Feb 03, 2011
While in the last centuries the masses of the rich countries have been busy consuming (mostly mindlessly) quite a few changes have happened under the surface of this world. Changes that have been noticed by different people, changes that have become buzz-words but changes that our leaders were not able to pre-empt because their implications are hard to predict for our puny human minds. Developments that might seem to be quite unrelated, that actually might come together in synergies that transform humanity—and as the most dominant species—our world drastically. This is not an attempt to predict, but an attempt to line up some of the thoughts in my puny mind in order to see which ones may align and affect each other. You are welcome to join this and draw your conclusions. :) — read more ›
Jan 26, 2011
What is happening in Egypt and a few other countries might be a historical change to a better, more honest and peaceful world. At least that is the hope. Therefore it is shocking how much violence the authorities use to keep the population down. At the same time most of the social networks seem to have been shut down. — read more ›
Sep 25, 2010
Last weekend was another Ultimate tournament. I had the honour to captain a team of players from all over India. While being a Leo, I never felt too comfortable leading larger groups – especially when they are heterogenous. Smaller teams, with keen people, yes. A flock of people instead just always felt like herding cats. No offence, but I think everybody who has tried that, knows how it feels. That, I guess is one reason why people are so often scared of taking initiative and responsibility. — read more ›
Sep 13, 2010
Even the longest journey starts with a single step. — read more ›
Jul 21, 2010
With a design running for over 6 years it was time for a re-write and re-design of this site. I decided to pull the whole site on WordPress, and drop the old system. The main goal was to provide a more up-to-date design and also to create an online portfolio.
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Nov 20, 2009
So it’s one year ago that I first put my foot down on Indian turf. In some regards it feels like ages ago, while the overall feeling is that time flew by like a supersonic plane. Yes, the extremely hot summer days and nights felt never-ending, but in retrospect the whole working thing did shorten the perceived time. So, in order for me to realise that I used my time properly, a list of statistics of things done in this one year: — read more ›
Oct 18, 2009
I’m taking a trip to Oslo between October 19th and November 1st.
Sep 15, 2009
Ever since David (my flatmate) left for Europe in spring, his goal was to get himself a motorbike license, so he could get himself a Royal Enfield of his own. For one, to drive it around in Chandigarh and then as well in the hope that we’d get to drive up North to the heights of Ladakh – not comparable with what these guys did, but still quite an adventure: 350km without petrol pump, driving in a height range between 3500 and 5359 metres (Tang-lang La, the world’s second highest motorable pass) above sea level and a cold desert. It used to be a real pioneer’s track, now it’s more touristy, but still enough to push one out of one’s comfort zone. — read more ›
Jul 19, 2009
Long time it has been since my last blog update… last time I was travelling. The same is the case this time – same region, similar stops but this time some more time and other modes of transport. Holiday. And I want to take advantage of some of the little time that can be found on holiday to give an update. — read more ›
Feb 02, 2009
Travelling by plane always makes me ponder. It must be the bird’s perspective of things deep down there, one sees villages, roads, mountains, rivers and all the other things from a completely different perspective. It is beautiful, amazingly beautiful not only because it’s an unusual perspective. Our Earth IS MAGNIFICENT. And yes, from a distance all looks great and spotless, or at least many things. — read more ›