Thursday 12 November 2009

The GTZ Seminar





FuFu Life in Frankfurt - Chapter Two
2nd - 31st October 2009

The GTZ (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit) is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. GTZ promotes complex reforms and change processes, its corporate objective is to improve people's living conditions on a sustainable basis. One of GTZ's strengths is advising on the development of effective strategies and efficient solutions.

So a group of master students of Urban Agglomerations from Frankfurt University of Applied Science was invited to attend the Students' day on Decentralisation, Regional and Local Governance in the headquarter of GTZ in Eschborn together with other master students from Berlin and Darmstadt.


Taking S-bahn train to Eschborn.


Entering the GTZ building.


The lobby.


Registration session.


FuFu's tag for the seminar.


Fruits and biscuits were served on the table besides the beverages.


Still the tropical fruits rock.


GTZ has several big projects in Africa.


The seminar was going to be started soon.


The introduction.


What's decentralisation? Ask this guy please.


FuFu's coursemates were fully paying attention.


Coffee break.


This lady giving speech about the regional and local governance.


This lady was explaining the job opportunity with GTZ.


Lunch break. Euro 6.20 (RM31).


Fried cheese with strawberry yogurt sauce and bread.


Salad - mushrooms, potatoes, beans, corns, etc.


Friend's meat ball with smashed potatoes and purple cabbage salad.


Master students from all over the world.


Taiwan, Venezula, Iceland, Qatar, Ethiopia, Chile, Brazil & Colombia.


The future Urban Planners.


Waiting for the tour of the office.


While waiting and not wasting time, FuFu started taking pictures.


FuFu and Ying-han (from Taiwan).


Majd Abosamha from Doha, Qatar.


Claudia (Chile), Juan (Colombia) & Erla (Iceland).


Erika from Caracas, Venezuela.


Explaining to coursemates how to take pictures with my DSLR.


FuFu was ready but well this picture was not well captured.


The future statue for FuFu should somehow look like this i guess.


The shadow of the six of the gang.


Still waiting the tour to be started.


GTZ was showing the students its high-tech sustainable concepts.


The toilet bowl, separating and recycling human waste into fertilizers.


FuFu was taking video.


Polyana came from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


Erla from Reykjavík, Iceland.


Tanjung Malim, Malaysia is FuFu's hometown.


All students then went up to the top of the building.


The company is located outskirts of Frankfurt.


The group was too big, FuFu couldn't listen to what was explained.


One of the coursemates kept taking pictures.


FuFu then snapped couples of random shots.


Smile~


FuFu is going to be a professional photographer.


Sinidu from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.


Juan Ricardo from Bogota, Colombia.


FuFu and his lovely coursemates.


The tour ended up with number of pictures and laughters.


FuFu was the last to leave.


Ops, took too many reading materials from GTZ.


Walking to the train station.


It's getting dark from 5pm here in Frankfurt.


On the train heading to the downtown.


Went out for a nice dinner with coursemates.


Had a great Italian pizza and german beer.


FuFu's key chain is NWA mini aircraft - FuFu likes to travel.

114 comments:

Nick尼克仔 said...

here I am~
Haha~
finally I get the sofa~

rainfield61 said...

Your study, your travel, your photography, your life, your blog....

All in one.

fufu said...

Nick尼克仔 : lol yeah you got the sofa again... congrats~

SEAson said...

食物好像很好吃,
我也很想可以环游世界...

fufu said...

rainfield61 : yeah... my site my stuff my travel my life and my study now with ton of pictures =p wish you guys like it n_<


SEAson : yeah the food was nice =p anyway i am not travelling now...currently studying in germany ya =p

✿AиG3L✿ said...

wah~又是一篇精彩的文章^^在照片里能感觉到你的开心^^继续保持这样^^

SuwEi said...

能与世界各国的朋友一起是件极之不错的事。。

fufu said...

AnG3L : yeah... had a great day.. but life is getting very busy now... with assignments and presentations >< wish christmas would come faster =p so i could go travel for a while n_<


SuwEi : yeah it's nice to have coursemates from all over the world ya...

