Well, I think this is my last post now. To be honest, in the beginning I had quite big problems to get into the thing with blogging, but now I got used to it and it was ok. My problem is that I hate working with the computer particularly if the weather is like it was today. But sometimes it was really entertaining and it was also varied. We had the possibility to do things that we want to improve our English and this was great.
So I say good-bye to everyone who has read my blog!
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Dienstag, 19. Juni 2007
Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2007
other blogs
Yesterday I read some blog entries from a Carinthian girl who was in America during this semester. Indeed she writes mostly in German but there are also some English entries. She expresses her feelings and her thoughts in a very entertaining and funny way and it is really an amusement to read her entries because she wirtes about everything. She was in America for about four month and worked there on her degree dissertation. She studies in Klagenfurt and came back only one week ago.
This blog is interesting for everybody who wants to study abroad for some time (so it is the right one for us) and if you read the entries you can see that is not only fun but also depressing and difficult.
If you want to check this posts you have to go to the following website (I hope it still exists although she has already come back):
www.kleinezeitung.at/inamerica
This blog is interesting for everybody who wants to study abroad for some time (so it is the right one for us) and if you read the entries you can see that is not only fun but also depressing and difficult.
If you want to check this posts you have to go to the following website (I hope it still exists although she has already come back):
www.kleinezeitung.at/inamerica
Dienstag, 12. Juni 2007
stress, stress, nothing but stress
To be honest, at the moment I am not sold on being a student. But probably it is the same for everybody currently. At the end of every semester it is the same. You have about four exams a week and furthermore you have to do presentations, homework,... .
Apropos presentation, today I had to present, together with a friend of mine, three very comprehensive and complicate topics in our proseminar-classtime. The preperation for this presentation occupied the whole, long weekend. It was about the following topics (I am not sure if you are interested in it, but anyway, I am going to tell you): The first one was "translation and power", then it was "feminism in translation" and the last one was "translation and postcolonialism". Isn`t it great? I know it sounds quite interesting but it sounds also easier than it actually is. The biggest problem of the topics was probably, that nearly every single page was in ENGLISH. Of course, I like English but with these texts I had my problems. Really, I had to struggle a lot that I could understand them and that I was able to translate them. I had about seventy pages to work through and I was the luckiest and most satisfied person when I finished it on Sunday at 11 p.m. To sum up, I am simply really happy that the presentation is over.
But this is just the beginning of two very stressful and nerve-racking weeks! We have to hang on, and look forward to the three month which come afterwards!
Apropos presentation, today I had to present, together with a friend of mine, three very comprehensive and complicate topics in our proseminar-classtime. The preperation for this presentation occupied the whole, long weekend. It was about the following topics (I am not sure if you are interested in it, but anyway, I am going to tell you): The first one was "translation and power", then it was "feminism in translation" and the last one was "translation and postcolonialism". Isn`t it great? I know it sounds quite interesting but it sounds also easier than it actually is. The biggest problem of the topics was probably, that nearly every single page was in ENGLISH. Of course, I like English but with these texts I had my problems. Really, I had to struggle a lot that I could understand them and that I was able to translate them. I had about seventy pages to work through and I was the luckiest and most satisfied person when I finished it on Sunday at 11 p.m. To sum up, I am simply really happy that the presentation is over.
But this is just the beginning of two very stressful and nerve-racking weeks! We have to hang on, and look forward to the three month which come afterwards!
Montag, 4. Juni 2007
The "Gailtaler Speckfest"
Hi everybody!
I have to tell you something about my funny weekend. I was at home, in Carinthia, and the
re have been taken place the fifteenth "Gailtaler Speckfest". Maybe some of you have already heard about it as it is quite famous. There come tourists from all parts of Austria and it is really popular in Italy. About a third of the guests are Italian as they love our "Gailtaler Speck".
re have been taken place the fifteenth "Gailtaler Speckfest". Maybe some of you have already heard about it as it is quite famous. There come tourists from all parts of Austria and it is really popular in Italy. About a third of the guests are Italian as they love our "Gailtaler Speck".It takes place every year on the first weekend of June in Hermagor which is in the south of Carinthia. There are about seventy stands where people from our valley and also from other parts of Carinthia present their deliciousnesses. As you would expect the "Gailtaler Speck" is the thing which comes to the fore but also cheese, wine and home-made schnaps are important parts of the festival. Most of the presenters (is it the correct word for "Austeller"?) are farmers who live in our valley.
One of the most important meals on the festival is probably the so-called "Frigga" which is made of potatoes, onions, Speck and cheese. It is served with polenta and is really favoured. But you have to be very careful: As it is extremely fatty you can get an awful stomachache if you eat too much! Believe me, I speak from my own experience! :-)
The festival starts on Saturday at ten o'clock with the traditional "first cut" of a huge Speck.
During the whole weekend there are bands from Carinthia, Italy and Slovenia who make particularly folksy music. Furthermore there are different light entertainment programmes for children and also some raffles for the young and the young at heart.
During the whole weekend there are bands from Carinthia, Italy and Slovenia who make particularly folksy music. Furthermore there are different light entertainment programmes for children and also some raffles for the young and the young at heart.
This year it was the culinary aim for thousands of visitors who bought about five tons of Speck and 3,000 salami which is quite a lot.
