Friday, July 23, 2010

Jcpenney How Much For Color

IV The Odyssey Part Four -. Coitus interruptus

"The step reveals whether a person already on its course. But if his goal is close to the dance." -Friedrich Nietzsche

What this title is now? Does he find it funny or what? Primitive!

"Hardly once serious and interesting, it must immediately take everything into ridicule," think ye?

wrong, you philistines!

This fourth part is seen as a dramatic retarding element, even delaying the High points mentioned. Shortly before the resolution comes, the happy ending to the movie or, for typical tragedies, disillusioned, once all the cards are reshuffled. Obs finally a Royal Flush or just a bad beat *, we see well only at the next time

why not even read and wait rather directly on the following entry? Sure, why not? ! You can also put a hole drilled into the knee and see if yogurt comes out **

We talk about the last time ended with the actual start of my strain, namely, the central bus station in Sao Paulo, Terminal Tiete.

Just so my Gefuehlslage: anxious, nervous, uncertain and somewhat intimidated by the uncertain what awaited me directly. In other words: Just as one feels in front of his very first date. Just that no one expected me here and nothing I wanted. Except maybe my valuables.

After I got out my suitcase and I had let pass, I went directly from the external bus stops in the lion's den, where I received a rather sleepy Getummel from slow umherschlurfenden travelers. I had no idea where I would fetch more information and even if demand for the driver of my bus trip was only a very general, clue mumbled in response. Accordingly, I allowed myself to simply enter the stream of people und dachte nicht weiter nach. So muessen sich wohl BILD-Leser fuehlen!

Es war 8:45, als ich das erste Mal hoch auf eine der allgegenwaertigen Uhren schaute, die wie unerreichbare Gottheiten ueber die Passanten zu herrschen schienen und mit ihren Zeigern als Zepter vorgaben, wie viel Zeit den Sterblichen gewaehrt wuerde.

Zeitdruck? Der war gluecklicherweise nicht gegeben. Denn immerhin hatte man mir viel Spielraum gelassen. Mein Flug wuerde um kurz nach 12 gehen. Mittags? Nein, post-mitternacht natuerlich! Alles andere waere ja Ponyhof.
Wie dem auch sei, ich war morgens noch recht froh, um diese Terminplanung, da ich mir sicher war, mehrere Stunden bis zum Erreichen des Flughafens zu benoetigen.

Nachdem I had several tens of minutes to drift, I was already much calmer. I was not murdered and even had all the worldly possessions in my custody, with whom I had also arrived. The fear of fear is always the worst. Because if you fight once started, then are worrying about the present and not the future. So, as almost every animal reasonably holds for millions of years. Only the man started at some point with the crazy projects, directly covering the life and so to spiritualize one's existence rather than to enjoy it.
Since only food stalls on the ground floor and departures and stops were to be found, I went along with my 30kg suitcase finally to the first Floor.

After a short escalator ride I saw a vast battlefield of Spielhoellen, more snacks, waiting rooms and how it could be otherwise, ticket counters, lots of it. My first response was, however, jump to banheiro because I had the whole trip not only acceptable toilet can be found. Not an easy move, because unfortunately it was one of those Drehkreuzklos, for which I not only violent cough had two real, but where I was forced to heave my heavy equipment to travel over the barrier.
After I had the microbe Resort disembarked, we went to the ticket counter. Although only one spoke Portuguese, but luckily I had noticed the name of the airport, Garulhos, what things much easier. After naming the price I was just a big sham and hoped for the good in people, especially when the sales girl before me.

After successful purchase we went downhill again. Do not worry, I'm just back to the ground floor.

There I found quite quickly the corresponding pier and planted myself on one of the many seats. After nearly 40-minute waiting time and gained knowledge that almost all were black people around me and I therefore the white sheep, came the shuttle to the airport.

Just before it went off hit me but suddenly, a completely new idea into a brain that had not even occurred to me before.

HOW DO I REALLY BACK AGAIN?

