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Flat as a pancake: what Dutch workplaces taught me about hierarchy

This year, my eldest niece turned 18. A milestone. She can now vote, buy a beer legally, and roll her eyes with full adult authority. For me, though, her birthday meant something else: I’ve also been living in the Netherlands for 18 years. Long enough to gain citizenship, develop a sixth sense for spotting free samples at Albert Heijn, and, perhaps most shockingly, get used to calling my boss by their first name.

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Belonging, Better world, Bridging

Home in a paper bill

I joined the Dag van de Dialoog two years ago and can still vividly remember my experience. Tables all over the country will be set up again to encourage people from different cultural backgrounds to dicuss certain issues. To celebrate this initiative, I wrote the article, “Home in a Paper Bill” for Iamexpat.nl. Read it

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Bridging

Philippines own Loboc Children’s Choir wowed Holland

Filipinos and foreigners alike were treated to the heavenly voices of the Loboc Children’s Choir in The Netherlands for three nights in a row. They performed in Hoofddorp on Wednesday evening, The Hague on Thursday and Venlo on Friday. The 22-song repertoire is part of a series of fund-raising concerts which will culminate in Spain where they are to take part in the Certamen Coral de Tolosa competition from October 29 to November 1.

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