Our possible Route to New Orleans in August

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Bronwyn wants to make a trip xross country east to west. I will most likely go with her till the south coast to New Orleans. On this way we gonna cross Knoxville and Nashville in Tenessee. Driving time about a 22 hours. We want to get there in about 3days and spent two there. Then I will take a plane back to NY and she will get on heading west with Paul who will fly to New Orleans to join the road trip.

so long Klemens

Brooklyn Bridge Improove Everywhere

The video of the flash wave from the Brooklyn Bridge is finally finished. Regrettably it doesnt look that good. At least the GIF and some pictures are pretty awesome...

lg Klemens

Winamp Lyric Plugin

Hey,
Today I found a plugin for WinAmp and Windows Media Player. No longer searching for lyrics on the web. Just start listening to your favourite songs in one of these players and the lyrics will be displayed automatically.If the lyrics are not found, you can add them yourself :)
It is really an amazing feature which you wont miss anymore once you got it!

Bronwyn and I checked out Chillis a restaurant chain. It was quite good and afordable. Now I am watching the day after tomorrow.

lg Klemens

Lacrosse

Today when I picked up Andrew from the bus Joe C. had to come to our house because Mariko went to the dentist. When Adam got home Vincent C. also just got over from the Griffith's house (neighbors). We did the homework together but it was kind of a bit loud. Andrew finished first and started to play basketball.
After Mariko picked up the Como kids, Adam went to play the Smackdown VS RAW 2008 featuring ECW (extreme championship wrestling). At 6 Adam and I read books on the terrace and later Adam Andrew and I played Lacrosse (LAX). At 8 o'clock Adam watched the WWE Monday night Raw show. Andrew went to bed at 08:30. I will get off at 09:30 and then I will call Mariko.

so long Klemens and Adam

Makro Lenses

The wheater today was great. Ulrike and I went to Manhattan and it had sun everywhere. I bought new equipment for my Camera Eos 400D at Adorama at 14th street 5/6 Ave. I got a Canon 200mm Telelense, Makro Extensionstubes from Kenko and a Polarizer filter. I just spent 430$/ 273€ because the things where already used. I hope I got some time in the next days to try out my new stuff.
Later we walked to the Central Park and relaxed in the sun. After burning in the sun we walked to the Pennstation and rode to Mineola. We went to Starbucks and had coffee and tea. Then we walked home.
At night I went with Mariko to Applebees and ate some Onionrings and had a drink called Mudslide (Kahlua and Vannillaicream with chocklate topping).

lg Klemens

Floralpark Mari Mary

Yello,
today I had to work from 3 till 7. After work, Mary from Brooklyn (old Nanny of the neighboors) came to visit. She and Mariko from the Comos came over to my basement. We took some weired pictures and took the train at 11 to Floralpark. There we went to Duggens and later walked to Easystreet.
There we met some friendly local people, who took us to another bar at Franklin square.

lg Klemens

Floralpark

Today Michelle came to visit us. Bronwyn drove us to Floralpark where we went out. First we went to Duggens and later we drove to Easy Street.

Fairground

After work till 09:30 Bronwyn Andrea, Kevin, and I went to the local fairground. It was already closing so we went on to "Easy Street" in Floralpark. We celebrated Bronwyns final exam till a few month.
After a few drinks Kevin brought me home. We all had to work the next day.

lg Klemens

Red Bull and Manner Wafers

Hello,
Today was a common working day(1:30pm - 9pm). Before I started I drove with the bike to the next supermarket and bought some Mannerwafferl and Red Bull... Yea we do have favourite Austrian exports. :)

lg Klemens

James Hoffman BBQ, NL 54

Hello everybody,
After some batch work I finally got the perfect image-size for the internet.
Everybody is welcome to write comments. If anybody wants to have some of the pictures in high resolution just ask me.

I uploaded them on flickr.com. Regredably the order of the time is not 100% correct.



