Mahli’s Musing

I always find it peculiar that some people enjoy the barbeque and relax outside even when all the signs of an incoming rain are out there. Come on folks. Very hot day, strong sudden wind, and cloudy sky? What else can you expect?

It’s been a long while since the last time I jogged. Tried to do it this morning on the way to the gym, and it only lasted for 10 minutes. Really need to crank up my stamina. I felt rather energetic just after today’s gym session, but now tired as a jade. My back felt [...]

Ich habe gerade mit meinem Professor Abendessen gegessen. Wir waren im Chinesisch Restaurant gegangen. Wir hatten viel über viele Sachen gesprochen. Es war ein gut Treffen. Frühmorgens musst er nach der Flughafen gehen, denn sein Flug ist um 7 Uhr. Ich werde wohl nicht aufstehen können. Ich hoffe seine Reise werdet alles OK sein. Mein [...]

Today’s a mixed day. I met with my supervisor and nailed down the details of my project presentation which will be given next Monday. It took way longer than expected due to some subtle problems I had to deal with. Scheduled for 15 minutes, it took us about 1 hour or so. Felt a bit [...]

Ich habe gerade Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue auf den Radio gehört. Ach, ich möchte sehr noch mal klavierspielen. Es ist 2 Jahren seit der letzten Zeit habe ich Klavier gespielt. Lieber Kunde in Dresden, wen jemand kennt wo ich ein Klavier benutzen kann, bitte teilen Sie mir wissen.

looks quite full. The first 2 weeks are reserved for ESSLLI 2008. This pretty much will be the first summer school I attended in Europe. Immediately after that, I have IOI 2008 to go to. And then, I have 6 weeks left to finish my thesis and present it. Tough time ahead. Heck, i’m having [...]

They usually have parties on Wednesday night and Thursday night rather than Friday night. Of course, people still go out on Friday nights, but I find this Wednesday and Thursday thingy a bit strange. Ah, the smell of kerosene… totally hate it, though I love the resulting grill

Not quite. Dandelions. They spread so much, that the grounds are covered with them. Really feels like spring, although the temperature has decided to play with us a bit after being rather warm last week. OK, back to work.

I’ve just seen that the Asia shop here sells Tempe as well. I bought one packet, and fried them immediately. It turns out quite nice, but it has this distinct alcohol flavour attached to it. Probably they made something wrong in the handling of the soy beans. Oh well. I also made "toge cah tomat" [...]

Had dinner at Steffen’s place, with Pak Stef cooking nasi goreng. Quite good I should say. They’re good at making me wanting to learn German. And I’ve just noticed, the moon moves quickly today. It’s full moon. And within 4 minutes, the whole moon body disappears behind the big building of Hochschulstraße 50. It’s as [...]