NEWS

I got away and other things to say about the last months ..

Guess what, I don't have to continue the service for the Swiss Army longer than I whish to. It seems that I behaved unmotivated and calmly enougth not to attract the attention of any of my superiors. Now, to more interesting business, while the military service is keeping me busy I'm also concerned with moving my room. You could say "finally", but unfortunately the room I'll move to has acted as my father's office for many years and has to be cleaned out first. So, before I can rejoice in more space there has to be made space. Oh, if you just could see that room, it's quite cosy, but at the moment stuffed with documents and things we couldn't store anywhere else, still I'm quite happy. - If you want to imagine how it looks empty, you have to think of a room with wooden walls and brown/orange carpet. It's not quite big but compared to the room I had for the last 14 years it is huge. And another surprise I'll have space for my new PC. You know the good thing about the army is that I got money and this finally buys me the PC I dreamt of for a long time. Well, not really, but I'm not a millionaire. So, here are the specs of the things I managed to buy. AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz Black Edition CPU, a Sapphire ATI Radeon HD5850 graphiccard and some more nice things that are less important.
So for now, ... good bye.

What to do...

I fear that I don't actually be able to do what I want, but what can I do to convince people from what I want? - For me it is most important to decide with care, to decide with others not about others. Unfortunately, the swiss military doesn't think the same and I fear that they want to urge me to continue my services. Still, I have quite strong arguments, why I don't want to continue. But the hole thing is just hilarious, for when I voiced my reasons to a superior he just seemed to think that I don't mean it. I really think I'll have to quit military service if they ask me to continue as they and ignore my arguments. So, I ask my self, what to do when this time comes? - I don't know, I'll need the money from my military service to study and I need it to travel again next summer. The obvious thing is to search a job, but where the hell does a grammer school graduate get a job from? A job which is paid properly, only lasts for two to four months and doesn't require any formation but grammer school? - Naturally, I could hope to start civil service as soon as possible but the chances that this would be possible are small .  .   .   .
I don't know what to do.           D o    y o u  ?

I'm tired ...

I'm tired, tired of people telling me what to do, people telling me I'm strange, people telling me I'm wrong and most of all people telling me I can't decide ...

the army calls

If I'm honest, I'm quite nervous. The information flow is horrible and all the stuf you hear about the army isn't doing any good, too. - Let's say; I hope I will have a good start, it's the only thing I'm worrying about. Anything elese will come over me as it is.
My coiffeuse convinced me to leave the hair shoulder long, as she's had many recrutes she should know. - You may also know that I'm not really the type to do stupid things for the sake of just doing them, so, that's another thing that could go wrong with the philosophies of military service, but first let's see what happens ...
So long, I say good bye and I'll possibly write something next weekend.

Dorian Gray

Some weeks ago I went to the cinema with some friends from Brighton and we watched Dorian Gray. I don't know if it has been or is in the German / Swiss cinemas yet, but I thought I'll write a little review anyway.
Some may have read the book by Oscar Wilde called the Picture of Dorian Gray, which is a impressive work of fiction and thought. It is not common that movies can be understood by people, who haven't read the books. In this case it seems to be possible or so I was told.
I don't say much about the plot here as most people will know it anyway. More important are the differences between book plot and movie. You can't await the depth or the subtlety of the book, nevertheless the character Dorian Gray is well portrayed. Unfortunately, you’ll miss or you’ll won’t perceive the depth of side characters just because it’s not there. There’s not much else to say, but the thing which really upset me. It is that they movie is Americanised and you’ll always get that notion of sex, drugs and Halloween, not exactly what you want.
I still recommend it to be seen for the sake of other worse movies, it is still good entertainment and a solid work.

Communication

Finally, you managed it! Since all my friends are starting to abandon MSN and walk over to Facebook I am urged to do the same.
Well not exactly, I just had to realise that I miss so much imformation without a Facebook account that I live behind the moon. So, firstly because of my friends and secondly information exchange here in Brighton I have subscribed on Facebook. I have to stress that I won't be communicating through Facebook I'll just keep up with the news and post updates on my Website like I planed to do on my Blog (which my be deleted soon!).
But I have to make my point clear, that I still think that Facebook isn't the safest place to be on the internet.

Why I write in English

Many of my Swiss friends asked me; why are you writing in English and not in German or even Swiss German. - I actually couldn't answer them. I just didn't know why I do it. I just did it.
But now that a little thought went into it, I can tell you. It seems that it was some kind of subconsciousness, which is the reason I started writing in English. And you'll understand why when you read this.
Firstly, I have to mention that I am (not so often, but still) and was participating in the forums of HPANA for much longer time than I have this page. As it is these forums are English only and the only thing most of the people on HPANA have in common is that they speak English. Now as I wanted this page to be accessible to all my "friends" I've started my Blog in English and kept on on this page.
Secondly, if you ask yourselve today, facing my time in England, what happens when you'll meet people from other countries, they become your friends and then they want to read your page! Now with so many people from other nations around me, I'm happy that I didn't write German.
And thirdly, comes an argument you may have heard from me before, it's just good practise.

The first Brighton update

I was finally abel to write something about my first three days in Brighton. Many things have happened since I last spoke with the most of you. Firstly, I arrived in Brighton. Secondly, got to know some other Swiss guys (What a surprise!). And last but not least, I changed guests family again! So thats it. The rest you'll have to read on the journeys page

Second update after a long time

The most important news of the last days is undoubtly that I passed the Matura, the next one that I'll be in England from the 28th June till October. I'll try to update as frequently as possible but I'm sure that time will prevent me from doing so!

Latest bit of news is that I'm in Savognin (near St. Moritz) and having the last great party with my class mates.

SO LONG!

Finally I've got it!

So, all pages are online! *Smiles* Though this doesn't mean that things are finished. There is much to be done in the week after the oral Maturaexams, but fore now this has to be enough. Although, I'll add some little bits here and there and I'll keep up my daily "mood-reports" after the exams.
There will be a picture on the "Journeys" section and the archive section will be filled with something, too.