Sehr verehrte Leserinnen und Leser, Liebe Constipendiaten, wie Sie bereits von dem Titel dieses Eintrages vermuten können, war diese letzte Woche von zahlreichen Aktivitäten im Kreise der Maltesergemeinschaft geprägt. So durfte ich am vorvergangenem Dienstag wieder nach Heitersheim fahren. Die liebevollen Nonnen freuten sich sehr auf den Besuch, sowie wir natürlich auch. Ich war wie [...]

This past week (all of it) was absolutely lovely and fun, but I’m going to focus this blog post mostly on my weekend trip to Berlin. Two things of note from the non-Berlin part of my week: 1) I got ID’d buying chocolates. Seriously. I was getting some groceries at the Rewe (grocery store chain) [...]

The beginning of a new life in Germany, how it all started… I have succesfully completed my Grade 12 year in 2008 and the plan was to study medicine at the University of Pretoria. Application forms were sent in with medicine as my first choice with Dentistry as my second choice. Unfortunately things did not quite [...]

In 1969 Christopher Street in New York was the scenery of the first uprising of homosexuals against police assaults. Since then, gay and lesbian groups have fought for the right to recognition and equality: Legal marriage, adoption, inheritance or the possibility to express affection in public spaces. Last weekend, Berlin celebrated the diversity of sexuality. [...]

The weekend of June 18-20th was the great non-stop party in Dresden’s young hip part of the city called Neustadt. Known to all as BRN…Der Bunten Republik Neustadt: Take all the young, old, alternative and give them a small part of the city for 3 days…you get BRN! I was lucky enough to experience BRN [...]

Onwards to my second blog post ever! This is going to be a bit more about daily life in Germany, including some tidbits that I find amusing. My research is going well, even if I have turned into something of a synthetic organic chemist. It makes me more balanced, of course, but I’ve some organically [...]

This title was sugested by Philip when we were having a grill party among our department colleagues at the university. It was a funny take on a situation where they were roasting Schweinfleisch while I managed to fit in a couple of vegetable chops and Kartoffel puffers in between. Summer is a time to be [...]

Sehr verehrte Leserinnen und Leser, Liebe Constipendiaten, der vergangene Donnerstag stellte, sozusagen, einen idealen Tag dar. Nach dem gemütlichen Frühstück zu Hause, begab ich mich zu der Bücherei Walthari wo ich das Geburtstagsgeschenk für einen Blogleser kaufte. Von dort ging ich zum Bahnhof. Dies mit der Absicht den Zug nach Basel zu nehmen, um die [...]

Es ist bald wieder Zeit für Klausuren. Ich bin hier seit Oktober 2009 und in ein paar Wochen schreibe ich meine zweiten Semester Klausuren. Schon immer in der Schule hatte ich Angst vor Klausuren. Aber nur weil ich mich immer aufrege. Die Gedächtnis von einem ergibt immer ein Gefühl und das kommt von den Gedanken [...]

The largest sports event is taking place in my country and even though I am not present physically, I can still feel the soccer fever!! I have always been a huge soccer fan and that is why this huge event drives every muscle in my body to excitement. With South Africans around there, the 2010 World [...]