COVID Nurse in Germany Diary: When’s This Shit (I Mean, Stint) Gonna End?
On being a COVID nurse in Germany, my story
Wait… Me? A COVID-19 Frontliner?
In a matter of days, even faster than how my limited German can understand, my dear Diabetes Station was turned completely into a COVID-19 Station.
THE PEOPLE OF MY 2019
A yearly tradition I have on the blog is a special post where I list and thank those people who have been dear to me for the year that has passed. I’ve been writing this list since 2011. [Here’s 7 years’ worth of the People of my Year series] It’s no secret that I’ve written […]
Money Mistakes We Did During Our Scandinavia Trip and How You Can Avoid Them
When I posted that I went on a 6-day Scandinavia trip, I received messages from people asking the same thing: ‘Is it really expensive to travel in Scandinavia?’ Last Spring, together with my friends Kurt, Jean and Lemuel, I visited Copenhagen in Denmark, Oslo and Skien in Norway, and Gothenburg in Sweden. It was, in […]
Downright Weird: This Hostel in Sweden Had No One in Reception Our Entire Stay, and the Days Before That
When you travel, you face the weirdest of things. When my friends and I found ourselves needing a place to stay in Sweden, we ended up making a last-minute booking for the cheapest room we could find; in Linné Hostel Gothenburg. For only 19 EUR per person for one night, one couldn’t really complain. We […]
I Learned to Fly and Watched A1 Boyband in Norway
SKE, NO, 26th April 2019 – 90’s Boyband A1 performed as a four-piece before a live audience after almost 17 years. It was the first time they sang with the original member line-up after Paul Marazzi left the band in 2002. They did sold-out reunion concerts in Asia last year and kicked off its European […]
The Local: German News in English – Review + Giveaway
A few weeks ago, I initiated a survey through Facebook and ask my followers if they would be interested in consuming German news in English. Knowing that many of my readers are German learners, it’s quite surprising that a huge percentage answered ‘Yes, I am interested’ in the said survey. Since you asked for it, […]
From Maynila to Alemanya: Filipino Expat Spent Christmas 10,000 KM from Home
September 1, 2018 – On one side of the planet, ten thousand kilometers away, Christmas has already begun. Choirs singing merry carols are on TV, malls everywhere play Jose Marie Chan hits, and many are getting started on decorating their homes and shopping for gifts. ———— Oh, you might be wondering why I’m publishing this […]
Pinoys celebrate 25th Sinulog Festival in Germany: VIVA PIT SEÑOR!
Rottenburg am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany – The Filipino community in this part of the world is definitely alive. Sinulog Festival, one of the grandest and most colorful religious festivals in Cebu, Philippines, was also celebrated here last January 12. Done in honor of the Sto. Niño or the child Jesus, this year’s Sinulog Festival in […]
THE PEOPLE OF MY 2018
Here we go again. A very special tradition I have on this blog is what I call the people of my year. It’s an annual list of special individuals who have greatly influenced me in the year that passed. I tirelessly put up this post year after year to extend my appreciation for whatever they […]