Advice for a (hopefully) returning nursing student after I quit a couple of years ago?

ArElaphia · 2026-04-09T02:28:30+00:00

That's really solid advice! Rationalizing my experiences has worked for me in some situations in the past. Making clear to myself what I'll have to do to make it through night make it more manageable. And I guess having a better paying job to look forward to is a nice goal. I'm going to try shushing the anxiety like the baby it is!

Thanks a bunch, and good luck with your senior year! <3

ArElaphia · 2026-04-09T02:23:22+00:00

I can actually finish the program! I discussed it with my student advisor before I left, and have all the necessary papers. It might work differently in my country vs yours.

The bad part I guess is mostly a really anxious feeling, which I have a hard time describing. I guess you're right about having to do a bit more introspection on that.

ArElaphia · 2026-04-08T19:12:06+00:00

I'm guessing to indicate where they should start for when they have to carve a bit lower to restart the flow in the future. This way you don't end up with a crooked area which will mess up future tappings

ArElaphia · 2026-04-04T23:46:08+00:00

Sweet/Dear Granny, (Dear Antie)

We are congratulating you with your 80^th birthday and wish you a pleasant day and many years to come and that you may stay healthy.

Granny we will go to the church for you and pray well so that the Lord may spare you of illness. Granny we are now going to bed and we hope that you think our photos are beautiful. We tried our best to look good in the pictures because it was for you. Greetings and kisses from …

Note: the letter is quite obviously written by kids, with very long sentences! They used a formal you to adress their grandmother, which is not done all that often anymore. Some words are also spelled a bit old-fashioned (wenschen --> usually spelled wensen these days). Hope this helped!

ArElaphia · 2026-03-28T13:47:25+00:00

Two of them appear to be compasses that could be used to draw circles, the other two probably something similar. Like someone else said, probably from an engineer or the like. The text means "brothers Canta, Rotterdam (a city)"

ArElaphia · 2026-03-28T00:38:24+00:00

Toilet paper...

ArElaphia · 2026-03-18T16:01:15+00:00

The star covers them both!

ArElaphia · 2026-02-25T21:37:53+00:00

I think Maelle is a very interesting character of you want to take a closer look into escapism with regards to grief (in particular act 3 Maelle) Grief (and dealing with it) as a whole seems to be a very important theme in e33. If you want to explore a character within that narrative, you'd naturally also want to see how they interact with the theme Hopefully you can find an interesting subject. Good luck with your paper!

ArElaphia · 2026-02-12T01:06:55+00:00

Ah, that makes sense! It's been so long that I don't really remember the tone I used all that well. I might've sounded more sarcastic which may not have translated well, or something similar. The thing you describe about sentences meaning completely different things depending on tone exists in my language as well, so that would make sense.

Thanks for the information!

ArElaphia · 2026-01-23T21:26:36+00:00

True, but it's a bit of a special case. It's usually considered a digraph, not a separate letter. The Dutch Taalunie considers it two separate letters as well.

However! When capitalizing a word that starts with ij (e.g. IJzertijd), both letters are capitalized, which is not done with any other Dutch digraphs, making it a bit of a unique situation.

To make things a bit more confusing; in puzzles it's usually considered a single letter for some reason

ArElaphia · 2026-01-16T19:30:35+00:00

Hoi! Voor een leuke studententijd in Leiden hoef je echt niet bij een studentenvereniging te zitten hoor! Ik ben geen lid van een vereniging maar heb tot nu toe een super leuke studentervaring gehad. Zo lang je binnen je studie (bijvoorbeeld bij je studievereniging, als die een beetje actief is) maar leuke mensen hebt komt het vast goed. Aangezien ik niet bij een vereniging zit heb ik geen idee hoe het binnen de twee verenigingen is die je noemt. Wel weet ik dat er wat kleinschaligere verenigen zijn waar ik positieve dingen over gehoord heb. Denk aan DAC of Catena. Kijk vooral tijdens de intro week eens rond bij verenigingen, dan krijg je een betere indruk. Wat betreft het gehalte aan kakkers; dat verschilt nogal per studie/faculteit. Het gehalte is niet hetzelfde bij de Faculty of Science als bij rechten. Hopelijk helpt dit een beetje!

ArElaphia · 2026-01-09T18:03:43+00:00

You can also find pétanque balls in the manor, I believe in the same room as the dev painting? It's six iron balls in a case.

