Welcome

Hi there!

Welcome to my Language Learning Blog. This is a blog about my learning goals, the improvement of my communication and presenting skills and the progress of my knowledge about the English language. Firstly, let’s introduce myself.

I am Tyrza Nanlohij, I am 19 years old, and I life in Groningen.

This year I started with the study International Business and Management at the Rijksuniversity of Groningen. I think this is an interesting study and I am looking forward to improve my knowledge about it.

Last year I began with Law school, but this was not the perfect study for me. It was too theoretical and you could not discuss your opinion at all, because you had to answer everything by law. Despite of my great effort to pass the study, I just received insufficient grades. So that was not very motivating. At the end of January, I decided to quit Law school.

 

During the remaining six months I worked in an ice cream bar here in Groningen. It is established in the "Folkingestraat". During those six months, I worked their almost every day from 5 p.m. until 11 p.m., so six hours a day. When I just started, I thought it was a very nice job, with a kind boss and kind colleagues. However, after a couple of months, the bosses took kind of advantage of me, because I was so friendly and I wanted to help everyone. Due to my experience in the ice cream business (this was my third year I worked in an ice cream bar), I was able to open and close the store on my own, without any help. Therefore, my boss often asked me if I could work a little bit longer that day, so that he could take his wife out to dinner. Well, I wanted to be friendly so I thought it would be all right. But often the boss came back after four hours, so there were a lot of days that I worked for ten hours instead of six. And I never got any appreciation for it. However, I think my colleagues were very friendly and the work itself was also very nice, despite of my bosses.

During the six months that I was not studying, I attended a study workshop to decide which study I wanted to start with in September. This workshop consisted of three meetings, and every meeting lasted for three hours. During this workshop I learned a lot about myself; what my characteristics are, in which areas my interests lie, how to make the best decisions etc. During this workshop I came to the conclusion that International Business and Management might be the best study for me. Now, after 4.5 months, I think that that was the best decision I could have made.

At the end of August, I became a member of the students association Albertus Magnus. After the hazing we had to form a "yearclub" with a maximum of 15 girls. I formed a group of 14 girls, and they are all very kind. It feels like I know them for years.

All in all, I think this year will be fantastic. With a lot of new friends, a new study, and, of course, the broadening of my knowledge about the English language and International Business and Management.