I*ESN Magazine Volume 2 Issue 2

TILBURG INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION

Volume 2 Issue 2

Word from the board - Glimpse into another culture: Brazil Life at Verbs - City trip Highlight: Dublin - Queen of Romance Wall of shame - Pass it On - Drinking game of the month: ICE Tilburg’s hotspots - Committee Highlights - And much more!

Editorial:Lotte de Bruijn, Monica Neal, Romy van Kuijk

Valentine Decamps and Dominique Coumans

Design/Technical Support:Paul Deckers

Photography:I*ESN Tilburg

Special thanks to:Kenny Ho, Ilse Klaassen, Melda Ozturk,

Rachel Jurgens, Jason McDonnell, and allinhabitants of Verbs 54!

The editorial committee consists of five enthusiastic members of I*ESN, with various backgrounds:

Lotte de Bruijn: Valentine Decamps: one of our great mentors international bachelor student from Brazil

Romy van Kuijk: one of our Dutch members

Monica Neal: Dominique Coumans: international master student I*ESN Tilburg board from New Zealand member

The Editorial Committee

Open Call: Would you like to contribute to this magazine as a writer, designer or photographer? Send en email to [email protected]!

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Table of Contents A word from the board 3 World Playlist: March 4 Upcoming birthdays 4 Pass it on 6 Committee Highlights 7 Drinking Game of the Month: ICE 9 Queen of Romance 11 Wall of Shame 13 Tilburg’s hotspots 15 Glimpse into another culture: BRAZIL 17 KNOCK KNOCK: Verbs 54 19 City trip highlight: Dublin 21 Waar is het Feestje? Upcoming events 23 Monthly Awards 25 Martijn’s group of random quotes 26 Recipe’s from around the world: Indonesia 27

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Dear students,

Almost two months ago most of you arrived in Tilburg as new international students. I still remember the Arrival Day. Since we, the board, had been preparing this day and the intro-duction period for about a month, we were very excited for all of you to finally arrive.Our great mentors and buddies picked you up from the station and helped you through the day. For most of you this was your first introduction to Tilburg and to us, the people in yellow.You’ve seen us at our office in the Esplanade building, in Carpe Diem and at other activities, but who are we and what do we actually do? To make sure you know a bit more of what we do besides checking your membership cards at the door of Carpe Diem and to give you a lit-tle insight in our life as board members, every magazine one of us will write a piece.

For those of you who might not know me yet, I am Dominique Coumans and I am 21 years old. About 3,5 years ago I moved to Tilburg to study Business Law. This year I am trying to finish my bachelor, which is quite hard to combine with our fulltime board year. I grew up in an international environment, so when coming to university the choice for I*ESN Tilburg was made easy. I became a mentor which turned out to be a great experience. I met students from all over the world, and I am even planning on visiting some of them in Asia next summer! I also went on exchange myself, to Lund in Sweden. Looking back, my time in the land of fika, IKEA and meatballs has been the time of my life. Five months of travelling, playing hockey, partying and passing courses without even attending them is the best student life I can pos-sibly think of.

As Integration Manager and Vice President of the association my main task is to take care of my five committees: the Research, Introduction, Social Projects, Cooking and Editorial Com-mittee. Besides that I was also responsible of I*ESN’s part in the TOP-week.

Even though I am very busy, I do also have a life outside of I*ESN Tilburg.In my spare time I love to play field hockey and tennis, watch moviesand go out with friends. And of course I love to travel!

Dominique Coumans

A word from the board...


