It is raining

again so the reception computer has no internet connection. But the reception lady was kind enough and she gave me her small laptop.

The last night in Manuel Antonio, in Costa Rica...

We visited today the Manuel Antonio National Park. There are so many National Parks here in COsta Rica. Again, we had a very experimentated guide, he knew so many stuff. For my romanian friends, we saw a lot of sloth. In the end of my experience I finally understood what a sloth is. it,s not a monkey, looks a bit like a koala. It´s a ¨lenes¨. Faultier, fur meine Deutsche Freunde. Again we saw reptiles, basilisks, birds, monkeys. As I was walking through the jungle I kept thinking - in Europe you hire guides and u walk through palaces and paintings and carpets and history. Here we walk near life, the real life. Nothing compares to that, no Louvres or Versailles or Domes.

Musical experiences - apart from the usual latin music, I experienced Hole and Nirvana in Monteverde, U2 in Manuel Antonio, Coldplay and Mummford and Sons in Quepos. We ate in Quepos - the tuna was a bit to rare for me - under a singing cloud. There were so many birds.

So people I met today - two canadians from Montreal who had difficulties with their English (that was a first for me), one girl from Slovakia who was still trying to find out what to do with her life, one German guy from Dussedorf who had a strange mixture on his skin - that was sand and sun cream. And our costarican guide who knew so many stuff.

The last night in Costa Rica - I am going to Marlin, the restaurant on the beach, have a vino tinto and try to remember all the beautiful experiences that I had.

Pupix

Jingle Bells

Im in the lobby of my hotel Mono Azul (which means Blue Monkey), still in Manuel Antonio. I´m having a nice cup of green costarican tea and im listening to Christmas carolls. Listening to Jingle Bells when outside are 30 degrees Celsius and I´m wearing a t-shirt (not a functional one though) is quite an experience. The same feeling I had in Chile a few years ago but there the things got even more extreme - I also saw Santas. They didnt have short trousers though. I stopped using insect repellent because it doesn´t help. I thought that mosquitoes stopped loving my blood but apparently they fell in love with me again. So I´m spending my time scratching and scratching. One of them came very close to my face but stopped at adams apple. It´s a good thing I have my beard because the mosquitoes will never bite a bearded face. They are afraid of them. I hope.
I woke up this morning and I felt a schock - it´s not raining. At least for now.
In a land famous for its coffee, I´m having tea. But it´s costarican and delicious. For my friends who know that I don´t drink coffee anymore I have to admit - I did it in Monteverde. We visited a coffee plantation. The owner was an amazing 72 who looked like 60 man who 46 years ago bought a piece of jungle and transformed it into a coffee plantation. The coffee fruit is red when it reaches maturity and the seeds are sweet. And the seeds will be then roasted and there is light, medium or dark roasted. I must say I really loved the dark roasted flavour. So I had a cup of coffee after the tour. I started feeling it in my pulse and heart in like 10 minutes. I didnt shake though but I had to use the bathroom quite quickly (!!!!). We went back to our hotel, we had a bit of breakfast and then I said I want to read. After a few pages from my exciting book I fell asleep and I did it really deep and one hour long. So I decided I am a coffee paradox. Green tea really keeps me up (my collegues from the ICU know what I mean with that). Shit, a mosquito just triple bit me.
I really wanted to get like really brown when I go home where is cold and winter. So people will get jealous of me. I am not brown, a bit orange reddish colour I think but I can show them my mosquito bites. And I still have two days before I start working and a good solarium at the gym where I go. Altough I don´t like solariums. I like the natural stuff.
I´m going to read a bit now. Ildefonso Falcones - "Die Pfeiler des Glaubens" - spanish writer whom I read in german. It´s a nice cinematic book, altough I don´t understand everything. His first novel that I´ve read was an accidental discovery in the airport in Florence. The Cathedral at the sea - I read that in English, I understood everything and I fell in love with it and the way this author writes. And I am also learning a bit of spanish history in the process.
Pupix

