336/365: Twenty Days left

Nothing exciting with twenty days to go.

I got a different variation of the green tea I had a few days ago and a salad that was labeled "new". Hey if they label it like that, how can I not count it towards my goal?

I liked the green tea but to be honest, I think the only difference is in the smell. It tasted exactly like the other one.

335/365; A Barrel Of Beer

This time the beer was not for me, neither did I taste it.

There is a little story behind this one.
One of our customers reported a problem in march 2013. After much blood and sweat we were still not able to solve it. Whenever I saw the ticket in my list I would cringe. Seriously, we tried everything. We even had external specialists come in for it.

Then about a month ago we hired a new guy in our ICT. He is a specialist in the field where we thought the problem originated from. We asked him to look into it. Soon afterwards he told me that he might have a solution. I was surprised but didn't rejoice yet. Many had thought they knew the solution and failed.

So I told him, if he really solved the problem, I would not get him a beer but a whole barrel... well, he solved the problem. I kept my promise and got him a barrel of beer. So that's how I came around to buy my first barrel of beer.

334/365: Beachcenter Bern

Volleyball...

..I didn't play it. I just went to drink beer.
We went to the beachcenter here in Bern for a department event. Most of the department went earlier and actually played some volleyball. I stayed behind because somebody needed to babysit the telefon till the office hours ended.

Still the location is really cool. It is especially good for events like we had it. There are indoor and outdoor courts so you can go in any weather.

333/365: Batanun Knäcke

Omnomnom

I bought some Knäcke (bread). I have no idea if there is a name for it in english and since this blogge probably only gets read by my mom, I am too lazy to look it up. Anyhow, first time I bought it. It was really good decision too because it was surprisingly tasty. It went really well with the salad I was having.

332/365: Kyoko Japanese Green Tea

This is my kind of green tea.

Chilled, unsweetened, just great. I saw this one for the first time this passed Monday so I went for it and I don't regret the decision.

331/365: Grizzlies Bern

The time of year without NFL is tough.

So to help me through that time I went to see a home game of the Bern Grizzlies. As it happens, they are really good this year. They are NR. 1 in standings after four games. Of course this was a very different experience to two games I saw at Wembley last autumn but it was still a fun experience. 

My guess is, there were about 120-150 people attending the game. 

330/365: Not Getting Fined

Oh the luck.

I was sitting in the train home from school and my ticket got checked. I gave it to the guy thinking nothing of it. He looks at the ticket, looks at me, looks at the ticket again and then starts to clear his throat. He shows me the ticket and I realize it is not what I needed. Funnily enough, I had bought it at the machine like always when I go to school. I could have sworn I entered everything correct. I must have been bloody tired.

Anyway, he then proceeded to give me a ticket so that I had payed just what I would have needed to pay if I had gotten the correct ticket. I was taken aback because I was counting on a fine and I couldn't blame anyone but me. I have never had to not pay a fine when it was in order. Phew, lucky me. I must have looked good that day ;)

329/365: Kauffmann Butcher

Going all out right now.

I went to Kauffmann Butcher for the first time. In general it has been a while since I have been to a proper butcher. I usually go to a grocery shop and might go to the butcher that they have. Anyhow.. the meat was good. I will give them my business again.

328/365: Nestea Green Tea; Peach

A cheap and easy one

I had a Nestea Green Tea; Peach.  A bit too sweet for me to be honest. I like my green tea cold but without sugar.

to be honest, I am getting pretty sick of this blogging. I am looking forward to the end of the project :)

327/365: Anchor Steam Beer

Can't stop me now.

More beer, guess I will not change much before the project is done. The Anchor Steam Beer is another good entry into the micro brewery scene from america. Never shall I think again about beers like Budweiser when I think about America. This little beauty is from Frisco and I enjoyed it quite a bit.

326/365: All Out

I am running out of ideas, I admit it.

But then, I am at day 326. Can you rally blame me? Sometimes it is hard to believe a whole year will be done already. For this day I had dried strawberries, a new type of protein shake, bought a salad at a place where I had never bought one and tried a BBQ bread. Don't ask me what in the bread makes it a BBQ bread.

It all tasted pretty good I have to say. I am a fan of the dried strawberries. Such a great idea. Awesome for cereal, ice cream or just pop em in the mouth like that (it's what I did). Perfect light, healthy snack while lounging on the couch after a tough workout.

325/365: Moritz Aka More Beer

Another beer.

Seriously though, I could do this forever. My guess is, I could have tried a new beer every day for my project and not once would have had to drink the same beer twice. I am pretty sure though I would be fat new. 130 calories a bottle.. not good my friends.. nooot good.

The beer itself was unremarkable. I think it's Portuguese or something. One could think differently when seeing the name but I shit you not.

324/365: Beertasting; GPA Global Pale Ale

Beer!


And then some more beer. I had a GPA. It means Global Pale Ale. I am not writing more about this beer because it was just another beer. Deal with it.

323/365: Fireside Gathering @ Eevent Lan

I went to a LAN party.. it's been a long while since the last time.

A LAN party is something from my past. You get a bunch of people together. They all bring their computer and you waste the weekend away with binge gaming. Back when I went to a number of these events, another reason was to exchange movies and music (the internet was really slow back then) but I guess that is not a incentive anymore. 

It was cool to go but felt a bit weird. Maybe I just have to admit that I am too old. Then again, I have to admit that I wasn't there for the whole weekend. I only went for the Saturday and I only brought my Ipad. The LAN Party also featured a little Fireside Gathering and that was the reason I went. 

A Fireside Gathering is a little thing Blizzard invented for Hearthstone players. If you play a few games against players in the local sub-net, you get a special card back for your deck. Since I had just started playing Hearthstone a week prior to this event, it sound like a great idea to go. 

I was not wrong. It was great. There were around 12-14 people there that came just for the Fireside Gathering. It was cool to play against someone that was sitting at the same table.

They also organized a small tournament. I signed up of course, might as well if I am there anyway. I won one game of my first BO3 series aaaaand the tournament was over for me. Still, I felt good that I had actually managed to win a game. As I said, I had just started playing the game and had many things still learn, still have in fact. 

The whole thing was organized by Barcraft (look them up on Facebook) and I hope they will do something similar again sometime soon. I would really like to do it again. Maybe win more than one game.. 

322/365: Beertasting, "The End Of The World" Edition

No really, it was the end of the world..


.. that is the name of the beer. Well to be exact, it is in french; "La Fin Du Monde". Quite a strong beer it was with 9%. I liked it quite a lot but probably wouldn't drink two during a normal week day. One of them is quite enough.

319-321/365; Ooopsy

I messed up

Just the other day I spent some time cleaning up pictures from my phone. Mainly food/drinks pictures that made it on the blog in the last 320 or so days. From the looks of it, I was a little overzealous. I had a copy of the pictures on my work laptop but since it needed a fresh reset too, well those were gone as well. 

This leaves me with the situation that I don't have pictures for days 319-321 and since I am about two weeks late with posting, I have no idea what I did for those days. Still, I make the rules and I decided that they will still count. I am 100% sure that I did or tried something new, I just don't have proof or any recollection of it... 

So this post will have to do for the days 22.04. to 24.04.2014.