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30 Day Challenge: Conquer the slackline

So I’m home again, my muscles were sore for two days after going climbing – but it was the good kind of sore that makes you feel happy and accomplished and impatient to go out again. I went climbing...

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Sleeping underneath the stars

  One of the things I remember from when I was quite young is that I was always fascinated by the stars. If I was in a place without much light pollution where the sky seemed so much fuller than in the...

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Food Culture: The Snail Challenge

Maybe you remember my last food culture post a while back – I wrote it during my time in Mexico and I shared my adventure of eating chapulines. Well, today I want to talk about another culinary...

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An ode to solitude

Sweet sweet solitude I shall compose an ode to thee For thru so many years My faithful companion you have been I relished every moment Of undivided bliss What joy have you provided You are a friend I...

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Experiencing beauty

My heart must surly break Who can fathom such sweet Deep joyful pain My heart is full of tears That my eyes refuse to shed Remaining ever dry My heart is full and overflows What feelings I cannot...

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Let’s go for a walk together

maybe its too early to say I love you maybe its too soon to know what that really means maybe its premature to allow such strong emotion maybe its a mixture of reality and dreams maybe this wont last...

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A choice you make

Life is full of choices. When you’re really little, other people tend to make them for you. Then, as you grow older, they begin to teach you about all the possibilities life has to offer and to tackle...

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¿qué es…?

P for pozole =) delicious soup made from elote (corn) One of the most important questions when you’re learning a new language is “what is X?” It is extremely useful for finding out a whole lot of...

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Called To Rest

A lot has happened since my last post. I worked. Planned lessons. Corrected essays. Some days were wonderful and some…seemed like there was no way I could get through them.  With the start of the new...

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You are not alone

Growing up in Pakistan I got very used to having someone watch out for me. It was not really culturally appropriate for me to go out alone as a young girl and usually, whenever I went to the market,...

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Perseverance OR Revisiting the Slackline Challenge

I wrote this post last year when I was about half-way through my Slackline Challenge and realised that I never published it…happens a lot. I write something and think I just want to edit it a bit and...

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Thoughts on the Day of Rest

Last weekend I decided to take the day of rest seriously. I have always believed in the concept of a Sabbath and had read the words “keep the Sabbath holy” countless times, but I had gotten a bit lazy....

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The Ghost Cat Moment

I tend to be quite sensitive when it comes to the messages I perceive around me. A movie I watch or even a book I read or song I listen to all have the potential to move me deeply and make me think...

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Tired but/and Thankful

If I had to use two words to describe my sentiments after my first half year teaching full time, those two would be it. Tired. Tired from lack of sleep, new pressures and responsibilities, lack of a...

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Beginning in the Middle

I just heard some fireworks outside – early celebrations for Pakistan Day? That will be celebrated on the 23rd March, with parades in the city and most people enjoying a national holiday. What is...

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Transition Time

From Freiburg to Wiedenest to Pakistan. Its high time for another post! Yes, I made the slackline challenge (hurray, more in detail to follow) and no, I’m not in Pakistan yet – but I have left my home...

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Discovering the Isteiner Klotz

Today was a German holiday: the 3rd of October is the day we celebrate the reunification of Germany in 1990. In Pakistan this was usually a special day for us – here in Germany I often feel that people...

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Praise the Lord

My favourite way to start the day is when I manage to get up early, go outside and have some time just me and God. Go for a walk, a run, a swim – whatever. Just enjoy being out in the cool morning air,...

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30 Day Challenge: Conquer the slackline

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Discovering: 3-day bike tour day 3 – from Sigmaringen to Ulm

  Passing through the village of Munderkingen On Monday my brother and I rode from Sigmaringen to Ulm. It was a beautiful bike ride – we passed through some pretty little towns and villages and also...

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