1 - Maartje van Paassen -- Paula Lopes2 - Janneke Janssen - Nicklas Skov Pape3 - Marjolaine Tassin5 - Bahar Arapkirli8 - Vera Sibylle Zimmermann9 - Priscilla Garofalo13 - Khalid Sedraoui14 - Manon Kitslaar19 - Joyce Adriaensen23 - Mark Lauret - Rafael Marenco Barella24 - Kyubung Hwang26 - Okan Tuncer - Viktor Beranek29 - Kars van Rozendaal

World playlist: March

April March 15 - Juan Soto - Monica Neal16 - Alexandre Miranda Coelho19 - Diana Boromiz20 - Maria Diana Vlad21 - Aga Doo Nizinska22 - Gwendolyn Peter23 - Manuel Gerbino - Sven Beekhuizen24 - Wessel Smits - Martin Bacharov - Lisa van Es - Marlon Goos25 - Alejandro Ferrari Garrido26 - Christina Mercado Pineno - Benjamin Titmus - Ilse Klaassen28 - Tamas Hovanyecz29 - Niek Dekker30 - Dominique Coumans - Danut Nastase - Caio de Luca

Music is universal so let’s dance on beats from all around the world!Check out our world dance floor!

Song Singer CountryWatiBigali Big Ali feat. Wati-B FranceLimbo Daddy Yankee Puerto RicoVeda Gecesi Emir TurkeySograo Caprichou Luan Santana BrazilEn Apa Som Liknar Dig Darin SwedenEinmal Um Die Welt CRO GermanyEvrything At Once Lenka AustraliaScelgo Me Marco Carta ItalyVes Mir Na Ladoni Eva Polna Russia

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Name: Melda OzturkPlace of birth: Kocaeli, TurkeyThree things I always carry with me in my bag: My iPod, Notebook and a pen.I couldn’t live without this type of food/beverage: Traditional Turkish coffee. Apparently I can live without it, although I miss it a lot. Three things I have to do every day: Just checking my e-mails and Facebook.My biggest fear when I was a kid: Snakes and monsters under my bed.I have seen this movie like a hundred times: One day (starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Stur-gess).If tomorrow the world will explode, today I will: Call all my friends and have a good party with them. Why not celebrate the last day?!The first thing I would do when I won the jackpot in the lottery: Camping in the Grand Canyon.My biggest wish: Let’s go back the previous question: winning the jackpot in the lottery would be nice! I am going to ‘’pass it on!’’ to: Bahar Arapkirli

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Name: Kars van RozendaalPlace of birth: Schijndel, the NetherlandsThree things I always carry with me in my bag: My laptop, my phone and my snack.I couldn’t live without this type of food/beverage: Satésaus!Three things I have to do every day: Check my facebook, watch football summary’s and play on my playstation.My biggest fear when I was a kid: it was and still is, getting hit by birds! :|I have seen this movie like a hundred times: Bridge of Navarone.If tomorrow the world will explode, today I will: See my girlfriend.The first thing I would do when I won the jackpot in the lottery: Subscribe to a new school.My biggest wish: A challenging and interesting job.I am going to ‘’pass it on!’’ to: Robbie Ingram

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Committee Highlight

The Cooking CommitteeKenny Ho

The Cooking Committee or CoCo allows Dutch and International students the opportunity to cook for their fellow students. Almost every Thursday night around 30 students gather at Carpe Diem to try out exciting and exotic dishes prepared and made by CoCo. Diners can ex-pect to be enticed by the ambience and theatre of a restaurant at student prices in the com-pany of their friends. The Committee consists of 12 members from the Netherlands, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Belgium, Venezuela and Australia with 4 of them cooking on Thursday night. On the day of the dinner, the Cooking Committee will begin preparations around 3pm to buy the supplies and fresh produce. Around 4pm they begin the prepping the meal and by 7pm a mouth watering dinner is served followed by a sweet and savoury dessert!The Cooking Committee meets every 3 weeks to review the previous dinners and see what could be improved to make the dinners more interactive and appealing; with ideas of theme nights and new dishes to name just a few. The prospect of designing a 2-course meal, meet-ing new people who share the same passion for food and trying new tastes are all attrac-tive features in participating in such a unique committee. But perhaps the most rewarding aspect a chef could expect is to see the satisfaction on the diner’s face. That is when all the hard work has come through, making cooking even more pleasurable, and more importantly, fun.


