For some reason, my main supplies for maintaining a dutch and urban life have decided to start a conspiracy against me by simply breaking. It is not really surprising, since this seems to always happen in the least favorable circumstances and situations, such as economic lows in my wallet or in places where I cannot replace them.
It all started with my laptop deciding to delete everything (including its operational system) by restarting it. This happened twice and fortunately I got a new laptop now. Secondly, my backpack broke and I had to replace it. Said and done. Thirdly, just as I went to school two things broke at once, which would be my headphones and my bike. I have the impression that ALL headphone companies (up until now: Shure, Skullcandy, Apple and Creative) include shitty cables that break easily so the consumer has to buy again (I have had mine for barely 2 months) and that bike builders suck too.
FKCU!!!!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
what the deuce?
I use this opportunity to once again elucidate Lars' perception of us studying:
"We eat, sleep with beautiful women and occasionally have some projects going."
No mum and dad, that is not entirely true ;)
"We eat, sleep with beautiful women and occasionally have some projects going."
No mum and dad, that is not entirely true ;)
Friday, November 7, 2008
amsterdam and generell.
I just heard a casually funny remark of Dr. Lars M.
We just found out about the fact that on a weekend we were trying to spend in Amsterdam a lecture takes place. We also found out that Amsterdam is a pretty attractive and interesting city. Therefore, Lars made a - how I think - hilarious remark.
"Dann muessen wir unbedingt zum Burger Restaurant...und......GENERELL!"
Hope you speak German. If not, tant pis. If, for that matter you do also not speak french...may god have mercy on your soul ;)
We just found out about the fact that on a weekend we were trying to spend in Amsterdam a lecture takes place. We also found out that Amsterdam is a pretty attractive and interesting city. Therefore, Lars made a - how I think - hilarious remark.
"Dann muessen wir unbedingt zum Burger Restaurant...und......GENERELL!"
Hope you speak German. If not, tant pis. If, for that matter you do also not speak french...may god have mercy on your soul ;)
life.
Life is good. Life has been good and that even though some of the passages seem to be plastered with hindrances and thresholds. The fact that I found an internship in Sydney with Amnesty International does certainly not belong to the sucky things that I am surrounded by every day such as missed opportunities, indifference and the dull feeling I sometimes carry around in my gaze.
My housemate Lars and two of my other friends have eventually finished setting up their exhibition and the vernissage took place last night. I truly enjoyed helping them with the finishing touches even though the difference in length of installation cables brought a lot of different, positive and negative feedback. Get over it Raphael... He asked me how this could have happened when having a couple of drinks at Kyra's and I told him a very nice story that was met with laughter and followed by a very uncertain face. It goes like this:
I was in charge of placing some additional pictures, hanging from the second, down to the first floor. I must admit I drank the night before cutting them so they were consequently uneven in length. Raphael then asked me why that had happened. I told him that Colm and I had placed bets on how close we could cut off the cable for the pictures free hand so they would resemble the model cable in length that Raphael had cut off himself. He believed me. In Germany we have a fairly retarded saying, namely: Stupid question, stupid answer!
The Europe Calling event also takes shape as time draws closer, giving me the chance to effectively spend my time with a topic I guessed to be terribly boring but in fact is not.
My new laptop allows me to be full part of the communication world which enables me to interact with everyone at any time, place and for a period I can choose myself. I find this simply stunning, considering the small and big troubles I have had lately with ICTs. I was actually loosing faith in technology for that matter. But then it came. My new metal thing! And everything works so much faster, nicer and more efficiently. In short - my standards are being met again. I don't know how anyone could have created something more beautiful, simpler and lighter, faster, thinner, black and silverisher, whitecabled, virility engendering, ..... than my new laptop (hinthintedyhinthint! Dear company that reconginzes itself here, please invite me for an interview for an internship or as Steve Job's assisstant in near future (preferably after I have finished my internship in Sydney) and all jobs that permit a paycheck higher than $200,000 per year or month, respectively).
This morning I woke up with the wonderful gift basket my mum sent me, containing plenty of sausage, a suit, shoes, wine, and, most importantly, Stifado, a well cooked and spiced Greek goulash. YUMM!!
Aight, cheers and g'day mate! Assimilation has started.
My housemate Lars and two of my other friends have eventually finished setting up their exhibition and the vernissage took place last night. I truly enjoyed helping them with the finishing touches even though the difference in length of installation cables brought a lot of different, positive and negative feedback. Get over it Raphael... He asked me how this could have happened when having a couple of drinks at Kyra's and I told him a very nice story that was met with laughter and followed by a very uncertain face. It goes like this:
I was in charge of placing some additional pictures, hanging from the second, down to the first floor. I must admit I drank the night before cutting them so they were consequently uneven in length. Raphael then asked me why that had happened. I told him that Colm and I had placed bets on how close we could cut off the cable for the pictures free hand so they would resemble the model cable in length that Raphael had cut off himself. He believed me. In Germany we have a fairly retarded saying, namely: Stupid question, stupid answer!
The Europe Calling event also takes shape as time draws closer, giving me the chance to effectively spend my time with a topic I guessed to be terribly boring but in fact is not.
My new laptop allows me to be full part of the communication world which enables me to interact with everyone at any time, place and for a period I can choose myself. I find this simply stunning, considering the small and big troubles I have had lately with ICTs. I was actually loosing faith in technology for that matter. But then it came. My new metal thing! And everything works so much faster, nicer and more efficiently. In short - my standards are being met again. I don't know how anyone could have created something more beautiful, simpler and lighter, faster, thinner, black and silverisher, whitecabled, virility engendering, ..... than my new laptop (hinthintedyhinthint! Dear company that reconginzes itself here, please invite me for an interview for an internship or as Steve Job's assisstant in near future (preferably after I have finished my internship in Sydney) and all jobs that permit a paycheck higher than $200,000 per year or month, respectively).
This morning I woke up with the wonderful gift basket my mum sent me, containing plenty of sausage, a suit, shoes, wine, and, most importantly, Stifado, a well cooked and spiced Greek goulash. YUMM!!
Aight, cheers and g'day mate! Assimilation has started.
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