It's that time of the year again! When there's a reason to eat way too much almost every week: Halloween, Saint-Nicholas, the Finnish Independence Day, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and if you're a university student, studying well.
I didn't do much for Halloween, just a dinner in costume with friends. But for Sinterklaas, I went the whole nine yards! The first part of my celebration, was an AFS party to introduce the concept of Saint-Nicholas to the exchange students. The party included a visit from the "real" Saint-Nicholas and his helper Piet (also known as me). Each exchange student was asked to come forward and talk to the Saint while he read (the emails sent in advance by the host parents) from his big book. The big book consisted of funny anecdotes and some of the things the students had already achieved. After their talk with Saint-Nicholas, the exchange students received a special bag of candy from Piet and we all ate pancakes together.A couple of days later, the actual day of Saint-Nicholas (December 6th), I had 3 reasons to be happy: Sinterklaas, Finland's Independence Day and Creative Writing Group's Christmas edition. That day, I just enjoyed spending time with my friends and wrote some silly stories. It was simple but fun!
Simile Magazine represented at Creative Writing meeting
Just because I'm proud of that flag