Good question, because Sao Paulo is bigger on the 30 bus stations. On my Rueckreiseticket was nothing further details. The only information I had then received the purchase was, "Do you see this picture of the red bus there will look similar to your bus then in return if nothing changes?.."

This type of information handling, among other things the reason why Paraguay has been no space program, and probably soon make one either on its feet. To operate

still some damage limitation, I asked the bus driver is still fast, as this would mean for Terminal here. Back came a mumbled response I initially as hawking interpreted. Ask again, as occurred in the same statement, I realized that my Portuguese was still very useless anyway. "Tiete" is pronounced something like namely tschiáetschie . As he said also in a whole sentence, which was almost too much. He then showed me a card and then threw but clear.

came after another 30 minutes we then Garulhos on and I felt for a long time for the first time properly in civilization. Business people in suits, which have to catch their flight, chrome baths, English signs and scraps of words and simple these positive hectic atmosphere that I like it so airports. For there you always have the feeling that one soon to travel goes, can have new experiences or finally comes home.
why I had no problems with the 15 hours of temporary residence. First, I went

to McDonald's and took me there the week Burger, whose name I unfortunately omitted. The taste was memorable, however, designed well and came with a serving of creme fraiche, which I in Europe or the U.S. could never enjoy a burger. I say designed, because he obviously was as natural as Cher. In addition, this helped me buy it, the value of me to assess foreign currency a little better. So if I pay for a Fast Food Snack 4 real, then this 0.5 liter water bottle for 6 real clear usury and those half a pizza for 2 Reales a bargain. This is a nice little trick over was that I come across that way. Viva la Kaufkraftparitaet! was also me so aware that I would go at 5 every 10 minutes just real briefly in the internet cafe. As I raised my money on better for burgers.

The day went pretty unspectacular. I ate, read about it and I wondered how I had got used to my English. Somehow I did not want to speak English, making me the service staff of the airlines but constantly urgency.

checked out around 23:00 I have a right then and 70 minutes later left the airport on time and went on to the land of unlimited possibilities. The 7.5-hours Flight went fairly quickly because I really just slept, but fortunately always woke up in time to the meals and snacks.

Miami, the city of my dreams. I played briefly with the idea as it would be to leave the airport of my stops just to me to take a room and spend then the rest of the day at the beach and the night in Coconut Grove, the hip party-quarters of youth, and then my friend to ask me just to visit in Florida. Even if they would agree, perhaps, my host family would be more likely to be sad.

But I was able to miss this opportunity? You live only once ... finally

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* Bad Beat, also known as "Anna Kournikova" hand in poker, which looks strong, but still loses.
** quote George Himmer, philosopher (1950-present) is seated

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Interracial Art, African Women

If someone ...

... would have said a year ago, I would dare me yet's quilting,
I would have smooth denied.
But, I wanted to make very individual Servitten for Lucie and Siméon. They go to kindergarten in September and that they may know at once what they heard, I wanted to embroider their name on it.
had I used the gekändelt quickly with the machine, but it has some years under their belts and it is not so nice.
Have I therefore enrolled in a course to learn everything from the ground up, on, to even get an idea how to do it.

And having come out!
A cloth bag is there, no napkins, but that will be the next.
For now, times are holidays, but then it goes on.


Supportive but I wanted to have something written across the quilt in hand.
In Suhe I then found something and we have exchanged with each other.
She has chosen a S of ETS, which I stitched for her.

And as different as they are then, depending on which you pick your fabric.
links, natural linen, two-ply stitched with DMC 816
law, Mich. fabric from Zweigart, embroidered with DMC monofilament 816th

Friday, July 16, 2010

Monster Energy Fridge For Cheap

The Odyssey Part III - turning point

Who ever in the oven, grill and Hölzlein pointed
foreign lands and not be inspected, which is an ape in his Skin.

Old German proverb

begins the third part. My journey takes its course and things are rolling. However, quite different than I had imagined. Therefore serves as a denouement that part of my drama, also called the action envelope, takes the seemingly predictable unexpected twists. The deal specified
beautiful ideal world comes into contact with the brutal reality, a conflict arises and puts the unsuspecting protagonists, in this case, unfortunately, I involuntarily a hard kick in the nuts.

