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SINTERKERST<br />
Seen with the lens of a Latin American<br />
So I received an invitation to an event on a Sunday evening, in<br />
the middle of December, at 8:00 PM for Sinter-something (I’m<br />
sorry but that’s how I read it the first time), and I thought: “really?,<br />
these Dutch people must love this guy called Sinterklaas<br />
since they are going to party on a Sunday, cool!!!”.<br />
Then, my dear teammate a.k.a. Tosty-<br />
King, tells me that we need to write a<br />
poem and buy a gift for 20 girls with<br />
a budget of 10 euros, and I thought:<br />
“really?, these Dutch people must be<br />
crazy if they think you can buy gifts<br />
for 20 girls with that money”. Well<br />
I hadn’t finished my intermediate-<br />
Dutch course by that time (which by<br />
the way, I failed), so I didn’t have to<br />
worry about the poem but I still had to<br />
worry about the ‘cadeau’. So picture<br />
me the week before the event, writing<br />
to some of the P5 guys asking them<br />
about nice ideas for the gift and that<br />
I’m clueless about what is expected in<br />
the occasion. Saturday there I was, the<br />
day before the event – you know, we<br />
Latin Americans think: why doing your<br />
stuff in advance when you can do it in<br />
the last minute - still thinking, calling<br />
Paul and Gert-Jan to get nice ideas…<br />
well, in the end, I hope the ladies are<br />
still enjoying their sex bell and their<br />
head massager.<br />
not normal for us) I was going to<br />
celebrate that an old guy that looks<br />
like Santa Claus, but it is not Santa, is<br />
coming from Spain in a boat, with his<br />
black helper, full of presents...yes, in<br />
December, and yes, it’s not Santa…<br />
and the black dude is not a slave, it’s<br />
a helper (here is when you picture<br />
the “what the F%* face” of my friend).<br />
Well, only in that moment when I<br />
checked my Facebook again, I realized<br />
“I hope the ladies ar still enjoying teir<br />
sex bell and their head massager”<br />
The night before<br />
the event, I was skyping with my<br />
friend back in Colombia, telling her<br />
that the next day (Sunday evening,<br />
<strong>Puspass</strong> <strong>februari</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
the event was also to celebrate<br />
Christmas, and I thought: “really?, do<br />
they always have to combine several
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