May 10, 2004
Birthday
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Had one of the best birthday's ever. "Jumped" in the new year at the beach with full moon (cheesy) and a superb scenery.
After a nice breakfast and lecs we had to use the good weather (it was raining the day before and also teh day after..) and went to the beach again.
After good Mexican food and Chinese songs
I was suprised by a sounding Happy Birthday on a bagpipe (really cool, I love bagpipes).
And then I stood back home, people came and amazingly most of the bunch left shortly again for some dubious reasons: "Sorry Felix, I have to take a shower now, come over after"/ " I do my laundry and come over then"/"Have to call my parents, cu later"/.... .
So, there I was, lost and nearly alone.
But then they came with the scarf and I had to walk around Hillhead.
After smelling the the Watering Hole I feared the worst but we went trough and in another room.
SURPRISE
Most of my guest hanged around there and all the people with the dubious reasons sat there.. I had to sit and then we played the "Who wants to be Felix Becker" game. Questins like, what's Felix most favourite expression, how does he charm girls, what's his favourite food (not, its not instant noodles), how does a typical Aberdeen night out look like and so on...... (not giving any of the answers here...). Got my presentes after each couple of questions and sat there on the chair kinda lost.
After that the whole bunch went back to my flat and the party started where I got Happy Birthday sung in a couple of languages.
Thank you folks and the "organising" team for a really nice birthday, enjoyed my day very much. Cheers!!!
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Dolphin
Did a short daytrip by car up to Peterhead. And the most important thing was that we saw a dolphin. Juhu....
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Highland Games
Caro, Ida and Dona prepared a georgeous game in the forest (Thank you girls), the famous Highland Games. Ran around, played kinda hide & seek, had flour wars, built pyrmaides, jumped around and did lots od stuff you only would expect small chaps to do. Anyway, besides minor bruises and totally dirty clothes we had a great time, especially after we've found the treasure. Cheers.
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May 06, 2004
May 02, 2004
April 26, 2004
SA Elections
Haben hier zur Zeit Wahlen fuer die Student Association, teilweise vergleichbar mit dem StuRa bei uns. Allerdings gibts hier nen richtigen Run auf die Plaetze und hier herrscht der reinste Wahlkampf. Die Kandidaten fuer den President bekommen ca 350 € und duerfen damit ne Woche campaignen. Es gibt ne ganze Menge Jobs (Sabbatical and Non-Sabbatical) und der Favorit fuer den Presi ist wohl zur Zeit George, der die mit Abstand beste Kampagne faehrt und es irgendwie schafft alle moeglichen Ecken und Winkel mit Postern zuzukleben, mit nem T-Shirt (I'm George) rumlaeuft, seine Daily George in Print und online rausbringt und die besten Poster und Flyer hat.
Um die Wahlbereitschaft zu erhoehen gibt es gleichzeitig fuer das teilnehmende Wahlvolk ne Preisverleihung - kreativ gelebte Demokratie!
March 27, 2004
Anni
Finally she came.....
Beach
Duthie Park & Winter Gardens
Espionage & St.Patrick's Day
Edinburgh
Scottish weather
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The weather was Scottish, so lots of rain but also sun, was changing all the day. |
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They just love the English |
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Marie and the "hippo" For those who haven't watched "Along came Polly", watch it wait for Claude For those who have:(Please rrrread with Frrrrench Accent) A hippo cannot put a stripe and become a zebra or put a spot and become a leopard – it will always remain a hippo – accept the fact and enjoy life |
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We tried them, but we didn't buy them in the end... But the two girls had fun in the shop..... |
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A fierce fight in the souveniershop |
Hill Climbing & Posing
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Went up the hill, but they girls have been to slow... |
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..so we had to drag them |
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The castle and us |
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Unbelievable, the sun. So we used it..... |
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Butterfly & Insect World
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Someone seemed to be really afraid of |
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wonderful Butterflies which were flying all over the place |
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..little Rosie (but the Rosies & her friends were kept in cages....) |
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..and finally small ants. Amazing what they can carry! |
French & Rugby
Bye Bye
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Our bustickets.... |
March 26, 2004
ARGGGGG!!!
Unbelievable!!
