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Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Let's SCHWING?

Sometimes in life it makes you kinda sad if there is a place you liked and now it is in danger. Either if it was a place you spent (maybe not only) good times like your former favorite pub that stops existing or a company that was having a hard time during the financial crisis with still no end in sight.
The latter is currently the case in my life.




For more than three years I worked in the IT department of a company called SCHWING. They mainly build truck mounted concrete pumps which are used for instance for constructing skyscrapers like the taipei101 or big bridges etc. During my stay at Schwing the company had one record business year after another and always managed to expand their staff. But recently they are struggling and facing a high amount of lay-offs in the coming months. My best wishes to all the former co-workers and especially to my friend Patrick that you guys won't be harmed too much... As always there will be better times someday and I really hope you can enjoy these still working for this company. Good luck.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

T minus 295 days


If everything works as planned in 295 day at the latest my journey to a new chapter of my life will start but only for some weeks now I realize what I will miss.
Fortunately I can still attend Kim's wedding next summer but things like Christmas, New Year's Eve will be a lot different than they used to be.
And last but not least I won't have my friends around. No "oh yeah, come on by and we watch a movie and order pizza" or some cooking and relaxing with my girlfriend...
Nonetheless I worked more than 2 years for this and I am still very excited but suddenly everything starts to feel so real.
But things will work out fine, I know :-)

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Friday, September 04, 2009

Kick in the crouch

This Tuesday I saw the following on Facebook:

So I wondered, if it is normal to make things like a divorce public in the internet. As always there are pros and cons. Of course I am really sorry for Chris a member of the TMBO who contributed great artworks and photos during the last few years but I am not sure if Facebook is the right way to search for pity...

Good luck Chris and remember there have been nice times earlier.

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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Thanks Bro


Thank you for the awesome night in Rostock, the endless guitar sessions and just for having me over there ;o)
Take good care :-)

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Monday, July 13, 2009

Almost done

This week I am about to have finally the last two exams of this semester. You guys cannot believe how much I already anticipate the end of this week.
Nonetheless the next months won't be that relaxing cause there are certain things I gotta do. First of there will be my grandpa's funeral and then I will start my job at the university's faculty exchange point in end of August.
However I'm really looking forward for the latte one. Wish me luck :-)

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Sunday, June 07, 2009

Wind of Change

It is never too late to get rid of bad habits. This in mind I decided to quit smoking last Monday and since then I haven't touched a single cig. Well, almost... On Wednesday I almost puked when I inhaled some smoke and I have to admit I am really happy about this because this means my body doesn't like the smoke either :-)

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Friday, February 27, 2009

How to spend the university term break?


These days I can "enjoy" the university term vacations. Unfortunately this doesn't mean relaxing all day long. It rather means working your ass off ;)
Nah, to be honest it is nice to do something else then studying all day long. The picture above shows some International Business students at the lounge of the Dortmund university's library during some calculations in the exam preparation period.
I didn't thought at the semester's beginning my I would kinda like all that studying... But with all the fun we had I think we really had a nice time all together.

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Monday, February 16, 2009

Damnit >:o


What a premiere. Just got the info that I passed my first exam at the university. Unfortunately I also got the info that I didn't pass another exam...
Damn it... 7 exams: and only 3 results so far. On 2 I pass and 1 ruined my day...

Wanna drink something now...

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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

My new home...

in 2010-2011 (hopefully):



If all the exam go as planned, the GDUFS (Guangdong University for Foreign Studies) will be my new home next year. Until then I have to focus on my time here ;)
Wow, just 1,5 year left...
But right now I feel so wasted and there are still two exams ahead this semester. Seems like I am getting old already. But nice times are about to come. Looking already forward for the Secret of Mana sessions with Patrick. Hmm, almost seems like this is driving me forward in these days of stress.

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

First 100 days at the university are over

Well, how have these first 100 days been?
Simply amazing. Right now I think going to university was one of the, if not THE best decision I have done in my life so far. I have met people from other countries and different cultural background. I learnt new things and on the bad side I started smoking again... :-(
I had to break up the Chinese lessons cause they collided with some other important subjects and I started learning Dutch.
But to make one thing clear I love this new life. Eventhough some things really came to short in the past months. For instance the photo shootings with Patti... Anyway next year things should come straight again with less parties/cigarettes/beers/sleepless nights and more studying (yeah, right...) plus passing all the exams hopefully.
Wish me luck ^^

some exchange students and me at the Weihnachtsmarkt in Dortmund

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

In loving memory...

How bad can 24 hours be? I really didn't expect getting such bad news within 10 hours...
On Sunday evening my Dad called me and told me his mum just died. After a moment of silence I realized that just for the first time in my life a close family member died. OK, more than 70 years are not as bad as when someone dies right in his childhood but even my great-grandma still lived at that moment with an age of 97.
Well, the next day when I was in university I got the next bad phonecall. This time My mum told me that my great-grandma died the day before...

Oh dear, after taking a big breath, I needed some time to realize all these sudden events. Within less than a day two family members were no longer...

Hmm, but I will keep them in my memories as the people who were good and pure eventhough they had sometimes problems showing that.

