well, the plan was for me to go to germany to improve my "german language skills", but i definately did not see this coming ... ironically, my deutsch got better, but my english is in trouble now ... so this is a good example of how I sound when I try to speak english now ... even found the perfect song to demonstrate it :D and if u dont believe it, ask my irish friend Catherine ... this is how we talk to each other now ... mixing it all up! :)
Wise Guys - Denglish
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Texas has it all, huh?
Lisa posted this really cute post about Texas that really made me smile ... to read the whole post, click here ... just to make things clear, these are all names of towns in Texas ... so enjoy :)
Need to be cheered up?
Happy, Texas 79042
Pep , Texas 79353
Smiley , Texas 78159
Paradise , Texas 76073
Rainbow , Texas 76077
Sweet Home , Texas 77987
Comfort , Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530
Love the Sun?
Sun City , Texas 78628
Sunrise , Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sundown, Texas 79372
Sunray , Texas 79086
Sunny Side , Texas 77423
Need to be cheered up?
Happy, Texas 79042
Pep , Texas 79353
Smiley , Texas 78159
Paradise , Texas 76073
Rainbow , Texas 76077
Sweet Home , Texas 77987
Comfort , Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530
Love the Sun?
Sun City , Texas 78628
Sunrise , Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sundown, Texas 79372
Sunray , Texas 79086
Sunny Side , Texas 77423
Want something to eat?
Bacon , Texas 76301
Noodle , Texas 79536
Oatmeal , Texas 78605
Turkey , Texas 79261
Trout, Te xas 75789
Sugar Land , Texas 77479
Salty, Texas 76567
Rice , Texas 75155
Sweetwater, Texas 79556
Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all!
Detroit , Texas 75436
Colorado City , Texas 79512
Cleveland , Texas 77327
Dayton, Texas 77535
Denver City , Texas 79323
Klondike , Texas 75448
Nevada , Texas 75173
Memphis , Texas 79245
Miami, Texas 79059
Boston , Texas 75570
Santa Fe , Texas 77517
Tennessee Colony, Texas 75861
Reno , Texas 75462
Feel like traveling outside the country? Don't bother buying a plane ticket!
Athens , Texas 75751
Canadian, Texas 79014
China , Texas 77613
Dublin, Texas 76446
Egypt , Texas 77436
Ireland , Texas 76538
Turkey , Texas 79261
London , Texas 76854
New London , Texas 75682
Paris , Texas 75460
No need to travel to Washington D.C.
Whitehouse , Texas 75791
We even have a city named after our planet!
Earth , Texas 79031
And a city named after our State!
Texas City , Texas 77590
Exhausted?
Energy , Texas 76452
Cold?
Blanket , Texas 76432
Winters, Texas
Like to read about History?
Santa Anna , Texas
Goliad , Texas
Alamo , Texas
Gun Barrel City, Texas
Robert lee, Texas
Need Office Supplies?
Staples, Texas 78670
Men are from Mars, women are from
Venus , Texas 76084
You guessed it..it's on the state line..
Texline , Texas 79087
For the kids...
Kermit , Texas 79745
Elmo , Texas 75118
Nemo , Texas 76070
Tarzan , Texas 79783
Winnie , Texas 77665
Sylvester, Texas 79560
Other city names in Texas , to make you smile.....
Frognot, Texas 75424
Bigfoot , Texas 78005
Hogeye, Texas 75423
Cactus , Texas 79013
Notrees , Texas 79759
Best, Texas 76932
Veribest , Texas 76886
Kickapoo , Texas 75763
Dime Box , Texas 77853
Old Dime Box , Texas 77853
Telephone , Texas 75488
Telegraph , Texas 76883
Whiteface , Texas 79379
Twitty, Texas 79079
And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore City
Kilgore , Texas 75662
And our favorites...
