Ieder mens heeft een verhaal! Voor de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam ga ik op zoek naar die verhalen. Alumni vertellen over hun dromen van toen en hun carrière van nu, maar ook studenten en medewerkers komen aan het woord. Een grappige anekdote, een inspirerend verhaal. Over liefde, het leven, studeren en werken, ambities, reizen, vriendschap en familie. Hieronder deel ik de reeds gepubliceerde verhalen (klik op de foto voor tekst). Wil je dagelijks op de hoogte blijven, volg de Erasmus Universiteit op facebook.
“An overachiever? Yes, I guess I always have been”
“The only thing that’s blocking you from achieving anything, is yourself”
“My mum is my BFF but when it comes to men….”
“It only took 9 minutes to get all the gyms cleared”
“I was born in this hospital”
“If it’s about water, it’s for me”
“My psychosis has changed how I see the world”
“I’ll sometimes put a rose in her locker.”
“For ten years I’ve been knocking on people’s doors, now people knock on mine all the time”
“Kijk goed om je heen, zei mijn moeder”
“Daddy went to some very nice birthday parties, though!”
“I’m giving it my best shot”
“After the show, the concertmaster said: ‘I’ve worked here for 25 years, but I’ve never seen anything like this!”
“We hebben allebei de leukste zus ter wereld!”
“My mother is the Christmas chef!”
That’s when I knew; I wanted to do things differently.”
“If you can’t share your experiences and stories with your loved ones or that special person, they suddenly become a lot less valuable”
“Don’t let it happen, make it happen!”
“I thought he was a bit arrogant”
“I wanted an office with airconditioning”
“My son (4) is an EUR product”
“A mop and a bucket – that’s all I had!”
“We have our Christmas dinner in pyjamas!”
“We used to play doctors when we were young!”
“Work is like a marathon; the last 10 kilometres are hell!”
“We decided to listen to each other’s heart as a symbol of love”
“My son jokes that now I become a housewife doing the laundry”
“Our soccer club is named after a book of Erasmus: Antibarbarorum Liber”
“Go out and see things for yourself! “
“One person starts his career at the university, I’m ending it here”
“My wife helped fold cake boxes”
“I’ve always loved visiting hospitals”
“As an ISS alumnus I’ve been able to make significant steps in my career in Uganda”
“It would be great to read more from Foucault and Sartre”
“I cried all the way to Ireland”
“I want to make the world a better place”
“That’s when my life really began”
“The best thing about my work is lecturing”
“It’s admirable how people try to make the best of such a difficult, inhumane situation”
“We organised a three course meal in the Ronald McDonald House”
“Writing is in my DNA!”
“My grandparents had to walk several kilometres, barefoot sometimes, to school and back.”
“I want to be a role model for my three kids”
“Slow down, Dianne, they’ll say. But how can I? Life is passing me by, and fast”
“Sündüz is my surrogate mother”
“I still don’t understand why my parents left me, but through this I learned to stand on my own two feet”
“Don’t waste time – life can suddenly be over!”
“For a long time, I felt that I had to live up to someone else’s expectations”
“What drives me is versatility – that’s where I get my energy from”
“My mission continues”
“I didn’t like coffee, that’s why I work at Starbucks”
“I never felt like a foreigner until I moved to the Netherlands”
“It might lead you right into the arms of the love of your life!”
“I lived in my garden shed for a year”
“I wanted a job in which I could really make an impact”
“I don’t see patients face to face, but because I get to examine their blood, I kind of bond with them”
“I was forced to work at Erasmus University”
“Together we are stronger!”
“It’s all about people!”
“’I never know what to say when people ask me what my daughter studies’, my mom says”
“We were fighting about drugs”
“Making lots of money is not important”
“Refugees just want a safe home and a good future for their children, just like everyone else does”
“Ik wílde helemaal geen rechten studeren, ik wil mensen beter maken!”
Make it happen every day!
“These children are the football players, doctors and judges of the future”
“I always end up on the sofa feeling over full, so I’d rather not be wearing a cocktail dress!”
“Even if you do a little bit, you can make a difference”
“I am fascinated by tumours”
“I once nearly knocked Roger Federer over before an important match
“If another employer paid me 1000 euro extra each month, I still wouldn’t leave this place”
“Campus Woudestein feels like home to me”
“I forgot the first and VERY important meeting for Erasmus University College!”
“We are illegals”
“Making the world a better place: that’s all I ever wanted”
“ISS makes me a better person”
“We waren elkaar waarschijnlijk uit het oog verloren als we niet allebei geneeskunde waren gaan studeren.”
“Dancing is my passion!”
“I hate the idea of retiring next year”
“I never did it again!”
“The first time I addressed my father with ‘baba’, he was so proud; I felt ashamed”
