The Airportline: Observations

Herta Müller today got the Nobel Price in literature and even though I know little about her, I think it is positive. She seems to be a hard core woman, with an almost Gothic look and a feeling of not having her own language she will hopefully put Romania and its literature on the map. Not that I know anything about the literary scene in Romania, but I do know some Romanians who feel that their country is being portrayed unfairly in European media. Hopefully this will change that. Even though she has never written in Romanian.

In other news The Times presented their annual list over the top 50 Universities in the world, good old Universitet van Amsterdam is 49th on the list. Quite impressive considering its bureaucratic messiness. Harvard is number one, now followed by Cambridge who has overtaken Yale since last year. Sweden has no Universities on the list which is heavily dominated by US institutions.

Tonight I am making Tom Yam Soup.
Just to put some Thai flavor in the week.