Monday, May 14, 2007

It is time for a new relationship...

I spent a brief but very cozy weekend in Zurich. After working very productively on my thesis on Saturday I dropped in to Jens' place for a bbq... great as usual! I love bbq and I do not have a terrasse or even a balcony in St. Gallen so I take every opportunity to bbq in friends' places ;-) after dinner we decided to check out the "Medifäscht" a student party organized by and for medical students. It was great fun and it got late... a reason why my mom vainly had to wait for her breakfast :-) however, we could make her happy by preparing the dinner with my bro! It was the first proper cooking session with my little bro and we had great fun... the result was delicious... for main course ravioli stuffed with parma ham, buffalo mozarella, loads of basil and dried tomatoes... served with olive oil and basil (the first time I tried a receipt out of a Jamie Oliver book)... it was yummie but still has room for improvement. My brother rounded off the dinner by doing a cake with strawberry cream filling... his first real attempt to cook/bake something and the result was impressive! I am looking forward to more cooking sessions with him...

After dinner I took the decision to engage in a new relationship... I did finally order my new camera: Nikon D40x! Soon you will be able to see the results on my page... the first photography mission will be at the end of May in Palma de Mallorca where I go for a career workshop.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Reactions II

the issue, still:


my reaction on his first action: "well, disrespecting as you called it is a little too strong... i might have been ironic... but YES as u can see in my photostream i must be a hardcore terrorist... showing the people the beauty of the world from different cultures and countries"

the reaction on my reaction (a note left at the following pic in my photostream, it shows a piece of the Berlin wall that was a gift to Latvia and is located in Riga):
Riga - a piece of the Berlin wall
"Ok first of all. my apologies to you. I shouldn't have been so ignorant and stupid when i commented you last. But i do love my country and tend to get all defensive. So I'm sorry. And second. you said "as you can see from my photo-stream i must be a terrorist" or something along those lines." well, clearly you forgot about this picture. And this is exactly why i chose this picture to comment on. third. your not a terrorist as far as i know. And forth, and finally, Don't be a terrorist and if you are, don't hurt my country of America..."

I am speechless... ok, I respect patriotism but I can not accept stupidity due to ignorance...

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Reactions

The issue:


my comment: "that can only be in the US, rite!?" (it was taken during a bike trip through NYC)

the reaction: "You better Be dam right that is in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! God Bless. Homeland Security and Police are around to protect its people from Terrorists like you. Im only being so harsh with you now because from what i read, it seemed like you were disrespect the US, like "why do you even need them, you hard core killers." so just to clear things up with you, America protects its people and when terrorists have big guns, we get better guns to take them out that much quicker. So why don't you stop hating on us just because we are in war. The UNITED STATES is working its best on protecting its people. but i must say. with liberal extremists taking our country over, it will not be safe forever."

I appreciate open mindness and a certain sense of humour...

(you might give him credit and show him that Europeans still have not joined the axis of evil: newstyleskater's)