5 Things I learned while studying the German language

Flip the page, flip another and another.  Where is the letter “S”? Now find the consonant ‘c’ and then ‘h’.  God this language, it makes me crazy!  I can’t find nothing about this word:

“Streichholzschächtelchen”

I was standing with my German books opened in front of me and a thick Duden dictionary.  1047 pages of a dictionary and I couldn’t find the word.  How is that possible?

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Social media a way to destroy someone’s life?

Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Ping, my phone vibrated for the fiftieth time that day. I ran to the couch where my phone was because, I was literally obsessed with social media and saw on the bright screen a notification that said: “Someone posted for the first time in a while”.  I clicked on it and Bang, there was this Phuket (Thailand) photo where the waters are crystal clear or the perfect “Good morning” floating basket breakfast on the swimming pool from Ayana Resort in Bali.  It seemed like everyone was having a perfect life, but not ME.

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