Secret Agent
It seems that these days we have to be very careful when we are talking or even whispering since there are secret agents who are following the conversations of the people. More »
DIE ZENSIERTE VERSION MEINER LISTE “GUTER“ VORSÄTZE FÜR DAS JAHR 2010
Beim Durchsehen alter Unterlagen entdeckte ich diese Liste halb-ernster Vorsätze für das Jahr 2010. Zugegeben: Das Allerpeinlichste habe ich rausgestrichen. Wenn’s lang genug her ist, ergänze ich die Liste. Versprochen. More »
We are in danger of forgetting
There is a period between the worst of times and the best of times in which there is a lull…. The relief of having escaped a horrible circumstance tempts us to ease More »
The Vacation
As many of you know, Dhofar is a region where working and driving is still taboo for many women. It is a region where marriages are arranged, female genital mutilation is widely More »
MANCHE GEFÜHLE LEBEN NUR IN BESTIMMTEN SPRACHEN
Plötzlich weinte ich. Es war der Festtagsmorgen, an Bayram. Wir saßen in Oxford am Frühstückstisch, als im Radio eine Sendung über das Bayramfest in Deutschland lief. Der Moderator erzählte von Vätern, die More »
Jam Matahari Saya Rusak
Tinggal di kawasan khatulistiwa seperti Indonesia membuat saya terbiasa mengandalkan matahari untuk menandai waktu. Jika sinar matahari jatuh miring, artinya jam 10 pagi. Matahari tepat di atas kepala artinya jam 12. Matahari More »
Secret Agent
It seems that these days we have to be very careful when we are talking or even whispering since there are secret agents who are following the conversations of the people.
DIE ZENSIERTE VERSION MEINER LISTE “GUTER“ VORSÄTZE FÜR DAS JAHR 2010
We are in danger of forgetting
There is a period between the worst of times and the best of times in which there is a lull…. The relief of having escaped a horrible circumstance tempts us to ease back for a while and eventually the memory of how bad things used to be fades.
We start to convince ourselves that things are fine now because we use the worst circumstance as a reference point instead of using the best of circumstances as an aspirational goal to work towards.
The Vacation
MANCHE GEFÜHLE LEBEN NUR IN BESTIMMTEN SPRACHEN
Jam Matahari Saya Rusak
Tinggal di kawasan khatulistiwa seperti Indonesia membuat saya terbiasa mengandalkan matahari untuk menandai waktu. Jika sinar matahari jatuh miring, artinya jam 10 pagi. Matahari tepat di atas kepala artinya jam 12. Matahari mulai terbenam, artinya sudah jam 6: saatnya rehat sejenak, merenggangkan otot, dan masuk ke malam.
