Photo by Frans van Zaalen, taken at Utrecht Train Station, on Feb 14th 2018. This is me last Wednesday, on Valentine’s Day. My friend Sylvia and I took the train to 4 different cities and held up our FREE HUGS signs and hugged random strangers for 7 hours. Hugging strangers is something that I’m pretty […]
Happy Monday! And thanks so much for letting me slip into your inbox today! I really like it here! Let me tell you a little (true!) story. Once I was shopping with a friend who didn’t speak Dutch. We went into a small boutique, and my friend pulled a lovely dress off the rack to […]
Sweet darling, You’ve probably done it. And maybe you’ve done it without realising it. I know I’ve done it. And I realised it….too late! Done what? Disagreeing with someone in a way that could be perceived as being too ‘blunt’ or ‘aggressive’. You know – saying things like ‘No way.’ ‘No.’ ‘That won’t work,’ etc. […]
Wow! Can you believe that January is nearly over already? I cannot. Can. NOT! Time sure flies when you’re having fun! And I am! Hope you are too, my dear! Today I wanted to highlight the danger (OMG VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION COMING UP AHEAD) of using the wrong word after certain verbs. For example, many […]
‘Hey, Buffi, my English is good – I watch Netflix without subtitles!’ Does this sound familiar? It sure does to me – I hear All. The. Time. Watching a TV show you understand does NOT mean your English is great. It means you UNDERSTAND what you see and hear. Your PASSIVE knowledge of English is […]
HAPPY NEW YEAR! HAPPY NO FEAR! How the heck are you? Have you missed me as much as I’ve missed you? Are you well-rested and ready to ROCK this fabulous new year? I sure am! It’s been a pretty intense few weeks. I worked really hard, did a fun TV show (De Avond Van Taal, […]
Hello darling! We’re nearly there. The end of 2017. As I look back on a year full of awesomeness (and challenges!), I remember being 7 years old and writing a list of things I wanted to do in the new year. I’ve made a list every year since. When I was 7 the first thing […]
Did you miss me as much as I missed you? I’ve been around. I was coaching Bert for The Voice Of Vlaanderen – did you know that they actually have 2 The Voice shows in Belgium? Vlanderen and Wallonia? Now you know. It was so much fun to do, and I am amazed they were […]
“I want to sound cool when I use English at work.” That’s how a new client started our (lovely) conversation last week. I get it. And so do you, most likely. So let me help you by giving you some fun Business English expressions that will brighten up your day. Not to mention the ears […]
Holy. Moly. I just looked at the calendar and realized that in 6 WEEKS it’s 2018. How crazy is that? 2-0-1-8. In 6 weeks. This year has FLOWN by. Amazing. How do YOU want to spend the rest of the year? What kind of plans are you working on? What do you still want to […]
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