Why, you ask?

Let's turn the time back again shortly. What has happened so far?

to meet up with my girlfriend machte ich mich auf den langen Weg in die Vereinigten Staaten, um sie dort bei meinen frueheren Gasteltern zu treffen. Am Tag der Abreise packte ich schnell meine Koffer, wurde zum Bus-Terminal gebracht und erwartete dort mein Transportmittel. Aber wieso gerade ein Omnibus?

Zunaechst stellte sich mir die Frage, wie man denn nun am besten und vor allem am billigsten von Paraguay bis zu den Suedstaaten der USA kommt.

Meine erste Idee in Anbetracht der hohen Flugpreise war das Verwenden mehrerer gekoppelter Busreisen bis hoch nach Mexiko. Dieser Einfall erschien mir anfaenglich aeussert brilliant, da ich nebenbei auch noch fast alle lateinamerikanischen Laender durchqueren koennte und mir diese mal kurz zu Gemuete fuehren wuerde. Dann wurde mir allerdings quickly realize the downside of the whole, I would cover all Latin American countries need to pass through. A quick check on the map told me the distance:

about 7650km distance. (Note: From Oslo, Norway, to Rome in Italy, there are "only" 2000 km)

Ah yes, maybe not.

Then I wanted to take a boat and hochschippern. Unfortunately, there is not much there except cruises on offer. As Paraguay is a landlocked country, boat trips were anyway not the usual modus operandi . So it was probably just the old Stahlkraehe.

Then began a long bounty hunting for the cheapest flight. I had just something Found even if I have to spend the flight on the board toilet would.

It was clear that a flight from Asuncion, starting out of the question was, since a bus ride would be drastically reduced in one of the closest airports internationaelen the total cost. In Rio de Janeiro question and São Paulo in Brazil and Buenos Aires came in Argentina. Rio is just blazing 25 hours bus trip from Asuncion, the two other major cities around the 20th A round-Rueckfahrticket is, each about 40-50 € but very cheap. Then we went to the tariff

check the individual airlines.

$ 1300 for a flight Baires / Rio - Miami + return? Looked like this go smoothly, as I would to Sao Paulo.





After the bus ticket was bought and packed the suitcases, I finally waited at the terminal as my double-decker coach, with only 10 minutes late arrived. With such a small deviation is noticed at once that could be the service provider is not Paraguayo.
After my luggage was stowed, I sat in the reserved seat on the upper floor and put me in addition to my lunch box handle my book. I chose "World Without End" , or "The endless world" by Ken Follett , the over 1,200-page sequel to the classic "The Pillars of the Earth" .

Page 1 - While some kids go in medieval England to verhaengnisvolle tour is up to me on the bus all the beautiful places where it should be. I lean back and relax and look forward to a cozy trip I can probably mainly slept. On tour I'm going really well but, like the fictional characters in the bound masterpiece that stares me from my lap.

But there already appeared on the first failure. A middle-aged man was sitting right on the opposite side of me on the bus. Besides the two of us in the entire bus may have been only eight other people. Very little, if I compare it crowded with trip to Buenos Aires last January. Nevertheless, provided Senor said for a noise level which would have made a class competition. When not on snoring or sneezing, he dealt the next few hours so loudly to bring out something from the infernal depths of his throat. Absolutely disgusting and very disturbing. Here, such behavior is not uncommon. Knigge was, after all, no South Americans. With a bit of canned music from my MP3 player I was able to escape the cacophony, however temporarily.

Page 160 - During a young, sold as a slave and escaped farmer's daughter tries to escape her captors, we arrived about four hours after uneventful trip - the Stoerenfried was fortunately now dropped out - in Ciudad del Este. We also ran away like the fictional English girl. However, we drove only a tight schedule and connecting flights and no bloodthirsty outlaws. Speaking of which, the city is on the Brazilian and Argentine border and is therefore of key insiders said switch sets smugglers and terrorists across South America. Here, for some reason had to be cleaned from inside the bus, which took over an hour to complete. I personally give the guy with the manners de gua'u * the blame for every possible contamination. Who else can it have been? Well, 90% of the remaining population junta would certainly also in question. The persistence
there in the "city of the East" was me even though feel uncomfortable because I had heard many warnings about the high crime rate, which I confirmed this terminal loitering, shady characters only.

