We wanted to spend this chistmas in Perth. But it seems to be too late for booking! We always used West Tours and were content with the service.
Not this time, though. I was told we are very late and Ingo was told we should have started a year in advance.
Hello?????
This special program is called "overwinter in Perth", which means flight plus hotel.
I love Perth and don´t want to be offensive here - but in june all places are taken already??? With Sydney I probably would believe it (not really).
These days the job market is so unsafe - how could you plan a year ahead?
My employer was astonished enough about me asking now for december.
What if we loose our project? Can I keep my job? Can I go on holidays?
OK I take two days off next week to search from Ingo´s place in the internet for the flights. Ingo has tried already and says it´s really difficult. On the 13th of january a flight can be some hundred bucks cheaper than on the day 14th - why soever.
What Ingo found out so far was shocking!
In 1999 we payed for two tickets 2000,- DM (approx 1000,- €).
Now the prices are around 1200,- € - how can that be?
And this is without the hotel! Without food and stuff! We are no millionaires!!!
Is this a dream too high? We don´t want much - flights and a small hotel room...
I really hope I find something affordable!
Friday, June 30, 2006
Thursday, June 29, 2006
On TV!
I zapped through the channels yesterday and saw my town! It was a report on what you can do here. They showed the Rizzi-houses, the lion, they said we have heaps of students here at the universities.
They mentioned that Brunswick, Germany, and Toulouse, France, are the two biggest research centres in Europe.
They mentioned the soccer-story (see the post "Soccer") and then they went on that apart from soccer you can have one other big thing here.
The camera turned away for the next scene.
Our gigant football-helmet is on TV, Hank runs into the stadion, right after him Elzie Anderson and the rest of the defence-team, all wearing red.
O.K. it was an old report. They now wear white and Elzie Anderson left the team. Which is really sad. He was so "cute", always dancing after a quarterback sack.
The fans were interviewed, why they come here. Here is what they said:
"Because it´s for the family."
"Because of the great family atmosphere."
"You can sit beside a fan of the other team - no problem."
Can´t wait for the next game :-)
They mentioned that Brunswick, Germany, and Toulouse, France, are the two biggest research centres in Europe.
They mentioned the soccer-story (see the post "Soccer") and then they went on that apart from soccer you can have one other big thing here.
The camera turned away for the next scene.
Our gigant football-helmet is on TV, Hank runs into the stadion, right after him Elzie Anderson and the rest of the defence-team, all wearing red.
O.K. it was an old report. They now wear white and Elzie Anderson left the team. Which is really sad. He was so "cute", always dancing after a quarterback sack.
The fans were interviewed, why they come here. Here is what they said:
"Because it´s for the family."
"Because of the great family atmosphere."
"You can sit beside a fan of the other team - no problem."
Can´t wait for the next game :-)
City of Science 2007
Wow! We are nominated to be the City of Science 2007
We have already some good stuff here.
PTB Sync gives the exact time and it gets it for Germany from the atomic clock in our physical technical federal agency.
We have the Fraunhofer institute, wood research is done here.
When planes crash in the larger region, the black boxes are examined here in the agency for Flugunfalluntersuchung, they do their best here.
We have already some good stuff here.
PTB Sync gives the exact time and it gets it for Germany from the atomic clock in our physical technical federal agency.
We have the Fraunhofer institute, wood research is done here.
When planes crash in the larger region, the black boxes are examined here in the agency for Flugunfalluntersuchung, they do their best here.
Book List (since summer 2009)
Done Recently, was Good
Year 2012
- Der geheime Schlüssel zum Universum - Lucy und Stephen Hawking (The secret key to the universe)
Great book. Here the stuff I want to remember:
S. 34: Springtide:
(Obwohl Masse der Sonne größer ist als die des Mondes, ist ihr Einfluss auf die Gezeiten nur etwa halb so groß, weil sie ungleich weiter von der Erde entfernt ist)
Zwei Mal im Monat steht der Mond etwa in einer Linie mit der Erde und der Sonne, dann addieren sich die von Sonne und Mond verursachten Wölbungen und es entstehen besonders starke Gezeiten, die Springtiden.
Der Mond besitzt keine Atmosphäre, deshalb ist der Himmel dort immer tiefschwarz. Seit es Leben auf der Erde gibt, hat es auf dem Mond weder Erdbeben noch Vulkanausbrüche gegeben, daher sah er immer unverändert für uns aus.
S. 36: Auch Licht braucht Zeit, um von A nach B zu gelangen. Es braucht 1,3 Sekunden, um von der Erde zum Mond zu gelangen, von der Sonne zur Erde 8 Minuten 30.
Der nächst-nahe Stern nach der Sonne heißt Proxima Centauri, sein Licht braucht 4,22 Jahre zu uns. Licht von anderen Sternen ist bereits Hunderte bis zigtausende von Jahren unterwegs, manche der Sterne existieren womöglich nicht mehr.
Ein Lichtjahr = 9,500 Milliarden km.
S. 52: Sterne wandeln in ihrem Innern kleine Teilchen in größere um, diese verschmelzen miteinander. Die Verschmelzung setzt gigantische Energie frei, die die Sterne zum Leuchten bringen. Fast alle Elemente, aus denen der Mensch entsteht, sind im Innern von Sternen entstanden, was uns zu Sternenkindern macht :-)
S. 53: Sterne wachsen bis zur Explosion, wenn keine kleinen Teilchen mehr übrig sind, die zu größeren verschmelzen können, bei der sie Licht und glühendes Gas und die neu entstandenen Atome herausschleudern. Es entsteht eine leuchtende Wolke.
S. 54: Die farbigen Wolken vermengen sich mit anderen, von weit entfernten Sternen. Wenn die Gase abkühlen, vermischen sie sich miteinander, es entsteht eine größere Wolke, aus der ein Stern entsteht. Die übrig gebliebenen Teilchen verbinden sich zu größeren Gebilden, die unterschiedlich groß und zu klein sind, um selbst Sterne zu werden. Aus einem Teil dieser Gebilde werden Kugeln und dann Planeten.
S. 75: Temperaturen:
Durchschnittliche Temp auf der Erdoberfläche: 15C
Niedrigste je gemessene: -89C, in Vostok, Antarktika, 21.07.1983
Höchste 58C in Al `Aziziya, Libyen, 13.09.1922
Mondoberfläche durchschnittlich am Tag: 110C, nachts -150C
Sonnenoberfläche durchschnittlich 5.500C, Sonnenkern: 15.000.000C
Durchschnittlich im Weltraum -270,4C
S. 114: Jupiter – der große rote Fleck ist ein hurrikanähnlicher Sturm, der seit über 300 Jahren andauert oder länger (erste Entdeckung 1655), das Gebiet ist doppelt so groß wie die Erde, Geschwindigkeiten bis zu 1.000 km/h.
Der Jupiter braucht 11,86 Erdjahre um die Sonne zu umrunden.
S. 208: schwarzes Loch: Bereich des Raums, in dem die Schwerkraft so groß ist, dass Licht zurückgezogen wird. Da sich nichts schneller bewegt als das Licht, wird alles hineingezogen. Den Rand nennt man Horizont. Je mehr hineinfällt, desto größer wird es, der Horizont wandert weiter nach außen. Als würde man ein Schwein füttern, je mehr, desto fetter ;-)
- Meine DDR – Leben im anderen Deutschland – Florian Huber
Great book, got an own post here.
- Die sechziger Jahre: Das bewegte die Welt, Dokumentationen eines Jahrzenhts.
- Die siebziger Jahre: Das bewegte die Welt, Dokumentationen eines Jahrzenhts.
- Schmitz` Mama - Ralf Schmitz.
Oh my, so funny, so true, family is embarassing and you still have to love them
Interesting.
S 27 – Chili – nicht 3, sondern 30 Schoten, führt zu Schluckauf
S. 29: Abendbrot, so hieß das damals noch… und heute?!
Weil es nicht Pommes von Mc Donald´s oder Döner vom Imbiss um die Ecke gab, sondern tatsächlich Brot mit Wurst, Käse und Gürkchen.
S. 30: Oma´s Zähne. Ist sie ein Vampir, der Beisser aus dem James Bond-Film oder bewahrt sie nur seine Erwachsenen-Zähne auf (weil nach den Milchzähnen doch nichts nachwächst)
S 91: Hannibals Überraschungsangriff und Mamas Überraschungsbesuch im Vergleich.
S. 129: Weihnachten. Fleischfondue.
S. 149: Is et nicht schön? – Ja, es it nich schön! Früher sagte man, „ich liebe dich“, heute: „du machst mich bekloppt“. Ist eigentlich das Gleiche, nur nicht für alle verständlich…
S. 185: Der Drops war gelutscht, die Ente zu Wasser gelassen…
- Kluge Mädchen oder wie wir wurden, was wir nicht werden sollten - Antonia Meiners
On how life for girls and women changed in the 20th century in Germany.
Year 2011
- Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische. 20 men and women went to a country house in 1927´s style. 6 weeks 24 hours a day they were master and servant and really lived like in 1927 (except for the camera-teams recording it all). Book was 1 euro, well written and with heaps of pics.
- Speak German - got it´s own post (s)
- Curiosa - illustrative and exhilarating facts from four centuries (from this region)
- Ein Mann für alte Fälle - Braunschweig-Krimi von Dirk Rühmann, who offers many more books as .pdf here - and for free, yay!!! Great book, though I´m actually not into thrillers. Just fun to know the places (it takes place in my town)- and great plots, too!
- Alles Löwe - oder was? (Kids write about our town, Braunschweig). Cute at times :-)
- Futter fürs Volk by Angeres, Hutter and Ribbe (Chow For The Folk) - so yikes, got an own post...
