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Time to get moving!

June 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Okay, I’ve been procrastinating loooong enough (plus I’ve been ill for a while which really ruined the momentum). It’s time to get this exchange in Istanbul sorted! Firstly, tomorrow I’ll get all the forms fixed so I can deliver them to the partner university in Istanbul, called Yeditepe. This means that I’ve been selecting courses. [...]

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Tags: life · study · website

The Flu

May 24th, 2008 · No Comments

As you might have noticed from my Tweets, I have the flu. I’m going to try to be as coherent as possible in this post. It’s not so bad anymore, but it’s still a bit hard to structure my thoughts.
It began a few days ago on Wednesday, with some coughs and feeling a bit ‘tired’. [...]

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Flying back from Sofia…

April 15th, 2008 · No Comments

So I am waiting at the baggage control, trying desperately (but in vain) not to let impatient travelers cut in front. It is like Bulgarians have a strongly developed moral system when it comes to queuing composed of social Darwinism and survival of the fittest. After my luggage has (barely) been checked by customs and/or [...]

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Bulgaria - the first 3 days

April 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Wow! It’s good to be back in Bulgaria.
The weather, apart for the rainy Sunday, is just great! Very sunny, rather warm.
Day 1 - Saturday

This day started with me getting up at 2.45 in the morning. Awesome. My dad drove me to the airport in Dortmund, I boarded a plane that looked great from the outside, [...]

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Tags: leisure · life · travel

Placement Evaluation!

April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Just had a conversation with my academic placement supervisor and it looks like I’ll be getting a very good evaluation for the work placement I did with the Bulgarian National Radio. These are the main things I discussed with him:
1. what did you learn that you didn’t expect to learn?
One of the things I really [...]

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