Go Red Wings!!

YEAH!! The Red Wings just won game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals. Usually,
I am not a big NHL fan, but I used to enjoy watching hockey in Germany.
When I came to the US I watched a couple of
game, but it often ends up looking more like
a wrestling match than anything else.
This year I started watching Detroit in the
play offs and I am impressed with the skills
all the teams demonstrate. Since penalties
are crucial in the playoffs, the fighting
is kept to a minimum. Detroit won today
against the Penguins, but they had some luck and it should be
an interesting series.

Movie Reviews:
Terminator Salvation: Another movie of the Terminator series. Lots of
action, lots of cool graphics, not much of a plot. 3 out of 5 stars.

Angles&Demons: Good story and descent acting. Luckily I didn't
remember the story from the book, so the plot twists came as a surprise
to me. Visual not as interesting as the Da Vinci Code, but still a descent
movie. 3 out of 5 stars.

Beam me up, Scotty

I wouldn't call myself a Trekkie, but I used to watch the
original Star Trek series when I was a kid and Captain Picard
and his crew later on. So, when I heard there was a new Star
Trek movie coming up, I was only mildy interested, because the
last couple of ones were merely episodes of the series, stretched
to fit into a ninety minute movie.
Nevertheless I went to see the latest movie
yesterday and I must admit it was a really
entertaining movie. Time wise the movie is
set before the series and shows how the
original crew, lead byCaptain Kirk, comes
together. I especially liked, how the movie
is not taken itself to seriously and how they
are poking a lot of fun at the original series.
I give the movie a 3.5 out of 5.





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As I mentioned before, I liked how the movie is poking fun at
the original series. Besides the classic cheesy lines and terrible
alien make-up (the green girl in the dorm), they also killed
the unknown crew member of the away team and, of course, in
every fight Kirk is loosing his phaser right away and resorts to
hand to hand combat. Classic. They even threw in some classic
lines. Scotty:"I'm giving her all she's got, Captain!"
Mmmm, maybe I am a Trekkie afterall.

Live long and prosper!

Whats funny about that?

This week has turned out to be quite depressing. Everywhere I look its
one bad news after another. So, to lighten the mood I post a couple of
funny videos for your entertainment. And, to get the silly rabbit of the
page.


A classic skid from a German cartoon.


Do you speak English? Funny



And of course, the life of Brian.

Happy Easter !!

No Happy End

Well, Michigan State didn't win the NCAA title. It wasn't even close.
The bar was eerily quiet during the game and when it was finally over,
most of the people already went home. It was a stark difference from
the victory last Saturday when the crowd erupted in big cheers everytime
the team scored. So, no happy ending for the local team.
But, life will go on.
Now, that the NCAA tournament is over, I think it is time for SPRING!!!
Not that I don't like snow per se, but I could really do without in April.
Its time for some warmer weather.

Come on Spring. Stop on bye on kick old man winter out of here :)

Final Four

I am usually not a big March Madness fan, but tonight I went to
BBW for some beer and the Michigan State game. The atmosphere
was fantastic and luckily MSU won so everybody was happy.
Now, they are going to play North Carolina. It's been a while since
I've been to a bar full of sport crazy fans. Yelling, cheering and
high-fiving everytime MSU made a basket.
Afterwards we went to a movie. "12 Rounds', mindless action movie
with a predictable fun. 2.5 Stars will do for that piece of work.

Adios Toluca

My time here in Toluca is coming to an end. I finished up my work and I am
heading back home tomorrow. Most of the week I didn't see much of the
town since I spent a lot of time at the GM plant, but tonight one of the
GM engineers took me to downtown Toluca to walk around.
Since it was Friday the downtown center was bustling with activities.
There was music played and people were dancing just for the fun of it.
There were market places with all kinds of stuff for sale.
The city center also has a lot of older buildings and churches.
Most notable was the botanic garden. It is housed in a former
market hall, but all the windows are just amazing pieces of stained glass.









Over all the town area was quite interesting. It took as a while to get out
of the city, since the traffic was just unbelievable. As for the whole week
as I am sitting in the passenger seat, watching how this traffic functions
where lanes are merely suggestions and everybody making sure that
you hear their horns. Good thing I didn't drive myself.