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bundesjugendsingen 2007 (austrian youth choir contest)
bregenz, austria
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bundesjugendsingen 2007 (austrian youth choir contest)
bregenz, austria
i just woke up after a sound 19-hour sleep, following an exhausting prolonged weekend.
that should make up for the last few sleep-depriving weeks…
somebody (not pointing fingers) has turned me into an exercise junkie.
everytime i get home from, say jogging, all i can think is “i want to go again. right now.”
my newest hobby: biking through muddy puddles after heavy rainfalls.
after all, growing older is mandatory, but growing up is optional.
greetings from obergurgl/austria (1930m above sea level), where lots of biologists have gathered to document the biologic diversity.
to give you an impression of what it’s like here, i took this photo about 15 minutes ago:
(this is the view out of the valley)
innsbruck, austria – 118.000 residents
calvinia, south africa – 6.000 residents
i wonder what makes them set their priorities for coverage and resolution.
memo to self: starting to work on a presentation less than 24 hours before i’m supposed to present it is not optimal.
on the other hand, it worked out …which means my subconcsiousness will probably file this as a success and try to further reduce time and effort, next time.
i’m involved with many things in university, so a lot of professors know who i am. to be honest, i don’t even know who some of them are.
recently, there have been several situations like these1:
- a professor i don’t know says something about the degree course scheme, but adds that she’s not certain about it (and in fact, she’s wrong).
me: erm, actually it goes like this: …
prof: oh, thank you. (to all:) mr. nolf here just told me that …
me: hi! my name is markus nolf. i signed up for your class, and i have a question regarding …
professor: oh right, i saw your name on the list. (among the 50+ others who signed up!)
- professor m. asks a question
- nobody answers
- professor m. asks me
- nobody answers
- professor m. asks me
here’s one of the downsides of being well-known to your lecturers: in class, whenever nobody answers a “question to crowd”, they tend to ask somebody directly. and usually it’s somebody they can address by name…
- and it’s getting kinda freaky, considering that there are ~170 new biology students per year [↩]
