on diet...

in case someone of you has wondered why there is not much -> nothing new here..

the solution is: i'm on diet :))
obviously not as you would understand this normally (I like eating and don't believe in rumbling stomachs ;)
rather than fasting, I'm merrily feasting but at the same time cutting down on my cyber-time to give my poor eyes a rest. and in fact there are so many nice things to be done here. just today i went figure skating on a lake nearby, in the sun... very nice and for a change i didnt even break anything :) also music is back in my live, havent been singing so much in the whole year as i do now with the support of my family.. (nearly amounts to the size of a choir, so it's great fun) so, in total, i'm virtually gone, catching up with the good things in life. hope you're doing the same!
cheers!
:)

Breathe in...

... is the album of Lucie Silvas I really got hooked on. To recommend if you search for something calming.

at night

through my eyes

strange things happening

I seriously doubt now that some people have the mental capability to grow up...
On my way home at night I met two at least 40 year old men, ringing random people's bells and running away... I just remained absolutely amazed.

a note on pronunciation

Here is some pronunciation stuff i found when cleaning up old emails... have fun :P

Ràtion never rhymes with nàtion.
Say prefèr, but préferable,
Còmfortable and végetable.
B must not be heard in doubt,
Debt and dumb both leave it out.

In the words psychòlogy,
Psy'chic and psychatry,
You must never sound the p.
Psychatrists you call the man
Who cures your complex, if he can,
In àrchitect, ch is k,
in arch it is the other way.

Please remember to say iron,
So that it will rhyme with lion.
A'dvertisers àdvertise,
Advèrtisments will put you wise.
Time, when work is done, is léisure,
Fill it up with useful pléasure.

Accidéntal, àccident,
Sound the g in ignorant.
Rélative, but a relàtion,
Then say crea'ture, but créàtion.

Say the 'a' in gas quite short,
Bought, remember rhymes with short,
Drought must always rhyme with out,
In dau'ghter leave the 'g h' out.

Room must always rhyme with boom,
When you're dead you're in a tomb.
Wear a boot upon your foot,
Root can never rhyme with soot.

In mùscle, 's c' is an 's',
In mùscular, it's 's k', yes!
Cho'ir must always rhyme with li'ar.
Then, remémber, it's addréss,
With an accent like posséss.

''G' in sign must silent be,
In sìgnature, pronoùnce the 'g'.
Please remember, say towàrds
Just as if it rhymed with boards.

Weight's like wait, but not like height,
Which should always rhyme with light.
Sew is just the same as so,
Tie a ribbon in a bow.

When you meet your friends you bow,
Which again must rhyme with how.
In perfect English make a start,
Learn this little rhyme by heart.

how to sleep for 12 hours

andrea: brauchst nur so viel sport zu treiben, dass du um 9 ins bett fällst mit der Zahnbürste noch im Mund, weil du zu schwach bist den mund auszuspülen...

sounds reasonable :)

about success :)

elevator

walk home at night

Storm in the mailbox

Currently there is a very interesting and heated discussion going on in the mailing lists of the university here...

The beginning was the invitation to an event, hosted by a local fraternity and taking place on university's premises. The topic : Terrorism and its trends. The speaker: a colonel from the United States Marine Corps.
The problem: the invitation was sent to everybody connected to the university network by the 'administration' mailing list. Since then, everybody's mailboxes keep filling up by the most interesting replies, of which I will show some here. (It has to be noted, that none of them was in favor of the event)

guten tag, noch etwas verblüfft von der gerade geöffneten mitteilung erlaube ich mich nachzufragen, warum über "Administration" solche mitteilungen hochschulweit versendet werden.

I miei "complimenti" per la raffinata iniziativa culturale e per il relatore, la cui obbiettività scientifica è certamente fuori di dubbio.

Spero sia un caso di umorismo involontario.

Cordiali saluti

Gentile colleghe, gentili colleghi!

