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IP Trondheim Blog

Posted by Marc Backes on Thursday, 25 February, 2010

I want to share a blog with you which is made by me and another guy about the Intensive Programme here in Trondheim

» iptrondheim2010.wordpress.com

There you can find daily updates what we did each day plus pictures. You might want to check it out ;)

Happy New Year 2010!

Posted by Marc Backes on Friday, 1 January, 2010

Another year passed and a new one is coming… Good and bad things happened 2009… But however your year was, I wish you the best for the new year 2010!

I wish everyone of you a happy new year, full of happiness and health. I hope all your wishes and plans work out as expected.

I made a collage which represents my year 2009:

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Merry Christmas 2009

Posted by Marc Backes on Thursday, 24 December, 2009

I know that today is not the officially Christmas day, but I know that in some countries (e.g. Mexico) they celebrate Christmas already the 24th. For all of you where Christmas is the 25th, just come back tomorrow again and read this again :)

I want to wish every one of you a merry Christmas day and all the peace and love in the world. I want to wish a special merry Christmas to some people. From some of those, I am not sure if they read my blog, but I will do this anyway…

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Advent calendar – Window #24

Posted by Marc Backes on Thursday, 24 December, 2009

Aaaaaaahhhhh THE LAST WINDOW in our little Advent calendar.In some countries, today is gift-giving. In others, it is the 25th in the morning. Anyway, I have a pretty funny video about that… watch ;)


My favorite part is at 01:39

Share if you want: What are you gift-giving this year? :) Leave your response in the comment section below :)

Advent calendar – Window #23

Posted by Marc Backes on Wednesday, 23 December, 2009

Before Santa comes, I want to make you aware of some facts about that guy… A lot of people say that he is “invented by Coca Cola Company”. Last year, I did a little research about that, and I want to dig it out today again:

http://blog.alcatraz.lu/2008/12/09/santa-claus-invented-by-the-coca-cola-company/

Long story short: No, he’s not. But Coca Cola also has to do something with him… If you’re curious, check it out :)

Advent calendar – Window #21

Posted by Marc Backes on Monday, 21 December, 2009

We come closer to the end… and honestly, I am getting out of stuff :P
But I still have something nice here for you… this time let’s get Spanish!!

Who doesn’t know the song “Feliz Navidad“? Which means in Spanish “Merry Christmas”. Probably nobody, but I anyway want to share this with you. I know a lot of Spanish speaking people and last year I have been to Mexico to celebrate Christmas with my girlfriend there. And I got impressed by the Mexican way of celebrating Christmas… Back then, I wrote a blog post about it: http://blog.alcatraz.lu/2009/01/07/mexico-december-2008-part-two/

I hope you enjoy my experience back 1 year ago and of course this video of José Feliciano singing “Feliz Navidad” ;)

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Advent calendar – Window #20

Posted by Marc Backes on Sunday, 20 December, 2009

Sorry for this late post, but I have been busy today… With sleeping, helping my mom decorating the Christmas tree, … Yeah that is exactly where I wanted to go… CHRISTMAS TREE!

While I was surfing around today, I a song Lady Gaga… “Christmas Tree”… “Hmm interesting” I thought… You gotta listen to that, I find it great. And the video is… WEIRD! Hm no that has a too negative touch… let’s say the video is… “special” :D

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Advent calendar – Window #18

Posted by Marc Backes on Friday, 18 December, 2009

Sick of all the nice sweet Christmas songs? Well maybe today I have something for you…

Check out this spiced-up version of “Drummer Boy“:


Die Roten Rosen – Drummer Boy

I think it is a nice variation to the other sleepy Christmas songs ;)

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Advent calendar – Window #17

Posted by Marc Backes on Thursday, 17 December, 2009

Today it was snowing again here in Dornbirn. So, I want to share again one of my favorite Christmas classics: “Let it snow” by Frank Sinatra ;)

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Advent calendar – Window #16

Posted by Marc Backes on Wednesday, 16 December, 2009

If you know the TV serie “How I Met Your Mother“, you probably know and love today’s video. For the ones who don’t know it: WATCH IT!! :D I hope you love this video anyway.

Barney (the womanizer of the show) sings Christmas carols about Ted’s (hot) sister. Just watch…