✿AиG3L✿ said...

忙归忙,要好好照顾自己的身体呢^^

Reanaclaire said...

hello.. looks interesting.. meeting people from all over the world..

einrihs_shirnie said...

嗯,因为好久没踏一脚走进你的旅程,所以我看了。
就刚刚跟你妹妹ELLY提起你,说看到你的NEW UPDATE CHAPTER 1。1600HRS
现在又看到NEW UPDATE了CHAPTER 2。好喜欢你的BLOG,看了也想过一下瘾才甘心。2255HRS

我要努力到处去走做旅人
本姑奶奶乃是文明马六甲的汉丽宝公主

Anonymous said...

Hallo Fufu,

The purple cabbage salad is actually one of my favourite German food! It's known as Sauerkraut! There's also another version - the white one.

Have you tried their currywurst yet? Ha ha... I also like that!

fufu said...

AnG3L : sure i will... thanks =p


reanaclaire : yeah... glad my coursemates are from different places =p


einrihs_shirnie : well you are friend of my sister?? glad to hear that you like my blog =p as i mentioned, i will try to update more about my life in germany from now onwards lol i still have plenty of adventures to share ya...stay tuned little princess from malacca n_<

fufu said...

1ondoncalling : yeah i had currywurst last week... very good ya =p i love sauerkraut and the white version also not bad... hihihi i will try to make it an entry here for you if i have the chance...

Yih Yann said...

Great to see you doing fine...share more your stories with us :)

将鱼宰 said...

you saw the comment i write in your chatroom? wish you all the best.

Akira 思胜 said...

很好的经验也! 多希望也能参与其中...

Ed said...

今天才在Ikea看見Purple Cabbage,
想說不知道長什麼味道,
結果就看到你也放上來了,
真巧~ 啊哈~

猪公主 said...

wow...amazing ~
1st time c the seminar provide raw+ fresh fruit as dessert..keke!! think will peel of the skin...haha

lol..next year during July i will travel Macau and Hk wit frenz cz we able 2 grab the super cheap flight ticket frm AA. hahah...think of nid ur recommendation 2 me for those main tourist attraction and also the hotel. u can reply me when u free. Take ur time...thx u...

kc said...

how long will u be in Germany??
study there?

fufu said...

Yih Yann : yeah doing extremely great here... just i have too many assignments and presentations ><


将鱼宰 : yeah got it...and replied... so i will see you around march ok?


Akira 思胜 : yeah, it's nice to have such life here in germany... glad i have coursemates from all over the world =p

fufu said...

Mr.Ed : oh really? you should buy it the next time you see it ok? it tastes good =p


猪公主 : yeah i was so surprised to see fruits on the table too... anyway you can have a look on my blogs about hk and macau... you will know where to go and what to do ya... hotel? check it out on AA's website =p


kc : i will be staying here until next summer, then go abroad for a semester and back to germany early of 2011 and graduate in summer 2011

GeOk kEE好きな♡ うち said...

虽然都来自于不同国家,但是你们都相处得很愉快哦!

拿了那么多reading material,读得完吗?

Kikey Loo said...

was thinking go to Germany on Christmas holiday~

fufu said...

GeOk kEE好きな♡ うち : yeah we are getting along well, regardless different background culture languages =p hihihi i only finished one small book from gtz... still have 15 to go... will do the reading later as now i have few assignments on hand =p


Kikey Loo : celebrate christmas in germany? which part huuh? erm... well i suggest you go to berlin or munich ya...

Ayie said...

Seems like you're with a fun group, that's good! Now you can enjoy as much pictures as you want because they are just so game =)

蒲公英 said...

Hi Fufu,你好嗎?好久沒來看你了。一面上課,一面拍照,寓學習於娛樂,不錯嘛!加油哦!

fufu said...

Ayie : yeah... wish we could get along well forever =p yeah some of them real take nice pictures =p


蒲公英 Dandelion : hey it's been a while since i heard from you ya... yeah i am enjoying my life here while studying + taking pictures around =p

Ayie said...

enjoy your studies and take care!

