After Skype-ing with Nathan the Scot for over an hour he was sick the next day. Apparently the mere view of the Union Jack behind me for such a long time had been enough to poison him. #OOPS
27 June, 2015
Life Goal: To Never Achieve Anything. Ever.
She finished school with 18.
Went to London for one year to earn money for her studies, earned a lot - but went home to Germany every other weekend and ended up with less than with what she had started.
Went to university to become a teacher and demanded from her biological father 100€ a month, even though her mum earns more than enough while her father has two other kids and doesn't even earn half of what her mother earns.
She doesn't work in her semester breaks because she's 'better than people who have to work in a bar or something'.
She gets married with 23.
Instead of finishing her studies as soon as possible she studies for more than 7 years.
And instead of finally doing her first state exam she gets pregnant 1 1/2 years before it.
She takes another break from her studies but still wants her biological father to give her 100€ a month.
She has the baby.
One month later she calls to ask her dad for even more money because she has decided to not finish her teacher training but start with a 3-year apprenticeship. The baby has to go to nursery school with less than 2 months, and as soon as she has finished her apprenticeship she'll have to move to a different country every 3 years.
She doesn't work in her semester breaks because she's 'better than people who have to work in a bar or something'.
She gets married with 23.
Instead of finishing her studies as soon as possible she studies for more than 7 years.
And instead of finally doing her first state exam she gets pregnant 1 1/2 years before it.
She takes another break from her studies but still wants her biological father to give her 100€ a month.
She has the baby.
One month later she calls to ask her dad for even more money because she has decided to not finish her teacher training but start with a 3-year apprenticeship. The baby has to go to nursery school with less than 2 months, and as soon as she has finished her apprenticeship she'll have to move to a different country every 3 years.
And after wasting all this time and money she still is the better child.
F*ck you?!
F*ck you?!
26 June, 2015
Still Looking for a Job
I'm 19 years, have my Abitur, currently studying English, good marks, did two internships (one with a 96% rating), I'm reliable, would do pretty much anything - but I'm unable to to find a sideline so I can pay back my debts.
Everyone wants someone experienced, but how am I supposed to gain experience when no one wants to hire me in the first place?!
Still, there's a tiny ray of hope; after asking in pretty much every company in the area I just got a message from the swimming pool that they might need someone. Please.
My dear friends, Germany really is a well working country...
Not only am I still waiting for a letter - for 5 weeks now and I know it normally only takes about a week - but today I almost didn't get to school.
On any other day no problem, I would've just called uni that I couldn't come because of the DB, but today I had an exam in the second lesson. In a subject where we only have two marks for the whole year.
That was the reason why I had already decided last night to take the earlier train, so I'd be at school one hour before the exam.
In the morning I left the house on time - like really on time, for the first time in ages - and got to the train station at 6:30am, 10 minutes before the train was supposed to arrive.
At 6:39 then an announcement: The 6:40am train will be 10 minutes late.
5 minutes later: The 6:40am train will be 15 minutes late.
Another 10 minutes later: The 6:40am train will be 25 minutes late.
At 7:05am: no train, no further announcements
7:15am: The second train in the other direction arrived. And left.
7:25am: The next train was to come at 7:30, apparently they 'accidentally forgotten' to tell us that the train had been cancelled?! If I had known earlier, I could've called a classmate and asked her to take me along.
So I had been standing at the train station for 60 minutes just to possibly be late for my exam?!
Tried to call my mum 3x until she finally answered, and asked her if she could drive me to uni in case the next train was also late.
7:29am, announcement: The 7:30am train will be 10 minutes late...
22 June, 2015
15 June, 2015
Easy Scone Recipe
First of all: I can't cook. I can't bake. I don't even know how to use a microwave. I've never even made pasta. But I managed to make scones - so the recipe really is easy.
Ingredients:
250 g flour
2 tsp baking powder
40 g sugar
30 g butter (cold)
150 ml milk
1 pinch of salt
75 g raisins
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 220°C
- Mix together the flour and the baking powder and add salt and sugar.
- Mix the butter in flakes with the flour.
- Add the milk and the raisins and knead everything together. The dough should be smooth and consolidated, if not add some more flour or milk.
- Leave it in the fridge for 10 minutes.
- Roll the dough on a floured work surface to a thickness of ~2cm.
- Cut out circles with a diameter of 5-8cm (works best with a glass).
- Put them on a greased baking tray and leave them for 5 minutes.
- Bake them for 10-12 minutes until they're golden yellow. The circles should double their volume.
- Leave them to cool down on.
And that's it. Now you can eat them (best when they're still warm) with butter, clotted cream, sweetened whipped cream or jam.
The first time I ate scones was when I went to London in March. Found some cheap ones in a M&S near Tower Bridge... and they tasted exactly like the ones I made myself. Yay!
13 June, 2015
Trooping the Colour Today!!!
I'm way too excited for Trooping the Colour* for someone who isn't even British but OMG royal family and Queen and Prince George!!!
Now I want to go back to London even more!
... Seriously, in 3 years time I will celebrate the 92th birthday with the Queen (because the Queen is immortal and will still be queen when I get to London).
* Trooping the Colour, also known as The Queen’s Birthday Parade, is a military ceremony that dates back to at least the early 18th century. It usually takes place on the second Saturday in June.11 June, 2015
Throwback Thursday to 25th March 2015 - the day I met my Twitter friend Bibi
Exactly 14 days after I got back from London I finally had the chance to meet my Twitter friend Bibi. We'd known each other for more than 4 years already, and even though she lives in Munich which is only about 3h from here we had never managed to meet before.
Exactly 14 days after I got back from London I finally had the chance to meet my Twitter friend Bibi. We'd known each other for more than 4 years already, and even though she lives in Munich which is only about 3h from here we had never managed to meet before.
The main reason why I was in Munich that day was that my college had decided to watch the Martin Luther Kind movie 'Selma' and the next cinema that shows movies in the original version was in Munich so - there we were.
Perfect opportunity to finally meet. Cool girl, would meet again. 10/10
Perfect opportunity to finally meet. Cool girl, would meet again. 10/10
07 June, 2015
04 June, 2015
Dear grandma,
I really like you, but:
- I have to get up at 5:00am every morning
- I have to be at the train station at 6:30am at the latest
- I won't be back in town till 3:00pm
- I have homework to do for which I need internet
- I want to have a few minutes only for me
So don't act upset when I say I will not come to your place. You get to have my sister all week, but my schedule is so tight the next few weeks that I will not visit you just because you're acting offended now!
02 June, 2015
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