ICEUS Wisdom

Wir grillen!!!

2007-04-27T16:52:00.000+02:00

Sommer ist hier, und das bedeutet GRILLEN :D

Gestern Abend habe die coolen ICEUS Leute (die die noch in Fulda sind) ein tolles Abend gemacht, mit Grill, Fleisch, Gemüse, Bier, Tier - Impressionen und auch ein richtiger Igel (es muss wohl neugierig gewesen sein), und Eis (dank Chryssa).

Nachdem wir fürstlich geschlemmt haben, sind wir zur Halle 8 Party gewandert, wo wir die Nacht zum Tage gemacht haben. Alles in Allem, ein superschöner Abend.

Environmental issues lead to inter-state tensions?

2007-03-28T16:10:00.000+02:00

Here is a good video from ARTE TV on the example of environmental problems becoming an issue of collision of interests among neighbouring states, often used as a case of study for environmental awareness in the western world. Explained with simple words and maps.

There's a ghost in our midst

2007-02-09T15:27:00.000+01:00

Taken before the final ICEUS party last night.

ps - thanks for the party Chia-Lin. rubbish that both parties were on the same night but both were fitting occasions to mark the end of our ICEUS era. I just want to take the opportunity to wish everyone who I won't see again all the best for the future and if you are ever in Fulda, or GB, let me know!

pps - if anyone has pics from last night, upload them!!!

- Lucy

ICEUS Party - the last one???

2007-01-21T17:29:00.000+01:00

Liebe Leute,

hier kommen die schönsten Fotos von der Party am Freitag. Die meisten waren leider zu dunkel. Ihr müsst die Fotos von unten nach oben "lesen", denn die chronologische Reihenfolge ist genau andersrum!
enjoy!

proudly present...

2007-01-17T15:55:00.000+01:00

Lucy's new creation (and a wee bit of my contribution as well for the photos :D): PHOTOLOGGERY

check it out people! and don't forget to leave your comments! ;)
thanks, and see you on Friday!

Ragil

thinking about it...

2006-10-09T22:23:00.000+02:00

Hello there!

I got the following text from a colleague today. I have no idea if it is a true story or even also a hoax and I was too lazy to look it up wether it really happened like this. But anyway it makes you think. And in fact it makes those people think a little more who are still on the edge of being french experts since the text is en français.
So get your dictionaries out and enjoy! :-)

Love from Bruxelles,

-Marie-

Voici la réponse du ministre brésilien de l'Education interrogé par
des étudiants aux Etats-Unis... La presse nord-américaine a refusé de
publier ce texte.

Pendant un débat dans une université aux États-unis, le ministre de l'Éducation Cristovam Buarque,
fut interrogé sur ce qu'il pensait au sujet de l'internationalisation de l'Amazonie.
Le jeune étudiant américain commença sa question en affirmant qu'il espérait une réponse d'un humaniste et non d'un Brésilien.

Réponse de M. Cristovam Buarque:

En effet, en tant que Brésilien, je m'élèverais tout simplement
contre l'internationalisation de l'Amazonie. Quelle que soit
l'insuffisance de l'attention de nos gouvernements pour ce patrimoine, il est nôtre.

En tant qu'humaniste, conscient du risque de dégradation du
milieu l'ambiant dont souffre l'Amazonie, je peux imaginer que l'Amazonie
soit internationalisée, comme du reste tout ce qui a de l'importance
pour toute l'humanité. Si, au nom d'une éthique humaniste, nous devions
internationaliser l'Amazonie, alors nous devrions internationaliser
les réserves de pétrole du monde entier.
Le pétrole est aussi important pour le bien-être de l'humanité
que l'Amazonie l'est pour notre avenir. Et malgré cela, les maîtres des
reserves de pétrole se sentent le droit d'augmenter ou de diminuer
l'extraction de pétrole, comme d'augmenter ou non son prix.
De la même manière, on devrait internationaliser le capital
financier des pays riches. Si l'Amazonie est une réserve pour tous les
hommes, elle ne peut être brûlée par la volonté de son propriétaire, ou d'un pays.

Brûler l'Amazonie, c'est aussi grave que le chômage provoqué par
les décisions arbitraires des spéculateurs de l'économie globale. Nous
ne pouvons pas laisser les réserves financières brûler des pays
entiers pour le bon plaisir de la spéculation.

Avant l'Amazonie, j'aimerai assister à l'internationalisation de
tous les grands musées du monde. Le Louvre ne doit pas appartenir à la
seule France. Chaque musée du monde est le gardien des plus belles
oeuvres produites par le génie humain. On ne peut pas laisser ce patrimoine
culturel, au même titre que le patrimoine naturel de l'Amazonie,
être manipulé et détruit selon la fantaisie d'un seul propriétaire ou
d'un seul pays.

Il y a quelque temps, un millionnaire japonais a décidé
d'enterrer avec lui le tableau d'un grand maître. Avant que cela n'arrive, il
faudrait internationaliser ce tableau. Pendant que cette rencontre se
déroule, les Nations unies organisent le Forum du Millénaire, mais certains
Présidents de pays ont eu des difficultés pour y assister, à cause
de difficultés aux frontières des États-unis. Je crois donc qu'il
faudrait que New York, lieu du siège des Nations unies, soit
internationalisé. Au moins Manhattan devrait appartenir à toute l'humanité. Comme du
reste Paris, Venise, Rome, Londres, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Recife,
chaque ville avec sa beauté particulière, et son histoire du monde
devraient appartenir au monde entier.
Si les États-unis veulent internationaliser l'Amazonie, à cause
du risque que fait courir le fait de la laisser entre les mains des
Brésiliens, alors internationalisons aussi tout l'arsenal nucléaire
des États-unis. Ne serait-ce que par ce qu'ils sont capables d'utiliser
de telles armes, ce qui provoquerait une destruction mille fois plus
vaste que les déplorables incendies des forêts Brésiliennes.
Au cours de leurs débats, les actuels candidats à la Présidence
des États-unis ont soutenu l'idée d'une internationalisation des
réserves forestières du monde en échange d'un effacement de la dette.
Commençons donc par utiliser cette dette pour s'assurer que tous les enfants
du monde aient la possibilité de manger et d'aller à l'école.
Internationalisons les enfants, en les traitant, où qu'ils
naissent comme un patrimoine qui mérite l'attention du monde entier.
Davantage encore que l'Amazonie.
Quand les dirigeants du monde traiteront les enfants pauvres du
monde comme un Patrimoine de l'Humanité, ils ne les laisseront pas
travailler alors qu'ils devraient aller à l'école ; ils ne les laisseront pas
mourir alors qu'ils devraient vivre.

