Hi everybody!
I'm so glad I didn't promise to write something every day, cause it just wouldn't work! :)
But, here I am once again. It's finally been snowing down here in Freiburg, and today everything was white. I love that... But it's already melting away again. This weekend I went snowboarding, and it was SOOO much fun! Renny went with me... :)
The test season is finally over, so I have time to breathe. Friday we get our final marks for this semester, and after that I have to start studying for the Abi. Ughhs, I don't want to! I'm really sick of school and of homework and all that shit. But whatever, I'll make it.
Hmm, what else. Oh, yeah, this friday we also have a big megaparty at school. We from 13th grade organize it, it's like...hm... how can I describe it... Well, like a disco for one night. It's cool, but a lot of work for us, of course. Although I haven't really done anything for it, but everone from our grade has to work at the bar or entrance.
You guys from Switzerland, do you wanna come? It's gonna be fun, I guess... Write me to let me know if you can come, so I can buy you tickets.
Since I have had a little more time this last week, I've been reading a lot. I started with "Momo", by Michael Ende. It's a beautiful story about a little girl in a world where no one has time for anything anymore... Actually quite real. It makes me think about how much time we still spend with each other...
Then I got inspired and now I'm (re)reading the "Endless story". Also very cool, it's great literature for those rainy (or snowy) days. Monday I've been in a bookstore too and got some other books:
"Balzac and the little chinese seamstress" by Dai Sijie,
"The girl who played Go" by Shan Sa and
"Siddharta" by Hermann Hesse.

Yeah, as you can see, I really love books. Maybe it inspires you on your next shopping trip, who knows?

I've just uploaded the pictures of my croatia-trip (finally!). They are in the "Get around Europe" album, but they're mixed with the other photos so you have to take a closer look.
Well, that's it with the news for today. At least you know what I've been doing now! :)
I miss you all very much!
Beijos...

Time: 17.54
Music playing: A long day is over - Norah Jones (you have to get the album, it's sooo beautiful!)

ARGHL!

Hi everyone! I just wrote a long text, but as always when I forget to save what I wrote, this shitty thing decided to swallow it. I'm going to write it down in short sentences now.

I miss you guys posting comments, are you still alive? Come on, don't be lazy!
I had the stupid math test today. It sucked, but I'm just glad it's over.
I have to write an even more stupid essay about hormones. I definitely don't want to.
It snowed yesterday, but it melted right away because it was too warm. (Get it?)
I gave a self-defense lesson in sports yesterday. It was reeeallly fun... :)
I still don't want to write the essay.
Sy, I just did what was written in the email Haloscan sent me... Don't know...
I'm sorry about not answering emails. As usual, I don't have time (yes, the stupid esssay)...
I'll scan the Croatia photos when I have time (maybe this weekend).
I'm just getting really tired...
I gotta go! :)

I know, it's rather short, but... At least two minutes of new reading material! Enjoy...

Beijos pra todos!

Time: 13.12 h
Music playing: It's about you - Train

Hi everybody!

The comments section is working again, so go ahead and leave a lot of comments, okay?

I've been talking about the german mentality, but I want to leave clear that this is NOT about ALL germans, only about some people that I've met here. I have found true friends here and there are a lot of good things to say about them... Like for example how they question themselves about the deeper meaning in their lives and about caring about this planet, how much compassion they can show for people in need. Things we brazilians are sometimes blind for. They are still shocked when they see poverty and suffering, because they haven't become blind to that, as all of us, who live side by side with misery, have. They try to make the world a better place to live, and they still believe in that. They go out in the streets to protest against war in iraq and they want to help, to make a difference. This is the other germany I found here, beside the cold people that everyone knows as the germans.

It's a hidden side of Germany and of Europe, and it's what makes me get really angry when I hear that "there are only nazis in Germany". It's not true. There are good people everywhere you go, and if we could always see that, we would be a lot richer than money could ever make us.

Tomorrow or later tonight (it's already ten, but maybe I'll make it...) I'll scan the photos of Croatia and upload them into my photo album. Hope you like them... :)

I'm gonna go study now, I have a math test on tuesday and I have to write an essay till thursday. And yes Lüc, I can correct yours if you want me to.... :) (Sabia q vc queria algo qnd vi q vc tinha me mandado um email... mas vc disfarcou mto bem!! ;) Manda pra mim e me fala pra qnd vc quer ele, okay? )

Kisses and good night...