I am in Manuel Antonio

and that is in Costa Rica. It has been raining (sorry pouring) for hours now but I got used to it. I poured the most part of my trip. The functional clothes that I bought before coming here really helped. I didn´t know anything about functional clothes but it seems everything can be manufactured in a functional sort of way. I don´t know about underwear though. We arrived in Manuel Antonio yesterday from Monteverde. The temperature difference and weather was so striking. The hotel is nice and cosy, I found at the reception a real computer, with tastatur (??). I mean, Smaranda´s ipod is nice and useful but you have to touch the screen in order to write and I don´t like touching screens in order to do that. Probably it has to do with my big undelicate fingers. I was writing today the posts from the blog of a new friend of mine that I met in Monteverde (Steven, thats you) and I decided to restart blogging.
So Manuel Antonio - now I can say I have seen also the Pacific Ocean. And I also took a few baths. The water is perfect. The sand is perfect. And there are a lot of stones on the beach. So my luggage will again be filled with stones. I need a new vase because the one I already have back home contains the stones from Elba. I dont want to mix them. What is interesting about the ocean, the tide is huge. I mean we sunbathe where at nights is filled with water. The water coveres almost the whole shore. I didn´t see gellyfish which is a good thing because I don´t like them. I´ve seen some little crabs who crawl in the sand. For crabs they were quite cute. Probably because they were small. And even though we said we want do any activities we went on a catamaran from Quepo. It rained and it was very foggy but the trip was nice. I did snorkelling for the first time - at first I didnt wanna do it, the rain was to heavy but in the ended I said yes. It was amazing. I didnt see too many fish but the ones I did were blue and red. If it were sunnier, we could have seen more and deeper. But it´s ok, the experience was interesting. The catamaran had a sliding thing (tobogan - for my romanian friends) that went from the roof of the boat in the water. It was amazing. We practically fly and in 2 seconds are you straight in the water. We met again new and interesting people, we will have a couple of drinks with two mexicans tonight. I would have liked to see one sunset (at least here, at Sunset Hotel in Monteverde we didn´t see any sunsets). And I would have liked to see some dolphins on the trip today but it seems that they dont like this weather also. What I learned for my future trips - to book my own hotels (hostels) ! And to be more sociable. I think people are all sociable and want to speak, they are mostly shy to do it. I know I am a television freak and sometimes a facebook one. People are transforming into virtual creatures. And we started to prefer it sometime. Talking to somebody could be an amazing experience. You find so many stuff about stuff. And you meet people, you make new friends. You just have to be opened and wanting to share ur life. The people I met here so far - the shy guy in the plane from Belgium, the receptionist from San Jose and her daughter, our guide in Tortuguero, the people from our group in Tortuguero - Alex. Elena, Jessica, Flores, the english and the dutch couples, the german from Lava Lounge, the owner from LAva Lounge, the locals and the Americans in the disco in La Fortuna, the people from Monteverde, our german /costarican host, his son and his wife, Steven, Janis, Jan, the two Australians, the mexicans, the spanish couple....- were all nice and interesting.
We still have two days, then it´s going back to Germany filled with a lot of nice memories.

Costa Rica

Hi guys!
Such a long time since my last post...I´m writing to you from Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. I found a real computer so I can write. Smaranda´s thing (ipod) is a very good thing but you have to touch the screen to write and I don´t like touching screens in order to write. So, Manuel Antonio...The trip is coming slowly to its end and it was a real great experience. I met so many people and I really hope I made some nice friendships.
We were so close not to come here anymore, because we didnt have a transitional visa

