We have each other. And most importantly, Allah is with us, no matter what, no matter where we are. I don't know where I have the courage or strength or bravery (ada ke word nih?), I guess it came with those beliefs.
Tomorrow, my husband will be undergoing an operation on his right leg. He broke his febula bones, tulang buku lali and ligamens while playing football on Sunday. The doctors are going to put two to four screws and plate on his bones. I can only visit him from morning till 10pm. But he has asked me to go back home before it gets dark, since I am not familiar with the place and I am still crawling with my German. It's a good thing I know how the trem system works and how to buy a ticket. Alhamdulillah for that..
I am right now at home alone and it feels so empty. Last night, I kept on waking up almost every hour and I put on Seinfeld for almost 20 episodes so that I won't feel so lonely. Everytime I woke up, I would look at the watch, wishing it would be 6am so that I can get up and get ready and go. Since the daylight saving on Sunday, we are now at 6 hours difference with KL and 6am is really like 5am. After my alarm went on at 6am, I snoozed till 7am because my biological clock was still at 1 hour later.
I took the S-Bahn from Mannheim Hauptbanhof after K.Anis dropped me off and took the trem going towards Käfertel and after 6 stops I reached Universitätsklinikum, that's where Mr. Lucky was being admitted. Tomorrow I have to change trems and bus since I will be coming from home. I hope I can wake up early so that I can be there as early as possible..
I hung out with him the whole day. I tried so hard to be strong. Luckily, Allah gave me the strength to do so. Alhamdulillah for that.. He looked happier but still tired. Sometimes I wonder what's in his mind when he looks out the window.. We watched Avatar, he taught me German, we talked and laughed and he showed me how to use the GPS on my phone and just hung out and spend time together..
Coming back, I accidently took the wrong trem but somehow the route was going towards the city so I stayed in the trem and stopped at Paradeplatz. I walked to Rossman and bought some stuff to bring for him tomorrow. Then, I took the trem back home.. It was a short but a long ride back home.. When I reached Meeräckerplatz, I walked back home and it was just not the same...
Please pray that my husband's operation will go smoothly tomorrow and everything will be okay.. Family and friends, don't worry, I am okay.. and inshallah my husband will be okay too.. Thank you for your prayers and supportive words, and just being there... it really helped us to get through :)
To dear family, we will always have each other. And most importantly, Allah is with us, no matter what, no matter where we are.
Montag, 29. März 2010
Dienstag, 23. März 2010
Communication and Comprehension
Yesterday and today I went jogging near by the Rhein. Yesterday I test power sorang². Today I went with YY and she was damn fast I termengah - mengah nak keep up. I got some sweat out of my body and it felt really good. Need to build some muscles and get some stamina. Over here we do a lot of walking (cause no car) and running. Running mostly nak kejar bus or trem because everything is very punctual. Showing up late is not a good thing. So, must have stamina so that can walk and kejar bus or trem :p The weather here is gorgeous since now Spring is can-say officially here. Average is 15 -16° in the afternoon and sunny.
The clinic that I went to during my check up for my chicken pox called for them to claim insurance. When I went there previously, I had the temporary card. Since now I have my permanent card, they need to cucuk it inside this one device for them to make the claim from the insurance company. Mr. Lucky was at work so I memberanikan diri and went there alone since now I know where it is. With very little knowledge in Deutsch I dengan selamba asked the receptionist. 'Can you speak English?' . 'Ya' she replied. So I told her about the insurance thingy, she did her thing, and in less than 5 minutes, we were done. 330pm and I was all dressed up and the weather was gorgeous. And you expect me to walk back home ? I don't think so. ehehhe. I made myself useful (with all the jackets and make up and all) and called Mr. Lucky and told him that I'm going to buy minyak masak since it's almost finishing at home. He said, 'you bole pergi sorang² ke?' I said boleh punyaa.
I love going to groceries. It's like shopping for food :) So I walked to Rewe and took a basket instead of a trolley and with full of confidence took some of the things needed to buy for our house. Cheese, yogurt, minyak masak, chocolate etc. It was 9.55€. I knew it cause I looked at the cash register even though the cashier will always read the total amount out loud. I took out a 20€ and usually the cashier will just return the balance. But this time, he just HAD to ask me something. I figured the only thing he could ask is, 'do you have a smaller change?' I smiled and took our some coins and he said Danke shon. My guess was right. I took my stuff and said Danke shon. and Tschuss! (itu slalu disebut sebut di sini).
