Last monday, I did the second part of my German exams. I haven’t got the results yet…. A familiar feeling of emptiness came over me as I walked out of the exam centre. That is what normally happens when I conclude a stressful phase of my life. The past few weeks had been hell: I… Read More »
No, it wasn’t exactly a nudist beach. I was in Leipzig with some colleagues yesterday. One of my colleagues stays, with her kids, in Leipzig. Since there wasn’t much to do here on Sunday we decided to go visit them. We got to her house, had a brunch and later headed for the beach. I… Read More »
Zwartboek is the original title of the Paul Verhoeven movie I went to see at the cinema yesterday evening. I went with a Dutch colleague, his German girlfriend – and colleague – and another German colleague. It is a movie about a Jewish Dutch lady who was part of a resistance in Holland during the… Read More »
I went along with some of my colleagues on a bike trip yesterday. It was from Halle to Bitterfeld, a journey of about 30 kilometres. Now, that in itself is enough to blog about, but the reason for this blog is that I, literally, ruined the bike of one of my colleagues. For the sake… Read More »
Yea, finally got to talking about my trip. It was really nice. I met this guy who gave me really new thoughts about my project… no need for specifics; you will only find it boring. I read somewhere that all PhD students should find 10 words that would summarise their project for anyone who asks;… Read More »
Yesterday was my birthday, and if you read what I posted last year you would know that I am not a major fan of birthday celebrations. I am in Maastricht after a brief meeting in Amsterdam. I had some fun in Amsterdam and I will write more about it when I get back to Halle.
We have a costume party in the institute today so I am getting ready for it. I am going as someone from the Baroque era… Will post some pictures tomorrow.
I was in Berlin yesterday to see the family I stayed with the other time. Actually, one of the reasons I went was to leave Halle and let off some steam. I mean, no matter how smart one is, no matter how ambitious one is, one still finds that there are times that one simply… Read More »
I’ve been out of circulation for a while now…. It has been due to a mixture of being extremely busy – have to take some classes, working on my German, started refreshing my French, and working on my methodological framework – and generally not being sure if anything worth putting here has really happened. Oh… Read More »
Today I wake up in the house of a Nigerian family in Berlin. Those who have read a bit of this would know about the time I was stranded at the airport, and a Nigerian lady, Lola, took me to her house. Well, I spent the weekend with her family. (for those who are not… Read More »