But i am sure u should be able to find pics of u if u have joined the party. :)
Below here some links with all the pictures:
Overview of all
Here a slide show

About the party: It was an awesome first "real American party" for me. Red Cups, Beer Pong, Slip & Slide and English speaking drunks. Altogether I think it was a big success and i it was nice to have so many different people/cultures together.
I hope everybody had as much fun as me so stay cool. C U @ the next party.

lg Klemens

EDIT: I was able to arrange the Pictures by date now everything should be in order!

Easy street

Yesterday Kevin, Hoffmann, Kristina and I went to "easy street" a bar in Floral Park. We a lot of fun. At the Gasstation I bought chips and weired looking cake. It looked like a pink hegehog. It was very nice to hang out with some guys.










I brought my small camera and took a few pix. Tonight we did not decide what we are gonna do. Night is still young 8:46

lg Klemens

Indiana Jones

3:14 am:
Against the bad Canes-crictics of the movie did I betake myself to the premiere and watched the show.
As fan of the Iniana Jones movies which are for sure the last one with Harrison Ford I was a little bit disappointed.
I really liked the beginning it also catches up with the old parts. But some of the scences and dialoges are really stupid.
Just one short scence in words. Indie accidently got to a atombomb testfield. He rescues himself from the nuclear detonation by steping into a leaded fridge. He flys 3 km in the air crashes and gets out without a scratch.
But I promise you a lot of unexpected scences. So watch it yourself.
My rating is just a 6 out of 10. ******

greetz Klemens

Newsletter 53

Hello everybody,
Its wendsday and the wheather finally got better. We are heading for the weekend and its gonna be nice. On Monday there is a national holiday - Memorial day. My friends and I are gonna have a BBQ at Hoffmans house. A lot of people ar comming. Maby thats the first real american party I am joining as u can see them on the movies. I am sure its gonna be a lot of fun from sunday to monday.
I also wrote a lot of stuff which happend during the last days on my blog... , thats also the reason why my Newsletter will become shorter, so please read to stay informend.

so long/short Klemens

Central Park in transform von Winter zu Frühling meine neueste Foto arbeit

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Good evening,
Today nothing much happend. It rained the hole day. After I got up I went to sign the monthly meeting pappers for my LCC (Local Childcare Coordinator). Then I made a quick stop at Bronwyns hostparents house to drop of a gift for Magrette (Brons hostmum) for bringing me to the bike store and they also got a labrador mix puppy. It is really cute and small.
Later I picked up the Bicyle which I brought to the store to get it fixed because the chain broke. The bike is in bad shape but i can drive with it. Brakes and tires are ok.
At 3 pm I started to work till 8pm.

lg Klemens

Gapstowe Bridge season transform

Hey,
Today not much happend regular working day. I finished work @ 10 pm and now I am watching TV. Here an awesome picture (FC) whicht i merged together out of two of my pics from the Gapstowbridge. Hope u like leave a comment!

lg Klemens

Websterhall

Hello,
I just got home from the websterhall club in NYC. I ve been there with Andrea and Ulrike. We didn't stay long but we walked to the Pennstation thats why it is 4:25 now. Tomorrow or better today i have to work at 8:30 but just till 12. So i better go to bed now to get some sleep. Hope you are all doing fine.

greetz Klemens

Newsletter 52 Improove Everywhere

Yo fellows,

Yesterday I participated on my first mission as agent for the online community Impoove Everywhere
About 600 People with cameras met at Foleysquare. The mission was to form up a line accross the Brooklyn Bridge and make a flash wave. Everything got filmed from the Manhattan Bridge. The weather was terrible! I rained cats and dogs and there was also a lot of wind on the bridge. We all got soaking wet! I hope it will look good on the video. So far they are still working on the tape.
Here a few pictures. It was dark rainy little foggy... ahm perfect conditions for taking pictures. :)

vlg Klemens

Narnia Pince Caspian

Yello,
Yesterday Andrea Ulrike Chris and I watched the permiere of the new Narnia. We went to the cinema at 11pm and at midnight the movie started. At 2:35am the show was over and we went home tired. I really enjoyed it. I think it was better than the first one.
9 out of 10 *********