I walked back home feeling all confident and happy. Suddenly I stopped nearby a small little shop that sells cute cute pens and papers and notebooks. I wanted to buy a card for my little nephew, Aman and mail it to him cause yesterday was his birthday. But I couldn't find anything that menyingkap hati so I left the shop.
Once I exited the shop, and old man showed me something at the opposite building and he was telling me about something funny that happened there (I assume). And he was laughing while telling it to me. I felt so kesian because he was so bersemangat telling me the story. I just smiled and said, 'sorry. ich verstehe nicht (i dont understand). ich sprechen nicht Deutsch (I dont speak German).. ich sprechen Englisch ( i speak english) sorry sorry' . He just smiled and said, 'oooh ok ok'.. I felt so bad.. kesian dia... Then a lady (age about 40) looked at me and smiled. She was with two of her adorable little girls. She pandang like she wants to borak with me. (Do I have a friendly face?) So she was asking something in German. Funny thing is, I understood what she said, and I can answer! But with very broken German. And she also understood and replied. And we were borak boraking while walking back home.. From our conversation, I understood that she's a Turk and has been staying here for 8 years. Her kids are 4 and 7. The 4 year old will turn 4 in August. She sends and picks up her children from school everyday. And the daughter was also telling me that she learns English every Monday and Wednesday. I told her I just reached here last month and I am a housewife and my husband works in Heidelberg. I am from Malaysia and speak very little Deutsch. She asked if I have kids I said not yet. She explained her house was at I-cant-remember- street and I told her I live at Kalmitstraße.
It felt so good talking to a local. Although my German sucks but at least she could understand it :) After I reached home, had my Asr prayers and went jogging with YY. Hope I can learn and communicate with people more :) Tomorrow YY asked me to accompany her to buy a jacket in the bandar. if Mr. Lucky gives me the green light, I will go and try to communicate with people if I get the chance :)
That's all from me folks.. Take care and hope you enjoyed me story walaupun ala-kadar je.. hehehe Tschusss!
The clinic that I went to during my check up for my chicken pox called for them to claim insurance. When I went there previously, I had the temporary card. Since now I have my permanent card, they need to cucuk it inside this one device for them to make the claim from the insurance company. Mr. Lucky was at work so I memberanikan diri and went there alone since now I know where it is. With very little knowledge in Deutsch I dengan selamba asked the receptionist. 'Can you speak English?' . 'Ya' she replied. So I told her about the insurance thingy, she did her thing, and in less than 5 minutes, we were done. 330pm and I was all dressed up and the weather was gorgeous. And you expect me to walk back home ? I don't think so. ehehhe. I made myself useful (with all the jackets and make up and all) and called Mr. Lucky and told him that I'm going to buy minyak masak since it's almost finishing at home. He said, 'you bole pergi sorang² ke?' I said boleh punyaa.
I love going to groceries. It's like shopping for food :) So I walked to Rewe and took a basket instead of a trolley and with full of confidence took some of the things needed to buy for our house. Cheese, yogurt, minyak masak, chocolate etc. It was 9.55€. I knew it cause I looked at the cash register even though the cashier will always read the total amount out loud. I took out a 20€ and usually the cashier will just return the balance. But this time, he just HAD to ask me something. I figured the only thing he could ask is, 'do you have a smaller change?' I smiled and took our some coins and he said Danke shon. My guess was right. I took my stuff and said Danke shon. and Tschuss! (itu slalu disebut sebut di sini).
I walked back home feeling all confident and happy. Suddenly I stopped nearby a small little shop that sells cute cute pens and papers and notebooks. I wanted to buy a card for my little nephew, Aman and mail it to him cause yesterday was his birthday. But I couldn't find anything that menyingkap hati so I left the shop.
Once I exited the shop, and old man showed me something at the opposite building and he was telling me about something funny that happened there (I assume). And he was laughing while telling it to me. I felt so kesian because he was so bersemangat telling me the story. I just smiled and said, 'sorry. ich verstehe nicht (i dont understand). ich sprechen nicht Deutsch (I dont speak German).. ich sprechen Englisch ( i speak english) sorry sorry' . He just smiled and said, 'oooh ok ok'.. I felt so bad.. kesian dia... Then a lady (age about 40) looked at me and smiled. She was with two of her adorable little girls. She pandang like she wants to borak with me. (Do I have a friendly face?) So she was asking something in German. Funny thing is, I understood what she said, and I can answer! But with very broken German. And she also understood and replied. And we were borak boraking while walking back home.. From our conversation, I understood that she's a Turk and has been staying here for 8 years. Her kids are 4 and 7. The 4 year old will turn 4 in August. She sends and picks up her children from school everyday. And the daughter was also telling me that she learns English every Monday and Wednesday. I told her I just reached here last month and I am a housewife and my husband works in Heidelberg. I am from Malaysia and speak very little Deutsch. She asked if I have kids I said not yet. She explained her house was at I-cant-remember- street and I told her I live at Kalmitstraße.
