited to go to Bali, because I want to learn other Cultures.
Greetings, Jannita

Name: Joey van Meurs
Age: 16 years old
Hobby: Soccer
Family: I live with my parents and my sister. She is 21 years old and is studying to become a teacher.
Things I love: Food and Sport.
Things I hate: Learning for tests and bad weather.

Heej, I’m Jolijn van Keulen and I’m 16 years old. My hobby’s are dancing, playing music and theatre and reading. Also I like it to do some stuff with my friends! Like shopping, watch movies and have much fun. I have one sister, she going to Bali too and her name is Kiki. I’m living with my parents and my sister in one house. 15 minutes cycle of school. I want to go now to Bali, I can’t wait. I want to meet you people and also the nature and culture of Bali. I’m curious how you like the Netherlands! I think that you will freezing here in the Netherlands!
I hope that after the project I can say: I have friends from the other side of the earth!

I think we have a great time with each other!
Jolijn

Hello everyone! My name is Anna and I’m seventeen (17) years old. I live with my parents and I have also one little sister. Her name is Emma and she is fourteen (14) years old. After school I’ll most of the time chat online, or read books. I like to read about the problems people have. Sometimes I read in English, most of the time I read a translation. I love sport, and I’m sport three or four times at week. I really want to go to Bali. I really want to meet you’re country and learn about you’re culture. I want to learn what the different is between these two countries. I want to write a lot about Bali, I think it’s a great experience. From the beginning I was enthusiastic. I’m looking forward to it!
Love to you all!
Hallo, my name is Bas and I'm 15 years old. My hobby's are swimming and Iplay guitar. I live in Holland because... It’s a nice country with nicepeoples. Here is a train and a bus, you can go where ever you want to.They have pizza in Holland, that's my favourite food! I live in a housewith my father, mother and my brother. In Bali are mountains, in Holland we haven’t any mountains. See you on Bali!
Hello! I am Emese Ponne. I’m 15 years old. I don’t have brothers orsisters. My parents are divorced, so I live with my mother here inUtrecht. My father lives in an other town. My hobbies are dancing, makinglittle movies, watch a lot of movies, listen to music and sometimesreading and writing. And of course I like to do fun things with myfriends!I want to go to Bali because I am very interested in the culture and thereligion (I want to learn about the Hinduism) and the daily life. Also Iwant to let see Holland to people from Bali.



Hello My name is Eric and I'm 16 years old.I live together with my parents and little sister.I got two dogs both very sweet and I like to play soccer and play on my computer.I love to play bowling and I really hate become late and go to the dentist. I hope I can learn a lot about your culture and I want to show you our culture.
See you in September!

Hi there, I'm Esther Engelman and I'm 16 years old.I live in Holland and the city where I live is Utrecht. What I think about Holland is that it's a very small country with a lot ofrain, but the people are very nice. I will show you our country withactivities like:
- Going to Amsterdam
- You will eat Dutch food
- We’re going to Madurodam
And many other things. I really look forward to come to Bali and meet you all! I will learn things about your country and your culture and hope that Ican learn it from you!
Greetings,Esther Engelman

2 comments:

Ari Jaya said...

Would you be my Friend?
"ARI Jayaz"

Unknown said...

all soo nice!!
can't wait to see u guys!