Just send a fax back home, excerpts:
Felix: Can you please send that fax for me
Lady(ver polite): Yes, no problem [2min later]
Fax sent, where was it to?
Felix: Germany. [Lady left checked the price and came back]
Lady: East or West?
Felix(skeptical): West...aehhh...East. [Lady left checked the price and came back again]
Lady: That's 95p. West Germany would have been 55p.
Felix: Why is there a difference in price, we got united a couple of years ago...
Lady: I don't know, it's maybe more expensive to send a fax to there, it's on the list like that....
I was kinda shocked that there is a difference between east and west Germany. I reckon that list is quite old, or they slept the last couple of years...
March 12, 2004
Weekend afternoons
Outdoor activities
Beach
Sports....
Got up to see the sunrise. But it was cloudy (was clear the whole week before.. grml) and we didn't see the sun. But on the way back the sun has fought its way trough the clouds and illuminated that ship. Additonal to that we saw deer on the Don island and a seal in the water..
(and for all that we got up at 6 am....)
Indoor activities
Dressing up - who had that idea?
Creative Painting (the girls painted in the end also over the boys parts, got nicer that way)
Party IV
Virginie's Farewell
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Mr.Tomato again..... |
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Byebye |
Another Estaminet / Espionage-Wednesday evening
February 27, 2004
A hard week
This was really a hard week, slept at 3 am on average and was out nearly every day. I sometimes also went to the uni...
Thursday
Kef
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chilly place with Arabic-style areas with lots of flavoured Russian wodkas. The only thing which I miss in there is a Shisha. |
Espionage
..as usually..
Friday
Version I of spending an weekend night in Aberdeen. First you start with a dinner somwhere. Then off to party until the party gets stopped by the higher authorites, then off to the Watering Hole and after 1 am (closure) off to another flat..... after a more or less extensive flapping (flat + hopping) the night usually ends with an late dinner or an early breakfast...
Hillhead
Saturday
Version II of spending an weekend night in Aberdeen. It starts with food and then you stay in one of the flats or in the Watering Hole and take the Bus to the city afterwards. Back by the Bus at 3.20 and then again a small snach in one of the places...
Chinese Food
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Got invited for a Chinese-style dinner... |
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... it was actually quite nice, but the seaweed soup and the prawn salad were quite chinese and reminded me of my fights with the (fishy) sushi in Japan. So I went for mince, rice and soja sauce..... |
Espionage
Stuck in the Espionage again. After a while one nows exactly which music comes at which time and in which order, all seems prerecorded although they have somebody who looks like a dj on each floor...
The problem is that this is more or less the only club where the average age is not below 17, which is free and open until 3 am. All other places won't fit in all these requirements. If anyone can suggest a better place, please comment.
Sunday
Sunday-7pm-food Party
Cinema
Saw "The Last Samurai". Tom Cruise is messing around in 19th-century Japan. Quite long and not too bad.
Monday
Scottish Dance
Scottish dance lessons... Funny and exhausting and eventually useful for the Ceilidhs
Liquid
Student night and the place is just packed. Reason :All drinks £ 1
They had the RGU vs. Aberdeen in there. RGU won the city challenge. Boys got "feathered" and the girls had to drink.
Tuesday
Mardi Gras
In France they celebrate Mardi Gras on that Tuesday and I don't know exactly what it is about, but Marie invited us for her irresistible crepes. She spent the whole afternoon and baked 110 crepes, we ate all but 4.
Snowfight
The compulsory Midnight snow fight. Had a snowfight nearly every day, its just so much fun.
Wednesday
Cinema
Went to see Along came Polly. ( Filmstart in D in Maerz) Funny movie, especially Claude with the Frrrrench accent. Had a good laugh.
Bowling
Don't wanna talk about the results...
Estaminet
The Estaminet is just jammed every Wedensday. Reason: Every drink for £ 1.50
Snowfight
It was snowing like hell again and all the streets were covered. So we had snowfights in the midde of the road.
Espionage
Thursday
Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers
We saw Mugenkyo an Eurpean Taiko formation. Was really good and amazing what they could do with just some sticks and drums. And even the small women hit the drum so hard that you could feel the vibration in your chest...