Committee Highlight

The Social Projects CommitteeIlse Klaasen

Some say that social work is for idealistic hippies. Doing volunteering work? Sure, like my retired neighbour! Visiting granny, only if my parents tell me to! That’s not what the Social Project Commit-tee (SPC) thinks. Every two weeks the nine members of this I*ESN committee come together to discuss current projects and new ideas. Most of our projects have begun as one-off events, but quickly turned into regular co-operations and programmes with organizations throughout Tilburg. The main focus lies on community and educational projects, as the SPC aims to connect students with the diverse Til-burg community. But of course, in order to make this all happen; the SPC gets help from over a 100 volunteers within I*ESN Tilburg!For every project the SPC relies on these volunteers, especially for projects like ‘’the Daily walks at de Duynsberg’’, where volunteers make daily visits to residence de Duynsberg to walk, chat, play bin-go, and drink tea with the elderly. The visits take place from 14:00 - 15:00 and make a good relax-ing study break, but more importantly, these elderly people really appreciate the effort the students make, and are really excited to hear stories from all over the world. On the 27th of March there will also be a cultural event at de Duynsberg, which we would love students to attend with some tradi-tional food from their home country!Besides the old, there are also projects focusing on the young. At ‘’The High School Project’’ volun-teers present information about their countries to high school students. The idea of this project is to establish contact between international students and Dutch high school students; so as to foster an interest in exchanges through discussions on topics such as life in the international students’ home countries, cultural differences, and studying abroad.Another organization the SPC regularly cooperates with is deTwern, an organization for community services and activities. Together with the SPC deTwern recently organized a fashion show, where women from all backgrounds came together to create clothes from recycled materials. Next up, SPC and deTwern will organize a basketball tournament for primary school kids, and write a rap song against bullying! Are you also into this creative stuff? Then you might like to join the SPC’s ‘’Graffiti painting for Community Purposes’’ event on March 15th & 16th. The projects described above are only a few, would you like to discover all projects and see how you can contribute? Then please attend the SPC information session, 14th of March 20:00 in Carpe Diem. In the meantime: make sure to not throw away old clothes; at the end of the semester the SPC will organize a clothing market for people with various (ex)addictions.To keep up-to-date and sign up for the events and projects, please join the “Volunteerspool” on Face-book!


Drinking game of the month: Ice

Rachel Jurgens and Jason McDonnell

You are about to be introduced to a game that will change the way you live your life. It is a game that will require you to use your most cunning and devious skills in order to bring end-less enjoyment to yourself and friends. It is a gift that keeps on giving. This game, ladies and gentlemen, is the game of Ice (otherwise known as the Icing Game). The object of this game is to hide a Smirnoff ice in an area where an unsuspecting person will stumble upon it. Once this person has found this ice, they will be forced to drink the entire bottle on one knee, pref-erably while everybody else takes pictures and has a good laugh. Now, some of you might be thinking “A Smirnoff ice? Don’t fourteen year-old girls drink that stuff? It’s not even that alco-holic!” Well you are right on all accounts, however, this is not what makes it difficult. Once you get iced you will understand why. The rules of this game are as follows as established by the Canadian Ice Master in Chief Craig Miller:

1. You can only ice people once you’ve been iced and have successfully completed it. You’re out of the game if you fail to finish an ice. (For international purposes this rule is somewhat relaxed, you need not be iced before you ice somebody, however, if you are iced you still need to finish your ice otherwise you are out.)

2. There are gentlemen’s rules, and then there are prison rules. Be sure to establish which avenue you choose, because there’s no going back. For example a reverse ice (explained below) in gentlemen’s rules is that both participates chug the ice for the love of the game/getting drunk. In prison rules, both ices must be finished by the person who got reversed ice. 3. An ice can only count if the subject is unsuspecting of the ice’s presentation. Specifically, although he/she may feel like they’re going to get iced, that isn’t enough.


3. An ice can only count if the subject is unsuspecting of the ice’s presentation. Specifically, although he/she may feel like they’re going to get iced, that isn’t enough.

4. Simply handing someone an ice while they’re not looking and saying “drink it” doesn’t cut cake. It must be presented in creative fashion.

5. An ice must be drank immediately after being iced. There’s no saving it for later. Failure to comply under ANY circumstances means you’re out if the game.