According happy I was when it finally went on.

While I was the breathtaking "Puente Internacional de la Amistad" , or simply the Freundschaftsbruecke, in the sunset saw that spans the river Paraná and Brazil and Paraguay as a binational handshake combines felt, I am for the first time in a long time again as an adventurer, a pioneer of the new world explored. The excitement caused a spontaneous rush of adrenalin and the prospect of the discovery of a, which is mine (!) Treasure left, my heart beat faster.

The euphoria but was quickly subdued, as if I had to fight with my first kite that I had for sure in less spectacular landscapes can meet:

bureaucracy.

At the border I had to show my passport and prove that I harbored no terrorist intentions. That was my first contact with Brazilians, since I am Portuguese hours. At that time I had but just a few weeks of classes, which my language expertise but very limited. Then it was

also soon be dark. I quickly sent another text message to my host family that so far everything went well. Prompt came the, sinngemaesse, Anwort, "Dir auch viel Glueck, du wirst es brauchen."


Seite 210 - Nach der Lektuere ueber den Kollaps der Stadtbruecke in Kingsbridge und den anschliessenden Rettungaktionen wurde mir dann im Bus sogar ein kleines Abendessen serviert, das mir in Kombination mit meinen Vorraeten auch kurzfristig den Hunger nehmen konnte. Auch war ich froh, dass sich die Brueckenbaukunst ueber die Jahrhunderte verbessert hatte.

Danach wurde ich auch langsam schlaefrig und schlief, mit meinem Ersatz-T-Shirt als Kissen, langsam zum Rhythmus der weiten Strassen Brasiliens ein.

Am naechsten Morgen wurde ich gegen 6 Uhr unsanft von den Klaengen paraguayischer Volksmusik geweckt, die ueberall aus den Lautsprechern droehnte and was accompanied visually with the television board. What I would be glad to finally be able to escape the noise.
much I've learned this year, to tolerate a certain degree: stupidity, ignorance, bad manners and burning, merciless, infested by mosquitoes heat. But the traditional music, I'll probably never get used me. For that is, in my opinion, the worst kind of sounds on this planet that is not specifically intended as a crash. After a short
Hohlraumversieglung, that plugs into his ears, was solved but the problem already.

breakfast there were none.

This Hundesoehne! Luckily I had a little food left. To read war ich aber etwas zu aufgeregt, da wir schon in der Peripherie des "Heiligen Paulus" angekommen waren. Mit einer Ausdehnung von knapp 8000 Quadratkilometern und einer Metropolregionsbevoelkerung von satten 20 Millionen eher eine der groesseren Staedte dieser Welt ist São Paulo allerdings auch unvorstellbar gross, unuebersichtlich und vor allem schmutzig. Obwohl ich Armut seit Paraguay durchaus gewohnt bin, versetzte mir der Anblick einiger favelas , oder Armenghettos, doch einen Schock, da Tausende von winzigen Behausungen ueber ganze Huegelketten an- und aufeinander gepresst werden. Es gab auch so gut wie keine Gruenflaechen zu sehen, wobei ich natuerlich auch nur einen winzigen Bruchteil passierte.

Mir wurde gesagt, an entire city with a car can traverse quite half a day or more to complete.
When we were two hours later, still not arrived at the local bus station, I doubted this assertion is not even longer. At 8:30 we finally reached after more than 21-hour trip "O Terminal Tiete" .

This was the moment I had dreaded all along the journey the most. I would somehow have to find a way from here to the airport. I had no idea how I would do that, because the Internet had not worked great. The language barrier made me put more fear. Because with English and even English is rarely far here. My Portuguese was still in its infancy.
But a very different fact I could not rest. Namely, that the general bus station one of the most dangerous places every major city, as there is for robbers, thieves and other lawbreakers, the most promising and most are also the most helpless victims.

