Marriage equality in Taiwan: no rain on this parade
City life . Culture . Politics . Society . UncategorizedIt was a rainy Friday in Taipei, but nothing could dampen the spirits of the 40,000 supporters of marriage equality waiting with bated breath outside the Legislative Yuan building for the new marriage equality bill to be read. Making up a colourful sea of ponchos and pride flags, there was a long pause of silence
It’s massage, not prostitution
City life . Culture . Society . UncategorizedThe Son of one of Thailand’s oldest soapy massage parlour owners gives insight to the family business and openly admits to the criminal activities surrounding it. Seeing him in person is not what you expect when you think of a pimp. Young, polite, decently dressed with a charming smile and yet – he is one
Life Israeli different for some
Culture . Society . Travel . UncategorizedFor most people childhood is about growing and having fun with no worries, but this isn’t the case for everyone. 24 year old Ben Sapirstein grew up in a small suburb town in Israel called Gan Yavne just outside the Gaza Strip. Living with his parents, two sisters and one brother, in a place where
“Our goal is to become a reference for everyone who needs a training course”
Society . Student life . UncategorizedThis is the goal of Appcademos, a new training course search platform founded by three spanish students. Nacho Campomanes (partner of Appcademos) talks about his experience as a young entrepreneur and the creating process of a Startup. What led you to the idea of wanting to undertake an adventure such as creating a new Startup? I
The journey to freedom as a boat person
Culture . Politics . Society . UncategorizedThe reunification of Vietnam in 1975 is portrayed by Vietnamese history books as a joint effort of the population in fighting against Western power to regain control of their country. However, Paul Nguyen has a very different idea: “Well, they don’t teach proper history in Vietnam anymore.” Paul, now 57, was born and raised in
Back to School: A Voice for the Immigrants
Politics . Society . UncategorizedSaturday, May 18th, 2019 Piazza Duomo in Milan is crowded and loud. Hundreds of people gathered to witness Italian vice prime minister and politicial Matteo Salvini presenting his dicriminatory and aggressive political propaganda based on nationalism and the exclusion of migrants. As it might be easy to infer, I am not pleased to see so many people supporting a neo fascist
Home away from home?
Society . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedSo, this is a topic that’s close to home (quite literally), and so I thought it would be interesting to interview others with similar upbringings and see if anything differed to how I felt. I met Catherine through one of the “meet and greet” events here in Munich. Upon meeting, I would never have thought
Not like any other part-time Job
City life . Health . Society . UncategorizedImagine waking up in the morning and not being able to see how the weather is, not being able to check the latest Instagram posts and not being able to read the newspaper in the morning. This is the everyday life over 37 million blind people and over 120 million partially sighted people worldwide. Of course,
FAKE NEWS: An Opinion of a Citizen
Media . Politics . Society . Uncategorized” Fake news are news or pronouncements, that are disguised as facts, but they have the purpose to influence people’s opinions in a certain direction” This is what fake news is for German history student, Roberta. I have asked her to meet me in the faculty of History of Munich – a place she is
off the beaten path
City life . Society . UncategorizedIn Singapore, every person pretty much follows the same path in life – making their way to university and eventually getting a job, most likely a corporate one. Although it is becoming somewhat more acceptable, majority of the people who steer off this path to ‘pursue their dreams’ are seen as crazy and most probably