Orientalist & Author

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Writer, speaker, traveler.

On Poets and Critics

The title is “An Essay on Criticism” and is actually a poem, not an essay. It was written by Jonathan Swift, and I came across it by chance.

Jazz in Mongolia

I’m not the biggest jazz fan, a lot of it is too melancholic for me. But jazz can also be very cool, classy, ​​sexy.

Aztec Skull Whistles

Have you ever wondered what ancient Aztec skull whistles sound like?

Fool’s Apostrophy

One of Germany’s quality problems is the “fool’s apostrophe,” which is a thorn in the side of many, but now supposed to be correct in certain contexts. So far, so boring.

Whitewashing the GDR

A journalist named Carolin Würfel tries to explain, using the example of the writer Jenny Erpenbeck, why West Germany is to blame when East Germany votes for the right-wing AfD or is intending to do so. As she writes in the “Guardian:”

Auch ein Weg zu Olympia-Gold

Yemisi Ogunleye, die für Deutschland bei Olympia Gold im Kugelstossen geholt hat, wird im Interview mit der “Sportschau” gefragt, wie sie das geschafft habe. Sie sagt, dass sie lange Zeit die Technik des Angleitens verwendet, diese jedoch wegen Problemen mit dem Knie aufgegeben habe.

Reflections on Wing Tsun (1) – The question of sparring

Recently I came across a video in which someone claimed dubious things about Wing Tsun (WT). The video received 30k likes, even though its producer confused screen kungfu with practical Wing Tsun. I would like to comment on this.

Wenn Fussballgeschichte sich wiederholt

Beim gestrigen EM-Spiel haben die Deutschen anfangs wie eine Schar kopfloser Hühner gegen die starken Schweizer agiert, bis der frisch eingewechselte Niclas Füllkrug in der Nachspielzeit den Ausgleichstreffer zum 1:1 erzielte. Damit gelingt Deutschland in letzter Sekunde der Einzug ins Achtelfinale.

心想事成 – Happy New Year of the Dragon!

Believe it or not, Chinese New Year begins today – and it is the Year of the Dragon. The dragon (龍 lóng) symbolizes strength and success in Chinese culture and, especially this year, has a kind of superpowers.

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