back in school-fuck!!!
November 20, 2007
September 6, 2007
April 16, 2007
mustard in london
ola,
sitting here in saatchi's basement having the sunniest day outside is not really what i call fun. thinking about 100 concept lines for coleman's mustard, however, is even less fun. fucking mustard. then again, it's for the guys at grey and they are nice. two guys that graduated from mase 2 years or so ago and are now cds at grey. they're like: if no one understands ur idea but u, it's worth it. i hope that's what i will be saying to the guys from mase in a year or two when they come stumbling into my office...;)
anyhow, london has proven to be what i expected. it's great. especially with the kind of weather i thought was so untypical of britain. its about 26°C and everybody is lying somewhere in the Hyde Park or sitting outside in one of the various coffee places. starbucks is everywhere, i mean everywhere, just like the indian people. a package of cigarretts is 5.90 pounds and i m seriously considering to stop smoking. after i have my 100 lines for mustard.
oh and yes, i found a flat, well, a room. its a small room in a little british house. quite cute, with a fireplace and a stupidly soft bed in which i can't sleep without getting a soar back every morning. but its ony 15 min from saatchi.
ann is here with me, too. she brought her bike-no surprise here. charles is here being crazy as ever, but at least his accent isn't anything special anymore. it seems like all the brits can understand exactly what he says, while it is still puzzling to most of us.
i got to focus on my mustard lines now........
April 8, 2007
LONDON CALLING
CARO IS IN LONDON
it's been 3 days now since i m here on my 2nd Quarter Away. right now i am living with my friend Lucas. He and his three flatmates have a wonderful house in Southfields, south of the river thames. it's right next to a small park with a ittle lake. Its so gorgeous. The have deks on the top floor and day and night they spin their vinyls. The weather is great and London is awsome. just yesterday after our 1st flatviewing we went to bricklane and into hackney. there were very few people around but the whole atmosphere was great. we met a friend of lucas' and went to a little market. we meet some friends of lucas friend. after strolling around the market we went back to the rooftopparty. the 'rooftopparty'was just unbelievable. before the market we had been walking around the bricklane area and heard some electromusic coming from the rooftops. some guys were leaning over and waved us up. the terrace gave an amazing view. u could see the towerbridge, the 'egg' and everything else. they had deks and the music was amazingly loud and good. after a beer we went to the market from which we returned to the rooftopparty.
fuck, it's been crazy. and in between there's the flat hunting. it isn't the most fun thing to do, but i am getting more and more nervous to find a good room here. 3 viewings already and lots more to come.
it's been 3 days now since i m here on my 2nd Quarter Away. right now i am living with my friend Lucas. He and his three flatmates have a wonderful house in Southfields, south of the river thames. it's right next to a small park with a ittle lake. Its so gorgeous. The have deks on the top floor and day and night they spin their vinyls. The weather is great and London is awsome. just yesterday after our 1st flatviewing we went to bricklane and into hackney. there were very few people around but the whole atmosphere was great. we met a friend of lucas' and went to a little market. we meet some friends of lucas friend. after strolling around the market we went back to the rooftopparty. the 'rooftopparty'was just unbelievable. before the market we had been walking around the bricklane area and heard some electromusic coming from the rooftops. some guys were leaning over and waved us up. the terrace gave an amazing view. u could see the towerbridge, the 'egg' and everything else. they had deks and the music was amazingly loud and good. after a beer we went to the market from which we returned to the rooftopparty.
fuck, it's been crazy. and in between there's the flat hunting. it isn't the most fun thing to do, but i am getting more and more nervous to find a good room here. 3 viewings already and lots more to come.
March 20, 2007
February 25, 2007
spring break is over/ mama in beijing
back again at the office i am still coughing my lungs out. i was thinking it could be the bird flue. mhhh...well, i had one week to relax and of course i got sick the day our vacation started. the next day my mom came. and after 2 days she was sick. my room has been a lazaret ever since. however, we still got to see some stuff and a lot of movies as well.:)
she is flying home tomorrow and alex and i are back at vw.
yesterday i spoke to my favorite bunch of friends, sophie and lucas. that basically made my day. haha, and now i just can't wait to go to london and check out the one and only soho coffeeshop. so, keep ur fingers crossed.
new years has been very cool. a whole week of war-like-fireworks. not save at all. i had my head covered in ashes and burning pieces of firework were flying through the air. but it was wonderful to see entire beijing lightened up by bursting colors. i knew i wouldn't be able to catch that sight, so i didn't try making a pic.
now, that we have about 4 weeks left here in beijing, i am starting to wonder how to pack my suitcase, what to leave behind, what to bring. that's gonna be tough.
right now, beijing is covered in white smog/fog, but we had some spring like days here, which we used to go and see the summer palace and simply walk around the city. it was great having the extra spare time to really discover more and experience the citylife.
kai's was fun as always, my mom and i met the weirdest people. she will probably not forget the 'sex animal'. haha, anyway. it has been a great week. hope all of u had a nice week as well.