On Saturday I visited the festival and we had a lot of fun there. So, if you have never been there until now you have to come to Carinthia next year, I think it is really well worth seeing. It is a different sort of festival but a special one. :-)
On this picture you can see some "important" persons from our valley, like the governing mayor of Hermagor, during the famous "first-cut" of the Speck which opens up the festival officially.Samstag, 12. Mai 2007
outlook on my future job
Today I got insight how my job will look like as the boyfriend of my sister asked me to translate the abstract of his dissertation. It is about the problems of the lumbar region and therefore it was quite difficult because of the many medical expressions. He told me that it hadn't to be so exact I thought I try it. To be honest I am not sure that everything is correct but I enjoyed this work and for some time I felt like a translator. :-) So I hope I did a good work and I am looking forward to doing things like this more often!
Mittwoch, 11. April 2007
Perfect day
Although winter is my favourite season I like spring as well, particularly this one. Today was the most beautiful day in these holidays. I got up at half past seven and I went snowboarding at half past eight.
With the cablecar it takes me only ten minutes from my house and I am in a quite big ski region (called Naßfeld). Today it was great there because there were nearly no skier, the sky was azure and cloudless.
With the cablecar it takes me only ten minutes from my house and I am in a quite big ski region (called Naßfeld). Today it was great there because there were nearly no skier, the sky was azure and cloudless.
In the early afternoon I was sunbathing while I was reading Jaywalking. Try to combine these two things and you will see that the book is a lot easier to read outdoors. :-)
I got sunburnt, my first one this year. Yippee, now I am a bit red instead of white, but tomorrow I will be as pallid as yesterday. :-)
Although the hotness is unseasonable, I loved this awesome day!
I got sunburnt, my first one this year. Yippee, now I am a bit red instead of white, but tomorrow I will be as pallid as yesterday. :-)
Although the hotness is unseasonable, I loved this awesome day!
Enjoy the rest of your holiday and the warm spring days!
Dienstag, 10. April 2007
something about cork...
As I tell you a lot about Jaywalking with Irish today, I can´t leave out the location where it takes place.
So I am going to tell you something about it. It is called Cork (Irish: Corcaigh) and it is Ireland's third most populous city after Dublin and Belfast and has a population of 119,143. County Cork is situated in the South West of Ireland, it is the largest of all the Irish counties and in many ways the most varied. Rich farmlands and river valleys contrast with the wild sandstone hills of the west, and above all there is the magnificent coastline. The city´s name derived from an Irish word corcach meaning "marshy place", referring to its situation on the River Lee.
Cork City Council
The most important place of interest in Cork is the church tower of Shandon, which dominates the North side of the city. The cork tower on the church is known by locals as The Four-faced Liar, as from the base of the building, each clock face appears to show a different time. Shandon is accessible to the public, and the bells myay be rung by the visitors.
The picture on the right side shows the Shandon bells.
Another important sigth is the Cork City Hall which is illuminated at night and reflected in the River Lee. In 1920, during the War of Independence, it was destroyed by British forces. This event was and is known as the "Burning of Cork". The rebuilding in 1930s was provided by the British Government as a gesture of reconciliation.
For further information about Cork you can explore the following websites:
http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://www.cork-guide.ie/
And here is the URL of the University of Cork, maybe you want to do your semester abroad there.
http://www.ucc.ie/en/
So I am going to tell you something about it. It is called Cork (Irish: Corcaigh) and it is Ireland's third most populous city after Dublin and Belfast and has a population of 119,143. County Cork is situated in the South West of Ireland, it is the largest of all the Irish counties and in many ways the most varied. Rich farmlands and river valleys contrast with the wild sandstone hills of the west, and above all there is the magnificent coastline. The city´s name derived from an Irish word corcach meaning "marshy place", referring to its situation on the River Lee.
Cork City Council
The most important place of interest in Cork is the church tower of Shandon, which dominates the North side of the city. The cork tower on the church is known by locals as The Four-faced Liar, as from the base of the building, each clock face appears to show a different time. Shandon is accessible to the public, and the bells myay be rung by the visitors.
The picture on the right side shows the Shandon bells.
Another important sigth is the Cork City Hall which is illuminated at night and reflected in the River Lee. In 1920, during the War of Independence, it was destroyed by British forces. This event was and is known as the "Burning of Cork". The rebuilding in 1930s was provided by the British Government as a gesture of reconciliation.
For further information about Cork you can explore the following websites:
http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://www.cork-guide.ie/
And here is the URL of the University of Cork, maybe you want to do your semester abroad there.
http://www.ucc.ie/en/
Jaywalking with the Irish
As I wanted to explore some facts about David Monagan I came across the book cal
led 'Irrwitziges Irland' which is Jaywalking with the Irish in German. I didn´t know that it is also available in my mother tongue but also if I had known I wouldn´t have bought it in German because we need the English vocabulary for our exams (only one reason :-) ). Here is a picture of David Monagan and the cover from the book.
led 'Irrwitziges Irland' which is Jaywalking with the Irish in German. I didn´t know that it is also available in my mother tongue but also if I had known I wouldn´t have bought it in German because we need the English vocabulary for our exams (only one reason :-) ). Here is a picture of David Monagan and the cover from the book.
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