Sehr verehrte Leserinnen und Leser, Liebe Constipendiaten, Seit Anfang dieser Woche, die letzte der vorlesungsfreien Zeit denn es sind keine richtigen Ferien, und einem Jahr und eine Woche nach meinem Ankunft in Freiburg, genieße ich auch ein für unsere heutige Gesellschaft typisches Kommunikationsmedium: ich habe ein Fernsehen. Die 40 zur Verfügung stehenden Sender ermöglichen eine [...]
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On the 8th of this month, I attended the International Week organized by the Fachhochschule (Technical University) Dortmund. It was a week-long event, but the DAAD South Asia division had a lecture to be delivered by its chief Dr. Dorothea Jecht on this particular day about opportunities for students to pursue higher studies and research [...]
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Weihnachten kommt näher
Hallo, bei dieser Woche kann man schon spüren, dass Weihnachten kommt. In Geschäft werden Weihnachtskuchen verkauft. Die Farbe Rot nimmt immer mehr Platz ein. Das Wetter wird auch immer kälter. Heute gab es schon 0°C in Marburg den Daten des Internets nach. Ich habe schon angefangen, mich für den Winter vorzubereiten. Dafür habe ich heute [...]
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Don’t you dare cross the road when the light is read you criminal
It’s all a question of perspective I guess. A German friend of mine once told me. He said: One has to respect others, no doubt about that. And, without two shadows of a doubt, the rules are there to punish those who, when exercising their right to have rights, go too far and step upon [...]
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The Einleben phase..
Hello readers I had been away from this blog for quite a considerable length of time as I was busy moving to Erlangen and settling in. So many things have happened in the past 2 weeks that its impossible to describe everything in detail without making this article an endless essay. But I shall still [...]
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Preparing to go back home!
Its funny how time moves so fast, its now the third month since I arrived in Germany and most of the things which appeared to frighten me are now behind my back and are now part of my daily lifestyle. However, for someone who has been here for two years the story might be different [...]
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Malteserkreuze in Baden
Sehr verehrte Leserinnen und Leser, Liebe Constipendiaten, In diesem Blog habe ich schon einmal von meinem Interesse an dem Wirken und Geschichte des letzten Kreuzritterordens der Welt erzählt: der Souveräne Hospital- und Militärorden von Hl. Johannes von Jerusalem, Rhodos und Malta, kurz, der Malteserritterorden. Ein Orden,der mit einer 900-jährigen Geschichte, als Vorläufer sowohl der Vereinten [...]
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Beim Arzt
Hallo, diese Woche hatte ich Grippe und ging deshalb zum Arzt. Man sagt, dass ein normaler Student in Deutschland d.h. versicherter Student nur eine sogenannte Chipkarte und 10euro mitbringen muss, um zum Arzt zum gehen. 10euro muss man nur ggf. alle drei Monate bezahlen d.h. wenn er am Datum T den Arzt X besucht, muss [...]
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Who told you linguistics are about language?
Premise number 1: Science is based upon empirical observable facts Premise number 2: Linguistics are the science of language. Silogism: Linguistics, as a science that they are, are based upon empirical observable facts. Linguistics, as any other branch of science, commits itself to the foundation, proof and/or rejection of theories according to the observable empirical [...]
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Learning the Hard Way
Waking up has never been more difficult than it has been in the course of this week, with temperatures ranging from 15 degrees Celsius and waking up to a cold and fogy morning! Unfortunately, I had to live by the principle of ‘the early bird catches the worm’, reason being that I had to extend [...]
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Enough food and drink sampling at Anuga? How about some German technology? Just outside Hall 8 of the fair, a mini Zeppelin was spotted hovering above our heads. This fascinating craft is operated by Friedrich, a 20-year-old electrical engineering undergraduate. He flies this Zepplin nine hours a day and walks about at the north entrance [...]
When we leave home and head to a foreign country to study, one of the things we miss the most is FOOD. All those delicious things that reminds us our home country!! At the Anuga, we found people from every part of the world offering their typical food so we can have them at the [...]