Hanna on the Road

Inspiration.

2010-12-28T14:45:00.000-08:00

It's been a long time, but as a year goes you (or at least I) start thinking about all the things I'd like to do and all the things I'm missing right now. One of them is being creative - although I'm not a very "artsy" person in my lifestyle (admittedly, studying Business & Economics is probably the most un-creative thing in existence - apart from "painting" balances...), I do get some kind of inspirational feeling at times. Lately, this has been when looking at and for newly discovered blogs. I decided to start writing again because I feel the need to share this inspiration (who knows, maybe someone thinks this is interesting ;)) and because I want to be able to look back in a couple of weeks or months and see what was in my life back then / now.

So starting off with creativity - I love looking at different blogs, but there are three in particular that I'm in love with right now. Enjoy:

1) Cupcakes & Cashmere (cupcakesandcashmere.com) : Wonderful mixture of everything from outfit posts to recipes and beautiful photos. I read the WHOLE blog at once when I discovered it. Everything.

2) everyday musings (www.olivia-rae.com) : Perfect pictures, makes me want to join this life (or at least the way of living).

3) Rockstar Diaries (taza-and-husband.blogspot.com) : Love it because it's so different from everything I do. Husband, dog, baby coming, settled down - and still not much older than me. Great photos, great style.

The Sartorialist - Pieces

2009-08-21T02:21:00.000-07:00

Liebt es, dass The Sartorialist nicht mehr nur italienische Männer in Navy, Weiß, Beige, Shorts und hochgekrempelten Anzughosen veröffentlicht, sondern auch so unglaublich süße Bilder wie das hier:

(www.thesartorialist.com)

Life is good.

2009-07-31T03:41:00.000-07:00

Letzter Eintrag 19. Juli - gut, die Disziplin beim Bloggen lässt auch mal wieder nach, aber dieses Mal hab ich wenigstens eine valide Entschuldigung: Meine Bachelorarbeit ist FERTIG, gedruckt, gebunden, abgegeben!!!

Der Schlusspunkt zu drei wundervollen, anstrengenden, schönen, traurigen, lachenden, weinenden, lustigen, unbeschreiblichen Jahren mit viel Kaffee, Freunden, die ich nicht mehr missen möchte, Reisen, Fernweh, noch mehr Fernweh, Musik, langen Nächten in Study Rooms, exzessiver Eskalation, Tränen und Überraschungen. Um es mit Milow zu sagen: "It wasn't always easy, it wasn't always fun - but it was always worth it, regrets I have none" (Darkness Ahead and Behind).

Was bleibt? Erinnerungen, Fotos, Freunde - und das Gefühl, etwas Einmaliges erlebt zu haben. Trotz allem Dankbarkeit dafür, dass ich das erleben durfte. Und das Gefühl, eine gute Investition getätigt zu haben ;)

Was kommt? Der Master - und es wird anders werden. Goodbyes zu ziemlichen vielen Leuten, manche bessere, manche schlechtere Freunde, manche sehr gute - und Hellos zu neuen Leuten, neuen Reisen, neuen Erlebnissen :) Ich freu mich drauf!

Das als kurzer sentimentaler Rückblick auf die 1. Halbzeit meines WHU-Spiels - jetzt gibts erstmal Sommer in Berlin! Und da freu ich mich eigentlich noch mehr drauf ;)

Und damit das nicht zu trocken endet - 3 Jahre im Schnelldurchlauf:

Euromasters 2006 (Herbst 2006)

Grillen nach dem 2. Semester (Sommer 2007)

CHEF (Herbst 2007)

Brasilien (Sommer 2008)

Singapur (Herbst/Winter 2008)

Back in Vallendar (Frühjahr 2009)

Auf ein Neues...

