Anjong - Goodbye - 365 days full of adventure!

Anjong,

I think I have to travel one last time back to Korea, even if it is just in my head, in my imagination!

Haha, first pic on fb!

If you have read my blog (or should I say blogs?! stupid memory capacity) more of less constantly you saw a huge package of my experiences during the last year! A lot of stuff happened in the last 356 days! One Year and 12 days ago I started my unbelievable amazing adventure!

Some things didn't change during this time, but far too much changed!

Palermo turned 30! Big party!

Hey,

six days ago José turned 30! He is the first one of my close friends who turned 30! So crazy, that we are finally getting old!

This Friday he invited all his friends to celebrate his third very big birthday!

 Palermo prepared A lot of Muffins and Brownies! They were so yummy! Seriously!

Gasometer - Oberhausen -Industry turns into culture

Hey,

today I did my second "Ruhrgebiet" excursion with Natze! We left the inofficial capital of the Ruhrgebiet (hometown Essen) and drove to Oberhausen. Over there is the biggest Gasometer of Europe. In former times they used it to store...... surprise.... GAS!

Baldeney lake - Jogging in my hometown

Hey,

yesterday I was jogging in my hometown Essen - Kupferdreh. Usually I run around in the "city" like following the normal streets, but around 5 min jogging from my parents house there is a lake... and I never run around there....stupid....

Yesterday the weather was pretty nice so I thought about running next to the water.... Good idea!

ABC - Asian Basketball Competition

Hey,

yesterday John and me went to Düsseldorf, because his brother and some friends of them joined in the "big" Asian Basketball Competition!

Sean Paul - Columbia Halle Berlin

Hey, get busy, I don't have to say more!

On Saturday Elisa asked me, if I wanna join her and her friends from her hometown for the Sean Paul concert in berlin. And what can I say.... I just said yes!

Since I was a little boy I danced to Sean paul in the club! Even if me and my friends at home make fun of him every time we have to dance if he is in the club!

Jogging in Berlin - Old routine

Hey,

nowadays I don't have to run around in circles on the sports field at Dongseo university in Busan. I can go on my routine running route in Berlin. I don't have the time to take my big round, but for the small one is always a little time ( at least one hour, because thats the time I need to finish).

Hello and Goodbye - Saskia is going to Scotland

Hey,

the second night in Berlin didn't take place in Berlin! I was in Brandenburg!

My friend Saskia (I know her from university) graduated with me this semester.

But she won't study anymore at my university, because she will go to Scotland! This Saturday was her goodbye party and thats why me and my friends had to travel to her hometown (its next to Berlin).

Korea in Berlin - Crazy World

Hey,

finally I have a little time to write about friday! Elisa prepared a Korean night for me! It was perfect!

She thought about everything! Music, food and friends!

Ideenpark in Essen - Lots of ideas!

Hey,

today Natze, John and me went to the "Ideenpark" in Essen. It was the last day of a big exhibition for little brains!

Something is wrong....

I feel like a dwarf....

Walensee - Swimming in a new dimension

Grüezi,

after a long day full of flying, running up and down the hills to get the right feeling for the glider Romy, Michi and me drove to the Valeseller lake to relax for one or two hours. 

Skyscraper - With my own fingers!

Grüezi,

yesterday was the big day! After a few hours practicing at a small hill we decided to do big business.

 

Little Bird - Rufi - Switzerland

Grüezi,

today I had my first experience for flying without an airplane! Romy invited me for paragliding! We had to get up after just 5 hours sleeping at 7am! We drove around one hour to Rufi, an area located in the east of Zurich! 

Even the ride to the flying area was amazing!

Zurich - Switzerland - The first 2 hours

Grüezi,

last friday my good friend Romy asked me if I wanna come to Zurich for a few days from Sunday to Wednesday...

Actually I was not really sure if I could go. Because it is quite expensive, takes a lot of time and of course.... I just arrived in my hometown after one year. But I really wanted to see her again and I wanted to come back to my beloved Zurich!

Philippino Night - Solid Club

Hey,

after having a really great afternoon with Natze in Bottrop we drove home to my place and had dinner with my parents on the balcony. 

