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That little green booklet

I’ve recently had to renew my passport. I was out of pages. Ever since my brand-new, yet-still-handwritten passport came back from the embassy in Berlin, I’ve been feeling bouts of nostalgia. I’ve had my old, worn-out, faded passport for the past eight years, and they have been the most exciting years of my life –…

And what are your values?

The recent post about Bangladeshis having sex seems to have attracted a lot of attention. This should not surprise anyone. However, I probably expected most people to ostracize me, rather than to promote the piece through social media. I have been left positively impressed, to say the least, with the response I’ve gotten so far….

Have sex. Or don’t. Just don’t be a hypocrite.

I noticed last night a post floating through social media on how at an event in North South University, my alma mater, free condoms were distributed as an effort to raise awareness about AIDS. From the information that I could pick up, the event was organized in collaboration with or with support from UNICEF. Of…

Of flashing blue lights

I was driving back from work earlier this evening, when blue lights somewhere off in the distance behind me started flashing. Being ever careful, I checked the speedometer to see if I was speeding (I was not – I’m still waiting for the day I’ll get a ticket for driving too slow on the famous…

Move over, James Bond

I work for a global company with almost half a million employees worldwide. While this makes for a work culture that can be incredibly rewarding through interactions with colleagues from almost everywhere, there can be situations that can leave you, for lack of a more eloquent expression, saying, “WTF?” I work in business development and…

Right place, wrong show

Even after having lived in Germany for nearly five years now, I still occasionally succumb to embarrassing situations. Like last night. My friend and I were very excited about going to a stand-up comedy gig in English. IN GERMANY. Doesn’t happen all that often, even though there’s a fair amount of English-speaking comedians in this…