Tuesday, June 19, 2007

No news is no good!

It seems like I have something important on my mind, since this is my third post today. If anyone has wondered how my studies are going - well, actually I am going through a very busy period. This morning I did the mid-term exam in the Japanese language class. I had been sitting at home all weekend memorising the vocabulary we have learnt so far. It is quite silly - I can write down "agricultural products" and "New Year's pine" in Japanese, but when it comes to such basic words as "important", I am lost. "Important" appeared in the exam where we had to translate some sentences from German into Japanese and I realized that we never learnt the Japanese word for "important". Anyway, the grammar is what was most difficult since the sentences had the most complicated structures they could possibly have had. I am not expecting a particularly good mark, I am only hoping that I passed...

As for English studies, I am going to sit an English exam, which is a requirement for the intermediate examination of the subject "Anglistik", this Friday. The so-called "Sprachklausur" reviews basic skills such as grammar, listening comprehension, essay writing, phonetics, translation a.s.o. It is nothing I can really prepare for in the short term. Many people are said to fail this exam...

Kirchentag

My last post was a comparatively long text, so a few pictures must follow ;) They were taken during the final open air service at the "Evangelischer Kirchentag 2007" (may be translated "protestant church day") in Cologne, one week ago. That event lasted five days altogether.







That is my brother Matthias and me.










Again the two of us together with our busy host Esther and Christian, a friend of Matthias'.






It's-a-me!






I am just realizing that I hardly ever post any pictures showing myself... I should change that, shouldn't I!