Fashionphänomene Vol. II

2009-07-19T05:23:00.000-07:00

So, das Wochenende ist schon fast wieder rum :( Zeit für ein kurzes Update zu meinen doch eher ereignislosen freien Tagen: Meinen Samstag habe ich mit intensiver Retail Therapy verbracht - für alle, denen das jetzt ein bisschen komisch vorkommt: Bevorzugte Therapeuten sind dabei Zara, H&M und alle Schuhläden (zumindest bei meinem derzeitigen Budget ;)); ich war also mal wieder schön shoppen und freu mich jetzt unglaublich über meine neuen Errungenschaften :) Leider konnte ich diese Freude gestern nicht mehr ganz so lange auskosten, da mich ein echt unguter Migräneanfall übermannt hat - und zwar buchstäblich, ich konnte mich weder bewegen noch schlafen, war eher nicht so schön. Deshalb musste ich auch sowohl die Samstag-Abend-Weggeh- als auch die Sonntag-Morgen-Kaffee-Action absagen :( wird aber alles nachgeholt! Und heute sitze ich den ganzen Tag schon an meiner spannenden BA, die meine Eltern liebenswerterweise schon komplett Korrektur gelesen haben (nicht, dass sie schon fertig wäre ;)) - tolle Leistung! Danke nochmal dafür! Ich versuche jetzt also mit Hilfe von furchtbar und viel zu süß schmeckendem Caffe Latte aus dem Kühlregal und Löffelbiscuits dieses Ding heute noch fertig zu kriegen, damit ich nächste Woche formatieren kann. Und dann ist es hoffentlich irgendwann fertig und ich kann so tolle Einladungen wie zum Frühstücken und Waffelessen am Sonntag Nachmittag wahrnehmen!

Out Of My Hands (Milow)

2009-07-17T09:00:00.000-07:00

Out Of My Hands (Milow)

I made the call just too late
At the end of May
I just thought I could wait
For one more day
In the time that passed
You went down so fast
You went down so fast

Out of my reach, out of my hands
I didn't understand
I would have changed all my plans

An empty house, a setting sun
At four a.m.
Some battles fought are battles won
But this ain't one of them
One more shadow cast
You went down so fast
You went down so fast

Out of my reach, out of my hands
I didn't understand
I would have changed all my plans
I would have changed
Out of my reach, out of my hands

Now the leaves are turning brown
I watch 'em blow
Where the earth pulls them down
I let you go
As your breath unwinds
Through the restless pines

Out of my reach, out of my hands
I didn't understand
I would have changed all my plans
I would have changed
Out of my reach, out of my hands
I didn't understand
I would have changed all my plans
I would have changed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTBKXiNA2dE

Es regnet! Und wie!

2009-07-17T08:42:00.000-07:00

Krass - Windgeschwindigkeit geschätzte 120 km/h, der Regen fliegt waagerecht durch die Luft, es blitzt und donnert, als ob es kein Morgen gäbe und der Himmel am Liebsten das ganze große Ziegelsteingebäude, in dem wir sitzen, mitreißen und fressen würde - Weltuntergangsstimmung in Berlin!

Gottseidank nur beim Wetter und nicht bei mir - bei mir stellt sich schon fast Wochenendstimmung ein, vor allem, seitdem ich "Milow" von Milow höre - wirklich zu empfehlen, vor allem für alle, die ruhige Sachen gern mögen. Ja, Wochenende - unglaublich, dass die Woche schon fast wieder vorbei ist. Und ich muss sagen, es hat echt Spaß gemacht! Viel gearbeitet, viel - okay, ein bisschen weniger - Bachelorarbeit geschrieben, gestern auf einer Office-Einweihungsparty mit vielen WHUlern und jetzt viel, viel Regen.

Wochenendplanung steht noch nicht wirklich, meine Mitbewohnerin ist nach Stockholm geflogen, aber die sturmfreie Bude werde ich wohl nicht nutzen können - höchstens zum romantischen Tete-a-Tete (irgendwie find ich die Accents nicht auf meiner Tastatur) mit meinem Laptop und der Thesis :( Also, mein erstes Wochenende in Berlin wird sich wohl auf Schreiben beschränken - hoffentlich mit ein bisschen Abwechslung durch Shoppen (jaaaaa, ich hab so lange nichts mehr eingekauft, endlich endlich endlich!!!!) und Kaffee trinken.