Oioi everybody!

Today is a typical winter's day here in Freiburg: it's pretty cold,but no snow or rain... Wherever I am, I feel that it's winter, I can't explain really, it's the way the air smells and you feel cozy at home and it smells of beeswax-candles and chocolate and stuff like that. Pretty nice, actually. I heard on the radio that there's snow on the mountains, so I'll take my chance this weekend and try go snowboarding (finally!).

Actually, right now I don't even have time to write here, but as usual, I'm just taking the time anyway. Yesterday I did a "fitness" test in a magazine and found out that I'm not actually THAT bad... That made me really happy, since I'm already training for the admission test for sports university (which is very difficult).

Today we've been to the botanic garden near school with our bio class. Of course, there's not much to be seen outside at this time of the year, but they also have a wonderful tropical greenhouse. I felt soooo much at home at 25 degrees celsius, with palmtrees and mango trees all around me...
I miss Brazil so much...

Sometimes, I just feel that I don't fit in completely here, even after 3 years. I've found friends, and people that mean very much to me. But I have also seen a mentality here that is not really mine. Germany is a country of lonely people. I don't wanna speak in a general way, but many people are very selfish here. Everyone takes care of his own business, and everyone tries to take advantage of a situation in his own favour - sometimes without considering whether this might hurt others. These people never learned how to be generous, and they don't understand if you are.
They are suspicious and don't trust each other, perhaps because they judge everyone by their own example. I've heard many times that people are honest here because they say things to your face, and don't hide them behind a smile, but I see that differently. I see them hurting others with their "honesty", and sometimes hurting me too. I see them losing any scruples to say mean things to others, in the name of this honesty.
Well, I prefer the brazilian falsehood then. Brazilians also gossip, and maybe they don't care about others either. But they know that a few friendly words and a smile don't require a lot of effort, but make your day a lot better, no matter what you may think about a person. They don't do the kind of mobbing I've seen so many times here. (A few years ago, I didn't even know the meaning of that word...)
Tolerance should be the word of the millennium. And I really wish I would meet that more here...

But I also found out that there are great people in every place of the world. The good thing about living somewhere else is that you find out that you can always find good things about this place, as well as bad. I don't want to complain, because I've found many answers for my life here, and I actually like being here.
Sometimes I miss the place where I grew up... But I think SAUDADE is the most normal thing in the world. I leave you with two poems that express very much of that feeling...
Beijos!

Kennst du das Land, wo die Citronen blühn,
Im dunkeln Laub die Gold-Orangen glühn,
Kennst du es wohl? - Dahin, dahin!
Möcht' ich ziehen!

J. W. Goethe


Canção do Exílio

Minha terra tem palmeiras,
Onde canta o Sabiá;
As aves, que aqui gorjeiam,
Não gorjeiam como lá.

Nosso céu tem mais estrelas,
Nossas várzeas têm mais flores,
Nossos bosques têm mais vida,
Nossa vida mais amores.

Em cismar, sozinho, à noite,
Mais prazer encontro eu lá;
Minha terra tem palmeiras,
Onde canta o Sabiá.

Minha terra tem primores,
Que tais não encontro eu cá;
Em cismar - sozinho, à noite -
Mais prazer encontro eu lá;
Minha terra tem palmeiras,
Onde canta o Sabiá.

Não permita Deus que eu morra,
Sem que volte para lá;
Sem que desfrute os primores
Que não encontro por cá;
Sem qu'inda aviste as palmeiras,
Onde canta o Sabiá."

Gonçalves Dias

Hi everyone!
School has started again, and it sucks!
But no problem, I got over it. I found the time to put some more photos in my album, go check it out! This was stuff I always wanted to show you... You can take a tour through Europe, or if you like it better, go see the wonderful brazilian beaches... Whatever you want! Have fun... :)

By the way, there's nothing interesting happening here. It's stormy, I have lots of work to do for school, and right now I'm listening to my new CD's (Train, Jewel, Matchbox 20 and Eros Ramazzotti). I wish you all a very nice tuesday evening...

Beijos!

