In my book Another Place, there’s a chapter titled Typical People. In that chapter, I highlight how other typical foreign students in Berlin spend their time on drinking, expensive coffees, and dress in high-fashion just to impress their peers. I Read more
Adventures at the office ISBN 978-988-14890-0-5 This was my first ever book written in 2011 and published in 2016. It was an experiment into my own writing style and a journey of discovery on my passion for the written word. Read more
Being a citizen of a country must grant you certain rights and freedoms right? But Canada begs to differ. I’ve tried to apply for an ID card and a driver’s license only to be turned away by ICBC in Vancouver Read more
The first class was a little slow as the Professor was just trying to get to know the students and get acquainted with our lacking level of engagement. The real “first class” was the second class, where we were asked Read more
I was flying to Vancouver for the VSP in late May when I was seated next to a very kind stranger – Ocean. He is an expert application developer from Victoria (the capital of B.C.) and the proud owner of Read more
If where I live in the eastern end of East Berlin is the deep east, Westphalia is the deep west of Germany. It is in fact, so far west, that although the mainstream culture and foods are generally the same Read more
The valley of the River Wupper, that’s what its name means. The little town is very narrow and stretches along both banks of the river. Once an industrial and mining powerhouse it is now a quiet town of less than Read more
Being a student in Berlin is tough, they say it’s “poor and sexy” but the prices have been going up and getting a reasonable apartment to rent isn’t easy. Luckily for me the students’ union had just the place for Read more
