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Beaten to the punch… and lucky
Today my shipment was to arrive and I was suspiciously eyeing the DHL tracking website every 30 minutes. “Shanghai.” “Hong Kong.” “Singapore.” My plan was to go to the Thai embassy, pick up my visa...
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13″ Retina. 2.8 Ghz Dual Core i7. 16 GB RAM. 1 TB SSD.
Now I just got to transfer my data from my old Mac to the new one.
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Fill ‘er up
Looks all good. But before magic can happen, we need to jumpstart the little bugger. Phew. This will take a while. I was watching Jobs while waiting. It’s a terrible movie, by the way. Poor acting and...
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Cute
I had opted for DHL update texts on the progress of my delivery. Note the time when I received the status updates… But I am not going to complain. DHL did a nice job in delivering the package just on...
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I got a haircut
This morning I went to Somerset to get my 12 Dollar haircut. Lamia had already told me that “it’s time”, which is the mantra she starts repeating when 3 weeks have passed since my last haircut. So,...
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Longevity
You got to love that battery life! Sure: I’m not running any energy hungry apps right now, but still: 16% charged and 2 hours left? That’s sweet.
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Oskar got another one…
I was just getting ready to eat tonight when the doorbell was ringing. A courier delivering a parcel. Huh? That’s unexpected. Even more unexpected that I was scolded by the delivery guy. Delivery guy:...
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Three steps along the river
In the afternoon we went for a walk with Oskar. My mom, Tatjana and even my dad joined for a part of the route. We didn’t get far in the end, just across the wooden bridges and a little along the...
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Advent
Advent Sundays have been always very special in our family and I have written about this before (here, for example). And so we naturally gathered around the wreath tonight, got the sweets, the coffee...
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Free hugs
That’s a sweater Oskar got from auntie Alice when she was in Singapore. Looking good!
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Field trip
Quite literally, but see for yourself: Here the field: And here Lamia and I on the field trip.
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Follow up from the day before yesterday’s follow up from the day before
Some things that I unacceptably missed during the follow up the other day: Fabian’s baby gym that Alex and Silke lent to us for the time we are here… … a Punch that Tatjana gave Oskar as a gift … … a...
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German grocery shopping… nothing to be missed
I joined my dad for grocery shopping at one of the Kaufland markets in Ludwigsburg. And today was the first time that I realized how shitty the shopper experience is in Germany’s super markets. The...
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Happy grandpa, happy grandson
Yes, I took this photo as well (once I was out of the bathroom)…
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Another walk and a back breaking panorama shot with the iPhone
For today’s walk with Oskar I had an idea for a photo in mind: take a shot with the iPhone’s panorama mode as a 180 degrees over head, starting with the stroller and ending with Lamia and my mom on the...
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Man! Go and get it!
When you ask your niece what you should bring from the mall and she (surprisingly) says… Tatjana: A mango! … then you go and get her a mango. We got a Thai mango and I wrapped it for her...
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Plant cemetery
So I had a conversation with my mom this morning when she casually grabbed a watering can and watered this plant. Leo: … what the hell did you do that for? Mom: Why. Plants need water, you know? Leo:...
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Fever
After an uneasy night we measured Oskar’s body temperature at 37.8 dC this morning. Shit. Our pediatrician in Singapore and the appropriate websites had advised us to take the baby to the doctor right...
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