Saturday, April 24, 2010

24/04/2010 - Om sai ram.....

Lord, give me the condition to change the things I can change. And give me the
power to accept what I cannot change.

O Lord, hear my pray! And maybe give Anna a wounderful chance faaaaaar away from me!

Today, it was too much. I mean, I am living together with the unsocial person in the world: Anna.

I have no clue, how she does that, or how she found out about my deepest unlikes, but she serves all of them. Everything I hate, she does. You want to have examples? (Ok, keep in mind, we are living in 1 (one) room. You have seen pictures of the room and her in February):

  1. drying hair at half past one in the night
  2. having sexy time with her BF, while I try to do my research 20 cm next to.
  3. Loud, intensive and continous scratching
  4. Ignoring her alarmclock at 5 in the morning, than using snooze again and again
  5. After that turning all lights and the waterboiler on at 6 in the morning
  6. Plugging off the internet for steaming her bitchy clothes, whyle I am uploading my work results
  7. Listening very loud russian techno music without earplugs
  8. Wining speaking too much
  9. Ocupying the fredge with cannes and other unuseful stuff, so that I cannot put mine in.
  10. Leaving things in the fredge until they are bad and than ignore them... others will take them out...
  11. and so on and so on

Some days ago, she was complaining, that I was skyping at 21:00 with my friend to organize our Thailand trip... Just for memory, in Thailand, there are at the moment some political problems, so an intensice planning is required. I tryed to expalin her, that this is necessary and she can go to the learning room.

This morning, (after a loud night) she was phoning at 6:00 with her loud wining hysterical polish voice. (why do have polish girls to speak that much? and that fast? and with this hysteric voice?) I tryed to explain her, that as my skyping was disturbung her, her morning phonecalls are disturbiung my sleep. Her answer: "she do not care".. I could go somewhere else. Well, logical is this right. But unfortunatly, my bed is in that room and it is higly difficult to put the bed somewhere else, only because the "nice lady" want this...

AAAAAAAARG! It is interesting. I mean, maybe I am too long in Poland. Maybe not. I just want to get out... The sad thing: I really loved Warsaw. I enjoyed every second in this city, until this stay. It is interesting, how a single person can destroy all positive feeling s and the reputation a country and his citiziens have had in my mind. I always try to say to ma, her is a single case... But the situation holds on already for too long.

OM SAI RAM - I want to put my energy on more positive things. OM SAI RAM - I want to put my energy in more constuctive things. OM SAI RAM - I want to put my energy in more important things. ... Hope it helps.

Friday, April 16, 2010

16/04/2010 - Flights are booked!

Warsaw makes me sick... have to escape. So, I took my credit card and booked new flights:
Bangkok, Phuket, Penang, than in the jungle, than Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore where I meet 5000 other JC's! Wooooooow!
After that China and lets see!

10/04/2010 the president is dead... Poland goes crazy

Today the polish president died. He has had an crash with his airplane. With him 96 other high politicans and artist from poland as well as the first lady died.
Later I will comment on that... But now, I have to be pc and silent.

But so far: Poland is sad. Prohibition this week, no clubs, no alcohol. Everyone is in the street and crying.

06/04/2010 Back in Riga

Comming back to Riga with the bus was strange... I never arrived in Riga per bus and I have never been here in an other time than winter... Everything looks different. And also my friends do not have time for me, or are travelling somewhere else in the world... So: different weather, different city, different time, different people... strange...
But soon I found my "know places" and it was a great trip. 3 days shot cafe, skybar, Lody and hanging around. We have had some killer nights and finaly, after this trip, I got new friends. Finaly. And luckily. Life with friends is better than without.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Crazy people in Finland

To keep it short: Finland is cold, snowy and expansive.
Might this influence the culture of those skandinavian people? For me boring German, they are absolutly crazy, metalheads, wearing heads and karo-shirts in the discoteques, are full sleve tattooed and sing karaokee with big emotions. (yes the headbangers). And in all of those discrepansies and internal role conflicts, there are tall and friendly. And have no problem with a "internal role conflict".... For them, being individualistic, tattooed and bike and rock club member but totally polite and well educated is normal.
Crazy. And cool.

Friday, April 2, 2010

02/04/2010 - Hello Finland!

