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 »
My mother called me yesterday evening to tell me that they had been forced to stay at home all day because of riots in the town and the whole state. I was told that people were rioting over the results of the gubernatorial elections. It was alleged that it was rigged in favour of the… Read More »
I have been following the April 14th elections on NVS and I have not been surprised by anything. I did not think that we would have a free and fair elections; all I hoped for was that the election would hold anyway, and that people would start getting used to the idea that there are… Read More »
I stumbled on the Nuhu Ribadu the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commision (EFCC) boss interview on the BBC website. Now, I understand that there are many probelms with the EFCC but seeing the man talk on the programme really made me feel that he might actually mean what he is doing as the boss… Read More »
Sorry that I have not been consistent. Well, consistent wouldn’t be the word now, would it? I posted only once, with my worries and ruminations, and then I stopped posting. Now, I am posting again. I think I should say, with a measure of sureness, that I will do more of this as from now… Read More »
Anybody ever worried about steps? Anybody ever thought about how a foot is placed before the other, and then the other before it? I have finished one phase of my life and taking the next step, putting the other foot in front of the present one, seems to be a bigger deal than I ever… Read More »