Hi fellow person that moved to the Netherlands!! I love your website. I think you might enjoy reading Babel from R.F Kuang seeing the other books in your library and your interest in language!
woah hello, and a fellow biology grad too!!! ooh thank you for the reccomendation, I've had Babel on the tbr for a while but maybe I should make a real effort to go read it!
@katbots what are the chances!! I'm still looking for a job, I graduated before this summer- my partner lives in a small town in Noord Holland so there aren't that many opportunities (and I have to deal with some paperwork and health insurance stuff beforehand I think). Babel is so good, Poppy War was very interesting, but at times very tough to get through, and overall enthralled me a bit less, still a good read tho
ooh ouch yeah I imagine jobs can be hard to find if you're not in a city! I have put off having to think about jobs by doing a masters (แต-แด-) ah good luck with Dutch bureaucracy, I hope it goes smoothly! yeah I read poppy wars and enjoyed it, but never picked up the sequel, for no particular reason.I'll be happy if Babel is a smoother/more engrossing read!
@katbots yeah if I really can't find a good Biology job within a year or so, I'll go for a Masters, but I'm so burnt out from academia I don't want to consider it yet. I live like 30min on the train from Ams so absolutely I would love to! Rn I'm back in Spain for some doc appointments but I'm hoping to be back in the Netherlands by the end of October, I'll let you know!
woah hello, and a fellow biology grad too!!! ooh thank you for the reccomendation, I've had Babel on the tbr for a while but maybe I should make a real effort to go read it!
@katbots what are the chances!! I'm still looking for a job, I graduated before this summer- my partner lives in a small town in Noord Holland so there aren't that many opportunities (and I have to deal with some paperwork and health insurance stuff beforehand I think). Babel is so good, Poppy War was very interesting, but at times very tough to get through, and overall enthralled me a bit less, still a good read tho
ooh ouch yeah I imagine jobs can be hard to find if you're not in a city! I have put off having to think about jobs by doing a masters (แต-แด-) ah good luck with Dutch bureaucracy, I hope it goes smoothly! yeah I read poppy wars and enjoyed it, but never picked up the sequel, for no particular reason.I'll be happy if Babel is a smoother/more engrossing read!
also if you're even down in Ams with a free afternoon sometime, let me know if you'd like to go for a coffee!!
@katbots yeah if I really can't find a good Biology job within a year or so, I'll go for a Masters, but I'm so burnt out from academia I don't want to consider it yet. I live like 30min on the train from Ams so absolutely I would love to! Rn I'm back in Spain for some doc appointments but I'm hoping to be back in the Netherlands by the end of October, I'll let you know!