E3.4

The last english-lessen we talked about heuriger.
A heuriger is a kind of a pub where you get traditional austrian food and homemade wine and where you can celebrate in a cosiness atmosphere. Often at a heuriger you get the most recent year's wine served. "Heurig" means this year. Sometimes you will also see some live music at a Heuriger.

The thing i learned the last session is the food called BLOOD PUDDING. BLOOD PUDDING is made of intestines filled with lovely coaqulated blood.
This is not a bad helloween gag, no you get this delicous food at an austrian heuriger and it tastes really good. (i did not taste this yet)

What dou you else get at a heuriger for your money.

• different sorts of ham
• horseradish (take care its hot!)
• black break
• liptauer (it is a sort of spicy cream cheese spread)
• smoked ham
• and delicios knuckles of pork (do not come to the idea to call this an ice-leg :D)
• Schnitzel (A Schnitzel is a thin slice of meat from veal or pork.)

Vocabularies i learned the last time

Sekt - sparkling wine
Most - cider
Mineralwasser - sparkling water
Kater - hangover (drink water, eat some pickled herrings, or take an aspirin if you suffer from hangover)


Homework:
letter p 132 (150 words)
write your blog (done)

E3.3

PUDDLE OF MUDD LYRICS

"She Hates Me"

Met a girl, _________ she was grand (think)
_________ in love, found out first hand (fall in love)
_________ well for a week or two (go)
then it all _________ unglued (come unglued)

in a trapped trip I can't grip
never thought I'd be the one who'd slip
then I _________ to realize (start)
I _________ _________ one big lie (to be living)

She fucking _________ me (hate)
trust
she fucking hates me
la la la love
I _________ too hard (try)
and she _________ my feelings like I had none (tear)
and _________ them away (rip)

She was queen for about an hour
after that shit got sour
she took all I ever had
no sign of guilt
no feeling of bad, no

In a trapped trip I can't grip
never thought i'd be the one who'd slip
then I _________ to realize (start)
I _________ _________ one big lie (live)

[Chorus]

that's my story, as you see
learned my lesson and so did she
now it's over and i'm glad
'cause i'm a fool for all i've said

[Chorus]

la la la la la la la la la love
Trust
la la la la la la la la la love
Trust
and she tore my feelings like I had none
she fucking hates me

E3.2

Hello!

The last English lesson we analyzed some lyrics from Verzetnitsch.
To be serious we analyzed some lyrics from a group which wrote a verse which in some maner represented the situation from Verzetnitsch.
[I walk through the shadows of Vienna (something like that, try not to miss the sarcasm)]

We also learnt some new vocabularies: TODO

and last but not least heard a presentation from Werner.
TODO: Summary
One thing that i really missed was a handout from the presentation (in my opinion: this should be an obligation)

We had the task to put also some lyrics into our blog.
Here is my choice:

I took the lyric from the song All along the watchtower from Bob Dylan performed by Jimi Hendrix (in my opinion the best song ever)

There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief,
Theres too much confusion, I cant get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth.

No reason to get excited, the thief, he kindly spoke,
There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and i, weve been through that, and this is not our fate,
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late.

All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.

Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.

E3.1

Hello it is 0300 in the morning and i still suffer from jet-lag,

I am back at Vienna and also FH started already.
Note: First writing this sentence i used the phrase started over which means to start from the beginning.

Our first english lesson was all about ethics.
At first i have to be honest i had no idea how to describe what ethics are.
Now after this lesson i can summarize it with my own words in the following:

Ethics apply to many social areas (politics, economics, environmental, health care, etc.) Ethics describe a personal understanding of what is right or wrong, good or evil. I say personal understanding because in the lecture doing some exercises in groups i discovered that what i thought it wasn't ethical others didn't find that unethical and vice versa. I am not the specialist on that area but there also must be some influence from culture and religion in peoples understanding of what is ethical and unethical.

We should write for homework a short opinion about the following:
Is it ethical for Verzetnitsch to claim termination gratuity? Yes/No +Why?
He can sure claim, but the authority has to proove if he deserves the termination gratuity. But if i may be honest it doesn't interest me in the slightest ;)


Also we should do the etical quiz and put the comments on the blog.
Quiz taken from here
1. Which is worse?

• hurting someone's feelings by telling the truth
• telling a lie and protecting their feelings

Comment: This is situation dependent but i prefer the truth and i would in nine of ten situations tell the truth (right in the face, thats what i like)

2. Which is the worse mistake?

• to make exceptions too freely
• to apply rules too rigidly

Comment: Rules are made to be broken. I have seen many situations where people are just doing what was said, and just following their given rules. It is maybe good for the army but in civil life or business life it is more like a ball and chain.

3. Which is it worse to be?

• unmerciful
• unfair

Comment: This is also situation dependent, but i personally prefer being fair over merciful.

4. Which is worse?

• stealing something valuable from someone for no good reason
• breaking a promise to a friend for no good reason

Comment: Dumb question. Why would i do this things for no good reason? There has to be always a reason, and my choice depends on the reason! I wouldn't do it for no good reason, and also i can't decide which is worse.

5. Which is it better to be?

• just and fair
• sympathetic and feeling

Comment: I personally prefer being fair.

6. Which is worse?

• not helping someone in trouble
• being unfair to someone by playing favorites

Comment: In this case, hellping someone in trouble is favourised because it would the situation is worse. (trouble vs unfair, i prefer helping someone in trouble, but as usuall also situation dependent)

7. In making a decision you rely more on

• hard facts
• personal feelings and intuition

Comment: It is said that a human stomach has also a good intention to show someone which decision to make, because it is filled with nerves all over. It is often said that people are making a decision out of stomach.

8. Your boss orders you to do something that will hurt someone. If you carry out the order, have you actually done anything wrong?

• yes
• no

Comment: I wouldn't do just anything if someone tells me so, even if it is my boss.
No one has such authoriy above me! I would just say i wouldn't do that, even if i would have a disadvantage from my decision.

9. Which is more important in determining whether an action is right or wrong?

• whether anyone actually gets hurt
• whether a rule, law, commandment, or moral principle is broken

Comment: Rules and principles are good but there has to be room for some exeptions, where these rules do not apply.

And here as a result is my score:
Care Score: 6
Justice Score: 3