The smart cars

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The Smart (and the Garage) were a pressie by Bubse and Lalle (I love Smart cars by the way... - Flickr Linkie ).

In a way it's a bummer I leave Parship, on the other hand I hope now I'll be able to do what I wanted to do last year (off to Spain for a few months). Keep yer fingers crossed all works out the way I wantsss it!

and in da morrow (Thursday, May 14 2009) at 6 ish off to Finnegans Wake with some lads and lassies from Parship. have a few pints, awl roight.

Weekend in Zuerich

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Thanks to www.Lufthansa.com for their cheap 99 euro flights we had a lovely wekend in Zuerich, Suitzerland, visiting my sister.

Of course, getting up at 05:15 a.m. to get to catch the plane at 07:00 was great... but the first glass of champaigne sitting right at the Limmat was well worth it. plus, the view from the Grossmuenster (seen here), and the Luxemburgelis in Cafe Spruengli ( http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confiserie_Spr%C3%BCngli ) and the 3 hours walk down from the Rigi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigi ) which provided us with sore muscles for 3 days...

what did I bring home from Zuerich? A Baedeker "Guide to Switzerland"from 1913. did you know, that the speed limit was like 20 miles an hour in all Switzerland (within city limits even 7), and that in Graubuenden cars were not allowed at all? reason was that they were afraid their Buendnerfleisch ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindenfleisch ) would loose its savour...

Quiet weekend

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Took this shoot today, when going for a 2 hours walk along the cliffs at Brodauer Ufer (Baltic See). Toyed a bit with combining my binoculars (which I bought last September in San Sebastian) and my mobile, as you can see. worked not too bad imho :)
and now off to bed. hopefully next week will be a tad less stressful...

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 :-)