{"id":83738,"date":"2017-03-04T09:29:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T08:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e52.nl\/?p=83738"},"modified":"2017-03-04T09:29:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T08:29:35","slug":"internationals-in-eindhoven-tamara-from-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/internationals-in-eindhoven-tamara-from-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Internationals in Eindhoven: Tamara from Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

People from many different countries live, study and work in Eindhoven. Every week, E52 has a talk\u00a0with an international about what brought them here and what life is like in Eindhoven. Read all the stories here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who: Tamara Pharadashvili<\/em>
\nCountry of Origin: Georgia<\/em>
\nWork: Communications Officer at Bambi Medical<\/em><\/p>\n

HighTech Plaza, a building on the High Tech Campus, is the buzzing work location of a diverse group of start-ups. One of them is Bambi Medical<\/a>, the company Tamara works for. We meet her in the early morning at her already full and busy office. \u201cI joined Bambi Medical via the Expat Spouses Initiative<\/a>. Fabio Bambang Oetomo, CEO of Bambi, contacted me and asked me if I was interested in working for the start-up. I\u2019m very happy he asked. This product has so much great potential. It changes the lives of babies and their parents. When I joined, there wasn\u2019t really a lot and look at where we are today: working on prototypes and there is lots of interest in the Bambi Belt<\/a> from all over the world. It has been quite a rollercoaster in such a short amount of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Tamara\"<\/a>
Tamara: “I enjoy a healthy lifestyle. That\u2019s why I like to go to the gym on campus after work.” \/ Photography: Diewke van den Heuvel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When we are talking about Tamara\u2019s life in Eindhoven, it turns out she is a very active person: \u201cI enjoy a healthy lifestyle. That\u2019s why I like to go to the gym on campus after work. And also to go on bicycle tours with my husband or friends.\u00a0 We discover nice places around Eindhoven and visit the villages. Of course, we like to go out, for instance, to have drinks at the Drinkers Pub and Van Moll. Did you know you can play board games at Van Moll? I think it makes it extra fun to go there with friends and have a good time. And they have lots of different beers on tap and I love to try them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently, Tamara is learning Dutch at the Volksuniversiteit: \u201cEverybody in our group is very motivated to learn Dutch and we practice a lot. My husband and I have been here quite some time now and learning the language is the first step to proper integration in society. When you only speak English here, you miss a lot of what is going on in daily life. Now I can understand what is announced on the train station or what the cashier in the supermarket asks me. Understanding Dutch breaks down a wall for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

That being said, Tamara points out that there is one threshold for her when it comes to our language: \u201cI would love to visit the theatre more often, but most of the time the performances are in Dutch. It\u2019s difficult to understand when you don\u2019t speak Dutch fluently. Some theatre shows in English would be nice! My favourite cinema is Natlab. They have all the new art house movies. During the day, when I\u2019m not working,\u00a0 I like to visit places where I spent time drinking coffee and reading in a peaceful setting, like Coffeelovers in bookstore Van Piere. Also, I would love to see a bigger variety of places like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

It looks like Tamara has embraced her life in Eindhoven: \u201cIn a nutshell, this helps to become accustomed to the Dutch life: get a bicycle to get around the city, learn some basic Dutch and upgrade your planning skills. The Dutch plan very precisely and 4 years ago when I just got here, I thought that was very funny. But now I\u2019m doing it too,\u201d she concludes laughing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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