And we wonder why unemployment is so high in Berlin...
http://www.reason.com/news/show/129278.html
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1 year ago
27.1.09
Something new
After living here for 18 months, most of my life has become predictable. Today though, I saw a brand new sbahn car set-up. This may not seem like a big deal but... well, here is the math:
I've worked 180+90 full school days not including days without the kinder. We'll round it up to 300 days I've commuted from Berlin to Kleinmachnow. Assuming I only travel to school and home (rare) for 55 minutes each way I spend 110 minutes each day on public transport.
300 days * 110 minutes each day = 33000 minutes or 550 hours or ~23 days of my life have been spent on public transport excluding all social events.
In all of that time I have never seen an sbahn car with the set up of a booth backed by 2 center facing seats. Revelation.
P.S. A film crew is coming to my school tomorrow. Yeah, we're that awesome.
I've worked 180+90 full school days not including days without the kinder. We'll round it up to 300 days I've commuted from Berlin to Kleinmachnow. Assuming I only travel to school and home (rare) for 55 minutes each way I spend 110 minutes each day on public transport.
300 days * 110 minutes each day = 33000 minutes or 550 hours or ~23 days of my life have been spent on public transport excluding all social events.
In all of that time I have never seen an sbahn car with the set up of a booth backed by 2 center facing seats. Revelation.
P.S. A film crew is coming to my school tomorrow. Yeah, we're that awesome.
24.1.09
Back to Life... Back to Berlinity
So, I haven't been at home all of this time. Actually, I've been writing 14 reports with such intensity that I could not bear to write here. It was as though I ran out of words to say. Luckily, I kept a post-it note about stories I wanted to tell.
Twilight
One of my Christmas gifts was a copy of Twilight. I've purposefully avoided the book due to my highly suggestable personality (I get hooked on things easily), but once the book was a gift I had to read it. Overall, I liked it (especially for passing the school commute time) but I would catch myself in awe at the teen angst/love scenarios. Here was a personal favorite, "I inched closer, stretched out my whole hand now to trace the contours of his forearm with my fingertips. I saw that my fingers trembled, and knew it wouldn't escape his notice." And another, "He didn't answer at first; he simply bent his face to mine, and brushed his lips slowly along my jaw, from my ear to my chin, back and forth. I trembled." I could go on and on, but I'll stop in the hopes that the other Twilight readers will comment their favorite overdone teen moment at the bottom of this entry.
After reading Twilight, naturally I had to go see it at the Sony Center, so when Alyssa suggested going to the special girls day showing (complete with autographed card) I knew I had to make it to the special event.
When we walked into the theatre it was as though Hot Topic and Limited Too were having a joint massive sale because everywhere I looked were teen and pre-teen girls. Rachel was able to use 2 hands to count the men in the room, but she was the only one of us who could get that high. The movie started and I have to say that it was totally made for the audience. About 30 minutes in, I had to stop watching. The three girls behind up swooned when Edward was shown in the sun (by this point, I was watching my fellow movie-goers, they were the true show!) I partly did that so I could keep control on myself because I kept getting the giggles about the incredibly overdone romantic moments. I couldn't help myself. Really, I was biting my scarf to hold in the peels of laughter while Edward and Bella were on her bed and he flew back against the wall. TOO MUCH!
Note: I'm sorry Emily. I still adore you, just not your favorite book. I would suggest we watch it when you're 26, but maybe it will be to you what Titanic is to me...
Income Gap
I missed my class while I was away. They're my Berlin family, but I have to keep in mind that we lead very different lifestyles. Case in point: At Morning Meeting a child in my class was sharing about his holiday skiing in die Schweitz. It sounded like tons of fun. When he was finished the kids raised their hands to ask questions about it, and the first kid he called on said, "Was your hotel a 4 or 5 star?"
The previous evening I had spent some time browsing London hostels with rooms for 15 Euros per night. Hm. P.S. The boy reassured his classmates that it was a 5 Star resort.
Cheese Lady
Setting: Just an ordinary Saturday morning; Plus (grocery story)
Scene: Ashley and her fellow shoppers buying groceries to last until Monday
FYI: Italics are internal monologue
Ashley: Hm. Do I need any bread? Ooh, that olive ciabatta looks tasty. It's soft too. I wonder if I could...
