Category Archives: Munich

München

“Excuse Me, Do You Speak English?”

KL Monorail, Kuala Lumpur: 5 months ago… “Excuse me, do you speak English?” Woken from my reverie on why public transport in the capital city was such an abysmal mess, I realised I was being addressed by a couple of tourists. A middle-aged couple, Americans, by their accent, perhaps even New York, though I couldn’t

Then & Now

What is it with memories? They carry us through good times and not so good times. Are they just thoughts or do they mean something more? There are days I feel trapped by my memories; the past — it’s not as forgiving as we would like it to be. Is it the painful bits that

Friends, They Come A-visitin’…

1. Msiagirl: Pey-O! Last month, I had the pleasure of meeting my first blogger friend from abroad. Msiagirl has been reading my blog for a good while, and me hers, so it’s fantastic that we finally got to meet when she flew in from the UK. Of course, that meant the cat’s out of the

Mingxia & Thomas’s Wedding, Munich

Mingxia’s Getting Married!

When I was living in Munich four years ago, one of the few really good Asian friends I made was Mingxia. She was from Shanghai but came to Germany for work and study. At that time, she was married to a German and they had a son. I remember her being really proud of her

World Cup is Over!

. And we all know how brilliant Zizou was… Yet, instead of recapitulating that little display of Frenchman Goes Crazy, here’s a snapshot of my pals Hadi and J-Dawg from the last World Cup, when we were celebrating in the street of Leopoldstraße, Munich. Ah, that’s the real Joga Bonito spirit! . ~ * ~

Tierpark

. This afternoon I was browsing my folders of stock images, looking for something to play with, when I came across this photograph Shannon took of Blue Mike and me with the statue of this enormous gorilla. I can remember quite clearly she forced us, mostly because I thought we’d look silly and it’s hell