{"id":144574,"date":"2022-10-06T12:43:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T10:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=144574"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:26","slug":"im-moving-to-rotterdam-and-im-bringing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/10\/06\/im-moving-to-rotterdam-and-im-bringing\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m moving to Rotterdam and I\u2019m bringing\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you move places, missing family and friends can be tough. Little things, like a gift from a grandparent or a photo of an old friend, can make things easier. Students Quinten, Raphael and Jet show the objects that have sentimental value for them.<\/p>\n

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Raphael, Jet and Quinten talk about the objects that have sentimental value to them.<\/span><\/p>

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Photo of a former friend<\/h2>
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Quinten (in the back) with his friend.<\/span><\/p>

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For Quinten (18, Dutch, BA Economics and Business Economics), who just started at Erasmus University, the pictures of his friends are of great personal value. The longer Quinten talks about these pictures the more it becomes clear \u2013 and it seems as if he only realises this himself during the conversation \u2013 that one photo is very important to him. The picture shows him together with his best friend from primary school with whom he is not in contact anymore. It\u2019s the only framed one in the collection.<\/p>\n

Although looking at it makes him happy, he gets melancholic about the time in his life when he didn\u2019t have to stress about the future and didn\u2019t feel parental pressure behind his decisions. \u201cIt was all about living in the moment and having fun.\u201d Although the boys\u2019 friendship ended because they went to different schools, he is hopeful that maybe one day their paths will cross again.<\/p>\n\n\t

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