Oktoberfest@Müchen

Went with Yu-chun, Lian-Shou, and Motohiru to Oktoberfest in Müchen with the schönes Wochenende Ticket. We didn't catch the train we intended to, and arrived Müchen late at 2pm. As I was told, when we come late, the beer tents will be closed because of being too crowd. We could not enter the tents, and we couldn't order any beer if we cannot find a table at the beer garten. It is so ironic that we are going to a beer festival and don't offer the chance to order any beer. :p I suggested to ask someone sitting on the table to order for us. And some Swedish(?) tourists helped us, and Motohiru was able to find a place with the help of a German group. They also found me a place at the table, and I finally have a chance to order a 1-Ltr Radler. :p (I think if it were Pils, I would have been drunk). The Germans also told me I should only hold the beer mug with 1 hand. It is to me pity that we were not able to entered the tents. Afterwards we walked around in the city center, listened to a street music performance, and went home. The trains were extremely full (with some a bit drunken people) and with many delays. Although we left Müchen at around 6.21pm, we arrived at Tübingen at 2.30am. It was a very terrible experience. :p 

My Life@Praktikum

It is already 2 weeks since I began my internship. I must tell, my recent life is one of the most difficult time during my stay in Germany. As the only girl, the only Asian in the department, and the only one working with Linux among the interns, my work is as they warned me before: very independent. With my poor German and quiet personality, it is extremely difficult to chat. Although some of my collegues, especially Frank and Stefen, notice my difficulties and have taken the initiative to talk to me. The long travel and work hours also kill. However, the best thing about my internship is having Oliver as my supervisor: a workaholic who works till 1am in the lab at night, and a very experienced programmer. He knows what kind of tasks he should assign to me to let me learn, and sounds also very friendly (maybe in an European manner though :p) But my life here can be worse without him. Ein Schatz: "So... Frau So, Du kannst deinen Personal-ausweis abholen."

My office@Labor Bö

I must bring a big bottle, because there is no drinking machine... 6 Tipps für ein prima Klima am E-place 1. Herzlich Wikommen! Das fängt ja gut an: Gehen Sie auf neue Kollegen zu! 2. Blieben Sie sauber! Sauber macht lustig: Ein aufgeräumter e-place gehört zur Tagesordnung! 3. Laut ist keine Stärke! Geben Sie's ruhig weiter: Am e-place ist laut out! 4. Teamgeist beflügelt! Der Kollege rennt, wenn's brennt: Teamarbeit macht den e-place zum "Wie-place"! 5. Feste feiern! Teaming ist für's Business wichtig: Erfolge feiern IBMer dann auch richtig. 6. Mit freundlichen Grüßen! Freundlich kommt an: Eine nette Begrüßung wird begrüßt!

Kumiko left

Es title. She didn't even have time to come to dinner with me and Fumi. We went with her to the train station. We will see some time again?

Kumiko's farewell party

It was the farewell party for my best friend in Tübingen. I used to meet her almost everyday before my internship began. Although one of the purposes for holding a party is to make new friends, but sometimes I find it very strange to meet somebody for the first time in a farewell party... :p Guang, ??, Yu-chun, Lian-Sou, Shi-Hua, Kumiko, Fumi, Motohiru, me

Burg Hohenzollern

My last trip with Kumiko before she leaves. Burg Hohenzollern is a remote place, where there is "no" bus connection (in fact, 1 time per day) between the train station and the burg. We couldn't catch any taxi when we left. Luckily after idling for some half an hour, the shuttle bus driver (the shuttle connecting the car park and the burg) agreed to offer us an extra service back to the train station at a cost of 10€ after his last shuttle.

First day at Labor

My first day at Labor Böblingen. I will have a 5.5 months internship here. I was a bit shocked that there is *no* water machine and no stationaries for the employees. The interns like to play Kickers (table soccer) everyday during the lunch break, which is a game that I cannot play well. The life after I begin my internship is very terrible, because now I am a pendler between Tü and Bö. My work takes away at least some 12 hours from me every day, which leaves me *NO* personal time (regardless the working hours is very flexible). Frankly speaking, I have problems adapting to this new work environment. In my office, there is a poster about some rules having an enjoyable e-work place. The first rule is about welcoming new comers, which are ETs and they illustrate my situation very well. I also give myself some extra responsibilities. It is my target to show them: 1) There exist girls who are not stupid at programming. 2) There exist Chinese who speak some German. 3) I will play Kickers well someday :p

Aachen

I went to Aachen for some 2-3 hours after bringing my boss to the Frankfurt airport. It was not particularly fun to walk around a city alone. Printens (I don't really like them though :p) + Rathaus If I give anyone an impression that I like traveling... yes and no ("jein"). To me, it is not very interesting to visit a place just for looking at the landscape or the architecture. History also doesn't mean anything to me, because they are some events in the past (sometimes not relating to me), and my memory has a policy to swap them out. What is important is I spend some time together with my friends. Löwen Haus + Aachener Dom

Mecedes Benz Museum@Stuttgart

Mercedes is the name of the daughter of an early customer One cannot understand why the handover of HK is also documented in the Mecedez Benz Museum.

Geneva

We had a boat ride in the lake and the Eau de ?? Geneva is a very international city: the do not feed birds notice is also available in English :p

Bern

The UNESCO Bern old town + our Hostel (Mathahaus) The clock + basement

Meiringen

We took the GoldenPass train from Luzern to Interlaken Ost. In between we stayed at a small town called Meiringen and wandered a bit. This town is famous for the Reichenbachfall, where Sherlock Holmes died. If we had the energy and time to walk high up the mountain, there should be a beautiful view of the Eisburg and the valley. GodenPass train + scenery along the way Sherlock Holmes + Reichenbachfall

Luzern

On the same day, we went to Luzern. We went with the steigenbahn to mountain Pilatus. It wasn't that tall, so I didn't see any snow. :-( But the tour was pretty nice designed, so that one can take the ship at the lake in Luzern, then mountain trains uphill, and the cable car downhill. Steigenbahn + cows and mountains cable car + famous wooden bridge at Luzern

Zurich

This is my second time to Zurich, but in Summer/Autumn is the first time. I just walked with my boss for an hour in Zurich. We just passed by there because of a train delay. There were a lot of construction works... Bahnhofstraße + Spar menu in Mac (is more expensive than Paris) My boss with the Münster + famous Sprüngli chocolates