…things that you want to do in the next week and what you will postpone. 4. Review your goals. If you are a super organised, goal-setting person and you have goals set for a quarter or half a year, review them, see where you stand, assess the progress you’ve made, think about what can you do next to achieve the goals. Dedicate as much time as you feel fit to this task. 5. Organise your digital space. The most dreaded task for me, which never feels…
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…pen their knowledge of it. Disclaimer: I received complimentary tickets to review this tour. However, all the opinions expressed here are entirely my own, as usual. The company asked me to do an objective review and the guides were not informed in advance about the reason of my presence there. —————————————————————– Stay tuned for more and follow Amsterdamian on Instagram and Facebook for daily stories about life in the Netherlands. Please share t…
Read More…freshing show and I will definitely wait with interest for the next one. Photo credits: Arjen Veldt. Disclaimer: I received complimentary tickets to review this show. However, all the opinions expressed here are my own. …
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…commodating (or is it just me having this issue?). Usually, when I write a review of a restaurant where I was invited as a guest, I try to tone it down and not be too enthusiastic about it, because I don’t want people to think I’m chanting songs of praise just because I received a free dinner. But this time I have no intention on doing that: I loved NENI, the food was amazing — and that simply needs to be said! Although the place was packed, we di…
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…ed having ambitions about something more. In 2014 I wrote my first theatre review, for Orange Tea Theatre, which later became Orange Theatre Company, and got many more reviews from me. I wrote about festivals like Gay Pride, about organic shops in Amsterdam, the cat café, canal cruises, Indian cooking, and many more. I started writing more about the Netherlands, and sometimes about my home country, Romania. In 2018 I’ve done my first interviews, a…
Read MoreIt appears that I’ve been very lucky lately in the cultural events I have attended. I’ve seen some great shows in Amsterdam recently, the latest one being Orange Tea Theatre’s interpretation of “Red” by John Logan, a Tony Award winning play, directed by Lora Mander. I went to see the premiere and loved it! The setting was well chosen — an art gallery instead of a theatre. The Beeldend Gesproken Gallery in de Hallen was a perfect place to watch th…
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The ❤😐 (Red Heart, Blank Face) movie was shot entirely with an iPhone. The title is actually composed of two emoticons (the text in the brackets merely explains to the less knowledgeable what the emoticons mean). The director is a young, ambitious man who wanted to make his second feature film before turning 30. All the profits from the premiere will be donated to a charity. The movie is about how people look for love these days, how finding huma…
Read MoreHave you heard about the concept of symphonic cinema? I just learned about it a few weeks ago when I was invited by the Amsterdam Culture Club to a lovely event taking place at the Concertgebouw. So, what is symphonic cinema? I have to say: it’s a pretty cool thing! It is a film genre introduced by the Dutch film director Lucas van Woerkum: he creates the film starting from the music (usually a well known piece of classical music), unlike the usu…
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Yesterday I went to the Eye Filmmuseum to interview David Safarian, the Armenian film director whose prize-winning work will be screened there next week, in preparation for the European release of his feature film, Hot Country, Cold Winter. It’s the first time in the last 25 years when an Armenian film gets an European release, so it’s something not to be missed. Before I take my time to put together our fascinating talk, I thought I should tell…
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I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned this, but I have a big passion for dance. Watching live dance shows is my favourite type of entertainment. If I happen to have a very bad day, or even a bad week, and I watch a good dance show, all the badness goes away. I go home smiling, dreaming, charged with positive energy. Although I have two friends who also have this passion and sometimes we buy tickets together and have a good time, I prefer to go to the…
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