Mi sono posto la stessa domanda del preside Prey. Me la sono posta, a dir la verità, anche per la mostra del repubblichino nella guerra civile di Spagna. Senza alcuna pretesa di moralità, ma "Guernavaca docet!"

Werte Kolleginnen und Kollegen!

Ich habe mir dieselbe Frage gestellt, die sich auch Dekan Prey gestellt hat. Der Wahrheit zuliebe habe ich mir die Frage bereits zur Fotoausstellung des "Söldners" im spanischen Bürgerkrieg gestellt. Ohne jeden moralischen Anspruch möchte ich an "Guernavaca" errinnern.

Sehr geehrte Kolleginnen und Kollegen,

ich darf dazu von meiner Seite - und ich bin bisher nur Contract Professor an der FU Bozen - nachdrücklichen Protest gegen solche Veranstaltungen an der Uni Bozen einlegen. Das widerspricht jeder Haltung der politisch-sachlichen Unabhängigkeit einer Universität!

Ich möchte hiermit - u.a. auch als Buchautor zur "Nachhaltigen Demokratisierung des Irak", Passagen Verlag Wien 2005 - im Sinne gelebten Pluralismus davor warnen, derartigen Veranstaltungen, die potentiell rufschädigend für alle Lehrenden an der FU Bozen sind, jemals wieder Raum zu geben.

Ich erbitte dazu höflichst eine Stellungnahme derjenigen, die diese Veranstaltung genehmigt haben!

Anch'io sono rimasto alquanto "stupito" nel vedere che ospitiamo un
evento di questo tipo. Non credo che giovi in alcun modo
all'immagine della nostra università e del suo corpo accademico.
Personalmente, prendo decisamente le distanze.

Gent.ma Rettrice, gent.ma Direttrice Generale,
Mi associo con le voci di quanti hanno espresso perplessità rispetto
all'incontro che si è tenuto ieri presso la nostra Università.

Aggiungo che quando ho letto l'informazione ero talmente stupita che sono
andata a sentire di persona.
Aula magna affollata, cappellini rossi, credo appartenenti alla
confraternita organizzante.
E per quanto riguarda il relatore, penso di non andare molto lontano dal
vero a definirla pura propaganda.

Non vorrei essere equivocata, il problema NON è il tema, ma le modalità.

A maggior ragione a proposito di una questione tragicamente centrale oggi
come dimostrano le cronache degli attentati di Algeri occorsi due gg fa.

Dear Rector, Dear General Director,
I agree with my colleague Tagliavini. I had already noted in the past, with reference to law conferences organized by local associations and held in our lecture rooms, that people think that these events are somehow related to the University. The organizers do expect professors and students to attend, and in the general public perception the event is "University certified". This create problems.

Moreover, if academics from other universities are invited, this might become a source of embarassment. Imagine a law professor in corporate law invited to give a presentation at a conference organized by the Bar Association and taking place in our premises. He expects me to welcome him, maybe to have a dinner together, to talk with him about the conference but also about positions to be opened for young researchers, etc. etc. Unfortunately, I does not know anything about the event, or I am out of Bolzano in the relevant days, or I simply do not to want to discuss those issues or to meet the person.

Something similar happened to me two years ago, when the local Bar Association organized a civil procedure conference here in Bolzano. The organizers expected the "law professors" to attend and students to be in the audience. Unfortunately, I discovered that the event was taking place here only few days before its start, I had another conference in another place, we had no people in the civil procedure area (we are not a law school indeed), students of economics were not interested at all in a conference concerning forced executions (esecuzione forzata). My colleague Stefano Lombardo was nevertheless forced to attend the conference, because the organizers wanted to have a sign of the "University presence" and we felt we were cornered into a situation in which someone of us had to be present.

In short, a University is not a neutral place were people can hold events and give lectures.

Dear Rector, Dear General Director

I have attended the lecture on Terrorism and its Trends by Colonnel Prat in an University lecture hall.
I do believe that our University should ask itself and open an internal discussion on:
1) the possibility to have such external events organized within its spaces;
2) the need for a selection of topics and/or speakers (e.g. related to our expertises);
3) the necessity for maintaining these events clearly separated from University activities as there is the risk of being associated to them.

