skateboard analogies

after a long trail of practice here are one of the first shots of my comeback - getting better but still trying hard

Short update on my latest hobby

For those who are interested in the current state of my skateboarding endeavors - feel free to compare the following pic with the one two post below :-)

chien pien, wan hua - a thausand changes, ten thausand forms

...or the latest book i've read...again - "Sun Tzu's The Art of War".

and here is the jizz of it - meaning the most memorable encounters of mine while i was reading this great piece of literature.

"To kill the enemy is only impulsive rage; but to profit from his defeat is to gain over his wealth"
"To break the enemy's resistance without fighting is the supreme skill"
"Invincibility lies in one's own hands, but the enemy's vulnerability is of his own making"
"Energy is like a fully drawn crossbow; the decision is to strike in the timely release of the trigger."

and here my favourite one that TOTALLY applies to my life:

"NONE OF THE FIVE ELEMENTS - WATER, FIRE, WOOD, METAL AND EARTH - IS ALWAYS PROMINENT; NONE OF THE FOUR SEASONS CAN LAST FOREVER; THE DAYS ARE SOMETIMES LONGER AND SOMETIMES SHORTER; AND THE MOON SOMETIMES WAXES AND SOMETIMES WANES.

and a final one...

"Know your enemy, know yourself and your victory will be undoubted."

So far so good - this is what kept my mind busy lately. Next in the pipeline: The Prince from Niccolo Machiavelli. So stay tuned for more enriching quote extravaganza.

Hope to hear from all of you

MLC

i am alive...

hideho,

after a long time of written absence i want to announce my comeback with...somewhat...useless information. what happened in the last couple of weeks:

1. a trip to mumbai (former bombay) india: in short - loud, poor, dirty - loads of work, numerous conversations with my fellow indians, some presentations and overall a successful stay for my company

2. the purchase of my newest gadget - please refer to the picture below. back to the roots you might say - and you are right indeed. since i live close to a skate park and i did skateboard when i was younger i figured that this might be a good workout on the weekends. we will see what happens - but since my friend gee is joining me it is going to be fun at least. two 25 year old idiots on skateboards - that has to be good...right ?

other than that i still feel comfortable in this disneyland-like city called singapore. the job is great...so what else is left to say other than me hoping you are fine???

alright fellow readers - i am out of here...but will be back shortly with some detailed descriptions on the latest bails and stories.

holla

marc le conte

bangkok - sins and tragedies

...actually i could stop right at this point with my story - cause the name speaks for itself. but maybe i give it a shot and share my feelings and experiences i made in thalands capitol with you. yet another business trip brought me here namely the partner channel enablement bootcamp - which in fact is not more than a vast amount of workshops given to SAPs partners - so nothing that could probably interest you i guess.so lets start with the "bangkok" monologues instead. as nasty as it might sound now but i would actually rename the city to bang cock. quite frankly speaking the city is a pool for western european fuck ups who try to get some a game to the bedroom because they cannot get it at home anymore. this rough - but honest - summary of the cities major intent is caused by two major incidents. And here are the related storyboards:

1.Markus @ Hyatt Hotel Bar Bangkok

Since every club closes around 12 in bangkok on Tuesdays and we still felt the urge to get a cold beer our quest for some liquid nutrition brought us to Hyatt hotel. As soon as you enter this hell hole and encounter the strange sounds of the live band the magic starts to happen. caucasians mingle with thais - girlfriends get pissed off by women hitting on their husbands all the time and i am in the middle - touched and hit on all the time. the only way to overcome this unpleasant situation is by simply ignoring the fact that prostitutes are pinching your hand and butt all the time. this is about the time when they realize that 25 year old austrians are not interested in (granted) good looking hookers from the subasian continent. however though - there is some fat and ugly people making the pitch, dancing with these thin and unfortunate thai girls which made me feel really sad - namely by realizing that the stories i heard about this place are really not a hoax.

2.Markus and Hock Peng (my colleague) @ Patpong (Red Light District)

After my colleague and I got some cloths shopping done at 11pm last night (11.05.2007) he wanted to give me the real thai treatment and show me Bangkoks red light district). You cant really refuse as someone being me and therefore we hit the subway and went there. it started off quite ok with a couple of nice shops selling sex dvds - so nothing to get angry about and progressed to a shocking experience by walking the patpong stretch up and down. the middle part of the road is occupied by people selling fake products - the right an left lead to "clubs" presenting the interested tourist with "shows" of a wide range - starting from women doing freaky things with razorblades and ping pong balls up to women having sex on stage with ugly british guys...at that point in time i want to make the clear point that i did NOT attend one of these shows - i have been told these stories by my colleague while we were having a beer outside one of these noisy places. i am not even going to get into the prostitues running around and hunting for foreigners thing because it really disgusts me...

So overall the impression that bangkok left with me is the one of a troubled city that has lost the fight against sex tourism a long time ago and cannot get out of it anymore. there might be a lot of respectable places that i havent seen but you can really feel the inherent anger of people on us caucasians that we screwed up their country...

