just another personal blog of a bisdak
School System in Germany is confusing for someone like me who came from the carabao island. Primary school from grade 1 to 4 is the same for all. Afterwhich, depending on their grades, kids are segragated between hauptschule (lowest) realschule (middle) and gymnasium (highest). But what is this oberschule and mittelschule about and where do…
Almost 11 years in Germany and still a pinoy. Either I am too lazy to work on all those papers or did NOT see the reason for it until I read this news: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65180538 So everything might be okay now but you just never know in the future when I am a bedridden oma and…
Pre-enrolling my girl for gymnasium but it will be finalized only if she gets a recommendation for it. We have been debating between 2 gymnasium and each has its pros and cons: State gymnasium (top): free, 20 minutes walk away, learn russian and french, a lot of kids are aiming for it so a bit…
Travel Insurance is a requirement for schengen visa and there is only a limited insurance company approved. Mom called me at 4:30 am german time because insurance agent has some questions. They wanted a flight reservation. So I looked for flights available, made a screenshot and send it to my mom. After 3 hours, my…