En tant qu'humaniste, j'accepte de défendre l'idée d'une
internationalisation du monde. Mais tant que le monde me traitera
comme un Brésilien, je lutterai pour que l'Amazonie soit à nous. Et
seulement à nous !

Next destination: Germany??

2006-10-08T20:12:00.000+02:00

Well, well look what i found on BBC. Apparently, the Prime Minister of France has announced that the France Government are about to ban smoking in all public places (that includes restaurants, bars, cafes, night clubs, etc) from next February. Report says that those found in the breach of the ban would be fined around 75 Euros for individuals and 150 euros for the premises where the offence occurred.

Furthermore, the PM claimed that smoking kills more than 13 people a day in France and calling it an "unacceptable reality".
"We started on the basis of a simple observation - two figures: 60,000 deaths a year in our country linked directly to tobacco consumption and 5,000 deaths linked to passive smoking." Opinion polls in France - often considered a nation of smokers - suggest 70% of the people support the ban, says the BBC's Valerie Jones in Paris.

So, here are the questions of the day: what do you think of the ban? do you think the ban should be introduced in Germany? do you think the German government dare and have the guts to stand up for the rich tobacco companies and care for the public health instead (of their budget)?
Anyway, I'm not going to be judgemental whatsoever therefore I will leave the floor open for healthy (and maybe intercultural) discussions...

Ragil

There is a hoax in the house!

2006-10-06T11:31:00.000+02:00

Dear all,

this is a link where you can find all the hoaxes currently enjoying their free time on the endless internet: http://www.tu-berlin.de/www/software/hoaxlist.shtml

And this is about the latest one I got:
http://www.tu-berlin.de/www/software/hoax/vitabella.shtml

Please check this site before sending things around, it will prevent you and a lot of other people from panicking! :-)

Apart from that I hope you are all having a jolly good time! I was told yesterday to have a British accent! (urrrgh = this is an expression of deep surprise and shock!) Never heard that one before! ;-)

Peace and cheers!

-Marie-

4 Wochen Bruessel

2006-10-03T17:37:00.000+02:00

Meine lieben Leute,

da momentan wenig Zeit ist eine kurze Zusammenfassung der bisherigen vier Wochen. Die Liste liesse sich natuerlich endlos fortsetzen wenn man nur lange genug nachdenken wuerde, was ich nun aber nicht tue aufgrund des bereits erwaehnten Zeitfaktors.
Fuer Details zu einem der genannten Punkte, wendet Euch vertrauensvoll an mich!

Liebe Gruesse
die Marie

4 Wochen Bruessel und ich habe...

...2 glaeser Nutella aufgegessen

...gelernt, dass ich Renaud mag (und Miossec auch)

...einen netten Bruesseler arzt kennengelernt

...eine Muschel gegessen

...erfahren, dass die belgische Kueste wirklich ziemlich zugebaut ist

...gelernt, dass einkaufen bei Delhaize einfach besser ist

...mal wieder festgestellt, dass Museen mit Fuehrung bestimmt interessanter sind

...erfahren, dass Belgier ziemlich langsam sind

...festgestellt, dass belgisches Gemuese teilweise noch mehr 'nach nichts' schmeckt als hollaendisches

...gelernt, dass man in der Woche zu nichts kommt, wenn man arbeiten muss

...meinen Mitbewohner schon wieder verloren

...original selbstgemachte Pommes beim ortsansaessigen Pommesmann gegessen

...beobachtet wie bei demselbigen ein Film gedreht wurde

...noch kein einziges Buch gelesen, dafuer aber mehrere Comics

...Zweifel ob ich wirklich fuer die EU arbeiten will

...gelernt, dass ich Baumaerkte mag, die mitten in der Stadt sind

...beobachtet, dass Kresse anscheinend das Nationalkraut (Gemuese?) der Belgier ist

...erfahren, dass Fahrradfahren ohne Autos auf der Strasse gefaehrlicher sein kann als mit Autos

...gelernt, dass das Marzipan mit schwarzer Schokolade von Cote d'Or der Hammer ist

...erfahren, dass es Leute gibt, die keine Mousse au Chocolat moegen

...gemerkt wie toll es ist eine Waermflasche im bett zu haben!

New EU Members

2006-09-26T17:36:00.000+02:00

Stoppress!!

I'm not trying to be an EU expert or being interested to such topic as i fully recognised myself that i'm not and most probably will never be destined to be one of those people. However, i just read this NEWS from BBC that says that Romania and Bulgaria will be admitted to the European Union in January 2007 but under strict conditions. It remains to be seen whether EU will continue its current expansion furthermore..

Congratulation to Romania and Bulgaria! You've made it to EU!! =)

Ragil

Praktikum

2006-09-15T14:45:00.000+02:00

For everyone doing their internships and feeling darn right exploited, here is a Spiegel article offering some hope. Well, for future interns anyway...

I hope everyone is having a jolly good time, doing whatever they are doing. I am happy because the sun is shining down in Frankfurt (and doing its level best to make up for a horrible August), and I only have 2 hours and 20 minutes until the weekend starts. If there were cause for celebration, that would surely be it :-)

- Lucy

Iceus at USC?

2006-08-31T10:31:00.000+02:00

Dear Everyone and everything!

Guess who I had a meeting with today, it was rather good. I met up with Prof Schrader. It was cool actually and I think I am lucky in that I had no exams or assessments with him and he has no academic opinion on my work. hhehehe!

We spoke about how he was settling into Australia, and his son has joined (instead of the local soccer club because the winter sport season is over) Nippers.

Ok what is Nippers? Does anyone know, it is where the local surf lifesaving club teaches young kids lifesaving techniques and competitions tend to be centered around being an Ironman. Think Baywatch and surfing with a lot of swimming in the ocean and running in sand then diving for a stick.