It felt so good talking to a local. Although my German sucks but at least she could understand it :) After I reached home, had my Asr prayers and went jogging with YY. Hope I can learn and communicate with people more :) Tomorrow YY asked me to accompany her to buy a jacket in the bandar. if Mr. Lucky gives me the green light, I will go and try to communicate with people if I get the chance :)
That's all from me folks.. Take care and hope you enjoyed me story walaupun ala-kadar je.. hehehe Tschusss!
Montag, 22. März 2010
Ikan Talapia 3 Rasa
Halo2. I mentioned in my last post, I cooked Ikan Talapia 3 rasa yang jadi macam 1 rasa. Hehehe.. Actually it happened that way probably because I takde the proper ingredients and I altered it abit. Anyway here is the recipe (Sorry takde gambar) huhuhu.
Bahan - bahan :
1 ekor ikan talapia
3 sudu chilli sauce
3 sudu plum sauce (this I had to ganti with tomato sauce)
1 biji bawang besar
10 biji cili padi (this I had to ganti with Sambal Olek paste)
Cara²:
1. Sapu ikan talapia yang dah dicuci and dikelar with garam. Bubuh minyak sket kat dalam pan and goreng sampai garing and kuning.
Untuk kuahnya:
2. Cili dipotong kecil (in my case tak payah buat apa² cause it's paste). Tumis bawang and cili padi dengan minyak sampai dah agak agak masak.
3. Dalam bekas asing, combine kan chilli sauce and plum sauce. And masukkan dalam bawang and cili padi yang dah ditumis tadi.
4. Masukkan 1/3 cawan air and masak sampai mendidih and sampai kepekatan yang dikehendaki (bahasa :p).
5. Kuah ni boleh dituang kat ikan goreng tadi.
Lastly, we say, guten appetit! :)
Bahan - bahan :
1 ekor ikan talapia
3 sudu chilli sauce
3 sudu plum sauce (this I had to ganti with tomato sauce)
1 biji bawang besar
10 biji cili padi (this I had to ganti with Sambal Olek paste)
Cara²:
1. Sapu ikan talapia yang dah dicuci and dikelar with garam. Bubuh minyak sket kat dalam pan and goreng sampai garing and kuning.
Untuk kuahnya:
2. Cili dipotong kecil (in my case tak payah buat apa² cause it's paste). Tumis bawang and cili padi dengan minyak sampai dah agak agak masak.
3. Dalam bekas asing, combine kan chilli sauce and plum sauce. And masukkan dalam bawang and cili padi yang dah ditumis tadi.
4. Masukkan 1/3 cawan air and masak sampai mendidih and sampai kepekatan yang dikehendaki (bahasa :p).
5. Kuah ni boleh dituang kat ikan goreng tadi.
Lastly, we say, guten appetit! :)
Samstag, 20. März 2010
Round Round
Halo, its been awhile since I last blogged. First things first. I am fine alhamdulillah. The chicken pox is almost gone :) Weather here has been great. Frühling ist hier (Spring is here)! So I can see flowers slowly growing by the roadside and in the city.
So what's my update ? Lemme see, Mr. Lucky brought me to town on Tuesday. We went to Engelhorn. It's like a huge store that sells alot of sports attires and equipments. And apparently, I just found out today, they sell designer handbags too! wah wah wah! I bought a whole set of sports attire (See picture) which consist of snowcap, sweater, another sweater by adidas (climacool in pink yo!), tracksuit, and adidas sports shoes, also some socks. Mr. Lucky bought a ganas badminton racquet and a fußball shorts (apparently this is how they spell football). After that, we had KFC for dinner and head back home :) Happy camper I am. Alhamdulillah.
On Wednesday, I cooked ikan talapia 3 rasa which finally tasted like ikan talapia 1 rasa. But in the end, the pinggan became licin. It's either it was really good or we were really hungry. I think it was the latter :p The next day, we had an appointment at the immigration office at 330pm. It's called, Ausländerbehörde Mannheim (yes, I too, have a problem pronunciating this). So I had to go to the city and meet Mr.Lucky at Mannheim Hauptbanhof (Mannheim Main Train Station). Since I was going there by myself, the big challenge was to buy the bus ticket. See, usually Mr. Lucky would buy it for me the day before since its valid for 24 hours. This time, I had to do it by myself. I was abit scared since I was kaloting to go to the bus stop (reason will be explained below). I knew I had to tekan 24 hours, and somehow the price would be 5.20€. And finally, I did it! I got the ticket yay!