I'll miss you.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

'Vive la France' or 'Viva España'? :-(

These days I have to face a hard decision: Shall I take French or Spanish or maybe even Dutch as my second foreign language beside English on the University? :(

I did some research and created a little comparision:



Dutch Spanish French

Nederlands Español Français
Native speakers 23 million 322 - 400 million 60 - 130 million
Total speakers 27 million 400 - 500 million 160 - 500 million
Rank native sp. #40 #2 #9
Rank total sp. #48 #3 #3 - #7


Dutch doesn't sound like a very important language in the world of business and I might agree with that, but it is kinda easy to learn for Germans like me and one language more won't harm anybody. What you can't see in the chart above is that Spanish is about to become more and more important with French declining.

Oh here are some languages I already speak (more or less)



German English Chinese

Deutsch English 普通话
Native speakers 105 million 309 - 400 million 885 million
Total speakers 185 million 1.2 - 1.4 billion 990 million
Rank native sp. #10 #3 #1
Rank total sp. #10 #1 - #2 #1 - #2


I made my decision: I take Dutch and Spanish. But I am sure I will miss French... :(

At least I still remember the one and only sentence: "En France, il y a un magasin de chaussures" ;-)

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Thursday, October 09, 2008

Crossing fingers

Yesterday I got shocking news: My great-grandma is in hospital. Well usually I wouldn't worry a lot about that, but she is already 97 which means this is way more alarming.

I hope you get well soon...

UPDATE: Seems like everything is ok again. She already left the hospital is kicking ass again. Way you go ;-)

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Bomb exploded next to my office... :-(

I almost forgot to write about the event that happened last weeks Friday September 19th. On my way to the office I saw a construction site about 200 Meter away of my work. Then, 10 minutes later, already sitting on my desk I heard and FELT an enormous KA-BOOM...

An American 250kg World War II bomb exploded and injured 17 people.

Here is what USAtoday.com says about the event:
BERLIN (AP) — Police say a bomb from World War II has exploded after it was dug up during building work in western Germany. Fifteen people suffered light injuries or shock.

The 550-pound bomb detonated after being unearthed on Friday by a mechanical digger in Hattingen in the industrial Ruhr region.

Police say the machine's operator suffered light cuts to the hand. The explosion shattered windows in two nearby industrial buildings.

Unexploded bombs from World War II are still found frequently in Germany more than 60 years after the conflict's end.
Thank god nobody got killed. Hours later I realized how horrible it must have been 63 years ago when millions of people had to face bombardment night and days.




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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Vielen Dank ^^

Because "my English is so good that nobody can make me that after" I want to write in German now: Danke schön für die schönen und netten Geburtstagsglückwünsche.



PS: I hope you've realized the phrase "my English is so good that nobody can make me that after" makes only sense if you translate it literally into German ;)

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Bye bye old life...

On Monday a new part of my life will start. Not only will my apprenticeship in the tax consulting office end, but I will also start my life as a student of 'International Business and Administration' at the University of Applied Sciences Dortmund.

As Markus already mentioned here, he expects life getting full of parties like on this picture:


As for me I rather think he, as an IT student, will have parties that look more like this:


Just kidding. I wish everyone of my old classmates a successful university career, especially the IT guys ;)

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Sunday, September 07, 2008

I'm on the Mars

Nope I didn't took any drugs nor did I drink too much. In fact I am already on the Mars for more than 4 years and I am 100% serious.
This night I finally found the website and some pictures to prove it.
Back in the year 2002 there was a special advertising campaign by Lego and the Nasa. Yes you heard right, the real National Aeronautics and Space Administration. You were able to sign up for a disc that was sent to the Mars onboard of the two Mars exploration Rovers. My number back then was #2,270,949 of 3,551,645 which can be still proved here.


The location of these discs is Gusev Crater (Spirit) and Meridiani Planum (Opportunity). You can also see the disc on several pictures on the mission's Nasa website.


Unbelieveable, my name on this disc might last longer than everything else of me. The only problem I see, is if you will be able still be able to read DVDs in the future...
Oh yeah and of course all copyrights belong to the Nasa.


PS: Too bad I missed the Send your name to the Moon event for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter... :-(

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Saturday, September 06, 2008

A whole new world

Seems like something totally new is beginning. Every life has some milestones and it seems like I just have reached one of these. Don't know yet if it was good or bad decision but hopefully I will find out soon.


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I can see clearly now...



by John Nash and covered 20 years later by Jimmy Cliff for the movie "Cool Runnings"



Decide on your own which one is better, if you like music like this ;)

Oh yeah and here are the lyrics:

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

I think I can make it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the rainbow I’ve been prayin?for
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

Look all around, there’s nothin?but blue skies
Look straight ahead, nothin?but blue skies

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

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Friday, September 05, 2008

Yes you are ^^


OK, I broke with another one of my rules. I hereby post an animal pic. But you have to confess it really is a cute one. So if you feel in a down mood look 20 pixel above these lines and enjoy again, and again, and again...

