rain!
an incredible week ...
On Tuesday afternoon there has fiercely rained, there are 944 mm water in 24 hours came down and we had a real adventure to make it reluctant to express:
around 17:30 after the water has already almost waist high in the streets in front of our "car park", stood out in our office a Send a garage, and the water began to flow into the office, our driver decided that we should at least try to cope with the car, the 8 km from the hotel.
In effect, we are in two hours came a mile away, across the main streets the water was at least knee high, but mostly higher.
And it poured down with rain still ... So I decided to have
19:30, to leave the car in order to march on foot the last 7 km from the hotel. Was pitch dark due to total power failure in Bombay, but there were enough cars with lights on the streets, where there is hardly even see some.
was unfortunately the water on my way (on a main street, the Western Express Highway!) Due to disparities and persistent rain and lower, in part, I'm with the masses of people waded through neck-high water to all be open cars around you, standing in some places the water in the streets so deep that one could imagine of buses just the outline of the roof.
But since I had not even through - I thought.
Think again!
When I was on an overpass bridge had arrived and saw "my" site (light, thanks to emergency generators), I saw that I will swim a little bit of about 50-60 meters need.
OK, yes, and if necessary can swim with one hand - in the other, I had wrapped my cell phone for emergencies in a clear plastic. So the way to
densest point, as some people said to me, however, that it was not a good idea as to swim through. A quarter of an hour had previously tried a group of people and did not arrive on the other side. Why? I asked back then. Strong current? Any scrap below the water surface where they can hang?
"No sir, the guy could not swim."
can not swim and still want to get through two and a half feet deep water ... bad idea.
So I said that I can swim and it gives me confidence.
said than done, a hand held later in the air because of the oh so valuable Firmenhandies and a few minutes I was on the other side and had to go only half a mile to the hotel. Fortunately, I've
learn until the next day, that where I long under the bridge, a jeep with three dead'm inside, she drowned because they do not come out.
asks me at the hotel then a very funny Page smiling, whether it would rain outside ... without words, it was not that long and I would be freaked out.
Then in quick shower room and clothes in the washing machine, shoes with tons of hot water and rinsed off, after all we know, what is there anything in the water, right?
garbage and anything else left people asking further. I had to drink in the hotel at 22:30 and at midnight in the bar for a nightcap honestly earned, from the dead, I knew nothing -
any case.
The first came about in the newspaper the next day - today, again a day later, suggest a figure of 1,000 people died, tens of thousands dead to cattle and goats. But the count continues ...
Today is the first time back on Tuesday stopping by the office, the water is still several centimeters in there, no electricity, no nothing, and a séntsetzlicher stench. So I stopped after five minutes of my workday.
On the way back I saw some bloated drowned cows lying on the roadside, a terrible sight ... which looked as if they were explödieren soon, what did the inflated.
meet This is, to me at least it's enough to write it.
And I have decided that the "small" problems of everyday life in Hamburg for the moment are not worth mentioning. Here are people who are glad that they came with their lives, the possessions and property destroyed by the rain, no insurance, no nothing ... House and encourages you to when something should not run 100% ig - upside-down world??
Friday, July 29, 2005
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
W.m. Rogers And Son Silverware China
birthday!
fine fine, as Queen of Hearts has her birthday today and I am sitting only a few thousand miles away in the office - on days like this I love my job very particular! If
in December to make a small city tour to Milano, hotel and flight are my Geburtstagsgeschenka at her Christmas shopping in Italy's something else.
stupid Nevertheless, pity I'm so far away, otherwise I would sit down Friday evening on a plane and fly home over the weekend, but with a flight time of around 11 hours would be pointless, as would I more than a day in Hamburg, before I would return.
Great, I am highly delighted.
otherwise not much new, except that I have to do something today, really, since I appeared in the office, which is very pleasant. Better than simply waste time to settle and wait for closing time.
I wanted yesterday sporten with Pascal (and Monday), but the Gutste must first prepare mentally still on it, maybe he goes back and sporten alone was my motivation is not given, had little appetite and do not know whether this evening will be different.
would probably prefer I call heart lady to chat with her, than to torture me just on her birthday by the device.
Hah, again found an excuse! ;-)
What else? I'm dog tired because I have not thought about it yesterday, that the batteries in my alarm clock (//$%$(%- little weak on the chest, and he, therefore, plenty is slow, so I've been sitting on the laptop and some time at half past one on my mobile phone looked when I saw the correct time.
These are problems, I tell you, that throws a completely off track. * g *
"hard life of Bombay," as we use to say.
fine fine, as Queen of Hearts has her birthday today and I am sitting only a few thousand miles away in the office - on days like this I love my job very particular! If
in December to make a small city tour to Milano, hotel and flight are my Geburtstagsgeschenka at her Christmas shopping in Italy's something else.
stupid Nevertheless, pity I'm so far away, otherwise I would sit down Friday evening on a plane and fly home over the weekend, but with a flight time of around 11 hours would be pointless, as would I more than a day in Hamburg, before I would return.
