Für den Krieger gibt es keine unmögliche Liebe. Er lässt sich vom Schweigen, von der Gleichgültigkeit oder der Abweisung nicht einschüchtern. Er weiß, dass hinter der eisigen Maske, die die Menschen aufsetzen, ein feuriges Herz schlägt. Daher riskiert der Krieger auch mehr als andere. Unablässig sucht er die Liebe eines Menschen zu gewinnen, auch wenn…
Read moreabout drowning
just overread in one of coelho’s books: we don’t drown if we get our head under water every now and then. we only drown if we stay there. i believe.
Read moreit never dies inside you
being a journalist is probably one of these jobs that is more an attempt-on-life than a chosen profession. i was always curious about things (and kept asking my parents and everybody around me a million questions..), so even if i am a trainee in brussels now, the journalist inside me is neither quiet nor dead….
Read moreno one ever said it would be this hard
Nobody said it was easy No one ever said that it would be this hard Oh take me back to the start I was just guessing at numbers and figures Pulling your puzzles apart Questions of science, science and progress Do not speak as loud as my heart Tell me you love me, come back…
Read morea clean sheet
one of the most beautiful commercials i have seen in the past years. because after all it”s all about the passion for the things you love. like hockey. “If i give you a clean sheet, what will you write. Will it be poetry, or just plain english. If you have something to say, say it…
Read morethings that shouldn’t remain unsaid
i was thinking of it for weeks, if not months: writing to riittas mom. päivi is one of the kindest persons i ever got to know. when i went to see her parents for the first time, it was far from akward as it normally would be. they made me feel a member of the…
Read moremy boss is a blogger
as my colleague georg holzer already pointed out in his blog our bosses are finally going 2.0 as well. in a blog entitled “chefblog” reinhold dottolo, adolf winkler, hubert patterer and thomas götz will try to give the kleine zeitung’s readers an insight view of daily life at a newspaper. so far there have been…
Read morestuck in a (metro)-moment
another one for brussels-beginners: there are only two ways to really get around in a reasonable time during rush hours: your feet and the metro. i did an experiment yesterday, trying to figure out if i should rather walk to the metro-station or take the tram. i took the tram and it took me no…
Read more(en)counters of the expensive kind
lesson number three: if you really intend to actually waste money buy your own food (see lesson number two below first) don’t do it right next to the european quarter. i just paid 33 euro (no kidding), for a sandwich, cookies, bananas, apples, a pizza, a shower gel and a sald. al capone would turn…
Read morebuffet, the take-away-way
lesson number two: you don’t buy food in brussels. it is offered to you. yesterday i threw all the lessons i was taught as a journalist (you’re not there for the buffet, you’re there for a story) and joined fellow workers on a buffet-trip which lead us first to european comission (vernissage: chilean wine, mediocre…
Read morea long walk home
belgian lesson number one: never lose your nerve. belgians are some of the most relaxed people i’ve got to know up until now. i was rushing (and i mean ruuushing) to the metro yesterday to get to the office in time on my first working day. though there was a million people on the train,…
Read morerule britannia
so after driving hours after hours we finally arrived in brussels, stopping by at christoph’s in münster before. saw all the tourist stuff and decided to take the trip to england. and quite honestly, england never seemed really charming to me. i have ro revise my opinion, people were extrordinarily friendly and welcoming wherever we…
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