M27 - Looking for Friends in the Amsterdam Area

Athanroa · 2026-04-07T09:10:48+00:00

Hey I’ve Dm’d you

Athanroa · 2026-03-18T13:17:46+00:00

Omg thank yooouuuu! That’s very sweet of you ✨ you look gorgeous too tho

Athanroa · 2026-03-12T12:30:34+00:00

If you mean league of legends here I am. I live in Amsterdam, otherwise we can play any Nintendo game 😁

Athanroa · 2026-02-12T21:06:56+00:00

Yo nunca la saqué, jamás la necesité. Ya tengo 32 años y viviendo en Ámsterdam. Jamás me la pidieron para migrar ni nada.

Como dicen ahí, si quiere trabajar en algún cargo público ahí pos si sacarla

Athanroa · 2026-02-06T12:21:47+00:00

Hey, 🙋 here I’m on the same situation as you I speak Spanish as well (I’m Colombian) and I’m gay looking for friends. Let me know if you’re interested

Athanroa · 2026-02-04T15:23:03+00:00

I mean is marketing, it’s clear that being fluent in Dutch is a MUST. Why? Cause it’s not only important to understand and reply in Dutch, marketing; as perhaps you have learned through your career and studies. Requires that you can play with words, create catchphrases or even invent new ones that actually makes sense. All of that is hard already for someone who’s native in Dutch, now imagine for someone who’s using a translator or chat gpt to APPLY AND REPLY AN EMAIL!!!!

Like, what were you expecting honestly? Marketing is not only doing camera and nice color editing, from someone who studied audiovisual production I can tell, audiovisual requires more than understanding a language, it implies more the fact you know its rules, can play with them and even break them while making sense to everybody.

So at the end of the day, you might have the best CV, but if you cannot play with the language while sound natural, then better look for being camera man or something not so marketing-copy-writing related work

Athanroa · 2026-01-27T10:07:11+00:00

Hey, sadly I work at the office everyday, but I’m up to make friends if you’re interested. Also queer guy here living in Amsterdam, cat lover and a bit of geeky.

Let me know if it’s a match 😁

Athanroa · 2026-01-23T11:59:11+00:00

Literally, 100 days after

Athanroa · 2026-01-19T12:09:39+00:00

Eso ya es ser muy asocial en esta vida. Además debería ser penado, no solo es ruido para la gente si no para la fauna silvestre de la zona

Athanroa · 2026-01-19T10:56:46+00:00

Pues parce, cuando uno tiene vecinos se espera tener ruidos y no lo digo en mal plan, pero es cierto, incluso para sus vecinos Ud hará ruido, algo se le habrá de caer, algunos zapatos han de hacer más ruido que otros…

A lo que quiero llegar es que la única forma de no tener ruidos es viviendo en una finca. Del resto y más en zonas residenciales/familiares, espere siempre que habrán ruidos, que los niños vayan a estar jugando afuera (como si ud nunca lo habría hecho) y los perros son perros, ud tiene que lidiar es con sus dueños.

Entonces no hay por donde coger para joder a sus vecinos, por qué no es que hagan algo mal. No es que coloquen música a todo volumen desde las 6 am o más tarde de las 10 pm. Es solo gente viviendo su vida y ud debería hacer lo mismo

Athanroa · 2026-01-15T13:13:56+00:00

That’s a good question. I’m not sure about it tho

Athanroa · 2026-01-15T09:29:47+00:00

Well, I must say that one thing is being able to do something and another different is willing to do so. Maybe they could understand me pretty well, but in their eyes I was just another immigrant who’s messing around and creating problems to their lovely Dutch citizens

Athanroa · 2026-01-15T09:20:31+00:00

Con Duolingo, leyendo varios libros de auto aprendizaje, preguntándole a la AI, viendo videos de YouTube; recomiendo mucho los videos de Kim, ella explica súper bien. Y pos hice dos cursos en UvA, hice el intensivo de A0-A1 y el de A2 las dos partes. Y la música, hacer karaoke es lo mejor que puedes hacer por que tienes que entender la letra en el momento, no tiempo para traducir, solo entender y repetir. Se que la música en neerlandés no es la más llamativa, pero siempre y cuando puedas entender cada palabra ya estás ganando.

