Archive for April, 2007

Trip to Amsterdam, Maastricht

Yea, finally got to talking about my trip. It was really nice. I met this guy who gave me really new thoughts about my project… no need for specifics; you will only find it boring. I read somewhere that all PhD students should find 10 words that would summarise their project for anyone who asks; [...]

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Do I even think I am blogging?

I have been reading some interesting blogs lately – this doesn’t mean that I don’t work, but we all know that one can’t work all the time – and I have been adding them to my blog. Keep clicking, keep reading…
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Uncle Ben’s Promotion

Got this from a listserve… the fictional Uncle Ben has been promoted from cook to CEO of Uncle Ben’s Inc.
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Another Year

Yesterday was my birthday, and if you read what I posted last year you would know that I am not a major fan of birthday celebrations. I am in Maastricht after a brief meeting in Amsterdam. I had some fun in Amsterdam and I will write more about it when I get back to Halle.
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Costume Party

We have a costume party in the institute today so I am getting ready for it. I am going as someone from the Baroque era… Will post some pictures tomorrow.
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Elections and Results

My mother called me yesterday evening to tell me that they had been forced to stay at home all day because of riots in the town and the whole state. I was told that people were rioting over the results of the gubernatorial elections. It was alleged that it was rigged in favour of the [...]

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Blogging

I was in Berlin yesterday to see the family I stayed with the other time. Actually, one of the reasons I went was to leave Halle and let off some steam. I mean, no matter how smart one is, no matter how ambitious one is, one still finds that there are times that one simply [...]

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Elections

I have been following the April 14th elections on NVS and I have not been surprised by anything. I did not think that we would have a free and fair elections; all I hoped for was that the election would hold anyway, and that people would start getting used to the idea that there are [...]

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Some other Lagbajas

Dream Come True
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Rock Me Gentle
Never Far Away
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Lagbaja Skentele

I found this video of Lagbaja’s Skentele on YouTube. Enjoy!
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