Category: West
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Interlude
休息是爲了走更遠的路 Interestingly, I have not found an English equivalent to this. It goes something like “Resting is for being able to walk an even longer journey“. This is where I am right now.. Coming back to Singapore (which is my base) from 8 months in Germany/Switzerland and having some time to rest, both mentally and physically.…
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Everywhere and nowhere
If I had known that I would stay almost 4 months here, I probably would have approached a few things differently. Coming from 3 weeks in Singapore, the expectation for 6 weeks living in Stuttgart was… well, non-existent. It also didn’t help that I could associate Stuttgart with only 2 things: 1 EUR beers from…
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Service culture
Last Monday I flew with Swiss from Singapore to Zurich. After 5 hours I had to stand up and walk around a bit. A flight attendant pushed a cart along the aisle and blocked my way. Oh wait actually it was the other way around, clearly I was blocking its way since the first thing…
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Making Sense of the East
How many circles of friends do you have? You surely have your best buddies from good old high school times, of course some college friends, and maybe also another group of friends for your favorite hobby? Think about how you’re interacting with each of those circles, you will discover that within each of those groups…