Cut n Shoot, Texas
Gun Barrell City , Texas
Hoop And Holler, Texas
Ding Dong, Texas and, of course,
Muleshoe , Texas
Sunday, 2 November 2008
Thursday, 30 October 2008
Fun Links
need a break from your hectic everyday life? here are a few fun links to help take the edge off ;)
don't forget to smile!
Do you speak English?
Do you speak English? (gamers edition)
Christmas Lights
Thriller as a 64-voice Acappella
Call of Duty Sounds
Bronze Age Orientation
don't forget to smile!
Do you speak English?
Do you speak English? (gamers edition)
Christmas Lights
Thriller as a 64-voice Acappella
Call of Duty Sounds
Bronze Age Orientation
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Happy Birthday to me! :)
It's kinda weird, not being home for my birthday and celebrating it with my family and friends, but I just had to "come to terms with the situation and make the best of it" :) all in all, it was really a cool day ... nothing special, didn't really want to make a big fuss out of it, but I couldn't help but to fuss a little :)
when I woke up (slept really late), I decided to make me some pancakes for breakfast, to give myself a little treat first thing that day, but when I got into the kitchen, I couldn't believe my eyes!
this was waiting for me on the kitchen table!
I must say, I can't believe my luck with my roommates ... this was actually maria's doing, she had set her alarm to remind her of my birthday like a week after we met :)
so feeling all kinds of special, I decided to go into town for a little walk, window shopping and just general mooching about ... but oh well, another surprise wasn't far at all ...
this was stuck to the main door and I saw it as I was about to leave the apartment ... funny thing is, I had passed it before, on my way to the bathroom, but I guess I was still too sleepy or almost sleepwalking or something, cause I didn't see it at all .... and yeah, I did smile :D
and she doesn't even know about my smileys obsession yet!
I had a blast in der Stadtmitte von Würzburg. It really is a really cute smallish town (at least the centre of it), with a gazillion churches and other grand buildings and it seems like everytime I go into town I find something new to admire ... it's just full of opportunities ... I simply love going for a walk in the city ... even when I'm not on a mission to find some little thing I need for my new room/school/just so/nothing particular :)
anyway, I think I was in the city for ages, cause by the time I got back home it was already getting dark ... but I just had to make another quick little stop at one of my favourite places here in der nähe von meinen studentenheim ... there's this little park-wannabe kind of place with a lot of green, bäume, sculptures, and of course, most importantly, a swing ... and don't ask me how long I was there :)
cause I didn't really feel like going out much (especially cause it was saturday night - prefer my outings on non-typical evenings - and cause we (maria and I) were out the night before), I decided to just stay in (the cold outside helped with that decision too) ... I spent the rest of the day watching tv ... something I haven't done in awhile actually ... was watching some super talent show - germany is looking for the next best "super" talent - and laughed my head off ... it was soooooo hilarious! I mean, some people ... it's almost unbelievable :) and of course I had to spend some time online, talking to my family and friends ... even my bf managed to get online to talk to me ... though he completely forgot it was my birthday, but what can u do ... not like we're married and not like I told him a gazillion times when it is :)
well, I bought a cake thingy at one of the supermarkets earlier and so we had some cake ... around midnight ... always the best possible time for something like that, but somehow it got that late pretty fast ... there was only 4 of us for cake (maria's bf is alergic to cream), so there's still some left if anyone is interested ;) lol
all in all, not a bad day ;) got a lot of text messages, emails and sorts, felt so energized the whole day long that I couldn't fall asleep till around 4 am ... and if half the whishes come true, i'll be the happiest, healthiest and riches (in all possible meanings) girl on the planet! so look out! ;)
next birthday, here I come!
p.s. anyone expecting me to start acting my own age anytime soon will of course be gravily disappointed :)
when I woke up (slept really late), I decided to make me some pancakes for breakfast, to give myself a little treat first thing that day, but when I got into the kitchen, I couldn't believe my eyes!
this was waiting for me on the kitchen table!
