On the 9th of February, my hostfamily invited me and some friends over to their house to celebrate my birthday. They cooked dinner (more like a feast), for me and they baked a cake and various desserts. Everyone sang happy birthday and we had a lovely evening together. I even received some gifts. After dinner, I went Downtown with my friends and we went clubbing. You all know how college students party, so yeah.. Let's just leave it at that. When the clock stru...

The countdown for Springbreak has officially started. There are actual countdown timers hanging in each building, indicating the time left until Springbreak. I've started brainstorming with a few friends what we can do during Springbreak, if we should go out of state, stay in Bloomington-Normal etc. I really miss my girlfriend and I hope to see her some time during my stay in America since she's doing an internship in Aruba right now. Ok, I have to mention Sub...

So it's February, that means it's my birthday soon and it's the start of Black History Month. I've always followed Black History Month on BET (Black Entertainment Television) when I was living on Aruba. It's nice to experience all of the surrounding activities being held this month, in real life. I get to discuss about different black history related topics in my African-American literature class. For instance, we last week we had a discussion about a new dance c...

After another week of classes, one thing is certain. College life is hectic & swamped with papers. I'm required to write papers for all of my classes, on a weekly basis at that! We're used to having to hand in one final product or do an exam at the end of the term, in the Netherlands, but in America there's a constant workload that has to be carried throughout the semester. I'm talking about papers, essays, group projects, mid-terms, finals etc. And since I'm...

My current subjects are: -Cross-Cultural Issues in Tesol -Introduction to English Studies -Introduction to African-American Literature & Culture -Unity and Diversity in Languages -Growth and Structure of the English Language After some discussions with the Dean of Admissions about whether I had the necesarry knowledge and experience with certain English courses/topics that I wanted to follow, I finally got signed up for all of my 5 courses for which...