Ayie said...

btw you were asking if i could mail you a postcard so you could have the simpsons stmaps for your collection, you never emailed me your address.

fufu said...

Ayie : definitely... will enjoy everything to the fullest here =p well i totally forgot it...sorry!! i will write you my addy here in frankfurt to you later ok? i gotta sleep zzzzZZZ anyway thanks for the stamps in advance lol sweet dream to you and your fetus n_<

Ayie said...

k sleep tight too fufu, still mid day here =)

fufu said...

Ayie : good nite... it's 12:12am now...

aquarius said...

好好照顾自。。。别忙坏了,一个人在外地没什么人可以好好照顾你。。

Anonymous said...

好想到外国留学~
很不同的生活体验~
羡慕ing~ ^^

clara

pusangkalye said...

great seminar, great people plus great food---what elese can you ask for. hehe

I kinda miss a lot of things in your blog. nice to be back here.

Superman said...

Wow, beer beer. Nice. They food they served in the seminar is so nice. They serve the fruits really fresh and without cutting it in smaller pieces like what the hotels here used to do. But I like it that way. Can eat the whole thing.

Anonymous said...

wow.. Europe seems so fun. I must visit there sometime in the future. :p I'll be heading to Japan in Jan 2010, lol. Btw, thx for visiting my empty blog. haha.

ladyviral said...

Looks like Fufu enjoyed the day~

Fufu keeps himself busy... how does Fufu concentrate with coursemates being cheeky all the time? hahaha

It is fun to meet lots of people from around the world... Fufu is very lucky :).

Che-Cheh said...

You are one lucky dude. Enjoy life. :)

jam said...

Now only I know you are from Tanjung Malim. Hey, the Venezuelan girl looks hot, haha!

Nash said...

wow you got lotsa "international" friends in there haha

i bet you enjoyed the seminar fufu :P

oh well I'm hook up as well with WATCHA SAY by J. Derulo! haha

Vincent said...

hello fufu, how are you doing? hope you are enjoying germany. How long you will be there for?

btw, thanks for dropping by my travel photoblog :)

I will be back in london next april.

cya around :)

Hoobert the Awesome said...

nice! // it seems that you enjoyed a lot. i kept thinking how it feels to be in a group of coursemates that came from diff. parts of the world. it must be nice!

uLi.佑莉 said...

fufu: Wah, just the lunch dy cost RM30++...if not as rich as you, wonder how to survive there lo for long term :p

Bengbeng said...

i would like a replica of the future statue here in sibu too :)

海市蜃樓 said...

究竟你係去讀書定系享受人生?真係羡煞旁人。

夏娃公主 said...

EEEEEE...fufu,你不专心嘛..
人家pay full attention,你就在拍照,哈哈...
感觉你去玩多一点!但是hor,那个lunch,strawberry yogurt,感觉好不好吃那样~哈哈。。。

[SK] said...

haha, your name is "44. KW"?? how come only fruits and biscuits served?? don't you just missed the fried beehoon, curry chicken and kuih-muih served in every conference over here?? hahaha..

fufu said...

aquarius : yeah i will... i have been studying and living in japan for 5yrs... so living in germany would be nothing i bet =p


clara : yeah studying overseas definitely another precious and totally different experiences we could have =p


PUSANG-gala : yeah i request for less assignments and also presentations =p yah and get scholarships too lol you can always come back and check out the previous entries here on my blog when you have time ya

fufu said...

Superman : yeah the beer here is nice but i dont drink that much =p anyway the fruit was nice... but i am missing tropical fruit >.<


petee : hey.. it's been a while since you came here ya... anyway europe is a nice place to visit... wish you could come here and see it yourself =p japan? ops.. i so wanna go back visit my friends and host families >.< anyway have fun there ya


ladyviral : hihi... i always enjoy every moment ya... wont waste any opportunity to have fun with friends =p erm...well thanks god i have gang of nice coursemates here in frankfurt that makes my life even more happier :)

fufu said...

Che-Cheh : erm yes... i totally agree... i am one lucky boy on this planet =p hehehe


jam : yeah i am from tanjung malim =p too bad as Erika has boyfriend already hihihi


Nash : yeah i have friends from all over the world since 7yrs ago =p and few are from the philippines :) hohoho watcha say?? so catchy

fufu said...

