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Thursday, April 24, 2008
I would like to thank you all, my dear readers, for your innumerable emails from Mindanao and also including readers based in Germany, such in Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg. Yes, indeed there is and there will be a strong demand for German courses; and, USEP - the University of the Southeastern [...]
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
… how to “survive as an ex pat” here in the Philippines. In Part I I spoked about your hobbies, and how they could brighten your life as an ex pat. I was surprised to receive a lot of emails, by contacting me, from readers, who didn’t like to leave their opinions [...]
Monday, April 7, 2008
It’s no wonder, that the quality of Rizal’s German was very high, despite his short stay in Germany. This was at least tested when he delivered an address in German in February 1887 before the Berlin Anthropological Society on the scientific analysis of Tagalog verse. Also in his visit to Leitmeritz Rizal delivered an unique [...]
Friday, April 4, 2008
German language courses seem being in great demand because of several reasons. Regular German courses have been a rareness in Davao City and its surroundings. I have been giving several private tutorials in the past - but more or less “for fun”.
Last Friday I was introduced to Miss Dr. Patti Elbanbuena. Ed.D. She is the [...]
Friday, March 28, 2008
Many of us have different dreams how to spend lazy summer days. For some, a memorable vacation is to go and spend it with the whole family at the beach for a day or even longer. The bonding and sharing can make any place beautiful and memorable. Many of my ex pat friends want to [...]
Thursday, March 27, 2008
You don’t get anything for nothing in life. This is the main motto of our life. This is the epigraph of our biography - whether we like it or not.
Allow me to quote the bible again: According to the book of Genesis, after God created the universe in six days, he rested on the seventh [...]
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Why do some people seem to “get all the breaks”, and, why do some people drudge without getting the slightest gleam of hope? It is really only a stupid or unresponsive accidental fortune?
Fact is, lucky people take calculated risks to enter some business or enterprise. Lucky people keep on working on themselves for a new [...]
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Today we are celebrating the festival commemorating Christ’s resurrection. In “Old English” the “Eastern” (not Easter!) has been marked by a ceremony as spring festival of the goddess of dawn.
Especially in other parts of the world (like in my home country Germany), where deep winter makes all the plants and trees “sleep” for a couple [...]
Friday, March 21, 2008
Since early childhood I enjoy reading fairy-tales. That’s why I even add some Philippine literature to my library such as Maximo Ramos: Philippine Myts and Tales (for young readers, published in Manila, Bookman, Inc. 1957) OR Gaudenico V. Aquino/Bonifacio N. Cristobal/Delfin Fresnosa: Philippine Folktales (published in Quezon City, Phoenix Press, Inc. 1969) as well as [...]
Monday, March 17, 2008
It has been a couple of days ago, since you were able to read Part XX of my serial. I was surprised to get some emails asking me if “that’s it?” Of course - NOT!
Let me go back to the Philippine National Hero Jose Rizal:
In Jaegerstrasse 71 in Berlin Rizal found a cheaper hotel. He [...]
