If you’re a fresher, this may be the first time you’ve ever lived away from home. So how should you socialise, feed yourself and look after your health?
You don’t realise until you leave home just how idiosyncratic every family is, and how many of its customs are tacit, invisible, or maintained by someone else. Now you’re among people who emphatically aren’t related to you. How would you have any idea which of your practices were universal, and which common courtesies your upbringing had totally skipped? How do you even know how to keep your own body and soul together without the behind-the-scenes input of parents, who also have peculiarities of their own? Here’s a starter pack on how to function.
Something quick that has protein in it and is not toast. Suggestion: an omelette.
Something that is a full meal, covers protein and vegetables, and can be eaten over several days. Suggestion: bolognese or vegetarian chilli.
Something that you can scale up to feed two or four without bankrupting yourself or showing off. Suggestion: pesto pasta, but please always add broccoli right at the end – such a small price to pay to not get scurvy.
Something that you can make for others that is comforting and nobody can take against or be allergic to. Suggestion: risotto.
Something that you can just pour boiling water over, like a cup of tea, only it’s food. Suggestion: miso soup or soba noodles.
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OzGFK has added a photo to the pool:
February 2026.
Hakuba, Japan.
Fuji 400H Pro.
Fuji GW 690iii.
Vanbar dev, dslr scan.
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WASHINGTON (ANP/AFP) - De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump heeft een weekend op Camp David ingekort om zaterdag onverwacht terug te keren naar het Witte Huis. De regering heeft geen verklaring gegeven waarom Trump niet langer op zondag zou terugkeren vanaf Camp David, een afgezonderd presidentieel complex op het platteland van Maryland, zoals eerder was aangekondigd.
De wijziging in de plannen kwam nadat de door Saudi-Arabië geleide coalitie, die vecht tegen de Houthi's in Jemen, zaterdag liet weten dat de door Iran gesteunde groep een ballistische raket op Riyad had afgevuurd.
Het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken en een reeks Amerikaanse ambassades in de regio hebben veiligheidswaarschuwingen afgegeven aan Amerikanen.
In de waarschuwingen wordt gewezen op "de kans op een onvoorziene escalatie" en wordt opgemerkt dat de "door Iran gesteunde Houthi's zich schuldig hebben gemaakt aan vijandelijkheden tegen Saudi-Arabië, waaronder aanvallen op civiele luchthavens".