I must say, I can't believe my luck with my roommates ... this was actually maria's doing, she had set her alarm to remind her of my birthday like a week after we met :)
so feeling all kinds of special, I decided to go into town for a little walk, window shopping and just general mooching about ... but oh well, another surprise wasn't far at all ...
this was stuck to the main door and I saw it as I was about to leave the apartment ... funny thing is, I had passed it before, on my way to the bathroom, but I guess I was still too sleepy or almost sleepwalking or something, cause I didn't see it at all .... and yeah, I did smile :D
and she doesn't even know about my smileys obsession yet!
I had a blast in der Stadtmitte von Würzburg. It really is a really cute smallish town (at least the centre of it), with a gazillion churches and other grand buildings and it seems like everytime I go into town I find something new to admire ... it's just full of opportunities ... I simply love going for a walk in the city ... even when I'm not on a mission to find some little thing I need for my new room/school/just so/nothing particular :)
anyway, I think I was in the city for ages, cause by the time I got back home it was already getting dark ... but I just had to make another quick little stop at one of my favourite places here in der nähe von meinen studentenheim ... there's this little park-wannabe kind of place with a lot of green, bäume, sculptures, and of course, most importantly, a swing ... and don't ask me how long I was there :)
cause I didn't really feel like going out much (especially cause it was saturday night - prefer my outings on non-typical evenings - and cause we (maria and I) were out the night before), I decided to just stay in (the cold outside helped with that decision too) ... I spent the rest of the day watching tv ... something I haven't done in awhile actually ... was watching some super talent show - germany is looking for the next best "super" talent - and laughed my head off ... it was soooooo hilarious! I mean, some people ... it's almost unbelievable :) and of course I had to spend some time online, talking to my family and friends ... even my bf managed to get online to talk to me ... though he completely forgot it was my birthday, but what can u do ... not like we're married and not like I told him a gazillion times when it is :)
well, I bought a cake thingy at one of the supermarkets earlier and so we had some cake ... around midnight ... always the best possible time for something like that, but somehow it got that late pretty fast ... there was only 4 of us for cake (maria's bf is alergic to cream), so there's still some left if anyone is interested ;) lol
all in all, not a bad day ;) got a lot of text messages, emails and sorts, felt so energized the whole day long that I couldn't fall asleep till around 4 am ... and if half the whishes come true, i'll be the happiest, healthiest and riches (in all possible meanings) girl on the planet! so look out! ;)
next birthday, here I come!
p.s. anyone expecting me to start acting my own age anytime soon will of course be gravily disappointed :)
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Würzburg
contrary to popular belief, no, I did not fall off the face of the earth or disappeared back to africa ... the truth is less AND more exciting at the same time ... I've become an exchange student at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität in Würzburg!
don't really have much to say yet, except that I'm incredibly excited and that it really does involve a lot of paperwork ... a lot a lot ... took me 3 days just to get access to internet ... but just so u get a hint of what my last few days looked like, let me tell u all the places I've visited ... first I went to "take over" (love that direct translation) my dorm room (which is amazing and way bigger than my own room back at home ... so send me a lot of stuff so I'll at least have something to fill all the space:D), had a chat with the "hausmeister" a.k.a the janitor (a really cool guy, extremely relieved that an exchange student understood the language), went shopping with my parents (stuff I forgot to bring, stuff I didn't know I should bring or that I would need, stuff to eat, stuff, stuff and some more stuff (it's possible that I'm exaggering ... a bit;))), met one of my flatmates (a german girl named Maria), spent my first night at my new place of residence, woke up in the morning around 7 (very typical for me), took the time to take in some breakfast (also very typical for me), went sightseeing with my parents (yeah, my parents are really cool, stayed for 2 days, spoiled me rotten;) lol well, they did take me on a boat ride:D) where I realised I just might really fall in love with this city quite soon, got back to my room, met my other flatmate (a chinese girl named Leilei), spent the sunday discovering the surroundings of my dorm and school (which is on a hill above the city, where everything is green - like living in a park (one of the best things for a "country girl" such as me :D)) with "miles" of paths (at least that's how it seemed to me), but the best part of it all didn't start till monday ...