Friday
Ceilidh
Ceilidh (Scottish Dance) in Elphinstone Hall. It was so jammed, that proper dancing wasn't possible, but it was good fun anyway.
Saturday
Glasgow
Went by Bus to Glasgow. It's an sprawling city and its such a difference to our "small" beloved Aberdeen.
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That was just a couple of miles behind Aberdeen. As soon as we went further south, the snow got less and less and it was so sunny and nice. |
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Of what do they all want to take a pic from?? |
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..it's the cathedral of Glasgow. |
That's the necroplis of the cathedral. It's so amazing what kind of gravestones those British have....
Espionage
No comment...
Sunday
The weather was so amazing so I went to the beach twice. Walked around, played frisbee, took pics, walked on the golf link, had fun,.....
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It's still winter time and spring is pressing, but winter fights back... |
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..and those little fellows don't mind. They walk around and usually wake me up in the morning with their noise, whatever the weather is like. |
Sunset
Sunday-7pm-2£-food-party
It was my turn today and we had a delicious Taco-Fajita-Mexican-Style-Dinner and after that fruit with icecream.
Misc Pics
Those Pics were all taken on one day a couple of weeks ago.....
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Dusk in the City... |
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...and the Hillhead-Seaton alley... |
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...on the golf links... |
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..and Seaton Park itself... |
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...and the Don... |
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..and finally us with the mouth of Don in the background. |
2 inches of snow
It has snowed quite a bit this night and it seemed as nothing will work today. All Schools but two are closed in Aberdeenshire.
I don't know why they make such a fuss about that little white stuff. But no one has got winter tyres in here so the cars and the busses are sliding all over the place.
And the weather forecast is not nice, more rain than snow.
February 20, 2004
Brodie Bikes
Found that last night on a strange second hand Bike Shop, amazing!
Opening Times
Open most days at About 9 or 10
Occasionally as Early as 7, but SOME DAYS
As Late as 12 or 1.
WE CLOSE ABOUT 5:30 or
Occasionally About 4 or 5, But
Sometimes as late as 11 or 12.
SOME DAYS OR Afternoons, WE
Aren't Here At All, and Lately
I'm Around Here Just About All the Time
Except When I'm Someplace Else,
But I Should Be Here Then, too.
February 16, 2004
Party IV / Valentine's Day
It was Valentine's Day and everybodys Valentine was somewhere else, so it was quite sad. Therefore we went out to the city to have some fun and not to think of the loved ones back home...
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..but Mike was the only one who had his girlfriend here..... |
First we went to the Hogshead...
...and then to the Espionage where we ended up....
...and found this cheesy heart...
...and continued to party.....
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..and arrived safely back home after a good night out only to be welcomed by Jun and to have a late dinner (or a early breakfast) until 4:30 am.. |
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...pancakeparty on the next day.... it is always amazing how many people fit in one kitchen... |
February 12, 2004
February 07, 2004
Live - con.
The snowstorm has stopped and we have about 1 inch of snow now. Dozens of Chinese went outside as soon as it had stopped to snow. They enjoy it to play in with the "cold white stuff" and build a snowman.
(Frankfurt is still leading 1:0 Yeah!!)
Live
While sitting in the warm computerroom and listening to a glorious 1 half of Leverkusen - Frankfurt (0:1) it is snowing like hell outside.
About 1 1/2 hours ago it was really nice and sunny. Then the weather turned and it got cloudy and dark. And since 30 min we have a heavy snowstorm, one could hardly see anything. I hope the snow will stay for a couple of days....
February 06, 2004
Racing
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If small kids start to play... |
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..then they use everything to build a race track. We started in the kitchen and drove to the other end of the hallway, bypassing books, toppling cappucino boxes and u-turning around the extinguisher. Nice races!! |
Beach II
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Marie, Virginie, Felix, Konrad and Cynthia Aberdeen in the back |
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The other side... The North Sea |
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There must have been something on the left.... |
February 05, 2004
Party II
I just collected some various pics from the last weeks. I don't have time to put them online in a nice an neat way, but it should at least work that way.
