About Me
Hi, my name is Dermot Lee. I am a 28 year old male who grew up in his hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland and did not live anywhere else until I moved to The Netherlands 3 years ago. That photo you see above was taken of me recently while conducting my studies at IBIS. I am the guy right in the middle in the light blue shirt and as you can see having a whale of a time.
Having been here for three years until recently I had not lived inside Amsterdam. Choosing rather to live in places not far from the city like Diemen and Amstelveen. Ik spreek maar een beetje Nederlands and have never studied the language formally. I do not have much call to speak Dutch because my education is in English, I have mostly ex-pat friends and the job I worked at for three years I only spoke English.
Hopefully by studying here I will expand my group of Dutch speaking friends and Dutch natives so I will get the opportunity to speak it more but I will also need to formally study the language either by myself or in a classroom setting.
I enjoy living in this country so it would be beneficial to learn the language not only for the practical benefits of being able to speak the language but also it would be nice to speak another language besides English.