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I met a childhood acquaintance from when I was in school. He seems to have had some trouble finding a job after studying neuroscience, which is presumably why I saw him in the same town where we went to school together. Well, he probably graduated not too long ago, judging by his late switching of majors. Perhaps medical school is an option if his grades were decent?
The job market is depressing for new graduates, but perhaps that’s always been a fact of life.
Nice diving this morning,we saw some pretty large sharks as well as plenty of eagle rays,turtles and reef fish.
A few more days of tropical Maldives island life and then we will be moving on,back in the direction of Europe…
A roommate of mine once made fun of me, saying that scientists have no real life skills. I remember I got very angry at him at that time (which is rare for me) but now I realize it’s because he was right 😔 we recently acquired an old GC-MS which I could repair and make fully functional again with little problem. But I can’t figure out how to disassemble the dust collector of the vacuum cleaner or use the hand guard of the bread slicer. It’s so sad. It’s like my brain shuts off when I am out of the lab.
I don’t really follow German politics that much, but nowadays everyone is talking abut the elections in Thuringia and the rise of AfD (they’re expecting like 29%). In the meantime, I got my double citizenship papers, and one of the statements I have to sign is that I may not be involved in any kind of extremism. Fine.
Also, it seems like sweet baby Amthor is involved in some sort of scandal? He both denies and deeply regrets it lmao. So he’s not just a pretty face.
I genuinely think Sandstorm should be adopted as Finland’s national anthem. The current one serving that purpose is honestly mid at best. What usually is suggested as a replacement is the Finlandia hymn, but I’ve started to think that attaching such tangible ties to the state of Finland to it would diminish the magic Finlandia has as a piece of national romantic art.
Sandstorm on the other hand is very well known all around the world and a bona fide banger. Imagine the scenario, a Finnish athlete wins a highly regarded international competition, they get on the podium to receive their trophy, everybody removes their hats, stadium goes quiet, and Sandstorm starts blasting at max volume. It would be amazing. It’d just be way more fun. Play the whole 7 minutes of it too.