“It sounded an excellent plan, no doubt, and very neatly and simply arranged; the only difficulty was, that she had not the smallest idea how to set about it … ” – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll This can explain my current situation. So many wonderful things planned for this year, and I have …
This year, every area that I felt confidence and I failed everywhere. Like the visa, unbelievable, the foreign office still asking me to provide new evidence, soon it will be 6 months since I submitted my application. I thought my financial situation is better than last year would be helpful for prolong my working visa, …
Out of the Hitler Time trilogy is semi-autobiographical novels by Judith Kerr. The first book When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit is about 9 years old Anna and her family’s escape from Hitler in 1933. Her father was a fierce anti-Nazi writer, the Nazis burned his books and put a price on his head. All he …
“There are a few times in life when you leap up and the past that you’d been standing on falls away behind you, and the future you mean to land on is not yet in place, and for a moment you’re suspended knowing nothing and no one, not even yourself. … … In spite of …
It’s very challenging to do life with a residential permit that needs to be renewed every year. Despite all the challenges I’m going through, there are people trying to make my rainy day beautiful. It means so much more when I received an umbrella on a rainy day. All in all, I’m grateful. Do I …
I am now slowly recovering from being sick (again). New sickness every month. This time is worse than all the sickness I had in this year. I could not eat anything, I just threw up as soon as I ate. To avoid fainting because of dehydration and energy deficiency, I wrote to my friend to …
I visit The Louvre for the 2nd time. Visiting this museum for the 2nd time, I was free from the stress to see the “Must See” artworks like Mona Lisa and The Winged Victory. This time I was searching for Dutch Artworks in the Room 844 – Paintings of North Europe. Why? Because Vincent van …
My good night story tonight is a story about Big Hat. I met Big Hat in the book Krabat by Otfried Preußler. The time I met him, I was at the beginning of being a self-employed musician from an employed musician. It was not an easy decision to make, everything would be very complicated. Like …
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 …
I like to bake cookies but my kitchen is too small and I do not have table. I had put my cookies baking plans aside for this year and concentrating on preparing organ recitals. Anyway, a friend signed me up for a baking lesson as a birthday present. The baking lesson was yesterday. “You need …