In this respect, in agreement with other collegues (see e-mails), I am also unconvinced our Administration should have sent the advertisement of the yesterday lecture to professors and students.

undecimber

static int UNDECIMBER
Value of the MONTH field indicating the thirteenth month of the year.

WHAT? I must have missed something...

Your results for the "What instrument are you?" quiz

Violin

You've been around since 1555 and you're not going anywhere. After all, what's cooler than an instrument that can break glass? Keep expanding to new genres and you'll live forever.

There you go... my personality is glass breaking :) Who could have guessed..

Committed revision 200...

ehehehe if that is not a reason to celebrate :)

apart from this... very clever office discussion...
this lamp is your lamp... this lamp is my lamp... From California to the New York Island ....This land is your land, it once was my land (oops... there WAS something different with the lyrics)

crisis scale

We're women. There is nothing above bottoms on the crisis scale. Bottoms are our natural enemy. They follow us around our entire lives, right behind us and constantly growing. How do they do that? I'm sure mine's back there secretly snacking...

(Sally in Coupling)

Default procedure

currentSituation('How are you?'){

tmpStat := getContext();
if(tmpStat != brilliantSituation || tmpStat != hellOnEarth)
return tmpStat;
else{
relativeStat := couldIFeelWorseInThisSituation(tmpStat);
if(relativeStat)
return 'alright';
else
return 'ok';
}

}


(this is the simplified version.. for simplicity reasons the parameter 'voice tone' has not been included)

Dictionary

Thanks to Eka who placed this fantastic survival guide in my mailbox today! Enjoy :)


Nine words women use...

1.) Fine :
This is the word women use to end an
argument when they are
right and you need to shut up.
(hahahaha...)

2.) Five Minutes :
If she is getting dressed, this means a
half an hour.
Five minutes is only five minutes if
you have just been given five more
minutes to watch the game before
helping around the house.
(not really..)

3.) Nothing :
This is the calm before the storm. This
means something,
and you should be on your toes.
Arguments that begin with nothing
usually ends in "fine".
(ehm..sometimes)

4.) Go Ahead :
This is a dare, not permission. Don't
Do It!
(tricky..tricky..watch out!)

5.) Loud Sigh :
This is actually a word, but
is a non-
verbal statement
often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh
means she thinks you are an idiot and
wonders why she is wasting her time
standing here and arguing with you
about nothing. (Refer back to #3 for
the meaning of nothing.)
(hhhhh...true true)

6.) That's Okay :
This is one of the most dangerous
statements a woman
can make to a man. That's okay means
she wants to think long and hard before
deciding how and when you will pay for
your mistake.
(this is not about taking revenge, but it's all about karma, dudes!)

7.) Thanks :
A woman is thanking you, do not
question, or Faint. Just
say you're welcome.
(absolutely...).

8.) Whatever :
Is a women's way of saying
F@*K YOU!
(in your face!!! whohohohoohoho)

9.) Don't worry about it, I got it :
Another dangerous statement, meaning
this is something that a woman has told
a man to do several times, but is now
doing it herself. This will later
result in a man asking 'What's wrong?'
For the woman's response refer to #3.
(mmmm...)

why?

About Heaven and Hell

"Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian, and it is all organised by the Swiss.
Hell is where the chefs are British, the mechanics French, the lovers Swiss, the police German, and it is all organised by the Italians."

