Dinner Party, and Graduation Party

Well, as I'm won't to do, I find ways to neglect my studies. Today, a guy from my office was celebrating his graduation. He invited everyone from our office, all five of us, to his shindig which was held at his fraternity's club house. This was my first "frat-party" in the Netherlands. Incidentally, this was the first person in astronomy or physics whom I have met and was in a fraternity.

Before hand, those of us who weren't graduating from that office had a little dinner party. Arthur cooked up some Indonesian food, I think it was called Bah Mi, which is quite popular in the Netherlands. They even have hor d'oeuvres flavored like Bah Mi at Borrel parties.

I didn't get to really help prepare food, but got to test out my new tripod.	What you're seeing here is the dwarfing effect.
Dinner time with friends!	And then much fun and song. It started with dust in the wind and never ended.

We dimmed the light, played some guitar, and sang some tunes, sipping on our drinks with delight. We discussed our travels around the world, and about those who hold our heart most dear. Actually, we didn't want to leave for the graduation party.

Alas, we left Arthur's place and went to the Quintus Societeit fraternity clubhouse, and had a merry time presenting the graduate with our gift (a t-shirt with a string-theory innuendo writing upon it). We ended up spending our time there happily together in our own little group - For everyone else was from a different walk of the graduate's life, and we were but his office mates.

Congratulations to Joeren!	There were plenty of speeches given, it felt very wedding-ish.
Oh and it was an open bar! Fraternities are good for something right?	Me, Steven, Leandra, Arthur, Jorris.

Thanks for the great time guys! Happy graduation to you Joeren! Everyone be happy, think about that special someone and smile!