X-Mas party at the Riverside Hotel in Hamburg

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The pic speaks for itself, doesn't it? I still was kinda sober (or
musta been), since I took it at like almost 4 a.m...there are Miguel, a
fun guy from Murcia, and two guapas - Nida and Jessy. I can't say much
about Jessy, but the other two are great fun. and Nida is a crazy girl for sure ;)
after walking up at like 11, having too much food fer breakfast (my stomach was kind of revolting...), I prepared to collect my new baby. which you can see
here...





nuff said :-D

Sambuca tasting in Einstein

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hmpf...what can I say... they call me MC, they exchanged my pic in the employees database with an animated gif from a dancing MC Hammer... we go for beers at least once a week...(and drink loads of Sambuca with Eddy in one of Hamburgs most "famous" bar Einstein)...the day after we enjoy greasy and unhealthy food...

sounds about right, or?

a former (and much valued) colleague from AOL Dublin wrote in an email: ...am delighted to hear you have a new job. Just looking online (at) Parship ... it looks like an online dating site ... have you made a career of your hobby and moved from project management to evaluating the ladies ? ;-)

nuff said :-D

Tres Semanas en San Sebastian (Donostia)

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well well well... those 3 weeks were great indeed...here you see Elio ( a cuban guy who I meet in Baracoa (Cuba) and who lives now in Spain (Villadona). it's his first time opening a kinder surprise egg...

of course we had a few rons (rum) and beers after too ;)

That seemed to be the last vacation for this year... reason being, that I started my new job at Parship.de on Oct. 01... so far it looks good, especially promising is, that the guys and gals in the office are great fun to work with and share information freely... less politics than at AOL for sure... vamos a ver :)

Lamp posts in San Sebastian

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Hello there, long time no post...

well, quite a few things happened in between, but here just a short summary. after a lurvely visit in Dublin and a great time wid da lads I thought about getting a job in Spain. alas, I needed a english CV... hm, 4 weeks and 2 sessions with an native english were needed, and finally that was done...

in the meantime, the only application I really wrote, I got the invite for an interview... hm, not bad. well, short story, I got the job, hence no need for further apps, ey ;) new company is www.parship.com

during trying to finish my CV and letter of application, my mom had an accident and broke her shoulder, so I went down and spent a good bit of time with her, helping around the house and stuff. she's now much better off (and has a titan-like shoulder piece ).

right now I am enjoing the last days prior to my new job in San Sebastian/Donostia/Spain, while having spanish classes every day.

picture here shows a lamp post/farola, a pic I really like.

see yiz soon :-)

Calender Week 28

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Mo and Tuesday with the trainer from Inplace Development (the outplacement company which AOL pays), preparing my CV, and simulating an interview. Fun, I learned a lot, but also very exhausting...

Tue I also bought a new suit. deffo needed one, last time I bought one was like 1997...

Wed, one day MS Project training. Good trainer, medium effort. Now I know "all" about resource sheets and more too ;)

Thu, Mike S., (a former colleague) dropped by for a chat and a round of tabletennis.

Fri, working a bit with Ted and Ted (Mark and Dan), and then off to the photographer, getting pics for the CV. great session, can only recommend them ( http://www.terzka.de/ ).

well, and Sat/Sun off to visit my mom, which is hospitalized at the moment...she broke her upper arm/shoulder (a comminuted fracture), and the only way to get her arm working back is a prosthesis... surgery is tomorrow...fingers crossed mom! after that she'll be something like the 6 million Dollar woman ;)

Few days in Dublin

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and another trip , this time to Dublin. anyway... this pic here, is one of the guys who woke us up at like 11 a.m.... some sort of a competition, lots of bagpipes and the like in Howth... more pics from Sarah, Dan, Mark and Ed can be seen here

here a few pics from cycling to Sylt and after that visiting my mom, Knut, my Bro, my dad and my sisters.

Bummer btw, that i wasn't able to see all the people I wanted to...like Antje in Munich, or Jessy, Feargal and Brian in Dublin... oh well, next time :)

Update in between travels

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Bueno.... last post has been a while...am back from Cuba now for a week. the first cultural shock has been digested (alemania is just soo different...)

the pic here shows me in the Yunque National Parque, near Baracoa. Baracoa was the city I picked for my last 2 weeks too, by the way. just great to spend yer time there... beaches, usually very nice and friendly people (not as pushy as i.e. Trinidad or Santiago), the 2 national parks, lots of rivers to swim and chill or have a party, barbecueing a lil cerdito (pig)....

so, what did we do? well, some of you might have received postcards, but all in all it was a great trip. I am glad we stayed for such a long period, cause certain things simply got better/easier over time...

Today now I will be hopping on my bycicle and start to cycle to Sylt. I'll be back in about 3 weeks time (mid June ish). after that it looks like a tour through Germany (my mom in Osnabrueck, Knut in Essen, my Bro, Andrea and Antje in Munich, and after that off to Thuringia, to visit my Sister and father...and last but not least, to buy some original "thueringer wuerste"

and who thinks I'd be through then, hehe... nope! :-P quizas (maybe) a visit in Dublin, but deffo in July/August a 3 or 4 weeks stint in Spain - another spanish course.