6. In order to successfully use a reverse ice, you must have an ice on your body (i.e. in your pocket or jacket) when you find an ice that somebody has planted. However, you can’t re-verse ice a reverse ice. There’s no marathon-defense icing.

7. The ice must be fully finished upon being iced, no matter the size of the container it’s in. 1-2 breaks is allowed for volumes above a tallboy, but there must be continuous effort in finishing the ice.To give you some inspiration, here are some great stories about places to hide an ice in order to keep your friends on their toes. For example, placing an ice in an open bag of chips is an excellent way to give a snacking somebody an uplifting surprise. Other places where ices have been hid: in a shoe, in a toilet in a cupboard and underneath a pillow. My personal favourite incident occurred when my roommate hid an ice in my protein powder so after a hard workout I was rewarded with a very warm, very unpleasant Smirnoff ice. So taking this information in mind, go forth and spread this game and take enjoyment in the embarrass-ment and nausea of your friends and family. Be careful where you look and where you sit because you may be the next participant in the Wonderful world of ice!

Drinking game of the month: Ice

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Tilburg’s hotspots

1. All you can eat: EtenstijdThis restaurant will appeal to a lot of big eaters, since they have a ‘’all you can eat’’-concept. For a fixed price you can eat and drink (exclusive alcoholic drinks) whatever you want for two or three hours long. Their food arrangement is quite divers, existing of ap-petizers, meat, fish, vegetables, potatoes, noodles, rice, des-serts and even more! Etenstijd also has a special dessert ar-rangement for the sweet tooth: for ten euros you can enjoy all desserts and drinks like coffee, tea, fresh juice and soda. You can easily get there by bus: line 4 heading to ‘Elisa-beth ziekenhuis’ stops almost in front of the door. Prof. Van Buchemlaan 4.www.etenstijd.nl

2. Luxurious coffee- and tea-room: Mugs & MuffinsThis cozy coffee- and tearoom is located in the centre of Tilburg and therefore ideal to plop down after an exhausting shopping day. They serve nu-merous coffee and tea flavors and fresh juices together with muffins, doughnuts, brownies and cake. Willem II straat 57www.mugsandmuffins.nl

3. For a short shopping break: Bakker BartYou will find Bakker Bart in the main shopping street of Tilburg. They sell various sand-wiches and snacks like pizza baguettes, ham/cheese crois-sants, chocolate rolls, dough-nuts and many more. For only€2,50 you can eat breakfast at Bakker Bart, existing of fresh juice, coffee/tea, a croissant with jam and a bun with ham or cheese (until 10 AM). There is a free wifi-zone at the first floor. Heuvelstraat 85www.bakkerbart.nl

Romy van Kuijk

Looking for a nice place to eat or a relaxed place to have drinks with your friends? Or do you just want to take something on-the-go? Follow this guide and make sure you don’t leave the Netherlands before visiting these seven best eat-ing and drinking spots in Tilburg. We have discovered these hidden spots, so you don’t have to search any further..


4. Bear madness: Bommel BeerThe interior might look a bit childish, with all the teddy bears, but this restaurant serves good food for a reason-able price. I would certainly recommend the vegetable burgers to all vegetarian people. The two burgers are served with French fries and vegetables. Off course Bommel Beer also serves meat dishes. Furthermore, they have a nice offer for people who want to go to the movies with a filled stomach. For 25 euros you can enjoy a three-course menu and visit the ‘Euroscoop Cinema’ (located next to Bommel Beer). Ask for the ‘beren bios menu’. Olympiaplein 1www.beren.nl/locatie/19/restaurant-eetcafe-Tilburg

5. More than 200 types of beer: Café KandinskyCafé Kandinsky is the place to be for people who love beer specialties. This cafe offers more than 200 types of beer and every month they promote another beer. This month’s beer: the ‘Chimay Red’, a lovely dark Trappist beer with a light scent of fruit. Kandinsky is opened every day from 3 PM, so there’s enough time to taste all types of beer!Telegraafstraat 58www.biercafe-kandinsky.nl