- Nachts als die Weihnachtsbäume kamen - Eckhard Schimpf (At Night When The Christmas Trees came). We had seemilgly nothing else but Hitler in history at school adn I´m pretty fed up with that subject (see here - it´s a "joke" but felt it´s the truth!). But Eckard Schimpf is a very, very good local author and so I read how a kid lived through war and post-war times (with said Christmas Trees being lights at night for the bombers to find the right targets).
- Dinge, die es nicht geben dürfte - Reinhard Habeck. A book on things that should not exist, like the Dendera light - fantasic book! Weird!
- Möderische Landschaft: Braunschweig Krimis (Butcherly landscapes: Braunschweig Thrillers) - some were good! I love knowing the real scenery :-)
- Je älter desto besser: Überraschende Erkenntnisse aus der Hirnforschung - Ernst Pöppel und Beatrice Wagner - a book on brain research/getting old(er). Many interesting aspects.
- Das Pinguin-Prizip (Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions (Kotter, Our Iceberg is Melting)) - John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber
Good book, well done. Nothing much new but an entertaining read.
- Ich bin, was ich denke - Gerhard Leibold, a book on positive thinking.
Aww, well. Nearly 200 pages I summed up to 2 pages in word. Not sooo much info!
- Ohne jede Spur - Vermisst in Braunschweig (Without a trace - missing in Braunschweig) - the only crime thriller books I like - was good!
- Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind - Michael Eric Dyson. Never knew Cosby used such hard, blindfold words! The Super-Dad sure lost a lot of his magic through this book...
- Unglaublich aber wahr - Martin Plimmer
Unbelievable but true - fascinating ... after a very boring start! Sometimes it´s worth to stick to a book!
- Klinterklater. Typisch braunschweigisch - Eckhard Schimpf - (typically Braunschweig-language) - funny. Grew up with many of the words, though!
- Enjoy your life - Martha Beck - hmm. not so sure about this one. Some good ideas, though.
- Mein Braunschweig. Wie war das damals? - Eckhard Schimpf - very well written, interesting (own post)!
Last Man on the Moon - Eugene Cerna - a fantastic book!!!! Very well written, too! Worth the time!
- Spinat macht stark..... stimmt das denn? (Popular Fallacy ) - Paula Hardegen - funny & interesting.
Das Elch-Fest - an hommage for IKEA. Boooooring.
Die Relativitätstheorie. Einstein mal einfach - Heinrich Hemme
"Einstein the easy way" wasn´t that easy! Sad ending, too:
Certainly he hated Germany, being Jewish.
When he died on April 18th in 1955 at i:00 am he murmured something in German.
The Nurse certainly didn´t understand German, so Einstein´s last words are lost.
Weird his last words were in this language. And sad, too. So he could never get rid of his roots...
Year 2010
Klartext. - Wolfgang Clement - For Germany going ahead.
TRUE book! Will someone listen to that man?! Please???
- Die Tagesschau erklärt die Welt - Sylke Tempel (The News-Channel "Tagesschau" explains the world). Interesting.
- Die Glücksformel: oder Wie die guten Gefühle entstehen (The formula of Happiness: Or how good feelings arise) - Stefan Klein - great book, very interesting!
- The Half-open door: Sixteen modern Australian women look at professional life and achievement - interesting.
Döner mit Braunkohl und Bier: Das Braunschweig-Buch - about my Town :-) true, funny, mean!
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years - great, fantastic book! Amazing!
Sorry, wir haben die Landebahn verfehlt: Kurioses aus dem Cockpit (Sorry, we missed the airstrip) - Stephan Orth, Antje Blinda: funny.
Freddie Mercury - Peter Feestone (own post)
Grinding It Out - Tha Making of McDonald´s - Ray Kroc - book so great, got a post, too :-)
Born On A Blue Day - book so great, got a post :-)
Wasted - Marya Hornbacher - frightening. Revealing. Maybe my Mum sees the words also like really different... It is possible, obviously. Though... this is a book on eating disorder, my Mum has different issues.
- German Dream: Träumen für Deutschland - Wolfgang Blau, Alysa Selene - what do other Nations dream for/about Germany? I gave it to my SIL. Seldom I don´t finish a book. But this suggests, Germany is rich, rich and rich. We´re not, not the people like you and me!
- Long Walk to Freedom 2 - Nelson Mandela. Very, very interesting, definitively worth the read!
- Die Wunderwelt der Vierten Dimension (Geometry, Relativity and the Fourth Dimension) - Rudy Rucker. Pfffff... tough book, but very, very interesting, A-Square´s adventures are really another perspective! For a beginning, that is!!!
- Wer bin ich - und wenn ja wie viele?: Eine philosophische Reise (Who am I and if so, how many? A philosophical journey) - Richard David Precht. Very interesting, very well written, and with a pic of the author - sexy guy!!! :-)
- A Child Called ' It': One child's courage to survive - Dave Pelzer. Very disturbing. A true story, an autobiography. Two more books he wrote, maybe I read them, too. He survived and helps others now.
- Cosbyology: Essays and Observations from the Doctor of Comedy - Bill Cosby. Fun! Not his best book, if you ask me (I loved "Fatherhood" and "Time Flies"), but fun, too! Worth it!
- The Xenophobe's Guide to the Germans - Stefan Zeidenitz, Ben Barko. I read it so I can judge if the other books from this plot are true. Some parts in this one were!
- Kreatives Denken (Out of the box) - Rob Eastaway und Stephanie Ehrenschwendner. Nothing new...
- Tim Allen Laid Bare - Michael Arkush. Boy. Amazing story, from way down to making the best of it and getting to the top - in detail.
The books of Tim Allen Don´t stand too close to a naked man and I´m not really here are great, too!! Very good, fun and true! Wise!
- My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla - Nikola Tesla. Interesting.
- Love and Marriage - Bill Cosby. Was not such a good book. Fun was, though: I was standing in the elevator in Cuba with it and a guy asked me, "hey, Bill Cosby! Have you read "Fatherhood"?" - which I did, THAT was a very good book!
- Kein Tiger weit und breit - Petra Reski. Gossip. Fun, kinda.
- Was Frauen und Männer so im Kopf haben. Eine Reise durch das menschliche Gehirn ( A journey through our brain.) - Jeanne Rubner. Very interesting, so many explanations ;-)
- Stephen Hawkings Universum - David Filkin, interesting, hope I get it! ;-) - was good!
- Koalamond - Sabine Korsukewitz. Dude, the German author must´ve travelled Australia, she knows so many things! Except... she thinks you drink Fosters there ;-)
- My Left Foot - Christy Brown. Life can be cruel.
- Wenn ein Löwe sprechen könnte. If a Lion Could Talk: Animal Intelligence and the Evolution of Consciousness. - Stephen Budiansky. Very, very interesting, and rather scentific, too, but manageable.
- The Blind Years - Catherine Cookson. Was ok.
Year 2009
- The Ghost - Danielle Steel. Though I don´t like fiction much this was a great book, touching story.
- An allem nagt der Zahn der Zeit: Vom Reiz der Vergänglichkeit (Way of All Flesh: A Celebration of Decay) - Midas Dekkers - Can say: Great book! Have a look at the English Version!
- Mord in Burg Dankwarderode (Murder in Castle Dankwarderode) - Thomas Ostwald (a crime-thriller in my town in 1300-something) - rather boring.
- Schmitz' Katze (Schmitz´s Cat) - Ralf Schmitz. Good book. I don´t want a cat anymore though, bu-huuu!
- Geisha of Gion - Mineko Iwasaki - interesting, but not well written in my opinion.
- Das Geschenk der Delphine - Kirsten Kuhnert - (amazing how Dolphins can cure children!)
- Das Licht ist mein Feind (Light is my enemy) - Antoinette Krawinkel - (sad, sad story (autobiography), but very well written)
- Die Seele meines Vaters (Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo) - Kenn Harper (not well written, weird (true) story about a lost guy)
- Ich bleibe wie ich bin. (I stay the way I am?) - Anne Zamberlan - Strange.
- Die Neckermanns - Thomas Veszelits - (interesting. Not well written)
- My Point...And I Do Have One - Ellen Degeneres - (I expected better!)
- Wilde Schwäne (Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China) - Jung Chang - (distressing but very well written)
- Mythos Harley - Brock Yates (interesting)
- Barack Obama - Ein amerikanischer Traum (An American Dream) - Barack Obama (Surprisingly honest, well written)
- Fatherhood - Bill Cosby (great Book!)
- Slave - Mende Nazer (Brave woman)
- Rise and Fall of a Yummy Mummy - Polly Williams (Strange book)
- Der verkaufte Patient (The sold patient/sick person?) - Renate Hartwig (sadly very true)
- Die 11 Geheimnisse des IKEA-Erfolgs (The 11 secrets of IKEA´s success) - Rüdiger Jungbluth (interesting!)
Year 2012
- Der geheime Schlüssel zum Universum - Lucy und Stephen Hawking (The secret key to the universe)
Great book. Here the stuff I want to remember:
S. 34: Springtide:
(Obwohl Masse der Sonne größer ist als die des Mondes, ist ihr Einfluss auf die Gezeiten nur etwa halb so groß, weil sie ungleich weiter von der Erde entfernt ist)
Zwei Mal im Monat steht der Mond etwa in einer Linie mit der Erde und der Sonne, dann addieren sich die von Sonne und Mond verursachten Wölbungen und es entstehen besonders starke Gezeiten, die Springtiden.
