I'm back, and I'm leaving

March 8, 2007 at 9:41 PM

My last entry is from October!!!

Sorry for the interruption. I have been pretty busy looking for a job, finishing my thesis and finding time to practice with my violin. I must recognice my practice has not been like at the beginning, when I arrived to Villach, or maybe I'm just tired.
The music school director doesn't count on me for the orchestra any more. Anyway I already quit in the school as well as in the company. From April 1st on I'll be working in Zurich.
I try not to be too sincere with my friends here but I can't help it, I can't wait any longer to be out of Villach. I think I even know what I'm going to do on Sunday 1st, there's "Le nozze di Figaro" in the Opera in Zurich, let's see if I can reserve one ticket...

Actually I sent the thesis to Darmstadt for correction. In the mean time I enjoyed austria's main industry. If you think Austria is the land of Music (as I did before coming here) you're absolutelly wrong, Austria is the land of Ski!

I will tell about Switzerland as soon as I'm there. Now I have to go to bed. Have fun!

From Donna Clegg
Posted on March 9, 2007 at 2:19 PM

Hot violin dude returns!

From Karin Lin
Posted on March 9, 2007 at 5:15 PM

Hey Donna, you beat me...I was going to say that! ;)

Congrats on the new job. I hope you'll be much happier in Zurich. Just don't leave US, ok?

From Jesus Contreras Espada
Posted on March 9, 2007 at 8:48 PM

I must warn you again, I wish you were right but you're making a mistake. I'm not hot at all.
Do you see snow melting around me?

Thanks, Karin. You really puzzled me at first. I understood "don't leave U.S.".
You know you don't need to worry. We MUST keep in touch so I can help you come to a German speaking language. Why not Switzerland? ;)
(did you know that many times they show subtitles in german TV when swiss people speak? swiss German is impossible!!)

From Karin Lin
Posted on March 10, 2007 at 12:13 AM

Hi Jesús,

In standard English, I would have written "don't leave the US" if I were referring to the country. I should use italics instead of caps, I was just being lazy.

And yes, you might recall that I turned down a job offer in Zurich about a year ago (or we could have been neighbors!). Schweizerdeutsch is crazy indeed...that's one reason I turned down the job. I realized I was a lot less capable in the local language than I'd originally thought, with my decent knowledge of Hochdeutsch.

From Sydney M.
Posted on March 10, 2007 at 1:28 AM

I'm so sorry I was gone when you came to Heidelberg! It would have been great to meet you!

From Linda Lerskier
Posted on March 10, 2007 at 8:51 PM

Yay! You're back!

(You're blog is going to make me sing 'Se veol ballare' for the rest of today.)

xD Karin, I knew you would post!

From parmeeta bhogal
Posted on March 11, 2007 at 12:35 PM

I envy the skiing...

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