Party @ the Wateringhole (Wasserloch)
Romana's Farewell Party
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Cheers June |
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Cynthia's Farewell Party
February 03, 2004
Snow
We had so much snow for two days last week. Had lots of fun and enjoyed it very much, but now it is too warm again and everything has rained away.
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Lisa and me |
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Konrad defeated the Snowman.. |
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January 31, 2004
Haggis
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We went to a traditional Burn's Supper, which is celebrated in remembrance of the national poet Robert Burns on his birthday. Some poems have been read out and other traditional ceremonies are done. The most important part is the Haggis, the renowned Scottish dish. If you eat it you should not think of what you actually eat. It sounds and looks discusting, but was much nicer than expected. I kinda liked it.
Haggis is Scotland’s best-known regional dish. It is made from lamb’s offal (lungs, liver and heart) mixed with suet, onions, herbs and spices, all packed into a skin, traditionally made of a sheep’s stomach. Traditionally served on Burns' Night, the haggis is often accompanied by mashed potatoes and mashed turnips.
January 30, 2004
Chinese New Year
We were invited to join a Chinese New Year dinner. Everything will be prepared together and we put a penny in two dumplings. June was the lucky one and found them both. He will habe a good 2004, according to Chinese tradition.
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First we prepared the dumplings (similiar to Maultaschen) altogether.... |
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..and then the other dishes got prepared by the Chinese girls. |
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Yummie, very tasty. And the Chinese were surprised by our skillfull use of the chopsticks. But since arriving in Hillhead I use chopsticks more often than my set of cutlery. They are so conveniant and easy to use and I got my own set of chopsticks |
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Grouppic: Felix, Rene, Mike, Bassy, Bing, Konrad (and June behind the camera) |
January 27, 2004
Christmasdinner
We had a farewell christmas dinner, initiated by our chinese mates. They don't have christmas, but we had a nice reason to cook together.
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We found a chicken and stuffed it with garlic and lots of other stuff. ( I would not put anything into a chicken....) |
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Konrad was "first in command" and conducted the ceremony..... |
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...while June tried (unsuccessfully) to decorate the table christmaslike, but only managed to set the table in the typical chinese style. Lots of dishes with cheap beer. |
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The battle started and even I tried that poor chicken a la chinese.... |
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...and we did not only kill the chicken we actually slaughtered it!!! |
January 25, 2004
Beach
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I just got that image from a friend of mine. That was about three month ago on a warm night at the mouth of Don. Gorgeous night. Clockwise: Jella, Virginie, Cynthia, Kate, Romana, Andres and me |
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Another (old) picture of the same night |
January 11, 2004
Back in Scotland
Nun geht es wieder los. Es fing schonmal gut an, das Flugzeug war zu spaet und ich habe dadurch meinen Bus verpasst, fuer den ich schon ein Ticket gebucht hatte. Das war dann futsch und ich durfte nochmal blechen...
Naja, wenigstens hats nicht geregnet...
December 01, 2003
Bowling
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ruuuuuuuuuuun-up and bow A-grade 5 points = pins B-grade 10 points for the nice stance |
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But the three-digit numbers were quite tough... At least it looks professional.. |
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Kef
On mondays the place to go is the KEF. Live Jazz and really cosy seating cornes. It reminds me of a Egyptian style beach bar, the only things wich are missing are a nice shisha (waterpipe) and the beach....
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While some are sleeping.... |
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..others try some of the (disgusting) 32 flavoured wodkas |
Fireworks - Bonfire
We also had fireworks in here. (Link to Conrad's page) That was around Guy Fawkes Night, nearly a month ago (November 5th). On the day itself was a boring firework show on the beach which stretched over 25 min, but could have been done in 5 min if they breaks between would not have been to long. Anyway, around a week before and after that day on could hear explosions throughout the day. The kids bought their fireworks and played all the time.
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November 20, 2003
London
Off to London with Annika for a couple of days. Will bring her back to Stansted, very sad. Hope that London is (Bush) free until tomorrow, so that we can move around easily. Will be back next week and put more pics in here. Cu then and bear with me for not updating regularly, was a busy week in here.
November 14, 2003
Whisky
Went with the marketing class to a whiskey destillerie. Smelly place but quite interesting.
