Manners in jogging

What do u do when u meet somebody u know while jogging?

Imagine u are out jogging and in front of u at around 100m u see somebody u know, who is coming towards u, also jogging. How do u react? What do u do?
Salute? He/She is still too far to say something. U cannot shout cause u r running so u cannot do both at the same time.
U smile? For how long?! Will the other one see u?
U stare? Stare like.. an idiot?! For how long?!
The first 50m u can pretend either u didnt see him/her, u got distracted by some ppl walking their dogs or u look down in the idea that u were trying to avoid stepping in some dog sh.. ( she/he will understand!! )
If u decide to wait till u get closer to him/her and then start a sentence what sentence do u choose?!
'Hey. Going home already?' 'Hey, almost finished? I started later today/ Couldnt wake up earlier.' 'Hey. When did u get here?' 'Hey, still doing some laps? How many?'....... Anything u might choose will sound silly. And anyhow u 'force' also the other one to say something, so also his/her training is ruined.
Besides that u might not finish the sentence and need either to slow down, which isn't recommended cause u should keep the same pace otherwise u get tired, or to keep on running but turning a little to finish the sentence.
.. or wave? wave and smile? ..for some seconds when u are at 50m away from the other one and then look straight ahead and continue jogging.. ?!

Din colectia.. lucruri utile

Am fost si eu ca totul omul, ca e trendy, WE-ul trecut la Ikea, a 4-a oara cand pun piciorul in acest hipermarket. Vroiam sa imi cumpar o lampa pentru ca in camera mea nu prea e lumina in timpul zilei si acum ca stau 2 zile pe sapt akas vreau si eu sa am impresia ca e zi afara.
Si ce mai vroiam sa imi cumpar.. ahh.. un termos ca pliculetzele de ceaiuri de mi le-am adus din Londra de revelion (ahh am fost acolo, chiar tre sa povestesc.. well, cand timp pentru asha ceva?!) nu merita irosite pe o canutza de juma de litru.
Ahh si un ghiveci mic pentru planta de am 'ciordit-o' (dar era in scara blocului si avea destule subramurele.. nu o sa se simta!!) o sapt in urma. Cum nu am gasit la Ikea un ghiveci minuscul am tras o fuga si la Bauhaus-ul de langa. Acolo peste ce dau? Peste aceasta tanti. Tanti?! Hmm..puei tanti ar trebui sa fie ca sablonul se cam potriveste. Dar pretzul?!?!?! sau numele?! 169€ Schwimmerin. Deci toti in cor: schwimmerin?!?!?!
Si deci intrebarea ce m-a izbit in momentul acela a fost: la ce..se foloseste?



Apropos a fost prima oara cand mi-am cumparat si eu ceva de acolo. Da!! Spre mirarea multora, pot sa ies din magazin si fara sa cumpar ceva. Ahh primele dati parca am mancat ceva pe acolo. Bunicica mancarea, dar obsesia mea pentru mancare sanatoasa ma impiedica sa ma entuziasmez mai mult.

Auf der Suche nach..

Wie kann man Mathematik / Informatik / Neue Medien u. Technologien ( ...3D Animation... ) mit interkulturellen Kommunikation verbinden ?

Hilfeeeeeeee..............

[later edit:
"Welche Rolle können die neuen Medien in interkultureller Kommunikation spielen?"
"Wie kann Informatik zur Entwicklung der interkulturellen Kommunikation benutzt werden?
"Intercultural communication needs a support to allow the different parties to converse. When the network expands, an organized logic ( math ) is needed"

bla bla bla.. ein Mathematiker braucht etwas Konkretes!!!]

It is said that mathematicians have the eye made for perfect shapes, aligned objects.

Dont you want to just cut the trees from the right side so that they have the same shape like the ones on the left side? Or just to push them a little bit backwards to be on the same level with the other ones on the left.

Talents Part 6

but this time, not mine:

08++

Another year is behind us. Thought a lot in the last 2 weeks of what i should be grateful for and..how. It was an intensive 2008, lots of hard times, lots of good moments (which i hv no idea why they aren't so clear in my mind.. at least clearer than the 'bad times'), lots of up and downs, lots of decisions.
But 2009 planed for me other trips, other trials to see if i can climb/have the right tools to go through the walls that will appear in front of me (seen or unseen).

To summerize the last weeks of Dec/ beginning of Jan:
- my Bday
- some parties (gossip-type)
- 3 1/2 months in Berlin
- Christmas party @job
- 1 week @home[Bukarest] on Christmas
- 1 week @London on New Year's Eve

Lots of stories..few time to tell them..

Jongling

To avoid any misunderstanding or unpleasant situation write 1st the message, then choose the person you want to sent it to.. not other way around !!!!!

Talking about insights.. (Berlin Wall)

..i found an original present for my best friend: Painted pieces of the Berlin wall in a small black frame.

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In order to remember this moment will mention a conversation i had with one of my work collegues, while 'picking up' the shapeless fragments from the wall.
He wanted to give me as a present on my bday some pieces of the wall (terrible cool!!!!). But... he was the only one who thought of it as a good idea, cause he got an answer like: 'What do u mean take some pieces from the wall?! Let's buy some.'

ahh.. buy them ?!?!?!?! :))

My music

A song that one can easily listen.. in an infinite loop:
Sad Robot - Pornophonique


Another song that i find ok, as through my veins flows a latin blood, is:
Dejame vivir - La Mari de Chambao

From a B to another B...

No, the post isn't about relationships, but about 'my towns'. Living for almost 24 years in a B city, 'passing' for 2 years through an H city ( more exactly HH ) i got to another B city. From a capital city to another. ;-)

Sei multi, sei kulti, sei Berlin!

