Wednesday, October 31, 2012

A visit to the Neko (Cat) Cafe

Thanks to the articles in VICE Magazine about freaky japanese habits, I knew about a new(ish) trend called Cat (or in japanese Neko) Cafes. So, I HAD to visit one while I am here...
A quick search on google maps showed that there were about four in the very close vicinity to our hotel - we obviously chose the one having beer and cocktails on the menu.

After I proposed this, we where a rather large group until half of us realised, that they had to pay an entrance fee to pet the cats...which to them was completely retarded ("I was just in Novosibirsk two days ago - there cats come to you!!!")...so the group was reduced to five...
So, you go in there get rid of you shoes and get your hands sanitised (which the cat lying next to the sanitizer did not really like). You get seated, get cold water and order a drink...then slowly the cats will get interested and start to play with you (or jump around on you, or bite your ankles, or look at you like a retard).
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Dank der ganzen schoenen Artikel im VICE Magazine ueber freakige japanische "Braeuche", war ich gut ueber einen neuen Trend namens Katzencafe (Neko Cafe auf japanisch) informiert. Auf jeden musste ich in so eins rein,wenn ich schon hier bin...Google hat mir dann gesagt, dass in der Naehe unseres Hotels sogar vier von den Dingern sind - wir haben natuerlich das mit Bier und Schnaps auf der Karte genommen ;)

Zuerst wollten ne Menge Leute mit dahinkommen, aber irgendwie fanden die meisten die Idee fuer Katzenstreicheln Geld zu bezahlen doch recht bescheuert (Na und???)...bester Kommentar "Ich komme gerade aus Novosibirsk - da kommen die Katzen umsonst zu dir!" - da warens nur noch 5...
Man geht also da rein, zieht seine Schuhe aus und kriegt Desinfektionsmittel auf die Haende gesprueht (was die Katze die danebenliegt voll anpisst), und kriegt nen Platz, ein Wasser und bestellt was zu trinken...und so langsam kommen die Katzen angelatscht und wollen spielen (oder auf die rumspringen oder in deine Fuesse beissen...oder dich idiotisch angucken)


playing and looking like a retard...
spielen und idiotisch gucken...
PLAYIN AN LOOKIN LIEK RETARD...

biting and looking like a retard...
beissen und idiotisch gucken...
BITIN AN LOOKIN LIEK RETARD...


After a little while we got a bowl of chicken strips and other cat treats...suddenly the amount of cats around our table quadrupled and I was sitting on the floor feeling like a happy old cat man ;)
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Nach ner Weile kam die Bedienung mit ner Schuessel voller Huehnchen und Katzennaschi an...und die  Menge der Katzen vervierfachte sich...ich hab mich dann auf den Boden gesetzt und wie glueklicher Katzenopa gefuehlt ;)


Katzenopa...

The cats also decided pretty fast that the water on our table was for them and not for us...
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Die Katzen haben dann auch recht schnell entschieden, dass unser kostenloses Wasser eher fuer sie als fuer uns war...



NO NO NO...DIS WATR IZ NOT 4 U HUMANZ IZ 4 US KATS!

After half an hour we left again and paid about €8,- for a beer, cats and mieowmieowmieowfun ;) More pictures of the cats roaming around us are below:

Nach ner halben Stunde sind wir dann wieder gegangen und haben €8,- fuer ein Bier, Katzen und Maumaumauspass bezahlt ;) Hier nochn paar mehr Bilder von Katzenbelagerern:



UR TABLE BELONGS 2 US ^^

WE LIV HER U R JUS R GUESTS

I CAN HAS TEH BER PLZ?

...und ein Video, wie mir das Wasser weggesoffen wird...

 

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

...this reminds me of Down Under ;)

I cannot shake the feeling, that even though this place is is full of japanese people, the architecture and everything it pretty much like in New Zealand or Australia, even the busses or subways are pretty much the same. At the moment there are also loads of old Kiwis and Aussies running around here, because they have some kind of rugby-festival (for senior players, 40+ ;).
But cut all this blabla - the real reason why I am writing this post...

THEY SELL TIM TAMS HERE!!!

