I am sooooo f-ing pissed right now. Would love to strangle the silly woman who got me all worked up.

Today actually started quite ok. I woke up early and managed to call the doctor to change my appointment. I had made the appointment before school started, after thinking my timetable was finalised...OH HOW FREAKING WRONG I WAS!!! My timetable looks nearly nothing like what it looked like 2 weeks ago. Anyway, I managed to change the appointment, but I might end up missing part of my Advanced Translation class.

I managed to get to Advanced Translation as well...I didn't realise I was taking my exam in May..but after thinking about it, I realised I WAS one of the people who were taking their exams soon!

Then after class, I went to Frau Schmidt to ask her if she had my Language and Society Schein...she did..and I got a 1 from Frau Lange...well, actually I already found out yesterday, when I went to look for her because of the Schein and also to ask if she'd witness the thing I filled in for Chris. I also asked Frau Schmidt if it was still possible to sign up for Horlacher's seminar and luckily, it was.

Then I went to the post office and posted the document to Chris...and bought some stamps.

Then went home to have lunch...

Then went back to uni again, for an Angewandte Linguistik seminar. You see, I have to attend an Angewandte Linguistik seminar for DaF. I couldn't go for Interne OR Externe Unternehmenskommunikation because I would've had to attend this related lecture first...which I, as a DaF, and not a Angewandte Linguistik, student, have obviously NOT attended. Anyway, I signed up for this in July and no one said anything. Bloody hell!

Anyway, there were like 4 possible seminars I could've attended during this particular double period...but since I had signed up for this seminar, I had to rearrange my timetable and put all the rest in cold storage.

So you can probably imagine why I was so f-ing pissed that after half an hour, she said I wasn't supposed to be in this course...but she would be "kind" and offer me a place in her English seminar...which I would normally have been happy to attend...except they're during Tuesday or Wednesday 2nd period...and I have Czech and Advance Translation at those times...and you know what the b**** said? "Czech is more important to you than a Hauptseminar?" Like hello...this is the first week of school already...I have a fixed timetable...does she think her class is the like the most important in the whole world or what?? Sorry man...in any case, I was nearly ready to strangle her when she said this. What a f-ing waste of time...anyway, I have ONE chance to attend another seminar during this period if I am able to sign up for it tomorrow. I hate all this signing up crap. It will be the death of me...honestly, if I don't graduate...the weird and highly varied signing up system and the timetable clashes will be the causes.

SIGH

Whoa...like of all the shit things that can happen on your final exam day, Fu Wei really got to experience one of the "best". It was an oral exam...and guess what? The prof wasn't in his office! She waited for 90 WHOLE minutes and the secretary wasn't there either..was sick or some crap. Like what the hell man??!! I feel so sorry for her. It was supposed to be her last exam and she is going to Berlin tomorrow and flying off to Scandinavia on Wednesday. I mean she has to go since everything is booked already...but man, she must be totally NOT in the mood anymore. I feel so damn sorry for her!

Well, my first day back at school was kinda weird. It was just such a looong looong summer that studying seems like it belongs in a different dimension. It felt weird to sit on a chair in school and listen to someone talk in front. I kept drifting off and not paying attention. Seems like my attention span has evaporated into thin air.

Actually, I slept in this morning...till 10am...well, I had my breakfast, then I went back to bed. After I got up again, I decided to stop wasting time and actually start working on my project. And I did...and it surprisingly didn't take very long. I almost finished everything I had planned to finish by Wednesday even before lunch.

Then, I joined Fu Wei for lunch...cos she wanted to like test out what she had studied for her exam...she made lunch too...rice with lapcheong, dried scallop and mushrooms...and green bean sago soup for dessert. I ate a lot, cos I thought I wouldn't be having dinner till 8pm.

However, after having lunch with her and hearing a lot about "Sturm und Drang", I continued to work on my project...and then when I was done, I decided to shower and then watch TV. I watched "Das Familiengericht"...which is one of the crappy courtshows I used to watch every day...I dunno...lots of people hate it...but I just can't stop watching it once I've started, because I just wanna find out what happens. And today's episode was about this 14-year old girl who ran away from home and almost killed herself. She had this huge secret to hide...but no one knew what it was! Then, they found out: she had been pregnant and after giving birth to the baby, had left it at the doorstep of a family whom she knew would take good care of the baby.

