What would you do if you were a single mum with two teenage kids, a busy job and barely any knowledge of English? I bet, few would consider going to an English-speaking University part-time ( Read more... )

Flow ( Read more... )

War of the World
by Niall FergusonA friend recommended the book already some years ago and I even bought it soon afterwards. But that was it. I started it several times but could never finish even the introduction. But not because it was boring. I never felt like I had the time to value the information on the more then +700 pages of fine print on ( Read more... )

Studying at University level, even as an undergraduate, can be exhausting. At least, I found it an terrible experience. I'm glad that I can put it behind me. But sad as well, because I know that it ought to have been an exciting time ( Read more... )

I read recently that it is rarely the intelligenz but the passion which makes somebody a genius. I like that though. I hear to often that people say: I'm not smart enough. well, for me you are not passionate enough about it. you don't want it really. Because if you would, you would try almost everything. Ok, I admit, there are things which can't be ( Read more... )

Sometimes things really happen too fast. On Monday I still took some exams for university and today I sign my contract. I officially joined the workforce. But I don't want to. I'm afraid I can't breath anymore once I start working. Everybody tells me how I'm supposed to me happy to get a job, it such a nice one as well. Well, nice for them, not for ( Read more... )

IT'S OVER! or almost. but NO more attending of university. That's why I wont write anything today and just enjoy the evening.

Something which I ought to have done much earlier is my 2007 book list. I am a slight control freak and like to know how I spend my days. So I thought about the books I read this year already. The following books are however not ranked in an order and new books and comments will be added constantly.

The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe ( Read more... )

Finances are a scary topic, which is seldom understood. I once thought that by studying economics I would be able to work out how to handle money. Well, I was still young and innocent, but some years and many stupid decisions later I realized that studying economics leads to exactly one thing in my case. I’m able to calculate exactly how much the ( Read more... )

On Monday I will have (hopefully) my remaining exams at the University. Of course, the final-final exams are still left, but these I will take in November. Far, far away ( Read more... )