On Friday I watched Rasmus’ new table being delivered to his flat. This was not quite as boring as it sounds. The table is huuuuuge – can easily seat 10 – and not exactly light. Bringing it up the two flights of quite narrow stairs was not really an option. So… Yes, that’s a big…
So it’s been a week since I last posted but there is a good reason. I’m sick. Actually, when I say it out loud it sounds more like “I’m thick”. Which some people might argue is still pretty accurate. I took last Thursday and Friday off work in an effort to banish the evil bug…
I am at the office late, hoping to catch some friends online to skype. And there is someone outside in the empty darkness that is the European Quarter after 7pm… …playing the bagpipes. it sounds entirely out of place but so very wonderful. i miss scotland.
the sun came out today after a week of fog and freezing rain and it is distracting me i keep finding myself gazing out the window instead of answering those last few emails before my holiday begins and i leave this office and the johnny cash music on the stereo head home to rush packing…
Today I had a big meeting at work. Huge. About 100 people. Mostly crazy experts and intimidating government officials. I knew there were a few issues I needed to keep on the agenda on behalf of the NGOs I work with, but walking into that room I felt about a foot tall. And since I…
I’ve often heard people telling great stories about all the people they randomly meet while travelling and the conversations they have that are so significant. I always think, yeah right, like that actually happens to anyone. Yesterday while I was sitting at a bus stop in the middle of a housing estate in not-the-prettiest German…