Tonight

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That is really how I feel tonight. To speak up and make life simpler that way. With everything going on at home, missing friends, stressed out from college and on top something that bothers me with my flatmates. Kind of proud of myself for speaking up. Something that usually takes me some time to do. I know, for those of you who know me personally, you say "Whaaaat?", but it's true, I have to get all my courage together and speak up unless my annoyance-balance bubbles over...but that is something completely different (and really not a nice side of me).

Do you know those moments?

Kurze Nacht

Auch wenn ich nicht zu hause bin wird es sicherlich keinen erholsamen Schlaf geben diese Nacht. In meiner Heimat regnet es seit Tagen ununterbrochen und jetzt wurde Katastrophenalarm ausgelöst. Einige Stadtteile sind ohne Strom, andere werden demnächst wahrscheinlich evakuiert... Auch wenn es meiner Familie recht gut geht, wird es doch sicherlich für alle dort keine ruhige Nacht. Meine Oma wohnt sehr sehr nah an der,  über die Ufer getretene, Weißen Elster und sie hat schon mal vorsorglich den Keller leerer gemacht...Sicher ist sicher. Eigentlich wollte ich einen erfreulicheren Post heute schreiben, aber im Moment denk ich nur an meine Familie und Freunde in der Heimat. Hoffe das Wetter hat bald ein erbarmen, denn wenn es morgen doch noch regnen sollte, wird die Weiße Elster mit Sicherheit über die Ufer treten. Und das soll doch bitte nicht passieren. Gebt alle Gut auf Euch acht und ich drücke die Daumen für besseres Wetter...

Horrible

I am a horrible blogger, friend and student at the moment. At least it seams to me like it...

I haven't been around blogging as much as I wanted to. I had a great time at home and there was so much going on. So many inspirations, much cooking and just really beautiful spring weather. I have so many things on my mind I want to blog about... and so many blog posts I have to tell you a progress about that I don't know where to start. Some friends are still waiting for reply to a mail or letter which I haven't been able to get myself on writing since there are so many other things on my list to do. I am really sorry and hopefully get to you really soon. I feel so bad... It seems like there is no end to the list. And don't get me started on college work. It keeps piling up and I have no idea were to start first. Every time I am proud of myself for finishing some things, there are still so many things to do that came up while doing that first assignment... and the semester is almost over...which freaks me out a little more....:(

1 More spring flowers

2 Inspiration

3 Great evening with a friend and yummy food

4 Shopping for a gift

5 Everyday life: trying to buy some outdoor paint

6 On my way to Hamburg (German Wall Memorial)

7 Watching a 3D movie in class and wearing colourful glasses

8 Workplace for the day

9 So true...

At home...

Being at home makes me really boring. I am enjoying time with family and trying to clean out some old things. But honestly I am not doing much and that is always like that when I am at home. At least I got some cleaning out done and some crafting projects... That is however more than I usually get done...:P

1 Garden Flowers

2 Fish Soup

3 Greek Birthday Dinner

4 Mother Days Cake

5 New Book

6 More lovely flowers

It's a wrap...

Hey there! I am so sorry that my last post was in February. Since then a lot of things have happened and I was to stressed, focused and overwhelmed to dedicate much time for my blog. I had so many things I wanted to share but I was too busy getting other things sorted out. That is why I started Weekly Snapshots On Wednesdays, to keep you up to date what's going on in a very short and simple way. But it turned out not to be as easy since I have to do a lot of stuff with the pics before I can upload them. Sure it's a lot easier with Picasa (which I use) but it's still work and figuring out which photos to use, collage them and write something about it was too time consuming the last weeks but I hope to do better from now on...since I got everything settled. But from the beginning:

After my last entry I had some time off. So I did things you normally do when you don't have a schedule: RELAX AND DO NOTHING. But that only lasted a week or so. It was also my birthday and turning 25 is not all just fun. I guess the 'real' life starts now...at least for the authorities (insurance, bank...) so I had a lot of appointments and figuring things out. I also had a job interview which was kind of really nice and it calmed me down for upcoming ones since the interviewers were really nice. Even though I didn't get the job, I got a different positive answer from a university...but one by one. After all the appointments, things changing and still no idea what I was going to do from April on I wanted a break, but there was just no time for that. So when I received an email on the 6th of March I jumped for joy. I got into University of Hamburg!!!yayyyyyy I was so excited when I read that email. After two months of worrying about what I was going to do after my BA studies, I had finally got some clearance and my nerves were soothed (which was good too, because I still had to write a term paper and have my final BA exam). Now I was even more thrilled to wrap up my BA studies and finish up that last paper. So I wrote the last paper in my BA studies and was surprised when the teacher told me my grade two or three days later after I submitted it to her. The last couple of days at home I spent going to the cinema and spending some time with friends before I had to go back to Germersheim to study hard for my final exam. So I studied for a week and didn't do much besides. Two days before the exam I thought I learned everything and I had no idea what to study further, so I decided to meet up with some friends and say goodbye, since I knew these days were going to be the last ones in Germersheim... There is a saying when you come to Germersheim: You cry twice...when you come to this town and when you leave it. Coming because you are shocked it's such a small town (I didn't, I was just curious about how uni life was going to be) and going because you'd miss it somehow (well I am not sad for leaving Gtown, I'm just sad for not seeing all my friends again before I left, but I know we'll stay in touch, so my worries were at a minimum...I had such a big experience in a head of me that I couldn’t wait for it to start). 