I reached Hauptbanhof a few minutes earlier that Mr. Lucky so I had the chance to snap some pictures using my nokia (Mr. Lucky would pretend he doesn't know me if I put on the tourist-y hat :p hehehe). Then, we went to the immigration office and reached there on time. The funny part was, the guy was explaining and explaining and looking at me and Mr. Lucky and then suddenly I think he said, 'she doesn't understand a word I'm saying rite?'. It was kinda funny though then he made that nak marah look and a lady came over and said something like 'how come the German embassy in KL gave a visum if she didn't take any German classes?' Well, apparently it's compulsary to at least attend Level 1 German class. But it's not my fault. They said it's ok since I have a degree. They looked over at my documents and asked us to sign a declaration form and waited to 10 minutes or so. After that, they called my name, FRAU YAMALLUDDIN. That's how my name is being called. hehe. We went in the room and the looked at Mr. Lucky in the eye and said, 'I cannot give you the visa'. Mr. Lucky sighed and said something in Deutsch. I was panicked and almost wanted to cry. And the guy continued, 'I cannot give you the visa because u didn't give me her passport'. and he laughed. We were like Fuh!!!! Serius serius pun pandai gak dia bergurau. Haha! So we gave him our passport and made our payments and now, finally I have a permanent visum in DE. Alhamdulillah. All thanks to Mr. Lucky :) (I have to attend a 600 hour integration class consisting of language and how to survive here in DE. Can't wait! ) After that, we went to Istanbul (a Turkish shop) to buy halal meat and chicken. For dinner, we celebrated the day with some sushi with our dear friend, YY. We went back home with a full belly and a new bedroom (that's why I was kalot because I finally finished kemasing the other bedroom. Now we have the floor all to ourselves, a bedroom and an entertainment room yay! except for the houseowner's daughter but she rarely comes to the 2nd floor)
On Friday, we went grocery shopping at Rewe and bought a whole lot of stuff since we haven't been doing grocery for awhile. This morning, I went to Wasserturm with YY. The weather was a perfect 16°C. She showed me around the bandar. We went Saturn to get a water filter. (The water here has sedikit CaCo3), stopped by at H&M and NewYorker and also Engelhorn. That's when I found out they sell designer handbags that costs superexpensive that I don't think I can afford right now hehe. We walked to the supermarket and I bought some Tulips there and a cute vase I bought in Nano Nana (something like Hinode shop) to brighten our kitchen. Now the floor has abit of the feminin touch. hehehe.. check out some pictures that I managed to snap today :)
Those are my tulips and my new water filter. I reached home almost 2pm and Mr. Lucky was arranging the shoes by the door. Awww... I cooked speghetti for the first time! That was our lunch and dinner. Hehe..
Well, that's my update for now... I'll see you guys around k.. Tschuss!
On Wednesday, I cooked ikan talapia 3 rasa which finally tasted like ikan talapia 1 rasa. But in the end, the pinggan became licin. It's either it was really good or we were really hungry. I think it was the latter :p The next day, we had an appointment at the immigration office at 330pm. It's called, Ausländerbehörde Mannheim (yes, I too, have a problem pronunciating this). So I had to go to the city and meet Mr.Lucky at Mannheim Hauptbanhof (Mannheim Main Train Station). Since I was going there by myself, the big challenge was to buy the bus ticket. See, usually Mr. Lucky would buy it for me the day before since its valid for 24 hours. This time, I had to do it by myself. I was abit scared since I was kaloting to go to the bus stop (reason will be explained below). I knew I had to tekan 24 hours, and somehow the price would be 5.20€. And finally, I did it! I got the ticket yay!