Eine Anekdote noch - mein Zitat des Tages: "Du, was mir mal aufgefallen ist - du hast aber auch einen etwas ausgefallenen Schuhgeschmack, oder?" (einer meiner Chefs...) - hm, ich hoffe, das ist auf die grünen Schuhe heute zurückzuführen und nicht auf meine Laufversuche auf den 12-cm-High Heels von Mittwoch, die grandios schiefgegangen sind... *blush*

Happy Wochenende to everyone!

Fashionphänomene Vol. I

2009-07-16T10:53:00.000-07:00

One of my favourite blogs:

Fashion Gone Rogue - http://www.fashiongonerogue.com/

Fashion Photos and Ads from everywhere, my favourite photo:

Berliner Phänomene Vol. I

2009-07-13T10:43:00.000-07:00

Eine neue Stadt verdient ein neues Bloggingformat - also werde ich ab jetzt auf Deutsch schreiben, gewidmet Berlin, der Hauptstadt, der geteilten und wiedervereinigten Stadt, der Trendstadt, der Was-auch-immer-du-dir-wünschst-Stadt, der Stadt des Neuanfangs. Berlin also, ich bin in Berlin! Der ein oder andere mag sich jetzt vielleicht fragen: Was macht die denn schon wieder in Berlin, was macht die denn schon wieder woanders? Einfache Antwort: Ich kann nicht stillstehen. Die Vorstellung eines von Nichtstun erfüllten Augusts hat mich so erschreckt, dass ich mich gleich schon wieder dem Arbeiten verschrieben habe, diesmal bei einem Internet-Startup, bei dem ungefähr so viele WHUler rumwuseln wie im Moment in Valler. Und ich muss sagen: Es gefällt mir richtig gut! Abgesehen davon, dass mir der Ortswechsel einfach gut tut - zwei Monate Bachelorarbeit schreiben in Vallendar ist nicht gerade unterhaltsam - macht die Arbeit riesigen Spaß (okay, ich bin erst zweieinhalb Tage da, aber was solls ;)) und die Stadt ist einfach toll. Apropos "die Stadt ist einfach toll" - die zwei Monate Berlin sind auch zwei Monate, um auszuprobieren, ob die Stadt zu mir passt oder ich zu der Stadt passe - einige von euch werdens wissen, andere nicht: Es gibt genau zwei Städte in Deutschland, in denen ich mir vorstellen kann später zu leben (später as in "in anderthalb Jahren wenn ich mit dem Studium fertig bin" - noch so ein erschreckender, aber irgendwie auch faszinierender Gedanke) - und eine davon ist Berlin.

Also, Testphase Berlin! Und damit ich das auch hinterher gut beurteilen kann, muss ich natürlich erstmal aufschreiben, was ich hier alles so erlebe, wie es mir gefällt (oder auch nicht) und was mich fasziniert - und das erste, was mich hier fasziniert, sind meine sogenannten "Berliner Phänomene", kleine Dinge des Alltags (oder auch nicht), die ich in diesen paar Tagen hier beobachtet habe. Hier also eine kleine Liste:

- Fahrradfahrer. Fahrradfahrer. Fahrradfahrer. Und ich dachte immer, Münster wäre die Stadt des Fahrrads in Deutschland - aber nein, augenscheinlich bin ich da einem weit verbreiteten Irrtum aufgesessen. Irgendwie gibt es hier unglaublich viele Fahrräder (und Leute, die damit fahren) und zwar zu jeder Tageszeit, mit Vorliebe während der Rush Hour und auf riesigen Kreuzungen, todesmutig durch den Verkehr links rechts geradeaus abbiegend und umdrehend. Faszinierend.

- Keine Plastiktüten. Als ich vorhin meine Cocktailtomaten, den Schafskäse und die Tüte Milch eingekauft habe, stellte ich mit Erstaunen fest, dass kein einziger der anderen Supermarktbesucher eine Plastiktüte kaufte - alle hatten Rucksäcke, Umhängetaschen, Jutebeutel dabei. Anpassungsgewohnt (und wahrscheinlich auch -süchtig) wie ich bin, habe ich verschämt um mich geguckt und dann versucht, meine Einkäufe in meiner schon überfüllten Umhängetasche zu verstauen. Learning: Immer eine Jutetasche dabei haben.