Der Mond besitzt keine Atmosphäre, deshalb ist der Himmel dort immer tiefschwarz. Seit es Leben auf der Erde gibt, hat es auf dem Mond weder Erdbeben noch Vulkanausbrüche gegeben, daher sah er immer unverändert für uns aus.
S. 36: Auch Licht braucht Zeit, um von A nach B zu gelangen. Es braucht 1,3 Sekunden, um von der Erde zum Mond zu gelangen, von der Sonne zur Erde 8 Minuten 30.
Der nächst-nahe Stern nach der Sonne heißt Proxima Centauri, sein Licht braucht 4,22 Jahre zu uns. Licht von anderen Sternen ist bereits Hunderte bis zigtausende von Jahren unterwegs, manche der Sterne existieren womöglich nicht mehr.
Ein Lichtjahr = 9,500 Milliarden km.
S. 52: Sterne wandeln in ihrem Innern kleine Teilchen in größere um, diese verschmelzen miteinander. Die Verschmelzung setzt gigantische Energie frei, die die Sterne zum Leuchten bringen. Fast alle Elemente, aus denen der Mensch entsteht, sind im Innern von Sternen entstanden, was uns zu Sternenkindern macht :-)
S. 53: Sterne wachsen bis zur Explosion, wenn keine kleinen Teilchen mehr übrig sind, die zu größeren verschmelzen können, bei der sie Licht und glühendes Gas und die neu entstandenen Atome herausschleudern. Es entsteht eine leuchtende Wolke.
S. 54: Die farbigen Wolken vermengen sich mit anderen, von weit entfernten Sternen. Wenn die Gase abkühlen, vermischen sie sich miteinander, es entsteht eine größere Wolke, aus der ein Stern entsteht. Die übrig gebliebenen Teilchen verbinden sich zu größeren Gebilden, die unterschiedlich groß und zu klein sind, um selbst Sterne zu werden. Aus einem Teil dieser Gebilde werden Kugeln und dann Planeten.
S. 75: Temperaturen:
Durchschnittliche Temp auf der Erdoberfläche: 15C
Niedrigste je gemessene: -89C, in Vostok, Antarktika, 21.07.1983
Höchste 58C in Al `Aziziya, Libyen, 13.09.1922
Mondoberfläche durchschnittlich am Tag: 110C, nachts -150C
Sonnenoberfläche durchschnittlich 5.500C, Sonnenkern: 15.000.000C
Durchschnittlich im Weltraum -270,4C
S. 114: Jupiter – der große rote Fleck ist ein hurrikanähnlicher Sturm, der seit über 300 Jahren andauert oder länger (erste Entdeckung 1655), das Gebiet ist doppelt so groß wie die Erde, Geschwindigkeiten bis zu 1.000 km/h.
Der Jupiter braucht 11,86 Erdjahre um die Sonne zu umrunden.
S. 208: schwarzes Loch: Bereich des Raums, in dem die Schwerkraft so groß ist, dass Licht zurückgezogen wird. Da sich nichts schneller bewegt als das Licht, wird alles hineingezogen. Den Rand nennt man Horizont. Je mehr hineinfällt, desto größer wird es, der Horizont wandert weiter nach außen. Als würde man ein Schwein füttern, je mehr, desto fetter ;-)
- Meine DDR – Leben im anderen Deutschland – Florian Huber
Great book, got an own post here.
- Die sechziger Jahre: Das bewegte die Welt, Dokumentationen eines Jahrzenhts.
- Die siebziger Jahre: Das bewegte die Welt, Dokumentationen eines Jahrzenhts.
- Schmitz` Mama - Ralf Schmitz.
Oh my, so funny, so true, family is embarassing and you still have to love them
Interesting.
S 27 – Chili – nicht 3, sondern 30 Schoten, führt zu Schluckauf
S. 29: Abendbrot, so hieß das damals noch… und heute?!
Weil es nicht Pommes von Mc Donald´s oder Döner vom Imbiss um die Ecke gab, sondern tatsächlich Brot mit Wurst, Käse und Gürkchen.
S. 30: Oma´s Zähne. Ist sie ein Vampir, der Beisser aus dem James Bond-Film oder bewahrt sie nur seine Erwachsenen-Zähne auf (weil nach den Milchzähnen doch nichts nachwächst)
S 91: Hannibals Überraschungsangriff und Mamas Überraschungsbesuch im Vergleich.
S. 129: Weihnachten. Fleischfondue.
S. 149: Is et nicht schön? – Ja, es it nich schön! Früher sagte man, „ich liebe dich“, heute: „du machst mich bekloppt“. Ist eigentlich das Gleiche, nur nicht für alle verständlich…
S. 185: Der Drops war gelutscht, die Ente zu Wasser gelassen…
- Kluge Mädchen oder wie wir wurden, was wir nicht werden sollten - Antonia Meiners
On how life for girls and women changed in the 20th century in Germany.
Year 2011
- Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische. 20 men and women went to a country house in 1927´s style. 6 weeks 24 hours a day they were master and servant and really lived like in 1927 (except for the camera-teams recording it all). Book was 1 euro, well written and with heaps of pics.
- Speak German - got it´s own post (s)
- Curiosa - illustrative and exhilarating facts from four centuries (from this region)
- Ein Mann für alte Fälle - Braunschweig-Krimi von Dirk Rühmann, who offers many more books as .pdf here - and for free, yay!!! Great book, though I´m actually not into thrillers. Just fun to know the places (it takes place in my town)- and great plots, too!
- Alles Löwe - oder was? (Kids write about our town, Braunschweig). Cute at times :-)
- Futter fürs Volk by Angeres, Hutter and Ribbe (Chow For The Folk) - so yikes, got an own post...
- Nachts als die Weihnachtsbäume kamen - Eckhard Schimpf (At Night When The Christmas Trees came). We had seemilgly nothing else but Hitler in history at school adn I´m pretty fed up with that subject (see here - it´s a "joke" but felt it´s the truth!). But Eckard Schimpf is a very, very good local author and so I read how a kid lived through war and post-war times (with said Christmas Trees being lights at night for the bombers to find the right targets).
- Dinge, die es nicht geben dürfte - Reinhard Habeck. A book on things that should not exist, like the Dendera light - fantasic book! Weird!
- Möderische Landschaft: Braunschweig Krimis (Butcherly landscapes: Braunschweig Thrillers) - some were good! I love knowing the real scenery :-)
- Je älter desto besser: Überraschende Erkenntnisse aus der Hirnforschung - Ernst Pöppel und Beatrice Wagner - a book on brain research/getting old(er). Many interesting aspects.
- Das Pinguin-Prizip (Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions (Kotter, Our Iceberg is Melting)) - John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber
Good book, well done. Nothing much new but an entertaining read.
- Ich bin, was ich denke - Gerhard Leibold, a book on positive thinking.
Aww, well. Nearly 200 pages I summed up to 2 pages in word. Not sooo much info!
- Ohne jede Spur - Vermisst in Braunschweig (Without a trace - missing in Braunschweig) - the only crime thriller books I like - was good!
- Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind - Michael Eric Dyson. Never knew Cosby used such hard, blindfold words! The Super-Dad sure lost a lot of his magic through this book...
- Unglaublich aber wahr - Martin Plimmer
Unbelievable but true - fascinating ... after a very boring start! Sometimes it´s worth to stick to a book!
- Klinterklater. Typisch braunschweigisch - Eckhard Schimpf - (typically Braunschweig-language) - funny. Grew up with many of the words, though!
- Enjoy your life - Martha Beck - hmm. not so sure about this one. Some good ideas, though.
- Mein Braunschweig. Wie war das damals? - Eckhard Schimpf - very well written, interesting (own post)!
Last Man on the Moon - Eugene Cerna - a fantastic book!!!! Very well written, too! Worth the time!
- Spinat macht stark..... stimmt das denn? (Popular Fallacy ) - Paula Hardegen - funny & interesting.
Das Elch-Fest - an hommage for IKEA. Boooooring.
Die Relativitätstheorie. Einstein mal einfach - Heinrich Hemme
"Einstein the easy way" wasn´t that easy! Sad ending, too:
Certainly he hated Germany, being Jewish.
When he died on April 18th in 1955 at i:00 am he murmured something in German.
The Nurse certainly didn´t understand German, so Einstein´s last words are lost.
Weird his last words were in this language. And sad, too. So he could never get rid of his roots...
Year 2010
Klartext. - Wolfgang Clement - For Germany going ahead.
TRUE book! Will someone listen to that man?! Please???
- Die Tagesschau erklärt die Welt - Sylke Tempel (The News-Channel "Tagesschau" explains the world). Interesting.
- Die Glücksformel: oder Wie die guten Gefühle entstehen (The formula of Happiness: Or how good feelings arise) - Stefan Klein - great book, very interesting!
- The Half-open door: Sixteen modern Australian women look at professional life and achievement - interesting.
Döner mit Braunkohl und Bier: Das Braunschweig-Buch - about my Town :-) true, funny, mean!
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years - great, fantastic book! Amazing!
Sorry, wir haben die Landebahn verfehlt: Kurioses aus dem Cockpit (Sorry, we missed the airstrip) - Stephan Orth, Antje Blinda: funny.
Freddie Mercury - Peter Feestone (own post)
Grinding It Out - Tha Making of McDonald´s - Ray Kroc - book so great, got a post, too :-)
Born On A Blue Day - book so great, got a post :-)
Wasted - Marya Hornbacher - frightening. Revealing. Maybe my Mum sees the words also like really different... It is possible, obviously. Though... this is a book on eating disorder, my Mum has different issues.
