Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category

Wann ist eine Lüge gerechtfertigt?

Notlügen sind in einer Beziehung manchmal notwendig. Wenn eine Frau fragt, „Sehe ich in dieser Kleidung dick aus?“, antwortet ihr Partner natürlich, „Überhaupt nicht!“

Auf diese Frage redet der Mann zum größten Teil doppelzüngig, aber er meint es nicht böse. Offenbar möchte die Frau auf keinen Fall hören, was der Mann eigentlich denkt. [...]

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It’s no big deal

So I turned 25 on Saturday.  There were neither fanciful presents nor whimsical celebrations.  Instead, I resolved to take on a small challenge - I pledged to become a part-time vegetarian.
By that I mean I’m going meat-free a couple of days a week.
You see, people have different motives for turning vegetarian, part-time or otherwise.  Here are some [...]

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P-p-p-poker face!

A hodgepodge of updates / ramblings ahead. I hope this doesn’t mean that my attention span has been reduced to 140 characters or less, especially since I’m not even into Twitter!
Uh, anyway.
1. Grabbed my Lady Gaga tickets yesterday! Unfortunately the Early Bird tickets flew off the shelves like nobody’s business, so I could only lay [...]

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Ich freue mich über…

das neues Thema meines Blogs 
Urlaubstage, wie Heute :)
die CD <<Die Reklamation>>  von Wir sind Helden, die ich gerade über eBay  kaufte
den Deutschkurs am Samstag Morgens
den Jugendstil
tolle Konzerte, Musicals und Filmfestspiele
einzigartige Schuhe
Schnäppchen, z.B. ein schöner türkiser Bolero, der nur $10 kostet
Kaiserschmarrn (mmm… lecker!)
Melange trinken im Café Ritter, nach einem Schaufensterbummel auf der Mariahilferstraße
Samantha Browns <<Passport to [...]

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If there’s one profession I’d kill to have…

…it’s a theatre performer.
Took a few days off work to volunteer at this year’s M1 Singapore Fringe Festival and it was nothing less than an eye-opening experience. 
I have always found it fascinating to work in the art scene, and the liaison work that I did for Futur3 (a Cologne-based theatre company) during the Festival has convinced [...]

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Be Kind, Rewind 2008

Inspired by TIME’s List Issue a few weeks back, I decided to compile my own Top 5 lists to wrap up the year.
 

 
5 Most Awesome Movies 
1. The Dark Knight
2. Sex and the City: The Movie
3. Australia (You gotta love Baz Luhrmann’s style to enjoy this one. Paired with the breathtaking outback view, I’m positive that rugged, [...]

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10 Random Facts About Me (tagged by Meta)

Hehe… Sorry Met I’ve been crazy busy I didn’t have time to do this, but I’m getting down to it now! :)
1. I’m a mad woman when it comes to shopping for calendars
I loooove calendars! Believe it or not, I almost blew some 70 bucks on them at Page One yesterday (they’re having 20% off [...]

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Under the weather

Has anyone seen Maroon 5’s latest video, Goodnight Goodnight?
God, Adam Levine needs to lose some of that facial hair! He looks so much like Steve Carell in The 40 Year Old Virgin in the clip it’s disconcerting.
The video is up on my Vodpod sidebar, if you’re interested.
Anyways, been feeling ill thanks to the nonstop travelling during Lebaran. [...]

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