East Asia: Kuala Lumpur

And I am in KL right now. after three packed days of chinatown, food, green belt, temples, more food and the really impressive petronas towers we have an unexpected day of chilling ahead of us. that means: food, probably more temples, little india, more food and a chilled out day in general.
I witnessed my first hindu temple ceremony today, in the batu caves near KL, got a spot of ash on my forehead, ate rice and several curries from a banana leaf with my hands and tried jackfruit for the first time. it was a good day. I cant wait for the coconut and peanut pancakes tomorrow. mhhhh yummy. and then the perhentian islands and a bit of beachybeach and then more yummy malaysian food :D

East Asia: Singapore

I am off on the other side of the planet once more, htis time the other diresction. I have jsut spent 4 days wandering through singpore, meeting friends from uni, eating, windowshopping, eating more. the mixture between a very modern western societz meeting asia is very intriguing, even though I fear it will tip towards the western side so much it will eventually become the bland concrete cavern so many face- and personality lacking "modern" cities are. but for now it is very exciting. foodwise as well as building wise as well as shopping wise (if I had the need...) mroe to come

working days

For five weeks I had a job at the university hospital Heidelberg. I was working in the opthalmology operation theatre which I loaded and unloaded with patients, as well as one ENT operation theatre, same procedure. The last week I got to rip open a few packeges as well. nothing too demanding, but paying well. It was a weird glimplse into working life, and I must say, I am happy that I go to uni. It that was "it" I would wilt and end up hating my life. its nice to get some money, and also to get it constantly, but the job is monotonous and so undemanding i was killing braincells by the hour. In a way the perfect summer job - not too long, and not too mucht thinking after a year of uni. after work I had a cople of hours to enjoy Heidelberg, cooking, Juergens presence or to jet back home to Stuttgart, but I usually was hammered fromthe day of walking around and went to bed early. In a way it was really nice and relaxed and I was occupied. another way, 5 weeks was a good amount as well.