Short break before winter semester resumes

31.10.16 Montag

I picked up another package at the hbf. I need to really designate a better pickup location. I've never understood why people use pickup stations, but now I do. There's one at the getränkemarkt right next to me, so I'll use that one whenever I can.

Asian place at the hbf offering pommes and shnitzel lmao. I'll give this place a shot, though.

I respected how clean they kept their kitchen. This restaurant has 2 seating areas, one for soup, one for everything else. Pretty interesting design, but not really practical.

It wasn't bad, but I don't see myself going back  for more.

WHAT THE FUCK! Tonight's halloween, but I didn't need this scare. I don't want to see that anywhere in my house. I left my laundry to dry outside and this bugger followed it in. What a scare. Note to self: pat down laundry before I bring it in. Or just dry it inside. I had to muster up some courage to kill it. Also, no trick-or-treaters came. I kind of expected that, but I also had candy ready. 

1.11.16 Dienstag

Today is a holiday- All Saint's Day. I finally committed to cleaning and put all my shit away. It's also now a no-shoe zone.

This wardrobe is really quite large.

Svetlana invited coli people and me to a movie about hummus. They have a hummus tasting afterwards, and the price for everything was only 5€! Count me in!

The theatre was packed! Thankfully, one of my friends bought my ticket and reserved my seat. Plot-wise that movie was not strong. It was more like a documentary, but also a bit all over the place. I like hummus, but I fell asleep a little.

Afterwards, we walked to the synagogue on Beethovenstraße and had to get checked by security before going in.

Some real 안주 here!

My dad gave me some Jewish wine before and it wasn't bad. Now we had the pleasure of trying some Israeli wine. I took the red.

The hummus was a lot thinner than I'm used to. I wanted it to be creamy and thick, but this was kind of sparse. I was really not a fan of sweet hummus. I did enjoy die oliven. The pickles could be crunchier.

I did like the wine and asked for a picture.

He did me one better, though, and gave me an extra helping of the white wine. It was quite good! Wine is really much better accompanying food- not so good by itself.

They said I could buy the wine here, so I took a picture of the hours. I'd love to buy some Israeli wine.

There are at least 4 Thai massage places in this town. I didn't think this would be popular here. At least, not more popular than Korean cuisine T_T

2.11.16 Mittwoch

Water isn't free at restaurants in Germany, and this is a real problem. Nobody likes the system- even Germans. I need a decent water bottle.

Maybe this will be an effective study tool. Only one way to find out!

Lmao, advertisement from 9 years ago. I looked them up online, and they're still going strong.

Yogurt is good and cheap here.

I'm beginning to not like the word "sahne". It's representative of cream, like whipped cream.

Sometimes the sweets at the store are good. Sometimes they aren't.

It was okay.

Even cheap müsli is tasty.

I want to try making hummus :3

I don't have a food processor, though. Hmm. I guess I can mash them by hand.

I bought the bread again. As I eat more of it, it's less of a general-purpose bread. Better for certain types of spreads and cheeses. I think I'd rather have a baguette.

3.11.16 Donnerstag

I bought the book for Speech Science. Here's to hoping I actually read it. I went to Python class and they were talking about what a program and algorithm was. It was nice to just relax in a class.

4.11.16 Freitag

Bread is really great because it's so simple. Flour, yeast, salt, water. A lot of times, less is more. All these seeds aren't necessary to have a good bread.

This gym is relatively close to my house and price is alright at 18,80€/mon. More expensive than the gym back at home, but this is one of the cheaper ones.

This place has TWO squ@ racks. So ready for it. Unfortunately, I still see people doing half squ@s :(

I built a little house. A lot of times when I visit the lego store, I see people building houses.

I feel like people are losing their imagination. Don't be content to let others think for you. Stay fresh!

At the getränkemarkt, they have kind of a bar thing behind a little barrier. Pretty cool.

Fun-shaped key rings and a mouse pad. I only needed one key ring, but...it was the same price whether I wanted 3 or 15. I wanted a star-shaped one. It's cute, but not practical- the reason key rings are round is so keys don't get stuck.

I translated a Korean song for a friend. It was really hard to come up with okay-sounding lyrics from the translation, not that I even fully understood the Korean. Took me about 5 hours to complete.

5.11.16 Samstag

I played a lot of video games. HOTS.

6.11.16 Sonntag

Luise shared her vegan pizza with me. It made me really want to go out and buy a pizza stone.