Postare noua

Postare noua care se intampla la 3 luni de la postarea veche. S-au intamplat relativ multe lucruri in ultima vreme, d-aia nu am mai scris. De fapt am ajuns sa consider acest blog un sistem de adaptare si de coping la noua mia viata. Motiv pentru care se poate remarca foarte usor cate postari sunt in prima perioada a anului, si cate ulterior.
Faptul ca am scapat de incaperea din camin a fost un element decisiv. In sfarsit ma simteam din nou human, simteam ca vin acasa si nu intr-o cutie. Imi dau seama ca eram pretty depressed din cauza acelei locuinte, si am senzatia ca nici nu am evoluat prea mult in acea perioada. Dar acum totul e undeva departe.
Apartamentul e ok, acum ca a venit mama la mine in vizita iar am cumparat o gramada de chestii de am ajuns pe minus financiar. Si in sfarsit m-am inzestrat cu instrumente de atelier. Niciodata nu am fost bun la traforaj si facut lucruri practice prin casa. Intotdeauna am chemat un specialist. Si acasa in general se chema specialistul. El stie ce sa faca. Acum o saptamana insa m-am enervat foarte tare pe mine insumi cand am vrut cu mama sa montez o lampa si nu am avut scule. Ce am folosit ca sa insurubez? Cutitasul de la briceagul de desfacut sticle. Binenteles ca nu am reusit nimic, decat sa ma enervez si a doua zi mami mami s-a dus rapid la Bauhaus in Rüttenscheid (normal, doar unde altundeva) si a cumparat scule. Asa am reusit sa asamblam un birou, si aseara singurel am semiasamblat un dulap de pantofi (schuhschrank). Si ma lovesc de un alt neajuns, nu am bormasina (cred ca asa se scrie). Dar, d-aia exista prieteni. Si Smaranda si Lars au bormasini, asa ca problema se va rezolva. Si oricum amandoi sunt mult mai capabili decat mine la asa ceva.
Vine un fel de pseudoiarna in essen, dupa ce saptamana trecuta a plouat, acum e soare si destul de placut afara, vreme de primavara. Doar ca se innopteaza super repede - am ajuns la concluzia ca se iiarna noaptea vine mult mai devreme ca in tara si vara se intuneca mult mai tarziu.
Ce am mai facut interesant? Garzi in toate cele 3 spitale. Si mi-am facut prieteni. Foarte faini, imi place de ei, ne intalnim destul de des, ori in Madame Chocolat, ori in Gold Bar (asta tocmai ce l-am descoperit iar acum 2 zile au pus 3 melodii ale lui Janis Joplin deci a crescut). Madame e locul in care practic ne-am cunoscut si am pus bazele prieteniilor, asa ca ramane locul de suflet. Si oricum incet incet descoperim orasul - disco in CD, rock in Turock, brunch in Seitenblick sau Barcelona. Suntem un grup romano-german, asa ca vorbim un amestec ciudat de romana, germana si engleza. Dar ne iese si ne intelegem.
Poate va intrebati ce s-a mai intamplat cu...cu...pangasius: Ei bine, a luat drumul inapoi spre casa, si acum traieste fericita in MECCA aka Cluj. Si invata ATI de calitate ca aici nu invata ati de calitate. Ma rog, invata costuri, preturi, care este trendul la plic in ziua de azi (e mare, e mic, e cu fereastra, e fara fereastra, e lipit, e lipit cu scuipat, sau cu scotch special, e alb, e colorat, e parfumat, e pus in buzunar, e tinut printre hartii...).
Mi-am tras Blackberry, si dupa ce m-am chinuit de cand l-am cumparat si pana acum juma de ora sa il fac sa imi functioneze aplicatiile, am aflat ca nu vor functiona niciodata, decat in cazul in care voi mai plati niste bani in plus la tariful de baza). Inca 9 sau 19 euro, nu am inteles foarte clar germana nemtoaicei la telefon. Dar telefonul este cool, fata de porcaria pe care am avut-o (NU va luati samsung 360 cu touch screen, este total user unfriendly). Si incerc din rasputeri sa nu mai folosesc tel. de romania, sa il utilizez cat mai putin.
Ah...si incerc din rasputeri sa scap de burta. Ieri de dimineata in fata oglinzii m-a lovit faptul ca burta mea a inceput sa capete un aspect elipsoid, gravidoid, cu tenta la marire. Si dupa ce ieri la pranz am rezistat absolut eroic in fata cartofilor prajiti din vinzens (care aratau atat de subtiri si aurii), dupa ce am mancat la ora 6 seara si am zis ca asta e pana a doua zi, azi noapte tot nu am rezistat tentatiei de a manca ca de obicei noaptea. Si nu orice - biscuiti cu choco chips, care sunt atat de gustosi si buni si care au 500 de calorii pe 100 gr. Voi spune un NU hotarat de acum inainte. Iar de azi o sa reincep sa ma duc la inot. Sa vedem cat o sa ma tina.
Acum sunt in phillipus si sunt iar afara. De o saptamana premedic in disperare, sper sa nu fi uitat sa intubez. In garzi ce am mai prestat un alta.
Pupix