lg Klemens

Blog archivierung

Serwas

So heute hab ich alle Newsletter archiviert und sämtliche Bilder und Videos bereitgestellt. Ich hoffe ihr hab Spaß damit. Ihr könnt rechts in der Reiter Leiste nach Datum oder Label(Event) suchen. Oben Links könnt ihr alles eingeben und suchen.
Würd mich sehr freuen falls ihr nach dem Lesen Kommentare hinterlässt.
in diesem Sinne gut Nacht Amerika und guten Morgen Österreich.

lg Klemens :)

Newsletter 51

Yello,

Sorry that I let all of u wait so long for the next Newsletter.
Ahm yea my friends and I celebrated @ Kevins House Kevins' and my birthday. We had a lot of fun, ate Schnitzel and potatoesalat. Later we went out to a sportsbar in Floralpark. My mom visited me over the last weekend. I picked her and a her friend up from the airport and drove them to Garden City were we had dinner together with my hostefamily. I showed them the house and brought them to the railway station. The next day we had a 12h sightseeing trip on which they saw for sure more than common turists in a week.Later that day I went out to a birthday party in Downtown with Bronwyn Kevin and Paul.
The next day I met Mum and Lilly again @ the Guggenheim Museum. They had an exhibit from a famous Chinese Artists. I was the best I ve seen so far in NY. He made art with fire, Tragic Statues and stuffed arrowed animals. Thanks again to everybody for the wishes and gifts. @ Konrad thank u for the book I recived it yesterday! @ Anna thank u for the gift I was surprised ;-)attaced there are a lot of pictures of my friends my mum and me. I hope every body is having a great time!

lg Klemens

PS: The new movie from Ashton Kutshur "what happens in Vegas" is watchable funny 8 out of 10 stars********
On Friday 12am my friends and I are gonna watch the new Narnija Movie called "Prince Caspire" i ll tell u if it is worth to watch...

Klemens' Life Blog start

Hallo zusammen!
hab mich gestern zusammengerauft endlich einen Blog zu machen. In diesem Blog werd ich haupsächlich alle Newsletter und Fotos archivieren und ihr könnt natrülich alles nachlesen, anschauen und abonieren.
Gerne könnt ihr mir auch kommentare hinterlassen.
Klemens' Life
Es würde mich freunen wenn ihr es anschaut es war einige Stunden arbeit.
Derzeit alles von 2008, 2007 werd ich erst noch archivieren sobald ich mehr Zeit habe.
Viel Spaß damit. ...und ja ich werde die Newsletter vorerst auch noch via Mail ausschicken, denke aber das ich den Blog wahrscheinlich bald ausführlicher nutzen werde, da ich ihn von überall updaten kann.

vlg Klemens

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Jakob Sophie Birthday book

A online present of my siblings. It's a virtuelle book to go through. I really like it thank u!

vlg Klemens

Newsletter 50 ******

Yello everybody!

As u can see the trees here a blooming and we also got a pink tree in front of the house like in Riedegg. Andrew and I tried to put the dogs in position but they are not very fotogen. Crazy Kovu loves to dance and old Kiara always barks if Kovu does steals her toys or just for fun till the family puts Kovu in the Cage.
A few weeks ago I teached Andrew and Adam how to play soccer. Andrew really loves the sport and is getting good. Adam is most often the Goaly and from time to time he puts his pants down just for fun. I told him not to but he thinks he is funny.... CRAZY!
One time we went playing minigulf and another time i showed the kids how to walk 6 blocks without a car!
Tomorrow I am celebrating my birthday @ Kevins house a 25 year old Hockey Fan a good friend of us. He also had birthday yesterday. I will cook Schnitzel and Bronwyn will make potatoe salad.
We gonna stay at his house for 2 or 3 hours and then go out.

so long Klemens

PS: Hier gibts kein Tag der Arbeit am ersten Mai. Hier gibts arbeit auch am ersten Mai! :p

