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Biking again, first exam, REI and what helps in networking
Monday evening, i finally biked home again. 3 weeks after my injury, my knee was mobil enough to push the wheel... and I went for it ;). That remined me that I had made a biking movie when going down to Times Square (which is awesome - see yourself)....
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Thanksgiving in Nashville
Time has come for one of the biggest american holidays: Thanksgiving For me known as a celebration of big turkey, family and cheer, I was lucky to get invited by a nice friend from University - Lindsay - to Nashville, Tennessee. Before the trip, I got...
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Down! Set! HUT!!!! First Game
It finally happened - I played on the very same field as Vince Lombardi!! First game - WON!!! Dirty South (we) 12 - 8 The Comebacks That's my cool team... it was an awesome game! We play 7vs7 Flag Football with blocking. So its getting intense and it...
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Bronx Borough Court House... closed :)
Justice in the Bronx ...no comment.... It's closed due reconstruction, apparently since a long time! just found that while browsing and arranging all the pictures done. And that's why I liked biking so much - because I just got so many nice views, which...
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I moved in at Midtown!!!!!!
CHEERS Finally I will be sleeping in my very own bed tonight!!! After crashing 3 couches in the last week, I'm happy to be able to settle down and enjoy the conveniences of my very own space! As you see, sheets on the bed and computer set up - what else...
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Election day.... my experience
That was like one of the first things I saw when I woke up in the morning... The pizza packs today... as we had sponsored pizza at our university tonight - unusual, we just had to make up class. And guess what... people had been confused that I was late...
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Two great soccer games...
... but two Losses!!! I'm sure everybody knows of the first one... WM-Qualification Austria vs Germany. I even went to an Australien Pub to see it! It started great, cause already on the way there I say this truck on the street... a sign of Austrian Greatness!...
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New News ;)
Tuesday, 7.9.2010, second day at work. Well, yesterday I have been told that I should arrive something around 11 o’clock at work. Seems pretty serious to me, what do you think? After going back from the hotel, I met a man, who has been to Austria as IAESTE...
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The mysterious restrooms of Dealy Hall
Here is some important Information what you really need to know about Fordham University. Dealy Hall is my "home" building, i.e. it hosts IPED. One building, 6 floors, 4 different toilets.... see yourself, if you pass the rams (doorknob), you will be...
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Can someone explain to me...
... the relation of these two requests? From my point of view... I'm totally fine about respecting others - that's just normal. You don't need to tell me this!! But why do I need to go slowly for that? I simply can't unterstand it!!! Please tell me ;)...
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Leaving moscow....
Here I'm again, on Moscow airport, where I arrived nearly one Week ago. now I checked it and it was the first time I let put the plastic around my coffer. Because everybody else has also done so… so I thought it would be a good idea to follow this example....
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Millenium Campus Conference in Boston
And the first Trip in the USA goes to.... BOSTON!! A few weeks ago, a fellow austrian fulbrighter (Magdalena, thanks!), asked me about going to the MCC2012. Without hesitating I agreed. So we went to Boston to learn about the Millenium Development Goals,...
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Vienna bricks goes Madison Square Garden!!!
Saturday I wanted to take a study break until the afternoon - and it was a good timing as Women's Basketball took place at the gym of my university! That was.... well... it was Basketball, not so exciting! On the right you see our gym with a great Ram-logo...
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Awesome Story
I just read this story on a friends profile and its great: Arrested for laughing...!! This is from an actual trial in the UK. A young woman who was several months pregnant was sitting in a bus. When she noticed a young man smiling at her she began feeling...
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russian knowledge
Пиво вез водки как деньги на ветер it means: Beer without Vodka is liking throwing money in the wind today: i hope to go to Kreml, yesterday it was all closed by police due... I haven't unterstood ;) yesterday evening: big partys in different clubs......
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one step further...
reminding me of the first step.. however, today I was once again at a very fancy debate, organized by NYU... as many of my colleagues already experienced and enjoied, sometimes I take a little nap if I'm not so amazed by the speeches.. just as today!...
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the caterpillar sellar from Sibirsk
A russian guy, like todl in the old storys. About 2 metres high, the shoulders have a wide about 70cm and his arms are thick enough to battle my thigh. Barb, short hair and a strong accent when talking english. We had breakfast together and I was just...
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Austrian apprenticeship - the tide has turned
Note: This article is quite different than from what you normally find on this blog. It is about an economic/social development which I deem interesting and I was inspired to write the following lines by an article in the Bloomberg-Businessweek " Are...
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How i was affected by Sandy...
... luckily not serious at all... 2 days "locked" inside - already the worst part no halloween parade and less parties... however we had a nice "Frankenstorm" party ;) a week without university - very bad thing! exams are delayed and weird make-up appointments...
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Quiz and "funny" fact
First the quiz: which item of daily use is much more expensive and smaller than in Austria? Please leave a comment or write a mail, the winner will get this item exclusively delivered from me during christmas break! So it's worth guessing ;) And the "funny"...
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moscow... grey in grey, with a lot of rain
red kreml in front of a grey sky.. white monastery in front of a grey sky,... great luminossow stadion in front of a grey sky.. just the metro holds its grandiosity against the grey sky ;). This is also what impressed me today and motivated me to do a...
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"Eurodämmerung" and "Sturm und Drang"
One out of many awesome thing about my studies (yeah this blog explicitly mentions studying!) is the commons. It's a place for us IPED-students to hang out and spend more time at the university than necessary. Equipped with computers, free printer, chessboards,...
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What shall I do in New York ? - Part 1
Hello everyone, I hope you enjoy reading about my experiences in New York as much as I enjoy them to happen. Anyway, I have an idea how to make the blog more interactive and therefore I ask for your participation. What shall I do? There are plenty of...
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It's almost 2 a.m. in the library
and the started to turn lights on and off to signal its time to go home... Well I will obey after having successfully done my first "Last man standing" session in the library so far (not counting one saturday where they close at 7pm...). Some more sessions...
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1 day left for suggestions...
... on what I should do in New York! You will get nice stories, pictures and maybe even a vid about it... so be creative ;). Some suggestions: Search Austrian "Schnapps" in New York Bike around the hole island of Manhatten play Street-Basketball in a...