I reached Hauptbanhof a few minutes earlier that Mr. Lucky so I had the chance to snap some pictures using my nokia (Mr. Lucky would pretend he doesn't know me if I put on the tourist-y hat :p hehehe). Then, we went to the immigration office and reached there on time. The funny part was, the guy was explaining and explaining and looking at me and Mr. Lucky and then suddenly I think he said, 'she doesn't understand a word I'm saying rite?'. It was kinda funny though then he made that nak marah look and a lady came over and said something like 'how come the German embassy in KL gave a visum if she didn't take any German classes?' Well, apparently it's compulsary to at least attend Level 1 German class. But it's not my fault. They said it's ok since I have a degree. They looked over at my documents and asked us to sign a declaration form and waited to 10 minutes or so. After that, they called my name, FRAU YAMALLUDDIN. That's how my name is being called. hehe. We went in the room and the looked at Mr. Lucky in the eye and said, 'I cannot give you the visa'. Mr. Lucky sighed and said something in Deutsch. I was panicked and almost wanted to cry. And the guy continued, 'I cannot give you the visa because u didn't give me her passport'. and he laughed. We were like Fuh!!!! Serius serius pun pandai gak dia bergurau. Haha! So we gave him our passport and made our payments and now, finally I have a permanent visum in DE. Alhamdulillah. All thanks to Mr. Lucky :) (I have to attend a 600 hour integration class consisting of language and how to survive here in DE. Can't wait! ) After that, we went to Istanbul (a Turkish shop) to buy halal meat and chicken. For dinner, we celebrated the day with some sushi with our dear friend, YY. We went back home with a full belly and a new bedroom (that's why I was kalot because I finally finished kemasing the other bedroom. Now we have the floor all to ourselves, a bedroom and an entertainment room yay! except for the houseowner's daughter but she rarely comes to the 2nd floor)
On Friday, we went grocery shopping at Rewe and bought a whole lot of stuff since we haven't been doing grocery for awhile. This morning, I went to Wasserturm with YY. The weather was a perfect 16°C. She showed me around the bandar. We went Saturn to get a water filter. (The water here has sedikit CaCo3), stopped by at H&M and NewYorker and also Engelhorn. That's when I found out they sell designer handbags that costs superexpensive that I don't think I can afford right now hehe. We walked to the supermarket and I bought some Tulips there and a cute vase I bought in Nano Nana (something like Hinode shop) to brighten our kitchen. Now the floor has abit of the feminin touch. hehehe.. check out some pictures that I managed to snap today :)
Those are my tulips and my new water filter. I reached home almost 2pm and Mr. Lucky was arranging the shoes by the door. Awww... I cooked speghetti for the first time! That was our lunch and dinner. Hehe..
Well, that's my update for now... I'll see you guys around k.. Tschuss!
Montag, 15. März 2010
Lately
Yes. No. I mean, lately I have been staying at home. Mr.Lucky suspects that I have low blood pressure. Since I have not been feeling well. Perhaps yes. I am sooooooooooo dying to go out. Like literally. I need sunshine and fresh air and abit of sweat wouldn't hurt. This chicken pox is almost diminishing so its good news. Alhamdulillah. The weather here is still cold though. It's about 7° / 9° during Mittags (afternoon). And we have very little sunshine compared to KL. Some parts of DE is still snowing like Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg, Stuttgart and München. Mannheim is comparatively warm (I suppose ?) compared to other cities.
Most of the time, I hang out in front of the heater, and also Choco-loco-bear (CLB) [i know he is not a bear but just be it like that ok] keeps me warm whenever its cold, read my Time Traveler's Wife and learn abit of Deutsch to get a head start on my classes that will be commencing in April. Here are some pictures of life at home so far. hehe..
Ok. readers. Pray I won't get lost tomorrow! Bis später! Tschuss!
Most of the time, I hang out in front of the heater, and also Choco-loco-bear (CLB) [i know he is not a bear but just be it like that ok] keeps me warm whenever its cold, read my Time Traveler's Wife and learn abit of Deutsch to get a head start on my classes that will be commencing in April. Here are some pictures of life at home so far. hehe..
That's Choco-Loco-Bear (a gift from YY) with my hp (a gift from Mr. Lucky) hehehe
Living with a heater
Tomorrow I am FINALLY going out, yay! I haven't gone out since I got lost in the forest.. oooh.. then I went to the hospital during snow.. and I went to the clinic to do a follow up check up with the doctor (which was soo cool. He speaks English, yay!). So, yeah, tomorrow Mr. Lucky is gonna buy me a pair of running shoes, and I will be going jogging when the weather is not so cold anymore and I am back on my feet again. woo hoo!! And then on Thursday, we are going to the Immigration office to settle my visa (hopefully alles ist gute). So, yay! again! I need this. I need to go out.. Watch out world! I'm coming... with no chicken pox virus (inshallah).
