We are Vietnamese. I thought we were a community, however, we aren't. I have always felt like an outsider inside the Vietnamese community in Germany, or at least in Freiburg, where I have been living until I enrolled in university.
Now that the freshmen have arrived, I thought I could write an update concerning my university life. I have been studying Japanese and Information Science at university for one year now.
One summervacation I got a job in the company where my father works. When my former boss contacted me to ask me whether I could work for him again, I told him that I found another job.
People expect you to behave and dress a certain way so that they can identify you as male or female. They can't deal with things they don't know, things they don't understand. They want to push their expectations and world view on you.
Sometimes the most subtle things have the power to change your being as a whole Now going back to the time in primary school, I want to tell you some stories. During the first or second year of my primary school I was sitting next to a girl I thought I could be friends with, since we went to the same kindergarten. It was one-sided.
Originally I wanted to write a post about the Japan Day in Düsseldorf, Germany. Unfortunately the day was not made to be documented properly because of different reasons I will tell you about later. That is why I decided to make this post more about our cosplay than the day itself.
This is going to be a longer series. I will divide it into several parts, otherwise it will get too long. However, I don't know how many parts there will be yet. It will be finished, when I feel like I have written down everything.
A WEEK OF JAPANESE AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY – PART II As you can guess already, the course 'Modernes Japan' at the Heinrich Heine University deals with the more modern…
A former fellow student of mine told me it would be interesting to read about my daily life in university. Especially what I learn thorough the week. That is why I decided to tell you a bit about my schedule, so you can see what my week looks like.
Life experience · 2 · The struggles of being German, Vietnamese, a student and a human being ֎ Listen to the audio-version ֎Strange traditionsI remember my parents telling me about a…