February 14, 2007
das wort zum mittwoch
so, since someone told me that talking about little chinese girls with pigtails and boys with short pants and about chinese widowers with 6 children in general is presumptuous and swanky, i doubt that any of u read that in between the lines. but in case someone else shares that opinion it's herefore said, that arogant talk about chinese widowers was never my attention.
furthermore, it seems to be important to say, that there is actually more here, that alex and i do, than drinking. but if i talk to u about what happens during the 9 hours sitting in front of my computer, the entertainmentfactor is about 0.
so, either you have the cells to get the picture or ur visit to this blog is unnecessary.
furthermore, it seems to be important to say, that there is actually more here, that alex and i do, than drinking. but if i talk to u about what happens during the 9 hours sitting in front of my computer, the entertainmentfactor is about 0.
so, either you have the cells to get the picture or ur visit to this blog is unnecessary.
Toaster-a thing with a meaning
ha, i'm yawning and my cloth smell like smoke and red wine. but i won a toaster-slash-coffeemaker-slash-oven. that makes me not only a better prepared person but also establishes my position as well equipped rookie on the merriage market. ha! i 'm gonna get send off to some widowed chinese that has 6 children, the girls with little pigtails and the boys with too short pants. And i will make grilled cheese sandwiches, coffee, and cakes everyday, all day long.
that's about where my imagination takes me, while i'm sitting in front of my computer, trying to look busy, but simply mending my condition posting entries. alex and i look like shit right now. i don't know about him, but i m having a little tickle in my lips from the abundance of chinese rice wine, red wine and vodka that we were obligated to drink.
yesterday was the new years party of dmg and the chance for everybody to get as pissed as possible. they rented out the chinese restaurant where alex had enjoyed his favorite dish of porkfat with bbq-sauce before, and we were having dinner, got entertainment and were playing drinking games. yes, thats about what you do at such events. eat and drink yourself to delirium. and that's probably why you eat before in the first place, so you don't die.
so, i had a good start, since alex and i proofed before that being german mainly means you can drink more then the chinese, i was called to the stage to performe and express this particular german trait. i was competing in a who-drinks-the-beer-the-fastest-contest. the funny thing was that we had to do it with straws. mmmhhh.....i won anyway. i basically beat the pants off them. i don't know if the victory is good or bad for my reputation. we'll find out.
but i got a starbucks thermo mug, so thats's cool.
after they started eating, we got to the lucky draw. basically they couldn't pronounce my name when they pulled it out of the box, so after 2 min of struggling i was on stage again and was handed THE most wonderful multi-genius-electronic thing. the toaster-slash-coffeemaker-slash-oven. i was supposed to drink a full water glass of chinese vodka, but seriously, i would have puked on their feet if they would have made me do it. so, roger, from the account took a stand and exxed it right down. god guys, seriously dieses zeug ist zum kotzen.
sebastian was also forced to ex one, but as he said, 'it just came right back out'.
haha, so as u can imagine the whole thing was great fun, everybody was still having a great time when it was time to jog with wine.
after, alex and i had jogged even with the drivers and cleaningladies at their back table, the mood started to shift. as dan put it, 'the grass-in-the-wind stadium' was now over and the grass about to break. so, the first made their way home. others couldn't really.
alex, sebastian and i plus another 10 guys from dmg+plus dan and peter (heads of dmg) were actually the last ones standing. dancing to chinese covers of electronic sommerhits, we were ready to go and change locations. so, the evening eventually ended after a few more hours and a few more drinks. and this time I ended up with a girl in my place. yeah, figure that out. =)
but it had obviously been more that just drinking, attending this event was very cool for both, alex and me. it was great to see, how everybody had a wonderful time, to see the videos and making-ofs of commercials and events that dmg had produced last year and just to have such nice people around u. and, of course i got the toaster-slash-coffeemaker-slash-oven. so, here is a reason to be happy.