I found a radio station, BIG FM that plays 80% of English music. Out of 10, 2 of them are German songs. So it's not so bad. And they plan Lady Gaga's Bad Romance too! Btw, Lady Gaga will be coming to DE in May to do a concert! I am hoping that I can find someone who can accompany me but the tickets are expensive.. We'll see if I decide to go or not cause the place is quite far from Mannheim, (2 hours via train ) König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen. Since the lost in the forest incident, I'm scared that I will get lost again.. in the city pulak! Minta dijauhkan.. huhuhu
Well, I guess that's all for now. I wanted to post a video of me singing Lately by Jodeci. But it's just to embarrasing when I view it again. Haha! If I am in a tourist-y (I learned this word from Nadia hehe) mood tomorrow, I will quietly record a video of the city using my Nokia and post it here hehe..
This blog is not so glamour (check out the number of clicks below) cause I only share this link with the ones who are close to me. Although they can always ask other people to read but its okay. The thing is, I dont want to really advertise it as much cause I you never know who might read your blog. I was just from my old blog and it's really disturbing to know that people landed on my blog after googling my name or some other people's name.. So, I wanna lay low this time :)
I found a radio station, BIG FM that plays 80% of English music. Out of 10, 2 of them are German songs. So it's not so bad. And they plan Lady Gaga's Bad Romance too! Btw, Lady Gaga will be coming to DE in May to do a concert! I am hoping that I can find someone who can accompany me but the tickets are expensive.. We'll see if I decide to go or not cause the place is quite far from Mannheim, (2 hours via train ) König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen. Since the lost in the forest incident, I'm scared that I will get lost again.. in the city pulak! Minta dijauhkan.. huhuhu
Well, I guess that's all for now. I wanted to post a video of me singing Lately by Jodeci. But it's just to embarrasing when I view it again. Haha! If I am in a tourist-y (I learned this word from Nadia hehe) mood tomorrow, I will quietly record a video of the city using my Nokia and post it here hehe..
This blog is not so glamour (check out the number of clicks below) cause I only share this link with the ones who are close to me. Although they can always ask other people to read but its okay. The thing is, I dont want to really advertise it as much cause I you never know who might read your blog. I was just from my old blog and it's really disturbing to know that people landed on my blog after googling my name or some other people's name.. So, I wanna lay low this time :)
Ok. readers. Pray I won't get lost tomorrow! Bis später! Tschuss!
Dienstag, 9. März 2010
Pokerface
It snowed. I experienced my first snow experience! and to top it off i got my chicken pox too! Isn't it ironic? Dont u think? Funny2.. I have been resting a lot that's why there weren't any web activities as much. But today, I feel abit better alhamdulillah so I am gonna upload the pics of snow.. Check it out..
Morning of 6th March 2010
Morning of 7th March 2010
Ok.. I will blog more when I am feeling better and have more activities to share ok. :) Danke!
Mittwoch, 3. März 2010
Like Some Twilight Movie
Its day 6 here in DE and the weather is as u can see at the printscreen photo I inserted. Yes2. Its in german. Almost everything here is german.. wait.. not almost.. EVERYTHING here is in German (Deutsch). so i need to master the language real quick to get by. sometimes just listening (not watching ye), listening to the TV, can pick up a few words.. they will be talking real fast.. and I'll be picking up words like this: 'good (guht).... right (richtig)... exactly (genau)... later (später).. bye (tschuss)..
Yesterday, the weather was really nice in the afternoon. It was sunny and temp was like 10 degrees. So I decided to go out to take some fresh air and snap some pictures. I asked the houseowner's daughter, Carie to accompany me to go to the river, Rhein which is just nearby the house about 10 mins walk.
People were jogging and walking and you can see old people just sitting there enjoying the fresh air. Young couples jogging with their MP3s, track suits and jogging attires. Carie wanted to show me a nice place where there were Swans and Ducks swimming near the river. I got some really nice shots of them. Check it out.
This is the view of the Rhein River from Lindenhof. This is a shot from below the stairs.
These are the ducks and the Swans swimming Say hello swan!
So there we were happily taking pictures and Carrie showing me around the river. We were talking and chit chatting until i got a call from Mr.Lucky saying that he is about 10 minutes from reaching home. See, that's gonna be abit of a problem since the house keys are with me.. and we kinda got lost... in the forest!
At first, it was not so scary.. people were still walking, and taking dogs for walks.. and somehow, we took a wrong turn and reached somewhere quite far from where we started. Nerds! (ok, too much 30rock :p ). And the time that we got lost was the other place that we got to which was beautiful (the picture of almost sun set above). yeah.. it was like a beach kinda.. and we saw two boys playing with their dogs.. even though it was almost sunset, we were still very far from home.. I was abit worried but I knew we will reach home somehow..
