März

Behind the beautiful table decoration at Martin and Christiane's wedding... my good friend Sebastian.

Congratulations to Martin and Christiane!

You two had a wonderful wedding, and will hopefully have an even better honeymoon :)

From your friends, the best wishes for your future!

Beam me up, Trinity!

Well, I guess it was a lie when I said the next drinking experience will be tonight. It was yesterday. In a cocktail bar. Betti celebrated her diploma with us. Anyway, the wedding is still today, ...

I wonder why they don't clean up their mess. I wouldn't like to see my university's campus like this...

Some more music for the city.

As promised, now some notes about the weekend:

On saturday, we took our friend Martin into town, to celebrate his last few days in freedom. He will marry on Friday.

So we made some funny T-shirts and bought small alcoholic drinks, which he had to sell to people. With the money, we bought even more alcohol. For ourselves, of course :)

That night was great fun, not only because we all got pretty much drunk. I also cannot remember being in so many bars and pubs at one evening! Now I probably know every location in downtown Braunschweig :p But I wonder if I could go there again.... hehe.

Next drinking experience will be on friday, at the wedding. Of course our girls will be there too (ok, not mine :p), so maybe it won' t end in such a headache like this.

Yesterday night, downtown Braunschweig. Sorry, I am too tired to report about the (party) night now. Maybe tomorrow. :p

In fact, it wasn't THAT bad inside :p

The weather was so great yesterday! It was crazy hot here (compared to the last days of course!). Wow, hope it stays like this. Unfortunately, I have to study at the moment...

I had to bring my dead computer power supply (The second time within a year!!) to the post office. On my way back home, I found out not to be the only one enjoying the sun: Hi Betti! Hi Christiane! :)

Till Eulenspiegel [Ger.,=owl-mirror, hence English Owlglass], a north German peasant clown of the 14th cent. who was immortalized in chapbooks describing his practical jokes on clerics and townsfolk. The first Till chapbook (c.1500) was probably in Saxon, but the story it told spread all over Europe and North Britain. Till is the hero of a tone poem by Richard Strauss and of many novels, poems, and stories. (bartleby.com)

There is a story about his stay in Braunschweig, where he found a job as baker's assistant.

After working for two days, the master baker ordered Till to bake all night on his own. When Till asked "What should I bake?", the master answered sneeringly "You are a baker's assistant, and ask what to bake? What do people usually bake? Owls and long-tailed monkeys?".

When the master woke up the next morning, he found neither rolls nor cakes. Instead, many owls and long-tailed monkeys. He got angry, said he couldn't sell these things, and ordered TIll to pay for the dough. Till paid, and left with his bakery products.

Till didn't need long time to figure out what to do with it, as it was the day before St.Nicolaus. He sold all his products in front of the church, and earned even more money than he had to pay to the baker. The people loved his extraordinary products. (bs-net.de)

Today is so-called "White Day" in Korea.

While we in Germany only know Valentine's day, Koreans have this additional day to show their love. On Valentine's day, korean girls usually give chocolate to their boyfriends. The favour is returned by the boys on White Day, in form of candy.

But just one candy is not enough for my girl, so please take the whole store!

Happy White Day, Jimin!

What would a city be without street musicians? Probably very quiet, lifeless and boring. Thanks to people like him, walking through the city gets a special flair. Wonderful. (another photo here)

From Yorick's diary:

Who doesn't like it? :-)

LOOK HERE! ... *CLICK*

Together with my friends Janosch and Sebastian, I went to the Chemnitzer Linuxtage (Chemnitz Linux Conference) at the weekend.

The trip took three and a half hours by car, but I would say it was worth it, although there were less business people and company presence than I expected. Too many freaks :-)

The most notable presentations I took part in were about the PostgreSQL open-source database system and about website security, including a live demonstration of cross-server-scripting attacks.

The organisators provided sleeping place in a sports hall, which was a good stay for a great price (5 Euro including a nice breakfast buffet).

Also notable for the weekend was our selfmade after-show party, which was prepared in advance by buying lots of beer and some potatoe chips :)

I did not really enjoy the tour back home, as I was little tired and stressed, but after all, I had two fun days with good friends.

(more photos)

Children love birds. Took this picture two days ago. The weather was nice. I enjoyed the sunshine too, although it is was not very warm outside... Summer, where are you?

No... thanks.

I find adventure everywhere,
and friends with whom I'd like to share.
This is my stop along the way.
Don't really know how long I'll stay.
Stop over. The world is my friend.
Stop over along the road without end.
Traveling around from town to town.
Sometimes I think I'll settle down.
But I know I'd hunger to be free.
Rovin' is the only life for me.
A-driftin'. The world is my friend.
I'm travelin' along the road without end.

(Littlest Hobo Song)

By the way, I could go crazy for all this lomo here and there. As a result, here is a lomolized version of the above image. It has been processed with The Gimp and the Photo:Lomo script. Another Lomo: Yesterday's road with the truck

Looks like we're comin' into town.
Seems like this train is slowin' down.
Can't help but wonder what's in store.
Could be I've been here once before.
A-driftin'. The world is my friend.
I'm travlin' along the road without end.
Ridin' these rails town to town.
Sometimes I think I'll settle down.
But I know I'd hunger to be free.
Rovin's the only life for me.
A-driftin'. The world is my friend.
I'm travlin' along the road without end.

(Littlest Hobo Song)

There's a voice that keeps on calling me.
Down the road. That's where I'll always be.
Oh, every stop I make, I make a new friend.
Can't stay for long. Just turn around, and I'm gone again.
Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down.
Until tomorrow, I'll just keep movin' on.
So, if you want to join me for awhile,
just grab your hat, and we'll travel light. That's hobo style.
Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down.
Until tomorrow, I'll just keep movin' on.
Until tomorrow, the whole world is my home.

(Littlest Hobo Song)

Found a cool site for your entertainment:

A photoalbum of a two germans' trip to Japan, with funny and ironic comments :)

Link: here

Sorry folks, it's in german only...