Of course my parents had dinner and we started to drink a little before we joined the "Philippino community"! John didn't wanted to join because of his bachelor thesis, but Diana, bebe, Pam and all the others were there!

Ruhrpott excursion - Tetraeder Bottrop

Hey, 

today I visited with Natze a "Ruhrpott-Diamand"! The "Tetraeder" in Bottrop! It is just about 20 min car ride from my house, but both of us have never been there. In the middle of coal mines and industry factories on top of a coal mountain there is the "Tetraeder". It is just a steel construction. You can climb the construction nearly to the top and after all this exhausting climbing you have a wonderful view all over the Ruhrgebiet. 

 The construction itself represents a lot of this areas history. Of course it is a steel construction, because of Thyssen Krupp steal. It is on top of the mountain, like our industry haha and it is located on lots of coal!

Germany, do I get used to you?

Hey,

maybe you got it in the last posts from german territory.... I was kind of unhappy to be back. I know, that I am supposed to be happy, because I see my family, my friends and John again.... but the country itself doesn't welcome me as I was welcomed every day in Korea. I miss the kindness and the patience and the happiness everybody in Korea is emitting. When you walk in the streets you look in all the faces and everyone gives you a smile. In the stores the people are kind and try to help you, not trying to sell you something. It feels really different.

Don't get me wrong, my friends really do a great job! They do everything to keep me happy and were doing really cool stuff!

When I arrived in Frankfurt I felt really uncomfortable in a crowd full of germans. Most of the people are really negative. You just hear stuff like "Shit" or "This is so crappy, it doesn't work" or anything else with a negative influence. I don't know why, but the people doesn'T realize how nice it is to live in Germany. Even if the ICE (KTX) is half an hour late. Germany is nearly four times as big as Korea, of course it is more difficult to make the trains always to be on time.

Anyway, after two weeks in Germany I get used to be in the middle of people speaking German. I think it was really very relaxing to stay in Korea and to listen to korean all day long. I didn't know most of the time what the people in the subway were talking about and it was just relaxing. Maybe they criticized everything and everyone in the same way, but I didn't recognize...kkkk

Another big difference I recognized is my eating behavior. If you want to eat healthy food around midnight you can't find anything in public places.... There is no 24h - Imo - restaurant where you can eat a hot soup with some meat or just Chamchi-Kimchi-Bogkumbab.... No, just McDonalds... ad so we did after watching "Prometheus" in the Cinemaxx.... it was a cool movie, not hyper special, but nice to watch.... Anyway we had very not so healthy food, I am sorry Imo!

Both of us had this very unhealthy dinner kkkk

Hitlist Germany - Review

Hey,

in these days I am missing K-Pop a lot! Seriously, I just miss it! Of course I can hear Gangnam style all day long in the car on my way back home kkkkkk and  can hear the new Beast at home in the garden during sunshine sessions, but it is not the same. I am always alone hearing it. Nobody on the streets join. Nobody is dancing right next to me and nobody would start to sing .....

Thats why I analyzed the "German Top 100" and I have to admit it is not as bad as I thought. With a one year break of germany I start to see everything with new eyes. I even listen to the music with new ears!

German BBQ - Grillen

Juten tach,

today the weather in Germany was perfect to have a BBQ! Thats why me and my friends met at my house to have a little BBQ - Meat - Party! I went to Penny (Hanaru) to get all the stuff for salads, dips, drinks and of course a lot of meat!

I calculated the entrance fee the people had to pay and the party started!

Apartment45 - Bochum

Juten Tach (guten tag)!

like we say in the Ruhrpott! Last night me and my friends went out to explore our region in North-Rhine-Westphalia a little bit. We met at Jenny's place to have one or two or three drinks.... and Yes, John and me had Coju! And Jenny and me had some Soju shots! Wuhuuu!

After a few hours of warming up we took the bus and the train to Bochum (the city is next to my hometown by train maybe 12min) Anyway we wanted to see a new club. So we went to the Apartment45. It is located in the heart of Bochum. The club is an old penthouse which was transformed into a club. But you can find everywhere the different rooms. You will see what I mean.

Yes, this was in the club!