Growing

So this post will be one that will be a compensation for all these days that I haven't written a word...

First I'll start with saying that it's so obvious that I come here to write as soon as I have some work to do for Uni. I keep looking for escape :-) I have an essay to hand in, and I have another 3 weeks or so to finish writing it. I've only read some literature so far and found some articles. So let's hope that I actually get to write this assay. I need to write 15 pages in German. Wish me luck.

Other than that, we had some nice activities lately, for example we went on a weekend with Rob's family, a bicycle tour that was dedicated to Rob's dad, who loves riding his bike. It was a birthday present from all the kids. I, of course, lazy me, didn't ride the bicycle, but I was in charge of the picnic car, so I met the happy family on the way each day bringing them some food. I also had all their belongings in the car- since we slept in 2 different hotels that weekend. It was a really beautiful weekend, I took amazing pictures, and it was honestly fun driving alone in this absolutely inspiring scenery. It was in the area of Stuttgart,  in the Swabian Alb. I really recommend  going there if you have the chance.

Other than that- I just had a tooth pulled out, one of my lower wisdom teeth, which has been there since I'm 18, so it was really hard to let go. I'm still recovering, but I didn't suffer from much pain since they took it out, so I guess I was lucky there. But the whole procedure was a bit complicated because........ well....... because...........


I'm pregnant :-)

yep.

And that's one of the reasons I haven't written here in a while. The first 3 months were horrible. I had sickness throughout the day, and lost 4kg just because of that. The last month was much better. I'm starting my fifth soon, and I feel ok.

Anyway, I wonder who of you is reading this and will now know the news. My Israeli friends all know already, but you guys around the world - I haven't had the chance to tell you, and was actually wondering if I should even write it here on the Blog or not. I decided that I should, I mean, at some point I would have written that I have a baby, and that would have been even funnier no?

Now I just hope and wish for, as they say, a "boring" pregnancy, and a healthy baby!

That's it for now, told you this will compensate for a long time not writing...

A personal computer??? that is just genius!!!

Genius! A personal computer... LOL... Got my computer back from the lab. They fixed it. And made me poorer... well... the things you do for comfort...

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Today I went to the dentist here- you must think I'm very courageous- going to a dentist in China- but no- I did a lot of research - online and with friends and found this nice clean clinic. My tooth started aching a few days ago- it's a tooth that has been treated before, and now- after going there for a consultation- I found out I'll need a root canal. Ouch. The x-ray showed that with no doubt, So I asked how much will it be- and the doctor said that the whole treatment will be around 3000 RMB (= about 380$) and it'll take 3 times- each will be about 1 hour and a half. OUCH. This sucks so much... I have to do it coz there's no way I'm waiting until I'm back home- that will be in 5 months and until then I'll probably lose this tooth... So I have no choice- and I guess I'll make the appoitment next week... I asked my mom to find out how much this would be in Israel (just to know) and she said it's pretty much the same.

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My Chinese exam last week went pretty much ok- this Monday we got it back and I was surprised to see that I got a 90!!! 90%!!! I must admit: I guessed a lot of the characters that were there- but first of all- most of them I guessed right- so it must have been a scholar guess, and second of all this just shows me that if I had studied a bit more- I could have been really good... Lazy me!

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Last night we went to a Yann Tiersen concert. Yann Tiersen wrote the soundtracks of "Amelie" and "Goodbye Lenin!". He also published a few other albums- which I'm most interested in after this concert. It was just great! This guy is a genius I tell ya. He plays 6 different instruments, and has a band of 4 more ppl playing with him in complete harmony. They played some songs from the soundtracks as well- and to not make it boring they added "color" to it- and it sounded just superb. We enjoyed it a lot- and the only thing that bothered us was that we were sitting in a concert hall- and we couldn't move our bodies to the great jumpy music.
Oh and of course- how can I forget- the thing that bothered me most: just as if someone doesn't wanna let me forget I'm in China: We sat down in our chairs - second row on the balcony - really nice seats. In front of me sat a Chinese girl (AKA "big head") with her friend (AKA the nerd). Just as the lights went out she started getting something out of her bag- totally blocking the view to the stage while leaning forward to fetch it. I suddenly noticed that she's holding a camera's tripod in her hands and setting it in front of her. Then she got a video camera and tried to attach it to the tripod (it took her about 10 min and 2 songs to get it right- the whole time leaning forward and blocking the view). I was so mad! The rude big headed Chinese girl!!! How dare she? I would have been so ashamed to do so! She obviously wasn't from the press- having these seats and doing it all in the dark! This is just amazing how something that is totally illegal anywhere else in the world- here- nobody cared about- nobody approached her and no one stopped her. After 15 min or so with her leaning forward as if she owns the place I asked her politely to lean back- so I can see the concert too. She did, and so did her friend. Urgh! I tell ya- What did I want? An hour and a half in which I forget where I am? An hour and a half of peace and quiet??? This is something you can't get here. Peace and quiet.

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I had so many ideas what to write about when I didn't have my computer- and was too lazy to actually write them down in a notebook (the new digital world makes us so lazy) so I forgot a lot of them... I promise, as soon as I remember some of the things I'll write them down...