...which made me think and lead to the conclusion that - YES we ARE responsible for that mess - and NO - there is no foreseeable way out of this since its one of the major sources of income in thailand. we did it again dum dums...so whenever anyone who is fat bold and ugly tells you he is going to spend his vacation in thailand because of the nice landscape just give it a shot and spit on him...cause thats hard to believe once you have seen whats going on here in bangkok.

alright then - a drastic story with no ending this time - i a not going to be back in thailand soon i guess...but hey at least the food is good...

marc le conte

singapore update

hi guys,

due to my continuous efforts to expand the reach of this blog i already had people complaining about the fact that my posts are mainly in german. since i am a nice guy and i am capable of communicating in english as well i hereby concur to your wish people and will hook you up with an english update every once in a while. so what happened in my life recently - nothing big really. job is going very well - travelling has added some value to it as well i suppose - and i am cought up in this constant wave of learning and getting real life business exposure...

...a good thing to have as a young graduate to be quite honest. the major learning of the last couple of weeks was basically the fact that you know very little once you graduate. however if you put in some effort your first weeks, months, years of working you can actually leverage on you non existing knowledge and create great opportunities to grow. so i am trying to make my best out of it and get my butt on the line as often as possible.

there is no news on the private sector whatsoever though - still single but still alive and feeling comfortable. since this is becoming a constant state of mind already i got quite used to it and do not care any more. its a waste of time to even think about it which is why i am not going to elaborate on it further...

however it would be good if each and everyone could give me a quick update on his or her current situation (jobs, etc.) because i havent heard from most of you in ages - some people actively use this strange technology called e mail every once in a while but most of the others dont...so make use of it...

cheers for the moment from flipping hot singapore...

markus

the end of the world

herrliches cover auf youtube

hallo zusammen...

update kommt morgen - fuer den moment bitte diesen link verfolgen und geniessen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_o0Xi2kd0k

ciao

the new me - marc le conte

menschen veraendern sich - und da ich ja schon immer ein freund des konzeptes alter ego war hier mein beitrag zum prozess der veraenderung. vieles (wenn nicht alles) das in naechster zeit so von mir ins weltweitnetz gestellt werden wird, laeuft ab nun unter dem wohlklingenden namen marc le conte.
in hoffentlich absehbarer zeit, werde ich eine kleine selektion der musikalischen erguesse der letzten zeit verfuegbar machen. die blutigen anfaenge sind ohnehin schon auf www.mooox.org abruf - und hoerbar.
ich hoffe in zukunft jedoch auf tatkraeftige unterstuetzung meines lieben freunden Gee (der ab dienstag ebenfalls singapur seine heimat nennen wird), meine basis tunes auf das naechste level zu hieven.
mir schwebt schon das bild der 2 MACs vor, die da links und rechts neben einem synthesizer und einem mischpult im cafe del mar stehen und feinste house und lounge tunes am ende einer langen nacht von sich geben werden - ist noch ein langer weg dahin, aber es ist ja schliesslich nichts unmoeglich - in diesem sinne wieder einmal - auge aufs ziel...mal sehen was daraus wird.

cheers

marc le conte

- same s...t different continent -

das uebliche prozerdere nach einer langen nacht in den abgruenden der heimischen clubszene draengt uns bisweilen IMMER zu einem akt des grossen essens um 5 uhr frueh. location - mc donalds clarke quay singapore. zu unser aller erheiterung ist neben einem ganzen haufen hungriger, mueder clubber auch die spezies des klassischen tischschlaefers anzutreffen. bekannt aus der heimischen zeltfestszene, hat die oben angesprochene soziale interessensgemeinschaft nun auch die ansaessigen gefilde erreicht und greift wie die pest um sich. an folgenden orten durfte ich schon zeuge der ueberaus interessanten handlungen dieser menschen werden.

u bahn > bibliothek > universitaet > restaurant > cafe > office

man sieht - wer nicht dabei ist hat was verpasst - also ran an die tische...

ein lautes gaehnnnn

markus

things i like at the moment...

music > royksop, azuli, studio brussel, sven vaeth, fabrik
movies > insider
others > our gym, our pool, reading

just to let you know - more coming soon

...just another day in my life...or just a better one

genossinnen und genossen...

30 grad, sonnenschein, ein herrlicher pool und frisches sushi - kann es ueberhaupt noch besser kommen. die antwort ist ja - es kann. nette leute, frueh aufstehen und ein gutes buch. und aus eben diesem werde ich jetzt einen kleinen auszug vorstellen.

name: representative men
inhalt: autobiografien folgender honoriger herren - plato - swedenborg - montaigne - shakspeare - napoleon - goethe

alleine das prefix gibt schon einiges her - wie nachfolgende auszuege beweisen sollten

"The search after the great is the dream of youth and the most serious occupation of manhood."
"Man is that noble, endogenous plant which grows - like the palm - from within outwards."
"The true artist has the planet for his pedastal."
"Each plant has its parasite and each created thing his lover and poet."
"We are multiplied by our proxies."
"Age is the instructor of a hundred ages."
"The soul is impatient for masters and eager for change."
"The worthless and offensive members of society, whose existence is a social pest, invariably think themselves the most ill-used people alive and never get over their astonishment at the ingratitude and selfishness of their contemporaries."

