A friend recommended the Vice series on North Korea and it is really creeping me out. It is saddening what has been going on there – people were brought up brainwashed to despise the “imperialists”, brought up with little food, poor education, and basically stuck in the 50th. It sucks that the world at large [...]

I grew up thinking that love was about a deep emotional connection between two people, but the more I look around the more it seems to be a fairy tale that I still believe in. How many people do you know who are together because they find each other unbelievable, because no one else just [...]

For the last few month I have been practicing a salsa routine with the Rise and Improvise club, a group of friends who just like to dance, however good or bad it might look. Two weeks ago we nearly fell apart due to a miscommunication. The team is quite “hot”, and I mean not just [...]

A few days ago I had to write my first rejection letter and … it felt good! I think after a few companies have sent me a rejection letter over the past few years, it just feels good to send one back at “them”. The words “we regret to inform you…” gave me a little [...]

Quite often while walking through the doors of this building I see a gentlemen sitting in the lounge, dressed in a full suite, with a red tie and a red handkerchief. He is about 75 years old and he is always passionately looking out of the window, watching people walk by, waiting for something. A while [...]