staring at the sun

Just because I have the time for it (yeah), once again here comes a song that I randomly remembered. Sometimes I feel like I'm stuck in the 90's...

Semisonic - Secret Smile

Labels: Soundtrack

Hello life, I'm back!
The presentation is over, the exam, too, and Christmas is coming up. Yeah.
It is weird to sit here and do nothing. I know I still should be working as the thesis is not finished yet, and there are a few more credits to be collected before I can finally get this MSc-thing.
But now I just need to take a breath, be alive and not be angry with the body letting a cold in cause the adrenaline stopped.
Today is the day to meet friends and be happy.
Thank you all for being there.

Labels: Leben

Check the project "UDHR 60: What image opened your eyes to human rights?"





PS: 46 pages and a leaking boiler.

Heeey, just real quick:
One of my fellow students made a really sweet clip with picture from our little Sinterklaas event at the Institute yesterday. It's nice to see almost all of the students of my program plus the coordinator in there, and the best about the clip is that the style reminds me so much of Asia ;-)



PS: It was 3 December, of course.

Labels: Leben, Studium

Dear friends of rock music,
(and I say that with a strong German accent, because the one and only thing is "Liebe Freunde der Rockmusik"...)

On the way to the ferry I thought about writing a "supposedly I'm writing my master thesis..." series of posts. It might be funny. But because I'm realizing that the outcome won't be funny - I will have to present in two weeks - I stop the thing before starting it.

I might even try to not write here and on Twitter and wherever...
This is the time to focus and just do it.

Prayers, encouragements etc. are appreciated. Please forgive me if I'm off for some time and kick my ass if you find me doing nonsense stuff.

Soooo... My last music post until December 17th at least: The Brown Feather Sparrow concert finally is online. I couldn't figure out how to link to one specific song, so here comes the player for the whole concert. Check out song number 12. Right band in right place.

Labels: Leben, Soundtrack, Studium

Supposedly I'm writing my master thesis at the moment. Reality is different.

Today I had my last lecture in Prolog, called the insurance and have been fighting with LaTeX. Time flies. Now I figured I'd be too late for the ferry, so I have a few minutes to write a meaningless blog post.

Ah, so about Saturday: Sylvie, Simone, Jaldert and I went to the Weihnachtsmarkt in Düsseldorf. Well, usually I'm not so much a fan of Christmas markets, but I thought it would be nice to go to Germany with German friends and hang out there together and enjoy some German Christmas stuff. So I joined. And indeed it was great fun. You should have seen us storming a bakery for buying pretzels right after we arrived and shopping in dm and Aldi like crazy :-) So now I have a bag of Christmas sweets and even some Maultaschen at home. Aldi Sued rules! And Gluehwein tastes even better if you know that you can't just go to the Schlossplatz and have some...

Anyway, I should go and catch the next ferry!

Labels: Leben

Supposedly I'm writing my master thesis at the moment. Reality is different.

A friend shared her iLike playlist with me on Facebook, full of retro hits... So now I am severely distracted, checking out very important things like if Celine Dion wrote "My Heart Does Go On" herself (no, she didn't, but she didn't write most of her other songs either).

Still giggling about the pink dress of this anti-star of mine, I was a bit shocked that somebody I considered a really "cool one" discovered James Blunt for the US. James Blunt! Aaaaaah. He can't sing! So guess who got him signed? Hint: She is writing hits for Christina Aguilera and Pink, too. No idea?

It's Linda Perry from the Four Non Blondes... Remember? The cool one with the awesome voice and, yes, an "evergreen" to me.

Congratulations for making it to real professionalism. I'm still kind of shocked but admiring the versatility, for sure.

Labels: Soundtrack