- German Dream: Träumen für Deutschland - Wolfgang Blau, Alysa Selene - what do other Nations dream for/about Germany? I gave it to my SIL. Seldom I don´t finish a book. But this suggests, Germany is rich, rich and rich. We´re not, not the people like you and me!
- Long Walk to Freedom 2 - Nelson Mandela. Very, very interesting, definitively worth the read!
- Die Wunderwelt der Vierten Dimension (Geometry, Relativity and the Fourth Dimension) - Rudy Rucker. Pfffff... tough book, but very, very interesting, A-Square´s adventures are really another perspective! For a beginning, that is!!!
- Wer bin ich - und wenn ja wie viele?: Eine philosophische Reise (Who am I and if so, how many? A philosophical journey) - Richard David Precht. Very interesting, very well written, and with a pic of the author - sexy guy!!! :-)
- A Child Called ' It': One child's courage to survive - Dave Pelzer. Very disturbing. A true story, an autobiography. Two more books he wrote, maybe I read them, too. He survived and helps others now.
- Cosbyology: Essays and Observations from the Doctor of Comedy - Bill Cosby. Fun! Not his best book, if you ask me (I loved "Fatherhood" and "Time Flies"), but fun, too! Worth it!
- The Xenophobe's Guide to the Germans - Stefan Zeidenitz, Ben Barko. I read it so I can judge if the other books from this plot are true. Some parts in this one were!
- Kreatives Denken (Out of the box) - Rob Eastaway und Stephanie Ehrenschwendner. Nothing new...
- Tim Allen Laid Bare - Michael Arkush. Boy. Amazing story, from way down to making the best of it and getting to the top - in detail.
The books of Tim Allen Don´t stand too close to a naked man and I´m not really here are great, too!! Very good, fun and true! Wise!
- My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla - Nikola Tesla. Interesting.
- Love and Marriage - Bill Cosby. Was not such a good book. Fun was, though: I was standing in the elevator in Cuba with it and a guy asked me, "hey, Bill Cosby! Have you read "Fatherhood"?" - which I did, THAT was a very good book!
- Kein Tiger weit und breit - Petra Reski. Gossip. Fun, kinda.
- Was Frauen und Männer so im Kopf haben. Eine Reise durch das menschliche Gehirn ( A journey through our brain.) - Jeanne Rubner. Very interesting, so many explanations ;-)
- Stephen Hawkings Universum - David Filkin, interesting, hope I get it! ;-) - was good!
- Koalamond - Sabine Korsukewitz. Dude, the German author must´ve travelled Australia, she knows so many things! Except... she thinks you drink Fosters there ;-)
- My Left Foot - Christy Brown. Life can be cruel.
- Wenn ein Löwe sprechen könnte. If a Lion Could Talk: Animal Intelligence and the Evolution of Consciousness. - Stephen Budiansky. Very, very interesting, and rather scentific, too, but manageable.
- The Blind Years - Catherine Cookson. Was ok.
Year 2009
- The Ghost - Danielle Steel. Though I don´t like fiction much this was a great book, touching story.
- An allem nagt der Zahn der Zeit: Vom Reiz der Vergänglichkeit (Way of All Flesh: A Celebration of Decay) - Midas Dekkers - Can say: Great book! Have a look at the English Version!
- Mord in Burg Dankwarderode (Murder in Castle Dankwarderode) - Thomas Ostwald (a crime-thriller in my town in 1300-something) - rather boring.
- Schmitz' Katze (Schmitz´s Cat) - Ralf Schmitz. Good book. I don´t want a cat anymore though, bu-huuu!
- Geisha of Gion - Mineko Iwasaki - interesting, but not well written in my opinion.
- Das Geschenk der Delphine - Kirsten Kuhnert - (amazing how Dolphins can cure children!)
- Das Licht ist mein Feind (Light is my enemy) - Antoinette Krawinkel - (sad, sad story (autobiography), but very well written)
- Die Seele meines Vaters (Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo) - Kenn Harper (not well written, weird (true) story about a lost guy)
- Ich bleibe wie ich bin. (I stay the way I am?) - Anne Zamberlan - Strange.
- Die Neckermanns - Thomas Veszelits - (interesting. Not well written)
- My Point...And I Do Have One - Ellen Degeneres - (I expected better!)
- Wilde Schwäne (Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China) - Jung Chang - (distressing but very well written)
- Mythos Harley - Brock Yates (interesting)
- Barack Obama - Ein amerikanischer Traum (An American Dream) - Barack Obama (Surprisingly honest, well written)
- Fatherhood - Bill Cosby (great Book!)
- Slave - Mende Nazer (Brave woman)
- Rise and Fall of a Yummy Mummy - Polly Williams (Strange book)
- Der verkaufte Patient (The sold patient/sick person?) - Renate Hartwig (sadly very true)
- Die 11 Geheimnisse des IKEA-Erfolgs (The 11 secrets of IKEA´s success) - Rüdiger Jungbluth (interesting!)
Sick
After two and a half weeks two belgian girls, Stacy und Nathalie, have been found dead in the canalization. They had played in front of a pub where their parents had a party when they were kidnapped.
But this happened at two in the morning. Shocking as it is - how can parents let their kids be out at that time. More unbelievingly - who manages it to take two kids away without anyone noticeing? The girls were old enough to know not to go away with strangers...
In that area Marc Dutroux killed two girls, was imprisoned for 13 years - right afterwards he misused six girls, three of them he killed. This was in 2004, he is imprisoned lifelong.
I wonder - do the media make people come up with ideas like this or would things like this happen anyhow?
Perth, I always thought, is one of the safest places in the world. In Rodney´s blog I had to read about an even more dreadful story. A man misused a girl in a toilet. The girls´ brother knocked at the door to find out if someone is in there - and the man even answered! Obviously in a "normal" tone. It happened very quickly and he killed the poor little girl.
I hope the brother will be able to recover. This is all so sick. I just don´t understand how people can be like this. No matter how bad their childhood might have been. This is not understandable for me.
I have no children myself but I feel for those who do. How do you protect a child without making him being paranoid and afraid? I have the feeling things were easier 30 years ago.
It´s not that it didn´t happen - but it didn´t happen so often (or did the media or the police refrain things?).
BTW: I wrote this yesterday evening at home and took it here.
But this happened at two in the morning. Shocking as it is - how can parents let their kids be out at that time. More unbelievingly - who manages it to take two kids away without anyone noticeing? The girls were old enough to know not to go away with strangers...
In that area Marc Dutroux killed two girls, was imprisoned for 13 years - right afterwards he misused six girls, three of them he killed. This was in 2004, he is imprisoned lifelong.
I wonder - do the media make people come up with ideas like this or would things like this happen anyhow?
Perth, I always thought, is one of the safest places in the world. In Rodney´s blog I had to read about an even more dreadful story. A man misused a girl in a toilet. The girls´ brother knocked at the door to find out if someone is in there - and the man even answered! Obviously in a "normal" tone. It happened very quickly and he killed the poor little girl.
I hope the brother will be able to recover. This is all so sick. I just don´t understand how people can be like this. No matter how bad their childhood might have been. This is not understandable for me.
I have no children myself but I feel for those who do. How do you protect a child without making him being paranoid and afraid? I have the feeling things were easier 30 years ago.
It´s not that it didn´t happen - but it didn´t happen so often (or did the media or the police refrain things?).
BTW: I wrote this yesterday evening at home and took it here.
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Holiday Pics
Here they are now, some pics from our holiday... (click for a closer look).
The outbreaking cow in Hamburgs litte world:
And here is the "loo scene":
Though I am not a soccer fan I found the following just great:
Here is Ingo in the United States/Key West:
Here is a pic from the zoo at the sea with one of the Ice-bears:
In the museum of emigrants:
With Ingo and a water bottle from Aldi:
Particularly this one is special, I couldn´t believe it: The Australian soccer-team-players for the world championship are amongst others from the Brunswick Juventus! Well, we have the Braunschweig Lions...
A radio with a record player in the Rundfunkmuseum:
And last comes Ingo in the Universum Science:
The outbreaking cow in Hamburgs litte world:
And here is the "loo scene":
Though I am not a soccer fan I found the following just great:
Here is Ingo in the United States/Key West:
Here is a pic from the zoo at the sea with one of the Ice-bears:
In the museum of emigrants:
With Ingo and a water bottle from Aldi:
Particularly this one is special, I couldn´t believe it: The Australian soccer-team-players for the world championship are amongst others from the Brunswick Juventus! Well, we have the Braunschweig Lions...
A radio with a record player in the Rundfunkmuseum:
And last comes Ingo in the Universum Science:
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Cherries...
My brother was so gentle to pick some cherries for me from the cherry-tree in the garden at my family´s house.
Sooooo yummy and sweet.
Just like in "the old days" :-)
Sooooo yummy and sweet.
Just like in "the old days" :-)
Back again
This little holiday was exhausting but great!
In Hamburg the "little world" was fantastic - pics are to come. The scenes were really fabulous - and funny, too. It´s much more than just model railway.
For example you see a cow breaking through a fence. Or people having a picnic - there is a row, people waiting to get to the loo. The first person opens the door, there is a man sitting inside waving "go away!".
There are houses burning - fire engines hurrying by - yes, also the cars are moving.
You can see so much there!
They build parts of Hamburg and certainly also the AOL-Arena full of tiny soccer fans and players.
You find parts of Germany, the Alps, the USA - so much to see! Even in the changing rooms you find scenes.
Only sad thing: It´s getting dark evey 15 minutes for too long, showing night scenes.
In the planetarium I got sick from the 3-dimensional movie though it was very interesting.