P.S. I just found out that the comments aren't working due to a server problem. I hope it'll be solved soon, but if not, I'll subscribe somewhere else. For now, you can try leaving comments in the photo album!

Hey there!

Two hours ago, I tried thinking of something to post in here, but absolutely NOTHING came to my mind. I could, of course, tell you that yesterday I was in "The last samurai" and loved it, that tomorrow my miserable student existence starts again and I haven't even TOUCHED my schoolwork (it's too depressing) and that I don't wanna go to bed, because I know when I wake up it'll be (very) early monday.

It's not snowing, and it's not even really cold. I wish that tomorrow I would wake up and everything were bright white, so I could pack up my things and go snowboarding, but that sure isn't going to happen.

But then I had a really great idea of what I could post into this blog that might really interest you all... (Congratulations to who read until here!)

I created a NEW, TERRIFIC, BEAUTIFUL, EXCITING....

PHOTO ALBUM!

Now, there are still a lot of people missing, especially all those here from Freiburg, but I promise I'll hurry to put some pictures of them in here too. For now, go check out the stuff I put there and have fun!

I'm going to bed now and prepare for another day of useless torture... uhh... I mean... school.

Beijos pra todos!
FUI!

P.S.: Anyone who's missing a picture of himself in my photo album, please send me one then I'll post it, I promise!

hey everyone!!
I'm back home, it's late and I have to clean up my mess... So I'm not gonna write much. I have to find out how to put pictures on the page... (SYYYYYYYY????)
I'm so glad that everyone is posting comments... :)
Well, today, I'll just write some short messages, okay?

Aninha e Pupi, foi mto bom ver vcs, da proxima vez, vamo pra moema mesmo, okay? a gnt solta a franga... hehe

Bebel, you know I love you, mas so pra vc tbm estar representada nesse blog, aqui vai um request oficial pra madame deixar comments no meu page legalzao...

Cacki, don't worry q daqui a pouco ja eh hora de vc ir pra la de novo! Me liga pra gnt atualizar as fofocas... hehehe

Vivi, halt durch, viel Glück für dein letztes Jahr!

Pedro, eu naum preciso dizer nada, ne? :) qnd eu descobrir como botar fotos nesse site, eu quero aquelas fotinhos daquela menina bonita do seu site (EU)... :)

Marcinha, q pena q vc naum veio no piola, foi legal.... queria ter t visto mais, alias akele dia com o pedro a gnt poderia ter conversado a noite inteira ne? e akele filme foi taaaaooo fofo ;)

Mel, vc ja achou algum sentido nesse blog? Eu ainda nao mas ate q eh divertido... ;) alias, hj eu comi frango assado, dormi ate... ups, melhor naum mencionar essa parte... ;) e tentei botar ordem no caos do meu quarto... ;)

Surely not my most intellectual post... But straight from the heart!
Beijos pra todos...


PS: Uuuups... better late than never: Happy new year to everyone! I wish you all the good things and a few bad so that you can enjoy the good ones more! :)

Hi everybody!
This is my last night here in Brazil. I just came back from a nice acai­ bar where I was with some friends... It was really good!

Queria agradecer todo mundo pelo tempo que a gente passou juntos aqui. No coracao, tenho sempre sempre muita saudade de vcs aqui. Acho q isso nunca vai passar, mas tbm nem eh uma coisa q eu quero q passe. Eu adoro mto todos vcs, e vou morrer de saudades... Ateh a proxima vez q vai vir com certeza, pq nao da pra ficar mto tempo longe do Brasil!!!!

Vou tentar responder mais os meus mails e atualizar principalmente esse blog, pra vcs ficarem sempre informados sobre minha vida. Mel, so pra vc, prometo incluir informacoes sempre fresquinhas sobre o meu dia-a-dia mto empolgante e as coisas q faco, tipo comer, ir para a escola e tudo mais de interessante. Quem sabe vc naum descobre um sentido nesse "diario virtual" ne... hehehe...

Bom, meu tempo de internet vai acabar em um minuto, entao vou parar por aqui. amanha a essa hora vou estar num aviao de volta pra Alemanha.... (lah tbm tem gente me esperando... Neh Schatzi! :) )

BEIJOS ENORMES! I LOVE YOU ALL........... FUI!