musicus

The First Time...

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:47:47 GMT

Today I tried my new biscicle which I bought yesterday. Yesterday It was raining the whole day and I didn't have time for it.
But today. First I rode down the Erbschlöer Street. And I mean down. For some hundred meters I didn't have to use my legs, only the breaks :) Then I went here and there. And I even managed to come back without having to push the biscicle. But it was a bit exhausting, as I haven't been riding a bike for some years. And when I used to ride the bike it was in nice north Germany and not in mounty Wuppertal...
Lets see whether I can manage to stick to my goal: to use my bike regularry...

It has been some weeks now, but for the first time I have sold something via e-bay. So far I had only bought things every now and then, but now I have sold something. By now, actually, I have sold two things. But both things were for Kay, as he hasn't got an account with e-bay and because he doesn't really like working with computer...

Es weihnachtet sehr...

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 09:09:14 GMT

Gestern bin ich ganz ahnungslos zu Wall Mart gefahren. Denn das lag so habwegs auf dem Weg. Außerdem kann man da so schön im Schatten parken (es war sehr warm gestern), da sie ein Parkhaus haben, welches für eine Stunde konstenlos ist. Dann bin ich die Rolltreppe runtergegangen. Man kann dann direkt in die 2. Etage von Wall Mart gehen, oder noch eine Rolltreppe runter um in die erste zu kommen.

Ich bin direkt in den Markt geganen und dann habe ich die Marktinterne Rolltrappe runter genommen in die Lebensmittelabteilung. Die letzten Wochen habe ich dann beim runterfahren die ganzen Schulsachen bewundern können, die dort so strategisch aufgestellt waren. Diesmal sah ich, daß sie ein wenig nach links gezogen sind und sich direkt in meinem Blickfeld etwas anderes aufdrängte. Zuerst konnte ich es nicht richtig erkennen, doch dann dämmerte es so langsam: die ersten Lebkuchen und Spekulazius hatten sich da breit gemacht!! Weihnachtsmänner waren noch nicht da, aber wenn die Lebkuchen schon da sind, dann kommen die sicherlich auch bald.

Es ist also mal wieder so weit. Draußen haben wir Temperaturen zwischen 20 und 30 °C und die Sommerferien sind grade mal 1 1/2 Wochen vorbei. Drinnen machen sich die winterlichen Vorboten breit. Die Welt ist schon irgendwie komisch.

Natürlich musste ich eine Packung mit Lebkuchen mitnehmen, denn zu Weihnachten sind die ja nicht mehr gut... Aber es hat komisch geschmeckt, so mitten im Sommer...

Wisdome teeth

Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:47 GMT

In the mean time I had been a second time to the doctor, so all of my wisdom teeth are extracted now. Unfortunately on the one side of my lower jaw there is a big hole, so that many things are caught in there while eating. And as my tongue isn't able to get there or into it, it is quite annoying. I always have to squirt water into it with a syringe (Spritze).

I forgot...

Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:31:45 GMT

... to tell everyone, that I finally have read the 6th Volume of Harry Potter!!! Now I have to wait for the 7th and last Volume...

Yesterday two wisdom teeth were extracted... I'm still living, but it is a bit annoying only to be able to eat fluid things... Next week the last w-tooth will be extracted, then hopefully it will all be over.

Anthems

Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:11:18 GMT

Yesterday I had a look through the CD collection in a shop, not really looking for something. But then a CD with National Anthems jumped into my eye. (ouch ;))

Certainly I couldn't leave the shop without the CD. Actually that are two CDs with anthems throughout the world. Altogether there are 48 national anthems on the two CDs (24 each).

I always thought national anthems are supposed to sound majestic and bombastic, so the other countrys can see how very special this nation is, but quite many of the anthems have a quiet or sad sounding melodie. That surprised me.

This recording is done with a brass band and without text. That is a pity. But one couldn't see it from the outside. It didn't mention. But I have a book with the text and the melodie (so without the harmonies). Perhaps I can then sing on my own with the CD. : )

Countdown

Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:57:08 GMT

The first bit has ended!!!!!!!!! Today the 6 th volume of Harry Potter is available in the shops. Now I only have to wait until one of the two persons have finished it of whom I want to borrow the book.

Im Notfall

Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:16:09 GMT

Hier ein link, den ich bei nem Bekannten gefunden habe. Lohnt sich bestimmt da mit zu machen.

http://www.spreeblick.com/2005/07/14/in-im-notfall/

"Das Feuerwehr-Blog hat nach britischem Vorbild die Aktion “IN/ Im Notfall” ins Leben gerufen. Ziel ist es möglichst viele Menschen dazu zu bewegen im Handy-Adressbuch einen oder mehrere Telefonnummern mit dem vorstehenden Kürzel “IN” anzulegen um in Notfällen Rettungs- und Hilfspersonal den Kontakt zu Angehörigen zu erleichtern.

