[autumn leaves, sunny days & explosive chemistry]

[lokuro]

Prologue

 Der Regen fiel unaufhörlich, ja geradezu andauernd,
denn wenn es nicht in Strömen regnete,
herrschte ein Normalregen,
und sobald der aufhörte, setzte Nieselregen ein.

S. 245 "Gottesstreiter" von Andrzej Sapkowski

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What does a workaholic do when he's back home from great holidays? Right - he works overtime. The anoganic synthesis labs started a few weeks ago and since it's almost over, I'm up to my eyes in project reports. It's a love-hate relationship [♥]
(we even have poetry among the lines - "Continue to stir the reaction until all of the AgNO3 has reacted to form a fluffy white precipitate." (c) Robert A. Stockland Jr. and others)

Today should be the last day of the practical curses but the plan is a bit out of date now - there was a little accident this morning. So the rooms are closed till... Well, nobody knows when it's possible again to enter the laboratory... and not to pass out the very second. It stinks to high heaven. And this time it wasn't me, who is to blame. (it's enough that I had nearly build a bomb last week. Incidental. I just forgot to retrofit a ventilation before heating up. I'm sorry?)

And it's always great to have some breaks once a while, whether it's an exhilarating distraction or not:

By the way, I'm still jobbing at the inter-cultural centre as the tutor for chemistry. So I have to show the exchange students around - it only takes a week during the semester break but each time after talking to them I'm plagued by an incurable yearning for distant places. I want my Erasmus-year too! But, well, maybe during the master-program?
And it's funny to learn the differences between the countries: Here we only have two tries to pass an examination, afterwards you have an oral with the prof. Then maybe you're allowed to try the very last time. You fail this too and it's over - you never may study chemistry again. Well, at least not in Germany.
In Italy you may try as often as you want, if only you pay. And the UK-student only said, he never failed that much to find out, what happens XD

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And to mention some anime-fun too:
Two weeks ago I had the pleasure to welcome the Lord of Hell at my place... and she has the most fascinating eyes I've ever seen @.@" Some silly US-UK-posing follows: (it's so weird not to be the one wearing glasses xD)



We can act IC. Kind of. The Pissed and The Happy One.



And at the evening I also had a cocktail called: "The Pirate" >3
(Brat, why didn't you remind me of teaching you proper 'Poker'? Now you have to visit me once more! ♥ )
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And since I promised to report about holidays a while ago, I can mix the dull labs-picspam with candy-striped holiday photos.. And wax lyrical about the sea. And the both lighthouses guarding our bay... dreaming is the only way not to drawn in the sea of the despair, 'cause it's raining and raining and raining all the day long. And the weather forecast promise rain for the whole week. Great.

Laboratory vs. Holidays memories.




and with the extractor hood down.



close up with random window arts >3



the sublimation of TiCp2Cl2




And now the colourful Holiday-part for the comparison:



No filter on this one - the skyline looked really like some painted-on ornament.



The bay once again. And show off yachts. Tse~



Hustle & bustle at the evening~



Almost full moon.




Loki on the rocks. Ha ha.




Okay, it's useless try to force two weeks of exhausting sweet nothing into one single post, so let's call it a day now.

(away for the last dinner - the Hokkaido pumpkin topped with melted cheese~ The autumn won't last long and afterwards it'll be no pumpkin for me, so it's okay eating that late, isn't it?..)



EDIT: A few are corrected but the embarrassments just doesn't end... beware: most mistakes are sill remain covert ^^"

Comments

[kurukii.livejournal.com]

Oh poker, yes...
You can come over anytime, I have three warm beds, cookies, green tea and a small table to sit around at to play :D

Or you tell me about your time schedule, free weekends and the like and I'll ask my bank account what it thinks about traveling. Though I have to admit, right now it says zero, which is a clear no. Lets see what it says next month *smiles*

In other countries, people are allowed to fail if they have the money. In Germany, people aren't allowed to fail, but if they do, they get the money. Something about this seems weird. And I'm in the wrong place I guess.

[lokuro.livejournal.com]

That sounds temping!~ and Liet/Canada has to come over too, than I'll also take my Mah Jongg set with me >3

Diese Woche schwirrt mir schon der Kopf von den Sachen, die alle erledigt werden müssen, aber mal so unverbindlich - meinst du mit dem nächsten Monat Oktober oder November? >3
Ich schaue, was sich in Oktober noch machen lässt, entweder habe ich sogar eine Woche frei, oder aber ich muss ein bisschen extra-arbeiten. Dann habe ich aber naher etwas mehr Geld ♥ und in November wäre außer einem WE noch alles frei ^_^
By the way, kommst du zu der FBM?

Es hat ja keiner behauptet, dass es fair sein soll. Anderseits: wenn man es hier doch schafft, seinen Abschluss zu machen, hat man nach ein paar Jahren Berufserfahrung mehr Geld als die Uni in Italien. Nicht aus Jux wird der Bildungsbudget dort so extrem gekürzt, dass im Vergleich dazu, selbst die deutsche Politik bildungsfreundlich erscheint. Und das ist wirklich eine Leistung, sie so da stehen zu lassen o_o"
(was dich trotzdem nicht davon abhalten sollte, wenn du dich für Göttingen entscheidest >3)

[indelicateink]

Terrific photos as always!

Wow, I am in awe that you are studying chemistry. I was disappointed in school to learn that chemistry and math aren't my strong suits, but I admire them from afar!

[lokuro.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

First, I was studying physics, but after 2 semester I changed my mind XD It was interesting but not that fun, as I thought it would be~ and since I'm really lazy, I need to be motivated all the time, feeling bored makes me emotional blunting~ And since I was pretty good in sciences, I give chemistry a chance. And than I fall in love with the subject ♥
(I bet, you teachers were to blame - most of them are just incapable of teaching and so the students just give up someday to understand the subjects on their own .__.")