Turkey! from bens' parents window

I saw them! This is a picture of a few wild turkeys. Ironically we saw them on thanks giving. No eating allowed, they are protected :) I always confused turkeys with the other animal that puts his head under the soil. hmm that thing that can run really fast. But this year I finally found out what I had been eating for years. Oh well.

Another thing I learned. Yesterday was black Friday. The day after thanks giving where stores have up to 60% discounts on all items. Wal mart opened at 5 am! Target at 6 am. (You only get the deals for a few hours). Of course there was a women badly injured because the crowed stepped over and on her on the way to the cheap merchandise. And this coming Monday is Silver Monday. That's the day when everybody returns from work and shops online. Apparently most online sales are done from work because of the better Internet connection. So on Monday the deals will be online.

On Thursday (the real Turkey day) was the parade in NYC. Macy's sponsors these huge balloons (so big a couple of people have to hold them, there is even a guy guiding the balloon holders!). They even have wind measuring things on the street lamps so the pointy lamps don’t damage the balloons. But this year a huge balloon knocked over a street lamp, which then fell on 2 people who got badly injured!

Milk - unhealthy?

Please.. anyone heard about milk being not healthy?
I always thought it's good for your bones and cleans your blood.

Anyone? :(

Ben said my addiction to hot chocolate is not healthy.So I need to proof him otherwise.

Last Saturday

we had a pasta party.
I got a pickle (gurke) from Eric and Robyn. Apparently it's a tradition in Germany to put a pickle on your chirstmas tree.
It has to be the last thing you put on there and it's supposed to be good luck.
Well pickle of course means something else in german. So I explained that it means spot. And they were ahhh.. a "bimple".
So I just left it at that. ;)
So tonight is highwire at botanica. I don't think I can make it because I have been getting up at 6 am with Ben every morning.
8) this is how I look. The 2 DJ's look exactly like on the picture. Really funny.
Oh and yesterday I thought I clean a little. Ok, I was bored and had nothing else to do. So I "pledged". Pledge is the stuff americans use to clean wooden furniture. Well because it was dark I also sprayed some on the floor. I did't remember this morning so I did a full wipe out. Luckily i didn't bang my head on the mirror. I am sure it looked very funny.

I don't have much to say - rip a dvd

I am pretty bored! yawn.
I ripped a few dvds. Oh for all the people who don't know how to do this, here a short tutorial for Mac users.

1. download Mac the Ripper
2. download Handbrake

Then put in a dvd and start mac the ripper. The software will remove all the encryption and put the whole movie on your harddrive. Takes about 20 min. Then rund handbrake to convert the movie into quicktime format. Open handbrake, select the just created folder (created by mac the ripper) and look for video_ts file. It just takes a quick scan. Then select the size, I usually select 700 MB so I can burn it on a disc and in case something happen to your original disk you always have a back up.
This takes about 8hrs. And then you are done! :)

The swiss halloween Party

Just wanted to give a short update. Last week I went to a swiss halloween party. It took place at Chelsea peers on a boat. The frying pan. The ship was really old and "halloweeny" http://www.fryingpan.com/ check it out.
And here is a picture of Anita and I. Since my decision to go was last minute I went as Asian Waitress. :) Not very innovative, I know..

Manhattan

I went shopping with my cousin Anne-Sophie the other day.
To show you how extraordinary NY is here some things we saw:

There was a guy walking around with a Cat on his head.
Living cat - not dead cat!


There was also a guy selling knitted hats. And while he
was standing at his booth he knitted them too. I have never
seen a person knit so fast!

Newest trends in NY boutiques: a paper tube to put over
your head so your make up doesn't stain the clothes. Yes,
it does look ridiculous!

I wish I had taken a picture of the Cat guy though.

Otherwise not much news. Ah... yes.
I got lost on my way back from the job interview. A 45 min
drive ended up taking over 2.5hrs. I have no idea what I did
but normally the only bridge I have to cross is the GWB bridge.
Yesterday however I crossed 4 bridges and one tunnel! Oups!
And I got a parking ticket too. Today I wanted to go and pay it
but I couldn't. Edgewater Election day. So I thought while I am there I can
ask if I can vote too. But Swiss people can't vote. :( Even though I
live here and I am probably one of a few people speaking english
and not korean only!

Back

ok, I can't hide, I am back from Switzerland.
It was great. I got lot's of chocolate "Kinderschokolade" and other stuff. Btw they finally replaced the kid on the Kinderschokolade. the guy with the brown hair and withe teeth. :)
I take a pic hold on.. New guy is on top. Which one do you like better?

Ok, here the big news: I have a real job interview on Monday! @ UBS. :D

Helloween ghosty

Check it out! This is my handmade halloween ghosty. I got lots of candy and even went to get some more when I was running low. Funny: The kids only took Milky Way and Twix no one touched my Lindor-Kugeln. haha.. more for me!

Halloween