Sambal On The Side
The morning after
An open letter to the newly minted winners of GE13.
Teeny stars on parade
As if headlines featuring Britney, Lindsay and Miley aren’t nettling enough, now there’s a new talent show targeting younger children.
Moolah over memories
Remains of the iconic Berlin Wall are being removed to make way for luxury development projects. Irate Berliners see this as an affront to the city’s colourful history.
The plain truth, please
It’s election season and our writer wonders when everyone will start distinguishing bread-and-butter issues from fancy rhetoric.
All hail the sun
Having spent what has come close to being the gloomiest winter on record in Germany, the writer joins her host countrymen in saluting the much-awaited sun.
Something to chew on
As the horse meat scandal enters full gallop in Europe, the writer wonders whether one day we’ll just have to survive on fresh air and sunshine.
Staying snow-proof
THREE layers of thick clothing (including ski underwear) – check. Woollen socks – check. Thick gloves – check. Mini torch – check. Blanket – check. Hot green tea in thermos flask – check. Large tube of Smarties – check. Kitty litter – check.
Time to nix the niceness
Having been brought up on a litany of what nice girls shouldn’t do, the writer is seething that despite keeping to their short end of a misogynistic social bargain, women still end up as losers.
Guten Rutsch and ‘good slide’ to you!
A newcomer to Germany may wonder what a certain Silvester has to do with New Year’s Eve.
Gaga over goose on Thanksgiving
In her second Advent-themed instalment, our columnist shares another story of brotherly love that has spawned a tradition, this one involving a certain farmyard fowl.
Been naughty or nice?
Our columnist looks at a gentleman who should not be confused with his more popular, rotund, bearded cousin with the hearty chortle.
Tangled in red tape
I STAND corrected. Somewhere between all the “roaming” and “releasing” of my previous piece, I had somehow overlooked “ranting about red tape”.
Feting forty
Having hit her fourth decade yesterday, our columnist is slightly philosophical and in the mood to share some personal lessons.
When in Rome
In an attempt to thwart autumn’s approach, our columnist fled south to Rome and returned, entranced by the Eternal City.
Day of German Unity 'just another holiday'
Oct 3, the Day of German Unity, passed by rather unspectacularly.
Outlandish openers
Our writer discovers there are several things about her that get people curious and eager to engage in conversation.
Lights out for the bulb
The revolutionary light bulb is going the way of the dodo in Europe. Our writer retraces the evolution of its extinction.
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