I’ll just stick with my Dutch tap water. It’s clean and it costs about €1.12 per 1m³ (1000 litres) in my region.

Indeed, cards with a chip and PIN are pretty much required over here in Europe. Also note that creditcards are not widely accepted in all European countries. In the Netherlands for example, even most of the big supermarket chains do not accept them.

Indeed, my mum works with both vlookup and pivot tables all the time. I once joked that her work life revolves around pivot tables, which she agreed with immediately. Vlookup was also one of the first things my mum was actually able to teach me and even I use it all the time.

Magister and ING... Dutch? :)

Hm.. I guess my fried rice, or rather nasi goreng, really is more Indonesian inspired. I was taught to use cooled rice, preferably from the day before, and I tend to use either kecap manis or soy sauce. Also, I just use leftovers from the day before and/or whatever I have laying around.

My friends and I travelled to Berlin from (the east of) the Netherlands in 2013. This journey took us about 6.5 hours. Since our hometown is in the east of NL, traveling to an airport would’ve taken us at least an hour and a half and we would also have to travel from the airport to/from Berlin. With the train however,…

If I remember correctly, they aren’t allowed in Europe. My preferred airline actually explicitly mentions them as prohibited on their website. Same goes for stuff such as screwdrivers.

Ibuprofen is often my painkiller of choice, but that’s mainly because I often get sick when I use paracetamol...

I used Word 2013 a lot the past semester to write papers and found myself using the navigation pane more and more. My faculty requires sections to be numbered and have a title, so I used the built in numbered headers. Nice thing is that you can then drag and rearrange them in the navigation pane.

For people having trouble with the proper grip of a pen: I know some people who always use pens such as the Stabilo Easy pen, because it forces you to hold the pen a certain way.

I actually do both. I write a draft, followed by rewriting it and then typing it (and finetuning it a bit more). Writing by hand helps me organise my thoughts better, while the eventual digital version is my backup which I can also take with me more easily.

I don’t think those are allowed in my country. What’s the advantage over dynamo’s btw?

They’re basically standard on every Dutch bike. I dislike the extra strength it requires, which is the sole reason I have battery powered lights.

My mum had to drive a lot for work, mostly when a GPS wasn’t very common. She was simply given 3 maps: one for each province she had to go to. Since she could hardly read maps at the time, she decided to teach me how to navigate at an early age so that I wouldn’t be “scared” if I suddenly had to travel to somewhere I…

And here I am, still wondering if Amazon Prime will ever come to my country. While the Netherlands finally has its own Amazon site, it only has e-books, meaning I still order through the German Amazon (cheapest shipping).

Mainly because it’s a former colony. But you know, New York was originally called Nieuw Amsterdam.

Indonesians also tend to use long grain rice. Over here in the Netherlands, it’s often pandan rice that’s used.

I guess my country is an exception to that rule. I think the only rice over here for which butter is used, is risotto.

Wait.. butter? I’ve never added butter to my rice.

Main reason why I always wear slippers when I go to a swimming pool. I even wore them in the shower when I lived in a student flat and had to share the bathroom with 5 other people.