6. Eating, drinking & dancing: HavanaHavana has it all: by day you can have lunch or dinner in their eat cafe (although it is lovely to have a seat on their terrace when the sun is shin-ing)

and by night you can order some nice cocktails and even show your dance moves. On Fridays and Saturdays around 11 PM Havana is transformed in real dance bar.Heuvel 22www.havana-tilburg.nl

7. Albert Heijn XLThis large supermarket is a shop walhalla for the culinary people among us. The assort-ment is very extensive and besides food-products AH XL also sells numerous non-food products. The openings hours are very wide, AH XL is almost every day open from 7 AM until 10 PM. Tip: Request the ‘AH Bonus Card’ and benefit more discount on your groceries.Jan Heijnsstraat 10


Valentine Decamps

Because I like to show you Brazil from a true Brazilian point of view, I asked my Brazilian friends to tell me the first words that pop into their mind when they think about their country. Carnaval, soccer, beaches and beauty are usually words that come to ones mind when thinking about this giant coun-try. However, from their perspective, an important Brazilian characteristic was highlighted: diversity. As the largest and only Portuguese speaking country of Latin America, Brazil is characterized by its rich diversity, in terms of people, ethnicity, social classes, culture and nature. Brazil was colonized in 1500 by the Portuguese and two types of ethnicities inhabited this tropical country: native indigenous and Portuguese. During the colonial period the French, Dutch and English tried to conquer territories, passing some ethnic contribution. By the XIX century, a grand and impor-tant wave of immigrated Italians, Spanish, Germans and Japanese was added to the miscegenation, forming the people of Brazil. Within this context, Brazilians are now known to be warm people who receive different cultures ‘de braços abertos’ (with open arms) into their lives.

The ethnic groups established themselves in different parts of this huge territory. Germans settled principally in the South, the Italians in São Paulo. This random distribution of people resulted into a Brazil having a diverse ethnic composition per region. On the coast, the mulattos predominate, while the white man is mostly in the interior of the land. This multiplicity of ethnic origins reflects in Brazil’s culture. Capoeira is a dance and martial art with African roots. During the colonization, African slaves were not allowed to fight, but had to protect themselves from violence. There came capoeira: the use of rhythm and movements of African dances adapted into a martial art camouflaged as a dance.

A typical Brazilian meal, ‘Churrasco’, is known to have its origins in Rio Grande do Sul. The method of burning the meat outside in a bonfire on stones with a grate of green wood is attributed to the native indigenous. Today, Churrasco carries the custom of gathering friends and family together to enjoy this delicious long meal. Another tradition is the “Fitinha do Senhor do Bomfim”: best described as open bracelets that one ties around the wrist with three nods. At each nod, a wish is made. They were created in 1809 and reflect the faith and hope in Bahia’s Saint. The bracelet is 47 centime-tres, which is the measure of the Saint’s statue right arm in the high altar of the Senhor do Bomfim Church. Each color of the bracelet (‘fita’) symbolizes an Orisha. Orishas come from the religion Can-domblé derived from African animism. Orishas are African gods that correspond to forces of Nature and their archetype is related to the manifestation of these forces. The characteristics of each Ori-sha approximate those of humans as they are apparent through emotions such as anger, jealousy, love. Orishas are passionate.

Brazilian Carnival

Lençois Maranhenses

Glimpse into another culturePaís tropical: BRAZIL!


Talking about Nature, Brazil is rich in natural diversity. It does not only contain the tropical rainfor-est Amazon, but also has the Pantanal, known for being the world’s largest wetlands, in the west of the country. Brazil’s Center is covered with Cerrado,which means grassland. The Caatinga desert is located in the Northeast of Brazil. The Southeast territory is consumed by Atlantic rainforest, 20 million years older than the Amazone. The Serra do Mar mountain range dominates the Southeast-ern coast and inland north of Rio de Janeiro. The Araucaria rain forest is also included in Brazil’s list in the southern part of the country, here are the famous Foz de Iguarcu waterfalls! Being a tourist in Brazil is not an easy and quick affair as there is so much to see and explore! Being so rich in nature, Brazil naturally created a protector of its empire. This Brazilian folklore per-sonage is called Curupira. He is a habitant of the forests, and protects it from hunters that try de-stroying it. He is symbolized as a red-hair boy with feet backwards. This allows this boy to confuse the hunters with his footprints and make them lose themselves in the forest. Furthermore, this guardian is able to transform himself in other creatures, and is very fast, strong and clever.

