Sometimes a single story is enough to make you realize again what you are working, what you are fighting for.
I have just been watching Desert Flower, the story about Waris Dirie, her life and her fight against FGM. And although I had read her book before, although I knew what this movie was about, what I had to expect to see, I have just found myself crying for the last hour. Crying because of the unbearable injustice in this world, crying because of despair why such things are happening, why people are doing something like this, crying because of fear that mankind will never stop behaving this way.
And yet besides all this crying, stories like the one told by Waris Dirie are inspiring, motivating and a great source of strength to continue to fight for a better world. I do not know if I will ever succeed to make a difference in this world, to make a contribution to change it to the better, but for me there is no other choice than to make an attempt. There is nothing to lose.
Thank you Desert Flower.
Montag, 27. August 2012
Freitag, 17. August 2012
Out of Bavaria
Today is a day of mixed feelings: today would have been the last day of my internship in Namibia - and here we go: I am experiencing one of these sad moments, one of these moments in which thoughts like "why didn't you stay?" and "why did you let go such a chance?" are on my mind. Namibia, Africa has been on my mind ever since I decided to come back. And still I don't really feel any regrets, I guess it was just supposed to be like that, it was not the right time - for me.
What makes me less sad is that I know for sure I will, I have to return to Africa. Plus if I stayed in Namibia, I would not be in Bonn right now.
Bonn is not Africa, but still I was a bit excited when I left Munich last week, when I left Bavaria in direction to the depths of - Prussia!!!! I had never been to the Western part of Germany before and I worried about things like "Will I be able to communicate with the people up there? I am not speaking any Prussian, only Bavarian?:O", "Will I be beaten up on some Schalke 04 fans now that I live so close to Gelsenkirchen?", "Oh no, I heard they only have this strange water with some beer taste called Kölsch...what if in a sudden emergency I need a "gscheids Radler" or a "schönes kühles Augsutiner???" and "what if it is really true and Bonn is all black and white??? should I take my colors?".
Fortunately after my first week here in the Rheinland I can tell you: my worries, doubts and fears were a bit exaggerated: I seem to be very talented in terms of languages, people tend to understand me and I understand the guys here...I guess it is somehow like between Italians and Spaniards: they do not speak the same language, but can easily communicate with each other. Schalke still seems to be too far away...or the Schalke people are simply not leaving Gelsenkirchen ever...anyhow, I have not been beaten up yet and as I am exercising for my half marathon anyhow, I planned to run as fast as I can as soon as I will meet someone that looks like a Schalke fan.
About the beer...I have not found a Augustiner beer retailer yet, but our world famous Bavarian beer has also made it up here, so you can find diverse other Bavarian beers all over the city and I guess a Hofbräu or Oettinger Bier will be ok, too, in a real emergency situation. And finally, Bonn is not all black and white. Someone must have been here before me and has colored anything and everything...so actually the city looks quite nice (well done, unkown painter!).
So I guess - as my internship seems to be quite good, too - I can not only make it and stay here for the next 8 weeks, but it will actually be really nice to experience this adventure out of Bavaria, but within German boarders.
PS: I do hope y'all know that this was meant in a funny way. To me, it is true "You can take a Bavarian out of Bavaria, but you can never take Bavaria out of a Bavarian", but right now I am a very happy Bavarian out of Bavaria in a wonderful, nice and beautiful city with wonderful and nice people (the only guy who I so far met and could not really stand was from...Southern Germany...).
What makes me less sad is that I know for sure I will, I have to return to Africa. Plus if I stayed in Namibia, I would not be in Bonn right now.
Bonn is not Africa, but still I was a bit excited when I left Munich last week, when I left Bavaria in direction to the depths of - Prussia!!!! I had never been to the Western part of Germany before and I worried about things like "Will I be able to communicate with the people up there? I am not speaking any Prussian, only Bavarian?:O", "Will I be beaten up on some Schalke 04 fans now that I live so close to Gelsenkirchen?", "Oh no, I heard they only have this strange water with some beer taste called Kölsch...what if in a sudden emergency I need a "gscheids Radler" or a "schönes kühles Augsutiner???" and "what if it is really true and Bonn is all black and white??? should I take my colors?".
Fortunately after my first week here in the Rheinland I can tell you: my worries, doubts and fears were a bit exaggerated: I seem to be very talented in terms of languages, people tend to understand me and I understand the guys here...I guess it is somehow like between Italians and Spaniards: they do not speak the same language, but can easily communicate with each other. Schalke still seems to be too far away...or the Schalke people are simply not leaving Gelsenkirchen ever...anyhow, I have not been beaten up yet and as I am exercising for my half marathon anyhow, I planned to run as fast as I can as soon as I will meet someone that looks like a Schalke fan.
About the beer...I have not found a Augustiner beer retailer yet, but our world famous Bavarian beer has also made it up here, so you can find diverse other Bavarian beers all over the city and I guess a Hofbräu or Oettinger Bier will be ok, too, in a real emergency situation. And finally, Bonn is not all black and white. Someone must have been here before me and has colored anything and everything...so actually the city looks quite nice (well done, unkown painter!).
So I guess - as my internship seems to be quite good, too - I can not only make it and stay here for the next 8 weeks, but it will actually be really nice to experience this adventure out of Bavaria, but within German boarders.
PS: I do hope y'all know that this was meant in a funny way. To me, it is true "You can take a Bavarian out of Bavaria, but you can never take Bavaria out of a Bavarian", but right now I am a very happy Bavarian out of Bavaria in a wonderful, nice and beautiful city with wonderful and nice people (the only guy who I so far met and could not really stand was from...Southern Germany...).
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