(Dave Craine)

lack of patience

today a not really ripe orange sparked off a train of thoughts in my mind...
I really think that our society is lacking patience and is generally harvesting all kinds of things in a rush, before they could mature and reach their full ripeness. And quite often a reason for this is the hope and obsession to make more profits and the horror of the thought of missing an opportunity.
Now, for fruits that is a widely acknowleged practice. However, there are a lot more instances of this. To mention another rather obvious one: I tried buying a winter coat today and asked in the shop if there were going to be some more models. The shopwomen told me, I was late, the season would be nearly over, they were going to get the spring and summer collection soon... WHAT?? In the beginning of December?? Now that seems even one step further than moving christmas right after halloween and easter to the beginning of january...
Now, this was all a well know thing. But the tendency doesnt stop here. Take a think of the way companies start to target kinds as potential consumers, bombing them with advertising and manipulating their desires before they even had the slightest chance to remotely develop their personality. As a consequence, it will be very difficult for them to find out what their real, unmanipulated needs would be and they will be growing up thinking that consuming goods will fulfil their desires. However, as quickly as this satisfaction is gained the quickly it will be gone again, leaving people empty handed.
I wonder if this couldn't have drastic consequences when it comes down to reach for a goal in life, be it professional or in private. Especially in relationships between people it often appears that, as soon as a friend or partner doesn't just fulfill one's desires, and there would be hard work or sacrifices needed, a lot of people won't be willing to put this in, just assuming that presumably the person would not fit for them. In that way, people are seen like goods, exchangeable and substitutable, as the possibility to patiently cultivate and grow real and durable affection is not known or seems too cumbersome.
Also the worry of deciding or choosing something and then waiting if it was the right choice often seems hard. So instead of setting all energies on one thing and then being patient to see if it prooves fruitful, attention is spread on thousand tasks or people tend to switch from one to the next. I wonder what could be a cure?

geek love

"There is no truth in the rumour that I love computers, it's just what I tell them to get them to bed."

 -- Terry Pratchett

catalogue of pointless hobbies

entry 1:
collecting skiing boots:
doubtful because expensive in monetary and spatial terms, plus not very nice to look at

entry 2:
trying to have matching shoes for each outfit:
only possible way to succeed would be if the only color is black.. and even then it would be a hard task, finishing with more pairs then you could wear in a month (and a hefty overdraft on the credit card)

entry 3:
devising optimisation procedures for the food machine:
ends with regular frustration why people don't use their brains and my cookies are always crumbled when they came down from the top shelf...

what is research?

* being paid for keeping yourself busy all day by thinking about problems?
* assuming that the solution already exists (somewhere in the domain of possibilities, or somewhere else in the world) and therefore has to be re-searched in order to (hopefully) be re-found??
* other proposals?

(I presumably need your help on that one, as - according to this definition - I already missed the chance to ever become a serious researcher in my childhood... (how should I have known that a grandmother's clock should have any significance to my career path ;) )

new music - just printed and recorded..

In case anyone thinks I'm having lazy weekends... I'm not... :) In fact, I spent all Saturday and Sunday in the studio, recording a new soundtrack for a very old short film. The music was composed by Tiziano Popoli for last year's short film festival in Bolzano and we played the world first performance. Now, one year later, the resistant core of the orchestra found together again and on this weekend we finally recorded Tiziano's wonderful music. I think it went quite well, and I'm impatient to see the final result: the movie with our freshly packed soundtrack :)
If anyone is interested in having a 'good old time' cinema experience, I invite you warmly to our concert next Saturday: as there is another film festival this year (which is even dedicated to these 'rimusicazioni's) we will perform with two films, one with the mentioned soundtrack and one with music by Satie.

alternative music

Maybe some of you know about interesting modern music, for example for tape and orchestra or piano with integrated toolboxes...

So how does that sound: 'Music for one apartment and six drummers' ? If you are curious, click here!

For more on the group go here.

when in doubt..

When in doubt, tell the truth.
-- Mark Twain

on care

Perilous to all of us are the devices of an art deeper than we ourselves
possess.
-- Gandalf the Grey [J.R.R. Tolkien, "Lord of the Rings"]

on wisdom

He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
-- J.R.R. Tolkien

big brother is watching you

I seriously feel a bit paranoid on occasions.. I finally start to be able to read Russian letters... and, what happens?? I now get Russian Spam!! Jeez, wonder how they found out... especially as I'm not a frequent user of .ru domains... Spooky

a flavour of brighton

I will be back...

for some of you, I was - yesterday...
for some of you, I will be tomorrow.
for some of you, it will take me more than that.
but when it is time, I will be back.

if you are bored...