- Unglaublich coole Leute. Ich weiß ja nicht, ob das kommt, weil ich jetzt so lange in Vallendar war, ob ich einfach so uncool bin oder ob die Leute hier diesen "Ich bin cool, aber ich lege keinen Wert darauf, cool zu sein"-Blick so gut drauf haben - aber irgendwie hab ich das Gefühl in einer Stadt gelandet zu sein, in der jeder besser und origineller und individueller und cooler aussieht als ich. Da schleicht sich schon mal der Gedanke (und zugegebenermaßen die Hoffnung) ein "Bitte lass das was auch immer es ist ein bisschen bisschen bisschen auf mich abfärben"... Und bevor das jemand falsch versteht: Es ist echt positiv gemeint.

Also, Hanna Lisa hofft, ein bisschen mehr Hauptstadt-like zu werden, ihre Bachelorarbeit fertig zu kriegen, einen phänomenalen Job in ihrem Praktikum hinzulegen, weiter in ihrer Wohnung in Mitte zur Untermiete wohnen zu dürfen und gleichzeitig noch zu schlafen, zu essen und zu atmen. Dabei kann sie ein bisschen Hilfe (nicht nur von oben) gebrauchen und hofft deshalb, dass ihr ihr alle die Daumen drückt.

Ihr seid natürlich alle herzlich eingeladen, mich hier zu besuchen oder einfach nur seelischen Beistand zu leisten!

Küsse aus der Hauptstadt!

Hanna is back on the road!!!

2009-03-06T20:32:00.000-08:00

Yeah, and I can't believe how I could not have missed the feeling of being on the road, of seeing thousands of new things, meeting lots of people in the last months... Well, part of the reason why I didn't miss it was - I guess ;) - my internship, which was a lot of work, but GREAT! I really enjoyed the three months and I am more than happy that I'm welcome to come back... :)

But first of all, now I'm back in Asia, even back in Singapore! Yes, I just felt I needed vacation before the last exams of my Bachelor's studies and my thesis...so I decided to visit my old roommates here in Singapore and I am having an unbelievably great time! There are still so many things I haven't seen and done here in Singapore! I know, I told some of you that Singapore gets boring after a while, but surprisingly, it feels really good to be back and to explore the city without having to study or finish group projects...

So what did I do here until now? Well, I went our for some awesome dinners and a couple of good nights out, some photos are going to follow :) Now I'm off for another shopping trip :)

Take care, everyone at home, kisses and hugs from Asia!

Almost last entry this year.

2008-12-30T10:28:00.000-08:00

I just can't believe that already so much time has passed by since I wrote the last blog entry. So many new things to write about...Soooo, where to start?

Probably with Vietnam - a couple of days together with good friends in HCMC (aka Ho Chi Minh City aka Saigon) with visits to the Mekong Delta and the Cu Chi Tunnels - it was a nice (I thought it would be the last) trip to end my stay in Asia. And then, a bit unexpected but nice nevertheless, the really last trip during these four months, almost a week in Kuala Lumpur.

And then it was Monday, Dec 1, and I was on my way to Changi Airport for the last time, sitting in the cab and I just couldn't believe that my exchange year was almost over, my two stays abroad for this year were almost over and I was going back to Germany...

Stopover in Singapore + photos from HK

2008-11-18T23:33:00.000-08:00

Yes, I'm back in S'pore for a bit more than 24 hrs - to be exact, my flight to Ho Chi Minh City leaves in 4 hrs :) Never getting tired of travelling apparently :D I think it's family genes ;) So saying first goodbyes here in S'pore, packing, sleeping - and then off again. Most of my Hong Kong pictures are uploaded on facebook, but I posted some here as well.

The Big Buddha on Lantau Island

View from the Peak at night

Hiking on Saturday

Skyline

On the road again!!!! FINALLY HONGKONG!

2008-11-14T00:41:00.000-08:00

Yaaaaaaaay, my exchange semester is OVER! I wrote my last paper today, I just have to submit it and then - oh my god, unbelievable - my fifth semester is done! And then I'm officially in my last semester :s time runs...