did i mention, i forgot to take my toaster-slash-coffeemaker-slash-oven when i left the restaurant?
that's about where my imagination takes me, while i'm sitting in front of my computer, trying to look busy, but simply mending my condition posting entries. alex and i look like shit right now. i don't know about him, but i m having a little tickle in my lips from the abundance of chinese rice wine, red wine and vodka that we were obligated to drink.
yesterday was the new years party of dmg and the chance for everybody to get as pissed as possible. they rented out the chinese restaurant where alex had enjoyed his favorite dish of porkfat with bbq-sauce before, and we were having dinner, got entertainment and were playing drinking games. yes, thats about what you do at such events. eat and drink yourself to delirium. and that's probably why you eat before in the first place, so you don't die.
so, i had a good start, since alex and i proofed before that being german mainly means you can drink more then the chinese, i was called to the stage to performe and express this particular german trait. i was competing in a who-drinks-the-beer-the-fastest-contest. the funny thing was that we had to do it with straws. mmmhhh.....i won anyway. i basically beat the pants off them. i don't know if the victory is good or bad for my reputation. we'll find out.
but i got a starbucks thermo mug, so thats's cool.
after they started eating, we got to the lucky draw. basically they couldn't pronounce my name when they pulled it out of the box, so after 2 min of struggling i was on stage again and was handed THE most wonderful multi-genius-electronic thing. the toaster-slash-coffeemaker-slash-oven. i was supposed to drink a full water glass of chinese vodka, but seriously, i would have puked on their feet if they would have made me do it. so, roger, from the account took a stand and exxed it right down. god guys, seriously dieses zeug ist zum kotzen.
sebastian was also forced to ex one, but as he said, 'it just came right back out'.
haha, so as u can imagine the whole thing was great fun, everybody was still having a great time when it was time to jog with wine.
after, alex and i had jogged even with the drivers and cleaningladies at their back table, the mood started to shift. as dan put it, 'the grass-in-the-wind stadium' was now over and the grass about to break. so, the first made their way home. others couldn't really.
alex, sebastian and i plus another 10 guys from dmg+plus dan and peter (heads of dmg) were actually the last ones standing. dancing to chinese covers of electronic sommerhits, we were ready to go and change locations. so, the evening eventually ended after a few more hours and a few more drinks. and this time I ended up with a girl in my place. yeah, figure that out. =)
but it had obviously been more that just drinking, attending this event was very cool for both, alex and me. it was great to see, how everybody had a wonderful time, to see the videos and making-ofs of commercials and events that dmg had produced last year and just to have such nice people around u. and, of course i got the toaster-slash-coffeemaker-slash-oven. so, here is a reason to be happy.
did i mention, i forgot to take my toaster-slash-coffeemaker-slash-oven when i left the restaurant?
February 12, 2007
February 11, 2007
about cakes, toiletts and multi-tasking
where do i start? this weekend has been weird and crazy.
after the presentation to vw, the atmosphere was finally relaxed again after everybody had been working and stressing so much. we actually got more than 2 hours of sleep. so, basically it was time to party again.
even though, alex and i had to submit our quarter away choices, we successfully postponed it to yesterday. the weekend was free time, no worrying about next quarter.
it all started out on friday. alex and i were asked by sebastian and nanni to be the photographers for the Mercedes New Years Party. the location was pretty cool and packed. nearly everybody of the mercedes crowd was there. we knew a few of the german interns already, alex even better than me, but there were also hundreds of chinese employees. after a few speeches held by the board (awfully poor english on the german side) and some more or less funny videos about the different departments, it was time for a round of 'who wants to be a millionaire'. and here starts the embarrassment.
fucking hell. they hid stickers under the seats and whoever was sitting on such a chair had to be the contestant. great technique! and who was the lucky one??? me!
i really tried to maneuver myself out of it, by smiling but vehemently shaking my head. and who thought we germans were stubborn? the fight was lost before it began. i was standing there like the last idiot on the planet still shaking my head like i had Parkinson's.
i might would have had a chance if it were questions about everything else but the chinese company history of mercedes. but, hey, of course it was about numbers, locations and other sort of really interesting facts of MBC.
i was standing on the stage in front of these mercedes people with no fucking clue where the last trainee camp was build, shanghai or beijing, how many spear-parts they had sold in 2006 or whether their employees were taught how to manage angry customers.. haha, so being the foreign looser was great. at least i got a nice mercedes jacket, made in china, which means that after opening the first button it just cracked and now my wonderful mercedes jacket doesn't close anymore. damn!
