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  3. Vezok's Friend
    Well hello there ^^
     
    It's me, typing from a small internet cubicle with a ridiculous cold aircondition where 15 minutes of internet cost 5 bucks, letting you guys know that the sun is shining here, the water is warm and I've seen a lot of cool fish already. I found Nemo, so to speak.
    For the record:
    20+ Morays
    10+ Firefish
    4 Seaturtles
    2 Jellyfish
    2 Napoleon
    2 Whitetip Reefsharks
    3 Octupi
     
    And lots of other smaller cool things that swam about. And tomorrow there will be a full-day trip to the "Manta-Point". Name is program there.
     
    So all in all I am enjoying myself and I look forward to seeing you guys again in 1 and a half weeks.

    -VF
  6. Vezok's Friend
    I just wanted to drop a quick entry here to explain a bit of inactivity from my side here.
     
    School was keeping me busy and right now there are some issues that need to be taken care of. I need to get my routine back and increase my sleeping hours.
    Midnight as average doesn't work...
    I keep getting late too school ( not missing classes, but usually I am just in after the teacher arrives and at the frequency I hav now it is really bugging my classmates and me the most).
    So I might be off earlier from next week on.
    I also got my draft notice from the army, I need to ring up my diving instructor, my wisdom teeth will need treatment and I have some stuff I need to do for friends.
    My monthly plans are a lot more complex then I thought...-.-
  7. Vezok's Friend

    See Y'all!

    By Vezok's Friend,

    I'll be gone for the next 2 weeks with limited or no internet access, so, you can PM me, leave comments, just don't expect replies.
     
    Take care everybody! (Especiallly my frequent online convo-pals, you guys rock!)
     
    PS: I'll leave you a little gift for my time being gone
     
    Link to gift
  8. Vezok's Friend
    I have to apollogize for my last entry. ^^ I confused my travelling times, I will be here until the 23rd, so I am still around for another week.  
    Anybody happy about that? Or unhappy?
     
    On the other hand, I just bought my christmas present for my mum. She'll get the two novels "Chemistry of death" and "Written in bone" by author Simon Beckett (Not the villain from PotC ).
     
    I got "Viva la Vida" for my dad, along with the new album by Van Morrison and three DVDs (Hancock, I'm not there and another one).
     
    And I just bought myself the new Prince of Persia. I will have to see if my PC can handle it, but it looks great so far.
     
    There was one of the bargain-bins nearby and I found Command and Conquer:Generals+CnC:Generals-Zero hour as a bundle which I am currently installing. A few years back I borrowed the CD from a friend of mine and it was really a great game I had a lot of fun with.
     
    So, I look forward to another week with you folks and I hope your christmas preperations go as well as mine.
  12. Vezok's Friend

    Enneagram: Nine

    By Vezok's Friend,

    "I am at peace"


    Peacemakers are receptive, good-natured, and supportive. They seek union with others and the world around them.



    How to Get Along with Me

    • If you want me to do something, how you ask is important. I especially don't like expectations or pressure.

    • I like to listen and to be of service, but don't take advantage of this.

    • Listen until I finish speaking, even though I meander a bit.

    • Give me time to finish things and make decisions. It's OK to nudge me gently and nonjudgmentally.

    • Ask me questions to help me get clear.

    • Tell me when you like how I look. I'm not averse to flattery.

    • Hug me, show physical affection. It opens me up to my feelings.

    • I like a good discussion but not a confrontation.

    • Let me know you like what I've done or said.

    • Laugh with me and share in my enjoyment of life.



    What I Like About Being a NINE

    • being nonjudgmental and accepting

    • caring for and being concerned about others

    • being able to relax and have a good time

    • knowing that most people enjoy my company; I'm easy to be around

    • my ability to see many different sides of an issue and to be a good mediator and facilitator

    • my heightened awareness of sensations, aesthetics, and the here and now

    • being able to go with the flow and feel one with the universe



    What's Hard About Being a NINE

    • being judged and misunderstood for being placid and/or indecisive

    • being critical of myself for lacking initiative and discipline

    • being too sensitive to criticism; taking every raised eyebrow and twitch of the mouth personally

    • being confused about what I really want

    • caring too much about what others will think of me

    • not being listened to or taken seriously



    NINEs as Children Often

    • feel ignored and that their wants, opinions, and feelings are unimportant

    • tune out a lot, especially when others argue

    • are "good" children: deny anger or keep it to themselves



    NINEs as Parents

    • are supportive, kind, and warm

    • are sometimes overly permissive or nondirective


    I am very surprised how accurate this test is...
  15. Vezok's Friend
    Today a friend of our family invited us to come along to a concert held by a band of their friends. ^^ Mostly classic songs, with some stuff straight of the charts ("sweet home alabama all summer long"), but I knew 90% of them anyway and tried to sing along as good a possible with a jaw that opens only 30° -.- But anyway, this was a great way to start the holidays
    They played for 4 hours with 5 minute breaks for the smokers every 6 songs or so, during which they let the classic christmas songs sooth the audience ^^
    Maybe those are cheesy, but dang, now I am in a holiday mood.
     