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Irgendwie werde ich das Gefuehl nicht los, dass das ganze (Haeuser, Busse, bla) hier irgendwie ziemlich doll wie Neuseeland oder Australien ist (auch wenn hier wirklich ueberall Unmengen von Japanern rumlaufen). Im Moment laufen hier aber auch ne Menge aeltliche (und rotnasige) Kiwis und Aussies rum, weil die gerade irgendein grosses Rugby-Festival haben (fuer 40+ ;).
Aber Schluss mit diesem ganzen Gelaber - der wirkliche Grund warum ich das hier schreibe...

DIE VERKAUFEN HIER TIM TAMS!!!

...damit mach ich meine Tasche voll!!!
...gonna fill my back up with these!!!

Back (and still big) in Japan

Two years and a PhD later, I am back in Japan. This time in Fukuoka, supposedly the 6th or 7th biggest city in Japan (ongoing fight with Kyoto). And far enough south that it is still reasonably warm - shorts and t-shirt ;) Another good thing about this city is that you can pretty much walk everywhere in less than an hour.

I'll divide this into a few posts and put up funny pictures again, will tell you about my huge hotel room and what it is like to turn 30 in a japanese bar ;)

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Zwei Jahre und ein Doktor spaeter und ich bin wieder in Japan. Dieses mal in Fukuoka, scheinbar die 6. oder 7.groesste Stadt in Japan (je nachdem wie viele Leute in Kyoto geboren werden oder sterben). Uuuund, weit genug im Sueden das es noch ziemlich warm ist - Shorts und T-shirt ;) Und klein genug, dass man alles in unter ner Stunde ablaufen kann.

Ich versuche mal in naechster Zeit ein paar Posts zu schreiben, lustige Photos hochzuladen, ueber mein riesiges Hotelzimmer schreiben und wie es so ist, wenn man in einer japanischen Bar 30 wird ;)

...und als erstes Bild: fragwuerdige Markennamen...
...and the first picture: questionable whiskey names...

Friday, October 19, 2012

Easy come, easy go...

Ah…scheisse…
Ich bin gerade dabei aus Basel nach hause zu fliegen…schön rechtzeitig am Flughafen gewesen und wurde gefragt ob ich nicht meinen Platz im Flugzeug freimachen könnte und von Zürich fliegen (weil die Maschine schön überbucht war). Ich wäre zwei Stunden später zuhause gewesen und hätte CHF 308,- (oder €250,-) dafür bekommen…
Ich hab zugesagt, Tasche eingecheckt und bin zum Gate gelatscht, um zu warten ob der Flug voll ist oder nicht (wenn, hätte ich meine Tasche wiederbekommen, eine prepaid Kreditkarte mit der Kohle und mit'm Taxi nach Zürich gefahren).

Aaaaaaber…hat nicht sollen sein…

Jetzt ist das scheiss Flugzeug ne Stunde delayed, aber ich darf mitfliegen ;)

Also, keine €250,- und zwei Stunden spaeter zuhause, sondern eine Stunde später zuhause und KEIN GELD - FML ;)

Ah…bummer…
I am about to leave Basel…got to the airport in time and since my plane was overbooked, I was asked whether I would agree to vacate my seat on the plane and take a taxi to Zurich to fly from there. This would have resulted in me being back home two hours later and getting CHF 308,- (€ 250,-) for my troubles…
So I agreed to that, checked my bag and went to the gate to see whether it was full or not (if not, I would have gotten my bag back, a prepay credit card with the money and gone to Zurich).

However, things never work out in that way…

Now the fucking plane is delayed one hour, but I will be able to fly with it ;)

So, from €250,- and being home 2h late, I am down to nothing and being still 1h late - FML ;)

Saturday, October 06, 2012

Student no more

Da ist sie also...die erste Woche seit fast zehn Jahren in der ich kein Student mehr bin...Und wie extrem feiere ich das? Mit Schleim im Hals und voll krank sein...cooles Ding...wer will mehr hören ;) ?

Monday, September 24, 2012

By the way...

Ich bin jetzt scheinbar fertiger Doktor - nur mal zur Info, falls das hier noch irgendjemand liest ;)
Ich glaube ich schreibe hier bald mal wieder mehr Quatsch rein...die aktuelle Staffel von Schwiegertochter gesucht schreit geradezu danach (Ich sach nur: "Hast du Lust mit mir ein Ei zu essen?" - "Kochst du auch Eier?") W.T.F.???

