Neue Wohnung = New apartment
Sunday, 2. August 2009, 19:54:17
I have been in Germany's most beautiful city for a month now. The time goes so quickly when you are Excel-ing all day.
What do I do in my internship? (I don't think I explained this before)
I work for a company which organises/promotes music concerts.
I enter things into Excel, enter data into our accounting program, pay creditors (it is very interesting to see how much stuff costs!), write bills, translate things from German into English and things from English to German, occasionally ring up English companies, find mistakes in bills we have to pay and ring up the companies to tell them to re-calculate stuff and ect.
The best part is.....I do all of this in GERMAN! My German has improved soooo much and I am really proud of myself. As I am Australian, I have the right to be even more proud of myself because not many Australians can speak 2 languages. Most struggle with English. I sill make mistakes but that's how you learn
It amazes me how the brain learns a new language. I haven't learnt German from a book since high school. Sometimes I will use a word in a sentence and then realise that it is the first time that I have used the word...then I will ask if I used the word correctly and most of the time everything is correct. Most of the time I don't even notice that I am speaking German. I don't have to think about what I am going to say so much anymore, which makes me really happy! However, if some Germans start talking about the government...I wont be saying much!
A month has gone by, that means I have left the couch I was sleeping on and I am now living in another apartment. I am doing a bit of room-sitting for my Favourite German It's a very nice apartment.
What do I do in my internship? (I don't think I explained this before)
I work for a company which organises/promotes music concerts.
I enter things into Excel, enter data into our accounting program, pay creditors (it is very interesting to see how much stuff costs!), write bills, translate things from German into English and things from English to German, occasionally ring up English companies, find mistakes in bills we have to pay and ring up the companies to tell them to re-calculate stuff and ect.
The best part is.....I do all of this in GERMAN! My German has improved soooo much and I am really proud of myself. As I am Australian, I have the right to be even more proud of myself because not many Australians can speak 2 languages. Most struggle with English. I sill make mistakes but that's how you learn
It amazes me how the brain learns a new language. I haven't learnt German from a book since high school. Sometimes I will use a word in a sentence and then realise that it is the first time that I have used the word...then I will ask if I used the word correctly and most of the time everything is correct. Most of the time I don't even notice that I am speaking German. I don't have to think about what I am going to say so much anymore, which makes me really happy! However, if some Germans start talking about the government...I wont be saying much!A month has gone by, that means I have left the couch I was sleeping on and I am now living in another apartment. I am doing a bit of room-sitting for my Favourite German
It's a very nice apartment.A tour....
I like this storage space
The shower tap has temperature control!
A kitchen with a big window! The kitchens in my previous 2 apartments were very dark and one of them didn't have a window!
23 Euro (40AUD$) espresso cups (no, they are not mine). The coloured bits are felt and they are also dishwasher safe
In Germany you cannot buy 1 chilli. You must buy a bunch of 30-something
My room for the next month, complete with big window/door and balcony
Hier ist es sehr gemuetlich!
It is very cosy/homely here
WIDGETIZE
schmienz # 2. August 2009, 20:24
sanshan # 2. August 2009, 23:45
Anonymous # 7. August 2009, 14:06
That sounds like such an awesome job! Especially because it's in German! I'm going to Germany in February for a few weeks :D can't wait!!! :D