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Here’s another kind of movie that I’m sure you will like, at least if you’re into Timelapse and Tiltshift like I am. And the winter atmosphere is just making it better imho.

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To cut down the wait

As these are unfortunately still stored somewhere without any postproduction, it’s time for me to upload a little footage I still owe you, which was in fact the first try with the helmet-camera beginning of december 2010. I am aware that the cut and camera-angle are sh*t, but hey … I’ll try to improve.

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Hopefully some additional update in the upcoming days.

Pictures

The main reason for this post is though, that I still owe you and some of the participants the pictures of this years Waterslide Contest on the Fanningberg. So here you go:

In case you’d like to download the whole bunch of pictures and/or upload some to facebook or something just leave a comment and I’ll provide you with a link.

Skiing <3

As you know I’m currently in Salzburg/Lungau skiing, been here since the 1st and will stay for two or three more days. Skiing is awesome as usual, although we could really use some more snow here. I uploaded three short videos for your viewing pleasure, and to keep you happy if you’re in the office or so :)

And here’s one for the nature lovers:

Michael out.

How come you laugh?

As the eagle-eyed among you might already have figured out by himself, I’m switching back to English when it comes to writing posts. I decided so cause of using English now on a daily basis at work anyway, cause of the latest comments which showed English-speaking subscribers, and … well that’s basically it. I don’t want to look up every second word on dict.leo.org though, cause I’m simply to lazy and don’t give a sh*t. :) So be aware of that. This of course still means that you can comment in German or in English, it doesn’t matter … as long as you leave a damn comment!

Working kitchen, tasty food

So what’s next? Oh yeah… what actually happened the last weeks. Well, let’s start of in the kitchen of my apartment here in Vienna. The most annoying thing was that the dishwasher broke after using it for about 5 times or so. There was a leak somewhere, don’t ask for details, … and it took 5 weeks to get the friggin thing repaired. At least it works now as supposed to, and I was able to try making Spareribs for the first time, using the Römertopf my mother bought me. Thanks again at this point. The first beta so to speak turned out pretty good, sure there are some things that can be improved, but especially the spicy-oyster-honey sauce was really tasty (for me). Here are some pics I took:

EndOfTheYear & #work

The first Friday in December was the day the annual EndOfTheYear-party for the employees of the company I work for took place. It was an amazing evening, we had a lot of fun and I got to know my colleagues better. I have to mention at this point how happy I am to be part of the most awesome team in the company! This makes working day by day much easier and sometimes even fun, and I’m looking forward to all that’s still to come in 2010 (twentyten that is). Also here some impressions for you, not from my camera though (thx):

Ski Opening Katschberg

Unfortunately I had to leave the party pretty early, otherwise I’m sure we would have been out until the early morning. Reason for my earlier departure was the trip to my hometown on the following Saturday. Reason was of course skiing,  although there was barely enough snow to do so. If spent to days at the mountain anyway (Katschberg),  met some friends from Vienna and skiing was great. Damaged my nearly new skis at the end though, so this has to be fixed soon. Pictures can be found here:

MQ on ice

After the weekend in Lungau there was nothing special going on. Lot of people became sick, work was as usual and everyone was preparing for Christmas. The next highlight was just one week ago, when my friend Buchi (yeah, this site is even more dead than mine, but thanks for reminding me to write something again) and his girlfriend came to visit me for the first time. Took them quite some time right? Well, at least they could make it in this year, which can’t be said of all of my ‘friends’ :P We spent an awesome evening with a fancy dinner at freiraum, unfortunately my girlfriend was still sick, so we have to repeat this asap. The next day my friend and me took over the responsibility of cooking for our ‘better halfs’ (?) – it’s a pity that we didn’t take some pictures though, maybe because a certain someone had a headache.

The day after, which was last Sunday, I met my sister in the city for a drink, which came back from London and will stay until after the Christmas holidays. It was a lovely cold and sunny afternoon, and I took the opportunity to take some pictures from snow in Vienna, as this doesn’t happen that often. Here we go again:

What’s to come?

Well, to sum up: I’m doing pretty well here in Vienna. Life and work are good, I’m enjoying my apartment, although there’s still of work to do  – but that’ll have to wait until next year. I’ll drive together with my sister to the Lungau this evening, starting in 2 hours actually. I’ll be spending the next two days there, hopefully with some skiing but weather conditions seem to be terrible. Saturday I’ll be with the family of my girlfriend, and than back to Vienna for some working. Maybe there will be a short update the next days, but don’t wait for it :)

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Die wenigen Stunden dieses Semesters zur Steigerung der Sozialkompetenz sind bereits erfolgreich absolviert, und so steht nur noch das Masterseminar aus, welches an vier Nachmittagen (jeweils Montag) abgehalten wird. Ansonsten werde ich wohl keine Zeit mehr auf der FH verbringen, was gleichzeitig schön als auch schade ist. Die kommenden zwei Monate werden wohl in die Masterarbeit investiert werden wollen, um gegen Ende Juni dann auch eine fertige Arbeit abgeben zu können. Derzeit stehe ich noch ganz am Anfang, und beginne gerade damit mir ein Inhaltsverzeichnis und somit gleichzeitig auch einen Leitfaden zu erstellen, an den ich mich halten kann.

Skifahren in Zauchensee
Abseits des Studiums war das einzig nennenswerte der zweitägige Skiausflug mit der Firma nach Zauchensee bei Altenmarkt. Aufgrund der Schneeverhältnisse war es doch recht anstrengend zu fahren, aber alles in Allem sicherlich ein gelungenes Unternehmen. Ich bin mir nicht sicher ob ich heuer zu Ostern auch nochmal auf die Bretter steigen werde, hängt davon ob und für wie lange ich in den Lungau fahre.