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Britain...

...going strong since the second World War by not changing any shower appliances (?)

Seriously, this is what I found in the bathroom of my hotel room in Abingdon:
weird shower thing, which has to be switched on by a "cord"
(as indicated by the nice, little paper-sign next to it)

However, what was the weirdest thing about this...it worked perfectly (right temperature, nice pressure)?!?!?!

Auf deutsch:
Grossbritannien, spitze seit dem 2. Weltkrieg, weil sie nie ihre Duschapparaturen aendern werden (?)

Was ihr da oben auf dem Bild sehen koennt war DAS in meinem Badezimmer im Hotel in Abingdon. Ein komisches Duschdings, anmachen muss man das ueber eine Kordel (wie durch das huebsche, kleine Papierschildchen beschrieben).

Das komischste war allerdings, dass das Dings perfekt funktioniert hat (ordentliche Temperatur, guter Druck)?!?!?!?

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Ich schreib nix mehr selber...

...ich lasse schreiben ;)

http://kugelrum.blogspot.de/2012/03/universale-korperkunst.html

So geht das heute, man sucht sich talentierte Blogger, die dann Posts ueber einen selber schreiben...und ganz ehrlich, das Ergebnis iss auf jeden Fall besser als ich das haette machen koennen ;)

Vanessa, du bist als Ghostwriter engagiert!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Heute im Airport-Edeka

Heute bin ich nach Zaragoza gefahren (potthaessliche Stadt), aber das Beste ist schon im Edeka in HAM passiert...
Der Name meiner Kassiererin...

er war: "Scarlett AXT" !!!

Wenn ich irgendwann ein Comic oder Buch schreibe, wird das der Name fuer den Gegenspieler!

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Merke:

1.) Langstreckenflüge gepaart mit Morgenlatten sind immer noch doof

2.) In Australien und Singapur muss man meine Flüssigkeiten nicht aus der Tasche nehmen...in Frankfurt schon (die finden es auch nicht cool, wenn man meint in Australien muss man das nicht).

3.) A380, immer Oberdeck und Fensterplatz!!! Soviel Platz hat man sonst in keinem Flugzeug...

4.) Morgens um 7 sind in Frankfurt nur Ficker (Pinguine) am Gate...viel Spaß schon mal den beiden, die um meinen Platz herumsitzen (nach 24h Flug stinkt man nun mal)

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Noble Gesten

Schön wenn man aufwacht und denkt die Blessuren von gestern kommen daher, dass man seine weiblichen Freundinnen vor nem ASSI verteidigen wollte...und dann erzählt bekommt dass der Typ das iPhone als scheisse bezeichnet hat und man ihm dann freundlich erklärt hat, dass er ein sehr kleines primäres Geschlechtsmerkmal hat ;)

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

The Mallorca recap

Yeah, yeah, I know...I promised to write something about Magaluf for quite some time...here you go:

It started all pretty nice, Silke and me went for a couples-holiday in the southeast of Mallorca. We found a cheap rate for a very nice 4-star hotel in Ses Sallines (C'an Bonico). All very fancy, less that 25 rooms, a nice big and cozy bed, free (and good) internet and always an empty pool. Nice days at the surrounding beaches, sun, and tasty dinners in all the villages. We visited Palma for one day...and yeah...didn't like the city...too many Germans. However, we did all this because I had the Predoc retreat in Magaluf, so after 4 days we packed our bags checked out Mallorcas big outlet and finally returned our rental car at the airport and enjoyed the zoo (or aiport) for a few hours. Then I started my trip to Magaluf...