Limaxul

People,
azi am fost traumatizat de un limax. Cred ca asa se cheama melcii aia fara cochilie. A fost efectiv o reactie organica, absolut sinistru cand am vazut animalul tarandu-se la mine in balcon. Initial am crezut ca e un caca. Care se misca, wow si in momentul acela am realizat sinistrosenia. Azi m-am apucat de o mega curatenie care in mare parte s-a finalizat cu bine. In mare parte pentru ca totul acum s-a retras in baie si nu mai am nici un chef sa mai fac ceva si pe acolo. Cel putin in acest moment. Faza impulsiva s-a dus (efectul cafelei respectiv) si am intrat in chillout mood. Sa revin. Balconul meu este (gresit, era) plin de flori uscate de tei. Am remarcat ca in germania teiul miroase doar doua zile pe an dupa care gata. Se usuca si cade. Si cum apartamentul este inconjurat de copaci balconul era full. Si am decis ca este momentul sa iau unealta in mana (respectiv o matura de otel so to speak mostenire de la fosta chiriasa) si sa strang frunzele. Ok, zis si facut, duc la indeplinire actiunea. Care nu implica doar o maturare simpla a balconului ci si introducerea uneltei printre pietrele care imi inconjura bordura balconului (nu stiu cum sa explic asta nici in romana nici in engleza si cu atat mai putin in germana) - as putea folosi de un numar foarte mare de ori cuvantul chestie conjugat la nesfarsit dar poate se intelege si fara. Intre aceste pietre unde nu s-a mai introdus ceva cred ca niciodata, este plin de pamant, frunze uscate seminte etc. Si limaxi apparently. Caci o data cu frunzaraia si-a facut aparitia si animalul. Pe care, dupa ce mi-a trecut scarba si starea de isterie, l-am luat cu un faras si l-am aruncat in punga cu frunze. Care acum e in gunoi jos afara. Imi era scarba sa il omor, imaginati-va ce ar fi fost in balconul meu. Imi pare rau ca nu l-am eliberat undeva in curte dar, hello, this is a matter of human survival, era vorba de el sau de mine. Deja paianjanul care era sa ma atinga in operatiunea "Balconul" este o bagatela.
In rest, sunt intre garzi. Ieri printre altele, in garda, m-am uitat la trei filme la laptop si am pus cu succes doua peridurale la doua gravide. Iar cateterul pe nervul femural pus acum doua zile tot de je functioneaza! Pacientul nu are dureri pe membrul fantoma. Cool.
Pupix

