Author Archives: Andreas Moser
How people found my blog
Some people find my blog because they have subscribed to it (do the same to spice up your life!), some get the alerts about new posts (and much more) through my Facebook page and some people find me through search … Continue reading
James Bond in Venice
Next weekend, 20-22 January 2012, I will visit Venice for the first time. A good person to ask for travel advice is my old mate James Bond. He has already been to this beautiful city three times, the first time … Continue reading
More Pestering Questions from the Philippines
Despite being on sabbatical from working as a lawyer, I sometimes volunteer to give advice about German law. Some people think that they can approach a lawyer and are entitled to an answer to their questions. They are wrong. One year ago, I wrote about … Continue reading
Living the Life of a Pensioner
I am only 36, a student and an avid traveller, but I seem to live the life of a pensioner already: I like to go for walks. I can often be found in the park, reading a book. I don’t … Continue reading
Bird Flu is not that Bad
From time to time, usually when nothing else of interest happens, the news remind us of bird flu (avian flu, H5N1) again. See The Wall Street Journal, Business Week and The Washington Post for examples from the past few days only. It is … Continue reading
Why North Korea is Mourning
The world wondered why North Koreans were weeping, crying, sobbing and mourning the late dictator Kim Jong Il‘s death on 17 December 2011. After all, he had oppressed and starved them for 17 years. See for yourself how North Koreans … Continue reading
2012 Warning
Do you remember the film “2012” by Roland Emmerich? It is (another) disaster film about the end of the world, which has allegedly been predicted for 21 December 2012 by the Maya Calendar. In the film, the earth’s core heats up, … Continue reading
First New Year’s Resolution for 2012 already broken
It’s 1 January 2012 and already New Year’s resolutions are being broken. This year’s first culprit is Japan. After the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe at Fukushima, I am sure many people in Japan included “no more earthquakes” in their … Continue reading
New Year’s Resolutions for 2012
It’s this time of the year again: people are making resolutions about what to do in 2012: eat less, exercise more, quit smoking, learn a new language, find a girlfriend/boyfriend, become a millionaire. My resolutions for 2012? None. Absolutely nothing. … Continue reading
Where is Malta?
After receiving the 25th e-mail from a friend that included the question “Where is Malta, actually?”, I decided to devote a blog post to this recurring question. I cannot do so however, without voicing my despair about people’s lack of … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 