Now that B has done her 40 questions, I feel like doing mine too. I started some time before New Year's Eve but gave up when I couldn't think of some answers.

1. What did you do in 2016 that you'd never done before?
Yoga. Had a fling. More medical stuff. Salsa dancing. My taxes.

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make ( Read more... )

I am on leave for eight days next month, and I haven't got a clue what I'm going to do with it. This is an utter disaster ( Read more... )

1. What did you do in 2015 that you'd never done before?
Apart from a lot of medical stuff? Made a wreath for advent. Went to a cabaret show.

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?I kept them for some time... to some extent... better luck next year with the daily struggle against my inner Schweinehund ( Read more... )

The other day I read an article about a Turkish guy living in Berlin who apparently came pretty close to joining ISIS, but didn't because of his intervening aunt. It was written in German ( Read more... )

For the first time in 10 years, I will be spending Christmas without my family this year. To take even more fun out of it, I have to work through Christmas and New Year's. But I am determined to get into the Christmas spirit nonetheless, and so I have decided to uphold some of our home Christmas traditions ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm here to whine. About my work schedule. I was working last weekend and the weekend before, on both days, 8am to 8pm, and I want a day off. I am once again realising how much I love sleeping in. I am actually counting down the days until Saturday when I will finally be able to sleep in ( Read more... )

Have I mentioned that I get to see the most beautiful sunrises from my living room window?
And I'm semi-addicted to taking photos of them...


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I am probably just writing to myself by now, after having neglected this blog for the past 6 months...

So, what's new?

I'm two and a half months into internship now. I've made a couple of discoveries and conclusions.

• It is not as scary as I expected. I have had only very few moments where I was out of my depth, and it always turned out fine.
• Hard ( Read more... )

I'm moving to Durban. Yesterday it became official, when all the Wits students received their allocations for internship for the next two years ( Read more... )

Tonight, a sixteen-year-old girl got a new lease on life, while a newborn boy is facing a life with disability ( Read more... )