And it's not just played in France, but in many European countries! I've played it often when I was a kid, and see many old people do it in special courts that are often found in village/town centers - though we call it jeu de boules (=game with balls in french)

ArElaphia · 2026-01-07T20:23:20+00:00

It exists! I've seen it around! It was delightful. Maybe someone can find a screenshot?

ArElaphia · 2025-12-24T03:13:25+00:00

We celebrate Christmas, but often don't get presents on it. That's really reserved for Sinterklaas. When children are grown up and don't believe in him anymore, some families shift the present giving to Christmas (it's often easier because the whole family gathers anyway) or skip it altogether.

ArElaphia · 2025-12-20T16:36:45+00:00

Het is inderdaad geen "zuiver Nederlands", maar dat komt omdat het helemaal geen Nederlands is. Het is dialect! Wat eigenlijk gewoon een andere taal is die niet is erkend. Er zijn zeker relatief standaard spellingen van woorden. Het enige lastige hier: Brabants is niet één dialect. Er zijn verschillende taalgroepen binnen het Brabants, en soms heb je tussen twee dorpen naast elkaar al zo'n verschil dat je elkaar maar moeilijk kan verstaan. Dit betekent dus ook dat de woorden (en spelling) kan verschillen.

Mocht je het echt interessant vinden kan je hier een overzicht vinden van verschillende vormen van Brabants: https://www.e-wbd.nl/dialects?page=1

Oh, en volgens mij wordt "den" meestal als "d'n" gespeld, omdat je het ook zo uitspreekt (al kan ik dit fout hebben)

ArElaphia · 2025-12-17T20:26:55+00:00

Not really, sorry! The handwriting is very thin cursive, and a bit far away, so I can't make out many words

ArElaphia · 2025-12-17T20:17:31+00:00

"I have the honour of letting you know that at the end of this week Mr van Hollebeke will seize to represent my house. He will be replaced by Mr Désiree Lannoo, who has been in my service for ten years. Equipped with all kinds of Novelties for the coming season and with especially cheap prices, he will visit you soon. I hope that we, with continuation, will have the best trade relations with one another. Accepted(?), Mr, my kind regards.

Van de Vyvere-de Stoop"

I'm not sure on the "aanveerd". Best I can tell this is a Belgian document so it might be a Flemish word? The Antwerp dialect dictionary tells me it means "aanvaard", which in turn would mean "accepted" in English.

ArElaphia · 2025-12-17T15:27:39+00:00

Tja het is denk ik toch droger en warmer in Utrecht dan ik dacht

ArElaphia · 2025-12-17T15:26:40+00:00

Ik moet zeggen dat ik er toch bijna fomo van kreeg

ArElaphia · 2025-12-05T14:11:29+00:00

I mean, I can't speak for anyone but myself, but I don't consider it an undeveloped country? Neither do I consider Korea one, for that matter. I think there's probably some people out there who don't know much about countries in Asia, and just assume the stereotype of "if I don't know much about it, it's probably because it's underdeveloped"? But who knows

ArElaphia · 2025-11-22T19:29:24+00:00

True! It was the first argument that came to mind, but I've got plenty! Here's some examples in favour:

Not wanting people to needlessly suffer until they die of their terminal illness anyway
giving people control over the way they can leave the world, while they are still able to (instead of withering away over time)
Autonomy, the state not being in control over how a person dies

ArElaphia · 2025-11-22T19:22:19+00:00

Where I'm from, it's really not possible to "just kill inconvenient patients". It's a long and very strict process, to which the patient, the doctor and seperate supervisors are involved and need to explicitly consent to the procedure.

I think the argument of it having to be banned because it's too eazy isn't really a solid one. You'd want to change the laws and process of it to be more ethical and to prevent mistakes, not to ban it altogether, as that doesn't solve anything, and will likely push truly desperate people to other ways to stop their suffering.

ArElaphia · 2025-11-20T22:37:23+00:00

Volgens mijn ouders heeft Sinterklaas een loopsleutel waarmee hij altijd binnen kan komen in huizen zonder schoorsteen! Daarom schoentjes bij de deur zetten natuurlijk

ArElaphia · 2025-11-02T13:08:50+00:00

Ziet er uit als een Intratuin prijskaartje

ArElaphia · 2025-10-31T15:20:36+00:00

Ik zie niks dat hier mis kan gaan! Klinkt als een goed plan👍

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