    Speaking of holidays, I finished two pictures today, one comissioned by a friend whos in a punkband. He asked me to design their logo as they didn't have a proper one yet.
     

     
    The second is my obligatory "merry christmas" picture. Yah, the quality isn't that great but I have other stuff to do as well.
     

     
    Tomorrow I will devote most of my time to a picture that needs to be done on time for a very close friend of mine
    I want to thank Silver~Dragon in advance for helping me out a bit with the choice of motive.
     
    And on Monday my dad will take me along to a graphics hardware store to get a new tablet for me ^^ I am thinking Cintiq here *is hyped*
  16. Vezok's Friend
    My mom came home with great news today: There is a spot for civil service in the hospital of the next town (less then 30 min away) and she said since most who work there start later, if I start on July 1st, I have high chances of getting hired
     
    Either in patient care, surgery or emergency room. I am definately going to call them to apply for that spot!
  19. Vezok's Friend

    Sick

    By Vezok's Friend,

    My nose is running.
     
    My paranasal sinuses are blocked.
     
    My head is throbbing.
     
    I shiver.
     
    My stomach might be the next to decide to rebel.
     
    The cold-medicine is empty...
  23. Vezok's Friend
    First of all: This is not a rant. This is an observation and a call for staying open-minded.
     
    Everyone of us who went to highschool and college or whatever other educational instituation simply had to give a talk or a presentation or write a paper or report or something else on a specific topic. There is no way around it and it is an important part of education since talking to people or communicating with them is the way to convince them of yourself so that they will listen to you or will be willing to give you money for something you sell. It's just the way it works.
     
    Now I called this entry "a word to the teachers". Because we who have written reports etc. face the same problem again and again: We are expected to research a topic that has been researched by other peoplebefore us with information we collected from sources presented to us by other people in an original or simply well-done way. And ever since a certain encyclopedia went online in the WWW, us students are warned and accused with the same thing:
     
    That using google and wikipedia is an amateurs way of researching information. That these sources are unreliable. That it's basically cheating. And may the flying spaghetti monster save us if we even cite Wikipedia as a source of our information.
     
    Now, I understand why profs don't like Wiki, or internet researched information in general: Nobody knows the quality of the source. It could be a 12 year old with an IQ of 200 posting incorrect information in a sophisticated way on the web. It could be one of them world-conspiracy theorists. It could be Elmar Fudd.
    Who knows. And yes, there are many goofballs on the internet. Even I am a goofball, which anybody can confirm who has recived one of my less serious comments on their profile before.
     
    And there are several specimens of students who, in all honesty, are lazy, not creative and plain dumb. I don't know any personally, I am not judging any students I know, but I have seen papers that were made with the magic that is Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V. Including hyperlinks and Url. And certainly is dumb.
     
    But it is not my intention to defend these guys. What I want to make clear, and though it is just my opinion:
    Wikipedia can be a very good source of information. Just because it is handy it doesn't mean the quality is bad.
    Why? Because by now they have quality checks on there.
    And who do you seriously think writes all these articles? It's certainly not some teenage prankster with fake dates for facts.
    I am pretty sure the writers of the wikipedia articles that are really important are people who know their stuff.
    Large Hadron Collider? Cancer? New form of the Malaria? Quantum physics.
    Now, I don't know how that sounds to you, but writing about that needs knowledge.
    Doctors, or other teachers themselves. Or a student editing in stuff from a book by a professor elaborating on a topic.
    Besides, the sources of the information in Wiki are listed.
     
    Adding on to that: Why do you think for presentation the teachers put us together in teams or small groups many times? Because working as a team can bring better results. And with so many people editing wikipedia I am pretty sure the essence of what is written there is mostly true.
     
    To sum it all up: I just want to make clear that schoolwork using wikipedia and similar sources is not worth less then schoolwork that used books and a library as resources for its claims.
    Of course using only wiki for your paper might not be the best thing, using a great source like that together with others is totally acceptable.
     
    So teachers, please cut the students some slack when it comes to internet-based research.
     
     
     
     
  24. Vezok's Friend
    I finally decided to enter the Blog-Contest after coming back from a short weekend trip to pick up my grandparents who wanted to visit the family for a couple of days. 
    The images you see here are about 50% taken by me and 50% found on the Internet, but they all show places I've been to in my life.
    I've seen many beautiful places and I have fond memories of many of them, which is why I pimped my Blog with them.
     
     
    If you have ideas on how to improve the design, I'd like to hear them ^^
     
    Until then, enjoy!
     

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