Restart I

Today it's my birthday. But today there was also a crack in my heart. A crack that hurt. I have to think a lot. I can spend hours sitting in the sun, doing nothing but think. Yesterday I had my last exam. Now I have time. But nothing to do, there is nothing to fill the gap that opened. I know that sooner or later I will be able to fill it. I'll do my best.

Fortunately it's summer!!! Winter would make it even harder. Winter is like a shallow sleep, summer is pure life. People connect, you feel happy, you feel good. There are so many things to do and to see. And I want to see as much as I can. Until one day I can settle down, be proud and say: I used my talents, I did what I could, I saw what I wanted. I'm happy.
I'm looking forward to this day!

Life is manifold, complex, a mixture of wins and lots of losses, broken dreams and ever-reaching hope.

MSc in Food Science IV

Recently, I was up to so many things, that I barely found time to eat and sleep. I don't want to complain but I work up to 60 hours a week. The main problems are the presentations and reports I had to write for my studies as well as preparing for exams, working as research assistant, doing administrative work... To give you an overview about my projects, here are some titels: "Decreasing Enterobacter sakazakii food contamination level with bacteriphages: prospects and problems", "Optimization of a cofermentation process with Lb. plantarum and P. freudenreichii for high folate and vitamin B12 production in a cereal-based medium", "Understanding consumers' perception of conventional and functional muesli using soft laddering technique". Sounds good, isn't it? And the worst was that I also had to waste whole weekends working, mainly because I have to go to lectures basically from 8 to 5 and then catch the train back home and write reports, research projects and presentations.