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Thats the way whisky looks in one of its preliminary phases. Not very nice, but this stuff tastes better than the actual whiskey later. It tastes like a beer with 70 - 80%. |
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Whiskey tasting. Smell it, look at it and then taste it. I don't like it too much, it was actually better after one of those guys added some Red Bull. |
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Cheers!!!! |
Viecher
Auch hier gibt es Viecher, allerdings sind die meisten nicht alle so zutraulich wie bei Conrad in Canada.
Die Moewen hat man hier ueberall, die kennen gar nix. Anfangs habe ich es noch genossen morgens vom Geschrei der Moewen aufgeweckt zu werden, aber mittlerweile nerven die Viecher ganz schoen, den sie sind schweinelaut und halten sich ueberhaupt nicht an studentenvertraegliche Zeiten, fangen manchmal morgens schon um 8 Uhr an rumzuplaerren.
Die Eichhoernchen flitzen immer gleich weg, davon gibts im Seatonpark ne ganze Menge.
Die Hasen sind noch scheuer, zwar wird hier abends die ganze Wiese bevoelkert, aber fangen konnten wir noch keinen. Die koennen ganz schoen flitzen wenn se wollen.
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P.S.: Ja, an der Qualitaet wird noch gearbeitet. Werde mich die naechsten Tage mal auf die Lauer legen und versuchen die Hasen zu blitzen. Aber fuers erste reicht ja mal ein bissel Vorstellungkraft.
November 09, 2003
Parties I
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Beachparty in the middle of the night | 
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Halloween Party, but no one dressed up |
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That was tasty... Must have been Scottish..... |
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Smile |
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Mr. Tomato |  |
Party in the corridor |
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Another meeting in the corridor By the way, the upper corridor belongs to the more expensive flats. They have wooden doors, a proper doorhandle, a nicer carpet, .... I live in the cheap flat (Still 320€ per month for my 7 sqm) |
Food international
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A la Malawi Some kind of corn flour, which is cooked and is similiar to porridge. Then you form balls with your hands and dip these in some other (meat and vegetable)dishes. Different but tasty!! |
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A la China Peas and corn with chopsticks. That's a real challenge, but I'm also quite skilfull now and could survive by using only chopsticks. |
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A la Europe Tasty spaghetties and all that with cutlery |
November 07, 2003
Flatmates
That are all my flatmates..We are by far the oldest flat in Hillhead, an average of 30 years.
I'm the youngest and the liveliest in here as you will see later.
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That's Osbourne from Malawi, the head of the house. |
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Mike from China. He is either learning, sleeping or cooking (Poor Mike). |
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Konrad is also from Jena (Germany), but I never saw him before I came to Aberdeen. By the way, it was 1 am on a Saturday. That's really sad, but I reckon it is better to wash in the night than queue all the day |
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June, our lawyer. He is always good for a laugh and an excellent cook. |
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Given, also from Malawi |
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And that's all of us - eating gorgeous Aldi-Chocolate from Germany. What a delicacy |
November 05, 2003
Digi - First tries
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First tries - a still live in our kitchen. What do you reckon where the people in our flat come from? |
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Another still live - but these are not my cigarettes and not my spider. Lets call them leftovers from Halloween |
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Thats the height of a sunday times. You would need ages, if there would be something useful inside.... But, I fortunately found just a couple of interesting pages... |
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Thats Aberdeen during dawn - what you can't see is the big cloud above us, which triggered the sudden rainshower which made us totally wet within 5 min.... After that the weather was nice again - typically Scottish |
DNS Error
Sorry for not updating the page the last days, but my connection didn't work for ages...
But I will compensate you for that , because I bought a nice digicam and will put some nice pics in here soon....
Halloween, Bonfire, Parites, my flatmates and maybe some from the university....
Any other wishes??
So, from tomorrow on you will see some nice real Scottisch pictures!
October 24, 2003
Schon vier Wochen
Viel Spass, viel Uni, viel teuer, wenig Schlaf, schoene Umgebung, viel unterwegs, viel neues und immer hungrig… So koennte man meine Zeit hier beschreiben.
