Oh oh, shame on me… I am really sorry for not writing sooner. So much has been happening these past fours weeks! Unbelievable. The good news: I got my SSN, my paycheck and my extended DS-2019. Everything is taken care of and I am going to stay here until July...
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Do you really want an update? I don’t think so. In fact, there is no update. I still don’t know if I am going to stay for another year, or if I have to leave next month. I’ve had many serious talks with my supervisor the last two weeks and...
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Oh well… I am really, really sorry that I haven’t updated this blog in over a month! I think I almost completely forgot about it. Not intentionally though… Well, since only one or two people are reading it anyways, it doesn’t matter too much, does it? The last month just...
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It’s another weekend… what can I say. First the good news: It’s our first weekend in our very own apartment! Our roommate had his graduation last weekend and moved out on Sunday. His family came over Saturday to attend the graduation ceremony and afterwards we went all out to dinner....
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Hey there… it’s me again. God, where did the week go? Sometimes time really flies. Not much happend though… I am still waiting for the verification of my visa status, thus I still didn’t get my money and I am getting more pissed every day but what can I do?...
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Ok ok, I admit… I have been lazy these last two weeks… well, actually not, because I wrote my german diary but this is not posted here… so ok, I am sorry for not filling you in earlier. I actually had two pretty good weeks. On Thursday, May 27th we...
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*OMG* you won’t believe what happened… last week my supervisor walked up to me and asked me if I would like to extend my program and work for them for another year! I was totally baffled, because I had never expected him to ask me something like that. I mean,...
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Ok… a new week has started. What did we do on the weekend? Oh yeah, J and I hung out with Susi again *remember from last weekend?* and went to “Yoshi’s Jazz Club & Japanese Restaurant” in Oakland. First we had Sushi for dinner… well, I actually acquired a taste...
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It’s Thursday already… the weekend is almost there that is great… although I must admit that the last two days were really laid back. We had the “Open House” on Tuesday and it was fantastic! Everything worked out great! I mean there is ALWAYS something that could have been better,...
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What a week! I was so busy. I worked over-time almost every day to finish up things for our up-coming “Open house” on Tuesday. I hate deadlines, because they put so much pressure on you, but on the other hand I got a lot of positive feedback from my supervisor...
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