after that episode, i took advantage of the free alcohol.
alex was still shooting his way through the slowly but constantly more drunken people, while i did my best to get where most of the chinese already were. but the most gruesome things were yet to come. the buffet!
the chinese seem to take a rather intense interest in buffets. you have never seen a more skilled people in shoving up food on a small plate. it was amazing to watch. while some created true masterpieces of something that at some point looked like modern art others just stayed where they were put. in front of their favorite food. and, no, they wouldn't leave. just standing there, eating from the plate in front of them, while a big cue was building up behind them. but the chinese have nerves. they don't give a fuck about anyone thats not related to them. so, i just got a few sushi and the hell out of there.
the event had started at 2 and now by 8 i was wondering how long it would last. but that question answered itself pretty quickly. 2 secs after the big lucky draw, where nearly everybody got a price, ALL of the chinese where gone. i had just gotten myself a new white wine and when i turned around, the place that before had been crowded with happy looking chinese was empty. the only thing left was a few german interns and the board members. due to alcohol and a youth in the 80s they soon started to shake everything they got to nena.
sebastian and alex and i were passively standing and watching with our glasses. we decided it was time to change locations.
picking up our jackets we collected three mercedes cakes. they didn't make it long. sebastian, cold-heartedly, threw two of them out of alex apartment. mine is still sitting on the fridge next to my new mercedes s class model-car.
anyhow, we ended up at kai's again, where someone was getting so pissed that he was 'multitasking' around and we fought over the fact who would get a round of drinks. after i had a nice encounter with kai's toilette, voted the worst toilette in whole beijing, we decided to move on. suzi wongs was the next stop. i dunno what happened, but alex was suddenly gone and sebastian and i kept up the legacy by staying there till 6 or something. pissed as shit. but in beijing u don't need to worry about anything. you ll always get home. u just get the next of the 70, 000 taxis and pay ur 1.10 euro. so, somehow i ended up home and went to go shopping. the sun was shining and it was warm, which happened to be great, since alex had left with my jacket.
so, i got my yoghurt and water and went home. i could still see the left overs of the cake sebastian had thrown out earlier. but i just had to sleep.
the rest of saturday is another story, alex got more to tell about that.
but guys, what's that stuff about the milk; i don't get it.
after the presentation to vw, the atmosphere was finally relaxed again after everybody had been working and stressing so much. we actually got more than 2 hours of sleep. so, basically it was time to party again.
even though, alex and i had to submit our quarter away choices, we successfully postponed it to yesterday. the weekend was free time, no worrying about next quarter.
it all started out on friday. alex and i were asked by sebastian and nanni to be the photographers for the Mercedes New Years Party. the location was pretty cool and packed. nearly everybody of the mercedes crowd was there. we knew a few of the german interns already, alex even better than me, but there were also hundreds of chinese employees. after a few speeches held by the board (awfully poor english on the german side) and some more or less funny videos about the different departments, it was time for a round of 'who wants to be a millionaire'. and here starts the embarrassment.
fucking hell. they hid stickers under the seats and whoever was sitting on such a chair had to be the contestant. great technique! and who was the lucky one??? me!
i really tried to maneuver myself out of it, by smiling but vehemently shaking my head. and who thought we germans were stubborn? the fight was lost before it began. i was standing there like the last idiot on the planet still shaking my head like i had Parkinson's.
i might would have had a chance if it were questions about everything else but the chinese company history of mercedes. but, hey, of course it was about numbers, locations and other sort of really interesting facts of MBC.
i was standing on the stage in front of these mercedes people with no fucking clue where the last trainee camp was build, shanghai or beijing, how many spear-parts they had sold in 2006 or whether their employees were taught how to manage angry customers.. haha, so being the foreign looser was great. at least i got a nice mercedes jacket, made in china, which means that after opening the first button it just cracked and now my wonderful mercedes jacket doesn't close anymore. damn!
after that episode, i took advantage of the free alcohol.
alex was still shooting his way through the slowly but constantly more drunken people, while i did my best to get where most of the chinese already were. but the most gruesome things were yet to come. the buffet!
the chinese seem to take a rather intense interest in buffets. you have never seen a more skilled people in shoving up food on a small plate. it was amazing to watch. while some created true masterpieces of something that at some point looked like modern art others just stayed where they were put. in front of their favorite food. and, no, they wouldn't leave. just standing there, eating from the plate in front of them, while a big cue was building up behind them. but the chinese have nerves. they don't give a fuck about anyone thats not related to them. so, i just got a few sushi and the hell out of there.