So we discussed stuff about things and chatted pleasantly, he stated how he was impressed with where people were in regards to their praktikums and where they were scattered across the world.

So that was my day, apart from discovering I had a michanic workshop in my boot (trunk) and didn't know it and could fix my car.

Peace out!
Love Bec

Alberto singt!!!

2006-08-26T11:17:00.000+02:00

Hola Kinder!

It's been a while and so I thought I could update you with all that is going on here.

First of all: I didn't start my Praktikum yet, so no exciting work reports for the moment. During the two weeks in july where it was soooo hot and everything felt like summer I worked at a "Druckerei/Schulbuchverlag" (printing press/school book publisher???) standing 8 hours a day next to the 270°C warm oven waiting for the shrink-wrapped catalogues to be spilled out onto the assembly line ready for me to pick them up and through them in packs of 25 neatly onto the pallet. I assure you I was soaking wet by the end of the day and wasn't able to lift up my arms anymore. I did this exactly those two weeks of summer. first week from 2p.m. to 10p.m. and the second week from 6a.m. to 2p.m. So. if anybody is interested...great thing to do.. haha (that was a joke)

After 2 weeks I decided I didn't want to continue and thought I would spend the rest of august lying in the sun. Well. My first monday off...it started raining and, to be honest, it didn't really stop until now.
In addition to this luck I got a message from the Leonardo office in Fulda saying that they wouldn't give me the scholarship for this internship because I handed it in one day too late. The thing that really drives me mad at this point is that I could have handed it in weeks before that (I had the time to do it) but I had a talk with Mrs. Leonardo (y'all know who she is)at the end of the semester in Fulda where she told me that there isn't any due date for a Leonardo sholarship for Belgium. Well and it is quite clear that afterwards people don't remember anything they said 4 weeks before. So in german I would now use a proverb saying "Mit ihr habe ich noch eine Rechnung offen." "I still have an open account/bill with her" meaning she should not meet me alone in the dark. :-) o.k. I already used enough energy being mad at all this. Let's go on to the nice sides of life:

I went to a world beat festival here in Wolfenbüttel. It was really great. On the first night ther life bands: Go.lem systems from Barcelona/Argentina and Los de abajo from Mexico. Really really cool music. On saturday night then there was a world beat dj night. And all this in the romantic setting of the castle courtyard of Wolfenbüttel. Very nice! Unfortunately there were very few people there which might be due to the fact that Wolfenbüttel is a small town and people didn't seem to know what world beat means so there were quite a lot of people who seemed to be awaiting a classical concert or something. But I had fun and couldn't here anything for the next two days because the trumpets and bass was so loud! But it was sooo cool. A little sad though that small town people seldom are in for something new. I thought all the time that it would have been a great festival with y'all being there and rocking the place!

At least Alberto was there. :-) no, he wasn't but that's what I thought first, when Go.lem systems came on the stage! Look at the pictures isn't that Alberto singing? Alberto: Does your brother sing?

So this was the event of the month I guess. I spent the rest of the month reading, sleeping, watching tv, eating ice cream, surfing the internet and from time to time working on the Honer Hausarbeit.

Oh and I have some more news: I won't be with y'all next summer semester. Some of you know that I applied for an InWEnt scholarship to spend 6 months in Chile doing an internship. Well. I went to Bonn in july for an interview and since last friday I know that I got the scholarship. So I will be in Chile at least from the 1st of march to the 31st of august 2007. No Master Thesis and no graduation party! :-(
But I am really excited at the sight of this upcoming adventure. And it really will be an adventure since the Chilenos (is this what you call people from Chile in English?) are supposed to speak the worst spanish of the world! citation: "it is an adventure even for good spanish teachers". Well if I compare this to my knwoledge of spanish which is practically not there...I guess it will be an adventure. But this is what I wanted. An adventure before the dull every-day business life begins. The downside: I have to find myself AGAIN a Praktikum until december. A Praktikum in Chile with just basic knowledge of continental spanish.hmmm. So if anybody has any hints or knows a place where I could work or knows the right people to address...I would be very happy! :-)

I will start my Praktikum in Brussels next week. I will be going on wednesday and my Praktikum starts then on friday until mid-november. Seeing it from the rainy august perspective now, I would have preferred to get the Praktikum done earlier so that I could relax a little until it starts again in Fulda. (I guess we will have a big "we are all back" party in Fulda in November won't we?) But I start getting excited a bit now and can't wait to stroll through Brussels with more time to see everything, especially the comic museum! :-)

So I don't know if all this was of interest for you guys but I wrote it anyway. Next news will come from Brussels!

Love to y'all

-Marie-

Where are you now??

2006-08-09T13:15:00.000+02:00

Dear Everyone, particularly the Fuldamentalists!!

How is everyone??

I thought it would be cool if we all entered ourselves on this map. It could show where we all are and you are able to give a discription of where you are and what you are doing. I think it would be cool! I am on there already.

A down side is yes, you have to sign up to frappr, but then you are able to make your own map and put that on your web page.

Ok Fuldamentalist, I hope all is well and you are having fun on your Praktikums.

Peace Out!!
Bec

Back to Fulda...

2006-08-03T17:57:00.000+02:00

And so I'm back, from outer space...
Not quite, but I'm feeling very musical. Me and Ragil just got back from GB. Had a lovely holiday, the weather was surprisingly consistent and, even more surprisingly, consistent in a good way. Yep, it was positively sunny. It was only when we arrived in Scotland that the heavens opened and we got soaked to the skin. Oh well, that's just the way it is in Scotland.
Anyway, I thought I'd just check in. Will be in Fulda now for a fairly ridiculously long time. My Praktikum in Frankfurt starts on Monday. Not feeling at all prepared for that and my lack of permanent residence is somewhat worrying. Still, am confident all will fall into place.
Very pleased to see all these ICEUS blogs popping up all over the shop. It'll be some interesting reading.
Right, well will say farewell. Hope everything is going swimmingly for everyone (fingers crossed for your visa issues Firdavs, and HELLO to Bec in Oz). Have a bon summer and a joyful time wherever you may be.
- Lu

Indonesian Handicrafts For Sale

2006-06-07T16:52:00.000+02:00

Dear People,

i know it might be a little bit out of context from what everyone else has posted on the blog but, relevant to the wednesday afternoon "gastvortrag" that we just had =) My sister works with handmade Indonesian goods and helps with the exporting of them. She's given me some left-over stock from a trade exhibition in Paris. i've got some handmade bags and scarves (silk/schiffon - sorry lejla!) to sell, if any of you are interested. Feel free to spread the word.