Newsletter 49

Hello,
Recently notthing happened here. Except the tree and a lot of plants are blooming. Our news are filled with the pope and the visit in Manhattan. I didn't went to see him. I signed in at C W Post where i ll take my next Courses for another 3 Credits. Then I finally finished all of them. Yesterday I really got papers from Cultural Care about the extending program. But I wont stay here longer. :)
My mother is comming soon to visit me here.
Gas price for one Gallon reaches 4$.
I did not loose my jacket... I found it again.
MEDIA here is stupid!!! ...yesterday they arrested a young boy who wanted to blew up his school with a bomb. They talked about how he wanted to do it and wrote the ingredients like a recipe for a pie on the screen. No wonder the kids get bad ideas if they read what they need... just stupid!

lg Klemens

Free Tibet 2008 - Golden Gate Bridge Eifeltower Paris San Francisco

Newsletter 48

Serwas Österreich!

Mal wieder ein Letter in Deutsch da mich dieses aktuelle EU Thema interessiert.
Ich bin ja nicht so der Fan von der EU. Ich glaube das unsere Neutralität damit wirklich den Bach runter geht. Wir sollten uns nicht von jmd. andrem lenken lassen. Die Schweiz hat das auch immer noch geschafft. Eurofighter sind erst der anfang. Je größer eine Nation wird desto derber wird die Machtgeilheit und die Wahrheit wird uns verschleiert. - ich sag nur Amerikaner werden hier für blöd verkauft ohne das sie es merken. Ich hoffe dass das nicht uns passiert!!! Fakt is je größer ein Land is desto größer wird auch beschissen.

rettet-oesterreich.at

hier die Broschüre für den Vertrag sieht sehr vielversprechend aus.
Broschüre
aber so wie sie schreiben das die EU keine Einbahnstraße sei kann ich mir das beim besten Willen nicht vorstellen.

Mich würde eure Meinung dazu auch sehr interessieren...

lg Klemens

Newsletter 47

Yello,
Now we just arrived safety at home from our trip to mount white face next to lake placid. It was a 300 mile 6 h trip. Lake placid (close to the Canadian border and Montreal) is one out of three cities in the world who has hosted winter olympics twice. St. Moriz Swiss and Innsbruck Austria are the other two. L.P. is more a village with a population of 2600. It is very nice friendly and inviting. The mountain is tinny compared to Austrians ones, but the slopes are also very nice. We slept in a small cottage for 65$ a night. The vaccation at all was quite cheap. About 200$ for food skicards, equipment renntings and gas. The snow was already melting but we were still able to go all the way down, but still the consitiance is a little like mashed potatoes diffrent then in Austria. The weather was very sunny and warm.
We also wanted to bobsled but they already closed the icetunnel track after 3pm. Regreadably we all have to work tommorow again.
I hope u r all fine.

lg Klemens

Newsletter 46

Hello again,
Wow I never got that quick that much response. I did not expect that so much of u really belived my april fools joke. To sum up I will not extend and will come home in September. The rest of the mail was true. I am sorry i hope u are not mad or dissapoitent now. I hope u all had a great 1.of April. Tell me if u made send sombody into april!?
Looking forward seeing all of u again. So I ve to start to work now.
greetings Klemens

Newsletter 45

Hello everybody,
Today I got a letter from cultural care au pair. They asked me if i want to extend for another 3 month with better paying. I really think I ll gonna stay another 3 moths (till 4 Dec isnt that long) and i could make a little extra money on the side. Hope u are not mad at me that I have to let u wait a little longer for me. I miss all of u too!
My weekend was great I was bartenting for a birthday party with 60 persons and made 125$. The weater is bad again and I ve to work long. But luckily on Friday my friends and I are going to ski 5 h north from here. Its gonna be a cheap little vacation.
@ Bert HAPPY BIRTHDAY again!
Hope u are all fine. Regretably I do not have new pictures. Dont get much mail...
lg Klemens