In Brazil social classes play an important role. There are many more poor people and less wealthier. This contrast is shown all across Brazil, for example when a mansion is neighbouring a Favela.Nowadays Carnaval is an opportunity to turn this around, to stop the social layering and give every-one the chance to be who they want to be. Carnaval was introduced in the XVII century in Brazil with French and Italian influences in the urban parades. In the XX century it gained more and more popu-larity. Also, the first samba school was created. Carnaval is a national celebration that embraces all classes. It joins people together with music, dance and joy. Rio De Janeiro Carnaval is known for its incredible samba schools that today are more sophisticated than ever. The key figures of each samba school are the Mestre-Sala and Porta-Bandeira, who repre-sent a nobility couple of the XIII century. The story is that a slave couple used to imitate their lords as a mocquery, so adored by others that it became a tradition. Their costume represents the nobility in an exaggerated way where Porta-Bandeira’s costume can weigh up to 40 kilos. Another key figure is the ‘Bateria’ composed of up to 350 musicians. There are also queens of Bateria whose role is given to beautiful women. Samba schools compete with each other in a serious and beautiful contest. It is a time where Brazil stops to appreciate the effort of a whole year of those samba schools and joins by admiring these beautiful cars, colourful costumes, music and coreographies. It is party time, a magic time to enjoy and have fun. This is the true Brazil, admired by its diversity in all aspects. It is a wonderful country with beautiful people. Any person of any nationality would feel almost at home as Brazilians are warm-hearted peo-ple. I hope you have the opportunity to explore this incredible country one day!

Fitinha do bomfimCapoeira

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Upcoming Activities November


Lotte de Bruin

Every week we will knock on the door of one of our international student houses in Tilburg and bombs the residents with questions. So watch out, next week we could be visiting your crib! Verbs 54 is this semester’s first student house in the spotlight.

What is the best thing about living with such a variety of nationalities?

You learn new stuff about other cultures, that your own habits are not the usual ones and also a lot about how people perceive things, especially how they perceive your nationality. Through this you also learn a lot about your own culture, you learn to look at it from a differ-ent point of view.

What have you learned from roommates with other nationalities?

Especially a lot about the difference in expressions, people from other countries say things differently than you do. Through this you learn to try to understand people when you maybe do not understand immediately what he or she meant with a certain expression.Also we learned some new kinds of food from each other. Everybody in the house loves the tortillas that the Spanish people make and also the shepherd’s pie is quite popular.

Is there anyone who has a really strange habit according to the other roommates?

Something in which we differ a lot is the way in which we perceive time. Some people get up at 6 in the morning almost every day, while others start to have dinner at 10 pm. This is also why it’s hard to have dinner together since everyone wants to eat at a completely different time; it differs from 5 pm until 10 pm.Another thing that is strange to some people here in the house is the fact that some cul-tures are used to share everything. And with everything we really mean everything! When one of those people is drinking from a glass, he or she asks the other people if they want a sip from it..Last but not least, someone in the house sleeps with a facemask…

KNOCK KNOCK: Life at Verbs 54


Have you encountered a form of miscommunication with another roommate that led to a funny situation?

Sometimes it’s hard to joke with each other because some people don’t understand each other due to the difference in expressing things but also due to a completely other sense of humour. So when someone makes a joke some people are not laughing at all because they really don’t understand it. There was one situation in which a girl asked a guy: ‘‘Can I have some of your juice?’’ How-ever, the guy thought she asked: ‘’Can I have some of you, gorgeous?’’…

Are there any lovebirds in verbs 54?

Well I don’t know if we can really say ‘lovebirds’, but one guy (nickname the G-man) seems to have a real harem in the house..

