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The Frames, Hamburg

Felix — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:10:05 +0000

This weekend, I went all the way to Hamburg in order to see the only gig by The Frames in Germany. Let me tell you, every single kilometre was absolutely worth it: Glen and the boys played about two hours of awesome, hand-made, emotional rock music. Fitzcarraldo, Revelate, God Bless Mom, Lay Me Down, Seven Day Mile, What Happens When The Heart Just Stops… you name it, they played it (unexpected: Kraftwerk’s Autobahn). And I finally got my hands on their rather obscure, finally re-released debut album Another Love Song. Gee, I wish I could go to Dublin and see one of the four gigs they play in their hometown (1x Olympia Theatre, 1x Vicar Street, 2x Whelan’s); they are all sold-out, though.

Here are some musical impressions:

The Frames – Seven Day Mile:

The Frames – Revelate:

Opening act was Duke Special from Belfast – I was impressed.
Duke Special – Mockingbird Wish Me Luck:

Fun Fact: the venue had the ubercool German name Übel & Gefährlich, which translates roughly to Evil & Dangerous.

250 Years of “The Black Stuff”

Felix — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:22:16 +0000

Today, Guinness celebrates its 250th anniversary. 8750 more years to go. Read more in the Irish Times.

Anrechnung

Felix — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:27:56 +0000

Mittlerweile habe ich mich um die Anrechnung der von mir erbrachten Leistungen gekümmert und meine Learning Agreements und Transskripte beim Prüfungsausschuss Wirtschaftsinformatik eingereicht. Die Universität Bamberg hat mich sehr, sehr positiv überrascht: in weniger als 24h wurde mir ein Anerkennungsbescheid ausgestellt. Das ist Service!
Ich fiel aus allen Wolken als ich eher routinemäßig ins FlexNow schaute und feststellte, dass jede Prüfung bereits eingetragen und benotet ist. An dieser Stelle möchte ich ein ganz großes Lob an Professor Sinz und sein Team, insbesondere Beate Hartmann und Marion Eckert, aussprechen.

Für Studenten aus Bamberg, die ein Studium am ITT in Erwägung ziehen, könnten die nachfolgenden Details von Interesse sein.

Von mir abgeschlossenen Learning Agreements:

ITT Dublin	Uni Bamberg
Advanced Database	Internationalisierung
Distributed & Mobile Computing	Internationalisierung
Software Development 5	Internationalisierung
Innovation & Entrepreneurship	Internationalisierung
HRM 1 – Employee Resourcing	Internationalisierung
Management & Org. Behaviour 1	Internationalisierung
Management & Org. Behaviour 2	Grundlagen Personal und Organisation
Corporate Social Responsibility	Ethik (Kontextstudium)
Economics 1 & 2	Einführung in die VWL
International Business	Grundlagen des Internationalen Managements

Für jeden meiner Kurse hatte ich im Vorfeld ein Learning Agreement abgeschlossen. Das bedeutet, dass ausnahmslos alle von mir in Dublin erbrachten Leistungen Bestandteil meines Bamberger Bachelor-Abschlusses sind. Wermutstropfen: die Bamberger VWL-Veranstaltung hat einen Umfang von 6 ECTS, in Irland musste ich zwei Veranstaltungen im Umfang von insgesamt 10 ECTS besuchen. Dies ist darin begründet, dass am ITT Mikro- und Makroökonomie zwei separate Veranstaltungen sind und Inhalte aus beiden Themengebieten für das Ersetzen der Bamberger Veranstaltung Einführung in die VWL benötigt werden.

Die Prüfungsergebnisse werden von der Uni Bamberg nach folgendem Schlüssel ins heimische System übertragen:

ITT Dublin	Uni Bamberg
A	1,0
B+	1,7
B	2,0
B-	2,3
…	…

Zu Bedenken ist, dass es am ITT die Notenstufen A+ und A- nicht gibt. Ich denke, dass das relativ fair ist.

WIAI Mug

Felix — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:53:02 +0000

Last week, Chris and I gave a talk on studying at the ITT Dublin and living in Ireland. Our institute’s student union (Fachschaft) had organised an information evening for students who consider going abroad.
Afterwards all presentors received a small gift:

The official WIAI student union mug! WIAI is an acronym for Wirtschaftsinformatik und Angewandte Informatik (Information Systems and Applied Computer Science), the name of our school.

By the way: our deck of slides could make use of the rich collection of photos that I uploaded here.

Ice Cream & Fork

Felix — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:40:53 +0000

The fourth and last post in the Charleville series: a huge ice cream cone, a pitchfork and a bunch of friends.

Bobo

Felix — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:40:42 +0000

Saturday, while walking into one of Bamberg’s Aldis, I heard a voice calling my name. Felix?
It was Daniel! The last time I saw him was in March, when he back to Ireland for a surfing trip. Unfortunately I forgot to ask him for his German contact details, so I could not get in touch with him when I arrived in Germany. We exchanged numbers and met the same night.

Yeah, the Aldi. I thought it is not a very common place to meet people, but Flo corrected me. He’s right; at least when it comes to students. Cheap groceries bring people together!

The Old Tree

Felix — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:33:28 +0000

The third post in the Charleville series: lots of people and an old tree.

Snake Charmer

Felix — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:28:04 +0000

The second photo series from Charleville: Óscar the Snake Charmer and Isabel the Gipsy Dancer.

Metal Skull

Felix — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:20:15 +0000

Here’s the first post in a series that features photos taken during our trip to Charleville. Abdoun, a metal skull and me.

DUB-HAM: One Last Time

Felix — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:10:36 +0000

Chris, who revived his nerd braces for his last days in Ireland, left on Tuesday. Of all farewells, this one was the easiest. I’ll see him at the latest in some months in Bamberg, where we both study in the same department. Thanks for great nine months, Chris!

The day after, my brother, who could not come over during the easter break due to exams, arrived. The two of us spent a few nice days in and around Dublin. Here is a selection of photos that he took:

On the 8th, almost exactly nine months after my departure from Germany, we took the plane to Hamburg and subsequently the car to the house of our parents in Alfeld.

It’s over now. The Irish chapter of my life has ended and I have learned a lot. Not only about Ireland and Germany, the English language or other cultures, but also about myself. I got to know a lot incredible people and made friends, whom I miss already. I hope these friendships will prevail despite spatial separations.

It was nice to meet you, Ireland. Germany, it is nice to see you again.