Great, I am highly delighted.
otherwise not much new, except that I have to do something today, really, since I appeared in the office, which is very pleasant. Better than simply waste time to settle and wait for closing time.
I wanted yesterday sporten with Pascal (and Monday), but the Gutste must first prepare mentally still on it, maybe he goes back and sporten alone was my motivation is not given, had little appetite and do not know whether this evening will be different.
would probably prefer I call heart lady to chat with her, than to torture me just on her birthday by the device.
Hah, again found an excuse! ;-)
What else? I'm dog tired because I have not thought about it yesterday, that the batteries in my alarm clock (//$%$(%- little weak on the chest, and he, therefore, plenty is slow, so I've been sitting on the laptop and some time at half past one on my mobile phone looked when I saw the correct time.
These are problems, I tell you, that throws a completely off track. * g *
"hard life of Bombay," as we use to say.
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Pain Shooting To Pinky
celtvis @ 2005-07-18T07: 11:00
Just arrived in the office and you're bored, the usual words.
Friday we had dinner together, Pascal's Fiancee (jahaa, engagement in Bombay, very special) had loads of sandwiches etc. ascended, then potatoes and chicken wings with salad and bread and wine of course properly. Was also very pleasant to sit seventh in an apartment and easy to talk undisturbed. Had the tables have taken over from Mehdi's and my apartment, so that enough seats are available, then my pit and was ready's. However
had prepared the good Monique so much, this would have been enough for a whole company.
matter was very nice and relaxed, with 2 hours I was in my appt and I slept well afterwards. ;-)
Saturday night I got me two Lufthansa engineers propose a "Helge Schneider evening" wide can be, except this stupid "cat" I knew from nothing and after the evening I can honestly say that I've missed anything. The two
Ings, Chris and Stefan were funnier than anything I have since heard from Helge and seen. And Stefan had extra or a DVD player and a surround sound system purchased ... But he may also need, as the appts are very sparse set. Although good for a hotel, but otherwise ... It fehtl but containing much of what one believes in their own home for granted.
Saturday morning, I have found when purchasing a CD of a German Band: Rammstein's
last CD. Super, Rammstein, a German cultural export!
Anyway, they bought me, I own which already have, but for six euros, you can dispose of the well, when I leave.
What else?
Oh yes, our driver has a supermarket lottery tickets, which we after him, we buy at Spencer's got to be a refrigerator won the first refrigerator of his life!
has understandably happy as a Cheshire cat and the 30% taxes he must pay on the profits he gets from us, because for him would be a weekly wage already and he is a Netter.
Otherwise, I've made nüscht weekend, I was not after endless Price discussions with taxi drivers and besides, I'm just very busy on weekends, Sacred Underworld play through. ;-)
Last week an email to my superiors in HH love the attitude of our customer value is written so that you can form an idea about how the guys here a bold face lie and how difficult it is thus, changes and implement process improvements, but I think the interest which did not, would otherwise maybe a response, or at least a brief comment to come.
The usual words: Out of sight, out of mind. You're on a business trip, you're on you.
good only in that the already vorher weiß, ansonsten könnte man halbwegs verzweifeln.
Egal, denn: Noch 26 Tage!
Just arrived in the office and you're bored, the usual words.
Friday we had dinner together, Pascal's Fiancee (jahaa, engagement in Bombay, very special) had loads of sandwiches etc. ascended, then potatoes and chicken wings with salad and bread and wine of course properly. Was also very pleasant to sit seventh in an apartment and easy to talk undisturbed. Had the tables have taken over from Mehdi's and my apartment, so that enough seats are available, then my pit and was ready's. However
had prepared the good Monique so much, this would have been enough for a whole company.
matter was very nice and relaxed, with 2 hours I was in my appt and I slept well afterwards. ;-)
Saturday night I got me two Lufthansa engineers propose a "Helge Schneider evening" wide can be, except this stupid "cat" I knew from nothing and after the evening I can honestly say that I've missed anything. The two
Ings, Chris and Stefan were funnier than anything I have since heard from Helge and seen. And Stefan had extra or a DVD player and a surround sound system purchased ... But he may also need, as the appts are very sparse set. Although good for a hotel, but otherwise ... It fehtl but containing much of what one believes in their own home for granted.
Saturday morning, I have found when purchasing a CD of a German Band: Rammstein's
last CD. Super, Rammstein, a German cultural export!
Anyway, they bought me, I own which already have, but for six euros, you can dispose of the well, when I leave.
What else?
Oh yes, our driver has a supermarket lottery tickets, which we after him, we buy at Spencer's got to be a refrigerator won the first refrigerator of his life!
has understandably happy as a Cheshire cat and the 30% taxes he must pay on the profits he gets from us, because for him would be a weekly wage already and he is a Netter.