.... play games, feed the world, and improve your vocabulary HERE.

Life is full of surprises

There is this difficult trade-off in life: either you try to never make plans and let everything come to you, but still feel you're not satisfied because there is no goal and aim and only random things happening. On the other hand it seems that, no matter what plan you make up, it is very likely to be crossed by some event that you couldn't possibly have imagined. And this unpreparedness can turn to incredible frustration. In these cases, however, it is lucky if you are able to find that this unthought of possibility opens up entirely new ways to you. It might not be enough to compensate for the loss of your plans though, at least initially. So what is the result of this? I just wonder, if the only way to get by is to make your choice and then see what life offers you and if things go differently to repeat the procedure?

I want a pink elephant!!!

or maybe this?

Mirrors

For a long time, I have been startled by the phenomenon that people I know reacted so differently when interacting with different people around them. Recently, however, I've come to meet or better know some people very different to me and I've come to realise that my own behaviour changes rapidly according to theirs. It is a bit similar to (how we always enjoyed as kids) someone being without voice and wispering and suddenly everybody is talking silently. They still send more or less the same messages but the tone is entirely different. Now I could experience the same thing on myself, and on some occasions I hardly recognise myself, suddenly being more straightforward, softer, more aggressive... Now I just wonder how this reaction is balanced... if it is even, so both characters influence the mood of the situation or if one or the other forces itself on the other one? In a sort of hierarchy of moods or attitudes..? Who is the mirror and who the one being reflected?

Led Zepling - Stay away from haven

or what people do to disguise good music... It is not the first example of nice spelling of music titles but this seemed a really stunning example to how people percieve foreign language texts, slogans and lyrics...
In Germany, recently a survey was conducted to find out, how much people were understanding of the fancy English advertisement lines. The result was - how to put this? - spectacular.
One example is the following article, 'Life by Gorgeus - Leben in Georgien'
As a result of these findings, the trend now seems to move to a re-germanizing of the marketing scene ('Come in and find out').
We'll see how things will continue, just "Kommen Sie rein und finden Sie wieder raus" :) Enjoy!

curiosities

rhodes or rodez? (german)

liebe im internet (wise guys) ok, these are the lyrics of some song, google it on amazon for listening in :)

old joke

Jana kommt zu spät in die Schule: "Entschuldigung, Herr Lehrer, mein Pferd ist auf halber Strecke liegen geblieben."
Kommt Linus, ebenfalls zu spät: "Entschuldigung, Herr Lehrer, mein Pferd ist auf halber Strecke liegen geblieben."
Als Karo ebenfalls zu spät kommt, sagt der Lehrer: "Lass mich raten, dein Pferd ist auf halber Strecke umgefallen?".
"Nein, aber mein Vater musste einen großen Umweg fahren, weil zwei Pferde auf halber Strecke umgekippt waren."

name analysers

I can understand that people want to know what their name means... however, on occasions, I'm a bit startled by the results of some of these thing that are sent to me. (Ok, I admit, I'm trying them, out of curiosity... ;)

For example, there is the following alphabet:

A : You like to drink
B : You like people.
C : You are really silly.
D : You like to drink.
E : awesome kisser.
F : You are dead sexy.
G : You never let people tell you what to do.
H : You have a very good personality and good
looks.
I : You are great in bed.
J : People Adore You
K : You're wild and crazy.
L : You like to drink
M : best kisser ever.
N : You like to drink.
O : Easy to fall in love with
P : You are popular with all types of people.
Q : You are a hypocrite.
R : Easy to fall in love with.
S : Fuckin crazy.
T : Easy to fall in love with.
U : You really like to chill.
V : You are not judgemental.
W : You are very broad minded.
X : You like to drink
Y : Best g/f b/f anyone could ever ask for.
Z : Always ready

which would yield

V : You are not judgemental.
E : awesome kisser.
R : Easy to fall in love with.
O : Easy to fall in love with.
N : You like to drink.
I : You are great in bed.
K : You're wild and crazy.
A : You like to drink.