Magaluf is to British chavs what El Arenal is to German Assis. This was already apparent by the time I arrived at my first hotel (just for the 1st night). Almost everyone in the lobby was the pure definition of "Chav"...or worse...Next funny thing - together with my room key (to get it I had to leave my passport...) I was handed a price list for destruction...literally, this was a list which had prices for destroying items in the room...destroy the wardrobe - €500,-...destroy the TV €200,-...throw something from the balcony just €100,-...cheap, cheap, cheap!!!


a few impressions ;)

Joe made it to Magaluf at around 11:30pm, to properly greet him I already bought a few beers and a small bottle of Morgans spiced.It went pretty much downhill from there on. After finishing the beer and the Morgans spiced we went back to the "strip"...just to give you an impression...if you ever thought the Reeperbahn was a shitty place full of retards, go to the "strip" in Magaluf and you will compare the Reeperbahn to an eloquent meeting place full of people having highly intelligent conversations. In Magaluf you went out at like 8pm, the first people are puking in the street...and the amount of puking in the streets rises gradually...at some point in the night almost half of the people are vomiting their guts out...and some are even fucking while doing that.
But back to the story...we were amazed by the cheap prices...a Pint of beer for €1 or €1,50...and all the longdrinks in Pint glasses - nothing smaller (drink all the pints!!!). The most "expensive" drink was a pint of Vodka/RedBull. Take a Pint-glass, pour in a can of RedBull (0.25l) add some ice cubes and fill up with Vodka...make the calculation...€5,-. Invigorated by this drink of the devil we danced the night away, got rid of our shirts in between, Joe found a new friend in the toiletboy (and gave him a lot of tip), someone stole liquor from the bar...and we all drank it...and I enjoyed the drum'n'bass music (which sadly seems to be the music of le chav in the UK). At like 4pm...or 5pm...or 6pm...whatever...Joe and me decided to leave the bar and go back to the hotel...after maybe 15m we were dragged into the next bar - Absinthe and a Pint of longdrink for €5,-...yeaaaaah!!!! After this drink we finally made it home...well...after wrestling through a bunch of african and british whores (real whores, the kind that takes money for whatever). But we made it to the hotel...had another beer...and I blacked out...

The next morning...where am I...who am I...what am I? Getting up...toilet...the whole bedroom was flooded (and crumpler bags are really waterproof)...clothes lying around everywhere...everything was lying around...well besides Joes phone...that was gone...and we never found it again...Magaluf had it ;) We even made it out of the hotel at the check-out time and slowly went to our "conference" hotel...yeah...they have something like this in Magaluf...gladly, we could check in at 11:30, went to our room and slept the hangover off ;)
In the afternoon we had breakfast, met some people, went to the pool...but I couldn't stomach more than a liter of Sangria that night (laaaaaaame).

On Saturday I gave a very, very good talk, everyone loved the otter and the twins...well...almost...but you can't make everyone happy. That night we went for Karaoke...Scooter's "Back in the UK" is my new Karaoke favorite! There was also this old, wrinkly dude named Randy who sang "My way" like 3 times...I think the DJ was quite happy when we left (I did like 5 or 6 songs...can't remember). We almost went to BCM Planet Dance...but decided €15,- is too much for 1hour of free bar and just went swimming at 4pm and shared one last beer in the hotel. No blackout though! Wooohoooo!

Here is a nice Youtube video about Magaluf...It is like Disneyland - a seriously FUCKED up Disneyland!


Karaoke! ...sorry Serena...

On Sunday Joe and me left Magaluf for the All-inclusive hotel we had rented for the last two days...just to chill, drink a little and lay low. Well...we expected this hotel to be of mixed nationalities and maybe even some normal people...
We thought wrong.


The "Animation" ...and the crowded bar...

The hotel was full of all the people who couldn't afford Magaluf, or already had more than 2 children at 20 (teenage pregnancy - wohoooo). But we made the best of it and saw it as a visit to the zoo or circus (or Jeremy Kyle/Wife Swap/Supernanny live...)...they had strict rules as well, such as "Don't let you baby into the pool if it is wearing diapers / has diarrhea"...just look at the following pictures...


...yaaaaay...

Another funny thing...the hotel was full of children...awake at 1am...the chidlrens movie each night started at 9pm...(so Mummy and Daddy can get drunk and fight)...funniest part...there were no school holidays in Britian at that time ;) Joe's comment: "I don't get it...my parents where never rich either...but I never had to go to a place like this".
Ah yeah...on Monday we got shitfaced again...after getting 16 Rum/Coke at 23:55 (4 per person...twice) we went to some club close to the hotel with some irish people (one just out of jail) we met...and blacked out again ;)

Tuesday - back to Palma, comic book store (all spanish...FFFFUUUUUU)...and some fun at the airport (German Assis and British Chavs together ;)

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Hitlers beard back in fashion Germany?