BUT now I'm on vacation!! Yes, I could not help it, I had to go somewhere...and I have to admit the very moment when I stepped out of the plane here in HK, I already felt the excitement and the life and the joy of being on the road again :)

And seriously - this city is just amazing! Full of life, people, laughter, noise, shops, restaurants, construction sites, Asians, Europeans, whatevers, food, light, skyline...I haven't seen that much so far, but I already like it - really, really like it. And it's good to see some old friends again, it's been a long time... :)

I wish I could upload some photos here to show you the beautiful view and everything, but I forgot the connection cable for my camera :( Anyways, I'll be here until Tuesday and I think I'm gonna keep you updated - tomorrow we're gonna go hiking :) Some exercise, finally, after one week without any sports (thanks to my cold which is gone now luckily).

Oh, not to forget - as time runs, it's only two and a half weeks more here in Asia and then I'm back home for reunion with the ones I love...I'm so looking forward to see you all, but at the same time I'm really sad to leave 'cause I found some amazing friends here. But - as we Germans say, "Man sieht sich immer zwei Mal im Leben."

Hugs from HK!

Woooooow, one MONTH!

2008-11-02T20:18:00.000-08:00

God, I just realized that I did my last blog entry ONE MONTH ago! Incredible...I'm really sorry, I was not really in the mood of writing and I have loads of work to do as there is only ONE MONTH left here! Yes, today in four weeks I'll be sitting in the plane back to Germany, looking forward to see my family again, thinking about the wonderful interesting four months in Asia, missing my roommates and the friends I found here, looking forward to my friends, being nervous about my internship...

Well, but enough of this 'cause it just makes me miss home more. Back to what I did the last weeks and what I'm gonna do the next weeks! Well, the last weeks - I basically worked. Worked worked worked. And working here is hmmm different from working at WHU. It took me some time to get used to it and I think I got to value what WHU really teaches us and how good our students really are :D Just so much to that.

The next week - well, the next one and a half weeks - will be still working, there are two more presentations to do, one group report to write, one exam to be solved and two papers to write.

But THEN! VACATION! FINALLY! Yeaaaah, I bought my tickets to Hongkong (Nov 13 to 18) and Vietnam (Nov 19 to 27)! I'm getting really excited about this :)

Hope it's gonna be a good ending for my Asia experience.

Enough of that. Here come some photos of the last weeks, just to give you a more vivid impression ('cause I learned in my CB class that vividness increases the accessibility increases the retrieval...whatever... ;))

I went on another diving trip to Tioman and this time Martin, my dive buddy, took some photos:

Then we had a pretty okay Halloween Party:

Soooo, I'm looking forward to see you all again soon :) Hugs and Kisses!

Another Monday morning...

2008-10-05T18:58:00.000-07:00

...another start in a working week...and as usual, I'm sitting in a lecture about how to read and interpret scientific papers (yes, I know, it's useful for my thesis, but after having read like 25 papers, I feel it gets a bit boring...).

So it's time to talk about the weekend again, yay! :D And it was a great weekend, especially the Saturday! Okay, not included the CB exam I had in the morning, but the night was brilliant! After going out for really good Sushi, we (oh, 'we' is four girls, all exchange students) went to Chocolate Heaven - specifically, Chocolate Buffet in the Fullerton Hotel, mmmmmmmhhhhhh...

And no, that is not my new lipstick on the left picture ;)

After indulging in the incredible chocolate dreams, we went to New Asia Bar, located on the 71st floor of Swissotel - feels like the highest building of Singapore, I have no idea if it IS actually the highest one ;) Was really cool, amazing view and really nice cocktails ;)

And then - Clubbing! Ministry of Sound, but with crappy DJs grrrr...whatever, we had fun anyways :D

All time favourite.

2008-10-03T09:20:00.000-07:00

I know, most of you have seen it, but I just love it. I love the music, I love the pictures, I love the dancing - and I love that it always makes me wanna go travelling again :)

What the ...?????

