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Here are all the entries of this blog arranged in chronological order. Don't be surprised if nothing turns up - Blogspot isn't really stable.

As an alternative, try to get to the day you want to read through the monthly archives.

October 2005

Day 1 – Arriving in Karlsruhe
Day 2 – Joining a German class without taking the placement test
Day 3 – Informing the Stadt and enrolling into the Universität
Day 4 – Administration and waiting
Day 5 – Ausflug to Trifels
Day 6 – The first Sunday in Karlsruhe
Day 7 – Changing classes
Day 8 – Grocery shopping
Day 9 – Some pictures of Karlsruhe
Day 10 – More waiting

Day 11 – Party at HaDiKo
Day 12 – Baden baden and steaming a chicken
Day 13 – What’s in Karlsruhe?
Day 14 – Meeting more people
Day 15 – Sergio
Day 16 – Of Referat and computer accounts
Day 17 – Overestimation of one’s language ability
Day 18 – Last day of German class and some other problems
Day 19 – Flohmarkt and Karlsruhe
Day 20 – Still searching for modules

Day 21 – Einstufung Test
Day 22 – First lecture auf Deutsch
Day 23 – Flurversammlung
Day 24 – Some differences
Day 25 – Where is the lecture held? And what is this letter for?
Day 26 – Excursion to Wissembourg, France
Day 27 – Daylight Saving Time

November 2005

Day 28 – Hausfest for Halloween
Day 29 – A failed trip but an enjoyable Stammtisch
Day 30 – Connecting to internet

Day 31 – A false sense of security
Day 32 – Karlsruhe’s pasar malam
Day 33 – Visiting Familie Smith
Day 34 – Klettern at Felsenmeer
Day 35 – Watching internet programs
Day 36 – Buying a German grammar book
Day 37 – Pay up!
Day 38 – Dry skin
Day 39 – Do you know where that is?
Day 40 – Ettlingen

Day 41 – Keinen Strom und keine Kartoffeln
Day 42 – Krankenkasse
Day 43 – I have a choice
Day 44 – Letter from the Bürgerbüro
Day 45 – Washing clothes with a washing machine
Day 46 – Meeting up with fellow Singaporeans
Day 47 – Köln
Day 48 – Interview and free lunch
Day 49 – What they discuss for Flurversammlung
Day 50 – Light bulbs

Day 51 – Changing bed sheets
Day 52 – 25€ for a mistake
Day 53 – Twins
Day 54 – Strasbourg
Day 55 – Area cleaning
Day 56 – Negotiation with a professor and Fluressen
Day 57 – Problem with counting
Day 58 – Learning things slowly

December 2005

Day 59 – Haircut
Day 60 – Slight improvement

Day 61 – Bruchsal
Day 62 – Feuerzangebowle
Day 63 – Salvaging the situation
Day 64 – Some tuning required
Day 65 – Cleaning up the floor
Day 66 – Dangerously optimistic
Day 67 – Skipped a lecture
Day 68 – It is amazing
Day 69 – Konstanz- Ulm- Stuttgart
Day 70 – ICT

Day 71 – Vivek and elephants
Day 72 – What’s that on the screen?
Day 73 – A record time
Day 74 – How to wash utensils the German way
Day 75 – Basel
Day 76 – Another bulb blew
Day 77 – Brainwashed
Day 78 – Not very bright
Day 79 – 101 ways to get to Dresden
Day 80 – Dresden Day 1

Day 81 – Dresden Day 2
Day 82 – Christmas eve
Day 83 – No updates for a while

January 2006

Day 84 – Back in Karlsruhe again
Day 85 – Excuses
Day 86 – 4,0 ist genug
Day 87 – Understand-German-lecture-notes-immediately
Day 88 – Karlsruhe Appreciation Day
Day 89 – Shoe polish
Day 90 – Translating everything doesn’t work

Day 91 – Harvesting Blu-Tacks
Day 92 – The power of assumption
Day 93 – Waiting for the sale
Day 94 – Registering for exams
Day 95 – Nest for homeless birds
Day 96 – Streets filled with people
Day 97 – Crazy weather report
Day 98 – The hypothesis was correct
Day 99 – Scheduling exams
Day 100 – How to be a decent burglar

Day 101 – Pfennigbasar
Day 102 – Snow can be quite beautiful
Day 103 – Celebrating Chinese New Year Eve
Day 104 – First day of Chinese New Year
Day 105 – Unlocking the Speak-German-With-Relative-Ease mode
Day 106 – The days are getting longer

February 2006

Day 107 – Self test
Day 108 – The package arrived
Day 109 – Deciphering what I wrote
Day 110 – Enzyme activity is lower at lower temperature

Day 111 – The difference is in the water
Day 112 – Dentist appointment
Day 113 – Studying in Germany
Day 114 – What I learn during Phonetik lessons
Day 115 – The Winter semester is ending soon
Day 116 – A Beisitzer
Day 117 – Deutsch ist nicht meine Muttersprache
Day 118 – Differences between 2 universities
Day 119 – Dentist appointment number 2
Day 120 – Panic strikes

Day 121 – How an exchange student is graded
Day 122 – The premier institute of education
Day 123 – Because I’m an exchange student
Day 124 – Rate of consumption of various items
Day 125 – 40 days left
Day 126 – Generalisation and Dentist appointment number 3
Day 127 – Distracted
Day 128 – What is the focus of the lecture notes?
Day 129 – Chemical Engineering student don’t know basic Maths!
Day 130 – Visiting a plant-building company

Day 131 – Carol’s birthday party
Day 132 – Student life in Germany
Day 133 – Another dentist appointment?
Day 134 – Fasching

March 2006

Day 135 – Calculating the area under a curve
Day 136 – Why is it still snowing?
Day 137 – Uncertainty and waiting to be exploited
Day 138 – Reasons for not visiting Schwarzwald
Day 139 – Recovering from flu with the 3-2-1 Method
Day 140 – The Betreuer threatens

Day 141 – The Teilnahmeschein will be sent
Day 142 – My last mündliche Prüfung
Day 143 – A bad record stays forever
Day 144 – Not all Betreuer are mean
Day 145 – Speyer, IMAX theatre and Fluressen
Day 146 – Erotikmesse
Day 147 – Dizzy dizzy
Day 148 – My last Flurversammlung
Day 149 – Making travel plans
Day 150 – Mayonnaise production

Day 151 – Octane number and my lab group
Day 152 – Re-appreciating Karlsruhe and the coming of Spring
Day 153 – Visiting Familie Smith again
Day 154 – A new member
Day 155 – Bathing at Baden baden
Day 156 – Start of the Austria and Switzerland trip
Day 157 – Wien Day 1
Day 158 – Wien Day 2
Day 159 – Wien Day 3
Day 160 – Salzburg Day 1

Day 161 – Salzburg Day 2
Day 162 – Innsbruck
Day 163 – Zürich Day 1
Day 164 – Zürich Day 2
Day 165 – Last day in Germany
Day 166 – Reflections