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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Photosession at the University

Wow, not bad. Only a few days since I've started 'International Business' at the University in Dortmund and our course had the first photoshooting. Well, looking forward to see the pictures on the website. An yeah sometimes even me becomes a cam whore ;)

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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Happy Birthday Mum


This time in German:

Hallo junge Dame ;)
Wünschen dir alles alles Gute zum Geburtstag und hoffen du kannst deine noch bevorstehenden Ziele so gut wie möglich erreichen. :o)
Freuen uns schon auf heute Nachmittag. Bis später dann Geburtstagskind

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Monday, September 01, 2008

Today is a start into a new life, hopefully ;)

From today I am student of the International Business department in the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts (DUASA). The decision wasn't really easy to leave the beloved IT behind but I think in the end it was the right decision. Oh I still enjoy working in IT business these days but hopefully I can use the already gained IT knowledge in conjunction with upcoming stuff of business administration, accounting, logistics and human ressource management. Wish me luck to succeed.
BTW: Today the first seminar was about solving conflicts. Seems like I should have had something like that way earlier ;)

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

a little tale


Once upon a time there were two guys who liked to take pictures.
They spent a little fortune for their equipment but they took their photos just for fun and with no commercial intention simply because they loved what they were doing.
Someday these two guys made a weekend trip to the little village of Butzbach, a tiny settlement of 25000 inhabitants in Hesse. Every single citizen still remembers the famous “Hesse day” that was held there back in 2007 and tries the best to teach that to every not-knowing being. Beside that Butzbach had a really charming historic section of town and the Hesse people were very kind and friendly.
Later one of the friendly Hesse told them there would be a concert of a semi-famous musician called Jenniffer Kae and a band called Rednex but of course there was a catch. The two photographers were told: “You have to buy a whole beer crate to get one ticket, there is NO other option.”
Well, the guys were German and because Germans always like drinking beer in every possible occasion they bought a beer crate for each ticket. Hence they did some math: 5 beer cases in sum, makes 5 tickets and 120 bottles of beer... Thank god they loved the brand of beer soooo much…

Later at the little festival the two knights were told “Oh you don’t need to buy so many the beer crates. The concert is for free”… Shocked after these news they remembered why they had come here. Of course they wanted to take photos and equipped with some of the finest camera stuff their weapon smith Canon could provide, they sneaked into the audience and got on their positions to have the best perspective during the concert. When the show started they were ready to rock but after some minutes they were surrounded by security guys who told them to stop taking pictures though everybody else was taking some too…
The problem was: other fans in the audience did “high quality” shots with their cellphone cam. But this wasn’t all. The Butzbach “press” took photos too but the reporters cam looked like the cam the photographer’s grandma used… 10 years ago…
In a heroic fight the two guys tried their best to get rid of the security but they had no other chance than to retreat and to cry.

And if you listen carefully during silent nights you can still hear them weeping… ;)

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Fat Bastard

That's right. I have become a fat bastard with a 'nice' Buddah belly since Norderney and I hate it so much. But a solution is already in on mind ^^ I will simply eat a lot of stuff till I explode so my total weight would be zero. Or maybe I will just try to listen to my stomach if I really feel hungry...

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Beautfiul Day...

... oh yeah what's better than a day where everything that can go wrong simply goes wrong? :(


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Monday, August 18, 2008

Home sweet home...

Finally arrived back home... I think it is time now to take a loooong nap ;-)
Maybe I post some pictures tomorrow but right now I can hardly stop my eyes from shutting down...
Good Night ^^

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Friday, August 15, 2008

All good things...


Fuck, fuck, fuck. The day before yesterday I did a "little"walk to a wreck at the eastern end of the island of Norderney. Many warned me it would take too long to go on foot but of course the incredible stupid Koteshi didn't listen and walked the 15,48 km to the wreck and another 15,48 km back...
I don't have to say my knees and feet hurt like hell right now, but at least I can go to the spa area of my hotel, relax there, enjoy the pictures I took in the last few days and feel proud about what I have achieved so far. Oh yeah, somebody really isn't modest today ;)
Oh I also uploaded some new pictures here.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Status Report #1

The last few days were quite nice here. The weather is sometimes acting crazy (rainy, stormy, sunny and sunny, stormy, rainy). Beside the usual stress I think I feel better than back home.
Of course I use any occasion possiblle to take some pictures, so here are some impressions.

photogallery

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Monday, August 11, 2008

Announcement: one thing to clear up


Just some information for those who don't know already:
  • YES : I have a girlfriend
  • YES : I am very happy with her
  • YES : I wanna spend the rest of my life with her
  • NO : It is NOT Patti
  • NO : I won't give any more information because I try to focus here on other things than relationships
That's all for now folks. Move along, there's nothing to see here.

PS: She asked me to do this (many times)...

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Sunday, August 10, 2008

CRAZY: still working and yes tomorrow I am on a trip

Today 7 AM I will start my trip to the Northsea. I am quite curious if everything will work out as expected (3G wireless internet access, GPS tools) and if I have some free time I will take some pictures at the beach and upload some of them showing typical northern German scenery ;)
OK that's one hand of the story. While already lying in bed i remembered I forgot to finish a task for work... Dammit...

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Monday, July 28, 2008

So many ideas... but just not enough time :(

About 3 or 4 months ago I introduced an idea for an (in my opinion) incredible webapplication. Some kind of online shopping list which could be used on a mobile phone. I know, I know the idea sounds lame but hey this would be something I could really need. So what did I see when I was surfing through the iNet these days? Oh someone made a nifty little program called "Onetrip"for the all so shiny iPhone by Apple...
I guess shit happens... :(



But to be honest, I don't think my program would have looked so cool like this one.