the event had started at 2 and now by 8 i was wondering how long it would last. but that question answered itself pretty quickly. 2 secs after the big lucky draw, where nearly everybody got a price, ALL of the chinese where gone. i had just gotten myself a new white wine and when i turned around, the place that before had been crowded with happy looking chinese was empty. the only thing left was a few german interns and the board members. due to alcohol and a youth in the 80s they soon started to shake everything they got to nena.
sebastian and alex and i were passively standing and watching with our glasses. we decided it was time to change locations.
picking up our jackets we collected three mercedes cakes. they didn't make it long. sebastian, cold-heartedly, threw two of them out of alex apartment. mine is still sitting on the fridge next to my new mercedes s class model-car.
anyhow, we ended up at kai's again, where someone was getting so pissed that he was 'multitasking' around and we fought over the fact who would get a round of drinks. after i had a nice encounter with kai's toilette, voted the worst toilette in whole beijing, we decided to move on. suzi wongs was the next stop. i dunno what happened, but alex was suddenly gone and sebastian and i kept up the legacy by staying there till 6 or something. pissed as shit. but in beijing u don't need to worry about anything. you ll always get home. u just get the next of the 70, 000 taxis and pay ur 1.10 euro. so, somehow i ended up home and went to go shopping. the sun was shining and it was warm, which happened to be great, since alex had left with my jacket.
so, i got my yoghurt and water and went home. i could still see the left overs of the cake sebastian had thrown out earlier. but i just had to sleep.
the rest of saturday is another story, alex got more to tell about that.
but guys, what's that stuff about the milk; i don't get it.
February 7, 2007
February 1, 2007
killercoys vs. bullshit
well, well, well....schau einer an. my reputation is reaching new hights. :)
tja staussi, soll ich dir gleich mein ganzes fotoarchiv schicken?
today was a 'beetle-day'. after presenting our pro looking scribbles. mmhhhh, we got to 'flush' a few of them. at dmg that means, develope further. our concepts were mainly for beetle, touareg and phaeton. the first two are quite easily accessable, but the phaeton is one shitty piece of craftmanship. and as always: THE CAR NEEDS TO BE BIGGER!
yesterday, my power shut down. just like that. the first time since 2 weeks it was great to look in the mirror. seriously, the food and the smog fucks up your skin. but whatever. i was basically a little freaked out. but since it happened to alex before, i just took a cold shower and we went for breakfast at 'Paris Baguette', where they even have Schwartau Marmelade (jam). and REAL coffee. in china you get a power-card, like a credit card for energy. so, when its out of money they shut down ur energy. well, i got the card recharged and ....got my heating back. right now it feels like its -15 here and the wind is awfully chilly. so, heating is kinda nice.
bla bla, anyway, we canceled our dinner reservations for today. we were supposed to go to the hilton beijing, where the Handelskammer had a dinner party. Why did we do that? I DUNNO.
by the way, the killercoys are swimming in our little lake in the office foyer and when its getting late they always form some sort of a sleeping formation. however, they have to be careful not to get gripped by the current and smashed to death.
so, now i m gonna stop talking nonessential bullshit.
tja staussi, soll ich dir gleich mein ganzes fotoarchiv schicken?
today was a 'beetle-day'. after presenting our pro looking scribbles. mmhhhh, we got to 'flush' a few of them. at dmg that means, develope further. our concepts were mainly for beetle, touareg and phaeton. the first two are quite easily accessable, but the phaeton is one shitty piece of craftmanship. and as always: THE CAR NEEDS TO BE BIGGER!
yesterday, my power shut down. just like that. the first time since 2 weeks it was great to look in the mirror. seriously, the food and the smog fucks up your skin. but whatever. i was basically a little freaked out. but since it happened to alex before, i just took a cold shower and we went for breakfast at 'Paris Baguette', where they even have Schwartau Marmelade (jam). and REAL coffee. in china you get a power-card, like a credit card for energy. so, when its out of money they shut down ur energy. well, i got the card recharged and ....got my heating back. right now it feels like its -15 here and the wind is awfully chilly. so, heating is kinda nice.
bla bla, anyway, we canceled our dinner reservations for today. we were supposed to go to the hilton beijing, where the Handelskammer had a dinner party. Why did we do that? I DUNNO.
by the way, the killercoys are swimming in our little lake in the office foyer and when its getting late they always form some sort of a sleeping formation. however, they have to be careful not to get gripped by the current and smashed to death.
so, now i m gonna stop talking nonessential bullshit.