Are the domestic tasks equally divided or do you maintain a conservative lifestyle and do the women have to do all the cooking and cleaning?

Most of the time it’s equal, everybody helps out.

Life at Verbs:


Kenny Ho

With St. Patrick’s Day coming up on March 17th where else to spend it than where it all began! The city of Dublin is home to the world’s friendliest people and with 50% of the city’s population under 26; it is also one of Europe’s most vibrant and youthful cities. Whether you want to go explore its rich history or go party the night away in the city’s famous pubs and clubs at Temple Bar and at Harcourt Street, there is always something for everyone to keep them entertained and wanting more of that Irish ‘craic’!

Recommended places to visitHowth: A peaceful and beautiful fishing town that is only 20 minutes by train from the city centre. It offers fine views of Dublin Bay and the Wicklow Mountains. It also offers one of the best fresh local markets so be sure to try some of the seafood cuisine.

Glendalough: In English it means ‘The Valley of Two Lakes’ and the place is well known for its appearance in the film ‘P.S. I Love You’. Although it is an hour from the city and only accessible via tour operator, it is certainly well worth the trip to visit the monastery and learn more about its Celtic heritage.

City trip highlight: DUBLIN!


NightlifeThe Bernard Shaw pub: Located on South Richmond Street it is hidden gem from the tourists but it’s well worth the journey as it offers an alternative intake than the traditional Irish pub. Playing their own brand music with local DJ and serving up homemade pizzas to compliment the creative exhibitions continues to attract the locals to relax in a unique ambience. Highly recommended

Copper Face Jacks: No trip to Dublin would be complete unless you visit ‘Coppers’! It’s a must visit for the real Irish experience of the nightlife which could either shock you or leave you ask-ing for more. Whatever it may be, you will be surprised how the Irish dance and drink, you were warned!

But perhaps the one element that many visitors are so impressed with is the positive attitude ‘for the craic’, the friendliness, modesty, humbleness and the love for life that Irish people exhibit forever. It definitely leaves an everlasting impression on them and will continue to do so to every guest that sets foot in such a small but charming country.


Twern Fashion ShowFor the past couple of weeks the Social Projects Committee has been working on a project at the Twern to prepare a fashion show to display women’s power on Women’s Day. De Twern hosts community projects in Tilburg, and this fashion show project is especially organised for local women to show their various talents.Women from different backgrounds came together every Wednesday night to prepare the clothes for the show that was held on March, 6. The volunteers of the Social Projects Committeeof I*ESN were there to meet and help these talented women; and they also volunteered as models on the catwalk!

ESN National Platform in RotterdamThe 1st and 2nd of March the board of I*ESN Tilburg went to Rotterdam for their National Platform. Here, plenaries were held during the day where decisions regarding the national network were made. Afterwards ESN Rotterdam organized social events. During the party in Hollywood Music Hall they held a glow in the dark shooting!

What happenedthis month?


21-03 Pub Quiz At the 21st of March the PubQuiz committee will test your knowledge of sports, history, celebs and a spectrum of other areas. You can sign up in teams of six, but hurry since there are limited spots avail-able. Of course the best team of the night will win a nice prize!

And of course, the Tuesday night parties!12-03 Trailer Trash19-03 No Theme26-03 Hippie Party09-04 Pimps and Ho’s

30-03 Karaoke Night

Calling all rockstars of Tilburg, the Karaoke Night is coming up! Do you feel like a star?

Are you dreaming on your own fanclub? Do you look like Madonna? Do you move

like Jagger? I*ESN Tilburg hereby invited you to our Karaoke NIght in Cafe Philip

15-24 March ESNow

t’s finally time for the best trip of the year: ESNOW! This amazing 10-day

trip is organized by ESN The Netherlands, especially for International and

Dutch students! This year we’ll be going to the lovely French Alps, Risoul/

Vars. This amazing place has everything to offer: great people, sunshine,

awesome slopes and a huge fun park!

28-03 International Dinner and International Party On the 28th of March there will be an international dinner in verbs 10 again. Make sure to check the Facebook event in order to find out which national cuisine will be presented! Afterwards the inter-national party will be held in Cafe Philip.

