T... WhaT A Week

 

 

We sure had fun in this stadion - but not with soccer, with American Football.

With this beer I wasn´t fond of I join Elizabeth´s T - it was a reminder of good times and maybe we try again next season. 

The journal:

 

Monday: Fun meeting with mSA - boy, that man can swear, LOL!!!! I´ll SO miss him!

Nice chat with fK and then meeting with the new colleague mC, also external - super-nice!

He´ll get my project, me his and neither has an idea why.

 

It was too funny with mSA.

He was talking whilst typing: "... Beistrich..." We were talking about the windows and glue. So I thought this is some chemical "something" and interrupted, "what is Beistrich?".

Silence.

"What?"

"What is 'Beistrich'?"

"..." .... "wait...let me share, Duden... comma! You say comma in German?!" 

We had a good laugh! "Beistrich"...! 

So... I can say I speak German, English, French and Austrian! Does Aussie count, too?

That would make 5 languages, LOL! Or, if you differ American and British English - which was a matter for a train that went to Durban, South Africa, it makes 6, my lucky number 🤣

 

And.. ohhhhh... the star is back!!!! 

 

 

Tuesday:  06:00 a.m.... normal, dark. Shortly after 07:00 a.m.: Star is on!!!! 😍

LOL. Now that I know "Beistrich" mSA says "comma". And now that I got used to "Tschüß" he says "Ciao"! Did I mention I´ll miss him? We sure have the same opinion upon "the French" (Alstom is French). Too funny - we take it with humor. And there is no "the French", of course.

fK forced me to do the presentation and had some ideas how to make it better. I feel so sick!

The more people care the higher the pressure gets. 

Worked 9 hours cause...

Ask the trainee if you can deliver on time (and I will). They all forget I´m but the trainee! How can they miss that? 

 

 

Wednesday: Meeting 7 hours ago, my work-PC informed me.

No, Nein. 1:15 p.m. is my time for the presentation, I triple-checked. I nearly had a "heart-attack"!!!! 

07:21: Good wishes via WhatsApp from "my T" - I MUST succeed! Wished mSA a happy Birthday, he wished me luck. Practiced with fK for the presentation, oh, my gack. Had to go outside. 2C/35F, and a man sits on the balcony and is on the phone - what?! 

Presentation - forget it. No pizza as celebration...

 

 

Thursday: Helpless-angry I feel.

7 Minutes introduction - they urged us to train it and I had an online timer on monitor 2 - after 5 minutes they interrupted me! 

Concept "broken". 

13 minutes for the presentation - they interrupted me before time was up! 

10 minutes questions.

40 minutes added!!!! I had "chosen 'programming and language`" as second theme - did I????

They   asked what is HTML. K, could answer correctly. "How do you program that" - could give an example.

"What program do you use?" - WHAT?! Said, doesn´t matter, just save as ".html" and it´ll work - they insisted on a program, which showed me they have no idea at all. Said, Notepad ++ and they were fine with that.

And on it went.

Reckon I failed. 

They said sorry 5+ times - they have changed the concept.

Yah. From 30 to 70 minutes. 

At the end I had trouble not to cry out of frustration. 

fK said she wondered I was on red in teams so long and didn´t dare to ask (which you can in teams, you have more than one channel).

70 fuc...minutes cause "they changed the concept". 

My JOB is at stake!!!! 

 

I should´ve told them off!!!

There is an East German saying: Hätte, hätte Fahrradkette. 

None of my East German friends could explain the background it just means..

 

I should have (told them off) but I didn´t. 

 

 

Friday:  So, now I´m in Brussels (virtually).  Thankfully language is English. My French is really... not good anymore!

And WOW!!!! fK said the other day, "bleh, they want me to go to India for a meeting...   for real!" - I said "Yippeeeee, DO!"

Phone-call: She does and is all happily excited now, too - and will take pics for me! Oh, to escape the cold temps and dive into an adventure!! I´m so happy for her!

 

Weekend: Saturday: Slept in. Like a stone. Ingo says it can take weeks to lose the stress. I am thankful he understands.