Bags cost from 10-25 euro and the scarves 20-35 euro, depending on the size...

-Ragil-

Good Morning Sunshiners!

2006-06-06T11:50:00.000+02:00

Dear Everyone and Everything!

How are you all going? I miss you all muchly! (Ok don't follow suit with my great slang English)

Here's an interesting news article on
cultural cringing.

I thought you may be interested. Yes it's about Aussies in particular but there is some British Bashing in there too, but I think is well within our topic of ICEUS.

If you are wondering what the picture is, it is a free postcard of an Australian Footall player. Yes that's right AFL (Australian Football League) fondly called footy. We tried to play it one day down at the park. Notice the goals in the backround. Also the oblong ball and short shorts (In the older days these shorts used to be really tight I think to make them jump higher). Yes this is a form of "football", and now that I am back in Oz, I have to use soccer to distinguish beween the two.

Don't worry, I use the term AFL for this sport not footy or football, because I am a Queelander. Even though we have the best AFL team "The Lions" formally known as "The Bears" at the moment, but our sport is Rugby League. The State of Origin is our World Cup.

So by calling it AFL or aerial ping pong it distinguishes the fact that even though we weren't brought up believing in this game and followed another code of "Footy" we are still the greatest! (Here is the weak connection with the above mentioned article and the inspiration to this blog - re:Aussie think they are great and the greatest of all sportsmans and complain about everything while abroad hehehe, hope I wasn't like the mentioned Aussies).

I don't like AFL. I think it is just as weird, and as boring as cricket. Both of these are as interesting as watching a

A lively game of golf
Paint drying competitions
My grass grows faster then yours competition
The Fastest Ice Melting competiton
Bathurst V8 Supecars
Longest Minty Wrapper competitions
Pass the Parcel

and the best of all boring sports,:

I have the fastest growing beard competitions!

Love Bec

PS I am interested to see the reaction of the over proud Aussies and their arrogant attitude of being the best sportmans in the world after the World Cup.

PPS: Yob is short for Yobbo, which means the ugliest of all Australian behaviours and people, also can be misaken for Bogan or Bevan, (Bogans are Yobbos, but a Yobbo isn't necesarily a Bogan or Bevan).Generally they are drunk, loud, and pretty much ugly. Stereotypes of a Yobbo are that they are male, uneducated, unintelligent drunk, smoks, holds a beer in a stubby cooler, sports a mullet hair style wears thongs, lumberjack shirt(flannelette shirt) and mens short shorts (reminicent of the above AFL footy shorts) showing the really classy pumbers crack. Women wear tights or black jeans with the ultra sexy Ugg boots over the top. Usually seen at sports events or in Mrayfield Shopping Centeradn love AC/DC "Thunderstruck", Jimmy Barnes "Working Class Man, Guns N Roses "November Rain", and Rose Tattoo..anything goes for them.

And as we know, as all good ICEUS students, steretypes are just that...steretypes, and they are not represenative, so to be fair, Yobbos are not all like that. Some are women. Oh ok and ... they don't just hang round Morayfield Shopping Center.

A day out of Fulda and Bec's party

2006-05-14T16:49:00.000+02:00

Hi Everyone!

On Saturday some of the "fuldamentalists" betrayed their faith and left for a big city of Frankfurt. Bec, Seda, Lucy and Ragil enjoyed the opportunity of Hessen ticket, whereas some people, that is me, because of long-sleeping habits and not being sportive enough to make wiesnemuehle straße-hauptbahnhof track in 10 minutes had to enjoy a normal ticket in a company of already drunk(!) Frankfurt Eintracht fans, who were kind enough to share their beer.
The main purpose of going to Frankfurt was: Ragil> buying provisions from an Asian shop (eventually he had tones of things, that reminded me of witchcraft related ingridients, for having no clue in cooking at all); Seda> power shopping (what did you buy actually?); Lucy> going to Irish pub (the Fuldaer one was closed) and watching the football game of her beloved Liverpool with Westham (Liverpool won!); Me> enjoying the great Indian food, because thoughts about it lately were not letting me sleep normally; and Bec> enjoying our company in crazy outreaches from Fulda perhaps for the last time:-( and sorting out her things (what things i dont know, i arrived later in Frankfurt for above mentioned reasons:-).
All of us got what we wanted i guess,well...with some amount of the mixture of water, malted barley, hops and yeast too, that is beer:-).
To feel back in a big city with people around rushing somewhere was so pleasant. At some point, I had to remember the film Home Alone II, where Kevin arrives in New York and there is a long smile on his face, and he is always looking around, well at least that is how we felt, i guess.
After seeing Liverpool getting the Cup, we had to run to catch our train, which was fun, especially, when we were asking for the way to the train-station in a rush and nervous way, that even people around us must have felt uncomfortable:-).
Finally we arrived at Fulda train station, where i met the same fans, who i shared beer with, and got to know that Frankfurt Eintracht lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Then, after girls got ready (i mean make-up and other routine stuff) we headed to Havana club for Bec's farewell, where some other iceussies and friends were gathered already. It was very nice and cosy evening, though a bit upsetting either:-(. Hope that Bec will recover a crazy year in Germany and will soon come up with new ideas of what she is going to do in the future. Personally, it feels now like a loss in our group, as she was so much associated with ICEUS and is a real mate of ours. I thought that I know what to say, but it is very hard to say something, as our sympathy and love for Bec is so deep that words would be very poor to describe the emotions.

On Monday we will see you Bec hopefully again before the departure to Brussels...
Kisses Bec!

Firdavs

Freie Bildung! Keine Diskriminierung!

2006-05-11T19:24:00.000+02:00

Hello Everyone!