Beside this, I have plenty other cool ideas but this time I won't tell ANYBODY :-P
If only a take would have 30 hours instead of 24... This way I would be able to have a long sleep AND have enough time to make my "cool" projects come true ;o)

PS: Right Patti? ;)

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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Yesterday started my Chinese class ^^


Yesterday my intensive Chinese class started. As I expected reading was way easier than actually speaking out for me. Thanks to the internet I think I have mastered about 150-200 Chinese characters so far but I really have my problems in pronouncing some of the silbs beginning with "zh" or "q". But this is only a matter of time. At least I hope so... ;)
加油

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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Women ≠ Men - as we didn't know it before already ;)

Differences Between Men and Women

(found long ago on Internet, original author unknown, applauded by Niniane Wang)

Relationships

First of all, a man does not call a relationship a relationship -- He refers to it as "the time when me and Suzie was doing it on a semi-regular basis." When a relationship ends, a woman will cry and pour her heart out to her girlfriends and she will write a poem titled "All Men Are Idiots." Then she will get on with her life.

A man has a little more trouble letting go. Six months after the break-up, at 3:30 a.m. on a Saturday night, he will call and say, "I just wanted to let you know you ruined my life and I'll never forgive you and I hate you and you're a total whore. But I want you to know there's always a chance for us." This is known as the "I Hate You/I Love You - Drunken Phone Call." 99% of all men have placed at least one such call. There are community colleges that offer courses to help men get over this need. Alas, these classes rarely prove effective.

Sex

Women prefer 30 - 45 minutes of foreplay. Men prefer 30 - 45 seconds of foreplay. Men consider driving back to her place as part of the foreplay.

Maturity

Women mature much faster then men. Most 17-year-old females can function as adults. Most 17-year-old males are still trading baseball cards and giving each other wedgies after gym class. This is why high school romances rarely work.

Hats

Women look good in hats; men look like dinks.

Comedy

Let's say a small group of men and women are in a room, watching television, and an episode of "The Three Stooges" comes on. Immediately, the men will get very excited; they will laugh uproariously, and even try to imitate the actions of Curly, man's favorite stooge. The women will roll their eyes and groan and wait it out.

Handwriting

To their credit, men do not decorate their penmanship. They just chicken-scratch. Women use scented, colored stationary and they dot their "i's" with circles and hearts. Women use ridiculously large loops in their "p's" and "g's". It is a royal pain to read a note from a woman. Even when she's dumping you, she'll put a smiley face at the end of the note.

Bathrooms

A man has at most 6 items in his bathroom -- a toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of Dial soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn. The average number of items in a typical woman's bathroom is 437. A man would not be able to identify most of these items.

Magazines

Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.

Groceries

A woman makes a list of things she needs and then goes to the store and buys these things. A man waits until the only items left in his fridge are half a lemon and something turning green. Then he goes grocery shopping. He buys everything that looks good. By the time a man reaches the checkout counter, his cart is packed tighter than the Clampett's car on the Beverly Hillbillies. Of course, this will not stop him from going to the 10-items-or-less lane.

Cats

Women love cats. Men say they love cats, but when women aren't looking, men kick cats.

Jewelry


Women look nice when they wear jewelry. A man can get away with wearing one ring, and that's it. Any more than that and he will look like a lounge singer named Vic.

Menopause

When a woman reaches menopause, she goes through a variety of complicated emotional and psychological, and biological changes. The nature and degree of these changes varies with the individual. Menopause in men provokes a uniform reaction -- he buys aviator glasses, a snazzy French cap and leather driving gloves and goes shopping for a Porsche.

The Telephone

Men see the telephone as a communications tool. They use the telephone to send short messages to other people. A woman can visit her girlfriend for two weeks, and upon returning home, she will call the same friend and they will talk for three hours.

Low Blows

Let's say a man and woman are watching a boxing match on television. One of the fighters is felled by a low blow. The woman says, "Oh, gee. That must hurt." The man doubles over and actually feels pain.

Admitting Mistakes

Women will sometimes admit making a mistake. The last man who admitted he was wrong was General George Custer.

Richard Gere (see also -- Patrick Swayze)

Women like Richard Gere because he is sexy in a dangerous way. Men hate Richard Gere because he reminds them of that slick guy who works at the health club and dates only married women.

Offspring

A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and soccer games and romances and best friends and favorite foods and secret dreams. A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

Dressing up

A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the garbage, answer the phone, read a book, or get the mail. A man will dress up for the following: weddings, funerals.

Nudity in Movies

Every actress in the history of movies has had to do a nude scene. This is because every movie in the history of movies has been produced by a 'man'. The only actor who has appeared nude in the movies is Richard Gere. This is another reason why men hate him.

David Letterman

Men think David Letterman is the funniest man on Earth. Women think he is a mean, semi-dorky guy who always has a bad haircut.

Politics

Men love to talk politics, but often forget to do political things such as voting. Women are very happy that another generation of Kennedys is growing up and getting into politics because they will be able to campaign for them and cry on election night.

Locker Rooms

In the locker room, men talk about three things: money, football, and women. They exaggerate about money, they don't know football nearly as well as they think they do, and they fabricate stories about women. Women talk about one thing in the locker room -- sex. And not in abstract terms, either. They are extremely graphic and technical.

