Graduation Party Part II

As I mentioned in my latest post, Nadine and I were invited to the graduation party of Philipp, nephew of Sissy. On the way to downtown Graz we made a stop at Shopping Center Seiersberg to satisfy the shopping fever of Nadine. :-D Afterwards, we checked in the "Das Weitzer" which is a nice old hotel close to the city center of Graz. We intended to have dinner at Aiola, but the kitchen was closed due to restructuring, reopening April 15^th. So we had no time to search for a long time, because of a starving Hannes, we couldn't waste time! ;-) I had a wonderful steak at the "Herzerl Stubn" and Nadine a special kind of "Schnitzel" with pumpkin seeds. Then we headed to M1-Bar where the party took place. We meet a lot of Philipp's friends and his family. We really enjoyed the night and had a lot of fun! On the way home we had to make a stop for a big hot dog. Actually we had to get two, because the first one was a little bit cold and not Nadine refused this one – she is a really big fan of Hotdogs!!! – so we made a stop at the next hotdog stand to grab another one, but this time the temperature wasn't the problem rather the sausage, which was a Bratwurst. So Nadine was disappointed again, but she was too hungry to refuse it! On the next day, we had an awesome brunch at the Aiola Schlossberg with a wonderful view over Graz and with sunny 15°C.

Unfortunately such weekends always end to fast! So we had to go back to SoBu for studying and some more coffee…

Nadine & Hannes

Sponsionsfeier die Zweite

Nadine and I are going to Graz for this night to celebrate with Philipp Gamauf his "Magister". We are leaving next few minutes to please every women's weak point – shopping. I think it will be the first time that Nadine will be on time… :-D

Full story coming up!

Working!

Last weekend I was completely occupied with working. I was working as a waiter at the MotoMotion in Oberwart, which is a fair for cars, bikes and everything which can be related to it. As it was a success I was really busy! Now I am tired and happy to have it passed.

Before I forget, on Friday there was a Graduation Party of Manuel in Stinatz. It was a very funny party with cold meet and a lot of beer! ;-) Unfortunately, I was not very long, because of working on the next day, but still I enjoyed an "Austrian-croatian" celebration.

Tomorrow morning I will meet with my professor to discuss the register of my final thesis.

Good night and take care,

Hannes

One night in (Rio) Vienna

I spent the last night in Vienna, because of an interview, which worked out quiet good. Now, I have to send them my grades to get invited for second round. In the afternoon I played Tim Taylor and fixed mounting for the curtains in the kitchen of the apartment of Sissy & Andy. One of several things I have done so far, which earned me the title of "Hausbesorger". Sounds pretty awkward to be a caretaker, but as I had to pay in some way my rent for staying with them, I am rather honored with the title. Afterwards we had a late lunch at Schilling, an old Vienna cuisine close to the apartment.

Then I had my next meeting at the department for student affairs to get my American grades for good. I could finish the process for my Irvine classes, but they still want me to send them a new transcript of Berkeley, which would cost me around 50€. Lets see what the head of the department thinks about it?! ;-) The best thing about Berkeley is, that I would get 5 Semesterstunden, it's the Austrian form of credits, for each lesson, which would mean that I have done Irvine for nothing and 2 other classes, because usually a class is worth 2 Semesterstunden, but due to the workload in Berkeley it counts far more. So now you can see, that I wasn't joking in the summer, when I was studying my ass off! Nevertheless, I just have 4 Semesterstunden left, so I will only take each class for 2 SS each.

In the evening, I met with current UCI students and the replacement of mine next fall quarter in Irvine. It was a really nice chat and I hope I could help them a little bit to tackle all the obstacles they might face.

Today, I was for a great breakfast in my favorite café next to the University – "The Roast" and then it was the big time for Manuel, who was honored with his "Magister" degree (masters). Thanks to the long days next to him in the library I was invited to the ceremony which was followed by champagne and a lunch at a restaurant in Vienna. Still full with "Cordon Bleue" and beer, I am lying in front of the TV back home in SoBu.

I wish all of you a great rainy weekend!

Scoring Machines battle each other

Austrian Carnival And Many More

On Tuesday it was the last day of this season's carnival - called "Fasching" in Austria. As I am not a typical fan of such "must-be-funny-days", I joined the party rather late at 4.30 at Oberwart Main street. After some hot wine, I drove to Stegersbach, where my girlfriend was the "Carnival Princess 2009" and Ado and I picked her up. We had lot of fun at P2 and Braumönch, where Laky was working this night. Around 9.30 I drove back home to leave my girl alone for some dancing.

