Montag fliege ich also nach Tokyo. Seit meinem Auslandsaufenthalt sind fast 4 Jahre vergangen und ich bin sehr nervös. Freude empfinde ich nach wie vor noch nicht. Ehrlich gesagt, nagt mich im Hinterkopf ein kleines Gefühle, dass es doch gerade eben erst war, als ich in einen Flieger stieg, um von dort weg zu kommen. Aber es waren 4 lange Jahre.
Die Vorbereitungen laufen schleppend ... jedes Jahr mache ich mir mindestens einen Monat vorher eine Liste, was alles noch gemacht werden muss. Und jedes Jahr warte ich bis 3 Tage vor Abflug, um mich darum zu kümmern. Ich werd auch nicht klüger.
Momentan bin ich dabei, alles an Technik aufzuladen, was aufgeladen werden muss ... das dauert eine ganze Weile. Ich lerne noch schnell ein neues Dance Cover, dass ich dann vor Ort aufnehmen kann. Ich muss alles mögliche an Makeup und Cremes kaufen, weil kurioserweise in jedem Tübchen zu Hause nur noch ein kümmerlicher Rest ist. Ich musste dringend noch ein paar kurze Hosen kaufen, was bei meiner barocken Figur eher Folter ist. Mein Zimmer musste auf Vordermann bringen, jedes Mal ein Abenteuer. Und ja, einen Großteil dieser Sachen hab ich alles heute gemacht, 3 Tage vor Abflug.
Die Freude kommt hoffentlich im Flieger ...
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Friday, July 27, 2012
Monday, August 1, 2011
Sign of Life
Hey everybody, thanks to the free Holiday Inn Wi-Fi, I can write this entry. Half of my Florida travel is already over, time is passing so fast! When I realized, I had only a week left, I was quite shocked since I feel I haven't seen enough or didn't spent enough time. I only have two nights for every city, it's not enough. I guess a three weeks trip would have been better, but who could afford it? Not me.
First, we arrived at Orlando but we weren't going to stay there. Orlando is the big finale of this trip.
So we got our car (strangely we could pick whatever car we wanted) and drove to Cocoa Beach, which is really small but it was cute. Our stay there wasn't about Cocoa or Beaches, it was all about Kennedy Space Center, which is (believe it or not) very interesting!
Don't wonder about the dots! My mom is hidden underneath. :)
You can learn all about space travel and astronauts. They also have an Imax theater (watched Hubble 3D, which was AMAZING!) and a simulator, where you can feel a shuttle start. It was great, but I think my faced formed into something new...
So, the next day, we finally got to MIAMI! Hate me ... I didn't like it very much. Maybe because I had no chance to party or meet Will Smith and stuff...
But there were a few cool things. They have this great Art Deco district in Miami Beach and a great Renaissance like villa nearby. I'll tell you about it later.
So, in Miami I went to indulge my passion. The guide book told a lot about eating fresh fish and mentioned two sushi bars, so I stopped by.
Well, what can I say. It was good, but I had better. Especially since they tried to poison me by serving shrimp shumai instead of pork, that I ordered.
They also had this cute shop:
Guys, it's Christmas decoration. It was called "Christmas in Miami" and they offer tons of this stuff. Can you believe it?
So yesterday I left Key West, which was AWESOME! I'll about it later... just check this pic and you know, I loved it.
I don't know if I'll be able to post again during this trip. Tomorrow I'll see the Everglades, then 3 other cities and thel ast 4 days Orlando. It's so stressing.
See you!
First, we arrived at Orlando but we weren't going to stay there. Orlando is the big finale of this trip.
So we got our car (strangely we could pick whatever car we wanted) and drove to Cocoa Beach, which is really small but it was cute. Our stay there wasn't about Cocoa or Beaches, it was all about Kennedy Space Center, which is (believe it or not) very interesting!
Don't wonder about the dots! My mom is hidden underneath. :)
You can learn all about space travel and astronauts. They also have an Imax theater (watched Hubble 3D, which was AMAZING!) and a simulator, where you can feel a shuttle start. It was great, but I think my faced formed into something new...
But there were a few cool things. They have this great Art Deco district in Miami Beach and a great Renaissance like villa nearby. I'll tell you about it later.
So, in Miami I went to indulge my passion. The guide book told a lot about eating fresh fish and mentioned two sushi bars, so I stopped by.
Well, what can I say. It was good, but I had better. Especially since they tried to poison me by serving shrimp shumai instead of pork, that I ordered.
They also had this cute shop:
Guys, it's Christmas decoration. It was called "Christmas in Miami" and they offer tons of this stuff. Can you believe it?