He overfeeds me, too - means he eats more, as well, yippeee. And says thank you for doing the dishes - who is this man? 

 

Sunday: Went not so well. My fault cause I dread the outcome of that "fake presentation"?

I have an e-mail ready to ... "fight".  30 minutes is a difference to surprise of 70 minutes, asking me stuff I´ll never need and from beginning of the year .

I was sure I´ll make it and was all whiney later. I cried.

Sadly I am "too young" to give up. 

 

Munchy. Corned beef - baked beans:

 

Henry 🦁 

 

You know that feeling? You gave everything and they "change the concept without notice".

And on Monday I´ll give my best again. For my customer, Alstom.

 

In my heart... I´d like to give up. But I will fight, right.

It was not fair.

A looong instruction how it´ll work. And they change without notice.

I put so much effort into it - for nothing. 

 

At least.. not my money, the agency payed - and sure like hell I will let them know to not do again!

Even better: I know where to send them to, Karlsruhe! Crazy, just crazy. And sad...

 

 

To Do This Week

 

 

After the TOTAL stress seems to be gone I can for once take care of Christmas cards. 

Means a trip to the city. Or... DIY?  Either way I´ll then see our lille post office in Braunschweig Ringgebiet - this mural again is from Bayswater.

 

 And... well, where to go?

 

This is for Sami´s COLOURFULWORLD Monday Murals.   

 

The internet series: 

 

"Our everyday objects and their unusual origin stories

 

 Chewing Gum

 

In the 19th century, Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna asked the inventor Thomas Adam to produce rubber from a milky latex material from the Central American sapodilla tree, called chicle. The rubber did not prove successful, but Adam found another use for it."
 

Henry 🦁 

 

 Chewing gum?

 

And, of course.... Bruno has arrived, see here, if you like!

 

 

Bruno Has Arrived!

 

Bruno is the giant "Knacker" - the nutcracker. They call the orginazation "playing Tetris" - just as "my T" calls Braunschweig - so... he is not the only one! 

Even if you don´t speak German... see how it´s done here in Tetris-Town, the City of Henry 🦁 the Lion who sure pops up in the middle!

 And, well.... December is here! 

 

 

 

Sealed

 

Braunschweig, 2001 - September 26th, late arvo. Internet broke down. 

What to do???

 

Call Ingo!  (He still lived in Rhüden)

And I said, "Hi, internet broke down, can you help me???"

 

Silence.

Grumpily he did and then... it dawned on me...

 

WEEEEEEE.. it´s his BIRTHDAY!!!! 

 

The man did marry me anyways  (for in case I die first) - and I said, on the plan, "OK, if we have to marry, then in Perth!""

It was something!

 

That was today in 2013 and I can proudly say: I did NOT mess up again, I remembered!!!

 

 

Seesh. I am small.
 

 

One had a Grandkid´s birthday to celebrate in Sydney and one had her own wedding-day in Adelaide - in my mind I add four more nice friends. 

And no. No family.

A bit much to ask to come to Perth for this, Mom and Dad were long gone anyways.... 

 

Well, Ingo.

Here we are. Thanks to you Flixbus and hotel is booked, I have the cabin safe and we are ready to go!!!

Soon... 

 

12 years now. Plus all the others... that makes 31! 

 

Henry 🦁 

 

 

To the next!

I mixed it up in another way yesterday.

Try to get a visa for Australia.

Which address to give???

 

German one? The Aussie one? 

Help?

None available. Found a German site  - I am ... Ingo understood I am but tired.

 

Just.So.Tired.

From February on I was studying and then was cut down three times in the presentation, 7 sorries - then I stopped counting - and I have no idea if I have passed. 

Wait For It

 

Maybe you say, "woooah, I´ve seen this already!" - I´ve not and want to share...

 

A cub slips into the lion enclosure – what the zookeepers capture on camera is unbelievable!

 

German source here - translation by google.