So. I was not creative for the last days, but... how to say? I was busy. Busy with writing some essays, busy with partying, busy with visiting friends and busy with traveling. I was in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Cologne, visiting some friends, doing some studies and trainings, going out, going out and going out. Therefore, I recognised, the real costs in going out are not the drinks or entrance fees, the most expansive ones are the hidden costs. So the costs for the beauty trade party in Düsseldorf: Entrancefee: none. Drinks: moderate (but the companies and hosts were very generous, so, who cares?). Overnight stay: Friends =free. Some costs for clothers, hairdresser, makeup and tanning, that's all.... maybe a taxi, but than the bill should be closed. HA! Excactly my though. But I am sooo wrong: I do not know, how this happened, but it happened: This party was one of the most expansives I have ever been: Next to the normal costs, I lost my jewels (neckless AND earrings), my shoes (!?!?! HOW?!?!? and WHERE?!?!) and my blouse (???). and it was no "wild party" .. no "afterparty" or elsewhat. So far, the blouse is found (= was at friends), the jewels too (are now at the other end of the republic with one of those beauty manager guys... wtf?!!? and will I ever get it back?!?!) but my shoes are still lost. And no idea where. And until now, I have still no idea how I lost them.
So, I received an other "to do" on my list: buying new black ankleboots. Sounds easy, but it is difficult. And important. Important, because without fitting shoes, I cannot wear this cool black jeans and the cool black lether leggins (for remote friends: I lost 10 kg. Now with size 38 it looks awesome). And difficult? Well, according to the fashion calendar, it is summer. Everywhere are sandals offered, the snow outside is just ignored! HELP! - Finaly, I found none shoes, but I bought some "fancy socks" for my sandals. Maybe it will look somehow... maybe not. I would not take a bet on the first choice... But I am sure, I will be sick soon.
Well, after that I went back to France, (lovely Alsace), met one of my oldest friends, walked 20 kilometers in a day, because I forgot my laptop (hello Alsheimer), done my appointments adn treatments, updated my family and sprinted back to the airport to my plane to Riga, to catch my connection flight to Finland. Also here, I have had some problems, by finding out, that the nice "OPODO" operater was booking my ticket WITHOUT any luggage and without informing me about that. So, I could take just 1 single hand luggage with me, not more than 8kg and for sure without any dangerous liquits like make up or toothpaste. Guess when I found this out? Right! 2h before the take off. So, I rearranged my stuff and hoped my lovely brother will take some of those "very important things" with him to Helsinki. With my "1-piece-handluggage" my laptopbag and my purse I passed the german security controls and flow to riga. On the way, there was no food, and I was suffering. Even in the transferflight zone, there was no restaurant, only coffeeshops. So, the nice lady from the information desk sent me out to the restaurants. ... I have had enought time, so no problem. grapping a salad and going back to the security check in.
But Latvian and German officers are not the same.
This nice lady saw imedaly that I have 3 bags and not one. And that all together are more heavy than 8kg. So, she won't me to pass. I was shocked and angry about this stupid salat in the same time. Why I have to be that hungry? A small diat would have safed my day. Now she wants me to go back and check my luggage in, which are extra costs and extra time, because the plane is leaving in 20 minuts. Grrrrrr. As I learned in my smart self management seminar (was on monday and tuesday this week, so the lessons are still present) there are two ways: offensive attac or defensive escape. I took my 3 step plan:
  1. do not get emotional, take a time out
  2. analyse objective the situation: is it adequate to react like that?
  3. react.

After my fast analyses, I was very sure, it is ok to react like that, if my flight is leaving without me, and my brother and friends are in Helsinki without me (having fun). So, it was the time for biiiiiiiiiig drama. The lady was unimpressed (welcome to central europe, here is enought drama for all of us) but, I guess the other officer (male) got soon a headage, so he demand me to put some bags together and pass the security check. Puh... done. And: never ever salad in the airport! It can be too expansive (hidden costs).

Some hours later, I arrived in Helsinki Airport Vaanaa. It was easy to find a bus for some euros to the city center. At the trainstation, I took a taxi, which charged 14 EUR for 600 meters. WOW - welcome to the real world. In the hostel, I found some fanta for my duty free vodka, I found my bed, I found internet, but I did not found my friends.... I found their luggage. I found their beds. But where are they? And why are they not answering the cellphone? ....