So yesterday I left Key West, which was AWESOME! I'll about it later... just check this pic and you know, I loved it.
I don't know if I'll be able to post again during this trip. Tomorrow I'll see the Everglades, then 3 other cities and thel ast 4 days Orlando. It's so stressing.
See you!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Florida and Doll Princess Shooting
So, "thanks" to an a**, that demolished my car, I need to wait for the police and can spend my surprisingly won freetime with blogging.
So what have I been up to?
Tuesday, I'll be flying to Florida (my first time in the states, I'm so nervous!) an try to relax and not to think about anthing or anybody. I love my friends, my work, my group ... but I need a break. I think, they understand, I'm tired.
I gotta think of a lot of stuff to take with me... or better, what not to take. I'm FINALLY visiting a country, were I am not to tall or voluptuous for the boutiques and I'm making use of it! So I'm going with a half empty case to fill it there. Already got permition from home. Haha!
Anyone knows good clothing stores in Florida??
I also worked for Subarashi.de.
I had a foto shooting:
And taped the first makeup tutorial:
It's a very aristocrat look, but you can't see it on the picture. I have to work hard to edit the video, where I'm putting this makeup on, so you can see, what it's about...
I've also made a new dance ... it's a Para Para ... I don't like most of them, but this song was just way to cool, I had to dance it! I've tried to go for gyaru style, but it was a big fail ... I look old! Dark hair is just not for me...
So what have I been up to?
Tuesday, I'll be flying to Florida (my first time in the states, I'm so nervous!) an try to relax and not to think about anthing or anybody. I love my friends, my work, my group ... but I need a break. I think, they understand, I'm tired.
I gotta think of a lot of stuff to take with me... or better, what not to take. I'm FINALLY visiting a country, were I am not to tall or voluptuous for the boutiques and I'm making use of it! So I'm going with a half empty case to fill it there. Already got permition from home. Haha!
Anyone knows good clothing stores in Florida??
I also worked for Subarashi.de.
I had a foto shooting:
Haha, I'm a doll!
Missing the second shoe...
...and searching for it.
He knows where it is!
Finally, I found it!
And taped the first makeup tutorial:
It's a very aristocrat look, but you can't see it on the picture. I have to work hard to edit the video, where I'm putting this makeup on, so you can see, what it's about...
I've also made a new dance ... it's a Para Para ... I don't like most of them, but this song was just way to cool, I had to dance it! I've tried to go for gyaru style, but it was a big fail ... I look old! Dark hair is just not for me...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Novels for Daydreamers
Now that summer is there it always brings some time called "vacation." Lots of people spend it in on the beach in exotic countries, climbing in the mountains, on a ranch or city cruising and that's fine with me cause I've done lots of things and seen even more countries. And I'm loving every second of it. But I also understand that sometimes you can't or don't want to travel and rather stay home. That's fine with me, too.
For those, who spend their summer at their balcony, I now introduce some great books, that will abduct you to far far away places ... depending on where you live of course.
It's a list of ten and I know for sure, there are tons and tons more books about exotic places, but I either don't think about them know or I've never read them. So if you want to share your favourtie daydreamer novels, please write a comment. :)
1. Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat, Pray, Love (Titel bleibt auf deutsch derselbe)
Thanks to Julia Roberts and several other celebrity ladies this book is well-known around the world. It's way more than esoteric sludge, it's all about pleasure. The author, who actually experienced what she's writing about, takes you to Italy, India and Indonesia. After you've read this book, you want nothing more but to hit the road.
2. Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice im Wunderland)
I know lots of people, who actually have no idea that there was a book before there was a Disney movie. That saddens me. This book takes you to the most exotic place, that exists ... your dreams. It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures.
Often refered to as a children's book, this novel is perfect for grown-ups as well. With so much fantasy and surreal figures, time flies by. Everybody knows things like the crazy tea party, the eat-me cookies, the cheshire cat or the cricket game and this book will add a lot more to the list.
3. Dan Brown - Angels & Demons (Illuminati)
You wonder, why it's on this list? Well, I know this novel is not the most ... exotic. But it's very adventurous and while Robert Langdon is following the old path of Illuminati, you get to know Rome and the Vatican of a great perspective and writes about things, that you've never thought of. Of course it's not the most realistic, but who cares? I don't!
The plot follows Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, as he tries to stop the Illuminati, a legendary secret society, from destroying Vatican City with the newly discovered power of antimatter.
For a great perspective of France, try "The Da Vinci Code."
4. Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island (Die Schatzinsel)
I love pirate stories. I'm not sure why, but I guess it has something to do with freedom, discovering new places, seeing the world ... and of course treasuries. Again, this was ought to be a children's novel but it reached grown-ups as well. The young boy Jim Hawkins gets hold of a treasure map, goes on a ship to find it, reaches an island and in the end has to fight for the treasure and his life.
This novel influenced most of the other pirate stories, thanks to treasure maps with an X, peg legs, the Black Spot, tropical islands and of course parrots on the shoulder.
5. Arthur Golden - Memoirs of a Geisha (Die Geisha)
The novel tells the fictional story of a geisha working in Kyoto, Japan, before and after World War II. It's a touching book, that tells the story of Sayuri, who is based on the character of Mineko Iwasaki, the probably most famous Geisha of all times. By the way, because she wasn't happy with Golden's book, she wrote her own biography: "Geisha of Gion."
6. Jules Verne - Around the World in Eighty Days (Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen)
I wasn't sure which of Jules Verne's novels I should pick, because they all have the spirit of adventure in common. But since this one has lots of different countries in it to dream about, I picked this.
In the story, Phileas Fogg and his valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (equal to £1,324,289 today) set by his friends at the Reform Club.
The book was made into films several times, the most recent (and weirdest) is the one with Jackie Chan.
There were lots of lots of people, who broke the record. The first one in 1889 with 72 days.
7. Helen Fielding - Cause Celeb (Hummer zum Dinner)
Helen Fielding is best known for Bridget Jones and as much as we love her and the neverending fight against the kilos, the books aren't very daydreamy. What most people don't know, Helen Fielding wrote two other books: Olivia Joules in 2003 (which is kinda weird) and Cause Celeb in 1994 - her first novel. In this very first book of hers, her style is very different from the easy going, chatty Bridget Style. It's a lot more mature.
It's about a few years in the life of Rosie Richardson, who decides to go to Africa after she breaks up with her boyfriend, Oliver Marchant, a TV presenter. But after four years working in Nambula, a fictional country in Northern Africa, there's a famine coming and Rosie turns back to Oliver and his famous friends to get the food they desperately need.
8. Sir Arthus Conan Doyle(yes, the guy from Sherlock Holmes)- The Lost World (Die vergessene Welt)
This novel is about an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive.
I really like the descriptions of flora and fauna and the idea, that there will always be secrets in this world. What I don't like is the way the characters speak about savages and all that. But I guess it's a novel, that was published during 1912, when it was usual...
9. Laura Restrepo - The Dark Bride (Die dunkle Braut)
I'm quite sure, most of you don't know this book. I don't know for sure, but I guess it has never been a best seller. Maybe I'm wrong.
A journalist investigates a small Colombian town populated by mainly “oil riggers and the prostitutes who service them.” The journalist interviews some of the townspeople of Tora to learn about Sayonara, a well-known prostitute who is the daughter of a white man and a Guahibo Indian woman. She is in charge of La Catunga, the place where employees of the Tropical Oil Company “visit” prostitutes. Sayonara falls in love with two workers—Sacramento, whom she loves only as a brother, and Payanes as a lover. However, Payanes is married and Sacramento wants to save Sayonara from prostitution
This is the gentle and life-affirming story about love, jealousy, poverty, justice and hope.
10. Karl May - like... everything (ja ... alles eben :) )
I was really trying to find the book, that fits best in this topic, but every single one of Karl May's stories is a piece of wonder. He wrote about countries, that he had never seen, thought of wild adventures and traveled the world. His best known works may be Winnetou and Old Shatterhand, but he also wrote a lot of different novels, set in the Middle east and the Orient, China and South America. You should really read one of his books if you haven't yet.
Well, that's my short list, I hope you enjoyed it!
For those, who spend their summer at their balcony, I now introduce some great books, that will abduct you to far far away places ... depending on where you live of course.
It's a list of ten and I know for sure, there are tons and tons more books about exotic places, but I either don't think about them know or I've never read them. So if you want to share your favourtie daydreamer novels, please write a comment. :)
1. Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat, Pray, Love (Titel bleibt auf deutsch derselbe)
Thanks to Julia Roberts and several other celebrity ladies this book is well-known around the world. It's way more than esoteric sludge, it's all about pleasure. The author, who actually experienced what she's writing about, takes you to Italy, India and Indonesia. After you've read this book, you want nothing more but to hit the road.
2. Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice im Wunderland)
I know lots of people, who actually have no idea that there was a book before there was a Disney movie. That saddens me. This book takes you to the most exotic place, that exists ... your dreams. It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures.
