Interests

Sports

Sports is one of the most important parts of my life. When I was six years old, I joined our local kayaking club SG Einheit Spremberg e.V. Abteilung Kanu and did race kayaking. Since a couple of years I own a race bike and love to go on a cruise through the landscape. I also do recreational triathlon and quadrathlon and play handball in our University team.

I do not only enjoy sports active, but it is still one of the few reasons to turn on the television. I am a fan of the football team SV Werder Bremen and am member of the Werderfanclub Mitteldeutschland. I still believe in the idea of the Olympics Games and it is my dream to participate in the Games somehow one day. I was very close to be a volunteer for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and I will go for another try in 2012 for the London Summer Games.

Travelling

Not just since my year in Canada I am addicted to travel around. It is a great pleasure for me to go by bike or take a train, a bus or my car to get to know new places and new people in a new cultural sphere. Every trip burns new memories in my mind and brings new ideas and new skills for the daily life. I strongly believe that travelling helps on learning way more than school or university does. Spending three months in a german speaking country can be way more effective than three years attenting german classes.

But cultural exhange is also a big advantage for the own horizon to see every-day-situations from total different perspectives. Hospitable locals give the best impressions and acquaintanceships in a new place. They can show around their town and places not mentioned in any travel guides. This is the concept of “couchsurfing”, a world-wide online hosting community. I am hosting travellers in Weimar and I enjoy welcome people from all over the world in my litlle place.

Computer and Media

At an early age my fascination for technology started. My first computer I turned on when I was eight years old, it became an object of utility for me in a lot of daily activities. I have an own Web Site since 2004, you are surfing on it right now. I see the practical sense of modern technology as the most important kind of media, because the electronic media has an static growing influence on our daily lives and are the most efficient way of information brokering. I am aware of the possibilities but also of the dangers of modern technologies, but I want to learn more about it. This is the main reason I decided to study Media Informatics at the Bauhaus-University in Weimar.

Music

I have a various taste of music. My by far most favourite music is made by the British band Coldplay. I enjoy this kind of calm music of Alanis Morisette, The Editors, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Kettcar, Keane, Oasis, Snow Patrol or Travis. But I also like rock music, e.g. Die Ärzte, Madsen, Muse, Silbermond, Sportfreunde Stiller, The Killers, U2 or Wir Sind Helden. Even classics of ABBA, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen or Phil Collins often find their way through my speakers.

The most special christmas present 2009 from my parents was a guitar. The first time in my life I am trying to learn a music instrument; it is a lot of fun but it also takes some time. So I do not expect any concerts in the next months.