Suna in Wonderland

네덜란드에는 특별한 사탕이 있다. 보통 사탕이라면 눈에 띄는 색상에 먹고 싶도록 자극이 있어야 하는데 사진으로 볼 수 있듯이 도저히 먹고 싶은 맘이 들지 않게 생겼다. 그럼에도 불구하고 이 사탕은 네덜란드 사람들에게 무한한 사랑을 받는 존재이다.
영어로는 Liquorice, 네덜란드에서는 Dropje (도피여) 라고 불리는 이 까만 사탕은  네덜란드뿐만 아니라 미국, 스웨덴, 영국, 노르웨이에서도 사랑 받는 캔디라고 한다. 한국에 [...]

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Dutch people say they do not believe in superstition. As a Korean and personally, I am bit superstitious. When I break dish, I try not to go outside (in order to avoid any potential accident), I close all the wardrobe door when I go to sleep and I don’t pile up the dishes when I [...]

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Currently I am participating in Blog contest hosted by NesoKorea, which is Netherlands education support office in Korea funded by Dutch government. The blog contest is to write education/culture of The Netherlands for 2 month. Winner will be getting free trip and summer course @ Utrecht University.
So here I am aiming to heading The Netherlands [...]

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네덜란드 사람들은 자신들이 미신을 믿지 않는다고 한다. 접시를 깨는 날은 가능한 밖에 나돌아 다니지 않거나, 밤에 잘 때는 꼭 장롱 문들을 닫고 잔다는 (어렸을 때 장롱문을 열고 자면 귀신이 장롱 안에서 쳐다본다고 들었다) 나의 이야기를 들으며 깔깔 웃던 남친 에게 복수(?) 를 하기 위하여 그와 그의 친구들의 행동을 자세히 지켜보기로 했다.
빙고! 역시 이들도 인간이었다.
네덜란드 친구들과 [...]

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새로운 언어를 배울 때는 아이들처럼 배우는 것처럼 효과적인 것이 없다고 생각한다. 물론 학원이나 교재를 사서 공부를 할 수도 있지만 금방 흥미도가 떨어지곤 한다. 그래서 생각해 낸 것이 그 나라 동화책이나 만화영화를 시청하기 시작했다.
네덜란드에는 유명한 동화책 시리즈가 있다. ‘JIP En JANNEKE’ (JIP 과 JANNEKE)라고 불리는 이 동화책은 한 5~6살 정도로 추정되는 두 남녀 아이의 생활, 생각, [...]

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Book Review : ‘The Perfect Prey – The fall of ABN AMRO or what went wrong in the banking industry’ (Part 3)
Here are some of my thoughts on how to become a better in business. Since we all learn from past mistakes, the following tips are the ones that I learnt to be careful when I do business. [...]

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Book Review : ‘The Perfect Prey – The fall of ABN AMRO or what went wrong in the banking industry’ (Part 2)
As book is so thick (–> see picture) there are lots to talk about this book. It was not possible for me to put every thoughts and feelings in one page. Here are some business skills that [...]

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The Perfect Prey-The fall of ABN AMRO or what went wrong in the banking industry
Yes, I finally finished reading such a thick book!! It took me about month.
Although Business is my major, financial industry have been the most weak part for me, so I decided to read this book hoping that I would understand banking industry(specifically) when [...]

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After talking about traditional Dutch food for New Year’s Eve, I also got to know that there is traditional activity in The Netherlands for New Year. It is called Nieuwjaarsduik (New Year Dive)
As you can see video above, bunch of people going into sea in such a freezing weather. According to The Official site of Holland, this [...]

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On New Year’s Eve, My boyfriend and I received special present from Marc van der Chijs. It was a box that contains Oliebollen and Appelbeignets. These are Dutch traditional snack that eaten usually on New Year’s eve.
Funny how culture can influence people, once my boyfriend ate Oliebollen and Appelbeignets, he said he can really feel [...]

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