We went on to Glückstadt where Ingo had his first of many fish meals and then via ferry boat to Wischhaven and on to Cuxhaven to stay overnight. The museum we wanted to visit wasn´t open. We went on to Bremerhaven to our hotel, left the car and went to Bremen via train where Ingo attended his simulator flight in a Cheyenne. I was allowed to come in, too, to learn about the instruments but then had to leave.
We took the train since ist was free - we bought the so-called discoverer-card with which you can use many attractions and means of transport.
The next day we stayed in Bremerhaven. It was just great. We went to the Zoo at the sea - so well done! Next to the Museum of emigrants. It was fantastic! We were the first ones, so we could take great pics. It was dark. Poor "people" stand in a row waiting in front of a boat that will take them to America. There are rats, too... and us inbetween.
The water between the quay and the ship was just a few centimetres high, certainly. I remember when I was 5 years old we went to a carousel, the famous Prater in Vienna, Austria. I was placed in a swan that was "swimming" in water. It made a tour through a cave. There were witchs eveywhere. But that wasn´t what scared me. I was so afraid of falling into the water because I couldn´t swim safely. My parents didn´t understand why I was crying... the water was... yep a few centimetres high only but I didn´t know that.
Back to the museum: It was really amazing. We were lead through the boats. It was all so real! The plank made noises, you could hear people cough and yell or snore. Most amazed me another visitor. He said in the internet it didn´t look half as good as it is - that man was approx 80 years of age! I later on saw him using the computer-databases to look for relatives.
On we went to the Atlanticum, made a bus-tour through the town went on to another museum - what a day.
On Monday we went to Bremen to visit the Rundfunkmuseum. Over 700 radios from the early 30s on. We were again the first ones and got an exclusive tour. We learned quite a lot and saw really amazing stuff. Some radios came with record player and TV and were as expensive those days as a car! I saw a tefifon and a tv with the remote control connected to the TV via cable...
Next we went to the Universum Science Center Bremen. We´ve been there before but again it was interesting.
Luckyly we had a car-navigation, that made evything way easier.
It was really great - I can´t say what I liked best!
In Hamburg the "little world" was fantastic - pics are to come. The scenes were really fabulous - and funny, too. It´s much more than just model railway.
For example you see a cow breaking through a fence. Or people having a picnic - there is a row, people waiting to get to the loo. The first person opens the door, there is a man sitting inside waving "go away!".
There are houses burning - fire engines hurrying by - yes, also the cars are moving.
You can see so much there!
They build parts of Hamburg and certainly also the AOL-Arena full of tiny soccer fans and players.
You find parts of Germany, the Alps, the USA - so much to see! Even in the changing rooms you find scenes.
Only sad thing: It´s getting dark evey 15 minutes for too long, showing night scenes.
In the planetarium I got sick from the 3-dimensional movie though it was very interesting.
We went on to Glückstadt where Ingo had his first of many fish meals and then via ferry boat to Wischhaven and on to Cuxhaven to stay overnight. The museum we wanted to visit wasn´t open. We went on to Bremerhaven to our hotel, left the car and went to Bremen via train where Ingo attended his simulator flight in a Cheyenne. I was allowed to come in, too, to learn about the instruments but then had to leave.
We took the train since ist was free - we bought the so-called discoverer-card with which you can use many attractions and means of transport.
The next day we stayed in Bremerhaven. It was just great. We went to the Zoo at the sea - so well done! Next to the Museum of emigrants. It was fantastic! We were the first ones, so we could take great pics. It was dark. Poor "people" stand in a row waiting in front of a boat that will take them to America. There are rats, too... and us inbetween.
The water between the quay and the ship was just a few centimetres high, certainly. I remember when I was 5 years old we went to a carousel, the famous Prater in Vienna, Austria. I was placed in a swan that was "swimming" in water. It made a tour through a cave. There were witchs eveywhere. But that wasn´t what scared me. I was so afraid of falling into the water because I couldn´t swim safely. My parents didn´t understand why I was crying... the water was... yep a few centimetres high only but I didn´t know that.
Back to the museum: It was really amazing. We were lead through the boats. It was all so real! The plank made noises, you could hear people cough and yell or snore. Most amazed me another visitor. He said in the internet it didn´t look half as good as it is - that man was approx 80 years of age! I later on saw him using the computer-databases to look for relatives.
On we went to the Atlanticum, made a bus-tour through the town went on to another museum - what a day.
On Monday we went to Bremen to visit the Rundfunkmuseum. Over 700 radios from the early 30s on. We were again the first ones and got an exclusive tour. We learned quite a lot and saw really amazing stuff. Some radios came with record player and TV and were as expensive those days as a car! I saw a tefifon and a tv with the remote control connected to the TV via cable...
Next we went to the Universum Science Center Bremen. We´ve been there before but again it was interesting.
Luckyly we had a car-navigation, that made evything way easier.
It was really great - I can´t say what I liked best!
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Long weekend
My working week is over - we make a little trip to the coast.
We go to Hamburg and see the little world and the planterium.
Ingo promised I´ll like the planterium - it´ll be better than I-Max (hard to believe - but I´ll give it a go! We saw "The Borg Encounter" in 4-D in the I-max in Bremen - top that!).
My father was quite into the stars-stuff. He even had a little observatory - I hope my brother doesn´t let it down. My father was very strict and serious about it, so fun and stars in connection with planetarium is a little heavy for me. But I´ll try to have fun.
And I´m not talking about the real sky here! Sitting somewhere in WA at night watching the stars is one of the most beautiful things to do! There is no pollution out there but clear nights. See the Southern Cross and be happy. Miss those nights.
We´ll head on to Glückstadt - a little town famous for a special kind of fish. I hope they have other things to eat, too! Though healthy I don´t like fish.
We´ll stay overnight in Cuxhaven and visit the Wrackmuseum. It claims to be the only one of its kind in Europe. You can see maritime stuff there from 200 years´ time.
In Bremen Ingo will attend a simulator flight. It was a present of mine - but he wasn´t too happy - I´m not good in planning things. A real pleasure would have been this whole concept - which came from Ingo himself.
I know I have to work on this - and will!
@Ingo: You work on cleaning the kitchen table...
I hope it´ll be fun despite the narrow schedule.
We go to Hamburg and see the little world and the planterium.
Ingo promised I´ll like the planterium - it´ll be better than I-Max (hard to believe - but I´ll give it a go! We saw "The Borg Encounter" in 4-D in the I-max in Bremen - top that!).
My father was quite into the stars-stuff. He even had a little observatory - I hope my brother doesn´t let it down. My father was very strict and serious about it, so fun and stars in connection with planetarium is a little heavy for me. But I´ll try to have fun.
And I´m not talking about the real sky here! Sitting somewhere in WA at night watching the stars is one of the most beautiful things to do! There is no pollution out there but clear nights. See the Southern Cross and be happy. Miss those nights.
We´ll head on to Glückstadt - a little town famous for a special kind of fish. I hope they have other things to eat, too! Though healthy I don´t like fish.
We´ll stay overnight in Cuxhaven and visit the Wrackmuseum. It claims to be the only one of its kind in Europe. You can see maritime stuff there from 200 years´ time.
In Bremen Ingo will attend a simulator flight. It was a present of mine - but he wasn´t too happy - I´m not good in planning things. A real pleasure would have been this whole concept - which came from Ingo himself.
I know I have to work on this - and will!
@Ingo: You work on cleaning the kitchen table...
I hope it´ll be fun despite the narrow schedule.
Yuck!
It is not advisable to take leftover kohlrabi a second time to work - it tastes awful! Now I don´t have enough to eat. I hope the apple´ll do...
Midsummer
My customer just reminded me - in the night to the 21. was midsummer already. Now the days are getting shorter again.
Makes me feel sad somehow.
How come good times just fly by? Winter always seems to go on forever...
Makes me feel sad somehow.
How come good times just fly by? Winter always seems to go on forever...
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
The Dream
"I´m not really here" is an amazing book. I read other books inbetween so I don´t finish too early this one...
Tim Allen describes having a dream from long ago childhood days again. He was in the water being chased all the time, thinking logically where to hide. Finally his power faints, he lets go and hears what the chasers really scream at him: "Come here, we wanna save you!"
I only hope my childhood dreams don´t come back to me one night.
I kept on dreaming a strange dream when I got my new loft bed at age 5. (It looked like a fire engine. I always thought I chose it because of my baby-brother but my mom says I chose it just because of myself. Anyhow.)
At night I turned into a yellow tennis-ball. Thanks to Boris Becker tennis was very poular those days. I was chased by something invisible around a soccer field. I had to go faster and faster and wasn´t able to cross the field. It was awful. I was a tennis-ball! I could see me - in detail! From a point outside my body. When my power finally faded and my heart bet really fast the dream changed - always.
Next scene I was a flower. Behind me a machine that tried to eat me. It had gigantic claws and was fully of metal. It was fast. Everything was grey in that tunnel behind me. I turned my flowery head into the direction I was running. While doing so I saw my "legs" - I was running on my roots. They were green with brown earth sticking on them and they were certainly more than two. Just like a real flower I had several.
I was on a concreate path, running. I was colored. To the right and left there was lushy green grass with other flowers who didn´t move. That world was normal.
My huge path and the world behind me with that furious machine were clearly in black and white. I could not leave that path and felt unsave also because I knew my roots won´t go through concrete. I needed to be in earth, in grass and I knew that (well, what flowers know...) I always woke up totally weird up, afraid to fall back into that dream again.
Ingo dreamed from time to time he is in a plane - alone. And he cannot read. There are the instruments and he cannot read them - and he knows that. No Instruments, no numbers, no charactes.
My dreams now are still weird but they could come true.