As an international student in Hessischen Bundesland, I was very much dissappointed of its Government and some politicians attempting to introduce a new law, according to which higher education would no longer be free of charge in the region, which is contrary to the Constitution of the Bundesland, where it is clearly stated that education should be free. On the assembly of students held at Fulda University many expresed their worries and deep concerns on these initiatives.
The law foresees also discriminative regulations for students, non-citizens of the EU. That is, residents of the EU would have to pay 500 euros, and international students 3 times more, that is 1500 euros. It means Hessen closes its doors to residents of mostly poorer countries like South and Latin America, Asia and Africa, who would benefit from the education and in future would contribute in the development of their countries, and Hessische politicians, as it seems, are only against these sincere intentions. It would also be a death for such programs as International Management and ICEUS at University of Fulda.
Thankfully, there are still people, who have a common sense and hopefully will not simply give up before such contradictory regulations. And we all stand with them shoulder to shoulder and show full support.
There was also a demonstration held in Fulda against the implementation of the fees, and some more were promised to follow, though no agreement was shown on the issue of strikes yet.

Bloody Friday

2006-05-06T20:41:00.000+02:00

Seht ihr, das haben wir davon einen ganzen Tag damit zu vergeuden sinnlos über Wald und Wiesen zu laufen und uns 2 Stunden irgendwo im Unterholz nierderzulassen.
Auf Internetseiten steht Zecken halten sich gerne auf Wiesen und im Unterholz auf. Hochzeckenzeit: April bis Oktober. Es wird empfohlen sich in schattigen Wäldern nicht lange an einer Stelle niederzulassen! How ironic!
So to make it clear: I just didn't walk without any results through the woods yesterday ignoring every possible precaution against ticks by walking for hours over pastures and sitting four hours in the middle of a bloody forest. I also got something from it. A tick!
I just found it a few hours ago in the middle of my little white tummy. After panicking a few minutes I found a few useful informations how to deal with it (http://www.br-online.de/umwelt-gesundheit/thema/zecken/tipps.xml). By the way they usually continue walking around up to 24h on your body before biting you so keep on searching! So the end of the story: I pulled it out and I am hopefully not getting any of the nasty diseases it is transmitting. http://www.br-online.de/umwelt-gesundheit/thema/zecken/lyme.xml and http://www.br-online.de/umwelt-gesundheit/thema/zecken/fsme.xml
But I feel confirmed once again that this friday was just one bloody friday! (Im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes)

- grumpy Marie -

Birthdays like a rain...

2006-04-29T14:34:00.000+02:00

Hi everyone, i took the responsibility again for posting the photos from Andreas and Hannes birthdays, it was quite a strange week, in the sense I had a feeling as if i were celebrating birthdays the whole week, what about you iceussies? :-) Anyway want to wish all the best to both of "the guilty of the parties", there were so many wishes and i am still hungover, so i won't be tauthological(can i say that?), and will thank Andrea for invitation to Löwen and going to disco, and thank Hanne for the party and food (btw, can you send me some recipis? you will help, thus, the always starving me and Michael:-).
Here are some photos from the parties.

Cheers!
Firdavs.

Photos from the Footy Oval day2

2006-04-22T13:18:00.000+02:00

Iceus is now on a mulitmedia format...

2006-04-16T17:01:00.000+02:00

Dear ICEUS

Things have taken an exciting turn for the better. We now have video!

For example...

Hiking in die Rhön

So how to do it...
1. Click onto YouTube (link located in sidebar)
2. Login as iceus (with usual password)
3. Follow the prompts to upload the video and save.
4. Copy the html code that is written in the box at the bottom when the video has successfully saved.
5. Add this to your blog entry.

Too easy.

Ok there are a few difficult bits now. In the coding, make sure that all the "width=425" is "width=425". There is one that is written as "width=600" change this one. this makes the video will fit into the blog page. Otherwise the screen won't fit onto the page and looks asthetically displeasing. The second difficult bit is waiting for th evideo to process. This takes about 5minutes. So be patient, it will eventually work. No worries, sit back and take it easy tigers!...AND have fun with it!

Ok well I hope everyone is happy and all is well for this fine break from working. All those people travelling back to Fulda, I hope you have a safe trip.

Peace out and love your work!
Bec

Photos from the Footy Oval

2006-04-09T11:46:00.001+02:00

Dear Everybod and Everything,

Its funny how kicking a little ball around can make you so exhausted! Here's some photos - enjoy!

Ok Love your work and Peace out!
Bec

Soccer is a game of Football

2006-04-08T01:46:00.000+02:00

Dear Everyone and Everything,
Well it has been a tough couple of days, or should I say rough. The semester is in full swing ACHTUNG! Students Crossing! (peak times during and after a Halle 8 party)

So, also now that the World Cup is nearly upon us and in the spirit of going to the Fußball on a Saturday afternoon and watching Frankfurt lose, I thought that I would clarify up some confusion.

Anytime I say football or hear this word in the northen hemisphere (Except USA), I am assuming one means to play soccer. Not any of the four or five codes of playing a game with a ball and your feet.

I think the term was coined up one day (a long time ago), because of the use of one's feet in the game "foot+ball=football" sort of scenerio. The shape of the ball has nothing to do with the word football either. For example, the use of an oblong ball in Australian Football (AFL or Aussie Rules ot Aerial Ping Pong) is definatly a game of "foot+ball=football" but also incorperates fully grown men jumping up and on top of each other, punching a football (red and oblong shaped) in tight, tight short shorts. Very entertaining!

I hope this arguement is now over! Now, anyone for a game of cricket? (btw. this is a whole 'nother ball game!!)

Peace out and love our work
Bec

PS Dare I say "Richpoint"? hehehe

test your music knowledge!!

2006-03-30T16:12:00.000+02:00

Hey People,

it's been a while since the last post. Now, lemme post a new cool and interesting post this time.. ermm, hopefully.. =D

alright, the picture below consists clues from 75 names world famous group band in the world. it is created to test your knowledge of music. so, here's the example:

- on the bottom right of the picture we can find a calendar with the greenbox in it, and it means GREEN DAY.
- on the left bottom of the picture we can see a wagon filled with guns and also bouquet of roses, and it means GUNS & ROSES.

cool ey? so, make a list and start to test your music knowledge! have fun..