I'm not sure this was what my parents had in mind when giving me that name... (luckily there is another one, but I'm not going to tell).

On the other hand, there is some snazzy application for facebook, the name analyzer... According to the application's page, "A sophisticated computer algorithm analyzed your name, discovering the following meaning." Well, I found that this algorithm must be incredibly sophisticated, especially considering the result it yielded for me..

Especially the mixture of adjectives was such as to amaze me deeply. Maybe I have some hidden split personality, needed as a dump for accomodating all of these qualities.

Luckily, there is some other way for figuring out the meaning of ones name. It is not that modern but still on occasions a bit mysterious and interesting. One could just go back to find the etymological roots and, once found, their meaning is quite likely to contain a bit more sense :)

adam and eve

Sometimes women are overly suspicious of
their husbands. When Adam stayed out very
late for a few nights, Eve became upset.

"You're running around with other women," she
charged.

"You're being unreasonable," Adam responded.
"You're the only woman on earth." The quarrel
continued until Adam fell asleep, only to be
awakened by someone poking him in the chest.
It was Eve.

"What do you think you're doing?" Adam
demanded.

"Counting your ribs!"

Wer bist du, mein Schutzengel oder ein Verführer?

Now being back in Munich, I keep falling back into memories all the time. The title of this blog is a line from Tschaikowsky's opera 'Eugen Onegin', a story of which I could admire the Bayerisches Staatsballet in the danced version on a memorable evening, once upon a time. It is the tragic story of a man who rejects every friendship and his only true love out of his pride and arrogance, causing incredible pain to those around him and in the end also to himself. When he realises that he lost all that have truly cared about him, it is too late to turn back and he remains, full of grief and regrets, alone.
This ballet was breathtaking, yet at the same time heartbreaking to watch and I left being moved and maybe with some teardrop in my eye. I havent forgotten this evening, even though it was years ago.

Dreams are my reality... (or better not!)

On occasions I get really weird dreams, usually with people and places I know well and it seems as if all that could be or become real. Strangely enough, a lot of situations occur after some while in a very similar manner (luckily usually not the worst of my dreams though). I find this a bit strange and so I was wondering what you think of dreaming, if you ever wake up searching for reality or if you never remember anything. You are very welcome to share your opinions, am looking forward to your comments.

holiday stress

It is amazing, I couldnt wish for these holidays to arrive soon enough and now... imagine what happened. I send off my laptop to repair and instead am blocking my brothers desktop all day, fixing it up, just to have an excuse for remaining logged into skype for not missing out on my normal life. It feels so weird not being in the faculty every day, not meeting all the people.. (I have to admit, I kinda miss you guys 'n girls).
Surely it is nice to be home again and slowly I also manage to meet some of the people that I've been missing. However, there is so much time I've got to myself that I dont know how to deal with it. (I've already finished off Harry Potter for that reason..) To be honest, feeling that I'm not doing anything just makes me nervous. On the other hand, there are so many possibilities that I cant even decide what to do first... And there isnt even anyone to bother me.. So my only hope is that I still have about 3 weeks to get used to all of this workless time so I will at least (as supposed) miss it when I'm coming back to Bolzano.

senseless?

"Im Gegensatz zum Tier sagt dem Menschen kein Instinkt, was er muß, und im Gegensatz früher sagt ihm keine Tradition mehr, was er soll - und nun scheint er nicht mehr recht zu wissen was er will." Viktor Frankl

for your entertainment

As English is widely used as relais language to communicate rules, wishes and attractions to people of foreign language, there are quite some entertaining to outrageous statements as a result.
I'm having a lot of fun reading them so I thought I'll share some with you. Enjoy!

Sign in hotel in Moscow:
"You are welcome to visit cemetery where famous russian and soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried daily except Thursday."

Instructions for airconditioner:
"Cooles and heates: if you want condition of warm air in your room, please control yourself."

