14. November 2004, 20:26

About crying men

First, you might be surprised, but men are also human beings. And like any human being they have feelings, too.

So, actually, to cry is a quite normal human expression of a feeling, why shouldn't men behave like normal human beings, too? In my opinion, men, who are not able to cry or always try to avoid to cry, are not honest or they are without true feelings.

I don't speak of men, of course, who might always cry like little children at any little opportunity - I speak of men crying in appropriate situations and for appropriate reasons as love and death.

Well, if I were a girl, I would prefer a man, able to cry, than a man, always trying to avoid to express his true feelings and therefore is cold-blooded and, actually, boring. I, generally, don't like too cool people anyway. I also don't like parents, who say to their little sons, when they cry, that they have to stop, because "Boys don't cry!" What a bullshit!

In my point of view, such crying men are also the better lovers, because of the all the reasons mentioned before...

6. November 2004, 17:34

5. November 2004, 23:59

31. Oktober 2004, 20:30

I took the opportunity to go to the biggest church of Berlin, the "Berliner Dom", because today was a so-called "Day of open doors" there, which means free entrance for all with some special activities and events for the visitors.

I haven't been there so far, but it is impressive, especially inside. What a huge cathedral. It was the church of the last German Emperor Wilhelm II, therefore a lot of Kings and Queens and their entire families are burried in many tombs, which can be seen in the crypt.

I heard a lot of the history of that church and about the interior of it, and after I went on the top of it to have a view over Berlin I listened to a organ concert.

Now I am back and have not much time, because I have to prepare my today's meal - duck with potatoes and red cabbage.

28. Oktober 2004, 18:23

Last night I finished to read a book again - this time: "Unsichtbare Schatten" by Gundega Repse ("Invisible Shadows"/"Enu apokrifs", 1996). As you can see, this is a Latvian book - about Riga, about Latvia's nature and about the people of Latvia.

Well, why I have read it? I just wanted to know a bit more, how it is to live in Riga and in this country in these times, especially from a younger perspective. Well, actually, I had been more interested in a view from the Russian minority - and, unfortunately, this book is absolutely not from this point of view...but anyway, - some situations and circumstances might be the same, particularly for the younger generations. And furthermore, this book was the only one, which of the contemporary Latvian novel-literature is available here in Germany in German, as far as I could see.

So, what is the story about? There is the hero of the novel Nina. She is captured in an apartment in Riga by her husband and guarded by a female Vietnamesian servant. Nina escapes this prison and fleas out of Riga to the shores of the Baltic Sea. There she meets a man, Haldor. With him she goes to a little village, where she gets acquainted with the family of Haldor. Nina goes with Haldor on a boat-trip on the river Abava, they all celebrate a Mid-Summer-Night-Party, and she falls in love to the man. At the end, Nina leaves the country and she also leaves him.

In flashbacks you learn again and again more about the past of Nina, of her parentsand grandparents, of their life in Soviet Latvia, when she was a child and girl and also about the history of Haldor's mother. And all in all you learn much about the recent history of Latvia.

So, what should I say, I am glad, I've found that book. But first, after I've just begun it, I thought, I would never finish it, because it was really difficult to read and even more difficult to understand! And I mean, REALLY difficult!

After I have reached to read one page, I thought, it took time as I had read one whole chapter. And I wasn't quite sure, if I have understood correctly, what I had just read. The book is written in a real hard way to read - long sentences without real ends, many descriptions of dreams and fantasies, of feelings, thoughts and of the nature. And furthermore the story is contained in a complicated construction.

Well, but when I have now finished it, I think, it wasn't as bad at all, quite the contrary, it is a real good novel. I have not only learnt much, I think, I also can now understand much more...

25. Oktober 2004, 02:16

Приятно! Отлично! Вкусно!

I am so proud!

24. Oktober 2004, 23:59

I had a short trip to the nearby palace "Schloss Niederschoenhausen" in Pankow and had a walk through the lovely park there.

I sat on a bench, let shine the sun on my face and watched for a while the playing kids on the lawn, the kissing couples and all the other promenading people, old and young, who used like me the fine sunny weather for a walk.

22. Oktober 2004, 20:34

Because today was sunny and warm weather I decided to go a bit by bicycle through the city.

So it happened by accident, that I came to one of the last three places in Berlin, where some original pieces and segments of the Berlin Wall has survived. This place, where I was, is not very far away from where I live and it is the official monument and the documentation center of the Berlin Wall. So, I visited shortly that center and had a view on the rest of The Wall from the platform.

Well, besides this, you see, my life isn't so exciting now - but you might know this from your own current life... Not every day happened anything extra-ordinary - but is this so bad?

15. Oktober 2004, 03:15

I was in the "Gemaeldegallerie" again to see the second half of the gallery, which I haven't enough time for the last time.

It was as beautiful and amazing as always, as the last time.

Tizian, "Venus mit dem Orgelspieler" ("Venus with the Organ Player"), 16th century

14. Oktober 2004, 14:47

I visited the German-Russian Museum in Berlin-Karlshorst. This is the historical place, where on May 7th/8th, 1945 the unconditional surrender was signed by Shukov and Keitel. Thus the place of the end of the Second World War.

There also is an exhibition about World War II and the relationship of Russians and Germans before and after the war. Very interesting!