The drama started when we reached Camp Strandbad and it was already dark. Carrie called Joe a few times asking for directions. We needed to keep the Rhein on our left so that we can find the way home. And true enough. But as we walked further, and it became darker.. things started to get creepier.. and there were no lights at all. We started to panic and I was quite hesitant on walking forward since I don't see any signs of civilisation at all.. and no lights.. and we decided to turn back after we Carrie said 'oh my god, this is where we were just now.. we were in circles' .. Deeply, I wanted to cry, so badly. I imagined a lot of bad things, I thought I would never see daylight again.. I recited some versus to calm myself down. I even quietly sang, 'My Favourite Things' from The Sound of Music so that I won't feel so bad. But I was the adult between the two. I had to play the cool, calm and collected card. Carrie was cool too, she said 'we're gonna die.. we're gonna die.. i dont wanna die in the woods'.. but I know she was joking... (right?)
So we walked back to Camp Strandbad where there were lights but no one around. Then, there was a lorry that entered the Camp.. so we headed there straight away. Oh yes, in every drama, there is always a climax scene.. the climax scene for this drama would be when Joe called Carrie's handphone, it went dead. Bummer! see, this is just like some Twilight movie with the forest and all.. (sigh).. so we ran and ran in the dark before it gets darker and colder (I think the weather was between 2°C to -2°C im not sure. but what I know is I was shivering). So we reached the camp but the ultimate challenge is that we needed to climb through the gates, like a pelarian. And I went first and the climb and the jump made me realize that my body isn't getting any younger (Jogging will commence real soon!). Carrie was real smart when she gave me the bag first and then climbed the gate (and why didn't I think of that?). She had to take off her shoes to climb the gate which made it look easier for her. Yeay Carrie!
Finally, civilisation. No more lost in the forest.. No more lost in translation.. Just.. still.. lost.. She put her simcard in my very old Nokia phone and immediately Joe called her.. Lucky! because Joe's hp's batteries were also almost dead :p Suddenly we saw a light. and someone calling Carrie! It was Joe on a bicycle.. That's when I spoke to Mr.Lucky saying that we will be home soon. Joe brought us to a cab place. Me and Carried went home by cab and Joe cycled back home. In the cab, I realized that we walked realllllly superfar. The cab fair was 10.50€. yeah. Imagine that.
Alhamdulillah, we reached home at 7.40pm.
What an adventurous day 5 in DE :)
Dienstag, 2. März 2010
What I Discovered - Some real cool TechnoShait
I discovered that they have MTV here in DE. It's really cool. Yesterday, Mr. Lucky was showing me how to operate the TV (it's really complicated and I had to write notes) and while I was browsing through the hundreds of channels, I stumbled upon MTV. and this song was on. I fell in love with it almost instantly.
Sing with me!
Was ist los?
Es ist Party angesagt!
Die Saison ist eröffnet,
es ist ein Wahres Spektakel
Denn alle komm' weil es abgeht,
dass ist 'ne riesen große Party.
Reißt die Arme in den Himmel,
und streckt sie über den Kopf.
Man wir sind erst am Ziel,
wenn der Schweiß von der Decke tropft.
Die Wände schwitzen, alles trinkt.
Alles was wir lieben,
wir lassen uns das gottverdammte Feiern nicht verbieten.
Wie ein kranker Haufen,
raufen wir uns, Atzen lasst es krachen.
Die Spießer sind geschockt,
und packen ganz schnell ihre Sachen.
Wir lassen uns nicht verarschen,
wir Tanzen und wir Toben.
Hebt die Hände nach oben,
und dann lasst uns Disco Pogen!!
(Disco Pogo)
DISCO POGO, Dingelingeling, Dingelingeling.
ALLE ATZEN SING'
DISCO POGO, Dingelingeling, Dingalingeling.
ALLE ATZEN SING'
Die Masse rockt,
wir sind bekloppt.
Wir pogen schockt uns Dr. Rock
Wir baden in der MemeMenge,
darauf hab isch' Bock
Voll normal wir feiern mit.
Ich fass mir auch mal in den Schritt.
Breakdance, oder Atzentanz.
Wir tanzen heut' den Pogo Hit!
Disco Pogo, Atzen logo.
Atzenstyle ist Disco Pogo!
Atzen rasten nicht am Tag
Sie feiern mit dem Atzenlogo.
Schubsen, Drücken, Hüpfen, Springen, Raufen, Saufen, Tanzen, Pogen.
Atzen Party Dingeling.
Atzen Party Dingeling.
Atzen Party Dingeling.
Atzen Party Dingeling.
