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| I'm almost packed and ready to leave. I'm taking a train to Frankfurt tomorrow morning, my flight leaves at 2:50pm. to Beijing and then I take another plane and will be arriving on Tuesday at 4:15am. German time. I'm nervous, a bit excited, quite scared, but I'm sure everything will be alright. One problem though... I kinda like a guy again. But it's a complicated situation, not only with me leaving soon, and I will have to explain that when I am in China, I guess. I'm nervous. Wish me luck... | | |
| It is a bit scary, really. I'm nervous and scared, but of course also excited. I wouldn't admit the first part to my family though, because I wouldn't want them to be worried. Still don't have my visa, but everything should work out fine still. I went to the embassy on Friday, had all my things ready, but then they told me that people who stay in China longer than three months need to be tested on HIV. So I'm doing that now and hopefully can go back to the embassy with my results on Thursday. Friday me and two friends are leaving for the Hurricane festival and I am very excited, as well as a bit worried, hoping that we will all get along, camping will be great etc. We're planning on seeing: Friday:
Kettcar - Jason Mraz - Beatsteaks - The Chemical Brothers Saturday:
The Pigeon Detectives - The Wombats - The Subways - Kaiser Chiefs - Madsen - Billy Talent [maybe] - Panic At The Disco - Foo Fighters - Maximo Park Sunday:
Razorlight - The Kooks - Radiohead ...and off course whoever sounds cool and is on stage while we're around. It should be a fun and exhausting weekend. Seeing that I'm the driver, I hope it won't be too exhausting. How are y'all? | | |
| I guess it really is about time to update my xanga and tell you about what's been going on lately. first off: i finished university. don't have my degree yet (and there will be no ceremony for that either, which sucks big time), but it looks like i have a Magister degree with a 1.8. so i'm really quite proud.
hand in hand with the end of my studies came the move back to my parents' place. i dreaded it a bit, but so far it's been alright. i just know that this won't be a solution for a longer period, just because i was used to doing stuff in my own order, at my own pace and all. but of course it is nice to have them around now and then. ;)
i'm applying for jobs now, trying to find a position as a german teacher in a language school (preferably abroad). i had a phone interview (couldn't believe that it would last an hour... it was like a real job interview just without being face to face) with a school in bratislava and everything sounded quite nice. they will let me know their decision at the end of april. i also have an application being considered in china. i had applied there before but ended up with a spam. through a forum, i found out that the guy i was in contact with was actually working with different names and identities and that upon arrival in china, your job wouldn't be there anymore and you'd get a different job with possibly worse conditions. this time, it is a different person who seems more trustworthy. i have spoken to him on the phone and his school is part of a world organization. tomorrow i have a short interview with one of the teachers working at the german branch of the school in freiburg and we will see how that goes. i was not too sure about going to china just because of everything you hear in the news and all, but i met up with a chinese girl/woman who is currently an intern at my father's workplace and with what she told me and suggested, she made everything a bit more exiting. so we'll see... also, i started the atkins diet today. i know it doesn't have a very good reputation with everyone, but i thought i'd try. especially after steffi recommended it (hey there  ) we'll see how that goes. but the plan is to loose quite some weight. im doing it for myself mostly, but there's also this guy i just want to surprise or whatever. i started having a crush on him just before leaving my university town (not the guy i had coffee with though, because he sort of ignored me after the birthday message incident... although, on my last night out at uni, i got to hug him twice. yay. anyways...) so this guy has been flirting with me a bit and we've been joking and all, but in the end it turns out that he just doesn't want a girl right now and all. i'm not even sure if i would have been an option had he been looking. anyways, i will see him again at the end of june as we are both going to the same festival (Hurricane '08) and want to BBQ together and i just want him to be... uhm... kinda blown away. at least a bit. does that sound stupid? i guess so... but whatever motivates you, right? how are you all??? | | |
| I finally got around to watching "Atonement" tonight. My friends gave me the DVD (from Russia ;) ) for my birthday, and I am so glad I finally took time to watch it. What a great great movie. So strong/ intense, great pictures (is that what you call it? i'm not an expert... but I mean the way the movie is shot... it's great), and wonderful actors. I recommend the movie to everyone.
Has someone read the book by Ian McEwan? I know books are usually better than the movie, but can someone tell me if it is the case here, too? More news to follow soon. Should get some sleep now though, since it is library time again early tomorrow. Last exam on Wednesday. It is actually the last one of my whole studies... Great, but also quite a weird thought. So I'll just push it away for a bit longer. | | |
| I am nervous. I have an oral exam in 1.5 hours and I'm not sure if I'm well prepared or not. I feel so uncertain about this, since I also can't really figure out the examiner either. So wish me luck, please? When I'm done, I will write a message to the guy with the wonderful blue eyes and ask him if, since it is my birthday today, he'll grant me a wish... ob ich mir was wünschen darf. Probably quite cheesy and maybe also pushy, but I really just wanna hang out with him again.
After that I will probably have a cocktail with a friend, who also has an exam today (who cares if it will only be 1 pm, right?  ), then we'll have Sekt (champagne?) with some other friends, go home to my place, watch girly movies, or at least one, maybe drink some more, then have dinner with some people here in my dorm. Sounds like a very alcohol-featured day, but I deserve it. lol. It's my birthday... | | |
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