Wednesday, I was working all day for dieBank to get the restaurant back to normal business after the Carnival mess. On the next day, I spend all day with my final thesis and some relaxing with Nadine. Friday was a lot of fun with the guys from St. Michael, who Peter and I visited for some German Beer and some "Unicum", the Hungarian national drink – fu… disgusting!!! Saturday, I worked again on my final thesis and had some coffee with my guys. Nadine and I spent the night at Thermal Stegersbach.

All in all, an ordinary week of my life! Including coughing and sniffing!

Fitness 2.0

Some of you have received this video already, but you never can stop watching it!


Fitnessprogramm 2.0

unbelievable!!!

Hamburg – Pick Up My Car

Sunday, my mother and I took the night train to Hamburg and next morning we had a transfer to Bremerhaven. There I had to deal with the plates and the insurance for the car. Due to good preparation in advance it took only few minutes to get a 5-day-pass. With plates and insurance we headed to the freighting company, where I picked up my car. Unfortunately, it has one scratch, which hopefully can be polished. It was amazing how many cars every week get imported. This week around 20 ships arrived. In summer it was 180. Unbelievable how many took advantage of the good exchange rate. After the process we stopped in the city centre of Bremerhaven to have a "Frigatellen-Brötchen", which is comparable with a burger. It is really delicious! With a full belly we could start our journey back to Hamburg.

We arrived at our Hotel around 6 o clocks in the evening – we stayed at the Marriott in the middle of the city – Thanks to Alex! After quick shower and relaxing, we started to look for a dinning place. After endless walking, I asked for a restaurant and we were lucky. We were recommended a great place with typical local food. I had "Labskaus" and my mum had some fish with mustard. After some drinks at the hotel bar, we fell in our beds for a long nice sleep.

On the next day, we started our hardcore sightseeing-tour with a harbor-tour by boot and afterwards a tour with a bus. This compared with a lot of walking in between made us hungry and tired – the question is when I am not hungry?! ;-) We really enjoyed the city, because the sun was shining but it was chilly. I don't want to mention all the details about the city, because I think it is more about the atmosphere, which makes it so impressive. Of course I have to mention the "Reeperbahn" as one of the most famous party miles on earth, but as it was Tuesday and freezing it was not much going on there. The clean and shiny streets, fleets and bridges make Hamburg one of my favorite cities. On Wednesday we visited the museum for local history, which showed us the development of the city. Our last point on the sightseeing list was a Russian submarine.

At 8 pm, I had to drive my car to the train to get it transported in the rear of it. My mum and I had it comfortable in the front in a nice bed. Yes, you are right. One moment I was thinking of staying in my car, but with freezing temperature it was an easy decision. :-D

Hamburg

Google Sync

Microsoft has Exchange Server and Apple has it's Mobile Me. Both are great applications to sync wireless your calendar, contacts and mails with your account. Both are pretty expensive and not worth to pay for it as long as you don't have a business or a company pays it for you! Now my favorite company came up with something for free.This is the reason why I love this company so much!

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enjoy

iPhone Firmware 2.2.1 is out

For everybody with an iPhone, 3G or 2G, since few days, the firmware update 2.2.1 is out. It is just a small update to solve some bugfixes and stability of Safari.

Small Guide for jailbroken iPhones. If you still want to use your inofficial Apps like I do, I can recommand you this guide.

1)download "APT Backup" on Cydia - it is a small App which saves the downloaded Apps from Cydia in a directory, where iTunes syncs it on your computer. That means, that all your programms can be installed after a restore or update easy by clicking restore in "APT Backup". So basically you just have to install this app. So install it and run backup.

2) sync with iTunes

3) after successful sync, you can use the update button to install the update. Everything should stay like it is, except the inofficial apps and cydia, and take approximately 5 min.

4) Now you can run this app, which puts Cydia on your iPhone. Here is a link: QuickPwn for Win

5) Install "APT Backup" on Cydia and run restore to get your apps back!

Good Luck with it! and enjoy your precious!

(This guide is for everybody with an Iphone from an official provider or OTB unlocked)