Laundry

Women do laundry every couple of days. A man will wear every article of clothing he owns, including his surgical pants that were hip about eight years ago, before he will do the laundry. When he is finally out of clothes, he will wear a dirty sweatshirt inside-out, rent a U-Haul and take his mountain of clothes to the laundromat. Men always expect to meet beautiful women at the laundromat. This is a myth.

Toys

Little girls love to play with toys. Then, when they reach the age of 11 or 12, they lose interest. Men never grow out of their obsession with toys. As they get older, their toys simply become more expensive and impractical. Examples of men's toys: little miniature TV's, car phones, complicated juicers and blenders, graphic equalizers, small robots that serve cocktails on command, video games, anything that blinks, beeps, and requires at least six "D" batteries to operate.

Plants

A woman asks a man to water the plants while she is on vacation. The man waters the plants. The woman comes home five days later to an apartment full of dead plants. No one knows why this happens.

Nicknames

With the exception of female bodybuilders who call each other names like "Ultimate Pecs" and "Big Turk," women eschew the use of nicknames. If Gloria, Suzanne, Deborah, and Michelle get together for lunch, they will call each other Gloria, Suzanne, Deborah, and Michelle. But if Mike, Dave, Rob, and Jack go out for a brewsky, they will affectionately refer to each other as Bullet-Head, Godzilla, Peanut Brain, and Useless.

Mustaches

Some men look good with mustaches. Those men are Tom Selleck and Burt Reynolds. There are no women who look good with mustaches.

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Friday, July 11, 2008

再见沈艺

Most people know I usually don't like posting too much personal stuff on my blog, so I'll write this in Chinese.

亲爱的艺。
谢谢你在过去几年对我的热情帮助。
祝生活愉快。
再见马珂

Have a good flight back and thank you so much for the 笛子 again Ms superwomanmonkeybondgirlformerpartenerofjamesbond.

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Sunday, June 22, 2008

WTF?!?!

Ouch... This is what I thought when I saw this picture of Patti's accident that happened this weekend.
This nice Audi A4 was his car for quite some years now. On the way to his girlfriend's place in he had an accident on the highway resulting in a total loss of the car. The most annoying thing is that the accident only happened because there happened an accident 3 minutes earlier and they forgot to secure the site...
Good in the end that both passengers weren't badly harmed. Luckily in modern cars things like airbags are nothing special anymore.

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Thursday, June 05, 2008

Life is sometimes so unfair...

Life is sometimes so unfair...

Dammit. Electrical Engineering really sucked :(
And here are the bad news: I didn't pass. Fuck, fuck, fuck... Just because my teacher thought he would do me a favor if he gives me a 2 instead the way more fair 3 I had to write a better result than before... "Funny" side note neither was happy about that, not my teacher nor me. My last hope is now the oral exam. Wish me luck that everything works out as (newly) planned.
But how to deal with bad news? Should you rather tell it to the people around you or try to play cool? I think both way have their risks but I think you should rather be honest to your girlfriend and friends than doing sweettalk...

So long...

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Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Happy Birthday Bro!

Hey in case you read this: Happy Birthday my little brother :o)
Yeah today I saw my brother the first time since last Christmas and I was kinda shocked because he looks so much different from what he usually looked like some months ago. Enjoy your 20th birthday and hopefully all your wishes will come true.
Anyway: Good luck for your future in Rostock ^^
BTW: We were really joking around like in old times and I think I didn't realize how much I missed spending time with him...




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Sunday, June 01, 2008

China University Ranking 2008

Maybe some of you have thought about studying abroad and maybe your destination of choice is not Australia, USA or another typical western country but China. In case you are interested into studying in China, I found a ranking list from this year's January by the 21st Century Business Herald. Of course it is not THE indicator but maybe it helps a bit with your decision.
If you seek for further information you can simply click on the university's name to get the website. Every university also has an English version so simply click through ;)
I only linked the TOP50 but still: Have fun!
BTW: The partner university of FH Dortmund, is the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS / 广东外语外贸大学) .