My 1st picture since i moved here:

9th Dec. 2008, 10.30 pm, a quiet Alexander Platz.

I love this game

I went yday to a Euroleague BBL game: Alba Berlin vs. Fenerbahce Istanbul.
Great game. Great atmosphere. It was definitively worth it. 9,90€ instead of 19,90€. There was an offer @Kaiser's (siehe here), where you could have bought a coupon (i.e gutschein) and valite it in internet.

O2 Arena
Alba Berlin fans
Fenerbahce Istanbul fans + Alba Berlin team in blue / yellow.
Alba still fighting..
Alba trophies over 13 years. I got to witness the last victory (more here).
13000 people.
the ticket...
...in comparison with the ticket to an NBA game:The atmosphere here wasn't that cool. The game pretty cool but the fans are part of the success of a game. ;-)

Marktkauf => Kaiser's

Moving to another city means more than just changing the room, the building, the neighbour(s)hood, but also about changing the supermarket.
Lidl, Aldi, Plus, Penny will be everywhere. A little bit harder to find but they are always there.. when u need them. ;-)
The closest as it was in Harburg is another supermarket. The old Harburger Marktkauf is replaced by Kaiser's in Prenzlauer Berg. There is unfortunately a difference. Kaiser's is more expensive. But is the only one opened till 24, Mo-Sa.
Went there on Saturday cause I couldn’t make it to Lidl on time and neither to the other Kaiser's closer to my home & opened till 22. Bought 1l milk (3,5%, cheapest, from the fridge), cheese (white+yellow+brie), 4x125g yogurt = 5.07€ . Not more than 10 people inside. The verkäuferInnen were becoming friends with the customers. I was pretty quite. Smiled just a little. At the line I saw that the guy in front of me got some [Lindt] candies. :O:O 'Damn, it is because he knows the people or just because he got into a long and 'funny' discussion with them. Buuuuuuut.. to my surprise.. I also got a hand full of candies.
Wow.
They are so expensive they give candies for free. And not from the cheap ones..

Gaming - Stereotype for ITs?

If somebody mentions IT, Computer Science, Informatics, dsfsrevcsd[i.e any word]-Informatics immediately the connection to computer games is made in the head of the one who listens. Why? Is there something that u automatically do when u are IT-afine? More than any other person? I personally never liked to play computer games. Maybe it is also because i used to see my brother play strategic games and I found it sort of boring [sorry, don't want to hurt anybody's feelings]. Or maybe it is because I used to get beaten by my brother in games like shah, "don't get upset, brother" [i.e 'nu te supara, frate!' hehe].
During the university I used to hear all the times the students leaving in the dorms telling stories about how great one game or another one is. Never been drawn by it.
2 weeks ago it was my 1st time. ja ja. playing computer games. ;-)
A little sceptic at the begging as the other person really thought of it as a good idea to spend the eve. haha. So.. I said.. what the hell?! Let’s give it a try. Everything needs to be done at least once. ;-)
The game?! Unreal terminal tournament (here). And?! Does it sound familiar? Not to me.
It was ok. For a short while, a nice distraction. For the 1st time, same. For the last time, never say never, but I will at the moment.


PS: The conversation started with :
1:'Was willste denn heute abend machen? Ins Kino gehen? Nee, es ist zu teuer. Ahh. ich habe 'ne Idee. Zocken!'
2:'Ahh bestimmt wird sie sich freuen.' [i.e the stereotype i was mentioning]
3:'Aber es ist zu kalt draussen'
1,3:':-s :O :-? Haste wirklich verstanden?'
3:'ähhmmm..BBL spielen?!?!?!'
1,2: ':))))))))'
3:':"> Für mich ist zocken aber : bbl spielen'
Zocken heißt einfach in Umgangssprache spielen. Aber was für ein Spiel? Dasjenige Spiel, das einer am liebsten spielt. Wenn man mit einem BBL-Freak spricht, geht's für diesen um BBL. Wenn einer lieber Computerspiele spielt, dann der meint Computerspiele spielen.

Hpy Bday to me

After 'only' 2 & 1/2 months in the middle of my new working family this was my bday present from them:

5 special postcards ilustrating the cool area where i live:

a Berlin guide with a couple of insider tipps for Prenzlauer Berg, as i am always looking 4 insights

..and a bottle of wine. [i wonder when i will open it]

Rivarly in Germany & East vs. West Europeans

Many people say that München isn’t in Germ, but this might be only the rivalry speaking. What kind of rivalry? The one between the biggest/most important cities in Germany. In my opinion: the ‘battle for the trophy’ is given between München, Hamburg und Berlin. The Hamburgers say about the Berliners (and other way around) that they are hochnäsig (siehe http://dict.leo.org ;-) ) . The Norddeutscher say about the Süddeutscher (actually only about the Bavarians) that they have their own country. The Bavarians about the North Germans, that they aren’t that important, or was it something else?!

When I think of saying ‘I hope it will be like this also in Romania’ a shy smile appears on a corner of my mouth. The idea, I have to admit, is pretty nice: to have for example not only 1 economical centre of the country as it is now. Cluj (Klausenburg), Sibiu (Hermannstadt), Brashov (Kronstadt) could qualify in some years as good candidates for the job. Who knows?!

Of course there are many other things over which the Germans (')fight('), but they aren’t worth to be mentioned as they don’t differ too much from the ones found in other countries.

One more thing could be said. It's something I've noticed in the past weeks: The most East Europeans go abroad to the West Europe. The West Europeans go also West. In the ocean? neee. To America or to other places far away like Japan, Tanzania, South Africa. (A line in my ToDo list.) The East Europeans go west to study in countries like Germany, France. The germans go west to study in Nederlands or England. The English? In New York, like Sting used to say?
Am I generalizing in some way?