January 31, 2007
January 30, 2007
January 28, 2007
Good Morning BEIJIIIIIIING
actually i was gonna post some pics today, but i forgot to bring them to the 'place of the holy internet'---the office. mmmhh, damn. anyway, i ll try to get them online tomorrow. yesterday was a great day, alex and i didnt wake up at 5, but at 3 instead, so basically the day was still to come and ours. we took the cab to the Bahai Park and as we were driving through Gongnentijungchan Beilu i was already discovering the Beijing i had been looking for. it was still very commercial but the whole feel of the streets and places was more hutong than business.
i think the city is gearing up for chinese new year, there are red lampions everywhere. at night the red shinny dots look amazing and even though they are hanging next to neon-lights, advertising thai foot massages, it looks somewhat ancient.
anyway, the Bahai Park is wonderful. its located north-west of the vorbidden palace and in its middle is a small lake. since the lake was frozen many people were ice-skating on it. however, truth to be told, i m not sure if this lake had more than 5 deadly mm 'icing' on the surface....thats what i call 'preventing overpopulation'.
we were watching them through the window of one of our new fav restaurants...i forgot the name, but whatever. the food was great, but if any of u would have seen us order there or any other place in beijing, u'd call us crazy. here u don't just order one dish and then its urs to eat. in china everyone eats everything. whats on the table is for the whole communist bunch...seriously, sometimes its pretty unnerving: u order rice with vegtables and u ar soooo loking forward to eat them, but as soon as it arrives at ur table, 5 pairs of chopsticks are already heaving 'your' food on different plates. mmmmmhhhhhhh, so what u do is, u order more than one dish, just to make shure u aso get some of the good stuff. and in my case, since i have the bad luck to always order the wrong thing, i just order many different things to decrease the chances of getting the shitty stuff.
so, to come to the point, yesterday we ordered about 7 dishes. one was the chinese adaption of apfelstrudel, very yummy.
and since yesterday was special, we even odered a 'milk te' instead of the usual coke. alex got a honey melon tea, and bei gott thats how it tasted.
well, now we are back in the agency having fun with the fish and the lumalife technology. haha, ok, i need to concentrate and finish my mc donalds coffee.
i think the city is gearing up for chinese new year, there are red lampions everywhere. at night the red shinny dots look amazing and even though they are hanging next to neon-lights, advertising thai foot massages, it looks somewhat ancient.
anyway, the Bahai Park is wonderful. its located north-west of the vorbidden palace and in its middle is a small lake. since the lake was frozen many people were ice-skating on it. however, truth to be told, i m not sure if this lake had more than 5 deadly mm 'icing' on the surface....thats what i call 'preventing overpopulation'.
we were watching them through the window of one of our new fav restaurants...i forgot the name, but whatever. the food was great, but if any of u would have seen us order there or any other place in beijing, u'd call us crazy. here u don't just order one dish and then its urs to eat. in china everyone eats everything. whats on the table is for the whole communist bunch...seriously, sometimes its pretty unnerving: u order rice with vegtables and u ar soooo loking forward to eat them, but as soon as it arrives at ur table, 5 pairs of chopsticks are already heaving 'your' food on different plates. mmmmmhhhhhhh, so what u do is, u order more than one dish, just to make shure u aso get some of the good stuff. and in my case, since i have the bad luck to always order the wrong thing, i just order many different things to decrease the chances of getting the shitty stuff.
so, to come to the point, yesterday we ordered about 7 dishes. one was the chinese adaption of apfelstrudel, very yummy.
and since yesterday was special, we even odered a 'milk te' instead of the usual coke. alex got a honey melon tea, and bei gott thats how it tasted.
well, now we are back in the agency having fun with the fish and the lumalife technology. haha, ok, i need to concentrate and finish my mc donalds coffee.
