When you visit your home country after many years abroad, do you feel: a) like a stranger/foreigner b) patriotic to the point of bursting c) like a funny/good/awkward mix of a) and b)
Stroke – act FAST
18/05/2014 by Leave a Comment
We’ve all heard of “heart attacks” but have you heard of a “brain attack”? The National Health Service of the UK had a publicity campaign a few years ago about stroke, where they “rebranded” strokes to try and teach the public that they need to act fast if they suspect somebody is having one.
Expat friendship – or instant family
14/05/2014 by 4 Comments
Recently, a few tricky situations forced me to actually ask for help from someone I had only met about one year ago. And I was immediately offered a helping hand, right then and there, at the moment I needed it the most. After that, I started to ask myself questions about the meaning of the new bonds expatriates create. […]
Where’s my Apfelstrudel?! Or why we should drop preconceived notions
03/05/2014 by Leave a Comment
Hélène Rybol is the woman behind the Culture Shock Toolbox, a website for expats and international students – or future ones – and travelers, filled with musings, checklists and mantras. CLEW is happy to feature her musings on Apfelstrudels and preconceived notions. Our expectations shape our experiences. While that is something we might know, we may […]
After all the boxes have been unpacked
26/04/2014 by 1 Comment
It’s Printemps des Poètes in Luxembourg this weekend – Spring of Poets. CLEW is proud to have a poet of our own, and equally proud to present his poetry, that you… as expats, on the move… might recognise yourselves in. After all the boxes have been unpacked and most of the “WhoWhatWhen Where do I, How can […]
The To Be Another Machine
26/03/2014 by Leave a Comment
Haven’t we all wished we could creep into somebody else’s head and under their skin? New technology might bring us one step closer, through “The Machine To Be Another”.
The S-therapy
24/03/2014 by 2 Comments
Desperate expat wife or not, we can all be hit by the gloom of everyday life, and a few tricks to get us out of it might come in handy. Nothing fancy or extraordinary, we’re talking about simple – possibly banal, but at times highly efficient – everyday forms of therapy. CLEW introduces the S-therapy: […]
You look smashing!
01/03/2014 by Leave a Comment
March 1st is World Compliment Day. That makes me think back to my first time in New York, where people threw compliments at me on the street and I was completely caught off guard. Especially coming from a deeply rooted small town mentality of “who do you think you are?” and “you must not think […]
The chairman of the bored
27/02/2014 by Leave a Comment
Dan Franch on why boredom is good for you: “I’m bored,” sang Iggy Pop in his 1979 song of the same name. The lyrics describe a person who bores himself “to sleep at night… in broad daylight”; pretty much all the time. Professional help is required to prevent such chronic boredom from turning into depression, […]
The business of relationships
05/02/2014 by Leave a Comment
Which came first – the chicken or the egg? That’s an ages old philosophical question. The same can be asked about personal relationships and business relationships. The way people arrange who they spend time with parallels how companies structure their manner of doing business. This is not to suggest that people enter relationships strictly as […]
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