-ragil-

ps1: we can start to sort out the group band which we might find in the picture in another new post. how bout dat? =)
ps2: woohoo! i just found SMASHING PUMPKINS!! in the middle, a man smashes his big hammer on pumpkins.. Ok, next??

Scone, originally a Scottish word stemming from mid-low German or perhaps Dutch “Schoenbrot”

2006-02-21T20:44:00.000+01:00

Hellooooo!

Greetings from the land of tea, fat rascals (a type of cake/scone that compliments English tea perfectly), cathedrals of grandeur, rolling hills, cute little train stations, double-decker buses, sheep covered meadows, train shaped hedges, toad in the hole, portcullises, annually flooding pubs and very old buildings. Welcome to the adventures of Bec and Lu as they traverse the western sites of Europe, originating from Fulda and meeting up in York. It is an epic story in the style of all things English; but this part is a pilot made for your enjoyment. If successful, it shall continue for as long as it is in demand.

Scones. (21/2/2006)

As the typically late glistening train rolled into York station, 30 minutes behind schedule, Rebecca leaped joyously from the carriage originating from a long and winding journey, starting at Dublin, that had a scheduled stop at Doncaster that saw a brazen break eating scones pilfered from the inclusive Irish buffet that dewy morning.

With anticipation Lucy searched through the shadowy tinted windows straining to see Rebecca, at the location where they had decided to rendezvous right in the position where the wrought iron structure of the train station almost contained the echoes of the peoples' cries of homecoming. Lucy and Rebecca embraced from the long separation of travelling across the many mountains and seas between Fulda and York. Lucy introduced Rebecca to her sister Kate, and Rebecca unsure of the customary meetings of the English, this Australian maiden decided a dainty hand shaking was in order. So gripping each other’s hands warmly, commented by the oddness of this fact by Lucy, they met and fitted together as if old bosom-friends regularly meeting for tea and cake on a Tuesday mid-morning and gossiping about the most titilising events of the town.

Having to walk up to the transportation that would take everyone to their final destination, a small village on the outskirts of York, Lucy led Rebecca to the market place to meet one of the Matriarchs of the Lucy Robinson family. Lucy and Rebecca traded reminisces of their respective journeys abroad through Geneva and Dublin, along with delighted exclamations that briefly interrupted their narrations. Rebecca was received like an old family member by Lucy's mother who remarked on the oddness of the fact of embracing a guest in the marketplace. Moving outside, onto the rain-dazzled street, the foursome ambled towards the automobile discussing the horridness of travelling by train and airship.

Passing through the small hamlets and villages the four women arrived at the intended home, where Rebecca was shown to her quarters. Refreshed after a long journey, Lucy and Bec met at the top of the stairs and descended together into the dining room both ravenous for the evening meal and shrewdly planning the evening out, where it was decided to penetrate the smoky hubs of the Pitcher and Piano, Ye Old Starre Inn, and the Kings Arms "The Flooding Pub".

At dusk they set out, galavanting back to the nucleus of York, with Lucy behind the driving-aparatus of the automobile, into the night that transcended into an overwelming fog of wine, talking and merrymaking involving old associates of Lucy and local characters.

In the morning, Lucy woke up surprisingly early despite the late night antics, like a radiant ephemeral princess without a black cloud overshadowing her cranial functions. She rapped lightly on Rebecca's door who was also untouched by the wee hours of chaos.

After sampling the foreign dish of a far away land, Lucy and Rebecca once again transcended into the interior of old Yorvik, with a large multi-passenger carrier, where they spent the blue-skied morning unveiling the hidden secrets of "The Shambles" and strolling around the old town wall and eating buttered scones and ginger cake, complimented by fine English teas.

Sprinting without feminity they boarded the York train that forged its way to the quaint Malton station. Lucy and Rebecca disembarked to be greeted by the long awaiting father. Rebecca and Lucy's father became familiar with each other and then they embarked on a journey to the beach at Scarborough.

On arrival at the beach, the crisp, fresh wind entered every nook and cranny of the lightly clothed areas on the body and tickled the two girls pink skin with sharp nailed fingers. Giddy with the salt air, together Lucy and Rebecca gazed over the cleared sandy beach, the startling waves, towards the menacing tower over looking the bay. As if to predict the turn of the feelings, dark, heavy clouds rolled over the dainty blue sky and threw tiny prickly pieces of ice at the Robinson conglomerate piercing the serenity created by the calm and cleared beach of Scarborough. Frantically climbing up the embankment through the winter dormant trees, crowding into the family carriage, the assembly overran the unsuspecting Grandma Robinson abode.

After having a cosy afternoon sipping warm tea, eating fat rascals and discussing the attributes of the Baltic States, the family plus one re-embarked the home, overlooking the village of Snainton, where Lucy showed Rebecca the family excavated pond, and her self-germinated acorn tree.

Walking back towards the house, passed the first blossoming tree of the new season, Lucy gasped...

.................................To be continued..................................

Love from Lu and Bec on Holiday in England
Peace Out!

POISON!!!

2006-02-15T11:54:00.000+01:00

In a respectable effort to delay my Praktikumsuche just a wee bit more, here are a few more party pics from that classy club that is POISON :-) I feel what with the free entry, the FH DJ, the cheesy tunes and the dramatic 'dancefloor fight', the place definitely has the potential to be a regular provider of entertainment on a wednesday night. We shall see...

ps - if anyone wants to find a Praktikum for me, I am willing to pay a handsome fee :-)

[Lucy]

Feb 14th is V-Day!

2006-02-14T22:44:00.000+01:00

Dear Everybody and Everything,

V-Day 2004: Spotlight on Missing & Murdered Women In Juarez

Happy V-Day!

And for people thinking I mean Valentines day, think again. It is V-DAY: a day to celebrate being a woman, and to end the violence. Vagina Day! And if you know me, I no longer celebrate valentines day.

Today, the global attention for the violence against women focus's on Japan. August 2005 marked the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII. However, for the 'comfort women,' civilians forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military between 1932 and 1945.