Zoo in India:
"Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty."

------- new --------
Hotel bedroom, India:
"You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid at any hour."

"The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the maid."

Black Forest Camping Site, Germany:
"It is strictly forbidden on our black forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance, men and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each other for this purpose."



to be continued

Harry Potter in 13 hours....

I made it! :) Now, one week after my thesis defense I was able to spend a day that finally made me feel I am on holiday! After restraining myself for months on starting the last Harry Potter I wasted a day, took the book, did not leave my room all day (not even to eat, as my brother was agreeing on me deserving a lazy day and passing me a banana ;) and took the whole thing in in one go. (ok, I had one break, fell asleep at some point cause I started reading at 2am after getting home from going out but I neatlessly resumed after waking up at one :P) Now I'm feeling fresh and reborn, starting to get hungry again and getting ready for some of my tasks again.
I hope the ones of you that have to work dont take this post badly, I'm thinking of you and I will join you again very soon.. Have a good night ;)

eyes wide shut

Graduation Pictures :)

presentation ...








and freshly graduated!! :)

Logistics

If you dont know how to carry things, you can find inspiration here!

Too much to do

It seems a strange thing, but since I finished my thesis with presentation and all, I feel that I'm even busier than before... I just realised that I havent even been to my kitchen since Tuesday evening and I cant at all remember what is in my fridge.. Also my laundry is absolutely piling up and my Todo list is exploding... seriously wonder if that is normal...
Now I'm preparing to leave Bolzano for a month, spend two weeks at home with my family before jetting off to Good Ol' England ;)
Hope to see you all before leaving this Sunday, but if we dont manage to meet, please dont be angry, ok? Will be back soon anyway.
Have a good night :)

Chiamatemi Dottoressa :)

Jippiee, I still cant believe it, but I'm so happy that I now finished my studies! The presentation apparently went really well and I was really amazed how many of you took their time to support me for my presentation! It really did me well and I'm grateful for it, especially as my family couldnt make it today. Big hugs for you all, now I will go and sleep in the sunshine ;)

Isochrones made easy!

Hello dear guys, on tuesday morning at 9 I will star in the final stage of my study theater...
THE FINAL THESIS DEFENSE
This spectacular event will (hopefully) only be performed one single time (so to say world premier and final performance at the same) so make sure you don't miss it!!
I would be really pleased and delighted to see many of you to support me. Also, if possible try to keep your evening free, as I'm still hoping to organise some celebration. Will keep you updated here and also trying to on messenger and skype as well as email... :)

waste some time

guoda sent me that nice link about time wasting...
here is some of the nicest ways to procrastinate!

Eat your lunch with chopsticks

Empty your pockets

Fall asleep at your desk

Exercise your tongue by trying to make it reach the tip of your nose

Fill in a crossword puzzle without using the clues

Figure out what you would do locked in the bathroom without toilet paper

i would add:

Try to save the world, it is kinda hopeless and therefore will keep you busy for quite some time


if you have some more creative ideas, feel free to post them :)

Deadlines

Now the last deadline for my thesis presentation is approaching.. today I will have to hand in my presentation and all that will remain to be done is practising the presentation and getting my long overdue beautysleep...
At least this is how it is supposed to be. On the other hand, apparently noone will bother if I'll keep changing my presentation till the last minute and I'm not sure if its a good thing or not..
Its just so many things to do, so many forms to hand in that I'm already feeling half convinced that I will forget about some things. (Especially as the email remainders are bound to be sent 5 minutes before closing of the office... or maybe I should check my post ever 1 1/2 minutes??)
Whatever..
At least I had some nice lunch break outside enjoying the sun and a nice chat. What more can I demand of this day ;)

Lonely

...

my new favorite toy

a computer science faculty is full of surprises... as occasionally when being in need of a rest, I was wandering through the corridor searching for someone to visit. and in linas' office i found salvation, looking like this:














for the first time in my life i managed to juggle so i absolutely fell for those little colored nice things :) i think i need some for our office as well..