shopping for christmas

I’m a member of s student organisation which buys presents for children for christmas.
We donate it all to a shoebox for a kid.
Last year a man promised he would send us a large donation when we were willing to do the shopping, because he didn’t know what children like and because he hates shopping.
This week [...]

It’s snowing!!

It’s snowing and I’m just back in again after being a well-hit target in a snowball fight.
Woohoo!
It was such fun to see the world get whiter and whiter and then see a thick layer on branches.I haven’t seen as much snow in years!!
Friends called and we engaged in a huge snowfight and now I’m exhausted. [...]

age

The woman I’m helping every saturday doesn’t need only groceries and a bit of help in the house anymore.
In the past she did all her chores, but the heavy ones, like the floors.But the last months she’s getting worse and she can hardly keep up with washing the dishes.
I went to her more and more, [...]

applepie for a meal

Today I was so bussy that I forgot I had to go to the shops in time.When I realised I had no potatoes or anything anymore, it was too late, unless I wanted to go to the centre of town.
No way you’ll see me there after most shops have closed.
The feeling there is so weird… [...]

Obama is the talk of the town

Obama is the talk of town.
It’s impressive how many people here put all their faith in Obama.
Watching the results come in was interesting.The tremendous lead of Obama even before he achieved precidency was enormous.
We were together at one of the student appartments and the later it got the more people came in, so we rang [...]

Choose the man who’s best for the country, not who’s best for you.

These elections have given me a new insight in the psychology of the population of the USA.
People are not choosing who’s best for the country, they’re choosing the person who represents their views best.
It’s interesting and also very fearful to see how many people don’t care if the president has skills and capabilities that go [...]

the student and the con-artist

Some people have interesting ways to make money.They don’t mind conning people.
Like a russian guy who presented himself as a violinist and violin teacher in Rome.
He bought second hands violins and sold them as very valuable 18th century pieces.
He must have laughed a lot.
But he couldn’t fool a clever student completely.He bought one for 650.000 [...]