giovedì 6 agosto 2009
mercoledì 5 agosto 2009
internship
currently i am in my first week of my summer internship. after some minor starting issues, i am finding myself actually enjoying my work (even despite it being difficult and really exhausting) because i feel i can work at my own pace.
i'm in a student office again; kinda reminds me of my work for bachelor's thesis :) it's really nice to meet some new people again. they are really friendly, a bit chaotic, playing a very particular version of table tennis during the lunch break - just of my kind ;)
the office is on the first floor of a wall seperating two construction halls. quite an interesting place, really... looking out of the windows, there are loads of machines and people cutting and hammering. sometimes there is quite some noise, sometimes there is a short black out and some of us will be found cursing because their desktops just rebooted (rumour has it that occasionally even some hard drives didn't survive these 'attacs').
as you can see, so far things are really well. the only draw-back is the fact, that i have to work for 9 hours a day + travel time around 3 to 4 hours.. so i am very very tired when i get home; too tired actually to do much anymore. i hope i will get used to it so things are less exhausting.
so far some impressions :)
i'm in a student office again; kinda reminds me of my work for bachelor's thesis :) it's really nice to meet some new people again. they are really friendly, a bit chaotic, playing a very particular version of table tennis during the lunch break - just of my kind ;)
the office is on the first floor of a wall seperating two construction halls. quite an interesting place, really... looking out of the windows, there are loads of machines and people cutting and hammering. sometimes there is quite some noise, sometimes there is a short black out and some of us will be found cursing because their desktops just rebooted (rumour has it that occasionally even some hard drives didn't survive these 'attacs').
as you can see, so far things are really well. the only draw-back is the fact, that i have to work for 9 hours a day + travel time around 3 to 4 hours.. so i am very very tired when i get home; too tired actually to do much anymore. i hope i will get used to it so things are less exhausting.
so far some impressions :)
lunedì 3 agosto 2009
waiting for my tutor
it's 9:11 am, i'm at my company since 8, waiting for my tutor to arrive from holiday ;) as i can't even install anything on my machine, i have some time exploring nice things on the web.
first thing: checking the internet connection:
http://speedtest.net/
second thing: find the coffee machine (and realize that the canteen people are on holiday)
third thing: learn about csUnit:
http://www.csunit.org/tutorials/tutorial7/
forth thing: find out that the printer doesn't work... and that i'd need a beer crate to climb on for reading the error messages on the printer...
first thing: checking the internet connection:
http://speedtest.net/
second thing: find the coffee machine (and realize that the canteen people are on holiday)
third thing: learn about csUnit:
http://www.csunit.org/tutorials/tutorial7/
forth thing: find out that the printer doesn't work... and that i'd need a beer crate to climb on for reading the error messages on the printer...
giovedì 30 luglio 2009
All beautiful moments..
..will pass eventually. It's in their nature. So don't worry about where they came from or how long they will last, but feel them, live them fully as long as they are there. This way, instead of leaving a gap, they will add to your life.
martedì 28 luglio 2009
classifying strengths and weaknesses...
Your friends have voted on your strengths and weaknesses:
STRENGTHS:
best listener
prettiest
most desired for marriage
WEAKNESSES:
most absentee
most adventurous
STRENGTHS:
best listener
prettiest
most desired for marriage
WEAKNESSES:
most absentee
most adventurous
domenica 26 luglio 2009
Your mistakes are your friends
Yesterday in a completely crammed tram I witnessed an impressive interpretation of this phrase.
Next to me a woman was sitting, listening to some music (not exactly my style, but never mind ;). Opposite was another woman, which suddenly turned towards my neighbour, asking: "Sorry for disturbing, but where did you get this nice player? It's so cool and small, just to clip it to the jacket!" - The other one was a bit startled but told her this was the ipod shuffle and the shop where she got it from.
The woman took out some really colourful book and a calligraphy pen (with violet ink!), wrote down "ipod schaffel, saturn", looked a bit doubtful and showed it to the other one - "Like this?" When the other woman corrected her, I expected her to cross out her 'silly' writing, as i would have done. But instead she smiled to herself, chuckled, and drew a heart shape around it!
Sounds very trivial, but the moment was so impressive that the woman next to me and myself exchanged surprised glances. It's just not so common to deal with these kind of mistakes in that way, even though some wise people keep advising it very convincingly.
Next to me a woman was sitting, listening to some music (not exactly my style, but never mind ;). Opposite was another woman, which suddenly turned towards my neighbour, asking: "Sorry for disturbing, but where did you get this nice player? It's so cool and small, just to clip it to the jacket!" - The other one was a bit startled but told her this was the ipod shuffle and the shop where she got it from.
The woman took out some really colourful book and a calligraphy pen (with violet ink!), wrote down "ipod schaffel, saturn", looked a bit doubtful and showed it to the other one - "Like this?" When the other woman corrected her, I expected her to cross out her 'silly' writing, as i would have done. But instead she smiled to herself, chuckled, and drew a heart shape around it!
Sounds very trivial, but the moment was so impressive that the woman next to me and myself exchanged surprised glances. It's just not so common to deal with these kind of mistakes in that way, even though some wise people keep advising it very convincingly.
sabato 25 luglio 2009
venerdì 24 luglio 2009
don't worry?
I wonder if it is any use in life to worry about small things (and maybe even big ones?). I mean, there are certain things that might happen and that won't be nice. But if they need to happen, they will if we worried or not. (Actually, sometimes i guess they might happen even faster..)
So if things happen anyway, the difference lies in our own attitude: do we enjoy the good things we have and the possibilities in life, or do we spend all this time with worrying?
Actually, i wonder if it is about what one believes in; if one is generally optimistic and seeing chances at every corner, or if one is afraid of new things, trying to keep the familiar as unchanged as possible?
So if things happen anyway, the difference lies in our own attitude: do we enjoy the good things we have and the possibilities in life, or do we spend all this time with worrying?
Actually, i wonder if it is about what one believes in; if one is generally optimistic and seeing chances at every corner, or if one is afraid of new things, trying to keep the familiar as unchanged as possible?
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