Life is short ...
20. September 2009:
Biggest thanks to our barkeeper Jens !
Great homewarming party
Thanks to all friends and collegues for joining our homewarming party! It was great fun.Biggest thanks to our barkeeper Jens !
05. September 2009:
Living in the new appartement ist great ! Cooking on my brandnew cooking plate is extra ordinary. Put a pot of water on the cooking plate, make a 360 degree turn and 'KABOOOOM' the water is boiling. So, it happens that if i turn around, the water in the pot overflows and the pots swims away on the cooking plate. Bye Bye dinner !?
Cooking on an induction cooking plate ...
New appartement, new kitchen, new cooking plate.Living in the new appartement ist great ! Cooking on my brandnew cooking plate is extra ordinary. Put a pot of water on the cooking plate, make a 360 degree turn and 'KABOOOOM' the water is boiling. So, it happens that if i turn around, the water in the pot overflows and the pots swims away on the cooking plate. Bye Bye dinner !?
21. July 2009:
Linsberg Asia was built a few years ago. It is brandnew, clean, and really a beautiful place to relax and enjoy nature. The thermae is situated on the Linsberg, a small hill surrounded by trees only. Linsberg Asia's homepage says the termae has 8 pools. I found 7 yesterday. Quite a huge place to explore! In the SPA area they are even 2 whirlpools, different experimental showers, waterbeds, sun beds, tanning booth, infrared cabins, several saunas and one steam bath. Another huge bonus point for Linsberg Asia is the fact, that the termae areas do NOT smell annoyingly after chlorine, unlike other thermaes and pools.
From the technological point of view, the thermae offers the visitors a watchalike rfid chip (i am guessing) and this chip can open/lock cabins, safes. In addition, you dont need any cash in the food court (unlike other thermae/SPA facilites) because you can use this chip as payment. Simply place the chip on the readers and the meal will be booked into the system.
The arrvial with trains is a bit annoying. But, they offer a free service called shuttelbus, which will pick you up from the Bad Erlach train station. So no need for a timewasting and tiring walk up to the hill. Until end of July the entree fee is cut off half: 2 entrees for the price of one. Entree fee is 25 Euro, so quite okay for the service and recreational value the thermae offers!
Linsberg Asia
I spent the last day in the thermae Linsberg Asia in Bad Erlach. Actually it is the second thermae i have visited in Austria. The other one is thermae Oberlaa, which is rather old, somewhat dirty and filled with annoying children.Linsberg Asia was built a few years ago. It is brandnew, clean, and really a beautiful place to relax and enjoy nature. The thermae is situated on the Linsberg, a small hill surrounded by trees only. Linsberg Asia's homepage says the termae has 8 pools. I found 7 yesterday. Quite a huge place to explore! In the SPA area they are even 2 whirlpools, different experimental showers, waterbeds, sun beds, tanning booth, infrared cabins, several saunas and one steam bath. Another huge bonus point for Linsberg Asia is the fact, that the termae areas do NOT smell annoyingly after chlorine, unlike other thermaes and pools.
From the technological point of view, the thermae offers the visitors a watchalike rfid chip (i am guessing) and this chip can open/lock cabins, safes. In addition, you dont need any cash in the food court (unlike other thermae/SPA facilites) because you can use this chip as payment. Simply place the chip on the readers and the meal will be booked into the system.
The arrvial with trains is a bit annoying. But, they offer a free service called shuttelbus, which will pick you up from the Bad Erlach train station. So no need for a timewasting and tiring walk up to the hill. Until end of July the entree fee is cut off half: 2 entrees for the price of one. Entree fee is 25 Euro, so quite okay for the service and recreational value the thermae offers!
25. September 2008:
And sadly I have to realize that many of them are gone. Once they were the top spots in Shanghai where all high-society events, wedding celebrations and other big events like foreign presidential visits are celebrated with 1A Chinese feasting food.
Now, many of them are closed, or renamed and adapted to fit the new Chinese generation. There are no strict regional or special food themes anymore. What are left of them, do Chinese fusion kitchen. All the grand Master Chefs retired, the new generation encounter the job without such a discipline then it was used to be. Food means life, food means luxury, food was and is life for many of the well known chefs there.
What is left ?
Former farmer and construction worker looking for a better life, did and do became cooks ... Chinese Food lost quality and originality.
When will Chinese start to learn from the Japanese about their respect and honor for old traditions and culture ? How can that be, that Japanese do honor the old Chinese traditions and food culture but not the Chinese peoples ?
Do all the fast/junk food restaurants like KFCs and MacDOs really do us any good ?
Old memories fades away ...
Today, I googled and baidu'd about some really top and famous restaurants in Shanghai my Dad used to work in when he was at my age.And sadly I have to realize that many of them are gone. Once they were the top spots in Shanghai where all high-society events, wedding celebrations and other big events like foreign presidential visits are celebrated with 1A Chinese feasting food.
Now, many of them are closed, or renamed and adapted to fit the new Chinese generation. There are no strict regional or special food themes anymore. What are left of them, do Chinese fusion kitchen. All the grand Master Chefs retired, the new generation encounter the job without such a discipline then it was used to be. Food means life, food means luxury, food was and is life for many of the well known chefs there.
What is left ?
Former farmer and construction worker looking for a better life, did and do became cooks ... Chinese Food lost quality and originality.
When will Chinese start to learn from the Japanese about their respect and honor for old traditions and culture ? How can that be, that Japanese do honor the old Chinese traditions and food culture but not the Chinese peoples ?
Do all the fast/junk food restaurants like KFCs and MacDOs really do us any good ?
13. September 2008:
The service there is just great! The trainers there are very friendly and really eager to help you with everything. In the first few sessions, they are kind of your personaltrainer, which helps really a lot. They gave me alot of motivation.
Today I am going to try out the Taekwondo course.
A big fat minus is that there is no wellness stuffs like sauna. The usage of the infra-red cabin is free though.
Vitalsport - Sport Therapy Center
I joined Vitalsport - Sport Therapy Center for a free trainings month. First, I was rather skeptical about the center, because it is a very small and rather expensive, but now I am really excited and happy that I tried it out.The service there is just great! The trainers there are very friendly and really eager to help you with everything. In the first few sessions, they are kind of your personaltrainer, which helps really a lot. They gave me alot of motivation.
Today I am going to try out the Taekwondo course.
A big fat minus is that there is no wellness stuffs like sauna. The usage of the infra-red cabin is free though.
26. February 2008:
Spring, is it YOU?
I am wondering if the spring is really coming or is the nature just playing another joke on us ? I love the warm weather (~20 degree Celcius).
25. February 2008:
4 months fitness
After the great trial day, I decided to go to femme fitness regularly and bought a 4 months card.
23. February 2008:
Femme Fitness :: Trial day
Today, I will visit a fitness studio (http://www.femmefitness.at/) only for girls and women. I am really excited to see the facilities they offer.
26. January 2008:
It's 00.39 a.m., so good night.
Gracious Cigar Pleasure
I didn't smoke any cigars nor cigarillos, but still I smell like a ashtray, Uurks.It's 00.39 a.m., so good night.
23. January 2008:
The question is: does this believe make my live less adventuresome, less risky and less of everything ?
Believing in karma
Karma is the rule of balance. The world must stay in balance. Every deeds whether good or evil will be counterbalanced sometime when the situation is right. This is what I believe in and this is what I have in my mind before making any decision.The question is: does this believe make my live less adventuresome, less risky and less of everything ?
