Björn in Southern Africa
Posted in Singapore on Dec 12th, 2009
After some amazing months working in Asia and experiencing the Asian way of living, working and having fun life speeds up again. Last week I was offered a great job-opportunity at the German Development Cooperation/GTZ in the SADC-region, that I was writing my diploma-thesis about, and I decided taking this chance immediatly. It was a [...]
Posted in Singapore on Jul 31st, 2009
After signing an official “9-to-5″ working contract I applied almost two months ago for the so-called “Employment Pass” in Singapore, that would allow me officially to work and live in the country after I had only visitors visa so far. But it took me four visits to the famous “Ministry of Manpower” and even one [...]
After so many years as freelancer and my own boss working for NGOs and governmental institutions, I am finally also caught up in an office-job for the next months. Due to a lot of great coincidence I started to work for the “Office of Regional Cooperation in Asia” of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) here in Singapur. [...]
Posted in Singapore on Mar 19th, 2009
After heading back to Germany I experienced three magnificient weeks of holidays in my home-country. First I had 31 hours of birthday because of time-shifts and celebrate my 30th birthday on two continents with a great party and lot of great friends in the “1a Lauschgift” in Berlin. Afterwards I was touring through Germany; starting [...]
It is getting damn close now! Only three more days and I have to deliver my master-thesis to the University of Berlin while almost finishing my whole university-life. I only have to attend two vocal exams in June and then I would be done. As I had three months of field-research in Southern Africa I [...]
Posted in Singapore on Jan 21st, 2009
After I defeated the horrible jetlag and got used to the fact, that Europe is seven hours after us I sucessfully integrated into Singapore and experienced this great mixture of European, Asian and American style and Asian food and athmosphere. I enjoy my great university with its nice campus and appreciate the fact, that I [...]
Posted in Singapore on Jan 16th, 2009
After arriving in Singapore last Monday it took me some days to get familiar with the climate and the speedy city as I was still on Botswana mode. Four million inhabitants are gathered on a small island almost at the equator and so it´s not only warm with 25 – 30 degrees but also very [...]
Posted in Singapore on Jan 11th, 2009
Germany is freezing cold comparing to Botswana – from warm and beautiful 30 degrees in Botswana it went down to minus 20 degrees and more in the last days in Germany. But I enjoyed chrismas and New Year very much and had a Germany-trip ´par exellence´. First I celebrated chrismas with Susi in Munich at [...]
Posted in Botswana on Dec 21st, 2008
After three magnificient months of work, crazy trips, amazing friends and enjoying the summer of Africa I have to went back tomorrow to cold and icy Germany for celebrating chrismas… and I still cannot imaging how it will be: thirty degress less and with rain in greyish Munich and Berlin. I really enjoyed my time [...]