Chee Wei : i am doing well here ya... i will be in germany until next summer... i have an exchange semester in either mexico or brazil from Aug until Jan 2011.. so when you wanna come here huuh?

ops... why you go to london every april??



pOot! : selamat lol well having a gang of international students studying together... we can learn a lot of bad words in different languages =p anyway well and also their cultures... overall it's great!!



uLi.佑莉 : the lunch there was damn so expensive!!! usually the lunch at my uni only cost me RM 10++ anyway i will bring my own lunch to save my money ya :)

fufu said...

Bengbeng : lol well guess i gotta be a somebody or do something for sibu so you guys could have my statue over there =p


海市蜃樓 : both... hihihi... cant we enjoying life while studying?? hihihi i can do that!!


夏娃公主 : lol well i did pay attention actually... the yogurt lunch was not bad ya... quite special for me though....

fufu said...

SK : the name of the tag... well i have no idea though... blame the organiser didnt do us a name tag >< anyway the seminar was well i would say... just the interaction with other students was nearly zero T.T... yah i miss kuih muih, mee goreng, nasi lemak etc a lot =p DHL me pls...

Bengbeng said...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1cRlcfTg_v0/SvqWAZ7UVrI/AAAAAAAATEY/cvy7q0yhzVY/s1600-h/fufu+gtz+15.jpg

u r looking fine n well fed.. makes me happy for u :)

冒牌周武王ΨomsΨ said...

haha
我最喜欢水果了 XD

景色满怡人的嘛~

Anonymous said...

我要向你学习,活到老学到老。。。 欧元区生活费不便宜,你应该勤工俭学。

Twilight Man said...

I want! I want! i want your key chain la!
You looked thinner now! Gosh, your mum will be worried when she sees you haa!

小雪 said...

keychain 很可爱咯

Jia Xin said...

how r u in there?
long time no cum here ady lol...

calvin said...

New life in Europe certainly provide you with new food, huh? Bread almost everyday xD

J2Kfm said...

instead of the seminar, i'm eyeing the fried cheese ...
hahaha ... you're mingling so well with the other.

Pete said...

Haaaaa, Frankfurt, I love the food there. Bring back some old memories of my last trip there, landed in Frankfurt,...I was supposed to go to a small town near Colonge, Marienheidi, the taxi driver also not sure, cost me about RM300 taxi fare to get there from Colonge train station. All the public announcement is in German language.......

四月 said...

it is so great =)

fufu said...

Bengbeng : yeah glad you like it =p other pictures also not bad ya n_<


冒牌周武王ΨomsΨ : hehehe fruit is good for all lol we should eat more


紫 朝 : hey you are right...euro is almost killing me >< wish i could get a nice parttime job here sooner =p or get a scholarship hihihi... erm well we should all 活到老学到老

fufu said...

Twilight Zone : keychain? you can buy it when you fly with NWA ok? erm... i am still the same...have the same weight though... but i look tired indeed... i need a break... wanna go travel around =p


小雪 : yeah i love the keychain too...that's why i still bring it along with me =p


JiaXin : yeah i doing well here... yeah it;s been a while since you came here...anyway take care ya my friend lol

fufu said...

calvin : yeah bread and french fries =p i seldom cook now... because i dont have time >< i miss rice very much... anyway will try to cook on the weekend =p


J2Kfm : yeah the fried cheese was yummy N_< and yeah i am such a sociable person... nice to know my nice coursemates too...


Pete : erm... the food here is nice... i still need to try out more food...but after i have money for the german dishes =p hihihi well even in japan,spain,italy,france, etc... the announcement is in their own language also ya... but why you took taxi huuh? the public transport here is very convenient though... :) i have been to cologne but not the small town you have been to... will go check out what is attractive over there

fufu said...

四月 : yeah the seminar was nice... and we had a great time taking pictures lol

嘿嘿 said...

Your face looks chubby chubby now! You must put on some weight with the delicious German foods with beers n wines!
哈哈哈~~~~~

fufu said...