I would be the next?



Suddenly a stop. The bus stopped for the last time the wheels. And I worried, but the breath ...


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* "de gua'u is Yopará / Guarañol, a mix of English and Guaraní, for" fake / not authentisch/pseudo- "

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Jcpenney How Much For Color Salon

The Odyssey Part II - involvement

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

to the late hour, but quite fast in Connection with the Prelude, now comes the second part, the involvement, in my little series.

Well before the start of the trip, I began the days and finally expect the hours too impatient to start. I was very upset inside. Not only because of the pleasure my girlfriend see again Janine, but also because it is the first time in about 8 months would be that I would leave the Latin American culture. That might, just for experienced tourists, sound banal. But is it in any way. Because otherwise than the common Tui-Juenger, exchange students and volunteers grow over a longer period with the help of their families, friends and work closely with school and their environment. Even if the immigrant is not always thrilled by his host country - it happens sooner or later simply.

First, I doubted a long time whether I should really go for now in the U.S.. Finally, a culture shock would be unavoidable. Given the stark discrepancy in economic development stages of Paraguay (although many households have electricity) and the USA (ascending whopping 4 trillion tons of annual Neumuellproduktion, trend), this short-term change of scenery would certainly not past me without a trace . Go
But too great was the desire, with my better half again to communicate without crutches, that is, technology can.
addition, it would certainly be an adventure.

When the big day then became a reality at last, I had still not properly registered and grabbed only mechanically my suitcase, said all once again absent goodbye and sat down with my host dad in the car, me in spite of an urgent meeting to the bus Terminal brought. Actually I had planned to take the bus. With case and backpack prallgefuelltem but more of a treat for connoisseurs. 've Made ego won before, namely when I just use my cerebrally disadvantaged, second family do exactly the left, although I at a European schedule at that time my bus to Buenos Aires would have missed.

A sad passing accounted fortunately, as Jorge, my dad * parameters, quickly had to continue. Shockingly, I had about an hour waiting for my bus, but what I left enough time to really get a few more important things I had not considered before, such as food and drink for to get the trip or to exchange money. The world speaks finally visas and no Guaraní **. Moreover, I still had
a lavish credit on my phone (about 3 €, what's sufficient for me for two weeks), but that would be forfeited upon my arrival already. Therefore, I assumed that a recharging probably would have to Renew the validity of the entire balance . But as I sat on a bench, my food was served nice to me, and thus blocked the entire seat, I was rather reluctant to get up again extra. Instead, I called presence of mind to my colleague Carlos and asked for a small monetary gift of nature, to which he referred to me then promptly bit by SMS. Yes, it's all about. The whole system would be really curious mobile times an article worth.

After the end of snacking, got really my bus and it started really. The involvement had begun and was now unstoppable. Now there was no turning back ...

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* (Please note, word game, "para" (Greek) -> "next", "as opposed to" see "paramilitaries", "paranormal", etc. + Paraguay. So my Paraguayan beside father ^ ^)

** (and a pun. Not only is Guaraní, the second official language of Paraguay, but also the local currency. why does this ambiguity, similar to the familiar Visa slogan here with the fact only to money-related statement, "The world does not speak Guaraní.")

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Homeade Advent Wreath

I.ii Odyssey - Prelude

The best education is a clever man to travel!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1746-1832)


In many languages the term "Odyssey" into a synonym for a long odyssey has become. A journey that robs all forces and often in despair, resignation and humility ends, for those who boldest is enough to deliver her.

What can bring a person to take such a burden on the? A major part of his fortune and his health at that game, just a distant, seemingly utopian goal to achieve?

The emotions that each of us has are strong. Much stronger than we suspect often as we hope and sometimes as we fear.

hatred can destroy families. Pity life can Save lives. Love can Change customer people.
feelings are the ones who often determine more than anything else our everyday lives and life planning. More than reason, more than rules and laws, more than mere physical barriers.

you are, people scrambling to make extraordinary, to break boundaries and the improbable, the unbelievable to have become a reality.

you are the fuel for random walks. Beginning with Odysseus, who gave them the name that pioneers such as Ferdinand Magellan, to today's idols such as Lance Armstrong and Nelson Mandela. Despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles, they persevered and rose above himself and wrote history.