But whoa..if you think about it, it's probably really really scary to find out at 14 that you are pregnant. I certainly wouldn't know what to do...I mean whether you keep the kid or go for an abortion...it doesn't matter...as a 14-year old, how can you think these things through rationally? How can you decide what is the best way to go about dealing with an unwanted pregnancy? And the worst part was that she felt she couldn't tell her parents about it at all. I mean as an adult, it might be fine if your parents don't know...but that's cos you're old enough to make calculated decisions...but not if you're 14! Man...it must be terrible to be stuck in such a situation at 14, especially when you still go to school and live with your parent(s) and all.

Well, and cos I didn't have any homework to do while watching the show (I usually only ever watch TV when I am doing homework..unless it's football), I ended up eating more than half the can of Pringles..I detest potato chips..they always make me eat them until the whole container is gone! I did that with a can of sour cream and onion last week! *sigh*

Then I went for class...apparently there was an extremely chaotic situation for the GLC 5s...some people had to take their exams at the end of this semester and thus the teachers were sort of obliged to take them into the class. So these people had priority...and then she had to go through the regular list and add the others depending on where they were on the list. The class actually had only 24 places...and I was the 25th. So she asked me what the situation was..and I said, well, I could give my place up (everyone who gave up their place was promised a place next semester) but I would like to do it this sem because I would like to take the preliminary language exam at the end of Sommersemester 2007 because I am heading off to Singapore for 1/2 a year in Winter 2007. So she let me in...and one last person. Phew. She said she had heard many good things about me...which is not very good when it is announced to the whole class...cos some people start hating you. But I am sure it was well meant.

The next lesson was with the same teacher. It's a theatre workshop..which means: no written homework! Yay! There were like TONS of people...which was damn weird cos like when I registered, there were only like 5 people on the list. I thought I walked into the wrong room! But anyway, it was kinda fun...mostly ice breakers but we also read an exerpt from an Agatha Christie play.

Then I rushed home so that I could chat with Marcus and also cos I was a bit hungry...and despite the huge lunch and half a can of Pringles, I ate 1 Brötchen with cheese and 2 slices of ham. I am so gonna get fat this winter. Will stay away from Pringles and potato chips if possible man!

Oh dear...I am sneezing. Either it's too cold or there's too much dust in this room.

This week is actually super slack...only have 8 Doppelstunden, because the language classes (of which take up 4 DS) have not started. Still, I am looking very much forward to the weekend already.

Hello...I wish I had more photos for you...well, actually I have a lot...but I am just so annoyed with blogger for always failing to publish after I've uploaded about half a million photos...like such a freaking waste of time. :(

Anyway, I first spent a week or more feeling like crap...but it really helped when Marcus was here...did not think so much about feeling like crap...and actually felt quite happy because he always makes me laugh...even if it's kinda silly.

The weather was actually kinda bad over the past week or so...so I basically stayed at home and rotted...oh...and I worked on my project, which requires a lot of formatting and using weird authoring programmes...why oh why am I expected to know all of this? But at least the project looks sort of acceptable now...just have the hardest part left: the exercises...and honestly, there are soooo many factors to take note of...I feel like throwing in the towel...but of course I won't...Mai and I have invested way too much time and energy in this...and although there's all this formatting and authoring crap, it's actually one of the most fun ways to get a Leistungsnachweis...so I believe. I still need to continue working on this until Wednesday, when Mai and I will have another project meetings...odds are that I will have to convert the exercises to EF format for her as well...but honest, manual labour becomes me...I have no problem with that...it's the thinking and intellectual bit that drives me insane. Ok, will work on it all day tmr, until I have to go for class.