paperwork ... and yeah, some more paperwork ... but surprisingly, it all went quite smoothly and it really didn't take me as long as I have imagined ... just two days ... mostly just thanks to the short working hours ... went to the municipality to register at my new address, got my insurance certificate validated, visited the "Akademisches Auslandsamt" to get my "Antrag auf Einschreibung" (a.k.a. vpisni list/matriculation document), but since nothing really works after 12 on mondays, that was it for the day ... and today I went through it all again, with primož ... he had it easy though ;) lol anyway, we got enrolled, got our semester passes, internet access and blah blah blah ... the funny thing is that almost anywhere we went, we got a whole lot of booklets ... not that I'm complaining, they make a good substitute for books (which I didn't bring any (too heavy) and regreted only as soon as I arrived here) ... but all in all, it was actually a really nice experience ... everyone was really nice and they really went out of their way to try and help us, especially the tutors at the auslandsamt ... the city itself gives u a booklet full of cupouns for free stuff so that u can get to know the city well as soon as u get here, stuff like free tour of the city, a free month's subscription to various newspapers, the library, free entry to the museums, a discout for the theatre, the water park, and you even get some discout if u buy some wine at their local cellar (würzburg is supposed to be amazingly famous for its wine), and even free popcorn the first time u visit the cinema multiplex ... all in all, not a bad deal ... not bad at all ...
well, listing it all like this it really doesn't sound all that much ... but believe me, its no picnic ... can't imagine what the people who don't speak the language go through at such things ... on a more general note, I think I'm gonna love it here ... primož is a fun guy and I guess it does make it all a bit easier, at least now at first, when I really don't know anyone here ... my flatmates seem really cool and I think we'll get along just fine ... we might even become really good friends ... judging from the first few impressions, it will be really fun ... the people seem to be very friendly and I can't wait for the dorms to get swarming with students (classes start around the 15th) ... already got invited to join a choir (which should make vocis imago people back at home really happy - making connections, just like u wanted me to:D) ... the internet is free (since my room is so close to the school, I can use the wireless link from there) and I think classes just might be fun as well ... all in all, not bad ... not bad at all!! :D
on a more general note, I think I've never been as happy in my whole life ... and I don't mean just in this moment, but right now, in my life, everything seems to be falling into place ... ok, maybe not falling into place per say, but it all just fells really good ... I get to go on this amazing "voyage" (well, it probably will be:D), experiencing a whole lot of new/different things ...
my family is just as amazing as always, a few of my family members just graduated (congrats metka and jožica!), which is a reason to celebrate in itself, I'm still extremely happy about my brother's and jožica's engagement, also about mitja's (my cousin) and irena's ... my friends are the most amazing people in the world, and I have a boyfriend who actually insists on moving to germany for a few months just to be with me (I said he insists to, not that I'm actually gonna let him do it:D) ... all in all, not bad ... not bad at all ... which is why im happy ... and smile more than I ever have before in my entire life ... at least I think so ... can't be sure, not with my memory ;)
and the world just seems perfect when you're happy ...