On the same principle, albeit with much less importance for humanity, it drove me out of my safe little house here in Paraguay, in order to overcome an inner pain that my soul for many months, tortured and abused: longing!

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each volunteer, in the context of the other services are available abroad (ADiA) makes a development service to 26 vacation days. Accordingly, I had thought about using my quota as possible at once to make my travel experience to be as intensive as possible.

the reason for my trip I have however been declared as little as the destination. It is simple and yet Largest of all Importance. wanted

All this happened because I wanted to see my girlfriend! :-)

She was next to my family the most important thing I had to leave for a year in Germany. But I could hardly hold out for a Zwoelfmonat. Therefore, we recognized from the beginning to try somehow to meet in the meantime. And it was only for a few weeks.

We agreed finally to the U.S. because we both like the country very much and I have family there too, we could stay with. However, as we initially wanted to plan everything carefully, the tour moved on to Easter.

After long, tri-continental agreements were finally die Reiseroute festgesetzt und es konnte losgehen.

Ich war erleichtert, nervoes. Aber dennoch vollkommen davon ueberzeugt, dass die Reise vor lauter Aufregung schnell und einfach von statten gehen wuerde und ich bald in den Vereinigten Staaten ankommen sollte, um meinen Schatz endlich wieder in die Arme schliessen zu koennen.


Ich hatte ja keine Ahnung...

(Fortsetzung folgt)

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Wine Causes Red Stool

Ii "Odyssey" - A drama in 5 acts

Liebe Leser,

ich habe nun ein kleines Experiment von literarisch-avantgardistischer Natur mit euch vor. Das heisst, ich werde etwas voellig Neues in meinem Blog versuchen, das es bisher so noch nie gegeben hat.
Mein Vorhaben ist es, ein fuer mich sehr bedeutendes Erlebnis write. But not just in conventional prose, but in the form of a drama. Where it is more a hybrid, so is a bastard, because I intend to merge elements from two different literary genres into one. Maybe I'll even throw in a little poetry with the cauldron.

However, the whole thing will be an anarchic opus. Because no way I'm going to stick to strict forms of conventional gasoline or observe conventions. This is not a German paper. It is nothing less than a declaration of war to journalistic standards and regulation, a rebellious manifesto, so to speak, which intends to bring the comfort of literary inertia's palace to collapse. A slap in the face to all the conformists of the German Language-culture!

There were a number of occasions this type of work, which knows no borders, while at times seeming Extraordinary reached. This is great from all well Goethe's Faust, which is one certainty at the most brilliant documents in human history ever devised.
And I dare to call this crown German art of writing in the same breath with my own scrawl?

Absolutely. For what would be a better guide and teacher? Just this link that I start here and now for the first time in my life, inspired me incredible. This leads ultimately to the fact that you, dear reader, a little less boring text before you have, if I may dare to hope.

big words, for true. But what exactly is behind it?

When I was a friend of the theater and the ancient world have always, it seemed to mind a classic drama of a Greek Theaterstuecks choose model as a basis for my project. Without wanting to digress
far will, I will explain the five divisions according to G. Freytag short, I will focus on the rough.

The drama consists of: first

Exposure (Introduction)
second Involvement
third Peripetie (complication)
4th Retarding torque (delaying the peak)
5th Dénouement (solution)

It should be away from me now elaborate on each item. Every act I will paying particular attention when the time comes.


Now only briefly to exposure. This is the part where the basic W questions, so who are-what-where-when-answer why. I called it incorrectly, "Prelude," which is actually an opening of music pieces. I found the name simply cool and yelled 90% of the readers probably either not known or noticed anyway, including me. This already starts the rebellion ...


with that in mind,

much fun this experiment. I know any more than you know what we can expect in the course of this drama. Whether or
tragedy Comedy is also still open. ;-)


all the best, your January