Hello Good people,
This is Humaira, always have been a friendly, outspoken person. I am from Bangladesh (Chittagong) and did my bachelor’s in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. I was a high school physics teacher in an international school before coming here. On 13th July, 2017 I got married with Siam who is currently doing PhD in TU/e. I paid a short visit to Netherlands for two months (October-November) to collect my residence permit. Then I went back to Bangladesh for my reception program. That time we moved to a new apartment in Eindhoven, went on a tour to Paris (first time for me) as well as different cities in Netherlands. When I returned to my country, being sad I saw so many snowy pictures on Facebook. I thought I missed it. Finally, I moved to Eindhoven on March,2018. After one week, I had not recovered from jetlag that time, woke up early to a mesmerizing view of snow as a magnificent carpet on the road in front of my house. I went out with my cousin who came to visit me and played with snow like children.
Ahhhhhhh!! What an incident!! We decided to settle here and did not want to feel like a tourist here. I like to be a part of an International community. Fortunately, immediately after coming here I came to know about “Get in Touch” program from Reffat, who also participated in different Git activities earlier and was very enthusiastic about it. I still remember the day Reffat introduced me to Carola saying, “you are going to enjoy this a lot because Carola is such a kind-hearted person”. That is how my journey begins in Get in Touch that occurs once a week. My first Git experience is unforgettable. It was a dance lesson where Thasni was teaching us Indian dance style. I met several spouses from different countries there and enjoyed a lot. That is the day I decided not to skip any other activities organized by Git. Moreover, I specially loved the ending session, where we talk about each other’s experience and interests regarding each day’s activity.
To be very honest, after coming here I was a bit worried about the new beginning of life, new place, new culture. I also wanted to get a new job. Instinctively, we fear change. Luckily, Git was there to assist and guide me. While joining the program, I was thinking it could be a great place to spend some good time. Nonetheless, I am truly happy to say that it is more than that. Throughout my journey I discovered so many useful things like Dutch culture, Chinese embroidery, decoupage, trips, career supporting classes, different dance styles, different cultures and their food and so on. I want to mention particularly two things, firstly I learned biking after coming here. A very big thanks to Megha who gave me time with care and taught me. Secondly, with the help of Carola I enrolled into Dutch class and our teacher Hermine is such a loving person. These helped me a lot to be familiar with Dutch culture. We, the spouses come from different countries with different cultures and languages, but with the same sentiment of leaving our families, adapting to a new culture, finding someone to share our uncertainty; Git represents our emotion, and this is what makes it exceptional.
To be very specific on my special moment regarding Git is when I told about my Git experience in my interview at Thermo Fisher Scientific and got the job (Yaaaaaay)!! Besides, we organized a potluck picnic at Speelpark de Splinter where we tasted different countries food and played like kids. That is one of the most memorable moments I will cherish forever.
I cannot thank enough the most beautiful person inside and outside “Carola” for taking initiative of such a lovely get together that helps women like us become more self-confident and grow together. To all the gorgeous ladies, who are part of Git, “Cheers to life and Git (good friends)!
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