嘿嘿 : really? but a reader told me i looks thinner... so whose comment should i believe huuh? anyway i still have the same weight too... 68kg btw the german dishes are all nice...just i dont have extra money to have more >< wanna save more money to travel =p

Vincent Cho said...

German Beer again... >.<

sally^^ said...

cool..
i wish i can join dis kind of seminar too.. could get to know friends from all over the world! it's really awesome!!

Penny @ Faye_777 said...

那里的食物比较‘吸’引我~~~

O(∩_∩)O哈哈~

Princess Heathasia said...

边出席Seminar边拍照边认识朋友,
太羡慕你了~
BTW,虽然我把部落格关了,但是还会常常来看你的。
谁叫我也喜欢玩?
^^

sock peng said...

你需要学德语??

Anonymous said...

How are you getting on with your German? Its word conjugation is even more complicated than Japanese...

Also, they have gender nouns, etc.
They like to combine nouns together to form super long words! Ha ha...

大変難しいなあ~~~

雪芬 Shirls said...

Wow ! I have not been here for a while, and u have finished your around the world trip and now studying in Germany ? Amazing !

And your readers' comments more than SK, amazing too !

fufu said...

Vincent Cho : yeah because i am now in germany =p hihihi


sally^^ : yeah you should not miss out any opportunity to meet friends from all over the world ok? all the best


Penny @ Faye_777 : okok... i will try to try out more german dishes here lol

fufu said...

Princess Heathasia : why you deleted your blog huuh? anyway it's glad as you are coming to my blog... thanks... i still have many nice pictures to share with you all ya...do come back once a while ok?


sock peng : yeah i need to learn german because everything is in german here ><


1ondoncalling : erm well ...i am attending the german course now...it's harder than japanese T.T yet still so far so good... getting used to it very slow... but i think i would speak and handle the normal daily conversation here with the local =p

fufu said...

雪芬 Shirls : yeah my world tour had ended in 2008 though... but i still dont have time to update more about my adventures >< will do it slowly and now i have new adventures about the life in germany to share... yeah i am studying here now in frankfurt :)

Tes said...

Hello Fufu, your life is definitely full of adventure! Keep safe.

Sam Wong said...

ur life there i think very fantasy oh..
The company look nice and beautiful.
haha...I like the key chain because is aircraft.

Travis.Z said...

Well your world tour had ended, at least your life is always meaningful and admirable.

Le-1502 said...

life in travel,wish 1 day i could have my life as urs! enjoy ur every trip ya~

Le-1502 said...
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shloke said...

Nice! You got field trip as part of your Urban Agglomerations master program. An educational outdoor learning process.

fufu, your 'future statue' look like China's Mao famous pose :) Check this out:
http://tinyurl.com/ybyf4gs

I definitely LOVE the urinal concept. Recycling human waste into fertilizers. This might sound silly. But, I remember reading an article about Singaporean using the 'night soil' (human poos) as fertilizers for veggies (during the old days).

Anyway, looking at your latest pictures make me wanna study again and get a master degree.

fufu, I need your favor. I just published my latest blog article about 'The Good & Bad of KL - Survey With Global Bloggers'. Please VOTE for this entry. Here is the link:
http://tinyurl.com/yhhmlzc

Cheers!
mylo

I AM A BLOGGER said...

fufu bro, u look younger@@ maybe becoz of the food there?

haha, glad that u r having a great time over there^^

三吉 said...

oo..你果然是去到哪里。。就拍到哪里。。
果然是马来西亚之光。。
malaysia boleh...

William said...

Fried cheese and strawberry yoghurt! Wow. Quite a combi.

vialentino said...

yo bro....i am back from krabi...thanks for ur support and visit to my site.

i think u study at wrong field ler...shud study tourism ler...hehehe

damn kao nice frankfurt pics...

jun wei's said...

urban planning? Gut~! may be i should consider germany ^^

小闷瓜 said...

谢谢你和我们分享了那么多
加油啊啊啊啊啊

maii said...