Cheese Lady: Schmeh schmeh schmeh (German) kase datem?
Ashley: Date of the cheese, let me look.... nachste mittwoch. Yes, I'm awesome at German. I'm so glad this is the question old ladies ask when they hold out produce to me.
Cheese Lady: Grumble Grumble schmeh vehmeh doodlely doo fett?
Ashley: Okay, where does it tell the fat content. Turn over the mozzarella package. Ah yes, there it is. How in the world do I say this? Um, maybe... Eins und halbe.
Cheese Lady: Nay! Schmoodly schent blah blet schemeh schmeegin!
Ashley: Oh dear. I'm done. She has exhausted my deepest German language reserves and I have nothing left to give. Plus, she's yelling at me. I was trying to be helpful. Crone! At least I can always fall back on this... Das tut mir leid. Ich hab keine Deutsch.
Twilight
One of my Christmas gifts was a copy of Twilight. I've purposefully avoided the book due to my highly suggestable personality (I get hooked on things easily), but once the book was a gift I had to read it. Overall, I liked it (especially for passing the school commute time) but I would catch myself in awe at the teen angst/love scenarios. Here was a personal favorite, "I inched closer, stretched out my whole hand now to trace the contours of his forearm with my fingertips. I saw that my fingers trembled, and knew it wouldn't escape his notice." And another, "He didn't answer at first; he simply bent his face to mine, and brushed his lips slowly along my jaw, from my ear to my chin, back and forth. I trembled." I could go on and on, but I'll stop in the hopes that the other Twilight readers will comment their favorite overdone teen moment at the bottom of this entry.
After reading Twilight, naturally I had to go see it at the Sony Center, so when Alyssa suggested going to the special girls day showing (complete with autographed card) I knew I had to make it to the special event.
When we walked into the theatre it was as though Hot Topic and Limited Too were having a joint massive sale because everywhere I looked were teen and pre-teen girls. Rachel was able to use 2 hands to count the men in the room, but she was the only one of us who could get that high. The movie started and I have to say that it was totally made for the audience. About 30 minutes in, I had to stop watching. The three girls behind up swooned when Edward was shown in the sun (by this point, I was watching my fellow movie-goers, they were the true show!) I partly did that so I could keep control on myself because I kept getting the giggles about the incredibly overdone romantic moments. I couldn't help myself. Really, I was biting my scarf to hold in the peels of laughter while Edward and Bella were on her bed and he flew back against the wall. TOO MUCH!
Note: I'm sorry Emily. I still adore you, just not your favorite book. I would suggest we watch it when you're 26, but maybe it will be to you what Titanic is to me...
Income Gap
I missed my class while I was away. They're my Berlin family, but I have to keep in mind that we lead very different lifestyles. Case in point: At Morning Meeting a child in my class was sharing about his holiday skiing in die Schweitz. It sounded like tons of fun. When he was finished the kids raised their hands to ask questions about it, and the first kid he called on said, "Was your hotel a 4 or 5 star?"
The previous evening I had spent some time browsing London hostels with rooms for 15 Euros per night. Hm. P.S. The boy reassured his classmates that it was a 5 Star resort.
Cheese Lady
Setting: Just an ordinary Saturday morning; Plus (grocery story)
Scene: Ashley and her fellow shoppers buying groceries to last until Monday
FYI: Italics are internal monologue
Ashley: Hm. Do I need any bread? Ooh, that olive ciabatta looks tasty. It's soft too. I wonder if I could...
Cheese Lady: Schmeh schmeh schmeh (German) kase datem?
Ashley: Date of the cheese, let me look.... nachste mittwoch. Yes, I'm awesome at German. I'm so glad this is the question old ladies ask when they hold out produce to me.
Cheese Lady: Grumble Grumble schmeh vehmeh doodlely doo fett?
Ashley: Okay, where does it tell the fat content. Turn over the mozzarella package. Ah yes, there it is. How in the world do I say this? Um, maybe... Eins und halbe.
Cheese Lady: Nay! Schmoodly schent blah blet schemeh schmeegin!
Ashley: Oh dear. I'm done. She has exhausted my deepest German language reserves and I have nothing left to give. Plus, she's yelling at me. I was trying to be helpful. Crone! At least I can always fall back on this... Das tut mir leid. Ich hab keine Deutsch.
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