Nun bin ich vier Wochen da und muss wohl auch mal, dem Beispiel meiner MitAuslandskommilitionenAbenteuerwagenenden folgend( Jan in Tampere + Conrad in Vancouver) ein kleines Fazit ziehen…
Nachdem ich den ersten Schock wegen den Barracken (sprich Studentenwohnheim; 7qm eigenes Zimmer und die Wohnung ist insgesamt fuer sechs Leute so gross wie die von Anni und mir in Jena…) hier ueberwunden habe, ging es doch insgesamt sehr gut weiter. Die Zeit geht wie im Fluge vorbei, weil man immer was zu tun hat. In der Uni muessen wir schon waehrend des Semesters was arbeiten (Case Studies, Hausaufgabe, CV, Praesentationen, Essays,….) und immer anwesend sein, was fuer mich ne echte Herausforderung ist. Aber bis jetzt gehts und zwischen all den sonstigen Vergnuegungen findet man doch immer wieder Zeit fuer die Uni.
Es gibt hier wirklich viel zu tun. In Hillhead wohnen ueber 1000 Studies, es gibt nen Pub und ne Sporthalle, so ist immer irgendwas los. Dazu kommt noch, dass ich Selbstverpflegung gewaehlt habe. Aber Instant Noddles helfen ueber die schweren Zeiten hinweg und manchmal nehmen wir uns sogar wirklich Zeit was zu kochen, das wird dann genossen und zelebriert.
Morgens wird man dann von dem Geschrei (singen oder zwitschern??) der Moewen geweckt und hofft, dass die Dusche warm ist, da man die Temperatur nicht einstellen kann. Haende waschen ist auch schwierig, da es fuer warm (sauheiss, verbrennungsgefahr) und kalt (schweinkalt, erfrierungsgefahr) je einen Wasserhahn gibt. In der Kueche muss man dann aufpassen, dass man sich nicht auf die Fuesse tritt, wenn morgens alle los wollen. Aber wenn man das geschafft hat, laeuft man durch den malerischen Seaton Park (wenn der gerade nicht wegen nem Leichenfund gesperrt ist) und versucht den Blaetterpustern und –saugern (Die Parkanlagen werden fast jeden Tag saubergemacht, ne richtig sinnlose ABM-Massnahme, aber so kann man wenigstens die Arbeitslosigkeit verringern und schoen isses auch..) aus dem Weg zu gehen. Schon hier sieht man den Unterschied zwischen den Schotten und den Anderen. Als Schotte hat man nen T-Shirt (maximal nen Pulli und bei Maedels muss es bauchfrei sein) an und tingelt gemuetlich zur Uni. Die Internationalen sind meist dick eingemummelt, mit Regenschirm bewaffnet und flitzen zur Uni.
Dann sucht man sich seinen gepolsterten (einwandfrei!) Sitz und lauscht den Vorlesungen. Aber mit schlafen oder so iss hier nix, erstens sind die Vorlesungen kleiner (<60 Leute) und die Stunden verlaufen interaktiv (Studntenbeteiligung, Interneteinbindung, Video,...) daran muss man sich als Deutscher erst mal gewoehnen. Es ist kein Problem den Lectureren zu folgen, weder sprachlich noch inhaltlich (iss nen bissel niedrigeres Niveau), aber wenn dann die local Kommolitonen anfangen zu reden hat man oft keine Chance. (Deshalb fang wenn ich was sage meien Saetze meist mit “Ich weiss nicht, ob das jemand schon gesagt hat oder nicht, aber ich …) So gehts auch.
Mittagessen geht man hier dann besser nicht, ausser man hat sein Fruehstueck vergessen, weil man danach immer arm ist. Dann gehts noch zu Tutorien (10-15 Leute) und versucht sein Gruppenprojekt weiterzubringen. (Sollen einmal nen Start-Up gruenden und noch ne Case Study praesentieren.)
