Even better

We all play a "role" in life... to some extent. Some of us even end up believing ourselves. These roles can be influenced culturally, professionally and otherwise.

How far should we go to conform to the society / subculture in which we are living? One extent is "the excentric" (Paradiesvogel) and the other is "the girl next door" (Mauerblümchen)...

Where do you place yourself? Nowadays, are we at all able to be "in touch" with our true selves?

Gut feeling

I hate it when people cancel appointments at the last minute. Today, I had one appointment at 5 pm and one at 6pm. Got an sms at 4:20 that the first person wouldn't make it. Fine, life happens.

It's now 6:21 and I'm still waiting... Somehow the whole afternoon I had the feeling this would happen...

Oh well, it's not like I don't know what to do with my spare time...

Everything zen

The semester has started, classes have been attended, homework has been done, texts have been read... All in all, I must say that I'm very satisfied about my classes up to now, and excited about doing my masters degree.

I have a lot of school work to do, and I'm working alot of hours a week, but somehow I feel productive, active and fulfilled. I'm surprused I'm not panicking, but I guess I'm growing. I actually have the feeling that I can trust my abilities to manage the challenge of mastering my studies.

There's a word in German for that, it's called Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung. And mine is very positive. What a nice feeling.

Quand on cherche l'amour...

Je suis l'exemple de mon ancien collègue de travail et ami Dino, et j'ose écrire en français!

Donc, pour ceux qui s'intéressent à la musique francophone / québécoise, voici une chanteuse qui a une voix extraordinaire. Malheureusement, je ne peux pas afficher le vidéo directement ici, mais cliquez sur le lien, ça vaut la peine!

Natasha St-Pier

Then & Now... Robyn

Here she was in 1997. I LOOOOVED this song and would sing to it, dream to it, fell in love to it...




And here the more recent stuff... 11 years later, she's matured, and I must say that I don't dislike the more electronic direction she's taken... It sounds less mainstream, more individual... Very different, but I also like it.

Elections in Canada

We'll have a new Prime Minister today... I hope!

I wasn't allowed to vote, based on the fact that I do not, for now, have the intention of returning to Canada in the long term, but if I'd have been allowed to, I would have voted for Jack Layton (Leader of the New Democratic Party).

Brain defect

When lost in my own thoughts, I keep thinking to myself, "When I grow up, it would be nice to live in... When I grow up, I'll have a garden... When I grow up, I'll travel with my girlfriends once a year..."

26

It's a beautiful autumn day in Berlin today. As I walked out the door, a bright ray of sun struck my face and a cool breeze carrying the last remnants of the fading summer tickled my skin.

Leaves are falling everywhere and their dark colours pave the sidewalks.

I am 26 years old, starting my Masters degree in Education, in a loving relationship that has been going on for 7 years now and surrounded by honest and caring friends.

Life is good...