Semester starts tomorrow...I have the crappiest timetable EVER!!! *puke* Afternoon/night classes 3 days a week...I'd rather wake up at 6am to go for the 7.30am classes man! I like to have my evening to myself...do not want to run around at night during winter...it is positively freezing!! Oh the cruelty of the timetable gods!!! So many clashes and so many last minute changes...and some assholes of Lit profs who are so elitist..with all their silly Einschreiblisten...oh please...you think we are going to sit around the Institute every single day and wait for your freaking lists to be put up on the board? Einschreiblisten are not my fave thing in the world...but I can accept it if you freaking make it clear WHEN, WHERE and HOW you are supposed to register...like our faculty is on a freaking HILL...and not near the bus stop...you think what? We pop by on our way to the Mensa meh? Oh please!

Well, after getting all angry about that, I realised that having one class less this sem isn't that bad...at least I might not die from stress. And well, I guess the only way I'll survive is to look forward to the weekends, when I get to see Marcus.

We had a really nice weekend...he came over on Friday and we baked an apple cake for the Mid-Autumn celebrations that my neighbours and I were having. It looked absolutely NOTHING like the photo in the recipe book...but it tasted good. :) Mai and Phuong made Vietnamese spring rolls...and Fu Wei cooked leg of pork with vinegar and ginger. I also had a pandan mooncake which I shared with everyone...we also played with the lanterns I brought...everyone seemed happy to reminisce their childhood...Phuong said it was a really great present.

The next day, Marcus and I got up late...and had pancakes for brunch. He loves his with applesauce and I had mine with butter and honey. Then we went to the cinema and watched "Deutschland: Ein Sommermärchen" because I am such a big Germany fan...it was quite cool, getting an inside look into the workings of a football team...oh..and Klinsi and a lot of my fave players were in it...I am so going to buy the dvd...Figo and Totti were in it too! Sigh...haha...Marcus kept saying "Oh...there's the man of your dreams" and he said this like 5 times at least that day...because I like Klinsi, Bierhoff, Figo, Totti and Milan Baros and more (that I didn't tell him..haha). Only thing that annoyed me was how shaky the camera was...that, coupled with the stuffiness of the cinema (super crowded man!) made me feel like I needed to throw up.

After that, we went to Citibank, to Sparkasse, then to the supermarket to buy stuff to have for dinner and probably lunch the next day...despite me wanting to wean him off Maggi and Knorr Fix products, I couldn't resist the ..oh dear, I forgot the name...anyway, it was a tomato-based sauce which we poured over cheese and ham rolled up in pork filets. Yummy!

We had dinner and watched the friendly between Germany and Georgia. Germany won 2-0...but it wasn't a spectacular match...there wasn't any outstanding player...but I guess Joachim Löw was just experimenting with some new players...after all, it was just a friendly...and there's the EURO 2008 qualifying match against Slovakia on Wednesday...so I suppose he is saving the best players for that match.

I was so tired that I fell asleep right after that match though. We woke up quite early this morning...but stayed in bed till 10am or so...then we had breakfast, did the laundry and decided to go on a walk to the Großer Garten because the weather was absolutely gorgeous! Blue skies and everything...such a welcome change from the rain of the past few days. We sat on a bench and just talked, enjoying the pleasant weather for nearly an hour...or maybe more?...then we had Bratwurst and Apfelschorle and slowly walked back to my place.

We picked up the laundry from the basement...and then we played Ligretto and ate Pringles until he had to leave...we played Ligretto and ate Pringles on Tuesday too, also right before he had to leave...and this time, he beat me...haha...but it's ok...winning all the time is boring.

Will have to wait till Friday to see him again...sigh. Pity I can't be with him on his birthday on Tuesday...but he's going to his grandma's place. I made him bring the presents I got him back to Leipzig with him...but he says he only wants to open them on Friday, when I get there. :) Silly boy.

Ok, eyes are closing...will end here.

Me and Marcus trying to light the tealight in a paper lantern. We improvised by putting blutac unter tealights...cos got no candles...but more stable also!


Fu Wei took a photo of Marcus, me, Mai and Phuong with the lanterns I brought from Singapore...like being kids again!


The apple cake that Marcus and I baked...it turned out really nicely. Erm, in terms of taste...not in terms of appearance! Looks NOTHING like the photo in the recipe book!


Marcus and me outside Sealife Dresden...the leaves have turned colour!