Bram's study in Boston: augustus 2014

New blog website!

In the Spring semester of 2015 I will be blogging for the Wentworth website. To keep following me go to: blogs.wit.edu/grootenb

Update February 2017: Unfortunately the above link doesn't work anymore. That's because after the great year in Boston I transferred to the Eindhoven University of Technology, back in the Netherlands. To read the blogs I wrote on Wentworth's website in 2015 go to: http://web.archive.org/web/20150507172819/http://blogs.wit.edu/grootenb/

Now I'm almost finished with my Bachelor in Applied Mathematics and looking for a good Master I want to pursue. Also, I now play baseball for the Oosterhout Twins in the Dutch Major League! (called: 'de Hoofdklasse' in Dutch).

vrijdag 29 augustus 2014

Farewell

Well, my mom and I had a save flight! Yesterday we landed and got to the Airbnb we hired. After we dropped our bags we went to off to eat. We found a sushi place, which was great! Really delicious. After that we bought our breakfast for the next morning at Whole Foods and went straight to bed. We had a long day, so we were pretty tired. The next morning we finally got our WiFi ;)

On the Wednesday before I left, I said farewell to the two baseball teams I've played with in the last seven years. It was nice to see those guys a last time, before leaving to the US. Here's a picture of me with two coaches from the Bixie Baseball Academy:

I gave my very first practise shirt (size S!) back as a present. It says: "Thanks for the fantastic training" in Dutch. I started at Bixie when I was 11 years old. They have helped me to become a greatly developed baseball player in the six years that I've been with them.

This last season I played on a higher level, with UVV from the city of Utrecht. Also my teammates from UVV were great, so here is my last picture with (a couple of) them:

My coach on the left actually didn't want to take a picture because "they'll think that we're some kind of B-team" Well, I can guarantee you, UVV is defenitely not a B-team. We had about 16 players and were really competitive in our league (the Rookie League, the second/third league in the Netherlands). This was a practice where, unfortunately, a lot of players had to study for important exams.

Now, I have to finish this blog, because my mom is really excited to go discover Boston (me too!). Farewell to all my Dutch friends, I'll see you when it's Christmas ;)

Best,

Bram

zondag 24 augustus 2014

The Beginning

So, this is my first (ever) blog! Obviously that would be the beginning. But I would actually describe this time of August: "the almost-end-of-the-long-preparation."

I'm going to keep it short for now. Tomorrow I'm really going to start packing my bags, because this Thursday (August 28th) my mom and I will be flying to Boston! I'm very excited to start my study, Applied Mathematics, at Wentworth Institute of Technology in September. Tuesday the 2nd is the start of the opening week at Wentworth, Monday the 8th is the official First Day of Classes!

See you soon!
Bram