Mine is hard as a rock. So I'm curious about those after years of rhinoplasty, how does your nose feel? Is it squishy and flexible that you can move it from left to right and push it up and down again?
I've been having recurring eye stye, chalazion and inflammation since the beginning of the year. I've been to already 4 ophthalmologist and I feel like being gaslighted by all of them. They've given me some eye drops and eye creams here and there and nothing has worked. I've been doing both warm and cold eye compress almost every day since winter this year as recommended.
I had this a couple of years ago and I had it treated when I was still in my home country. The doctor did a lengthy of treatment from thorough checking to eye massage and it worked. Here, I feel like they quickly checked and told me everything will be fine... like it will go away soon. Well, guess what.. it's been 6 months and both eyes are red and full of styes and chalazion. I can hardly spend time outside these days. It's really ruining my year and limiting my activities.
I speak German, but I'm not 100% comfortable to speak it with doctors. And I can't simply fly back to my country whenever I want. It's more than 10 hours of flying and I have other responsibilities here.
Are there any still decent and good doctors out there? I feel so miserable. It's even hard to work in front of computer. Been checking new doctors and can't find any single appointment — unless I wait for 1-2 months like for God's sake.
Sorry for the rant here. I'm so fed up!
Living here myself, so I'd like to get a better perspectives on financial stability in Berlin.
How much % of your income is paid for rent?
How much % of your income you manage to save on a monthly basis?
When was the last time you got a raise? If so, how much % is it?
Do you invest or only save your money via saving account earn from interest?
And how old are you?
I still find it hard to believe. The fact that it's a remix of a song that was released over 2 months ago and M's first single, BYL featuring with the most currently popular pop singer, Sabrina couldn't even enter the top 20 in the UK single chart. But with Kylie collaboration, they both managed to deliver a top 10 hit in the UK flawlessly.
I had an open rhinoplasty using rib cartilage harvest 8 months ago. My nose has been fine, however, I’ve been feeling a bit of pain or sensation around my nipple whenever I sleep on the side, which is the same side that I had my rib cartilage harvested.
When I roll over, the pain quickly disappears. It doesn't hurt when I lie on the side, only when I fall asleep and wake up. Is this normal? Will the pain ever go away or should I consult a doctor?
I know that she struggled to reach top 10 after the American Life era on the Billboard Hot 100. Only Hung Up peaked at 7 (which was a complete blasphemy) and 4 Minutes peaked at 3 (which was largely influenced by Timberland and Justin Timberlake) since then. But even before American Life, she managed to have top 10 in the UK non stop til Take a Bow. Plus, she has more top 10 hits in the UK and still charts better in European countries (both album and single wise) than the US.
Here are some songs (before American Life) that were either completely flopped or not charting well, but turned doing well in the UK and some European markets like as here:
(US / UK)
It's funny because it's usually the other around with many American artists. Beyonce, Janet, Whitney, Gaga — they all either have almost equal levels of chart success across US and abroad or significantly more in the US only. The only mainstream artist that I can think of who shares similarity to Madonna is probably Britney. During Britney's early career, most of her songs could barely reach top 10, yet she scored from left and right across Europe and worldwide.
Just finished listening the album and I'm loving it! The production sounds so rich, cohesive and the mixing sounds so much better. But what I'm impressed is how her featuring with artists like Stromae, Feid, Sabrina and even her daughter doesn't sound like her chasing trends and looking desperate. I know Sabrina collaboration was there for a reason considering she chose their song to be the lead, but when listening to the full body album, it blends very well. I remember disliking her featuring songs on RH and Madame X as they sound so random.
We initially thought it'd be just one film and done and she's moved on from making a music video, but then she finally dropped the BYL music video. Do you think we're getting other songs too since the BYL music video is an extended version from the film?
I saw her live at the Celebration tour and she still sounded great! Even at Coachella, she sounded full and stable. But I don’t understand what is up with her recording vocals. Ever since Madame X, most of her vocals sound like it’s recorded in a bathroom with a cheap dynamic microphone or something. Her pronunciation is hard to understand. I know many are saying she sings with grillz but I doubt it.
I was glad that she sounded good on IFSF and her voice complements that song’s vibe, but then she’s back again to this mumbling and muddy voice in BYL and even the latest release like LS. Like you can hear the big contrast between her voice and Sabrina. Sabrina’s vocals sound fresher and clearer.
It seems to be her artistic choice at this point. For example, her vocals on the Weekend’s song sound amazing and she sounded bright clear and great in albums that she had highly processed vocals like AL, Music or even CFOAD1.
I don’t get it how none of her producers point this out. It’s painful to listen to especially on a high quality headphone.
I’ve traveled to a few cities in Germany and what I’ve observed is that the food scenes in big cities are quite diverse and I love that.
However, when I feel like trying local German food, I feel that many German dishes are generally more expensive than foreign food like Asian or even Middle Eastern. For example, I can easily find authentic good Pad Thai that cost roughly €12-€15 and it tastes exactly like how it’s made in Thailand. But if I want to have good Schnitzel, it would cost at least minimum €20 (if I’m lucky) but often more to even above €30. In my country, local tends to be more accessible and much cheaper even in a big metropolitan city considering the imported ingredients and stuff.
Why’s that? Don’t Germans often eat German food? And how come that in some big cities like Berlin or Cologne (and more) seem to have more foreign restaurants than German ones?
I'm not French and I don't live in France, but I have close friends living there and they're very happy when they passed probation and now have CDI contract. They claimed that it's now going to be hard to fire them even though how bad they perform. It's going to take months or years to fire people just because they're bad or company needing to restructure or financial problem.
Anyone have experience with getting fired or laid off before? What's your experience so far?
So I get curious about work culture in the US. I live in Europe and I've never been to the US yet. Here, if you have a doctor appointment or some paperwork related to the governmental stuff, you can always block your calendar and leave for a couple of hours from work and then come back resuming your work. You can't do any of this (at least in the country I live in) during the weekend and past work hours.
Also, if you get sick, you just don't have to show up to work. Some of my colleagues are out sick for 3-4 weeks straight while still getting paid and their 30 day annual leaves remain untouched. If they're sick for too long, then their insurance will compensate for that too — but they can't simply get fired just because of that.
I'm 90% Southeast Asian with 10% middle Eastern. However, I'm tall, hairy and have beard and I have a protruding forehead with deep set eyes. I often get mistaken for being from Latin America and sometimes a bit from Mediterranean or even Turkey.
I had lived in Asia my whole life until I moved to Western Europe recently. In my own country, random people would speak English to me or straight up asking me why I don't look local and if I'm mixed with something or not. Here in Europe, Europeans never ask me that. They'd only ask me at a certain point once they know me a bit. Most of the time, when I introduce myself and where I'm from, they'd be like "oh I could never guess..."
I never feel offended when someone asks me that. To me, it's just curiosity. It's just funny how sensitive people in the West are (which I assume it has to do a lot with past history), while it's the opposite in my own country haha.
I don't have that many friends, but often times when I'm outside, I run into people that I know whether it's acquaintances or people I've dated. It gets even awkward when you see those you didn't have good time with when dating and we just look and pretend like we don't know each other. I'd say at least 2-3 times a month, this happens to me. This happened very rare to big cities I've lived before.