Mit Strom-, Gas-Idealo und Rostock ins Weihnachten rein

Monate sind vorbei und viel ist inzwischen passiert. Zeit drüber zu schreiben findet man kaum.

Ein meiner Lieblingsthemen ist Städtereisen. Und so geht es in diesem Post um Rostock. Es wird nicht viel erzählt weil die Zeit das nicht erlaubt, aber einiges wird's erwähnt.
Eine sehr schöne Stadt. Es lohnt sich auf jeden Fall hinzufahren..im Sommer würde ich sagen, weil man dann die Chance hat, sich in die Wässer der Ostsee zu baden. Man braucht nur 20 min im Auto bis zu Warnemünde, einem Ortteil Rostocks.

Für einen kürzeren o längeren Urlaub könnte man zB im Hotel Citymaxx übernachten, das nicht weit vom Rostocks Zentrum liegt.

Und nachdem man überzeugt ist, dass Rostock eine echt gemütliche Stadt ist, kann man sich auch überlegen, ob man da für eine längere Periode wohnen will.
Bevor man diese Entscheidung trifft, muss man sich auf gas.idealo.de die Gaspreise in Rostock und Umgebung anschauen und checken ob der Gaspreis günstiger in Rostock oder Warnemünde ist als da wo man zurzeit wohnt.
Wie das folgende Foto zeigt, werben die Stadtwerke Rostock mit Ostsee-Strom, Fernwärme, Erdgas.


Hier sind zwei Links die man noch dafür verwenden kann: Gasanbieter in Rostock und für diejenigen, die keine Wohnung direkt in Rostock sondern in Schwerin finden, kann man vielleicht die Gasanbieterin Schwerin vergleichen.

Der Titel dieses Posts ist "Mit Strom-, Gas-Idealo und Rostock ins Weihnachten rein". Über Rostock wurde einiges geschrieben.
Was hat aber Weihnachten mit einem Strom- und Gaspreisvergleich zu tun? Das Team vom Strom.idealo.de, bzw. Gas.idealo.de hat sich was Schönes zum Weihnachten überlegt und zwar ein Spiel, wo man einige coole Sachen gewinnen kann. Darunter eine Spielkonsole oder ein iPod. Die Vorraussetzung besteht drauf, einen Beitrag auf einem eigenen Blog über strom.idealo.de und deren Weihnachtsidee zu verfassen.

Falls man doch kein Strom.Idealo Weihnachtsgeschenk gewinnt, kann man unter Idealo die Preise für diese Produkte vergleichen und vielleicht lohnt es sich, eins davon selber zu kaufen.

Internship Report & Projekt Work

A very stressy period. No motivation to write, to jogg, to sleep.
But in 3 weeks everything should be over.

Part of the tasks needed to be done in this period was to write the internship report. And I did iiiiiiiiiiiiit. Felt pretty good about it. Could have write more. :d
Tomorrow will pick up my certificate from the company and submit it together with the report on monday to my uni.

This internship report represented 'just' a break from the project I am currently doing. Now back to writing it. I need to submit tomorrow a draft. Buuuuuut.. apparently I have some problems in matching the content to the structure.

Ahh. The projekt work is about developing visualizations and interactive learning elements for the introductory course to mathematics at an academical level.

My (new) album

I went through my friends' blogs to see if they also don't have time like me to write and ran into a post Mtx wrote sometime in March.

And this is my result:



Very cool.

PS: I've just noticed i took instead of the last random quotation the first one. I stick to my 'mistake' coz i think it suits better. The last one would have been '[..]"thank you," that would suffice.' Or am i wrong?

Wen

Wen?!
Wen interessiert's?
Wen interessiert's was?!
Alles!
Was Alles?!
Das ich kurz davor bin, alles aufzugeben.
Ach was. Das war es?!

The 7 wonders of the world

I ran into this article The Retezat National Park so i decided to see what it is about.

There is a competition going on at the moment organized by the 7 Wonders Foundation for the 7 wonders of the world. The competition has reached its 2nd phase. People are invited to vote their favourite in order for it to reach one of the 77 places reserved for the semifinal.
In order to give the vote to ur favourite(s) u need to give 7 - (nr of favourites) other votes. One can follow the live ranking here.

The campaign conducted by the Romanian people is thought not to have enough power to keep the Romanian treasure among the nominees.

And my votes go to....
1. Retezat National Park ROMANIA - Group E: Forests, National Parks, Natural Reserves


2. The Richat Structure (MAURITANIA) - Group A: Landscapes, Ice formations.

The other contestants were:
Al-hasa Oasis SAUDI ARABIA
Vatnajokull Glacier ICELAND
Ein Gedi Oasis ISRAEL
Aletsch Glacier SWITZERLAND
The Macina MALI

3. Mud Volcanoes AZERBAIJAN also in Romania - Group C: Mountains, Volcanoes [A tough decision]

The other contestants were:
Mount Karthala COMOROS
Mount Everest CHINA/ NEPAL
Mount Fuji JAPAN
Vesuvius Volcano ITALY
Yasur Volcano VANUATU
Baekdu Mountain CHINA/ KOREA (NORTH)
Mount Roraima BRAZIL/ GUYANA/ VENEZUELA

4. Sumidero Canyon MEXICO - Group D: Caves, Rock formations, Valleys

The other contestants were:
Jeita Grotto LEBANON
Belogradchik Rocks BULGARIA
Eisriesenwelt Cave AUSTRIA
Vrelo Cave MACEDONIA (FYROM)

5. Angel Falls VENEZUELA - Group F: Lakes, Rivers, Watterfalls

The other contestants were:
Lake Titicaca BOLIVIA/ PERU
Iguazu Falls ARGENTINA/ BRAZIL
Dead Sea Lake ISRAEL/ JORDAN/ PALESTINE
Pangong Lake CHINA/ INDIA
Ganga Talao or Grand Bassin MAURITIUS
Plitvice Lakes CROATIA
Laguna Colorada BOLIVIA

6. Great Barrier Reef (AUSTRALIA/ PAPUA NEW GUINEA) - Group G: Seascape

The other contestants were:
Conchi ARUBA
Milford Sound Fiord NEW ZEALAND
Cliffs of Moher IRELAND
Beveridge Reef NIUE

7. Cocos Island (COSTA RICA) - Group B: Islands

The other contestants were:
Galapagos Islands ECUADOR
Orona Atoll KIRIBATI
Tierra del Fuego, Archipelago ARGENTINA/ CHILE


The big number of nominees and the fact that u've visited maybe 3% of the places listed there and heard about 50-60% (maybe 30%, maybe 80%) confirm ur believe that life is short!

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.

--
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?