P.S.: I didn't loose any weight... food was way too good (and abundant for people with hard cash too...)

P.P.S.: here 3 more favourite pics from the Cuba journey:
1 - on my birthday, driving through Habana with a 57 ish Ford V8 convertible -
 

2 - A sign declaring that the people are more important than money (yeah right...)


3 - a nice shot on the morning of the first of may, when we were on our way to the "placa de la revolucion", for the demonstration.

Saludos de Trinidad

Hola! we made it to Trinidad, after three exciting days in Habana, we spent 5 kind of quiet days in Vinales (100 km ish west of Habana), then 3 days on the gorgeous carribean beach in Maria La Gorda (in the utmost southwest of Cuba), another day stopover in Vinales, and yesterday we made it to lively Trinidad. so far we we have come to the following conclusions:

1. if you come here, you better speak spanish


2. Cuanto Es (how much) and Hay... (do you have ...) are very important phrases. else, the chance of getting ripped off is rather big, hehe


3. we might not loose any weight here, the food is way too good (and abundant too, for the ones with hard cash...)


4. Cubans sometimes are very punctual...they say ""meet at 8" and they show up at 8...


5. bring an umbrella, helps for both the occasional rain shower as well as the sun.


6. people are similar to everywhere else in the world. there the greedy ones (almost using illegal methods), there the very friendly ones (giving you medicine for free or offering dinner for free i.e.), and the nerve racking blokes ("want cigars?")

mobile phones coverage is prett good here, we check our mobile usually once a day for text messages. please do not expect a quick reply though, too expensive...and the first postcards are one the way. we'll see if they make it to good ole yermany and Ireland...

right so, over and out for the time being. :)

and Knulli, keep it up ;)

Last post for a while

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sittin here, a tad nervous...tomorrow night we'll (hopefully) be sleeping in the Parkview Hotel in Havanna.

Address is:
Hotel Parkview
Calle Colón esq. a Morro,
Ciudad de La Habana
Cuba

as we will be staying there at the end of April and in May too, you may as well send birthday cards to this address :) seriously, we'll be checking in there from time to time. worth a try anyway :-D

The pic here, by the way, I took in Seville last year. I just hope I will find spots as nice and cozy as this bar here a the Alameda de Hercules...

mobile will be switched off most of the time, and I will not be able to read my emails... please be patient with me. maybe I'll get a chance to post an update here though!

Hasta pronto!

Klaussi

P.S.: for Jesko

Yesterday on the Autobahn...

blue sky, driving form my mom near Osnabrueck to Thueringia.
number 1:

and the message is (a tad longer, but still just 90 secs)

and I want you to feel great! :-)))

last moments at work

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TGIO (thank god it's over)...

Party on friday was a smash hit. roughly 200 peeps made it, where some I haven't seen in like 7 years... organizing it (with contribs from other people of course) was a pain though. much more effort was needed than I had anticipated. but well worth it :-D

want a link to the pics? mail me, don't want to post it here, too public. link can be seen though at www.bye-btc.de

will be off to see mom and dad, hitting the road in two hours, like 1000 miles within two days...oh well :-( also, a friends granny died last weekend... I hope she'll be ok...

ASP - Abschlussparty - first beverages

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Right so... just 4 more days to go, then last day at AOL...here a pic showing the first beverages we bought...48 liters of coca cola, 20 liters of vodka, 12 liters of bitter lemon, 27 liters energy drink---we'll buy the rest in three days time...

Strange, odd, weird feelings, mixed with hope, happiness...after almost 11 years, to leave the company one believed in so much... AOL... still, few good peeps will be left behind...but hey, Cuba awaits me... two months in the Caribbean... :-D

anyways, details for ze party: everybody, who worked for/with AOL in the past, is welcome to join us for the party on Friday, Feb. 29, 2008. We'll start off at around 4 p.m., and take it from there. Address is "Beim Strohhause 25" (you may also use "Stiftstrasse 74" for your navigation system) in 20097 Hamburg. If you can't find it, text or call me or the guys at the reception - +49 40 36 159-0.

As we'll be having a lil show at 6 p.m., you better be there, else you'll miss something important...

Be there or be square, Klaussi :-)

P.S.: guestlist at www.bye-btc.de

Edit: thanks to Chris and Oli for this great flyer :-D

asfhh - a song for hamburg (2)

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firstoff - link to the Video: Es war ne geile Zeit   what people don't know... we had more than one running man... J. here also starred in some scenes...
the video itself seems to be great winner, almost 3 k hits after 2 weeks (now I even am a bit worried about Juli respectively their mgmt. asking for royalties...) oh well, we'll find a way if needs be...
I have to upload a few more pics ( flickr of course, and not AOL Pictures...), then I'll add a link here in this post.

even alley insider posted a lil article...

here a link to my first post a few weeks ago regarding the shooting of this video (incl. link to the french vid)

Edit: a youtube link to the video, maybe easier to embed in blogs :)