Lol, I just got into DESY and passed a physicist who was on his way to lunch...that guy sported a perfectly shaven hitler beard!!! It this back in fashion now? Celebrating 70yrs of whatever? Sadly, was on my bike and could not get what language he was speaking...probably a Brit getting ready for Halloween ;)

Thursday, October 06, 2011

Death of the iNventor

Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011.

After many, many signs it finally happened. Taking extended medical leave, stepping down as Apple's CEO and absolutely no appearance during the iPhone 4S presentation two days ago, not even some kind of video message. Let's hope Apple can keep going on like it did for the last 10 years without Steve now.

It might sound cheesy but try to grasp how big his fucking legacy to the world (or mankind) is. How many people found out about his death on a device he invented? Well, I did. Can there be a much better way to go out?

Sent from my MacBookPro

P.S. Yes, I am a nerd and I really love Apple ;)
P.P.S. there might be a good time to buy Apple stocks soon...

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Mallorca / 2011

- from a nice couples holiday to getting completely shitfaced over a retreat to a broliday -

Hello my dear blog (and whoever reads this shit), again long time no see...I was lazy...I know...However, what I experienced in the last few days, really needs to be written down ;) So, over the next few days I will try to put down as much as possible, chronically. Just a hint, if you were ever fed up with the retardedness of the Reeperbahn -> go to Magaluf, Mallorca for a few days...you'll love the Kiez again afterwards ;)

Thursday, September 08, 2011

Blogger aufm iPhone...

Na endlich...endlich mal ne Blogger app fürs iPhone...dann schreibe ich vielleicht mal endlich wieder was hier rein ;)

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

subkulturelle freunde

...lustig...
ich bin gerade verschwitzt mit tasche und rucksack in die bahn zum flughafen gestiegen...die war natuerlich proppevoll...also musste ich stehen.
auf halber strecke zur naechsten station tickt mich der einzige andere offensichtlich taettowierte typ in bahn an und fragt ob ich seinen platz haben moechte ;) es standen noch ca. 20 leute um mich rum...aber denen wollte er den platz offensichlich nicht anbieten...
schoen dass subkulturen so nett zusammenhalten ;)

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Timmy...irgendwo in Illinois

war lange zu ruhig hier...zeit wieder was zu schreiben...
ich sitze gerade im zug von burlington, iowa nach chicago...und fahre durch die einoede...
was macht man in iowa werdet ihr nun fragen...? naja, ich habe talks und tutorials auf nem workshop in chicago gegeben...und da chicago nah an iowa ist, habe ich dann auch mal endlich familie seifert besucht und drei tage in einer amerikanischen kleinstadt verbracht ;)
bald mehr dazu...schreiben aufm kindle ist zwar umsonst, aber doch schon etwas nervig...
...edit...
ploetzlich stehen 5 mormonen unter 20 neben mir im zug...das ist fast wie im museum oder eher noch zoo hier ;) ach ja, waaaaaaaaaahnsinnig viel platz hier! wie erste klasse fliegen!

Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Fruehling, Winter, Sommer

Letzte Woche Donnerstag musste ich mal spontan nach Schweden um Zusammenarbeiten anzuleiern. Mittwoch schon gefreut:"Ui, toll - in Hamburg wird's langsam warm und in Uppsala sind -2º...".
Donnerstag waren wir dann da - und es hat tatsaechlich geschneit!!! Schnee Ende Maerz!!! Bah!
Samstag in Hamburg dann 22º, zuviele verschiedene Temperaturen ;)

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Griechischer Baccardi...

Griechen scheinen besonderen Baccardi auszuschenken... Nach 6 Glaesern ist man so besoffen wie nach ner halben Flasche... und das Ganze fuer €2,80 (pro Glas) !!!
(Ja, ich werbe hiermit fuer Corfu, Hellkamp 43 - habe auch gute Gyros und Ouzo-Vitamine, nur immer voll da).
Heute morgen war mir irgendwie komisch...und das mitten in der Woche - ts, ts, ts...