Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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B for budget
3 days into this adventure and I slowly seem to get the concept of spending less than 30 US$ a day. This means however a drastic lifestyle change (adios Sushi, Starbucks, spontaneous unnecessary purchases and Michael Kors). This also means bargaining for a dollar or two (now we are talking!) on a bus fare or…
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A for adventure
Hola from Cancún, Mexico where our trip has finally started and I have the feeling that this 6-month adventure is going to be adventurously aventurous with many adventures! After almost missing my bus (no surprise here), I boarded my plane to Munich. Surprisingly, I didn’t have any issue while dropping my bag off for not…
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Latin America trip: lift off in 4 hours!
Taking off in 4 hours and I am unnecessarily wide awake (read: super strrrrressed). Wait… Awake would actually mean that I have got some nice sleep. So wrong! My plan, last night, was to go home early. A few drinks with my colleagues to say bye and an early night. This was the plan… I…
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TBT # Sukau & River Kinabatangan, Malaysia
As I am about to embark on a voyage to Latin America, for my last TBT post, I needed to pick one of those wonderful places I wish I didn’t have to leave. Was I ever blown away by a place? Yes! Recently? Yes! Last year in March, our wanderlust took us to Sukau on…
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My traveling alphabet or how to play the ABC game on a backpacking trip…
With the imminent lift-off and the scary but exhilarating realization that our adventure is happening for real (ahhhhhhhhh *holy moly sound*), my wanderlust has become really impatient and loud. This is quite annoying as I still need to focus on work for one more day so I almost want to tell her to f** off.…
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Tuesday yumminess!
2 days, 16 hours and 33 minutes left and I cannot believe that this is my last Tuesday yumminess in Switzerland in a long while. Ahhhhhhhhh time is flying! Sob, happy smile, sob, happy smile. Don’t mind my irrational behavior, this week has been emotional and it is getting worse! While I’m sad and happy…
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My emotional final weekend in Switzerland
Only 5 sleeps to go before I (try to) fly to Cancun (I haven’t figured out yet whether the lack of an onward / return flight ticket from Mexico is indeed a deal breaker) and after a great weekend surrounded with wonderful friends I had to say goodbye to, I have felt a bit soppy today. It was…
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Tuesday yumminess!
9 days, 17 hours and 24 minutes left until I am leaving on a jetplane (yeaaaaaaaah *Carltons move*) and I just discovered (ahhhhhhh! *screaming at the top of my lungs*) that my carefully picked and wonderful (sub)tenant would not be moving in. Arggggggh. Say whaaaaat? Breathe in, breathe out, repeat. First reaction? I’m f**ed! (Or…
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Every day, a new “last”…
… I guess this is the price to pay for following my heart and being on a tight schedule to get ready for this exciting project. Still a million things to do! How come every time I tick one off, another one mysteriously appears?! March has started ‘sur les chapeaux de roues‘ and it seems…
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3 (bad) good ideas
Exploring the world can be challenging at times (Please note the use of a massive understatement to avoid any drama queen effect. Now this is a first, isn’t it?) and it definitely brings the bright but also the dumb out of you. It is how it is. Sometimes you don’t have time to think twice…
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