Ausflug nach Nuernberg

Went to Nuernberg for 10 Euro by bus with the Ausflug organized by FSZ. Later I found this is the cheapest possible price. This is an important place for the Nazi, and is where Hitler was court. We went to: Albrecht-Duerer-Haus Spielzeugmuseum Marktplatz Lorenz Kirche Dokumentationszentrum On return, Hui discussed with me Chinese history... :p Schloss Nuernberg and Dokumentationszentrum

Mensa

ISP asked unregistered from course Went to mensa with ShuChen at noon Visited university library Making sushi at Li, Hui's place at night Food from Mensa at 2,40 Euro

Was ist heute los?!?!

Today I went to my German class, but I saw only one student there. A lady from Moscow, who has been in Germany for 6 years. I have no idea why we are in the same class... :p But the bigger problem is, the time for the class is changed, but no one has notified me, and the new schedule clashes my other classes.... Scheisse!!! At home, I spent some 3 hours today, both in the morning and in the afternoon, just to figure out how to ssh the machines at the Comp Sci. Department... I have emailed my teacher, the admin, and also a classmate... A: ich moechte von daheim die Uebungsblatt arbeiten. Leider weiss ich nicht, was soll ich tun, nach ich mich per ssh den Gateway-Rechner verbinden. T: Zuerst auf ein ssh1 oder ssh2.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de einlogen und dann noch mal auf einen Poolrechner einlogen. Dann kann man auf demRechener ueber ssh arbeiten. A: Was sind die Namen der Poolrechnern oder Servers, die ich benutzen kann? Danke! T: Hier ist ein Teil von der Hostliste, auf den man arbeiten kann.134.2.168.72 lyrae# @ wsi; Solaris; PoolHost [...] A: I have tried ssh the wsi computers, but I received the error message in red after I typed in the password. What is the problem? Thanks in advance! %ssh mel@wsi -l mylogin Password: Password: Password: Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-with-mic,keyboard-interactive). Ad: Lass einfach das "@wsi" weg, dann tut's. A: ich habe ohne "@wsi" mal versucht, leider ist die Fehler-nachricht noch da. Was ist los? Vielen Dank! Ad: Was passiert, wenn du das "-l mylogin" auch noch weglässt? A: Es gibt die gleiche Fehler-nachricht. Aber es ist normal in diesem Fall, denn die System weisst nicht wen bin ich... Ad: Ja, aber er nimmt dann einfach deinen Login von ssh3. Das Problem liegt an einer anderen Stelle: Auf mel darfst du dich gar nichteinloggen, weil du nicht mehr im Grundstudium bist. Nimm einfach einenRechner aus dem H33, z.B. amiga, atari-st, c64. AND THEN ANOTHER SUPPORT SENT TO ME AT NIGHT: wieso benutzt Du ein Login, dass Dir nicht gehört? Der Login "so" gehört auf jeden Fall keiner Person namens Angie. Bitte dringend um Rückmeldung. Andernfalls werde ich den Account sofort sperren. (Translation: Why do you use a login that doesn't belong to you? The login "so" is in any case belongs to no Person name Angie. Please immediately reply. Otherwise, I will immediately terminate the account.) Sometimes I feel really confused here, it takes so many words to solve a little problem... =p

Muehl trennen

Kreisskarpasse for EC-card kaufsland clear all the rubbish for the Muehl trennen because it is my turn to be the Muehldienst Bridge at night with 3 learners. I was surprised to learn Germans use French terms for Bridge: S.A. = No trumph Pik, Couer, Karo, Treff

German cards: A K D(amen) B(uble?) Z(ehn) 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

Thai Boo

First ISP German course around noon: Einquassel course about Umgangsprache. "HAMMA HUMMA" "HUMMA HAMMA IMMA" = "Haben wir Hummer?" "Hummer haben wir immer" Maybe the differences are comparable to the ones in spoken and written Cantonese... :p Had Informatik course, then had dinner at Huiyan's place with salat (a westernized Chinese girl with a Canadian husband). Had Thai boo at night, with many many people.