2008-09-28T03:46:00.000-07:00

Check this out:

Worshipping - the traditional and the modern way

2008-09-22T08:30:00.000-07:00

Bangkok - being one of the religiously most active cities of the world - is an ideal place to explore places of worship, both traditional and modern ones :) Starting the day with a ride on the river after which Bangkok was once named "Venice of the East", the Mae Nam Chao Phraya, I chose to take the traditional way first. Amazing, golden, emerald, indigo, ruby-red sparkling Temple of the Emerald Buddha took my breath away with its thousands oft glittering buildings, statues, chapels, small temples, big temples...followed by Wat Pho with its stunning 15 m long reclined Buddha - yes, photos follow as soon as I'm back in S'pore - golden, smiling, peaceful...
And then Bangkok's second-most famous places of worship - shopping centers, markets, stalls full of cheap and cheaper clothes, souvenirs, accessoires, clothes, shoes, vegetables, buddha statues, food, fish, fruit - everything you can dream of and more...coming back exhausted with hands full of plastic bags filled with clothes (yes, I know ;)) and a mind and a heart full of colourful, overwhelming memories...

Bangkok - city of the cities...

2008-09-21T05:44:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I arrived in Bangkok, stunned by the temples of Angkor, overwhelmed by the differences and similarities of this most famous, most mysterical, most legendary city of Asia with Sao Paulo - liveliness, chaos, narrow streets, big streets, highways, people, people, people, food, markets, street stalls, food, chaos, atmosphere - what an atmosphere!

Angkor Wat - Temples, Temples, Temples

2008-09-19T04:02:00.000-07:00

Just a few short lines from Cambodia - photos and long post when I'm back in S'pore! Arrived, hostel is great, temples are amazing, weather is okay, day after tomorrow I'm off to Bangkok :)

I miss u all.

I saw NEMO!

2008-09-14T19:35:00.001-07:00

Yeaaah, I just came back from my trip to Tioman (amazing Malaysian island, almost as beautiful as Ilha Grande in Brazil!) - and it was just great!!

I took my SCUBA-diving license there - three days with five dives and loads of theoretical stuff...at the beginning, I didn't really like the feeling under water, I felt quite uncomfortable, but on the seco

nd day I started to get into it and yesterday was just BEAUTIFU

L and AMAZING!

We did a fun dive to a small island with a coral reef and saw octopus, turtle, loaaaads of really colourful fish and

NEMOS! yeah, small clownfish - sooo cute!

I hope I can get some of the pictures we took and upload them here :)

And yeah, I got some!

Diving Buddy I:

Diving Buddy II:

Diving Crew:

And - only three more days and I'm on the road again! Thursday morning I'm flying to Cambodia to see the temples of Angkor Wat till Sunday, then Siem Reap - Bangkok, a few days in Bangkok and then probably the train Bangkok - Butterworth - KL - Singapore, which will take more or less 2.5 days :)

Random thoughts during class.

2008-09-07T19:44:00.000-07:00

Yes, now I'm sitting here in CRC 1 (or something like that) in a reeeeaally interesting lecture - well, to be honest: It is quite interesting, especially when I tell myself that it is reeeeaally useful for my thesis next year ;). It's called marketing theory and research and is about how to interpret and use research papers. Actually quite challenging intellectually - most of the times ;)

So the ones who know me and who know how I'm studying: Yes, as usually I occupy three tables with

- my notes

- laptop

- drink (still pineapple juice, not yet coffee ;))

- glasses

- pens

- more notes

- articles

- more notes

- NO chocolate (and I'm proud of that!)

and YES, I'm sitting in the last row ;) (dedicated to Chris, I miss u girl!)

Okay, apart from the start in a new working week, what happened last week (I hope that at least one lonely soul reads this article):

- wed: GREAT housewarming party (see below)

- thu: work work work. met my deadline. yay

:) but I missed Capoeira :(

- fri: not much.

- sat: not much. lecture from 12 - 3 :(. not much.