"It was a typical Thursday afternoon at the city zoo. School classes crowded around the enclosures, snapping photos and excitedly pointing at the animals. But all the excitement quickly turned into chaos when a small Shiba Inu puppy broke free from its leash and headed straight for the lion enclosure.

 

The puppy had wandered in unnoticed by its handler from a visiting primary school class. In seconds, it disappeared through a narrow gap in the fence near the lion enclosure. The visitors screamed as the puppy trotted into the enclosure without hesitation.

Everyone froze. A fully grown lion lay inside the enclosure, just a few meters away from the small intruder. The zoo staff rushed to the scene, bracing themselves for the worst. But what happened next astonished everyone.

 

 Instead of rushing at him, the lion slowly raised his head and looked into the puppy's eyes. The little Shiba Inu wagged his tail and came even closer, as if meeting a new friend. The zookeepers shouted and prepared to tranquilize the lion.

But the lion didn't move aggressively. Instead, he stood up, calmly approached the cub, and sniffed him curiously. The cub then licked the lion's nose, completely without fear. The crowd fell silent.

 

Then the lion did something that left everyone speechless: He lay down next to the cub and gently nudged it with his head, as if he wanted to welcome the cub into his kingdom.

 

 The zookeepers didn't intervene because they didn't know what to do. The lion showed no signs of hostility; in fact, he seemed to be calming down. One of the zookeepers immediately recognized the behavior.

Just a few weeks earlier, the same lion had lost his only cub to illness. Since then, he had been quiet, depressed, and had lost his appetite. The staff were worried about his health and morale.

 

Now, for the first time in days, the lion was active, calm, and even affectionate. And all because of a stray Shiba Inu puppy that had wandered into his enclosure.

 

 The zoo decided not to separate the two immediately. Cameras were installed, and the veterinarians closely monitored both animals. What they saw over the next 48 hours astonished them.

 

The lion and the cub became inseparable. They ate together, slept side by side, and even played together. The lion would gently roll around when the cub climbed over his fur. It was something the staff had never seen before.

 

The story made headlines. Videos of the two unlikely companions were viewed millions of times. But no one knew the real reason why the lion had accepted the cub until a zookeeper revealed the quiet truth.

 

 

The lion had been grieving. According to staff, the loss of his cub had left a void in his mind. The sudden appearance of the cub had reawakened a protective and nurturing instinct in the animal.

 

The zoo has made arrangements to keep the cub, now named Chance, as part of the lion's daily routine. The two continue to share the enclosure, albeit under supervision. Their bond has become a source of joy for all visitors. 

 

What began as a terrible moment turned into something unforgettable. A lion found healing, a cub found shelter, and the world was reminded that even the most unlikely creatures can become a family."

 

Isn´t this an amazing, sweet story that teaches us a lot?

 

This is for...

 

... Eillen.

 

To Henry 🦁 Who is enjoying the people at the Christmas Market, see here, if you like!

We´ll give it a go at daytime, though, not as crowded. 

 

 

Merry Christmas

 

fK & family went today - we´ll pop in, too, soon and Henry 🦁 you just saw in the video.

 

 

FFO - Pippi!

 

Here is Pippi Longstocking, kinda - I had to go to school as her for carnival.

 

 

 

I remember the fake hair I got for that... who´d guessed I´d end up with hair like that for real - well, Dad did, hence my second name, Flavia. Red hair...

 

But. Since Nicole wants a photo for the self-portrait and there is none I tried something else...

 

 

This was the best I could do....

 

And yes. I´m from a family of optometrists and have several glasses for different uses... Right now I´m wearing red ones - monitor-glasses... the dark blue ones are for going outside and the first ones for reading a book/kindle, but I can do without now.

Aging, you know! 

 

So, with this I join Nicole´s FFO ....

 

 

 and Gillena´s Lunch Break. Christmas-Plate - go over and enjoy the Christmas-music!

 

Now, after the drama, let´s laugh, shall we? 

 

And...

  

 

And....

 

 Also...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And, last that is how you survive:

 

 

 

Henry 🦁 

 

 Have a happy one.