Bitte weiterbloggen."

Wenn sich das almählich durchsetzt, ist es bestimmt eine gute Sache. Angesichts der Dinge die so passieren...

Wed, 13 Jul 2005 07:59:39 GMT

Yesterday I had another organ lesson. I'm having lessons with a catholic organist. And in return he has violin lessons from me.
The organ is a very nice instrument. You can play with different sounds and in a big church with a big organ you can make a big sound!! We usually take it in turns with "our" organs. One lesson we meet in Wuppertal in the ward of my church, the next time we meet in Haan at his church. The last few times though we met in Wuppertal. So yesterday the lesson was again in Haan and I could play on a real organ. The organ in my ward meeting house is only an electronic organ. A fairly good one, but it is different to a mechanical organ. My teacher compared it to writing on a typewriter or a laptop. And then it is quite weird to hear the sound coming from the right or left, from the back or the front of the cupboards with the pipes in.

If I had practiced a bit more (...) I probably would have sounded very good. But unfortunately I made quite some mistakes due to missing coordination of two hands and two feet :§

But next time I will do better, because it is fun to play on a "real" organ! One of my goals is it, to play the famous toccata by bach. But I think it will take me another months... : )

By the way, three days + X to go : )

Today I have an appointment with a butcher. No not a real one, but I have to go to a surgeon who is specialized on the jaw. Fortunately today we will only discuss the case, but I will have to go there again to have three teeth extracted : (

Countdown

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:24:58 GMT

One countdown has successfully ended: I have holidays now!!!!!!!!

Countdown

Mon, 04 Jul 2005 11:25:45 GMT

Only two days of work to go, and 12 + X days to go until Harry Potter is on sale/ until I can read the book.
I heard that a girl in church will be having the book right away, so yesterday I asked her whether I could read the book after she has finished it :) I hope she will be quick!!!

another countdown

Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:40:23 GMT

7 days to go and here we will be having school holidays!!! That means for me:

Holiday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )

But Kay and I haven't decided yet where to go. We will probably going a few days to Friedrichsdorf prior to the wedding of Conzi and Mark. But otherwise we haven't decided yet. Maybe we will be going to Belgium, as friends of Kay have a house near the shore, but.... we shall see.

Countdown

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 10:44:21 GMT

17 days to go.....

and then we will be able to read the 6 th volume of Harry Potter!! * huraaayyyy *

I can hardly wait, but - only 17 days to go!!

Happy Birthday

Sat, 18 Jun 2005 15:32:30 GMT

It has been quite some time since my last entry.

last Thursday I returned from an orchestra-tripp to Romania. It was quite interesting there, but altogether quite nice. We rehearsed there and gave two concerts there. This evening we are going to play in Wuppertal.

HURRAY!!!!!! Family Sandner has expanded... Friday the 10 th of June at about 1:12 p.m. Vivienne Laura Sandner arrived. She was about 51 cm big and if I remember correctly she weighed about 3600 gr.

As I was in Romania, I unfortunately couldn't visit Amelie and her 2 nd daughter right away, but I will try to do so next week.

By the way, it was again no natural birth... and she has the same things, Felicity has (hip, feet and fingers)... poor girl.

Freitag der 13.

Fri, 13 May 2005 11:13:20 GMT

Heute ist also Freitag der 13.
Bisher lebe ich noch, habe keine Leiter oder schwarze Katze gesichtet ;) Aber eventuell hat mir der Tag doch einen Streich gespielt...

Heute hatte ich wieder mal meine eine Streicherklasse. Vor dem Unterricht stimme ich immer die Instrumente. Freitags ganz alleine, da die Kollegen unterrichten müssen. Nun, als der Unterricht begann und wir das erste Stückchen spielen wollten, waren plötzlich 3 Instrumente arg verstimmt. Lustigerweise war es 1 Kb, 1 Vc und eine Vl - wenn noch eine Vla verstimmt gewesen wäre, wäre es aus jeder Gruppe ein Instrument gewesen.

Nun, und da ich aber nicht abergläubisch bin, wird dieser Umstand wohl darauf zurückzuführen sein, daß jemand gegen die Instrumente gestoßen ist und dadurch eine Saite sich verstimmt hat.

Aber der Tag ist noch nicht zu Ende.... ! : )

hmmmhm...

Wed, 11 May 2005 10:57:35 GMT

Irgendwie kann ich mich gerade nicht entscheiden, ob ich mein Tagebuch auf Englisch oder Deutsch führen möchte.... ich werde es wahrscheinlich wohl mischen, je nach Lust und Laune....