February

1 Easy Pancakes with friends

2 My Birthday Breakfast

3/4 Vapiano in Nürnberg..so yummy

5 Birthday Flowers

6 I LOVE the hat, don't you?:P

7 Can't wait for a tour...

8 THE NIGHT OF THE YEAR
9 Can I have it all?

A walk before the big and final exam

March

1 Leipzig book fair

2 Gifts from the book fair &my name in braille

3 Oreo cookie covered in white chocolate

4 Coffee with a friend

5 Let spring in

6 After my final exam

7 Last time in the Uni library

8 Last time on campus

9 Last time on the Rhine

So the last week of March was a stressful one: On Monday I had my final exam and I passed it *yay*. After that I had to go to some offices to exmatriculate myself and all that stuff and then I had to pack the rest of my belongings. The next day my parents came and we stuffed two cars with all my stuff... I still can't believe how much stuff there was left since I already took home so many things...:/ Wednesday and Thursday I was going through all that stuff again and figuring out what to take to Hamburg. This was not as easy since I didn't really had a clue what I need in my new apartment. I knew that I had a room for myself but I had no idea how the kitchen and bathroom situation was handled (now I know :P) So I packed the things I thought were useful (guess there is still stuff I didn't bring with but could use...) and again stuffed the car!;)

After the Easter holidays I drove off to Hamburg and now I am almost a week here and can't believe how that first week got by so fast... but I leave that for another post!;)

So that was my crazy March…and I hope to write regularly again from now on! 

Be sure to check out the whole blog if there will be a time again with no new posts! See the pages under my header and discover...

Happy New Year...Wait, Whaaaat??

uups..guess that was a while ago!!!:P

Right?

But here it goes since I haven't been able to do this earlier!!

So here are my last years resolutions:

Resolutions for 2012:
-to get outside at least 15 minutes per day
-read 3 books a month
-find an internship
-watch two movies at the cinema each month
-craft more, e.g. sewing, handicraft and paint 

The ones that are strikethrough I have been able to achieve. You know it's really hard to get outside for 15 minutes a day? I tried to and kept it up quite some time, but especially weekends are bad, because I sit at home and do Uni stuff and don't get outside. But this year I will do better, I try!  I also was able to read as many books as I wanted to, partly because of my BA-thesis and party because I was not in the reading mood. You ask: How come? I don't know, every time I picked up a book and started it, it reminded me of something (mostly sad) and I didn't want to read on....

So next(ahhh, this ^^) years resolutions are:

- Bake all recipes from my calender (there are 12)

- Read 24 (or more) books throughout the year

- Buy quality instead of quantity

- make sure to save 1€ a day (guess that'll be the hard one)

- Finish my BA and start something new

- Embrace new beginnings, whatever they are

And now there will be some thoughts on 2012:

The best that happened to me last year: there is not just one thing this year! It’s the wedding, my internship, my trip to Edinburgh and Praha…

This didn't have to happen in 2012: making others see me in a different way.

I have learned in 2012 that good friends are hard to come around to!

My movie of the year 2012 was Ziemlich Beste Freunde

My book of the year 2012 was Cecilia Ahern "One Hundred Names"

My song of the year 2012 was Robbie Williams "Candy"

My TV-show of the year was Desperate Housewives and Private Practice (both gone :( )

I've been there the first time in 2012 Praha and Edinburgh

In 2012 I travelled to: Cheb, Kalovy Vary, Luxembourg, Hockenheim Ring, Bamberg,  Kaiserslautern, Edinburgh Strasbourg and Prag

I am proud of myself for doing this in 2012: my internship.

In 2012 I should have checked off more from my resolution list

In 2012 I should have been less sidetracked.

In 2012 the saddest thing was that I felt left behind at one point…

In 2012 I spend most of my time researching.

Five words that describe 2012 for me relax, bridesmaid, get-together, goodbyes and research.

I am excited about 2013 because I’m going to finish my BA. and start something new.

Things I need to do more in 2013: focus on the important things (in life, at uni, in friendships)

Things I need to do less in 2013: buy crappy things just because they are cheap.

The craziest thing I did in 2012 was make a scene.

In 2012 I went to a (real big) wedding for the first time.

In 2012 I did this after a long time again: Seeing my friends and former Au-Pairs.

Word of the year? Bridesmaid or internship

City of the year? Praha

Best time spend with? A great friend in Edinburgh.

Best moment? Being part of the ‘Wedding of the Year’.

2012 was a really fun and exciting year for me!

Fall fairs everywhere

The last month was full of fun markets, fairs and new cities. Some of the lovely places I had to take a picture of...

 

Tapas

So I discovered a new place in Gera, a tapas bar. And I wanted to try it. So I asked some friends and they wanted to try it too...so that was settled!;) I have to admit that I have never tried it before, except there was a try that ended in a salad because we couldn't decide!!:D But this time it was very easy to decide because all the Tapas were in pictures and it made it a lot less complicated to choose. I chose potatoes and shrimps to go along with very tasty bread! And since its the Spanish lifestyle to drink wine with it I ordered a red vino, something supposed to be sweet, but could have been a little sweeter for my taste! But the food was great and it was definitely not the last time we ate there...

 

Internship

I totally forgot to write about my internship. I was very lucky to got one and I am happy that I could do something in my vacations. The last vacations I was not so lucky and I hadn't really much to do, so I like it this way a lot better!:)

Down below you see my workplace and some of the typical intership work which I don't mind because I mainly really do a lot of important things! Now it has been more than a month and I can't believe time past so quickly! I've seen and learned so many things that I had no idea of. Intresting to see the other side of the work...

Flower Power...

Food

that I ate...





Schlammbowle

I love this ice cream