Rank University Score City Province

1

Tsinghua University

271.00

Beijing

Beijing
2 Peking University 216.23 Beijing Beijing
3 Zhejiang University 204.09 Hangzhou Zhejiang
4 Shanghai Jiao Tong University 143.03 Shanghai Shanghai
5 Nanjing University 133.60 Nanjing Jiangsu
6 Fudan University 128.79 Shanghai Shanghai
7 University of Science and Technology of China 98.68 Hefei Anhui
8 Huazhong University of Science and Technology 95.12 Wuhan Hubei
9 Wuhan University 93.28 Wuhan Hubei
10 Xi'an Jiaotong University 92.58 Xi'an Shaanxi
11 Jilin University 92.45 Changchun Jilin
12 Sun Yat-sen University 91.53 Guangzhou Guangdong
13 Sichuan University 82.09 Chengdu Sichuan
14 Harbin Institute of Technology 80.88 Harbin Heilongjiang
15 Shandong University 80.55 Jinan Shandong
16 Nankai University 75.27 Tianjin Tianjin
17 Tianjin University 68.22 Tianjin Tianjin
18 BeiJing Normal University 66.85 Beijing Beijing
19 Central South University 58.00 Changsha Hunan
20 Southeast University 53.40 Nanjing Jiangsu
21 Xiamen University 52.81 Xiamen Fujian
22 Renmin University of China 52.23 Beijing Beijing
23 Beihang University 51.83 Beijing Beijing
24 Dalian University of Technology 51.82 Dalian Liaoning
25 Northwestern Polytechnical University 47.37 Xi'an Shaanxi
26 Tongji University 47.05 Shanghai Shanghai
27 South China University of Technology 40.63 Guangzhou Guangdong
28 Chongqing University 40.40 Chongqing Chongqing
29 East China Normal University 39.51 Shanghai Shanghai
30 Lanzhou University 39.41 Lanzhou Gansu
31 Beijing Institute of Technology 35.70 Beijing Beijing
32 China Agricultural University 35.30 Beijing Beijing
33 Hunan University 34.99 Changsha Hunan
34 Northeastern University 32.67 Shenyang Liaoning
35 Zhengzhou University 30.69 Zhengzhou Henan
36 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics 29.89 Nanjing Jiangsu
37 Soochow University 29.46 Suzhou Jiangsu
38 East China University Of Science and Technology 28.71 Shanghai Shanghai
39 Wuhan University of Technology 28.66 Wuhan Hubei
40 Nanjing Agriculture University 28.19 Nanjing Jiangsu
41 China University of Petroleum 27.03 Qingdao Shandong
42 University of Science and Technology of Beijing 27.03 Beijing Beijing
43 Shanghai University 27.00 Shanghai Shanghai
44 Xidian University 26.26 Xi'an Shaanxi
45 China University of Mining and Technology 26.17 Xuzhou Jiangsu
46 Southwest University 26.10 Chongqing Chongqing
47 Jinan University 26.09 Guangzhou Guangdong
48 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 25.75 Chengdu Sichuan
49 Northeast Normal University 25.02 Changchun Jilin
50 Huazhong Normal University 24.54 Wuhan Hubei
51 Nanjing University Of Science and Technology 24.26 Nanjing Jiangsu
52 Nanjing Normal University 24.01 Nanjing Jiangsu
53 Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry 23.78 Yangling Shaanxi
54 Northwest University 23.33 Xi'an Shaanxi
55 Southwest Jiaotong University 22.32 Chengdu Sichuan
56 Ocean University of China 21.04 Qingdao Shandong
57 Yangzhou University 20.51 Yangzhou Jiangsu
58 Beijing University of Chemical Technology 20.33 Beijing Beijing
59 South China Normal University 20.24 Guangzhou Guangdong
60 Beijing Jiaotong University 19.97 Beijing Beijing
61 Hunan Normal University 19.58 Changsha Hunan
62 Huazhong Agricultural University 18.71 Wuhan Hubei
63 Shaanxi Normal University 18.37 Xi'an Shaanxi
64 Shanxi University 17.70 Taiyuan Shanxi
65 Nanchang University 17.64 Nanchang Jiangxi
66 Hohai University 17.35 Nanjing Jiangsu
67 Beijing University of Technology 16.90 Beijing Beijing
68 South China Agricultural University 16.47 Guangzhou Guangdong
69 China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 16.37 Wuhan Hubei
70 Nanjing University of Technology 16.35 Nanjing Jiangsu
71 Harbin Engineering University 16.26 Harbin Heilongjiang
72 Fuzhou University 15.73 Fuzhou Fujian
73 Jiangnan University 15.54 Wuxi Jiangsu
74 Yanshan University 15.43 Qinhuangdao Hebei
75 Donghua University 15.42 Shanghai Shanghai
76 Hebei University 15.41 Baoding Hebei
77 Henan University 15.16 Kaifeng Henan
78 Hefei University of Technology 14.98 Hefei Anhui
79 JiangSu University 14.91 Zhenjiang Jiangsu
80 Zhejiang University of Technology 14.90 Hangzhou Zhejiang
81 Shandong Agricultural University 14.33 Taian Shandong
82 Capital Medical University 13.73 Beijing Beijing
83 Yunnan University 13.62 Kunming Yunnan
84 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications 13.42 Beijing Beijing
85 Xiangtan University 13.33 Xiangtan Hunan
86 Zhongnan University of Economics and Law 13.26 Wuhan Hubei
87 China Medical University 13.15 Shenyang Liaoning
88 Southern Medical University 13.10 Guangzhou Guangdong
89 China University of Geosciences, Beijing 12.84 Beijing Beijing
90 Shanghai University of Finance and Economics 12.67 Shanghai Shanghai
91 Shandong Normal University 12.53 Jinan Shandong
92 North China Electric Power University 12.42 Beijing Beijing
93 Kunming University of Science and Technology 12.38 Kunming Yunnan
94 Chengdu University of Technology 12.24 Chengdu Sichuan
95 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University 12.13 Fuzhou Fujian
96 Heilongjiang University 11.92 Harbin Heilongjiang
97 China Pharmaceutical University 11.84 Nanjing Jiangsu
98 Shanghai Normal University 11.74 Shanghai Shanghai
99 Anhui University 11.61 Hefei Anhui
100 Fujian Normal University 11.56 Fuzhou Fujian

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Saturday, May 31, 2008

The waiting time...

...is the hardest part :(
More than a week passed since the final exams and still no results yet. Why do take important information always take ages??? I am sick of that. Good thing I am not the only person who almost dies during waiting. Maybe you remember Homer Simpson sitting in his camping chair while waiting for a week to pass ;)

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Saturday, May 24, 2008

DONE!!!