January 25, 2007
after a day at home (i felt like shit) i am back in the agency designing decorative fish for the office. quite a challenge as u can imagine. otherwise, it's been a very chilled day, eating sushi for lunch and drinking a starbucks coffe of the day. very exotic! well, having a real coffe can be very helpful after being sick to ur stomach.
the day before yesterday, alex and i were introduced to a 'real' chinese restaurant, with chickenfeet, chickenhead, intestine, sharksoup, and all the other great stuff. however, alex really topped it. he had a dish of PURE PORK FAT and he LOOOOVED it. haha, thats how u get sucked into the chinese culture, eating pork fat. i ordered a big fat dish of pure vegetables, it was wonderful to have something in ur mouth thats still crisp and not cooked and marinated, neither slimmy, nor sweet and sour.
alex is probably dragging me to that restaurant quite soo again. he needs his fat...haha, he is gonna kill me if he reads this. ohhhhhhh shit.
anyway, i am happy he didnt eat the intestine, he would have probably made me try.
other than that, theres not much to tell. we've got interviewed by a 'journalist' from the american ambassy today. she is doing an article on dmg and therefore us, being the 'creative force from europe'...or something like that.
we'll see how that goes.
alex has been partying, again! he is developing into a partyking. while i am at home watching a movie, he is out checking out all the girls at susi wong's and all the rest of beijings bars. i feel like i am 60. but then again, i m not really into russians. haha.
anyway, tomorrow i am gonna go out with alex to the 'stammtisch' where all the foreign interns in beijing meet and mingle. wow, expatsbubble!!!!!!
the day before yesterday, alex and i were introduced to a 'real' chinese restaurant, with chickenfeet, chickenhead, intestine, sharksoup, and all the other great stuff. however, alex really topped it. he had a dish of PURE PORK FAT and he LOOOOVED it. haha, thats how u get sucked into the chinese culture, eating pork fat. i ordered a big fat dish of pure vegetables, it was wonderful to have something in ur mouth thats still crisp and not cooked and marinated, neither slimmy, nor sweet and sour.
alex is probably dragging me to that restaurant quite soo again. he needs his fat...haha, he is gonna kill me if he reads this. ohhhhhhh shit.
anyway, i am happy he didnt eat the intestine, he would have probably made me try.
other than that, theres not much to tell. we've got interviewed by a 'journalist' from the american ambassy today. she is doing an article on dmg and therefore us, being the 'creative force from europe'...or something like that.
we'll see how that goes.
alex has been partying, again! he is developing into a partyking. while i am at home watching a movie, he is out checking out all the girls at susi wong's and all the rest of beijings bars. i feel like i am 60. but then again, i m not really into russians. haha.
anyway, tomorrow i am gonna go out with alex to the 'stammtisch' where all the foreign interns in beijing meet and mingle. wow, expatsbubble!!!!!!
January 22, 2007
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January 21, 2007
work hard and party harder
that in fact is alex and mine new motto. last week has been exhausting. even though the pitch has been postponed over and over again, the pressure was keept up by simply not telling us. ;) well, it was worth it, by saturday we were finished with our layouts, even i...haha. and now we are working on vw, which is great, because the tonality is much more western, no more dragons and frogs and what not.
gael, our cd, just resigned and is off to singapore or someting. which leaves us with the all-chinese creative team..mmmhhh, so, there we go again: frogs and dragons.
saturday, however, was the night. we went out with sebastian, the german account planner and went to a club called kais. MY NEW FAVORITE CLUB IN THE WORLD. seriously, after being in all these mallorca clubs with chinese flair and hookers, it is wonderful to find a club that looks like crap and all the people dance because they like the music, not the guy next to them. Furthermore, the wodka redbull costs 1 euro, so thats convincing as well. there were many expats, so that was a nice change. not only chinese girls and guys. so, alex and i had great fun. man, i love that club and wodka redbull. haha, anyway, we went on to the suzi wongs, 80's LA. Honestly, i didnt really noticed anything anymore....i just sorted all the business cards we got on the way.
i think i m getting robins attitude, work during the week and go out hardcore on the weekend. every weekened!
so, now i will go and get some coffee.
gael, our cd, just resigned and is off to singapore or someting. which leaves us with the all-chinese creative team..mmmhhh, so, there we go again: frogs and dragons.
saturday, however, was the night. we went out with sebastian, the german account planner and went to a club called kais. MY NEW FAVORITE CLUB IN THE WORLD. seriously, after being in all these mallorca clubs with chinese flair and hookers, it is wonderful to find a club that looks like crap and all the people dance because they like the music, not the guy next to them. Furthermore, the wodka redbull costs 1 euro, so thats convincing as well. there were many expats, so that was a nice change. not only chinese girls and guys. so, alex and i had great fun. man, i love that club and wodka redbull. haha, anyway, we went on to the suzi wongs, 80's LA. Honestly, i didnt really noticed anything anymore....i just sorted all the business cards we got on the way.
i think i m getting robins attitude, work during the week and go out hardcore on the weekend. every weekened!
so, now i will go and get some coffee.