DISCO POGEN UNSER DING!!
DISCO POGEN UNSER DING!!
Pogen (ca. 30x)
Di Di Di Di Di Di Di Disco Pogooo...
DISCO POGO, Dingalingaling, Dingalingaling.
ALLE ATZEN SING'
DISCO POGO, Dingalingaling, Dingalingaling.
ALLE ATZEN SING'
Sing with me!
Was ist los?
Es ist Party angesagt!
Die Saison ist eröffnet,
es ist ein Wahres Spektakel
Denn alle komm' weil es abgeht,
dass ist 'ne riesen große Party.
Reißt die Arme in den Himmel,
und streckt sie über den Kopf.
Man wir sind erst am Ziel,
wenn der Schweiß von der Decke tropft.
Die Wände schwitzen, alles trinkt.
Alles was wir lieben,
wir lassen uns das gottverdammte Feiern nicht verbieten.
Wie ein kranker Haufen,
raufen wir uns, Atzen lasst es krachen.
Die Spießer sind geschockt,
und packen ganz schnell ihre Sachen.
Wir lassen uns nicht verarschen,
wir Tanzen und wir Toben.
Hebt die Hände nach oben,
und dann lasst uns Disco Pogen!!
(Disco Pogo)
DISCO POGO, Dingelingeling, Dingelingeling.
ALLE ATZEN SING'
DISCO POGO, Dingelingeling, Dingalingeling.
ALLE ATZEN SING'
Die Masse rockt,
wir sind bekloppt.
Wir pogen schockt uns Dr. Rock
Wir baden in der MemeMenge,
darauf hab isch' Bock
Voll normal wir feiern mit.
Ich fass mir auch mal in den Schritt.
Breakdance, oder Atzentanz.
Wir tanzen heut' den Pogo Hit!
Disco Pogo, Atzen logo.
Atzenstyle ist Disco Pogo!
Atzen rasten nicht am Tag
Sie feiern mit dem Atzenlogo.
Schubsen, Drücken, Hüpfen, Springen, Raufen, Saufen, Tanzen, Pogen.
Atzen Party Dingeling.
Atzen Party Dingeling.
Atzen Party Dingeling.
Atzen Party Dingeling.
DISCO POGEN UNSER DING!!
DISCO POGEN UNSER DING!!
Pogen (ca. 30x)
Di Di Di Di Di Di Di Disco Pogooo...
DISCO POGO, Dingalingaling, Dingalingaling.
ALLE ATZEN SING'
DISCO POGO, Dingalingaling, Dingalingaling.
ALLE ATZEN SING'
Montag, 1. März 2010
New Kid on The Block
Guten Tag!
Welcome to my new blog. This is actually the spinoff from my previous blog. This blog will tell you mostly about my life here. My new life in a different country.
I landed safely in Frankfurt on Friday morning and was greeted warmly by my husband who is residing in Mannheim (30 mins by ICE from Frankfurt). Its now day 5 in Deutschland. It's a beautiful Tuesday morning and the weather is about 0 degrees. I am still getting used to the weather. Coming from a very hot country (currently KL is about 35), my body got a shock but the usual me, taking it positive :)
I love the cool breeze and the wind blowing through my face. Sometimes I wear gloves even though there is no one else wearing it, but I don't really care cause I feel cold :p well, nothing much for now.. just an introduction to my new blog.. :)
yeah, I am the new kid on the block.. check out some of the pics I took on the way back from groceries.. Enjoy! Perhaps if the weather is not so cold, I might go out for some snaps of the neighbourhood and post it here :)
bis bald!
Welcome to my new blog. This is actually the spinoff from my previous blog. This blog will tell you mostly about my life here. My new life in a different country.
I landed safely in Frankfurt on Friday morning and was greeted warmly by my husband who is residing in Mannheim (30 mins by ICE from Frankfurt). Its now day 5 in Deutschland. It's a beautiful Tuesday morning and the weather is about 0 degrees. I am still getting used to the weather. Coming from a very hot country (currently KL is about 35), my body got a shock but the usual me, taking it positive :)
I love the cool breeze and the wind blowing through my face. Sometimes I wear gloves even though there is no one else wearing it, but I don't really care cause I feel cold :p well, nothing much for now.. just an introduction to my new blog.. :)
yeah, I am the new kid on the block.. check out some of the pics I took on the way back from groceries.. Enjoy! Perhaps if the weather is not so cold, I might go out for some snaps of the neighbourhood and post it here :)
Finally.. I get my müller joghurt! On the way back from Rewe (grocery shop)
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