When Ingo is not there I often dream strangers are in my apartment. They never do me any harm. Often they are in the kitchen.
One time a man stood right beside my bed, looking down at me. I knew he was there but kept my eyes closed, pretending to sleep, hoping he´ll go away. He didn´t but started rocking my bed. I got so scared but couldn´t move, I couldn´t scream.
Suddenly I could - I sat straight in my bed, full of horror, heart racing.
Certainly no one was there. But now I sleep with a little light on in the night.
Dreamworld is really strange...
Tim Allen describes having a dream from long ago childhood days again. He was in the water being chased all the time, thinking logically where to hide. Finally his power faints, he lets go and hears what the chasers really scream at him: "Come here, we wanna save you!"
I only hope my childhood dreams don´t come back to me one night.
I kept on dreaming a strange dream when I got my new loft bed at age 5. (It looked like a fire engine. I always thought I chose it because of my baby-brother but my mom says I chose it just because of myself. Anyhow.)
At night I turned into a yellow tennis-ball. Thanks to Boris Becker tennis was very poular those days. I was chased by something invisible around a soccer field. I had to go faster and faster and wasn´t able to cross the field. It was awful. I was a tennis-ball! I could see me - in detail! From a point outside my body. When my power finally faded and my heart bet really fast the dream changed - always.
Next scene I was a flower. Behind me a machine that tried to eat me. It had gigantic claws and was fully of metal. It was fast. Everything was grey in that tunnel behind me. I turned my flowery head into the direction I was running. While doing so I saw my "legs" - I was running on my roots. They were green with brown earth sticking on them and they were certainly more than two. Just like a real flower I had several.
I was on a concreate path, running. I was colored. To the right and left there was lushy green grass with other flowers who didn´t move. That world was normal.
My huge path and the world behind me with that furious machine were clearly in black and white. I could not leave that path and felt unsave also because I knew my roots won´t go through concrete. I needed to be in earth, in grass and I knew that (well, what flowers know...) I always woke up totally weird up, afraid to fall back into that dream again.
Ingo dreamed from time to time he is in a plane - alone. And he cannot read. There are the instruments and he cannot read them - and he knows that. No Instruments, no numbers, no charactes.
My dreams now are still weird but they could come true.
When Ingo is not there I often dream strangers are in my apartment. They never do me any harm. Often they are in the kitchen.
One time a man stood right beside my bed, looking down at me. I knew he was there but kept my eyes closed, pretending to sleep, hoping he´ll go away. He didn´t but started rocking my bed. I got so scared but couldn´t move, I couldn´t scream.
Suddenly I could - I sat straight in my bed, full of horror, heart racing.
Certainly no one was there. But now I sleep with a little light on in the night.
Dreamworld is really strange...
Summer rain
I sat on my balcony yesterday evening reading along in Tim Allens´ "I´m not really here". It was so beautiful when the cooling summer rain set in! Later on there was even some lightning - not near enough to be dangerous, luckily.
(I remember some years ago. I was sharing a flat with two other people. Ingo was with me every second weekend and kept saying, when there is lightning remove your technical equipment from the sockets - he was laughed at. One day, everybody was at work - BANG! - I was the only one without damaged stuff - one flash really hit the house.)
(I remember some years ago. I was sharing a flat with two other people. Ingo was with me every second weekend and kept saying, when there is lightning remove your technical equipment from the sockets - he was laughed at. One day, everybody was at work - BANG! - I was the only one without damaged stuff - one flash really hit the house.)
700 000
So many people were partying in Berlin yesterday ´cause of soccer!
The news these days are about soccer mainly. That´s ok - but, hey!
"Deutschland...! - Deutschland...! - Deutschland...! -Deutschland...! -Deutschland...!......."
was all the yelling fans came up with - be creative!!!!
That was really embarassing in my opinion.
The news these days are about soccer mainly. That´s ok - but, hey!
"Deutschland...! - Deutschland...! - Deutschland...! -Deutschland...! -Deutschland...!......."
was all the yelling fans came up with - be creative!!!!
That was really embarassing in my opinion.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Henry the Lion
Yes, I live in the town of Henry the Lion - definitively!
Here is the proof - it would be a challenge to find all the lions in town!
On the way to and from "the beach" (see previous post) I found these (click as usual to enlarge):
Majestic, huh? And tame, too ;-)
This one looks friendly, too:
He was standing at the beach, wearing a kids´ drawing:
Yep, certainly, the Braunschweig Lions:
And this weekend we had even two lions:
The one on the right is "our" mascot, Hank. The other one belongs to the Dresden Monarchs - hence the majestic clothing.
I´m a grown-up, but I had to buy this book:
By the way - I look my missing words up here - where else, the name makes me to: http://dict.leo.org/
Here is the proof - it would be a challenge to find all the lions in town!
On the way to and from "the beach" (see previous post) I found these (click as usual to enlarge):
Majestic, huh? And tame, too ;-)
This one looks friendly, too:
He was standing at the beach, wearing a kids´ drawing:
Yep, certainly, the Braunschweig Lions:
And this weekend we had even two lions:
The one on the right is "our" mascot, Hank. The other one belongs to the Dresden Monarchs - hence the majestic clothing.
I´m a grown-up, but I had to buy this book:
By the way - I look my missing words up here - where else, the name makes me to: http://dict.leo.org/
Beach
We went to the beach last weekend - yes, really!!!
We went to the Okercabana. It was great.
Although there were heaps of people (and bikes) I didn´t feel hemmed in.
The sand was a little coarse grained and wet, too, due to the rain before - but that was cool, literally. It was a beautiful day "at the beach" :-)
The campaign is temporary - but isn´t it a fun idea? They even offer a section for beach volleyball, animation for the kids and TVs for the soccer-games (this was when we left to make room for the fans). It was really fun.
We went to the Okercabana. It was great.
Although there were heaps of people (and bikes) I didn´t feel hemmed in.
The sand was a little coarse grained and wet, too, due to the rain before - but that was cool, literally. It was a beautiful day "at the beach" :-)
The campaign is temporary - but isn´t it a fun idea? They even offer a section for beach volleyball, animation for the kids and TVs for the soccer-games (this was when we left to make room for the fans). It was really fun.
curd
We - Ingo! - made some himself with the herbs from my balcony:
And finally the chopping board from Ikea came to be used.
This was yummy, fresh and so creatively decorated!
Ingo used dill, parsley and lemon. The dill blossoms and we ate those, too.
And finally the chopping board from Ikea came to be used.
This was yummy, fresh and so creatively decorated!
Ingo used dill, parsley and lemon. The dill blossoms and we ate those, too.
05:21
... again. The alarm broke loose. This time I made sure to look at the clock first - 05:21 a.m. - the alarm in my head was the only thing breaking loose.
I rolled over for another 19 minutes, wondering.
It´s really warm, I didn´t get to sleep before around midnight.
I´m a little worried. It´s said old people don´t need much sleep. If I don´t need much sleep now, how will it be when I´m old?
I rolled over for another 19 minutes, wondering.
It´s really warm, I didn´t get to sleep before around midnight.
I´m a little worried. It´s said old people don´t need much sleep. If I don´t need much sleep now, how will it be when I´m old?
Friday, June 16, 2006
Weekend
Ingo e-mailed me he plans to "take off" at two :-)
Sad thing is: It´s raining and it doesn´t look like it´s gonna stop in the near future.
Tomorrow is another football-game - I hope without rain!
It´s still hot, though! Yesterday I had the window fully open all evening - still hot and sticky.
Anyhow I went to the gym - no aircon there - it was ... tough!
But I love summer and heat - this was no complaint!
What´s strange: I start working early, am mostly the first one to be here and used to work in silence for a while. But now with the world championship-games transmitted late in the evening people start work really late. I´m alone here for hours!
That´s good, I can concentrate well - but it´s also, well, strange. Especially on a dark, rainy day like this.
Ingo told me, once he got up, started to go to work and then thought - hey what´s this? It´s so calm and empty on the street - it was a sunday (this happened before we got together) - well, sitting here alone for hours makes me getting afraid it could be a public holiday and I forgot about it! But noooo, my colleagues popped in one by one and business is running fine today :-)
Not long anymore, though and I´m off for the weekend :-)
Sad thing is: It´s raining and it doesn´t look like it´s gonna stop in the near future.
Tomorrow is another football-game - I hope without rain!
It´s still hot, though! Yesterday I had the window fully open all evening - still hot and sticky.
Anyhow I went to the gym - no aircon there - it was ... tough!
But I love summer and heat - this was no complaint!
What´s strange: I start working early, am mostly the first one to be here and used to work in silence for a while. But now with the world championship-games transmitted late in the evening people start work really late. I´m alone here for hours!
That´s good, I can concentrate well - but it´s also, well, strange. Especially on a dark, rainy day like this.
Ingo told me, once he got up, started to go to work and then thought - hey what´s this? It´s so calm and empty on the street - it was a sunday (this happened before we got together) - well, sitting here alone for hours makes me getting afraid it could be a public holiday and I forgot about it! But noooo, my colleagues popped in one by one and business is running fine today :-)
Not long anymore, though and I´m off for the weekend :-)
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Another ride
So yesterday I drove back to Ingo for another great ride on the Moped - it was nearly too hot - just great!
We cruised around for an hour and then went into a restaurant - we made sure we can see the bike from our seats.
After our meal we went home and I made another video from the ride from Ingo´s place to his grandmother. Last time it was too windy. As soon as I find webspace, I´ll publish it - great sound, really!
(This can take some time since I can only work on that from Ingo´s place - next weekend we´ll be at my place - another football [no soccer]-game is to come here.)