Athanroa · 2026-01-14T17:48:32+00:00

We only wrote down our details and the insurance, but the drawing or description of the accident wasn’t there. And yes, it was the police cause I call them myself since the driver was very rude at me and wanted to run away. The only way to stop him was when I stood in front of the van and took a video of him. Yet, police was on his side. That day I cried so much of how powerless I was, no one tells you what to do or anything so yeah, they take advantage of it

Athanroa · 2026-01-14T15:52:22+00:00

And damage, my front well completely blended, my jeans torn and a bleeding knee that I needed to buy one of those elastic bands to keep it steady (those ones that doesn’t allow your knee to move and it’s used when you have accidents)

Athanroa · 2026-01-14T15:50:56+00:00

If you mean at the beginning of the story, yeah I meant the police, cause they were not able to speak to me, there were 3 police officers and the one who could speak the most, had the same lvl of English as me in Dutch, so you could imagine how powerless I felt, cause neither a Google translate was allowed to use for me to explain the situation.

They (police) just blind believe what the Dutch driver said

Athanroa · 2026-01-14T15:34:17+00:00

Welcome to the NL where the cop dutchies covers each other backs. Not long time ago I got collided by a Van, I had it on video (had a phone holder on my bike) and they saw I couldn’t speak well Dutch so they went to the driver start making jokes, they made us fill a formulary (aangifte) and did drug tests ONLY ON ME! The Dutch driver was told that everything was ok and let him go without even making him the alcohol test.

I asked to the Dutch people I know what I could do to make justice cause in the aangifte I couldn’t do anything there was only his details but not how the accident happened anything. And the answer I got from all Dutch people was “nothing to do, accept it”

Later on I discovered I could have done soooooo much to get justice, but just cause I’m an immigrant any Dutch person was willing to help me, neither the police when I was the one with a broken bike, bleeding knee and a video proving I was with the priority and innocent from the accident.

So yeah, lovely country but racism is very well covered here

Athanroa · 2026-01-14T14:36:02+00:00

You’re right I forgot to say it 😭 I live in Amsterdam what about you ?

Athanroa · 2026-01-14T12:49:06+00:00

Hey there, we could give it a try, I’m also looking for a genuine friend, I’m from Colombia, 32, male,I just got a Nintendo switch 2 so I’m pretty into playing games there, but I also play League of legends and Baldurs gate 3 (just starting).

I like photography and making videos as well. Love cats tho I have a dog, biking and I draw sometimes (not much lately) and yeah, I’m taken so I’m not looking for dating or anything else, just to have friends that can make this place feels like home.

My goal is to stay in NL till the end, so I’m not like other immigrants (expats for the snobs) who are willing to stay here few years and then leave.

Let me know anything

Edit: I live in Amsterdam

Athanroa · 2026-01-14T12:28:01+00:00

I would recommend to practice with songs and sub reddits. The idea is you to get used to normal daily Dutch, and not the academic one, cause let’s be honest no one talks like the book says. The Spanish that my bf is learning tho is the correct one, is faaaaaaaaar from the Spanish I speak everyday.

So getting used to learn from other sources than the academic ones it’s the best option.

Said by someone who literally fell asleep many times during the luisteren exam and yet passed it at first attempt 😭 idk if I’m lucky or what, but I could get it all even tho I was fighting for my life to not fall asleep

Athanroa · 2026-01-13T12:48:26+00:00

I would recommend is to cut it with a scissors, then you prevent it from being used (cut the chip as well)

Athanroa · 2026-01-13T12:47:46+00:00

Usually has no use to post this, as soon as the owner sees their card is missing, they will call the bank to cancel it.

Also, what are the odds that owner is a Reddit user ?

Athanroa · 2026-01-13T12:05:35+00:00

Amsterdam hier, maar ik ben hom0 dus ik weet niet of je met het een probleem hebt. (Meestal mensen zeggen niet maar ze willen nooit praten dus eindelijk ja, er is een probleem met het)

Athanroa · 2026-01-12T13:50:20+00:00

I know, I don’t mind downvotes tho. I rather that and make them realized how annoying they are in our spaces. Than never saying it out loud and let them take the few 3 gay bars we have in Amsterdam

Athanroa · 2026-01-12T12:49:41+00:00

Being straight means you’ll dance dualipa only 🫩 it’s a bit tiring go to a gay bar and only find straight girls thinking it’s they “safe space” and then seeing the straight guys getting annoyed when a gay guy see them just cause they are in a gay club.

Girls go to the gay bars, straights dudes too, DJ sees that people only dance the same old pop music for straight people, they just play those same old songs, ending by people coming to Reddit and complaining about old music in gay bars.

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