Waar is het feestje?? Upcoming events!

Best Sexchanger

Beste transformed herself to a real Turkish man. The mustache,unibrow and beerbelly were very convincing!

Becoming a board member award

At the introduction camp Tipo went all out and put on every single pieceof board clothes he could find. He has proved to look good in yellow and therefore the becoming a board member award goes to Tipo!

Alcoholic of the Month

Kenny has been spotted drunk in Carpe Diem and at several inter-

national ESN events. Celebrating his birthday with a centurion challenge

and being so drunk in Carpe Diem that the bartenders would not even

serve him any alcohol anymore makes him alcoholic of the month!

Monthly Awards

Cutest Couple

When Sabina was here on exchange in 2012 they already had a fling, but nowshe is back for her masters they are official. They even look cute together whenwearing carnival outfits. It’s inevitable, Kars and Sabina are the cutest couple of the month!

` Best good deed

After one of the Tuesday Night parties in Carpe Diem the barcommittee

and responsible board members were pleasantly suprized when Juan

offered to help cleaning. Since Carpe Diem always has to be swept,

mopped and scrubbed he took on quite a big job. Thank Juan!



Martijn’s group of random quotes

RtH, 5 AM after Carpe Diem: “It doesn’t matter to me the outside, it matters to me the inside.”

Discovered ctrl+shift+n on google chrome... N.D.: “That’s convenient..”.

M.v.P.: “verrrrry convenient!”

M.W.: (eating a danontje without a spoon) “I can’t reach the bottom with my tounge so I’m just gonna use my fingers...”

N.D. (again): “it’s not that small.” A.D.d.N.: “Well, it’s not big either.”

W.S.: “When I’m in a big shower with others, I’m not going to wave my dick like that.”

J.R.: “I don’t remember all the girls I had sex with, but I remember all the girls I fucked up in the ass.”


Monica Neal

Each magazine issue we will bring you a recipe from a different culture. Did you miss the sumptu-ous feast served up at the Indonesian International Dinner? Or would you just like to try your hand at Indonesian cooking? In this issue Fadli Gunawan and the members of the Indonesian cooking team from the Indonesian International Dinner share their Gado-gado recipe. This is a traditional Indonesian salad consisting of boiled vegetables with a sate sauce dressing.

Gado-gado RecipeFadli Gunawan

Salad ingredients: Sauce (serving 2 portions):White cabbage (I used spitskol),cut 150. gr Peanuts, unsalted, fried in oilin small pieces 2 cloves of chopped garlicGreen beans (sperziebonen), cut the 1. pc. Chopped Chilliedges off and cut in 3 pieces 25 gr. Palm sugar, choppedBean sprouts (Tauge) 1 tsp. SaltCucumber, skin off, cut in small pieces 1 tsp. Lime juiceEggs 100 cc boiled water (add more to adjust thickness)

Garnish:Fried shallots

Recipe’s from around the world: Indonesia


To make the salad:Boil the eggs in boiling water for 10 minutes (or until hard boiled). Meanwhile cut the cabbage in small pieces, cut off the edges of the green beans and cut into 3 pieces. Boil some water on a pot, put some salt in, turn the fire off and put the cut veggies in for 3-5 minutes, rinse, put aside.Drown the bean sprouts in warm boiled water for 3 minutes. Rinse and then mix with the other vegetables.Check on your eggs, and when they are done, put aside and allow to cool. When your eggs have cooled, peel off the skin, cut into 4 pieces, and mix with the other vegetables.

To make the sauce:Fry the peanuts in hot oil (or roast on a hot pan) until golden brown. Remove the peanuts from the pan and place together in a mixer or food processor with: garlic, chilli, palm sugar, lime juice, salt and water. Mix well then transfer the sauce into a sauce pan, cook the sauce, adding water to ad-just the thickness, while stirring continuously until it bubbles. Remove the sauce from the heat and pour the sauce over the veggies and eggs. Lastly sprinkle some fried shallots over the salad. The dish is best served with white rice or rice cake.

Enjoy!

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