martes, agosto 08, 2006

Back in Town

Well, as you may see, this post is in English. The reason is quite simple: thanks to the lack of real education in Europe, most of the people I know don't speak a tiny bit of Spanish.
On the other hand, and if I try to think positively, the act of translating my thoughts into a foreign language is a good exercise to keep my english level in shape.


So there you go, so long i recieve feedback, my blog changes its official language to english.


Mmm, so what to write about? Giving the fact that I just returned to my beloved homeland, let's start with the whole travel experience.

Before that, let's start with the last days of my Stay in Siegmunds Hof.
mess!As you all who know me may know, I have the trend to leave everything to the last minute, including overseas trips. My last trip was no exception to this, as the date of the travel was coming, my mind refused to accept that I was leaving what was my home for almost one year, and that had consequences.

Suddenly, I found myself cleaning up my room when the goodbye party was on, it sucked quite a bit, because I really can't say that I spent more than one hour without having to go back to the mess i had for a room to keep the cleaning up. Although, I have to thank the people that went there to at least make some company.

my room never was so cleanSo the next day we had the inspection from the Verwaltung. As we finished the party really late, I thought that it would be a nice idea to be one of the first people to get his room inspected. The only detail I didn't take in count was that Karin already checked her room, and well, let's say that she did clean her room, So I found myself going 3 times to the Hausmeister, the first time i had too many bags in my Room (I solved that by hiding all of them in the Bathroom next door), then the drawer in the kitchen was dirty, then the floor wasn't clean... Now imagine trying to do that when you haven't slept in like 2 days, and the only thing that keeps you awake is the desire to finish that damned thing.


Ah, we look so cuteAfter that, it all went very fast, suddenly we were at the airport saying goodbye to lots of people, btw, that was nice, it really touched me to see everyone there, in fact i couldn't hold the tears (yeah, i ended being a real pussy, crying as a woman). So we said goodbye to each other, got into the plane, and started to travel.

Is this edible?The flight to Frankfurt was nice, luckily i had plenty of space for my ridiculous amount of hand luggage (2 guitars, one huge laptop bag and a backpack). I really have to thank Tachy and Javier, who kindly agreeded to pass a guitar when we crossed the gates. So, we arrive at Frankfurt, meet the other chileans, wait a couple of hours, and when we're getting ready to take the plane, we come across with the most exciting news: The flight was overbooked.

Frankfurter S-BahnAfter the initial shock, we decided to volunteer to stay one more night in Frankfurt (with all expenses paid), and the airline decided to reward our sacrifice with the ammount of €600.- Yeah, 600 fucking euros. Awesome. So we ended staying in a 5-star Hotel, and we got to know Frankfurt. The next day we did a tour through the city, and afterwards we went to the Airport, where we waited and talked.


with a nice €600 voucherThe funny thing about all of this is that the very next day something was awaiting for us. I mean, after all this nice stuff we recieved, something wrong was ought to happen... So there we are, in the plane towards Sao Paulo, 4 hours have already passed, and we could see in the screens where the plane was (it showed the route and the plane position). After a horrible movie (The Pink Panther, which i have confess that i saw in the Theather... yes i know, waste of money, but please hold), the captain suddenly begins to talk: "Dear passengers, if you notice some unusual vibrations near the wing section, please do not be alarmed, is something normal, a hatch wasn't correctly closed, and therefore we beg for your patience. Let me assure you that this has no danger involved...". Now, we went to check that out, and yeah, the noise was almost unbearable.

Yeah, an unclosed hatch, Sure. Blow meSo we started to watch Ice Age 2, and suddenly the World map shows, and we could see that the airplane did an U-Turn and we were flying towards Germany. At this point I was already smelling something weird... In fact, you could see that we were flying really low... At last, the captain said something like: "Dear Passengers, do you remember that i said that the unclosed hatch had no peril involved? Well, guess what, we're flying back to Germany. Yes, I know that i made you wait 4 hours, because we knew from the begining that something bad was going on, and now I shall give you a lame excuse, which'll involve some obscure references to the navigation system. In any case, thank my Judgament, because we were about to cross the fucking Atlantic with a malfunction. Ah, and thanks for flying with us". We arrived to Frankfurt at say, ~3 am, we had to wait till 9am for another plane. The funny thing is that when we landed, we were unusually far away from the other planes, not to mention that LOTS of firemen were close to us... When we got off the plane, I saw lots of policemen and stuff staring at the fuselage section near the wing... And yeah, the unclosed hatch ended being a fucking hole in the thing... With reason the plane sounded as hell hahah...


P1010458At this point we all lost our connections to Chile, so when we arrived to Buenos Aires, we had to find flights again. Not to mention the fact that our luggage wasn't in Bs. Aires, but in someplace of Sao Paulo. Add the funny detail that altough there was a flight to Santiago, there wasn't enough place for everybody, so we ended splitting into 2 groups, one of them traveled the same day to Santiago, while the others (including me), stayed in Bs. Aires, and after stamping a lost luggage report, they took us to.. the Hilton! :D Yeah, the mofo Hilton. So we had some suites for us, a nice dinner, and the oportunity of making use of the ridiculous change and go around to take some drinks and spend less than US$10 in cab.


The goodbye...The next day, and after 40 mins. of sleep, we took a flight that would take us to Santiago de Chile, we arrived in the morning, after almost 3 days of leaving Berlin. What can I say, it was quite a trip, one could say that it was horrible, but it all was part of what was the best year of my life, Berlin 2005/2006. Well, part of my luggage is still missing, so i can't say that everything is nice. (Damn you, Lufthansa).