Otherwise, I've made nüscht weekend, I was not after endless Price discussions with taxi drivers and besides, I'm just very busy on weekends, Sacred Underworld play through. ;-)
Last week an email to my superiors in HH love the attitude of our customer value is written so that you can form an idea about how the guys here a bold face lie and how difficult it is thus, changes and implement process improvements, but I think the interest which did not, would otherwise maybe a response, or at least a brief comment to come.
The usual words: Out of sight, out of mind. You're on a business trip, you're on you.
good only in that the already vorher weiß, ansonsten könnte man halbwegs verzweifeln.
Egal, denn: Noch 26 Tage!
Sunday, July 10, 2005
Bluntvilles For Sale Wholesale
celtvis @ 2005-07-10T18: 36:00
Sonntag und ich fühle mich gar nicht mal so gut, einfach kaputt, obwohl ich gestern abend nichts gemacht habe, außer zu lesen. Das allerdings viel zu lange, war erst morgens um sechs im Bett.
Gibt nicht viel neues hier, die Arbeit schleppt sich weiter, ohne dass nennenswerte Resultate zu erwähnen wären, immerhin komme ich nach zwei Wochen Unterbrechung wieder an meine emails und ins www, die Firewall meines Laptops hatte nach Umstellungen am Server plötzlich den Zugang zu selbigem blockiert.
Freitag waren wir wieder einmal im Copper Chimney essen, einem guten indischen Restaurant hier, das mir aber too slowly to the nerves, once a week is slow enough. There were eight, then six more still to drink in the Absolut bar Zenzi Bhandra where I came in the extremely dubious pleasure of vanilla vodka, the normal vodka was sold out - I must have another. Absolut Mandarin
is also not recommended, at least not if one's mixes with Red Bull. From Zenzi went by tuk-tuk's in squeeze and, surprisingly, there's no police stood outside the door, the shop talk was finally getting longer, until at least 4 hours. And the music was in order, slowly you get used to Indian pop music, the main thing is the beats match. (However, I'm glad at least a few of his own CD's with you.)
geschlaucht Yesterday I was totally with me was what to do, so just stayed in the room and evening room service. Another boring day also.
be honest, I'm looking forward to Monday because the office time goes a little faster, which I find very positive. Why can not actually be the beginning of August? Then there were only a few days until the flight home and not five weeks as now.
five weeks ... I initially came off like an eternity ago, now I'm ready and look several times a day in the timer to see that I have not fallen in love.
It has the amazing last few days little rain, but the sky is still gray ever to go to the pool so bring anything. But it is always hot, the temperature is around 30 degrees, no matter whether the sky is blue or gray. That's
should be enough for today, I am not to sit at a desk and write, maybe I'll go right even in the sauna or hammam's, I do not know yet.
Sonntag und ich fühle mich gar nicht mal so gut, einfach kaputt, obwohl ich gestern abend nichts gemacht habe, außer zu lesen. Das allerdings viel zu lange, war erst morgens um sechs im Bett.
Gibt nicht viel neues hier, die Arbeit schleppt sich weiter, ohne dass nennenswerte Resultate zu erwähnen wären, immerhin komme ich nach zwei Wochen Unterbrechung wieder an meine emails und ins www, die Firewall meines Laptops hatte nach Umstellungen am Server plötzlich den Zugang zu selbigem blockiert.
Freitag waren wir wieder einmal im Copper Chimney essen, einem guten indischen Restaurant hier, das mir aber too slowly to the nerves, once a week is slow enough. There were eight, then six more still to drink in the Absolut bar Zenzi Bhandra where I came in the extremely dubious pleasure of vanilla vodka, the normal vodka was sold out - I must have another. Absolut Mandarin
is also not recommended, at least not if one's mixes with Red Bull. From Zenzi went by tuk-tuk's in squeeze and, surprisingly, there's no police stood outside the door, the shop talk was finally getting longer, until at least 4 hours. And the music was in order, slowly you get used to Indian pop music, the main thing is the beats match. (However, I'm glad at least a few of his own CD's with you.)
geschlaucht Yesterday I was totally with me was what to do, so just stayed in the room and evening room service. Another boring day also.
be honest, I'm looking forward to Monday because the office time goes a little faster, which I find very positive. Why can not actually be the beginning of August? Then there were only a few days until the flight home and not five weeks as now.
five weeks ... I initially came off like an eternity ago, now I'm ready and look several times a day in the timer to see that I have not fallen in love.
It has the amazing last few days little rain, but the sky is still gray ever to go to the pool so bring anything. But it is always hot, the temperature is around 30 degrees, no matter whether the sky is blue or gray. That's
should be enough for today, I am not to sit at a desk and write, maybe I'll go right even in the sauna or hammam's, I do not know yet.
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