This is at his grandmothers place:
She didn´t hear us, we had to ring the bell to say good-bye!
She said to me, "you came here just because of this?!" and then, with a whimsical smile, "that´s good!" - she is so cute!
Unfortunately she never wants to be on a picture - but some day we´ll "catch" her ;-)
Ingo´s apartment is in an old mill which has really thick walls, so it´s nicely cool inside. This morning I took off again, but it´s only one other day I´ll be without him.
In the meantime I´m here in the fifth floor beside my window-place pointing to the south, trying to work at approx 30°C - I love it! That´s summer!!! (At the moment I´m having my lunch break)
We cruised around for an hour and then went into a restaurant - we made sure we can see the bike from our seats.
After our meal we went home and I made another video from the ride from Ingo´s place to his grandmother. Last time it was too windy. As soon as I find webspace, I´ll publish it - great sound, really!
(This can take some time since I can only work on that from Ingo´s place - next weekend we´ll be at my place - another football [no soccer]-game is to come here.)
This is at his grandmothers place:
She didn´t hear us, we had to ring the bell to say good-bye!
She said to me, "you came here just because of this?!" and then, with a whimsical smile, "that´s good!" - she is so cute!
Unfortunately she never wants to be on a picture - but some day we´ll "catch" her ;-)
Ingo´s apartment is in an old mill which has really thick walls, so it´s nicely cool inside. This morning I took off again, but it´s only one other day I´ll be without him.
In the meantime I´m here in the fifth floor beside my window-place pointing to the south, trying to work at approx 30°C - I love it! That´s summer!!! (At the moment I´m having my lunch break)
Soccer
Phew! Tonight Ingo has to handle the technical equipment for a FIFA-transmission his company caters. It´s Germany - Poland - I only hope Ingo is not going to say anything stupid like "I bet Poland is gonna win" or something like that. When the fans had had enough beer, they easily turn into something like Hooligans - and that would´t be funny at all then!
Well, so it seems, Ingo is going to watch a World Cup Game after all ;-)
Well, so it seems, Ingo is going to watch a World Cup Game after all ;-)
Monday, June 12, 2006
Summer - Moped
Finally summer has arrived!
Finally we we made some tours on our moped - it was so much fun!
Notice the shoes Ingo wears... or lets say the sandals -
very Harley-like ;-)
I filmed it with my cam - great sound but it was too windy. I will try again on Tuesday.
Yes, Tuesday! The weather is to stay warm and so I decided I can afford the fuel and drive to Ingo again tomorrow for another ride!
It was so great. On Saturday while driving Ingo asked me what I would like to have for lunch.
I said steak tartare would be great - and there we went - with the moped! It was so weird, we never went shopping with the moped! Everybody turned because she is really loud!
We didn´t get the tartare and Ingo decided we go to the next town for it. I stayed with the moped this time, I was afraid it could be stolen - it has a kick starter only. When we startet off (with the tartare) a driver nearly hit us; he simply started without watching! This is why we never drive around where there is much traffic - the moped has a weight of 300kg - without us! Try to stop that!
But luckily nothing happened and on Saturday we had another tour :-)
The moped now stands no longer at Ingos friends in the next village but in the shed at his grandmother. We always had to ask his friends if they were home, if we can come over to get the moped. They weren´t happy ´cause they want to be on their own or they were not home at all and so on.
We have a key to the shed at Ingos grandmothers´place plus she loves it when we come to visit - it´s all better now :-)
It will only be tomorrow that I´m with Ingo again - I´m so happy!
Finally we we made some tours on our moped - it was so much fun!
Notice the shoes Ingo wears... or lets say the sandals -
very Harley-like ;-)
I filmed it with my cam - great sound but it was too windy. I will try again on Tuesday.
Yes, Tuesday! The weather is to stay warm and so I decided I can afford the fuel and drive to Ingo again tomorrow for another ride!
It was so great. On Saturday while driving Ingo asked me what I would like to have for lunch.
I said steak tartare would be great - and there we went - with the moped! It was so weird, we never went shopping with the moped! Everybody turned because she is really loud!
We didn´t get the tartare and Ingo decided we go to the next town for it. I stayed with the moped this time, I was afraid it could be stolen - it has a kick starter only. When we startet off (with the tartare) a driver nearly hit us; he simply started without watching! This is why we never drive around where there is much traffic - the moped has a weight of 300kg - without us! Try to stop that!
But luckily nothing happened and on Saturday we had another tour :-)
The moped now stands no longer at Ingos friends in the next village but in the shed at his grandmother. We always had to ask his friends if they were home, if we can come over to get the moped. They weren´t happy ´cause they want to be on their own or they were not home at all and so on.
We have a key to the shed at Ingos grandmothers´place plus she loves it when we come to visit - it´s all better now :-)
It will only be tomorrow that I´m with Ingo again - I´m so happy!
FIFA
It was so weird!
We went shopping for the weekend on friday evening - since the weather finally is just great we bought meat and sausages to make a bbq.
Apart from us there was the staff and one or two other customers - the market is really large - it was really strange...
Yep - it´s the world championship in soccer and (nearly) everybody was watching...
I am so glad Ingo doesn´t like soccer!!! :-)
We went shopping for the weekend on friday evening - since the weather finally is just great we bought meat and sausages to make a bbq.
Apart from us there was the staff and one or two other customers - the market is really large - it was really strange...
Yep - it´s the world championship in soccer and (nearly) everybody was watching...
I am so glad Ingo doesn´t like soccer!!! :-)
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Theater
I was at the theater last night - a satirical reading was on. Funny, interesting and I found myself in the words, too, from time to time. Sad thing is you can´t keep the words exactly in memory (I can´t) so it´s not funny if you try to repeat it...
But, like always... the man to my left was coughing all the time. Sure, he didn´t do it to annoy especially me, but... he did so anyhow. The woman behind me kept kicking in the back of my seat and to the end of the reading she sat straight, puffing on my neck real hard. So hard puffing instead of laughing I got goose bumps and had to sit straight too to avoid contact.
But it was nice none the less. The author was quite likeable.
I´d like to go more often to events like that but I´m not made to cope with strangers being so near to me.
One of the funny - and strange stuff he read was about going to the cinema with people sitting around you, commentating stupidly on the movie, eating chips or kind of disturbing otherwise. The woman behind me obviously didn´t get it - she laughed openly. Maybe she tried to cover up...
I really don´t understand: People (most people) do have a personal tolerance zone. So often people come way too near, e.g. when I´m in a row to pay at the cash desk. Do they really think we´ll be faster if they come so near to me? Do they try to push me forward? I hate that but I´m usually way to shy to tell them. I like to meet new people - but I´d like to start from a distance and with talking, not pushing! ;-)
Am I to "sensitive"?
But, like always... the man to my left was coughing all the time. Sure, he didn´t do it to annoy especially me, but... he did so anyhow. The woman behind me kept kicking in the back of my seat and to the end of the reading she sat straight, puffing on my neck real hard. So hard puffing instead of laughing I got goose bumps and had to sit straight too to avoid contact.
But it was nice none the less. The author was quite likeable.
I´d like to go more often to events like that but I´m not made to cope with strangers being so near to me.
One of the funny - and strange stuff he read was about going to the cinema with people sitting around you, commentating stupidly on the movie, eating chips or kind of disturbing otherwise. The woman behind me obviously didn´t get it - she laughed openly. Maybe she tried to cover up...
I really don´t understand: People (most people) do have a personal tolerance zone. So often people come way too near, e.g. when I´m in a row to pay at the cash desk. Do they really think we´ll be faster if they come so near to me? Do they try to push me forward? I hate that but I´m usually way to shy to tell them. I like to meet new people - but I´d like to start from a distance and with talking, not pushing! ;-)
Am I to "sensitive"?
Raffle
My customers´ partner hold another raffle - I´m working on a B2E-project.
The prize is not toooo thrilling - a reading from a not so famous performer, subject: happiness.
Unluckiky it was my job to call the winners - five times two cards for the reading.
Only two winners were really happy when I told them. Three took it like, nahhh, ok - one of the three said he´ll try to give the cards to his parents.
One of the to-be winners said openly he has no interest and another claimed someone else took part in his name (I don´t think so).
Why do these poeple take part at all?????
It´s frustrating! (I am having a morning break right now, that´s why I can blog).
The prize is not toooo thrilling - a reading from a not so famous performer, subject: happiness.
Unluckiky it was my job to call the winners - five times two cards for the reading.
Only two winners were really happy when I told them. Three took it like, nahhh, ok - one of the three said he´ll try to give the cards to his parents.
One of the to-be winners said openly he has no interest and another claimed someone else took part in his name (I don´t think so).
Why do these poeple take part at all?????
It´s frustrating! (I am having a morning break right now, that´s why I can blog).
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Dreamin´...
I gave in. I fetched my hot water bottle from behind my wardrobe yesterday evening. 19°C is too cold for summer! It´s a sunny day today but still very cold. I don´t remember a "summer" like this!
And I wonder... with the hot water bottle I slept fine. But then I dreamt. I dreamt I lived in my parents house again. In my old girls´ room with the small bed. The bed is long gone, I had a futon the last years I lived there. The room is a guest room for a long time now. What do these dreams mean? I dream about it from time to time. It´s not like something happens, I´m just there. Me in my room. No one around. And in this dream I know it is a dream.
Life is strange.
And wonderful.
This morning was foggy again. On the fields it looked like there was snow. It was fog, broken by the early light. I should take my camera with me all the time (but take a picture while driving the car wouldn´t work... and not with a camera that slow. It´s a Kodak C330. Very good pics but sloooooow).
