klausurs...again

Now it is the time to complain about term examinations and the lack of time.

Nahhh, i shan't do that. There are lots of other interesting things to talk about=) One of my fav biology profs has done it again, with a magnificent faux pas during the lecture. He was talking about how we can tell the origins of different peoples by analysing the strains of a particular bacteria they have in their stomachs, and while he was talking about the bacteria...

"The Indo-Europeans, they are all bastards." *Split second later* "I mean the bacteria."

He was mixing his lecture in three languages, speaking in English, explaining some terminology in German, and wondering about stuff he had on his slides in French. E.G, "Now I will show you the bacterium, which was unterschiedlich in other peoples...(while searching for his pic)..C'est quoi?"

Europe...now this is a melting pot.

Wore a dress for the first time to Uni yesterday, (for the simple reason that I haven't been able to do my laundry for the past 2 weeks, yucks, i know, so the only presentable thing to wear was that simple dress), but apparently that was so out of the blue that almost all my friends asked what's up. (Had to tell them the truth, which never fails to elicit laughter.) =)


We were debating about installing Airconditionaing systems in the entire uni today. I think this is the first time that I was speaking...or the second time, for the entire 7 minutes. I actually had things to say for the whole of 7 minutes! Though not in perfect German, but well enough to make myself understood, I guess. =D It is rather funny, but sometimes I think it is an advantage NOT to be a native speaker. People are kinda more considerate (the other students of course) as they know how it is. Too bad they speak rather good English though=) We all thought it would be like a fun fun debate, but it turned out so serious...and kinda aggressive too. Poof. But at the end I was laughing almost half the entire time, we were looking at the photos of the German Debating Championships, and they were commenting about stuff all the time. I do admire people who speak well, there seems to be so much that they can do, for amusement, to convince, to reason... echt cool.

Have to go and catch my bus now. =p

*ting

Worthwhile quote from ST: Ronald Reagan once said,"I know they said that hard work never killed anyone, but I figured, why take the chance?"
Terrible thing to think of in times of exams.

Deutschland...the remnants of hope

I've never experienced a "deutscher Niederlage" before. No cars hooted, the streets were full of people heading straight home from the game, people were waving the German flag bravely, the dignity of a good loser. A few lone italian flags, a few people showing the third finger at that jubilant minority, but most took it in good spirit. But the police were out in full force, directing the traffic, stopping scuffles before they could break out. They wouldn't have needed to do that if Germany had won.

How great it would have been, though, if Germany, as host, could have won the game. Now the commentators can no longer say that no german team has lost in Dortmund before. Nor can they continue singing that funny song "wir werden Weltmeister."

Depressive mood again? No mention of the defeat was mentioned in the Frankfurter Allgemeine. Headlines were about the constant disputes over health issues, the Bundesnachrichtendienst question, and today is Steuergedenktag, the day when the country's proletariats start to work for their pay, instead of paying it all to tax.

Come on, Deutschland. Surely you can do better than this?!

This is a country in which every little "kaff" (or tiny village) has some technological invention they can be proud of, in which precision is prided on, where the poor wouldn't be left on their own, where the politics can't help stumbling a little in their search for the perfect solution or compromise. Heads up, Germany! C'est la vie!

Sometimes, it is not the attainment of a goal that counts, but the pursuit of it.