Sign language

Hi everybody,

Let’s talk about Austrian sign language. Do you know that the University of Graz is the only university in whole Austria where you can choose sign language as a subject? Well there is another school in Linz especially for sign language. So many people try to learn different languages but so less try to be able to communicate with everyone in their mother tongue. I hope that this changes in the next years. There are many deaf people out there who would love to have a nice little chat with everyone. It is unbelievable how easy they can manage to understand what someone wants to tell them without a clue of sign language. It’s the endowment of empathy and the will to communicate that makes them break through every boundaries. So whenever you get the chance to learn a little sign language take it it’s totally worth it.

Bye everybody

work vs. study

Hi everybody,

let's talk about my or maybe also your conflict about, is better to work or to study!? To be honest at the moment I can't answer that question. Why? Well I worked for about eleven years, successfully as a massage therapist in 5star hotels in Austria. I had a five day week, more or less set hours of labor and earned good money. But it was in tourism that meant working on holidays and also sometimes weekends when everyone else has leisure time! That's why I decided to go back to University and give the second-chance education a try...I was really absolutely sure this is what I want and that it will be so satisfying to do something new. However at the moment it is not fun to study and learn new things, it is more like hit the wall!!! At the moment it looks to me I not only hit the wall it looks more like I crashed into the wall with full speed. That makes me sad and a bit relieved at the same time. So what to do now? Fingers crossed the epiphany comes fast over me and I know what to do next...Meanwhile it was good to write it down and get it from my chest, thanks for that!! ;)

        VS.    

bye everybody!

P.S.: I hope you are free of doubts like that!!!!

tuesdays with morrie

Hi everybody,

let's talk about one of my favorite english book's, Tuesdays with morrie from Mitch Albom. The story is simple and complex at the same time. Its about Mitch a sports columnist in his late 30s and his 78-year-old sociology professor Morrie Schwartz  from the University Mitch graduated at. After not thinking of his Professor for years Mitch finds out that Morrie is going to die from ALS. Depressed and sad Mitch plucks up his courage and goes to Morries house to see him for a last goodbye. To his surprise Morrie decides to teach Mitch some last lessons in life!! They start to spend every Tuesday morning together. In that time they speak about life and how to handle it.

I am sure it's not a book for everyone but i enjoyed every word of it.

bye everybody!

The heart of the mountains.....

hi everybody,


let's talk about my beloved home Tyrol. There are so many beautiful places to explore. Just like St. Anton at the west end of Tyrol, a very nice place to spend some days in winter. When you go east on the motorway comes Landeck and the Kroneburg a very old church with a fantastic view over the valley. Further in the road you directly come to Innsbruck the capital of Tyrol. A  small, but historically  city with so many things to visit. Next stop must be the Swarovzki factory in Wattens. The show is always worth it. Last but not least everyone should have been at the castle in Kufstein, a high-light on the hill in the middle of the city. But that also means you reached the end of Tyrol.

I hope you saw, same as me, how wonderful the so called heart of the mountains is.

bye everybody.

Summer is nocking on the door...

Hi everybody,

lets talk about Summer and the every year returning need of training yourself to get the "perfect" beach body. After a more or less hard winter wrapped in worm fluffy clothes and uncontrolled eating during that time the thought of wearing a skirt or a dress is not so seductive. The solution is as easy as uncomfortable. Go and get yourselfe in shape again. Running, biking, fitness studio the options are almost unlimited. As i have the same problem i try to do every vear something new to motivate me or lets say to trick myself abit. This year i took rebounding. You make your training on a trampoline what is really much fun and to my suprice totally effective. So i can recommend it to everyone.

But in the end all that counts is that you do something!! Wish you all a good start into the Summer ;)

Bye Everybody!

ready steady go...

Hi everybody,          

                                                                               

lets talk about how to be effective a vegetarian. More and more people give up eating meat because of varios reasons, me to. Some because they are against the factory farming and  the mistreating of the animals. Others do it because there metabolism can't handle meat very good and it makes them feel tired and worse for wear. I do it because i have never eaten much meat and i feelt so sorry for the poor animals. So after that decision is made the harder part starts. How to manage it is a balanced diet and eating stays rich in variety. There for you should know what vegetables and fruits you like and you can eat without get problems with your intestinal ;). Then i would recomend all off you to have a look at the well known Food Pyramide for Vegetarians.

It will give you a good idea how to handle that, without have the problem of get to less vitamins, minerals and at least proteins. That is very important for everyone how does sports or has a physical job. But that leads me to soy and tofu. You can get it in various varieties. I switched from cow-milk to soy-milk and from normal cheese to goat and sheeps cheese. Also the yoghurt is very good from sheepmilk. There are also produkts made out of soy to use same as meat, like stripes to but into chili or Wok-dishes and in granules to but into tomato sauce for pasta. And tofu is available smoked, marinated and stuffed with vegetables.

You can fry and grill it, serve it with all side dishes you want, for dessert maybe a good ice cream with warm fruits and you have a delicious, well balanced vegetarian meal. I hope i could give all who are interessted a brief glimpse and those who thought of come to the vegetarian side a jump start.

bye everbody