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Dutch Masters

I like to decorate my classroom walls when I’m not teaching, especially with Dutch things, but they’re not always easy to find in Japan. But when Yasu and I went to the Dutch consulate last week to pick up my new passport, he picked up a boo... ...full story at Loulogue

from Loulogue on Tue, Jul 29 2008

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29 May 07 visit I LIKE! Dutch designers in Japan  »  YouTube videoPresentation of Dutch designers in the International Design Center Nagoya, Japan. "THE DUTCH NEW INNOVATORS, a Celebration of the Netherlands-Japan 1600-2000", from 9 till 19 March 2000. Presenting, amongst many others: Droog Design, Bertjan Pot, Vincent...
04 Nov 07 visit Dutch Wife Anyone!  »  Japanese Eye Pardon me, but I was always under the impression that 'going dutch' meant paying for yourself and when one of my students started to talk about Dutch Wives, I thought the Japanese had corrupted yet another aspect of English to apply it to hookers, and it...
25 Jul 08 visit My new passport  »  Loulogue I got a call from the Dutch consulate the other day telling me my new passport is waiting for me! So today Yasu and I went to fetch it today. The new passport doesn’t look so different from my old one, except the new picture and new expiration date ...
02 Jul 08 visit Baking Dutch pancakes  »  Loulogue After visiting my mom Gy and I were sent home to prepare dinner. Because I live abroad and hardly ever get to enjoy Dutch food anymore I got to choose what we were having for dinner. I wanted pancakes, Dutch pancakes! So we went to Albert Heijn, my...
21 Jul 08 visit The Dutch consulate  »  Loulogue My current passport was made up in Maastricht, just before I went to the States for a semester at Emory University. Which is almost 5 years ago, and Dutch passports expire after 5 years (the Japanese are lucky with their 10-year-valid passports), so it is...
18 Jun 08 visit Dutch 'B' team spoils Romania's Euro hopes  »  Japan Times BERN, Switzerland (AP) Even a makeshift Dutch lineup was too much for Romania, and good enough to keep the Netherlands perfect at the European Championship. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar helped the Dutch backups send Romania out of the European Championship on...

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