February 2018

Connected by passion

Wetskills-South Korea 2018 – Looking back at my Olympic Wetskills journey I still find myself struggling to put down in words how incredibly amazing it was. I tried to write this blog over and over again, but I could never seem to find the right words to describe what of an experience it has been. So during the reunion with one of the participants, Frank, we made a deal. So Frank, if you are reading this; I did it! Now it is your turn to keep your promise!   While I had, together with a lot of other participants, never been out of Europe, arriving in South Korea was quite the culture shock. Not only were the streets completely different from what I was used to, I also couldn’t read a word of all the boards and signs around me. To be honest, I felt completely lost. But luckily that changed really...

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Finals day!

Wetskills South-Korea 2018 – Today is the day! We have been working on the project for two weeks, and today we had to pitch our solution in the Holland Heineken House! Everybody was looking forward to it, even though the nerves were increasing.   We stayed the night in Donghae, a place which is a one hour drive from the Olympic city Gangneung. In the morning we travelled to Gangneung to practice the pitches in the Holland Heineken House. We arrived quite early, so there was some free time before the last practice. During the practice multiple things were discussed to make the actual final go as smooth as possible. After having some luxurious lunch the finals were about to start. We didn’t know the order of which we had to pitch because it was selected at random. You could feel the nervous atmosphere with the students, but the tension disappeared after...

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Orange storm

Wetskills-South Korea 2018 – I heard about the ‘’Orange storm” word since World Cup 2006. I was so impressed about NL team at that time because I love orange color as well as the way NL football team did play. However, today, the first time I directly witnessed by my eyes how true orange storm is. NL team won 4 medals for speed skate today in Holland Heineken House, I had a golden chance to join victory celebration.   It was a crazy and amazing night. Everyone in Orange style dances with Dutch music what I do not understand but I can feel the country pride, strength and love in your music, especially in national anthem. Even the celebration party was until 3 AM but no one feels exhausted, just enjoy, enjoy and never get tired.     This is a picture of us (many of the Wetskills group) during the party with smiles. We...

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