Burma / Myanmar – A Little Background & Other Curiosities
I am just returning from lunch on the beach. There are tiny bars, with a few chairs, tables and umbrellas, and presumably tiny kitchen. The one I’d selected looked suspiciously […]
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Mingalaba!
Mingalaba (Good day) from Burma! I am writing this while sitting at the beach, seeing golden sand, clear blue water and pittoresque fisherboats, at a mild 27 degrees in the […]
Singapore
Singapore – an amazingly young city, founded in 1819 when Stamford Raffles, British lieutenant-governor of Java, deemed it necessary to have a settlement in the south of Malay for the […]
Thean Hou and Prediction of Future, Kuala Lumpur
The Thean Hou Temple – apparently one of the most beautiful in the country, ca. 3 km south of the city center. Dedicated to the Heavenly Mother, Thean Hou, with […]
Kuala Lumpur
My time in Kuala Lumpur is coming to an end, tomorrow morning I’ll fly to Myanmar. I was here a total of 4 days, interrupted by 3 days in Singapore […]
Hello Malaysia!
Happy New Year to you all! I’ve now safely reached Kuala Lumpur (together with an astonishing 40 kilos of luggage, including my hand luggage!), after my mother and dear friends […]
All Packed – Happy New Year
English below Nach einer tollen sehr feuchtfröhlichen Abschiedsfeier bei meinen lieben Vermietern habe ich jetzt endlich alles gepackt – warum nur dachte ich, ich bräuchte nicht viel Gepäck?? Gleich werde […]
Abschiedsfeier / Good Bye Party
Vielen Dank an alle für die tolle Abschiedsfeier bei mir zu Hause, es hat viel Spass gemacht, und hier das Video – bitte auf den Link klicken – enjoy! Achtung […]
Salamat Pagi
This weekend I attended a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) classroom training – the aim was to learn what to do when standing in front of ca. 40 […]
Vietnam
Vietnam Februar / February 2007
Potsdam – Herbst / Autumn
Some impressions from my interim home town – October 2012 / Einige Eindrücke von meiner zeitweisen Heimat – Oktober 2012
Uzbekistan
Ein paar Urlaubseindrücke April 2012 / Impressions from my vacation April 2012
Gutenberg100
Last night I went to a previously unknown drinks / live-music / karaoke bar in a basement in Potsdam – Gutenberg100. I went with Aliki and Juergen. A really quirky […]
Cook4Friends
We spent a wonderful evening amongst colleagues, cooking together at Cooking4Friends in Berlin – you choose one of three 3-course menus, and the company provide ingredients, drinks (a lot of […]
Berlin Tempelhof
July 2013 – ex-airport Berlin Tempelhof – lonely witness of “Germania”
Explore. Dream. Discover 