The Farm

Went to the farm in the evening in my neighborhood. There are 2 shops there for selling Bio-food. farm

Reutlingen

Went to Reutlingen with Shuchen, visited the Chinese-shop. Visited her WG and the Schloss in Tuebingen. Reutlingen am Marktplatz and Schloss, Tuebingen

Uni Semester Anfang party

Waschbecken wieder in Ordnung. Diskussion und Horenverstehen first lesson with 4 people. Finally get my internet connection in room by borrowing Teresa's passwords. Went to cinema at night with Teresa, Tohlz und Voruetile. Drank 3rd alcohol Caipirinha in innenstadt Uni Semester Anfang party at night at Blaubruecke, 5 Eintriff + 1 Storage cost, with smokes and beers... Dikussion

Semesteranfang-Party

Took a test at the fachsprachzentrum, 43 (but not the lowest possible LOL). Met Miriam. Originally I plan to take another language course, but the Japanese course is full and the French course has no beginners. Had lunch with Li, Hui and Tong Tao. Marco and Italian guy cooked at kitchen. Went to the computer lab since my room still has no internet, but I have no chip card. Received urgent letter from HKU for thesis submission. Internet cable has arrived by mail. 9pm visited sports center with Tong Tao. Watched Akrobatik (crazy stuff...). Go to Semesteranfangparty with Teresa. Met 2 of her friends. Beck's beer (2nd alcohol) from Rebecca. party

First Informatik Class

First vorlessung of my informatik class. The Lehrer asked if I'm really determined to take this course, if I don't want to take it, I can drop it within 3 weeks. It seems to me they are very afraid to have an exchange student with broken German... :p And also because of the Bachelor, Master system that is newly introduced here, I'm the only master student (Others are Diplom students). My registration on their course means they have to prepare a written exam ONLY for me. In their Diplom system, registration for a Vorlessung is not required, and it is COMPLETELY optional without any attendence record, and there is no exam, no credits etc. I met ShenHuiYan in the informatik lesson. Then I found Nina to ask for email domain name. At night, I received the thesis notification by mail.

2nd Chinese dinner

ISP frage nach vormittag kurs. Bibilothek benutzerausweise beschwerben. Wasserhahn wieder in Ordnung. Borrowed internet and had dinner at Li Hui's place. Very hot dinner with 4 dishes. Different styles of Chinese food... Met Zhun Li and another guy (8/F) from China.

Legoland

Visited Legoland in Gruenzburg. Met Sammi und Yugo (Japanese). Originally we planed to purchase the Schones Wochenende Ticket. But someone suggest we might purchase the cheaper Baden-Wuerttemberg ticket. But on the train, the ticket checker told us: "Ulm ist in Bayaern", and we have to pay 27 Euro more. But in fact, we don't need to buy any train ticket at all, because there is a Combo ticket Legoland... We've lost 57 Euro!!! :p On the way home at Gruenzburg, we met 3 other HK girls from PolyU studying at Austria. We also met another HK girl who resigned her job to travel around the Eastern Europe by herself for 3 weeks. To me, she is "very brave" or "very crazy"... Legoland Deutschland

Nothing much Sat

I had breakfast with Perlie and Jo, 2 HK students at MaDonalds. The meals here are very expensive beginning from 35HKD. Then we visited the Mueller dept store. I met 2 other mitwohneren Sahra (Jura studentin) and Andy(Bioinformatik student).

1st Chinese dinner in Germany

Today I went to my faculty again for course registration stuff. I coudn't find Nina, but the lady at the office was very kind to bring me to my course teacher, Eric. There he helped me to open an account at CS dept. I told him I find him quite strange here, that there is no advisors for the students.

At night, I met my netpal Shi Guang, a mainland student, with his 3 other friends here. My impression is: Mainland students always think HK people should learn well Mandarin. One of them spoke to me in English or German whenever I don't understand the Mandarin equivalent. -_-"" I found what they cooked are too hot for me, and they also said they don't find HK food tasty. I had my first glass of beer in Germany tonight, from Chinese students.... :p

Visiting my faculty and Nina

Finally I knew how to obtain my Stipendium at the ZIB. I have to collect the money in person every month at the Uni-kasse. I asked my Hausmeister and got to know how to reach my faculty at Sand by Bus 2. There I met Nina, a bioinformatik advicer there, who have helped me since I was in HK. At the evening, Hui brought me to Pennymarkt. My faculty at Sand 13

Immatrikulation: final stage

With the receipt of the 62 Euro + AOK insurance + Burgersamt address ameldung + temporary resident permit, finally I can do the immatrikulation. I got to know Li Hui, a mainland acheology doctoral student here, outside the student sekretariat by asking only... "do you come from China?". Now she's somebody I frequently contact here. I find it quite funny. She lentt me her internet connection. I met my mitwohneren Rebecca and Marco today.

Immatrikulation (Continue...)

