Music in Amsterdam

5/30/2012

May 30

Vandaag ging ik naar een lunchconcert in het concertgebouw. Het was mooie muziek: Frans met Spaanse invloeden, voor viool en gitaar.
Daarna ging ik naar mijn opgave voor het vrijwilligerswerk: een Portugese vrouw met de computer helpen. Het was een erg aardige en enthousiaste vrouw die me een ijsje als dank gaf.

De zwarte hond is een beetje moe en laat zijn hoofd rusten.

5/28/2012

May 27

It was my birthday today :) Usually I don't really like it, but today I celebrated it with some good friends.

5/23/2012

May 23

5/19/2012

May 17

Second day at work today. It's fun, I worked for 10 hours but the time flew by. Some tourists even gave a tip ;D

9:00

19:00

5/13/2012

May 11

Finished

http://youtu.be/EbVSg9JLTsE

5/11/2012

May 10

I'm up to a cover of Sprout and the Bean by Joanna Newsom. I shot some nice footage while we were in Taizé.

5/09/2012

May 9

Today I discovered a forest that is close to my home. A forest in Amsterdam, who would have thought that? The silence of the forest is really nice.

5/07/2012

May 6

I had a wonderful time in Taizé. A really wonderful time.

4/27/2012

April 27

I'm off for Taizé, for one week.

last time

4/24/2012

April 24

I uploaded a new piano improv. This time inspired by... insects!

http://youtu.be/1DtVqbzccyU

April 21

Today I walked 30 km with a friend. It was a great moment when the sun followed a long shower of rain.

4/20/2012

April 19

Visited the film-museum which was actually quite crappy.

4/19/2012

April 18

Today we came across the tulip fields that Holland is known for.

4/17/2012

April 17

Today the people from the job called me. I got the job.

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I got the job!!

I'm really happy about this. I know I'm gonna be in Amsterdam for a while, so having a job already is not a bad thing. I will be working for the tourists who want to take a ride on the canal ships. The idea of talking to the plenty of tourists of Amsterdam really excites me.

employees of Canal Company

April 16

Since we carry our dog around by a little wagon the local television came to film it!

4/15/2012

April 15

It's always fun having guests at my house.

4/14/2012

April 14

Today I applied for a tourist job in Amsterdam - helping out at the canal cruises. Because we were with so many people we simply played games to show our non-verbal communication skills. This was a lot of fun and I think it went well! Fingers crossed that I get the job.

Afterwards there was a free tour for everybody.

4/13/2012

April 13

There's a teacher that everyone really likes. We all agree that there is something magical about this guy, he makes music theory a great class. Today he made us perform a simple version of Steve Reich's 'Clapping Music', this was thrilling to do!

4/11/2012

April 11

I'm very pleased with the two new-comers in my room! I got the piano there, (it took some effort, the glorious bag is standing there too) and a green shelf bought in the IKEA.

Putting the green shelf there was hard too. As I drilled the nails into the wall it started crumbling! The concrete started crumbling so the nails fell out just like that. I became worried and started sweating like a pig. But then, at my second try, I succeeded.