- sun: study. and, second highlight of the week: Capoeira on Sentosa! I really enjoyed it, I'm really getting into Capoeira! Hope to find a good Capoeira class in Koblenz when I come back (I guess in Valler this should be hard, don't know if some of the elder ppl living there are interested in Afro-Brazilian martial arts ;))

Below a picture of Sentosa:

So, for this week there are quite a few exciting things I'm looking forward to:

Tonight I'm going to Wala-Wala, a bar in Holland Village, with a decent live band on Mondays.

Tomorrow Capoeira class again.

On Wednesday, my great buddy Ian is taking us out for the Chinese Mooncake Festival to let us try original Mooncakes :) and afterwards probably going out for Ladies Night.

Thursday Capoeira again.

And Friday morning the absolute highlight: I'm leaving for Tioman (a Malaysian island) to get my diving license! A three-days-course with some pretty nice ppl, loads of fun and water :)

Again - I miss you all and am looking forward to see you again - in only about 2.5 months, time runs...

Hugs and Kisses!

Housewarming Paaaarty

2008-09-04T10:17:00.000-07:00

Yay, finally we did it, we threw our HOUSEWARMING PARTY! "We" by the way, that's (from left to right): Ashima, Mona, Karin, me and Sandra.

It was really great, we invited a bunch of people, around 40 - and almost everyone showed up!! We enjoyed it so much, talking to sooo many knew people, getting to know so many interesting people, drinking, dancing, talking again, listening to the music - we had a great time! (And if anyone who attended our party reads this: We hope you had a great time, too!!)

Wanderlust + Homesickness.

2008-09-01T01:29:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I have to admit it, it finally struck me: the well-known 5-weeks-foreign-country-homesickness. Already had it in Brazil, so it's a bit better this time, nevertheless do I miss my family and friends really much this week...

I have so much to do - both for Uni as well as for my texting job - that I can't really think about it, but it still leaves a bad feeling. And you all know that going to bed and waking up with a bad feeling is not a very nice thing!

Nevertheless, I'm still happy to be here and I know that it takes just a few more days to get over it :) In the meantime, let me show you some photos of our trip to Bintan!

Capoeira

2008-08-28T09:11:00.000-07:00

I just came back from my Capoeira class - two hours REALLY intense workout, my whole body aches like hell :D but it was SO GOOD!

Yeah, I know it's weird - I came back from Brazil without having tried Capoeira there and now I'm doing it in Singapore ;) But it's so much fun and the people there are really nice, I enjoyed it so much. Okay, I have to admit - I only had two classes so far, but I think I'm gonna get really into it :)

Ah, if you wanna check out their blog, it's nuscapoeira.blogspot.com!

Very first blog entry ever.

2008-08-27T13:10:00.000-07:00

Yay,

so finally I created my own blog - I've been thinking about it for a while, always about this trade off 'travelblogs are the most boring things in the world' and 'but I have soooooo much to tell to all these people out there' :D

So - here it is. My blog. Finally. For all these people who wanna hear about Singapore, crazy exchange student life, saudades do Brasil, Singapore, missing my amazing friends, finding amazing new friends, Singapore - so if you wanna hear from me, if you can stand my English (hopefully not yet Singlish), you're more than welcome to check my blog out and make comments on what I write.

So much happened during the last weeks that I don't really now where to start. That's why I do what most business students do - I'm going to make bullet points ;)

- spent the most amazing time in my life in Sao Paulo, Brazil
- went back to Germany to spend wonderful days with my family
- said Goodbye to my sister for one year (yeah, she's going to Uruguay, incredible huh!)
- went to Singapore for exchange!
- met great girls with whom I'm sharing my apartment now (five girls, five nations, four subjects!)
- went to Bintan, Indonesia
- started studying - no, it's not "Urlaub im Sueden" anymore, it's really studying!
- crashed my laptop screen
- bought a MacBook (yes, Karin, I have to mention it ;))
- fell in love with my MacBook
- spent great days and nights together with my roommates and the friend I made here so far
- planned my trip for recess week

...and now I'm sitting here, writing my very first entry. And my battery is on reserve so I have to stop now. Haha, so you guys got lucky - I would have so much more to tell!

Next time.

I miss you all back in Germany, Brazil, USA and whereever you are now.

Beijos da Cingapura!