Laenger als 16:00 habe ich nie, so dass es meist noch zu nem Kaffee reicht, mit der 5pm teatime habe ich mich noch nicht angefreundet. Dann faengt so langsam die Computer-/ Sportphase (probier mich im Volleyball und war mal beim Orienteering); and dann die Abendplanung an. Meistens Essen wir gemeinsam in der WG (ach so, die Jungs: zweimal China, zweimal Malawi und zweimal Deutsch; ich bin der Juengste und unser Altersdurchschnitt ist 30 Jahre. Aber es insgesamt ganz gut und jeder lernt von anderem ein bissel; Wir essen nun oft mit Chopsticks und unseren Chinesen bringen wir das Essen mit Messer und Gabel bei; und das man Salat nicht anbrutzelt und mit Sojasosse isst, werden unsere zwei Chinesen auch noch lernen)
Ja, dann ist so langsam Abend. Standardprogramm waere abends einfach in den Pub 50m weiter gehen, sich einfach mit Leuten treffen. Wenn es der Gledbeutel erlaubt, dann traut sich in die city, wo es ne Menge guter (teuerer) Bars,Clubs (vor allem in der Belmont Street) und die echt klasse Studentunion gibt. Als guter Schotte/in geht man erst mal in nen billigen Pub oder die Union, saeuft sich total zu und dann gehts los in die Schlacht. Die non-UK Maedels fallen dann immer sofort auf, weil ungefaehr doppelt so viel anhaben wie die local girlies und sich auch noch trauen Brillen aufzulassen (wenn es ja wenigstens gut aussehen wuerde was die Schottinen anhaben waer es ja ok, aber meistens schaut es einfach nur bitchy und billig aus). Aber egal wer, sobald ein Maedel auf der Tanzflaeche ist, ist die Freiwild und die Jungs stuerzen sich drauf. Das ist hier echt extrem aber das ist hier gang und gaebe.
Dann kommt man nachts, um ein paar (oder mehr) £ erleichtert nach Hause und fast immer ist noch irgendwo was los. Bei uns in der Bude direkt ist es meistens ruhig, so kann man selber aussuchen wann man schlafen will und nicht. Das ist in anderen Buden (Altersdurschnitt 18 Jahre, das erste mal von zu Hause weg.....) oft nicht so und man muss aufpassen wenn man nachts rumlaueft, dass man nicht auf nen Hoppelhasen oder nen besoffenen Schotten tritt, da liegt und huepft ne ganz Menge rum.
Und an den Wochenenden ist man entweder unterwegs (per Bus nen Ausfluege machen, in die Stadt und Umland gehen, waschen,…) oder man erholt sich einfach von den Abenden und geniesst die Zeit. Waren schon in Stirling, in Braveheart Land, in Rob Roy Land und auf ner Burg hier in der Gegend.
Ach, ein Abschnitt muss ich wohl noch dem Geld widmen. Es ist schon alles ein bissel teuerer hier. Mein Zimmer kostet 75€ pro Woche, das ist in Relation mit Deutschland einfach kriminell. Auch Bücher und Lehrmittel sind recht teuer, was sich hier schon verdruckt habe... Nahrungsmittel und Bier sind auch nicht gerade billig, aber es gibt hier ein Lidl und man zahlt ja ausserdem nicht immer 3,50€ fuer nen Bier. Selbst der Bus ist teuer, so was wie nen Studententicket gibt es hier nicht, aber zur Zeit braucht man den Bus noch nicht oft, laufen macht auch Spass. Aber zwischen alle dem findet man doch immer wieder gut Angebote. In den Kneipen muss man zu den richtigen Zeiten sein, im Supermarkt auf 2 for 1 Schilder achten und im November fahre ich dann z.B. für 15€ hin und zurück nach London, 10 Stunden pro Weg. (Aber das ist ja nur ein Klacks im Vegleich mit den 30 Stunden nach Estland)..
Ja, das wars erstmal von hier. Bin also ziemlich busy, geniesse die Zeit, vermisse D weniger als befuerchtet (auch wegen der lieben Briefe und Paeckle.. Danke!!) und freu mich, dass meine Anni bald fuer ne ganze Woche hochkommt *jubelhochspring*.
October 21, 2003
Wetter
Also, nun muss ich mal was zum Wetter sagen..
Habe die Vorhersagen von mehren Wetterdiensten gecheckt...
Also von Sonne ueber Regen bis zu Schnee ist alles da....
Schnee, Regen und Schauer
Sonne, Regen und Wolken
Regen, Regen und Regen
Ja, das macht Spass, vor allem sieht man, dass sich die verschiedenen Wetteranbieter nicht einig sind, aber anscheinden haben alle eh Recht.