So this year
V-Day Spotlight 2006: Justice to 'Comfort Women
The euphemism 'comfort women' was coined by imperial Japan to refer to young females of various ethnic and national backgrounds who were forced to offer sexual services to the Japanese troops during the Asia/Pacific Wars between 1932 and 1945. Some were minors sold into 'comfort stations,' others were deceptively recruited by middlemen, and still more were detained and forcibly abducted. Estimates of the number of 'comfort women' range between 50,000 to 200,000.

So I was wondering if people were interested in seeing the Vagina Monologues in Frankfurt? There will be a production on the 4 & 5th of March. It is actually a great play and is good for everyone. If you are interested, it is going to be in English and will cost about 12-15€. For more information check out:
V-Day Frankfurt am Main

This is a really confronting and at the same time entertaining play. Let me know, because I am going to go anyway.

Happy Vagina Day girls and guys, make it a good one! And enjoy Valentine's Day if you celebrate it.

Viva la Vagina!

Peace Out!
Bec
PS.The above picture was taken two years ago when I was in Mexico where the attention was focused on Juarez and the murders of girls had remained uninvestigated. And as a result of the march on Juarez the Chihuahua State’s Attorney had resigned.

We all LOVE a great Party

2006-02-10T16:28:00.000+01:00

Hey Everyone and Everything!!!

I don't need to put a commentry on them because everyone already knows.

Sorry it me a bit of time but here are some of thise infamous photos.... enjoy...

Oh and I thought I'd add these because these classes have finished for the semester!!!! Woo Hoo!

Peace out!!!
Bec

Yoga - Indian vs. Irish style

2006-02-06T10:09:00.000+01:00

...this morning in my inbox...

Actually, I'm feeling like that poor Irish bloke right now!

See you all tomorrow. - What is it for? It's a challenge! ;)

Sandra

Hey hey...It's snowing again.

2006-01-25T19:56:00.000+01:00

Dear Everyone and...perhaps Everything,

Just to contest Marie's statement about being the only one blogging, here's a cool photo of Fulda. Cool in all literal meanings of the word.

Not much to say...really, other then to say that the student feed at the Golden Rad? is good and filling. Or is "good and filling" a Rich Point?

Ok I think I will leave that one to open debate....heheheh
Peace Out and I love your work!!
Love
Bec
BRRRRRrrrrrrrRRRRRRrrrrRRRRrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrrrrRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!°

ICEUS Wisdom

2006-01-24T10:53:00.000+01:00

ICEUS Wisdom

Meine lieben Kommilitonen,

even if only a few of you are regularly reading this blog...
I am taking the unthankful task on me (I bet this is a german-english false friend because it sounds very weird in english) to remind you to come to our incoming class tomorrow!
As you have read in Sabine's e-mail we want to discuss if we need a class spokesperson and vote for it tomorrow.
So all this doesn't make any sense if nobody is coming.
So please come and tell everybody...

-Marie-

Die heutige Sprücheziehung

2006-01-21T15:13:00.000+01:00

Die heutigen Sprüche auf meinen Schokoladenpapieren sind auch wieder sehr passend, deswegen möchte ich euch alle dran teilnehmen lassen!

Es gibt nur einen Weg zum Glück
und der bedeutet,
aufzuhören mit der Sorge um Dinge,
die jenseits der Grenzen
unseres Einflußvermögens liegen.
Epiktet

Wir leben zu sehr
in der Vergangenheit,
haben Angst in der Zukunft
und vergessen dabei völlig,
die Gegenwart zu genießen.
Deutsches Sprichwort

So, das war die heutige Ziehung, ich wünsche euch noch ein schönes Wochenende!

-Marie-

P.S.: Versteht ihr eigentlich alle das Wort "Ziehung", wisst ihr was damit gemeint ist? Es kommt von der Lottoziehung. Dem Moment wo die Lottozahlen gezogen werden. Ob Ziehung ein rich point ist? Wahrscheinlich ist es nicht häufig genug. hm.......

argh!!

2006-01-19T18:24:00.000+01:00

falls jemand meine liebe und schwarze Handschuhe gefunden hat, gib mir bitte Bescheid.. danke euch im Voraus..

argh!! it's bloody cold mate!! brrrrr...*****

-ragil-

big party

2006-01-19T17:41:00.000+01:00

hallo an alle!
morgen party! cool!!!!! freue mich auf euch alle!

tanja

Vom Robert, den man Gern hardt

2006-01-18T17:44:00.000+01:00

Für Hanne und Marie (im Besonderen)

GUT DRAUF

Dinge gibt's, die verlernt man nicht
Zum Beispiel das Eieressen
So lange kein Ei mehr gegessen
Und dann lief's wie geschmiert:

Die Spitze eingeschlagen
Die Schale weggepellt
Das Salz aufs Ei getan
Das Ei verspeist.

"Nein, mein Freund, es ändert sich nichts
Ja, mein Freund, das solltest du feiern
Du, mein Freund, bleibst die Summe deiner Fähigkeiten
Bis ans, mein Freund, Ende deiner Tage.

Aber bis das mal kommt
Aber bis das erst einmal kommt
Aber bevor das erst mal kommt:
Hau drauf! Und immer:
Voll auf die Eier!"

Die anderen im Stile von:
"Kleine Maid
Beine breit
Keine Zeit."
sollten wir dann lieber in einer privateren Runde lesen... ;)

Und noch einen kleinen Auszug für unseren Mitschi:

Eines Tages geschah es Kant,
daß er keine Worte fand
[...]
Erst als man ihn zum Essen rief,
wurd' er wieder kreativ,
und sprach die schönen Worte:
"Gibt es hinterher noch Torte?"

Sandra

Spruch des Tages

2006-01-18T13:48:00.000+01:00

Der Spruch, der heute auf meinem Schokoladenpapier stand:

Es ist nicht wenig Zeit,
die wir haben,
sondern es ist viel Zeit,
die wir nicht nutzen.
Seneca

-Marie-

Stilvoll geht die Welt zu Grunde...

2006-01-17T21:45:00.000+01:00

...über den Nutzen von Verdrängungstätigkeiten.