Nowdays, It's kinda weird. At the beginning, i had all the welcome back parties, the happiness of seeing familiar faces again, and i don't know, the feeling to be back. But it's slowly fading, and as I start with routine, the memories of Berlin are coming back, i can't say is sad, but i do think about it a lot. Mostly about the people... but is weird. Hopefully i'll get over it.


In the meantime, and this is for the local people (just if someone from Concepcion is still reading, I'm playing with my band this Thursday at 19:00 hrs at the Urbano (just in front of the Break), just quina. Be sure to be there!


God i'm tired of writing this. I think i'll leave it here ;D... Take care!

domingo, julio 23, 2006

Weee

Como que aun no le tomo el peso al hecho que en 6 dias mas voy a estar en el avion que me llevará rumbo a Chile.

O sea, igual cacho k tengo k hacer un monton de weas en pokisimo tiempo, pero parte de mi como que rechaza ese hecho, diciendome: "nah wn, relaja, si todo va a seguir asi como esta"

Es como cachar el final de una pelicula. Onda cuando se cacha k ya todo ta casi feliz, solo falta k muestren al protagonista diciendo las ultimas palabras del guion mirando hacia el cielo, todo esto adornado de una granja donde cultiva quizas k wea... Nah, en serio, es super cuatico el tan solo imaginar que las calles que recorro día a día van a pasar a ser un recuerdo lejano, toda la gente con la que estoy tan acostumbrado de compartir día a día ya va a ser una foto y un recuerdo (esperemos no sea asi)

Pues bien querido lectora/lector, de ahora en adelante podría decirse que comienza la "temporada de quejumbres", o en buen chilenos, posts mamones donde contaré lo mucho que voy a extrañar berlin y de como seguramente me deprimire y blah blah blah.

Esperemos que no sea asi

R.

martes, julio 18, 2006

Loove Parade

Weno, me gustaría comentar y explayarme en lo que fue la Love Parade, pero como me da paja prefiero dejar este videito protagonizado por una Amiga y otros amigos...


Eso si tengo k declarar que lamentablemente no me encontraba ahi para el evento, pero gracias a las camras digitales y a You Tube, hay registro de ello :D





Weno, saludos!

jueves, julio 13, 2006

Cuenta Regresiva...

Wow, casi 2 meses desde mi ultimo post.

Lo impresionante es como no ha sido de dejacion, ni falta de ideas, sino simplemente falta de ganas.

Como varios ya saben, mi retorno es inminente, dentro de cortisimos 16 días, voy a estar tomando un avion con destino a Santiago de Chile, dejando atrás no tan sólo lo que ha sido una experiencia sin nombre, sino también amigos, vivencias, lugares, recuerdos, y Döner Kebaps.

Es chistoso, porque recuerdo que hace algunos años, cuando conversaba con gente que se había ido de intercambio, no entendía como podían estar tan apegados a lo que fue su viaje, o sea, "bkn irse" pensaba yo; pero realmente hay que vivir eso de alejarse de la casa (no a un par de horas a estudiar en otra ciudad), sino alejarse a un lugar totalmente desconocido, con un idioma que no es el materno, estar solo, y aun asi construir una vida, rutina, hacerse amistades, viajar, etc... (cierto Lafo?)

En todo caso, no me puedo quejar, por ahi decian "no llores porque terminó, sonrie porque sucedió", lo cual me lleva a pensar lo chanta que son la gente que escribe estos pensamientos. Suena casi como una canción de amor. Pero de las malas, ala "mi amor, te regalaría rosas llenas de pensamientos y virtudes, y unas ganas de follarte frente a multitudes". Quizás debería dejar de escribir canciones pa los Vagonetas y dedicarme al género cebolla.

Pero eso no iba al caso. Más allá de eso, quizás debería contar un poco qué ha sido de mi vida estos últimos días, y por qué estoy escribiendo con tildes.
Pues bien, en vista que no deseo estar 2 horas escribiendo, vamos a contar que paso al estilo brevenotas:

1. Luego de la visita de mis padres, nos fuimos al Rock am Ring, concierto de 3 dias. Estuvo genial.

2. Comienza la Copa del Mundo: La raja. Solo falto Chilito.

3. Carretes. y varios.

4. Fui a ver a los Black Eyed Peas (Fergie es una diosa ;D)

5. Alemania pierde el mundial: Cagamos, se acabaron las fiestas

6. Fiestas, paseos a Lagos, y MUCHO calor

7. Francia pierde el mundial: Bueno, en realidad yo queria que ganara Alemania, pero en vista que tengo mas amigos franceses que italianos, apoyé a Francia. Y (nuevamente) el equipo que apoyé perdió. Como eso? pues en su momento apoyé a Brasil, quien perdio contra Francia, luego apoyé a Alemania, quien pierde contra Italia, apoyé a Portugal, quien pierde contra Francia, y termino apoyando a Francia, quien pierde contra Italia. como pa jugar Experto, no?

8. Despedidas: Así es, la gente ya comienza a irse, de hecho el Lunes se va Lara, una australiana...

9. No ir a la U: Lo digo y lo repito, este año ha sido un barco pirata gigante en contra del sistema educacional, y puta k lo he disfrutado. Pk después de todo, me di cuenta que no estoy ni ahi con pasar el resto de mi vida como Ingeniero Electrónico, y mas que nada, que no quiero perder años de mi vida sentado en una oficina, quizás ganando su buen billete, pero gastando mi juventud (que dudo vuelva).

Y asi con la weá. Ahora se viene la Love Parade, y pese a que seguramente será un evento de proporciones lésbicas (en realidad mas gay k nada), habrá k ir; yo no toy ni ahi con la musica electronica, pero creo que mucha gente querría ir, y por ellos iré a reportear.

En fin querido público (si es que aun queda gente que entra al blog), me despido no sin antes desearme una tarde suertuda, dp de todo queda poco, no?

Saludos!