I have got news, one is good the other not so good the third one is bad. I will start with the good news which is the completion of the exams. The exams period is not one of my favourite moments as it limits my movement and time. There isn’t much you can do apart [...]

It has been one of the longest weeks of my life, the snow has continued to fall, it is frustratingly cold and to add salt to the injury I have had the flu the whole week with running eyes and running nose and yes I have to attend lectures as I prepare for the second [...]

Finally, I made it to Bonn to the DAAD headquarters for the second Development-related Postgraduate Course for Young Professionals“(German acronym: AST = Aufbaustudiengänge) meeting. The scheme was established in 1987, currently having over 42 courses offered by different universities in Germany and will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2012. The aim of the first [...]

This has been one of the greatest winter in Bremen, for a long time Bremen has not had the opportunity to experience some serious snow fall or snow for that matter. Most of the older folks recount  how the temperature’s would even go as low as minus 15 and there would be much snow that [...]

Have you finally made your resolutions? It’s already eleven days in to the New Year and I still get the New Year wishes. With the classes resuming today I expect to get loads of wishes from my classmates coming from the brief break that we have had. I have never been good with resolutions; the [...]

First of all it will be in order to start by wishing all the Daad bloggers and all the readers a happy new year! Despite having crossed over from 2009 there are a number of unfulfilled dreams or desires that still linger in our minds and we probably wish we would be given more time [...]

Last Friday marked the end of our first exams, and I am now looking forward to a round trip in Europe to celebrate my Christmas. However, I still have one more week of class work before I can finally take that well deserved break off the books.  It was one of the toughest weeks ever, [...]

Its funny how life can turn out at times, just when you think, that you are very busy and cannot afford to waste time, you end up indulging in some activities which are not only time consuming but fun. This week marked our last lecture and the beginning of revision for exams scheduled for Friday [...]

The past two weeks have really been busy, with deadlines to be met and with exams approaching, getting free time has not been easy. Most of the classes have been running from 9 am till 5 pm with one and half hours for lunch break just enough to grab a bite. Therefore getting time to [...]

I have found it increasingly difficult to be able to apply some of the things that my parents taught such as respect to the elderly in the society. On Wednesday, I was heading to town to buy a few things after a busy day in class; the tram was full due to the increase in [...]