Yesterday there was the final exam and I am more than happy that this time of agony is over.
Electrical Engineering, and Math were the hardest parts but this weekend will be a chilling and relaxing time ^^

UPDATE:
OK, the weekend wasn't relaxing nor chilling. The party after the last exam just went VERY long same as Aileen's birthday party. So, at last the Sunday brought some well deserved sleep.

I don't know why but it is kinda weird without studying right now. You know, all the time you were used to have this one thought in the back of your mind "EXAMS!!!", but now it is finally gone ^^
Hmm to bad there are other thoughts now. Right now I face once more some very important decisions that will influence my life like nothing before. However life is still fun and I plan to let it stay that way.

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Saturday, May 03, 2008

Mr Koteshi - Reporting for Duty

Yeah, yeah, yeah there weren't many updates lately but I am just too much involved in studying for exams, plus some other very important stuff.
So what happened since the last posting almost one month ago?
To take a little time out, Patti and I decided to go on a short trip to Cologne.
Yeehaa, we are so spontaneous ;) Here are some pics we took.
Cologne Picture Gallery
So did we finally find some relaxing? The answer is: NO! But nevermind. Cologne is a pretty cool city ^^
Beside this trip earlier this month today the judgement week started with the final exam in my favorite (NOT!!!) subject electrical engineering. What a horror exam. In the end I think the result should be enough to pass. Anyway, there are much more other things that I worry about right now.

See you later.

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Sunday, April 20, 2008

What's going on in China, the media and elsewhere?

One short answer: I don't know.

Long answer (containing some complicated thoughts):
-coming soon- ;)

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Wednesday, April 02, 2008

;)

For those who didn't get it yesterday, here are some information :-D

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Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Bye bye Germany or Hello China, here I come (again)

Today I finally gonna leave Germany. I want to thank my family and my friends so much for the support on this. So where is the tall IT guy going? The answer is kinda simple: Southern China.
Welcome warm weather, overcrowded streets and endless shopping malls ^^

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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Summer time begins this night

Yes the headline tells the truth. It is still freaking cold from time to time but this night from Saturday to Sunday at 2 AM the Daylight saving time starts here in Germany. This means that on 2 AM the clocks will suddenly jumps to 3 AM.

Too bad I stayed up last night so long because of Gran Turismo 5 and this night there will be even less sleep...

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Friday, March 21, 2008

I like snow, but...

These last few days were kinda weird. See in the morning the weather was usually cold, and I mean really freaking cold. But during the day you got temperatures about 10°...
I mean, hey who doesn't like warm weather like that? See, while I write this, outside it just began to snow. Snow in March isn't that unusual in Siberia, or places like that. But we are living here in Germany...

Anyway I hope this crazy weather will end soon because of all these weather changes you get sick pretty easy and I can't really use a cold or something worse right now.

PS: I have no real internet connection right now, so the already posted updates will be completed next week.

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Sunday, March 02, 2008

100% baby :-D

First of all: I am usually really modest and don't like to show off that much.
But last week has been special. About 8 years ago one of my former Math teachers told me something: "Matthias, what ever you gonna do with your life, never ever work with computers or something with Math!"
Yeah I hated this teacher back then. Because of him I didn't pass a very important exam and in the end I started working in IT business until today :)
Well, last Thursday I got the results of a Math test...
And I couldn't believe it: 100% :-D
Of course there was also some luck involved but in the end I can't remember when I had a perfect score in math.
So take that, my former math teacher. You were wrong in every way :-P

PS: Yeah I know this posting is more than just childish but I simply want to enjoy this moment ^^

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Friday, February 29, 2008

Welcome to the family

Yesterday I had the first chance to see my cousin from Venezuela, South America. It's been more than 10 years since I saw the last picture and I am really happy to say:

"¡Hola Christshane! Bienvenida en la familia! :-)"

I really envy her for her cool name: Christshane Maria de Jesus Rodriguez. Wow isn't that way cooler than John Smith or something like that? Anyway, I hope there will be someday the chance to meet all in person.
So, good luck for your future ^^


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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Happy Valentine's day to everyone :)


At least today you should remember who's the most important person of your life.
I already found this person and I am pretty sure you know him. His name is Patrick...
Hahaha, just kidding. The person I meant makes me (most the time ;) ) really happy and I don't wanna miss her in my life :)

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Sunday, February 03, 2008

Fucking Fuck and the fuckiest Fuck

After a really nice night at a new club in Bochum called Apartment 45, I got the info at 2AM last night that my mum is in hospital right now in a city about 300km away...
The most fucked up thing is, there's no way I can go there by now and my Mum is there all alone...
I really hope she gets well soon and so far I will take care for her little cat and try to avoid worse things to happen...

In the end: A really fucked up situation...

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

How to get fucked...

So what does it need to feel 100% fucked up?
1st - Become ill - yeah the winter season is the time when everybody is coughing, sneezing and makes funny stuff like that. So why shouldn't you become ill aswell?
2nd - Be busy all the time - Yippie that's even more annoying. Beside being ill why not also have a bunch of work to be done at best yesterday...
3rd - no sleep - that's the hardest of all. It is very simple. Just don't go to bed cause you have so much work to do...

I grant you will feel absolutely fucked up and maybe you even doubt you are still alive.

OK, enough cynism. I just feel totally fainted and there are so many reasons... but everthing bad comes to an end eventually.


