Offsite
I am not a big fan of department offsites. Not rightfully, by the way: while I hate large scale company dinners, I’m always bearish on department offsites, too, but they consistently turn out to be...
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Linda has an iPhone 6+. When the iPhone 6 and the 6+ came out, I was of course interested, but I was not that excited. Sure, these are great phones, they bring huge screens – so what’s not to like?...
View Article“WE are working and YOU are drawing!!!”
I liked that latest white board challenge of mine. I thought it was an easy way for people to contribute and make some fun of themselves. But once more I misjudged the reactions. So, after several days...
View ArticleDer Ponyexpress braucht halt seine Zeit!
Also: im Oktober 2013 war ich ja fröhlich damit beschäftigt den ganzen Papierkram für Oskars deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft, seinen Pass und die Geburtsurkunde zu organisieren. Das ganze war nicht gerade...
View ArticlePhoto competition
We had a cultural event in the office today, organized by Indonesian colleagues, presenting their country. The event was nice and I even got to play an Angklung, a pretty cool Indonesian musical...
View ArticleApple Spring Forward Event
There is a disappointment after this event, which introduced the Apple Watch. Not about the watch, really. I had already made up my mind I would get one before the event happened (Apple Watch, space...
View ArticleWedding photo shoot
Love this: Jimmy and me were in the same team, working on the most innovative packaging in decades. When he got married, he had the photo shoot in a supermarket, with the packaging we have developed...
View ArticleCow question
So the last time I was drawing a white board challenge, the reactions were partly negative, which was not intended. I hence decided to let it rest a little while. But then today Rahul was very keen...
View ArticleOffsite photo follow up
I had written about the very nice offsite my department organized a little while ago and had promised to share some more photos once I’d have them. Well, I’ve had the ones I liked for 2 weeks now, so...
View ArticleRain cover
This morning we just arrived at the Yio Chu Kang swimming pool complex for Oskar’s swimming class when it started to rain quite heavily. I am always already in my swim trunks when going there, but...
View Article“Oh god! – It’s hideous!”
A few weeks ago there was an offsite from the office and amongst other things we did some pottery. The little sculptures that were built by different teams were fun to make, but we could not paint and...
View ArticleA day with Papa
Tess had to go to the US embassy today to do an interview for her visa. Someone had to be home to take care of Oskar while Tess was gone – and this thankful task fell on me. What a great day! I really...
View Article“Wir kennen uns ja…”
Ich hatte ja darüber geschrieben dass Oskars Geburtsurkunde – nach fixen 18 Monaten – beim deutschen Konsulat in Singapur angekommen ist. Und weil ich ja heute eh zuhause war um mich um Oskar zu...
View ArticleDry feet
On my way back from the German consulate it started raining as if the gods had decided that this thing with the flood in that popular, funny book was, like, a cool idea and let’s go for it. I wanted to...
View ArticleA really good Friday…
As always when we do things on a weekend, short or long, it’s because Lamia did some research on the web to discover a place we have not been to, yet. For today – Good Friday – she suggested to go to...
View ArticleWeight watcher
I think it’s fair to say that I have finally managed to steadily get back to the weight I had before leaving to Europe beginning December last year. With good and heavy food for several weeks and no...
View ArticleWire those ears!
Since I had iPhones I have always simply used Apple’s EarPods that come with the phone for casual listening or for sports. I only use my Bose QC15 when I am in a plane (and this is where they are...
View ArticleWatch me!
Yesterday the Apple Watch finally got available. Not for sale, that is, but for pre-orders. And as I had mentioned, the biggest disappointment about the Apple Watch is, that it’s not available in...
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