Ich bin beruhigt, es scheint ein allgemeines und internationales Problem zu sein...Verdrängungstätigkeiten.
Aber der wahre Nutzen ist mir bisher noch verborgen geblieben. Tut es den Blumen gut plötzlich dauerbewässert zu werden? Gewinne ich an Wohlbefinden, wenn ich plötzlich mehr Tee trinke als sonst? Werde ich schlauer durch erhöhten Medienkonsum (inklusive Internet versteht sich)?
Ich weiß nicht. Aber mein Zimmer ist nie so ordentlich wie in den letzten Wochen des Semesters. Die Lebensqualität steigt deswegen aber nicht. Der psychische Dauerstress (= schlechtes Gewissen) kann wohl nur durch weitere Verdrängungstätigkeiten vermindert werden, die helfen den Berg an Aufgaben, den man vor sich herschiebt, zu ignorieren. Ein Teufelskreis? Wahrscheinlich.

Auf jeden Fall freue ich mich schon auf die parties diese und nächste Woche, denn...stilvoll geht die Welt zu Grunde.
In diesem Sinne....

-Marie-

Thoughts of the day...

2006-01-11T16:21:00.000+01:00

Wow, what a day!
I think this was the first time that I saw a reason behind the xenology projects! I learned so much about the concept of losing face! Incredible, even though this wasn’t intended by the project/s. But interesting indeed....
Now I’ve to try to forget about all this excitement, stop procrastinating (as this is the new word I learned from Bec today) and get back to work.

Wish y’all a great weekend!

-Marie-

another photos..

2006-01-10T19:18:00.000+01:00

Ich hoffe es hat geklappt...
viel Spass
Seda

some updates

2006-01-09T06:08:00.000+01:00

hi people,

after few attempts and little bit of efforts, I'm happy to tell you that iceus blog has been updated with a small shout box and some useful links. Feel free to leave your brief comments inside the box. hope you enjoy it!

cheers
-ragil-

countdown has started!

2006-01-08T22:53:00.000+01:00

the countdown has just started! I guess this would be the month where all the iceus juniors are so stressed and probably rather depressed with tons of tasks i.e. finishing the presentation from Prof. Ott (argh! beside preparing the presentation, we are also obliged to make minimum 15 pages homework from our topic! please sir, with all due respect! give us a break will you?), collecting more resources and writing them down for Prof. Zwengel's task (fyi, i'm still in a state of questioning what the advantages would be by doing this task. Oh well, we are required to do it anyway, so i guess it's not even worthwhile questioning it), gathering and reorganising things for xenology project (again another not-so-useful-but-we-are-forced-to-do-it project! i'm sorry Prof. Hinnenkamp, no offence!), reading more books and sorting material out for European Integration (hmm.. i'm speechless about this task! don't get me wrong. he's a good lecturer and also a decent human being, but there's something 'funny' with the way he lectures.. it's too monotone probably?), etcetera, and so on. Oh, not to forget to mention the papers that we must send to Prof. Hinnenkamp with his Semiotic and Pragmatic Models which i have just noticed today that some colleagues in iceus have not sent them yet (gee, i thought i was the only one in class who procrastinates about things. guess what...? there are plenty of them =P i don't really know whether i should be happy or sad knowing this fact).

despite the fact that we have only a few more weeks left before we have our semester holiday, i suppose everyone is trying their best to keep (or forced to keep) their mood going well so they can hold their current pace study rhythm and finish the first semester decently. there have not been many things happening lately since the new year's break. We have only one more lecture from Prof. Schrader in European Law sometime during this month, which i presume is a good thing for all of us because we won't be forced to wake up at 7.30 on wednesday morning again, rushing to the class hurriedly just to avoid the guilty feeling when we arrive late. I am actually a bit sad about it because it appears that we (or i personally) only started to enjoy this lecture after we'd been on the excursion to strasbourg. Enjoying the lecture in the sense it became clearer than it ever was before (at least for me personally because he always used such complicated law terms in German). Oh well, c'est la vie.. you never really know what you have til it's gone. He's a nice person and a competent lecturer afterall. Hmm, i'm quite anxious about the 3 hour exam as a result of the combination between Prof. Nothdurft and Prof. Hinnenkamp lectures (it's gonna suck!). On top of that, we still have to think or at least already have idea about where we are going to make our internship (I don't know whether i'm exaggerating about our current situation or if it really is that terrible! well, i guess im just self-pitying here..) hmm, it could be worse actually! we might fail in some exams and must repeat the lecture next year!

cheers matey!
-ragil-

Photos Anyone?!

2006-01-06T17:36:00.000+01:00

Hello fellow iceus people. Good news. I've finally got around to uploading my photos so you can all download them to your hearts' content (click on photo to get bigger version). Yeah, would seem the frequency of blog entry leaving needs some work. Probably fair to say you are all doing more important things (like work for our course as I should probably be doing. Procrastination is a wonderful thing) but this blog will become rather unexciting if no-one leaves blogs except me and Bec so CRACK ON and join the world of bloggery (made-up word btw, but I rather like it...) [Lucy]

Make sure you hit the ground running!

2005-12-21T02:30:00.001+01:00

Hi Everyone,

Lucy and I thought it would be good idea to start this site and see how it would work and be supported by the you guys, fellow ICEUS poeple. We hope you do get out of it what you want. Feel free to leave comments and ideas in either German or English, whichever you prefer.

This first photo is of the night a few of usl went out to a club in Fulda where we took over the dance floor because we were the main people in the club.....Ohhhhhh Dancing Queen! Much fun indeed!

This photo was taken at the BASIB and ICEUS gathering in Wiessen Muller. It was a fun night while we tried to learn how to count.

Just incase you thought we did not do any work, here we are in the European Court of Human Rights, the only court we an individual person (from the EU) can take a Country (with membership in the EU) to court over Human Right abuses.

Cheers Bec and Lucy

Welcome

2005-12-20T16:23:00.000+01:00

Welcome to the wonderful new site dedicated to sharing the thoughts and photos of the ICEUS student living and surviving in Fulda, Germany.

Everyone is invited to share their comments and particularly photos that we gather on our gatherings and social events. So in the spirit of all things ICEUS...let us begin....