And I wonder... with the hot water bottle I slept fine. But then I dreamt. I dreamt I lived in my parents house again. In my old girls´ room with the small bed. The bed is long gone, I had a futon the last years I lived there. The room is a guest room for a long time now. What do these dreams mean? I dream about it from time to time. It´s not like something happens, I´m just there. Me in my room. No one around. And in this dream I know it is a dream.
Life is strange.
And wonderful.
This morning was foggy again. On the fields it looked like there was snow. It was fog, broken by the early light. I should take my camera with me all the time (but take a picture while driving the car wouldn´t work... and not with a camera that slow. It´s a Kodak C330. Very good pics but sloooooow).
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Expectations
The weekend started off fine. On Saturday we bought some really expensive meat for Sunday - it was very yummy.
The football game on Saturday was somewhat one-sided (52:7) but fun nonetheless.
The Cheerleaders had a motto: They came in with beach towels, dancing. There is no summer? We make one!
And Kelvin Love made his 600th point for the Lions - my DigiCam was too slow - he was so cute, bowing to everyone! The pics are from the official Website.
For every kick-off "our" Team makes, the Rolling Stones with "Start me up" is played.
I remember, May 1999. We arrived in Perth late in the evening and stayed in the airport since we could not reach anybody in the Kingsway Caravan Park.
There was a commercial on the screens, playing every 20 minutes using "Start me up". We had just attended the first Lions game and for every kick-off, the people get up, clapping hands to this music.
This was a night with the commercial running all the time...
But then... we quarreled. Ingo left. I feel bad. For the first time I was thinking about not going to work. But, well, I did. My expectations were too high, I guess.
I´m not good in planning things.
To me it meant a lot, being together for twelve years with most of the time living apart from each other, knowing nobody else who has been - stayed - together in a situation like this.
I haven´t heard anything of him.
Usually we check each other via e-mail, make sure there was no car accident. Should I worry?
The football game on Saturday was somewhat one-sided (52:7) but fun nonetheless.
The Cheerleaders had a motto: They came in with beach towels, dancing. There is no summer? We make one!
And Kelvin Love made his 600th point for the Lions - my DigiCam was too slow - he was so cute, bowing to everyone! The pics are from the official Website.
For every kick-off "our" Team makes, the Rolling Stones with "Start me up" is played.
I remember, May 1999. We arrived in Perth late in the evening and stayed in the airport since we could not reach anybody in the Kingsway Caravan Park.
There was a commercial on the screens, playing every 20 minutes using "Start me up". We had just attended the first Lions game and for every kick-off, the people get up, clapping hands to this music.
This was a night with the commercial running all the time...
But then... we quarreled. Ingo left. I feel bad. For the first time I was thinking about not going to work. But, well, I did. My expectations were too high, I guess.
I´m not good in planning things.
To me it meant a lot, being together for twelve years with most of the time living apart from each other, knowing nobody else who has been - stayed - together in a situation like this.
I haven´t heard anything of him.
Usually we check each other via e-mail, make sure there was no car accident. Should I worry?
Friday, June 02, 2006
pentecost - 12 years
Will you believe that? We are together now for 12 years! :-)
Yes to someone like me, who has difficulties remember dates (I once even forgot Ingos birthday!), it comes in pretty handy that we simply can say, on pentecost we got together :-)
Plus, it´s garanteed we have an extra day off together, the pentecost-Monday!
We´ll be in my place again (no internet access), since there is another football game on Saturday. Plus, the weather is bad, we couldn´t have a ride on the moped anyway.
If we are lucky, we´ll gonna get 19°C today. In the news yesterday they said the begin of summer hasn´t been so cold the last 30 years.
Who wanted to buy a BBQ???
Maybe we should simply sit outside in warm clothes, have a BBQ and break the spell!
Well, I´m really looking out for another long weekend! :-)
Have fun, everybody! :-)
Yes to someone like me, who has difficulties remember dates (I once even forgot Ingos birthday!), it comes in pretty handy that we simply can say, on pentecost we got together :-)
Plus, it´s garanteed we have an extra day off together, the pentecost-Monday!
We´ll be in my place again (no internet access), since there is another football game on Saturday. Plus, the weather is bad, we couldn´t have a ride on the moped anyway.
If we are lucky, we´ll gonna get 19°C today. In the news yesterday they said the begin of summer hasn´t been so cold the last 30 years.
Who wanted to buy a BBQ???
Maybe we should simply sit outside in warm clothes, have a BBQ and break the spell!
Well, I´m really looking out for another long weekend! :-)
Have fun, everybody! :-)
guardian angel
I have a guardian angel now, too. It´s a little bear in a white shirt with a steering wheel in his hands. I have him with me when I drive...
This morning it was pretty foggy. Some drivers had no lights on!!!!
This is so dangerous!
On the way to work there was an accident. Three cars involved, one was pretty damaged in the front.
Luckily it was early in the morning so traffic was able to pass by.
But peoeple slowed down to take a look!
I don´t want to see details and I think there should really be a penalty (and a high one) for staring, specially if ambulance are constrained in helping. On the paper, there is, but in reality there are no ressources to realize it.
What is it anyway? Why do people want to see details?
This morning it was pretty foggy. Some drivers had no lights on!!!!
This is so dangerous!
On the way to work there was an accident. Three cars involved, one was pretty damaged in the front.
Luckily it was early in the morning so traffic was able to pass by.
But peoeple slowed down to take a look!
I don´t want to see details and I think there should really be a penalty (and a high one) for staring, specially if ambulance are constrained in helping. On the paper, there is, but in reality there are no ressources to realize it.
What is it anyway? Why do people want to see details?
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Proportions
I like my job, really. But the way to and from work is sometimes annoying.
In front of me is a no-name-car, driving quite slow. We´re on the highway, no one is behind me, so I start overtaking.
Me in my Polo.
Huh, I gotta hurry (with a Polo, haha) - a Passat is coming at me at high speed. I´m done, the Passat overtakes me and moves immediatly to the right in front of me - a fury red Golf GTI is chasing him.
Hrgh and it´s only 06:30 in the morning!
Now, a Passat sure is "bigger" than a Golf, but obviously a Golf GTI earns more respect, even from a Passat and especially when it comes in a red color.
Oh, there are human beings behind the wheel? I forgot. ´Cause they take the rules their car-models (seem to) provide.
But I don´t understand all the rules, though. Suddenly an old Golf Variant is overtaking me and then slowing down! Since the highway ends in 700m I don´t want to overtake him again - and have to slow down, too.
Now, what was this for?
Was he trying to challenge me? Old Golf model against new Polo model?
If it wasn´t for my customers´ sake, I would drive a BMW! HA!
I grew up with those models, I like them!
Proportions?
I remember November 2004 - a man standing in front of a shop in a T-Shirt. In November! Well, it was around 20°C.
Yesterday, the last day in May. In my apartment I have 19°C, outside it´s 14. I am running around in a thick warm sweater - as I do today, on the first of June.
This is all wrong!
My poor sunflowers can not grow this way! They want sun and warmth - as well as I want!
Precision
Yesterday very early morning I looked at the clock and must have turned it off accidently. I lie in my bed, wondering when it will be time to get up. Finally I looked at the clock and saw that I overlept - five minutes! Only five minutes!
I hurried and made it to the office at my usual time.
This morning I heard the clock through my ear-protection ... - I thought! It was two minutes before the clock could ring!
How can my brain be so exact when it comes to waking up in time???
I can start my working day more or less whenever I want. If I reach the office at 10:00 I stay longer, no problem.
So why does my brain do this? OK, I am usually someone who is really on time, but... doesn´t my brain - or my subconsciousness - over-react here?
In front of me is a no-name-car, driving quite slow. We´re on the highway, no one is behind me, so I start overtaking.
Me in my Polo.
Huh, I gotta hurry (with a Polo, haha) - a Passat is coming at me at high speed. I´m done, the Passat overtakes me and moves immediatly to the right in front of me - a fury red Golf GTI is chasing him.
Hrgh and it´s only 06:30 in the morning!
Now, a Passat sure is "bigger" than a Golf, but obviously a Golf GTI earns more respect, even from a Passat and especially when it comes in a red color.
Oh, there are human beings behind the wheel? I forgot. ´Cause they take the rules their car-models (seem to) provide.
But I don´t understand all the rules, though. Suddenly an old Golf Variant is overtaking me and then slowing down! Since the highway ends in 700m I don´t want to overtake him again - and have to slow down, too.
Now, what was this for?
Was he trying to challenge me? Old Golf model against new Polo model?
If it wasn´t for my customers´ sake, I would drive a BMW! HA!
I grew up with those models, I like them!
Proportions?
I remember November 2004 - a man standing in front of a shop in a T-Shirt. In November! Well, it was around 20°C.
Yesterday, the last day in May. In my apartment I have 19°C, outside it´s 14. I am running around in a thick warm sweater - as I do today, on the first of June.
This is all wrong!
My poor sunflowers can not grow this way! They want sun and warmth - as well as I want!
Precision
Yesterday very early morning I looked at the clock and must have turned it off accidently. I lie in my bed, wondering when it will be time to get up. Finally I looked at the clock and saw that I overlept - five minutes! Only five minutes!
I hurried and made it to the office at my usual time.
This morning I heard the clock through my ear-protection ... - I thought! It was two minutes before the clock could ring!
How can my brain be so exact when it comes to waking up in time???
I can start my working day more or less whenever I want. If I reach the office at 10:00 I stay longer, no problem.
So why does my brain do this? OK, I am usually someone who is really on time, but... doesn´t my brain - or my subconsciousness - over-react here?
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