Often refered to as a children's book, this novel is perfect for grown-ups as well. With so much fantasy and surreal figures, time flies by. Everybody knows things like the crazy tea party, the eat-me cookies, the cheshire cat or the cricket game and this book will add a lot more to the list.
3. Dan Brown - Angels & Demons (Illuminati)
You wonder, why it's on this list? Well, I know this novel is not the most ... exotic. But it's very adventurous and while Robert Langdon is following the old path of Illuminati, you get to know Rome and the Vatican of a great perspective and writes about things, that you've never thought of. Of course it's not the most realistic, but who cares? I don't!
The plot follows Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, as he tries to stop the Illuminati, a legendary secret society, from destroying Vatican City with the newly discovered power of antimatter.
For a great perspective of France, try "The Da Vinci Code."
4. Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island (Die Schatzinsel)
I love pirate stories. I'm not sure why, but I guess it has something to do with freedom, discovering new places, seeing the world ... and of course treasuries. Again, this was ought to be a children's novel but it reached grown-ups as well. The young boy Jim Hawkins gets hold of a treasure map, goes on a ship to find it, reaches an island and in the end has to fight for the treasure and his life.
This novel influenced most of the other pirate stories, thanks to treasure maps with an X, peg legs, the Black Spot, tropical islands and of course parrots on the shoulder.
5. Arthur Golden - Memoirs of a Geisha (Die Geisha)
The novel tells the fictional story of a geisha working in Kyoto, Japan, before and after World War II. It's a touching book, that tells the story of Sayuri, who is based on the character of Mineko Iwasaki, the probably most famous Geisha of all times. By the way, because she wasn't happy with Golden's book, she wrote her own biography: "Geisha of Gion."
6. Jules Verne - Around the World in Eighty Days (Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen)
I wasn't sure which of Jules Verne's novels I should pick, because they all have the spirit of adventure in common. But since this one has lots of different countries in it to dream about, I picked this.
In the story, Phileas Fogg and his valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (equal to £1,324,289 today) set by his friends at the Reform Club.
The book was made into films several times, the most recent (and weirdest) is the one with Jackie Chan.
There were lots of lots of people, who broke the record. The first one in 1889 with 72 days.
7. Helen Fielding - Cause Celeb (Hummer zum Dinner)
Helen Fielding is best known for Bridget Jones and as much as we love her and the neverending fight against the kilos, the books aren't very daydreamy. What most people don't know, Helen Fielding wrote two other books: Olivia Joules in 2003 (which is kinda weird) and Cause Celeb in 1994 - her first novel. In this very first book of hers, her style is very different from the easy going, chatty Bridget Style. It's a lot more mature.
It's about a few years in the life of Rosie Richardson, who decides to go to Africa after she breaks up with her boyfriend, Oliver Marchant, a TV presenter. But after four years working in Nambula, a fictional country in Northern Africa, there's a famine coming and Rosie turns back to Oliver and his famous friends to get the food they desperately need.
8. Sir Arthus Conan Doyle(yes, the guy from Sherlock Holmes)- The Lost World (Die vergessene Welt)
This novel is about an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive.
I really like the descriptions of flora and fauna and the idea, that there will always be secrets in this world. What I don't like is the way the characters speak about savages and all that. But I guess it's a novel, that was published during 1912, when it was usual...
9. Laura Restrepo - The Dark Bride (Die dunkle Braut)
I'm quite sure, most of you don't know this book. I don't know for sure, but I guess it has never been a best seller. Maybe I'm wrong.
A journalist investigates a small Colombian town populated by mainly “oil riggers and the prostitutes who service them.” The journalist interviews some of the townspeople of Tora to learn about Sayonara, a well-known prostitute who is the daughter of a white man and a Guahibo Indian woman. She is in charge of La Catunga, the place where employees of the Tropical Oil Company “visit” prostitutes. Sayonara falls in love with two workers—Sacramento, whom she loves only as a brother, and Payanes as a lover. However, Payanes is married and Sacramento wants to save Sayonara from prostitution
This is the gentle and life-affirming story about love, jealousy, poverty, justice and hope.
10. Karl May - like... everything (ja ... alles eben :) )
I was really trying to find the book, that fits best in this topic, but every single one of Karl May's stories is a piece of wonder. He wrote about countries, that he had never seen, thought of wild adventures and traveled the world. His best known works may be Winnetou and Old Shatterhand, but he also wrote a lot of different novels, set in the Middle east and the Orient, China and South America. You should really read one of his books if you haven't yet.
Well, that's my short list, I hope you enjoyed it!
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