TIME TO SAY GOODBYE… After serving Monsoon for five months, I will fly back to Germany and continue my online journalism studies until summer 2012. Because it’s hard for me to find the right words for my final blog article (I hate saying goodbye!), I decided to let pictures tell my experiences in the Philippines. [...]
Author Archive
Five months in thirteen pictures
Posted: 26th January 2011 by Daniel in LifeTags: Bohol, Boracay, images, Internship, Manila, Monsoon, Ortigas Center, Panglao Island, pictures, Smokey Mountain, Vacation
2
Teamwork defeats sickness
Posted: 26th November 2010 by Daniel in LifeTags: email, facebook, Monsoon, sick, sickness, Teamwork
When I wrote this email to the whole Monsoon team four days ago, I was sick and felt sad, exhausted, and upset: Dear Monsoon, Today I went to the doctor. He said I have an “allergy against the environment”, which means he doesn’t know what exactly causes this allergy. It might be because of the [...]
Terima kasih, Indonesia
Posted: 22nd October 2010 by Daniel in LifeTags: food, Indonesia, language, people, relationship, sick
I was in Indonesia for ten months in 2006/2007 and eager to visit this lovely Asian country again. This time I was supposed to visit Indonesia for five weeks, four of them in the capital city Jakarta and one in Bogor. Indonesia, that means the best food in the whole world (really! Sate [...]
Daniel sick in Indonesia & Sweet memories
Posted: 15th October 2010 by Daniel in LifeTags: Indonesia, Jakarta, philippines, sick
Last week I was sick. I had a cold and laid in bed all day long doing nothing but sleep, rest, and read. Normally it’s not very pleasant to have a cold, but at least we are in our usual environment. All we do is simply rest at home in our cozy room, covered by [...]
Picture, Picture: My ten favorite Palawan pictures
Posted: 8th September 2010 by Daniel in WorkTags: farm, island, Palawan, pictures, Snake Island, Underground river
As part of the communications team for Wycliffe Asia-Pacific, I, along with two others from the team, traveled to Palawan, Philippines this weekend. One of them was me, taking 1,500 pictures in four days. I’d like to share with you ten of my best ones in this blogpost. Enjoy!
Hello world & my favorite jeepney
Posted: 19th August 2010 by Daniel in IntroductionTags: Internship, Jeepney, Manila
Some might say Metro Manila is dirty, some might say Metro Manila is crowded, and some might say Metro Manila is polluted. They might be right, but it is definitely a one-sided reflection about this gigantic, metropolitan region. Regardless of all the dirt, regardless of all the crowds, and regardless of all the pollution: Metro [...]