Man sagt naemlich, dass man in Schottland alle vier Jahreszeiten innerhalb von wenigen Stunden erleben kann, das kann ich voll und ganz bestaetigen...
Gestern und heute gabs kurz Schnee, immer mal wieder Regen, richtig viel Sonne und schweinkalt wars auch mal ne Zeitlang.....
Aberdeen from above
Mal ne Karte von Aberdeen, damit Ihr mal nen Ueberblick bekommt wie das hier so auschaut....
Ab nun auch als feature in der sidebar enthalten...
Converters
Hier gibts so viel alte Gebauede, das die manchmal gar nicht wissen, was sie damit machen sollen.
1. verfallen lassen --> Ruine --> Touristenattraktion
2. ausbauen --> Fitnessstudio reinbauen (Muckiebude in Ex-Kirche....)
3. umbauen und viel Geld vedienen --> man nehme ein Kirche und stopfe Bars rein, ein paar Ebenen, dicke Boxen, etc und mache daraus nen Club/Pub/Bar...
Hohe Renditen (um mal im Fachjargon zu bleiben) und volle Buden garantiert
Beispiele:
A converted church, this has the usual accompaniments of TV screen, quiz night and good service. A quality pub, if a little expensive, it is the downstairs to the Exodus nightclub, which makes the evening much easier.
Optimistic enough to have a beer garden, this is probably Aberdeen's second cheapest pub (after Archie's) and one of the busiest. A converted school (most pubs in Aberdeen are a converted something), it has plenty of seats, fine wines and beers and decent food.
Slains Castle is a converted church situated in the heart of the city centre. Named after Slains Castle in Cruden Bay where Bram Stoker wrote his famous book 'Dracula'. The seven deadly sins cocktails are the highlight of a wide range of drinks all at very reasonable prices. Just make sure you are nice to the ghosts & ghouls lurking in the toilets!
Another converted church
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October 17, 2003
Kein Regen
Jetzt wo es Conrad gerad erwaehnt..
Hier hat es seit mindestens 10 Tagen nicht mehr geregnet, wer haette das gedacht??? So kanns ruhig noch ne lange Zeit bleiben, habe am Wochenende ne Menge draussen vor..
Es ist ein genialer Herbst und mann geniesst die Tage, so lange es noch halbwegs hell ist. Aber all die gesunde Luft (laufe meistens zur Uni, mach oft nen Spaziergan und mein Fenster ist undicht) machen ganz schoen muede....
Aber daran koennte auch das eine oder andere Bierchen dran Schuld sein oder die langen Naechte, schaff es irgendwie nie vor 12 ins Bett. (Pub hat bis 12 auf und dann geht man noch an einen der 24/7 zugaenglichen Rechner....)
October 10, 2003
Bilder
So, nun die Photos der ersten zwei, drei Tage. Nichts spannendes und in nicht gerade umwerfender Qualitaet. Aber britische Photolabore (doppelt so teuer und halb so gut wie bei uns) und der Scanner haben ihre Arbeit geleistet.....  |
Mein Zimmer, am Bettende geht es noch 30 cm weiter und dann kommt der Schrank. Und ich stehe in der Tuer. Dagegen war meine erste Bude in Jena noch richtig gross..................... |
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Hillhead von oben. In der Flussschleife und zum Park hin offen ist das der Komplex doch eigentlich sehr schoen gelegen. Ich wohn in einem der Bloecke relativ in der Mitte...... Rechts gehts zum Seatonpark und geradeaus zum Golfplatz und zum Meer. (siehe naechste Bilder) |
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Bis zum Meer brauch man nur 20 min, wenn man diesen Golfplatz ueberquert |
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Teil des Weges zur Uni. Von oben aus Seatonpark kommend geht es dann an der Kirche vorbei Richtung Uni. Aber nur solange die Polizei das Ding nicht abgesperrt hat |
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| Regenboegen gibts hier ueberall. Ich habe bis jetzt bestimmt schon mehr gesehen, als in Deutschland die ganze Zeit..... | |
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Achtung, in 2 min wird es regnen........ |
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Am Meer |