When people saw me last week, they’d thought something bad had happened to me, even a stranger had pity on me and offered me a pastry (very tasty!). My family was worried about me during a video call, because tears keep flowing down my face as a symptom of a cold (not sadness). I did …
On a blogpost in November last year, I’ve written:I do not know what exactly has begun or what has come to an end in order to create space for a new beginning, but it is certainly a new beginning with hope.https://thejourney-writing.com/2022/11/a-new-beginning-where-it-all-began.html It was on 29.11.2022, the 1st Advent. Today, when I am organising my pictures, …
December is a stressful month, to calm myself down, I am folding stars. These are only 2 of many variations of star that I have made. Other than working and folding star, I am also preparing Christmas presents for German families and friends. I was in a bookshop looking for a book called “The ultimately …
This morning, I woke up to a question, a question asked by my song writer colleague at dining table last week. “Don’t you want to write a song?”“Yes, after the song writing workshops, it’s getting serious now, to write a song.”“I’m very glad to hear this!” I mentioned about the idea of writing song come …
October is my favourite month, I just love it. But November is my role model. November is calm, deep, elegant and modest. May be too modest that most people don’t notice its presence or just want to skip it and can’t wait for December to arrive. Once upon a time, in November, where all the …
The poems collected here were written by a urbanite for urbanites. He tried to reflect. Because one can lose contemplation, but one must find it again.Die hier gesammelten Gedichte schrieb ein Großstädter für Großstädter. Er versuchte sich zu besinnen. Denn man kann die Besinnung verlieren, aber man muss sie wiederfinden. Preface – The 13 MonthsVorwort …
The apple of someone’s eye. The person who someone loves most and is very proud of. From: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ Wie seinen Augapfel hüten. ⟨jmd. Hütet etw., jmdn. Wie seinen Augapfel⟩ meist bezogen auf etwas besonders Kostbares, Wertvolles mit großer Sorgfalt, Achtsamkeit behandeln, behüten, bewachen, um Schaden oder v erlust zu verhindern. Aus: https://www.dwds.de/ Before the apple …
This past Wednesday 28.9.2022 I received a letter that said “Residence Permit for Self-Employment” is granted and ready to collect. Exactly on the day when my visa get expired, not early or late, exceptionally on time. Anyway, the earliest possible appointment to get the Residence Permit Card is on 9th of November. I cannot leave …
“Service in life, hope in death. All who follow the queen’s example and inspiration of trust and faith in God can with her say: ‘We will meet again.’”The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby She was a queen, but nowhere in her funeral is glorifying her great deeds. The Bible text, the hymn so well chosen …
Even if this little melancholy book is not my cup of tea, still I think it is so well written that I finished reading it. I like how the author create the Parisian streets, the rain scene and most of all is how the author interprets Autumn. For me, autumn has never been a sad …