don't really have much to say yet, except that I'm incredibly excited and that it really does involve a lot of paperwork ... a lot a lot ... took me 3 days just to get access to internet ... but just so u get a hint of what my last few days looked like, let me tell u all the places I've visited ... first I went to "take over" (love that direct translation) my dorm room (which is amazing and way bigger than my own room back at home ... so send me a lot of stuff so I'll at least have something to fill all the space:D), had a chat with the "hausmeister" a.k.a the janitor (a really cool guy, extremely relieved that an exchange student understood the language), went shopping with my parents (stuff I forgot to bring, stuff I didn't know I should bring or that I would need, stuff to eat, stuff, stuff and some more stuff (it's possible that I'm exaggering ... a bit;))), met one of my flatmates (a german girl named Maria), spent my first night at my new place of residence, woke up in the morning around 7 (very typical for me), took the time to take in some breakfast (also very typical for me), went sightseeing with my parents (yeah, my parents are really cool, stayed for 2 days, spoiled me rotten;) lol well, they did take me on a boat ride:D) where I realised I just might really fall in love with this city quite soon, got back to my room, met my other flatmate (a chinese girl named Leilei), spent the sunday discovering the surroundings of my dorm and school (which is on a hill above the city, where everything is green - like living in a park (one of the best things for a "country girl" such as me :D)) with "miles" of paths (at least that's how it seemed to me), but the best part of it all didn't start till monday ...
paperwork ... and yeah, some more paperwork ... but surprisingly, it all went quite smoothly and it really didn't take me as long as I have imagined ... just two days ... mostly just thanks to the short working hours ... went to the municipality to register at my new address, got my insurance certificate validated, visited the "Akademisches Auslandsamt" to get my "Antrag auf Einschreibung" (a.k.a. vpisni list/matriculation document), but since nothing really works after 12 on mondays, that was it for the day ... and today I went through it all again, with primož ... he had it easy though ;) lol anyway, we got enrolled, got our semester passes, internet access and blah blah blah ... the funny thing is that almost anywhere we went, we got a whole lot of booklets ... not that I'm complaining, they make a good substitute for books (which I didn't bring any (too heavy) and regreted only as soon as I arrived here) ... but all in all, it was actually a really nice experience ... everyone was really nice and they really went out of their way to try and help us, especially the tutors at the auslandsamt ... the city itself gives u a booklet full of cupouns for free stuff so that u can get to know the city well as soon as u get here, stuff like free tour of the city, a free month's subscription to various newspapers, the library, free entry to the museums, a discout for the theatre, the water park, and you even get some discout if u buy some wine at their local cellar (würzburg is supposed to be amazingly famous for its wine), and even free popcorn the first time u visit the cinema multiplex ... all in all, not a bad deal ... not bad at all ...
well, listing it all like this it really doesn't sound all that much ... but believe me, its no picnic ... can't imagine what the people who don't speak the language go through at such things ... on a more general note, I think I'm gonna love it here ... primož is a fun guy and I guess it does make it all a bit easier, at least now at first, when I really don't know anyone here ... my flatmates seem really cool and I think we'll get along just fine ... we might even become really good friends ... judging from the first few impressions, it will be really fun ... the people seem to be very friendly and I can't wait for the dorms to get swarming with students (classes start around the 15th) ... already got invited to join a choir (which should make vocis imago people back at home really happy - making connections, just like u wanted me to:D) ... the internet is free (since my room is so close to the school, I can use the wireless link from there) and I think classes just might be fun as well ... all in all, not bad ... not bad at all!! :D
on a more general note, I think I've never been as happy in my whole life ... and I don't mean just in this moment, but right now, in my life, everything seems to be falling into place ... ok, maybe not falling into place per say, but it all just fells really good ... I get to go on this amazing "voyage" (well, it probably will be:D), experiencing a whole lot of new/different things ...
my family is just as amazing as always, a few of my family members just graduated (congrats metka and jožica!), which is a reason to celebrate in itself, I'm still extremely happy about my brother's and jožica's engagement, also about mitja's (my cousin) and irena's ... my friends are the most amazing people in the world, and I have a boyfriend who actually insists on moving to germany for a few months just to be with me (I said he insists to, not that I'm actually gonna let him do it:D) ... all in all, not bad ... not bad at all ... which is why im happy ... and smile more than I ever have before in my entire life ... at least I think so ... can't be sure, not with my memory ;)
and the world just seems perfect when you're happy ...
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