I should first of all say Happy New Year. I wish you all a great 2009. This year, I have to get into my dissertation, so much into it that I would only have a few loose ends to tie by the end of the year. I know, it is going to be hard, but… Read More »
I am actually typing this on the train taking me from Hannover to Stuttgart. I am moving from my quiet eastern German town of Halle to a relatively busier Stuttgart. Here is how the edition of Lonely Planet that is about Germany describes Stuttgart: The city [Stuttgart] is… the birthplace of two gadgets that have… Read More »
If you were not to drive from Badagry into Lagos, and you were to take public transportation, or better still a bus, you would notice the high number of traders on that route. I often did this last year, during the time I lived in Badagry. I would get into the bus, sit, with my… Read More »
I am supposed to be on vacation this week, and so I have tried to reduce my net activity to as little as possible. To help me relax I bought me an iPod, downloaded a lot of documentaries, got Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and decided that nothing was going to… Read More »
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 »
I have been reading some interesting blogs lately – this doesn’t mean that I don’t work, but we all know that one can’t work all the time – and I have been adding them to my blog. Keep clicking, keep reading…