Unknowingly eating slagroom truffels,

which have 0.8% alcohol. Re: Albert Heijn, which doesn't take YouTrip cards, is far from the city centre, opens till late, and had the nicest counter staff that evening. - [This post is also available in audio form at this link.] - Today, over my pot of vanilla room dessert / in contrast to the...

Group-travelling in Leiden

- [This post is available in audio form at this link.] - I spent 6 days in Leiden with my moot team and I'll be staying in Leiden for another six days on my own. As a team, we ate ramen, Chinese food, Thai fried rice and pizza/pasta + one dinner of Indonesian that I...

Six days in Leiden

- [This post is available in audio form at this link.] - Day 2: The first full day in Leiden It's really strange to be writing this now, over a slice of apple pie that is good, looking out at a train station, an industrial complex and trees. not because it was a strange look...

The thought that if we didn’t say something

that I would regret it. - [This post is available in audio form at this link.] - That emotion rests heavily in my chest. Should I say something? Shall I not? If I don't say so now, will it be too late? Will it be too late when they finally make a decision? How much...

When I was six,

I wonder what I wondered about. [We're also commemorating a 100th post on the Internet on this blog - but that's not really related.] - [This post is available in audio form at this link.] - Today, that question that I received, full of innocence which asked me, "Why [is X not married]?" To which...

“Let us not suffer.”

Oh love, when I wrote you those words, why did you accept them without qualification? - [This post is available in audio form at this link.] - On a non-conscious level, I knew that he was also taking the same module. On a conscious level, I was caught by surprise when I went up the...

At 4 am in the morning in London,

I sat in the face of a three hour class on three hours of sleep, grateful and humbled by my teammates and friends who supported us thousands of kilometers away. - [This post is available in audio form at this link.] - I'm starting to feel a little homesick, despite being in an apartment with...

All the things

that I want to do. - [This post is available in audio form at this link.] -I want to study, and learn about lots of things. Some things, just for the sake of knowing them, and more things to be able to do them. Things like, getting around to the books that are still waiting...

I was told that love is something that

comes knocking, and is not something you can look for. - [this post is available in audio form at this link.] And they also say that love is something that will bypass my head and knock straight on my heart - so this must mean that whatever emotion it is that knocks on my temple...

“Well, I’m staying here,”

is what they said. And for me, I wondered if that was as strong a vote as I made it out to be. This is also a selective review of evidence - which is funny. Why would you put weight on evidence that is not as close? Or is that my bias, taking one to...