Postez din nou

Hi guys,
a trecut nu stiu cat de cand nu am mai scris ceva. Ce-i drept, am fost determinat sa scriu de catre o noua cunostinta de pe FB. Geta. Btw Geta, sa stii ca asa o cheama si pe tanti a mea de la sistemul de navigare, care imi zice acum la dreapta acum la stanga; fara nici o legatura, pe ea o cheama asa dinainte sa te cunosc pe tine, so to speak.
OK, ce s-a mai intamplat nou in viata mea. Nimic. M-am mai vazut cu lume, respectiv am incercat sa mergem la Love Parade pe 24.07. Cu S si Marc. Infiorator ce s-a intamplat acolo. Noi pana la urma nu ne-am mai dus pentru ca am fost cu masina si cu mijlocul era absolut imposibil orice, toatre strazile erau blocate, asa ca ne-am luat talpasita, respectiv cauciucurile in spinare si ne-am intors in essen, am prestat in ruttenscheid dupa care drumurile ni s-au despartit. Cand am ajuns acasa, aflu de nebunie. Cum? Ma suna Ahmet care era de garda si care stia ca ma duc la L.P. SI ma suna sa ma intrebe daca sunt in regula si unde sunt. Apoi m-a sunat si Alexander si Joanna. How cool si cute is that? Si seara am descoperit un clubobar misto de langa mine, Madam Chocolat. Si mai sunt cateva, vin belgiencele peste doua sapt si am unde sa le duc de data asta.
Oleg, colegul nostru din Ucraina, este un tip mic si gras. Si la vreo 48 de ani, mic si gras. Si chel si mic si gras. Si vine de multe ori cu motorul la spital, imbracat, evident in motor-style. Am precizat ca este mic si gras? Hainele sunt de piele, negre si stramte. Ieri la raport s-a asezat langa mine. Si era mic, si gras si cu hainele de piele. Cand se foia aveam impresia ca stau langa o canapea.
I-am trimis ieri lui mama poze cu florile. Si foarte bine am facut caci mi-a mai dat niste sfaturi utile legate de ele. Ca nu stiam cum trebuie sa procedez cu trandafirii ofiliti. Ii tai sau il las sa cada de la sine. Raspuns : ii tai ! Nu e ca la hortensii pe care nu le tai. Oricum am studiat azi nitel problema, si trandafirii cei albi par sa aiba boboci, ceea ce ma incanta.
Am gatit din cartea cumparata luna trecuta cand eram cu finantele pe minus dar am zis ca TREBUIE SA O AM - Die Koch Bibel. Pana acum am facut salata toscana (nu e nici o filozofie decat ca pui la inceput ciabatta si o lasi sa se inmoaie cu castravete si rosii) si ratatouille (nu m-a ajutat insa nici un soricel!) care de fapt nu e altceva decat ghiveci. Acum incerc sa imi strang fortele pentru a face maine o salata cu muschi de vita (care a costat o gramada de bani) si care implica mai multi pasi in facerea ei. Maine, dupa ce poate fac curat in vastele apartamente. Dar nu, maine trebuie sa deratizez vastele apt pentru ca e timpul. Si hatarul cu wuppertal dupa garda mi l-am facut ieri. Am fost sa vizitez muzeul van der heydt unde era o colectie de fotografie intitulata nude visions. De la 1850 pana incoace. Interesant. Pozele de la inceputul secolului sunt absolut superbe. Pentru ca nu exista adobe photoshop. Intr-adevar si atunci le prelucrau (colaje spre exemplu) dar parca erau cumva mai genuine.
Si am fost duminica trecuta la meschede...sau lunga calatorie a lui Alex cu masina. Prima lunga calatorie ever. In total am condus vreo 300 km dus intors cred. Anywaw, la dus am luat-o pe autostrazi, a fost absolut bestial (ma rog eram pastilat deci parerea e un pic influentata). Adik mie care imi era frica de autostrazi, m-am dus pasa pasa cu 90-120 la ora. E drept, nu am depasit nimic, am stat cuminte in banca mea si banda mea. Dar pe ultima autostrada am mers pe niste viaducte destul de sus cocotate, cam inspaimantatoare. E drept nu vedeai mai nimic in parti pentru ca 1.tre sa te uiti drept in fata si 2. erau niste panouri mari. Ma rog exista intotdeauna varianta sa inchid ochii. Anyway, nu era ce vedeam, ci ce ar fi putut fi. Chestia asta cu fobiile e treaba complicata si nici eu nu o inteleg. Si trebuie cumva sa scap de ea sau la anul daca mergem in tibet va trebui sa imi pun propranolol si xanax pe injectomat. Cel putin pe autostrada prieteniei (oare se cheama ironic asa, e vorba despre prietenia dintre poporul tibetan si cel chinez? sa va uitati pe net la friendship highway sa vedeti cum arata). Am deviat - si ajung la meschede, si imi propun ca la intoarcere sa nu o mai iau pe autostrada aia ci pe drumul drept pe pamant, care nu e autostrada dar e la fel de bun. Zis si facut. Fratilor - am mers pe toate serpentinele posibile de la meschede pana la essen. Infiorator. Cred ca daca ma scotea cineva din masina ma scotea cu mana inclestata pe volan. Horror.
Gata ma duc sa premedic. Am uitat sa va zic ca eu sunt binenteles de garda.
Pupix.
PS - am aflat ca se reunesc institutele si redevine fundeniul cea fost. SOC!