Dutch exam

Had my Dutch exam on Monday, which was a breeze. The exam consisted of two parts, reading and writing. For writing we had to write a two page letter to a uni paper concerning Global Warming, making a point. I went all David Attenborough on their arse, disapproving of the current CO2-centred changes being proposed, claiming that for a healthy environment we also require better protection of nature's fragile food chain, including better planning, fishing quotas, labels to prevent illegally caught fishes from appearing in the supermarket, etc. It's good enough, I'm sure, and will make for a more varied point than just "Global Warming takes place do something!" or "Global Warming is crap let's pollute pollute pollute!"
Reading was even easier. We had a massive two hours to condense a four-page article into 150 words. Seeing as the article was on a historical subject (depictions of natives in the publications of travel journals in the 16th century), I had no difficulty understanding the point it tried to make, and sifting out the important and unimportant bits. High marks, I'm sure.

Also, I collected a lot of information and compiled a list of all battles that took place in the Low Countries from 1200-1500. Linked on the right. It's lengthy - there was lots of fighting - but worth my time; I've never actually encountered a similar list before. Not even the "Kalendarium van de Nederlandse Geschiedenis", which attempts to list all major events in the Low Countries, has them all.