Het die Vryheidsdag feesvieringe* georganiseer deur die Suid Afrikaanse Konsulaat in Den Haag, bygewoon (in die atrium van die Den Haagse stadshuis). Deels omdat ek ´n trotse Suid-Afrikaner is maar grotendeels omdat ek nuuskierig was: wie sou daar wees? Verskuilde agenda om ons stigting ´n bietjie te bemark ook nog. In ieder geval ´n aangename paar uur gehad en met ander Suid Afrikaners wat hulleself ook hier bevind het. N Vinnige kykie na die gasteboek het ook allerande hooggeplaastes uit ander Afrika state getoon, sommige dames het tradisionele klere aangehad en daar was ´n rerige "lekka" band wat ons getrakteer het, maar ek het geen idee wie dit was nie.
*Herdenking van die eerste demokratiese verkiesing wat op 27 April 1994 plaasgevind het in SA.
My husband says that that i should be less cynical on my blog, he´s right... i should get with the program.. we´ve been in the Netherlands for almost 4 years, and getting used to the place and its people should be a matter of course; like breathing, or critical listening - a little skill of theirs I am deeply envious of.
Here´s a little example. I´m sitting in a Health and Safety presentation (guess who i´m working for at the moment), and during this time we are lead through a presentation with average slides, and an average speaker, but OK, reasonable points, aimed at reminding the audience of some key health and safety measures that need to be adhered to. I´m thinking to myself: "mmm yes, interesting."
Afterwards I chat to my compadres in the coffee area. Tens of points of critisism pour out, holes in his arguments are pointed out, different viewpoints are discussed, and why must it be so and not so. I´m a little dumbfounded. My greatest contribution is that I think a Powerpoint presentation with a blue background and white lettering is a no-no from the mid-nineties. I asked my manager about this.
"Do they teach it to you in school to listen so critically?"
"No, its ingebakken".
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