As I was previously saying, I am learning German – on and off. I am making slow progress at it and I wanted something that would make me more efficient during the few times I have outside the hospital. Apart from flashcard applications I installed on my mobile phone, someone recommended me a website where…… Continue reading A new method of learning languages
Author: Anca Ioviţă
The perfect sport for the avid reader
Reading can turn into an addiction when you find a good book. Using an ebook reader can be easier on your eyes as you can modify the font, yet staying in bed/at office/ anywhere else can easily give you cervical pain and feeling numb from the lack of movement. i jump from book to book…… Continue reading The perfect sport for the avid reader
A morbid experiment
They starved so that millions could live. Favored by the possibility of doing their service as conscientious objectors in a country that allowed them to do it, 36 young men set on to experience lab-controlled starvation for the benefit of civilian victims all over the world – without knowing that the study itself was funded…… Continue reading A morbid experiment
Why does war exist?
After enthusiastically obtaining a new permit in (just) another library – the British Council one this time – I borrowed some magazines and books – and while perusing one of the economic articles, I got to read about the horrible life of prisoners in North Korea who are “stunted and deformed from back-breaking work, 12…… Continue reading Why does war exist?