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Finding an Apartment in Shanghai: How to pay what the locals are paying

When I arrived in Shanghai, I asked some of my friends here how I could find a good appartment to rent. Most of them recommended to look for apartments at Craigslist, Smartshanghai or Cityweekend. All these recommendations were a great source to get aquatinted with the housing market in Shanghai from a foreigner perspective. I [...]

ING Life Korea goodbye party

Yesterday night: Friends, a barbeque and the proper amount of soju on the 24th floor of the Ramada hotel, looking over the ING building and the famous landmark of Seoul, the Namsan tower. What a nice goodbye party! Besides the ridiculous hat you guys made me wear all night, I want to thank everybody for their kindness, [...]

MBC Marathon - the results are in!

Those happy faces are me and my collegues from ING - just - before we started running our (half) marathon. Perhaps we were even happier when we finished - it would have been better to share a before / after picture I suppose.

Dutch Orange ball 2009

The highlight of the year for the Dutch community in Seoul would be the Dutch “Orange Ball”, held in the grand hyatt. It’s was true Dutch evening with “oranjebitter” and a Dutch band that was flown in to Seoul for the occasion. The champagne reception. The theme of the Orange ball was “ga fietsen” meaning “take [...]

Holiday in Jeju

Traditional Korean seafood soup is enhanced by distinctive shellfish harvested by the famous woman divers of Jeju Island. An age-old tradition, the fisher-woman of Jeju spend long hours in the waters surrounding the island relentlessly diving again and again, collecting the unique sea snails, shell fish and abalone in the bountiful waters of

North-Korea vs. South-Korea match at Mapo-gu Stadium

The national football teams of North and South Korea have played a World Cup qualifier in Seoul today - which the South won by one goal to nil. Although the game was quite boring, there was a good atmosphere in the stadium, especially after Kim Chi Woo scored the first goal for South Korea. The [...]

In Hong Kong for the week #2

I like this city so much that I decided to upload some more pictures to give you first hand about what I think is beautiful around here. Hope you like it! You can go up any skyscraper in Hong Kong, (which I almost did) but you can see the city best from the Victory Peak. Simply [...]

In Hong Kong for the week

After having lived outside my home country for almost 3 years, I can tell you that working abroad will always bring exciting experiences, reveal cultural challenges and –even though the rent, dishes and laundry– feel like a holiday. However, a foreigner has to comply to some basic rules. Most critical must be maintaining the proper [...]