***UPDATE***
1&1, Germany's biggest server hosting company, has some big problems right now. Some of their DNS servers are dead right now, so there's a total chaos on the few remaining ones.
And: TAAAADAAAA!!! Guess who was called when he tried to regain some sleep? Oh yeah wonderful times...

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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Good bye 2007 - Welcome 2008

Well 2007 is over, lets give a warm welcome for 2008. This year will bring some interesting and hopefully events that will change work, school and of course life.
Beside this there is also the Euro 2008 in Switzerland and Austria where I got two tickets for the semi-final in Basel. If everything works as planned I won't have a chance to attend there, but this is no bad news for me. This would mean I got the job in China and compared to this some tickets for Euro 2008 are really lame ;)
So long fellows. Have a good start into the new year with all the wishes to come true.
Thank you so much for all the nice and kind people around me. I love you :-*

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Monday, December 31, 2007

Happy New Year :-)

Heyho folks. I'd like to wish you all a happy new year and hope we all kick ass like we did in 2007.
There were some people I really have to thank a lot. One person earned some special thank but I think the person already knows ;-)
So, happy new year and if you wanna say it in other languages:
  • Frohes Neues Jahr (German)
  • Happy new year (English)
  • 新年快乐/ xin nian kuai le(Chinese)
  • Feliz Año Nuevo(Spanisch)

See you next year :)

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Bye bye Satomi :'(

Dear Satomi. I wish you for the next year all good things and really hope you two will have a wonderful wedding.
I am pretty sure you will have a happy life. So it is not too sad to say good bye, because I think you are in good hand.
Good luck Mrs. Numano ^^

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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Some thoughts... part deux

still thinking about god and the world...

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Monday, December 17, 2007

your english is under all pig ;-) or 2007 part 1

During the last days, Christmas is always a time where I think about this and that, I noticed something: We often use try to translate German idioms into other languages or we simply prefer the foreign one over the German.
That's why I was reminded on a funny thing. When I was still in high school my teacher made a comment at the end of all exams: "too unidiomatically".
Back then I didn't understand its meaning but I was to shy to ask about it. Nowadays I think many people need an advice with their English: "Why try harder?"
Sure brilliant English with an Oxford accent sounds nifty, but isn't the main goal to be understood by the other person rather than talking some BS without any meaning?
I know for sure my english isn't that well (maybe you notice the headline of my blog) but I still hope most readers get the point ;-)
Anyway, last days have been really nice. The spirit of christmas is all aroud and the christmas fairs in Munster and Dortmund are as nice as they have never been before to me.
But maybe I am just different this season...
It was a hard and exciting year for me, my family and the other people around with many ups and not too less lows. This year's beginning had some big disappointments for me but also new chances.
Right now I am just happy about the new opportunities. Let's see what the future brings ^^

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Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Some infos about the daily koteshi

Hola amigos y amigas.

Some time passed since my last post and the main reasons are the newly started Spanish (Si si, finally) and Mandarin (Chinese spoken in mainland China) language courses. Don't get me wrong, I love these new courses but I have to get used to study vocabulary again :)

Beside this of course math and physics, especially electrical engineering, exams are a tough part in my life at the moment.

Right now I wait for the completion of a 3.5GB download so I thought I could spend some time for my blog again.

OK, now some bad and some good news:

Bad things first:
I won't enter the University of applied science in Dortmund this year for really f***** up reasons. Mainly because my old school sucks.
When I left the school 5 years ago, they didn't write the 'grade point average' on my report card. I didn't notice it until I tried to apply for the University during summer vacation when they didn't accept my school certificate cause the GPA was missing. Bad luck: during summer vacation no teacher at my former school was available, cause they were sitting in Nice or Mallorca...
Yeah, what a glourious day...

But quite often every bad thing, offers a new chance.

So it came that I applied to a school in Dortmund where I want to get prepared for the time as a student at the University. This means of course hard work for maths etc.
So when I went the first day to school, I saw the building of the VHS Dortmund (school for adult education program). I knew they offer courses like "how to cook" or "photography for beginners". But I also knew they offer languages courses.
If you are into it, you can learn Arabic, Spanish, Russian, English, French and many more. But most interesting was their offerings for some Chinese language courses. Because I am a student, I get a discount and only have to pay 50€ for the course :)
I applied after some time thinking immediately and took the 'advanced' course cause I learnt some basic Chinese phrases and vocabulary by Jiaqi.

Beside the language course some other event will take place soon:

I'M GOING TO CHINA!!! :D

Yeah, seems like a dream comes true. FINALLY!!!

Now add to all of the time sucking events of the last weeks/months the ongoing planning for the China trip from 21st September till 6th October and et voila: CHAOS ;)
Well, maybe the word chaos is over-the-top. I guess the word stress seems to fit in better here.

I will check up the following locations: Guangzhou (广州), Beijing (北京) and Shanghai (上海)

I received my visa last month, and booked the flight from Duesseldorf to Guangzhou (some might know it better under the name 'Canton') via Air France, the hotels for Guangzhou and Beijing and the flight home from Shanghai back to Duesseldorf via Aeroflot.
So only things missing, are the hotel in Shanghai plus the flights Guangzhou -> Beijing and Beijing -> Shanghai.

Wow, already 2:42AM...

I better quit now.

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