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As a nice surprise of the day, I’ve found out that Asha, the recently elected new president of ICU, is a blogger too :) Certainly a good omen for her plans to push blogging and interlinking among ICU and other student communities! Go for it, Asha :)
Many thanks to the former team for its great work and, as expressed in my comment already, grats and all the best to the newly elected ICU board and the whole “crew”!
I’ll be off to London from 05.05.-09.05.2005. Regarding the current London agenda, all I know so far is that there will be UK elections 2005 on 5th of May (perhaps the reason why accommodation in London is so scarce ATM?).
Are there any other {unique, great, funky, unconventional} must-see events (sounds, arts, sports, tech, business,..) in London between 05.-09.? Any hints welcome! :)
As the pictures of last Friday’s private sightseeing tour in Schwyz and Zug turned out surprisingly well (considering that I shot them rather carelessly using my compact digicam, i.e. amateur gear ;), I decided to make them public. I’ve removed any pictures with close-ups of people, therefore you may freely use these pictures for any purpose (credits welcome, however):
Some pictures I like particularly (more or less in chronological order; unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of the Kloster Ingenbohl SZ):
The Kollegium Schwyz (where my father went to school)
The chapel inside the Kollegium (where he had to celebrate high mass and sing in the choir way too often, as he told me ;)
The bottom of the lectern in the church of Schwyz (where he had to celebrate high mass way too often, again ;), showing the ‘Aufdermaur’ emblem (my grandma R.I.P. was an Aufdermaur)
The Erlenkapelle (first built in 1485) in Ibach/Schwyz (my uncle wrote a not-yet-published chronicle about it I recently typewrote for him)
Some pics of the dock and the lakeside in Ingenbohl-Brunnen (where I happen to be citizen) at the border of the Vierwaldstättersee.
Note that there’s even a little bunker right at the foot of the famous Rütliwiese (where “Switzerland” was founded on August 1, 1291 AD according to the saga ;)
The rocky coastline of the Vierwaldstättersee (a rather deep lake with a depth of 214 m) (BTW Why go to Krabi if you can have rocky coasts in Switzerland? ;))
Bauen, a tiny village at the border of the Vierwaldstättersee where palms grow (due to the very mild climate).
Windsurfers in Flüelen (UR). The water was rather chilly despite of the sunny weather (hence the neoprene suits ;). Obviously nice winds nonetheless :)
The famous/notorious wall painting by Ferdinand Gehr (the people jokingly used to call the painted angels “Spiegeleier Gottes” [God’s fried eggs] due to their somewhat strange/simple shape reminding of fried eggs ;) in the Bruder Klaus church in Oberwil (ZG)
The lakeside and some cafes with a nice view on the lake in Zug (ZG)
Not the latest news, but valuable nonetheless:
When dict.leo.org is down and linguadict.de is slow, the German <-> English Dictionary by the TU Chemnitz comes as a rescue :)
(Thanks to Jo for the link)
I’m posting these links again as MT’s search engine couldn’t find them (hence the strange title of this entry ;)
Currently my favorite radio livestream: Mountain Apple Company (home page). Add the web-cam of your choice, e.g. Maui Sheraton Resort, Ka’anapali, Maui Westin Resort, Ka’anapali, Charley Young Beach, Kihei, Napili Bay, Napili.. etc., mix a Blue Hawaii or a Pina Colada and enjoy a virtual sea breeze of holiday feeling on a rainy working day in Switzerland (or anywhere else as rainy as Switzerland).
Not the real thing, but better than nothing :/
Don’t like it? Just choose another virtual wanderlust destination..
Greece defeats Portugal 1-0 in the Euro2004 finals and is the new football champion of Europe! Kudos, they really deserve it (although I strongly favor offensive instead of defensive football tactics)! Good team-play, excellent tactical discipline, very high efficiency, a strong will and yet very likeable modesty. And of course ‘König Otto’ Rehhagel, a clever and talented coach! What a nice “forward pass” for the upcoming Olympic games in Greece!
Embarrassing situation during the finals for the organizers of the Euro2004: A man known as Jimmy Jump managed to break the (obviously weak) security barrier and run onto the field. Imagine what could have happened if he wasn’t just out for harmless fifteen minutes of fame..
[Update 20040707: Those who came here searching for “Jimmy Jump”, “Jimmy Jump video” etc. etc.: See the comments below for some more information.. feel free to post other resources in the comments section too]
BTW I’d wish the Swiss football team had some lessons in Greece ;) For the future, particularly with regard to the World Cup 2006 in Germany and the Euro2008 in Switzerland and Austria, I hope the amateurish top-management of SFV will be forced to resign soon, and Christian Gross be nominated as the new coach to replace Köbi Kuhn (the first will eventually, the latter probably not happen – unfortunately). Roger Federer, who successfully defended last year’s victory in Wimbledon today, did a much better job than “unsere Nati” :)
fortunately, the pics don’t reveal my disastrous scores in [ ] (insert {q3a|sof|any_fps_game}) ;) older icu pics are here.
talking about disasters: today, the day after tomorrow has been shown in full digital quality for the first time in switzerland! great, a must-see :) drop me a line if you’d like to join in..