Gutenabend Fufu~~!!
Können Sie Deutsch sprechen? ^^
How are you? It looks like you are having fun in Germany with your study! Keep doing your best! And come visit der Niederlande when you have some time off! :D
See you!!
Maii

Florence said...

I think the seminar u went sure is great rite?

CHAO YU said...

hey...have not been here for some time..updating, so u are doing masters dere?

CHAO YU said...

hey...have not been here for some time..updating, so u are doing masters dere?

小东 said...

cool...
go around the world.

小虫 said...

哦!!这个 GTZ 还真的让你遇到不同的人叻~~帅!

Kenny Mah said...

Man, I miss Germany and seeing your blog posts just reminded me of those days in Munich (not Frankfurt).

But the food? I dun miss the food that much, hahaha...

renaye said...

u r now taking masters in environment??

i would love to attend this kind of governance conference/ seminar... it's just weird people my age don't care about attending seminars though can get free food.

RYC: sustainable cities is not really applied to malaysia. how sad.

fufu said...

Tes : yeah life is short... gotta enjoy it to the fullest =p


Sam Wong : yeah the company is a great one!! wish i could work there... =p but guess workloads also a lot ><


Travis.T : yeah... but another series of travelling will be started soon :)

fufu said...

Le-1502 : erm well you should live up your life there ya... we have different situations... you gotta make yours great!!



shloke : yeah i enjoy all the field trips around the city... just the weather is always torturing us... lucky we still could have fun =p


yeah my 'future statue' looks like China's Mao famous pose on that picture... great!


yeah not only singaporean the people in mainland china are using human poos as fertilizers for veggies even now ya... hihihi

yeah you could always do your master anytime... i bet you could do better than me as your english is perfectly good so you could choose US or UK or Aus...

yeah already visited your blog...and gave you 10stars as usual... i will support you =p no matter what...because your blog is good...



Xjion89 : because of the food? i am still fresh here... just arrived last month :) well i always look younger... hohoho... and i have a great life here =p wish it wont go harder...

fufu said...

三吉 : lol well... i wont waste the money for the camera... will make full use of it... =p and colouring my life :)


William : yeah they certainly marched well =p yumyum


vialentino : lol too bad i dont have a degree in tourism >< if not i would be the travel ambassador already =p erm will go visit your blog for the krabi pictures sooner... erm... yeah frankfurt is great =p

fufu said...

jun wei's : yeah you shall consider germany ya if you wanna do your master here =p


小闷瓜 : it's my pleasure to share with you guys... wish you guys would like the pictures and my new stories here in frankfurt


maii : yeah... how are you maii?? it's been a long while since i heard from you... hihihi i am learning german now... wish i could speak good german sooner =p erm yeah i will plan to visit netherland during my spring holiday... will let you know by the time comes :) keep in touch ya...

fufu said...

Florence : yah... the seminar was a nice one...


CHAO YU : yeah long time no see... i am doing my master here in germany... =p


小东 : hahaha... yeah will be in europe for 1.5yrs :)

fufu said...

嘉CacinG進 : yeah they are all my coursemates ya... hihihi we had a great time there =p


Life for Beginners : lol i will be going back to munich sooner... well the food here is nothing special i would say... but i miss jpnese food and the people there >< the people there are more friendly

Redzlan aka Tabib said...

Hi FuFu!.

You are a lucky guy, surrounded with pretty coursemates. ;)

fufu said...

Tabib : yeah i am the lucky boy as usual :) yeah my coursemates are all nice people... thanks god n_<

sing said...

大家都很专心地在听..而你却很专心地在拍照..
哈哈哈!

嘿,突然想问你,你到底会多少种语言啊?

蒲公英 said...

德国的书展只卖版权,不卖书吗?

lock said...

study + travel = knowledge + frendship, guess these are what u have gained so far in germany!

fufu said...

sing : lol hokkein, cantonese, hakka, mandarin, bahasa, english, japanese, and little german now =p


蒲公英 Dandelion : yeah... it's a book fair + book publishers =p


lock : yeah actually you guys can get this in malaysia or everywhere though...

sing said...

ooo...hakka? you are hakka yin?