I went to pay the Einschreibungsgebuehr in the morning, and then came to the Burgersamt by accident, and filled in a form with many difficulties (all instructions and fields are in German!!) for address registration and temporary resident permit application. Then I applied for the Gesundheitsicherung at AOK, Mensa. 62 € registration fee and AOK insurance The I went to O2 to get a prepaid handykarte. It costs 3-4 HKD per air minute. I purchased the Reinigung token from the Hausmeister, 10HKD per token. Met Jenya at Bibliothek, and she brought me around the Altstadt. Then Britta brought me to Baumau to buy Vorhang, and Kaufsland to buy Kleidebuerge. Britta showed me her WG, and at there I also met Christine. My O2 LOOP card and Britta's WG

Immatrikulation procedures prolog

I found Frau Lohmiller to pay the room deposit, but then I could not find the Hausmeister to pick up the keys. Then Jo accompanied me to buy the semester ticket at the Neckerbruecke, because without it a single bus trip costs 1,8 €. Then I opened a bank account at Kransparkasse, the lady there did not bother to explain to me the regulations in German, and just asked me to sign here and there. Then I picked my immatrikulation documents in the Studentensekretariat at Wilhelmstraße, with so many people queuing. When I returned to Fichtenweg, I found the Hausmeister by waiting for another 30 min outside his office. The Hausmeister explained the things to me, and said the Washbecken and the Wasserhahn are broken, and having no Vorhang is my own problem. Dorm room without Vorhang and my lunch at X, Altstadt.

Arrival Ankruft

I arrived at Frankfurt airport, but couldn't find the Fernbahnhof. I asked a German lady and followed her for some 700m walk with > 30kg of luggage. I told myself I will never repeat the same mistake. From the Reiser zentrum, I brought a Bahncard 100. By chance, I met Shuchen at the Fernbahnhof, without her, I really don't know how I could load the luggage on the train. The train arrived late at the Stuttgart Hbf. I was suprised to learn I can take the next train without paying extra fare.

I came across Shu Chen at Frankfurt Fernbahnhof. Jo picked me up at the train station, and it was another pain to move the luggage to her Wohnheim. I had a Doener as lunch outside the Kirche, and watched the performance of a Strassekunsler. I stayed at Jo's place for the first night, because I cannot pick up my room keys on Sunday. I met Jo's neighbor with a strange plant.

Stuttgart and Tuebingen Hbf.

My internet purchase

After I received an email reply from the seller yesterday, saying that he's gonna re-ship if this package doesn't arrive in 1 week, today I found a collection card at my mailbox. Actually this package has arrived 2 days ago when nobody was at home... :p According to the seller, it was shipped on 27th Sep, given it arrives on 5th Oct, that is 7 business days in total. Having suffered from the mail lost phobia for so many days, I guess I will be in the future more reluntant to purchase online. I was charged 16 USD for the postage, and the net postage cost is 12USD. Given the amount of packing materials to protect the products, I find the shipment cost reasonable... =p Although the seller could have provided me cheaper shipment options, obviously using this large package to contain only 2 tiny products (at the bottom of this photo) is over-killing.

Package Glad that this package arrived on the last day before I leave!

Leaving HK soon

Will leave HK tomorrow evening. My request for 30kg luggage at Thai Airways was approved! :D It's quite cold at night there right now, 10C. I brought also a rice cooker, but it is hidden behind the clothings. Purchased today a new bag at Gigasport! pack

Busy with tiny bits...

Contacted the HK Post Office. It seems there is no way to track my package. No reply yet from the seller, I'm not sure if I sent my purchase order enquiry pre-maturely, because it's only a week from the claimed shipment date. I really hope I don't need to experience the process of firing a claim at PayPal.

Purchased a feather coat at CWB. Went to my last swimming class: I learnt a bit of butterfly stroke :D

Exchanged money. Read some security features info on Euro: http://www.euro.gov.uk/eurocash.asp

Oral defense + German test

I had my oral defense at 11am, CYC 313: 1 internal + 1 external + exam chairman + 1 supervisor. Hopefully, everything will get over soon... Cleaned up my desk at HW327. Went Home, then went out again for my German oral practice with a classmate. We were supposed to meet at around 4:45pm at Cafe de Corol. This is a time she suggested!!! (IMO, it's unnecessary to practice for so many hours before a test :p) I called her and was directed to her voice mailbox. At 5:10pm she called me, and told me she's still at school. Then she came 1+ hour late. I think I'm too kind in not showing my temper. For whatever reason, I think she could SMS me in advance, so that I could sleep for an hour more at home (especially when felt very very tired). Anyway, I passed my Start Deutsch II, but what I care is the score which will be released next week... :p I have not received my second shipment yet. Originally I thought it is safer to purchase from this seller, but it turned out I received the order from the more dangerous seller already. Unpredictable life!! My mail lost phobia is getting worse. PLEASE... let me receive my package before I leave HK!!! Best "stupid" DC as of today: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0509/05092901fuji_f11.asp Best "real" DC as of today: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/olympuse500/ I doubt if I will ever purchase a "real" DC...