January 9, 2007
internet/corona
so, here we are again.
first i have to say: I hate the chinese internet!!!!!! it takes me 10 min to upload flickr, not to mention the total disability to upload pics on this blog. some shitty earthquake in tailand has "destroyed" the chinese internet, maybe it was simply the government, who knows. i have tons of pics already i would love to share, but maybe i should describe them instead...?! ;)
anyway, working on the final audi pitch here at dmg is opening my eyes concerning the possibility of just IGNORING budget completely. HA! i'm loving it. they are creating the most extraorinary techniques to re-launch the brand with new ads/tvc/events, etc. in real life this would cost the company millions, billions and gold barrels. as if the new R8 is not flashy enough.
now, people from the shanghai office are coming in to support the dmg force. haha, and alex and i right in the middle, thinking about giant winding flatscreens that communicate the concept auf wen/wu. Its great to be free of limits and simply play around with ideas without killing them because of budget issues. we could probably feed 3/4 of africa with the money we need to built our pop up events. its advertising-made in china.
now, its time to go for lunch and alex and i are wondering if we want noodle soup or noodle soup. mmmmmhhhh.
the food here is great by the way. u can pay standart european prices or go with local fares. the food is about the same, maybe u pay for hygene but who cares, as long as u dont get sick.
even if i have wrote it before: A SIX PACK CORONA COSTS 85 CENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!
so, go die of envy. ;)
first i have to say: I hate the chinese internet!!!!!! it takes me 10 min to upload flickr, not to mention the total disability to upload pics on this blog. some shitty earthquake in tailand has "destroyed" the chinese internet, maybe it was simply the government, who knows. i have tons of pics already i would love to share, but maybe i should describe them instead...?! ;)
anyway, working on the final audi pitch here at dmg is opening my eyes concerning the possibility of just IGNORING budget completely. HA! i'm loving it. they are creating the most extraorinary techniques to re-launch the brand with new ads/tvc/events, etc. in real life this would cost the company millions, billions and gold barrels. as if the new R8 is not flashy enough.
now, people from the shanghai office are coming in to support the dmg force. haha, and alex and i right in the middle, thinking about giant winding flatscreens that communicate the concept auf wen/wu. Its great to be free of limits and simply play around with ideas without killing them because of budget issues. we could probably feed 3/4 of africa with the money we need to built our pop up events. its advertising-made in china.
now, its time to go for lunch and alex and i are wondering if we want noodle soup or noodle soup. mmmmmhhhh.
the food here is great by the way. u can pay standart european prices or go with local fares. the food is about the same, maybe u pay for hygene but who cares, as long as u dont get sick.
even if i have wrote it before: A SIX PACK CORONA COSTS 85 CENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!
so, go die of envy. ;)
January 7, 2007
welcome to the agency
we've done it. alex and i are sitting on our desks at dmg on the 25th floor. it's our first day at the agency and it looks like we will be working on their big audi pitch. we've got about 12 days until the final presentation. our tasks are mainly btl and it looks like as if alex and i are gonna work on seperate sections. he'll do event promotion/ CRM and I will do inflight promotional design + CRM. uha. we will have "visualizers", graphic designers/web designers, etc. that will support us with our layouts.....how fucking great is that...hahaha.
the agency is still under construction, there is a constand noise level and a smell of chemicals. but the view from here is amazing. u can see the vast amount of skyscrapers that give beijing a rather modern western look. we will make a before and after pic of all the construction sides we see from our window, so we have proof of the chinese take over and the connected perill that we as westeners are facing.
the last week we 've spend here has been very helpful in order to get a feel of the city and the whereabouts. at least now we know where the supermarket and the german ambassy is. very helpful ;)
got to go to work now...
the agency is still under construction, there is a constand noise level and a smell of chemicals. but the view from here is amazing. u can see the vast amount of skyscrapers that give beijing a rather modern western look. we will make a before and after pic of all the construction sides we see from our window, so we have proof of the chinese take over and the connected perill that we as westeners are facing.
the last week we 've spend here has been very helpful in order to get a feel of the city and the whereabouts. at least now we know where the supermarket and the german ambassy is. very helpful ;)
got to go to work now...
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