Berlin, Berlin, I’m coming!!!

One week from today I’ll be in Taiwan, or, time wise, flying there… but few hours from now I will boarding a flight to Berlin, one of the most beautiful European capitals, for Aikido seminar with Christian Tissier, 7.dan Aikikai !!!

I am not in top condition, a little injure from last weekend seminar in Oslo is maybe a bit more severe than expected, but they made painkillers for this.. kill the pain when you must do something else..

I hope I will manage to practice properly both days and Sunday just relax the arm.. relax for holidays! At least for being able to carry stuff to and back from my trip, Taiwan+Shanghai!!!

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I spent almost all yesterday evening looking for this damn book, my first Chinese grammatical reference book.. Got crazy! I do not like losing stuff, especially books.. Finally this morning I found it.. where I thought it was, just at the very bottom at the backpack where it had been since last Sunday!!! Very bottom! Cool.. I thought it was a sign when I lost it.. let’s be positive (difficult for me): it is maybe a sign as well finding it!

Marlene Kuntz

I have to post this video too, so much related to yesterday videos.. a different version of “Nuotando nell’aria” by Marlene Kuntz, with an amazing female singer, Cristina Donà:

But they had other occasions to share the stage with amazing female singers

..and a wonderful tribute:

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Aikido weekend in Oslo, at Aikikan dojo, for a seminar with one of my favorite instructors, Philippe Orban, 6.dan from Leipzig! Too long since last time: the perfect choice for these last few months before my graduation exam.

Vienna: 27 degrees!!!

Yo people!!!

Greetings from Vienna! At 23 o’clock there are 27 degrees.. cool!!

Tomorrow morning Aikido and Iaido practice with Margit and tomorrow evening a local festivity in the 1000 inhabitants village where she lives! Perfect way to start an exciting holiday of friends, practice and.. friends!!

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Talking about friends, special friends, after many years I found on facebook the girl of this picture.. Out of curiosity about her life, but not only, I asked her to be contact. Given that my close past sucks and my present is quite cloudy and foggy, I want to see what happens now of something related to my far past. But I do not want to take this past into my present! My present and future has other directions.. east.. yeah!!
19-July-2009: 2 days passed since she accepted my contact, I left a short message and a link to this picture, but got no answer and I had time to think. I sort of contacted her hoping that a long almost forgotten past could help me to forget a close painful past. Wrong! And I realized I do not really care about her anymore. So I closed the link today. Better for sure!

14 hours!

That was my working day today!!

I’m dirty (most of the day was in the workshop, no desk engineer work!!), smelly, tired, greasy..

It reminds me the days and nights at Ullrigg in Ocotber 2007 for the prototype qualification, a very intensive week ended with a special first  date with a person that has been special (in good and bad) until the end of 2008..

Not sure I want the same end for this period! But I already know I will have a new experience ready waiting for me not much after the date of this coming test..

Now, at least for some relaxing thoughts, I have imported some of good Shanghai feelings at home:

Thanks girl!

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Referred to my friend comment on yesterday post, I use the oven in “warmer” seasons as liquor shelf.. Do not worry, Svein, I am not starting the fire before moving all the bottles.. and with your help the dear friend single malt whiskey will finish soon!!

Powerful Muse

Full of energy.. too much maybe because of the jet-lag

I am going to Stockholm this weekend: it was supposed to be Christian Tissier seminar, but it was next canceled for his personal reasons.. so I will stay and practice at Vanadis dojo!

Good for me, anyway, since both Jorma Lyly and Jan Nevelius are two of my great “Aikido-muse”.. inspirations!! And Aikido is so relaxing when done properly, with good instructors!!!

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My blog, and therefore WordPress, is now visible in China too!! It seems that the banning has been lifted, I hope permanently! Apparently it was part of the Great Firewall of China. It was good when I was in China, to be able to open the dashboard too, not only trying to upload something (little) from flickr!!

Coffee overload!

morning coffee,
by ..AikiDude...

Yeah, not for myself, but for the coffee machine we have at work!!!

It has been taken today off to service: it seems that 7000 cups in one year pushed the mechanics to its limit!!!

We certainly love coffee here (and we are max 7-8 people that drink!!)

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There is always hope!!! Now I am sure of that, thanks to my favorite internet magazine, the onion,I am sure that out there there is a pretty asian young girl waiting for me, just another “…balding Midwesterner who carry most of his weight in his stomach…”

I want a girl!!!

I want a girl that can talk for hours of her things, not noticing that she lost me in the first ten minutes, but she can stay assured that I will follow as best I can and answer here and there and comment properly.. I love to listen to my girl talking, no matter what..

I want a girl that can listen to me at least 10 minutes, pretend to be interested, ask me with some feelings how my day was and caring for no more than 10 minutes about my talk.. I am a great listener, but I like to talk also a bit and see some interest in my girl eyes..

I want a girl that show some interest in what I do or love, before I met her: she might hate it or not approve it, but a few things in my life are extremely important, I can, with time, learn to dedicate less time to them but I do not want that she hates them.. more we can share more we will make strong our relationship.. we will both make compromises..