...tja und das soll erst der anfang sein - frage und/oder ausrufezeichen...

naechstes buch in der pipeline sun tsu - the art of war...

so watch out - there is a lot more where this is coming from - and its coming...i can tell you that.

cheers

mooox

apartment impressions v.2 - the new place

apartment impressions v.1

in anbetracht dessen, dass ich in 2 stunden meine derzeitige wohnung verlassen, und in eine andere umziehen werde, moechte ich euch die ersten 2 come-back wochen in singapur natuerlich nicht vorenthalten. beginnen werde ich mit einer beschreibung der in den bildern enthaltenen personen- darauffolgend mein eindruck des zustands der wohnung- abgerundet wird das menue mit einem ausblick auf kommendes.

/ personen:

thomas (der daumen hoch typ auf einem der bilder) - praktikant bei infinion, hat gerade auf den philippinen studiert und kommt urspruenglich aus bauern. kleines detail am rande - der mann trinkt kein bier (bayern ist auch nicht mehr das, was es einmal war)

sebastian (grosse bild nr 2) - praktikant bei SAP (value engineering), studiert an der handelshochschule leipzig, kommt gerade von einem einjaehrigen aufenthalt in peking bei daimler. absolut herrlicher schmaeh der junge mann - taugt

konstantin - studiert ebenfalls an der HHL, arbeitet bei infinion und spielt professionell frisbee (ultimate frisbee falls das jemand von euch kennt). das ist eine mischung aus rugby und football - ziehmlich eigenartige, aber interessante spielerei denk ich mir mal...

tja und sonst kamen und gingen immer wieder leute (11 waren wir am hoechsstand) - nicht sehr erstrebenswert jedenfalls.

aus genau diesem grund wird der liebe herr hickl auch die zelte abbauen und sich umorientieren. aber halt - die wohnungsbeschreibung. ich mach das jetzt mal im memo style denk ich.

kakerlaken stop
gruener 70er jahre fussboden stop
kueche nicht benuetzbar, da absolut schmutzig - stop
zimmer alt und ungepflegt stop
kann gar nicht stop

nur gut, dass das gebauede in naher zukunft heiss abgetragen werden wird - moloch beschreibt die bauliche wirtschaft mit abstand am besten.

jedenfalls bin ich jetzt noch 90 inuten hier - genug zeit also kurz zu beschreiben wie mein neues zu hause so aussehen wird. ein kleines zimmerchen hat sich der hickl geschnappt - grad gross genug um sich ein bisschen auszubreiten, aber alles in allem sehr ueberschaubar - rechts bett, davor kasten. links kommode, davor schreibtisch. ABER - das zimmer ist zur haelft mit vom boden bis zur decke reichenden fenstern ausgestattet. das heisst - viel licht - UND - davor ein riesen balkon den ich mit ein paar palmen ausstatten werde - dann pflanz ich mich auf einen stuhl, schau ueber die stadt und lese ein gutes buch. darueber hinaus bietet das gebauede annehmlichkeiten wie ein fittnesstudium, squash, tennisplatz, nagelstudium (naja gut...aber trotzdem) und natuerlich ein riesen pool - alles zur freien benuetzung natuerlich. der spass kostet mich dann 400eur, was in anbetracht dessen, dass ich mir reisekosten zum buero spare (ist ja mitten im zentrum und 5 minuten zu fuss ins buero), bzw kein geld fuers fittnessstudio ausgeben muss nicht so schlimm ist - ausserdem ist wireless internet und strom auch inkludiert (heizen muss man hier ja zum glueck nicht). alles in allem eine nette sache - die leute kenn ich auch schon - ein mensch von mc kinsey, eine kollegin von sap und...der rest wohnt im 2.stock - also ohnehin nicht so relevant (gibts ueberhaupt einen rest??? koennt ich jetzt gar nicht sagen eigentlich)...

photos gibts demnaechst... bisweilen bleibt nur zu sagen - YIPPPPPIEEEEEEE

cheers

markus alias mooox alias marc leconte alias panda alias massguss alias hixi alias max (da ist schon was zusammengekommen - herrschaftzeiten...)

Mein Block aka peter und christophs reise in die weite welt

servus zusammen

mit freuden darf ich verkuenden, dass ich die letzten tage die ehre hatte den herrn glisic und seinen freund christoph zu besuch zu haben. im folgenden einige impressionen einer wirklich netten stadttour, die gleichzeitig als erstes wieder herantasten an meine derzeitige heimatstadt gedient hat.


Skyline

Theater

Wahrzeichen von Singapur

Peter und Christoph @ Newton MRT Station