| Diary
2018
21-31.December.2018
Napoli!
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December.2018
"Warum
nein?" (Why
not?) Diego asked today for the first time.
I guess we are entering a new phase with the kids.
I
have completed my reading marathon of the Rama's books
serie. The first book Rendezvous
with Rama
is a wonderful story, categorized as Hard
Science Fiction,
and made
me dream. The rest "It's all downhill after the
first kiss" (cit. Lou Reed).
A
super Adsventkalender
by Peter
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November.2018
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Reading Voraciously Rendezvous with
Rama, Rama II, The Garden of Rama, Rama Revealed
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Nonno Ugo, Opa Christoph, Oma Marie Luise... thank
you for visiting us in Berlin!
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Lanterne night
@ Weinsbergpark
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A broken washmachine
, and I went back in time, like in the '80s while
in London
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19-21.October.2018 Leipziger
weekend
visiting my compare Matthias and his family.
I have to admit that 4 kids altogether is a big challenge...,
but we had a very good time - men's babysitting on Friday
evening (oh my God I felt lost at one moment, but then it
was a pleasant evening drinking wine and random talking) -
Saturday driving bikes through the parks and night out with
M. was nice even if our Karaoke performance had to be cancelled
(will be proposed to another date and place tbd).
18.October.18
A
black monolith is my new entertainment, kindle
paperwhite. Looking forward to reading more and falling
asleep with comics and space stories.
And in fact the first downloads are Dabolik and Arthur
C. Clarke's "Rendezvous
with Rama".
Thanks to Regine for the idea.
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Wanda and Diego speak more and
more every day, and both in German and Italian. That
is an amazing experience for them I guess and for sure
for Regine and me. Let's store here some of the funny
kids expressions, which we could tend to forget, before
they start speaking fluently.
Yoiut (jogurt) - Meme (Madchen) - Awaia (?) - Toti
(Diego) - Nanna (Wanda) - akkawive (reparieren) - (will
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| 19.September.18
Am
Spielplatz |
15.September.18
Turning
44
and celebrating in Berlin with Nonno Ugo, Nonna Anna, Regine,
Diego and Wanda.
24.August.18
Diego
& Wanda sing along!
Sulla
Rotta di Cristoforo Colombo (Lucio Dalla) cover by Diego &
Wanda
23.August.18
Zio
Dario was in Berlin for about 1 week from
13 to 18. I took some time off work and we enjoyed
some quality time together and with the kids.
(Pop
Stars live) I am trying to remember the concerts
I have seen. It is sad to realize that PULP and Rod Stewart
are still missing from this list; but I've met Jarvis Cocker
personally on 31 March 2017!
Lucio Dalla, Morgan, Lou Reed, Elton John, Pet Shop Boys,
The Beach Boys, Eric Clapton, Bjork, Blur, Simon and Garfunkel,
Sting, Paul Simon, The White Stripes, Robbie Williams, U2,
The Velvet Underground, Robert Plant, Paolo Conte, The Cure,
Pino Daniele, Element of Crime, Max Raabe, Franco Califano,
Air, Philip Glass, Brett Anderson...
10.August.18
"Happy
to you". Flying to Napoli for 1
night, celebating my mother's 70's birthday. Happy to be there
and to meet my family and relatives.
07.August.18
I cry for Music. This one is
about Diego & Wanda. This one is for Wanda & Diego.
Meravigliosa
Creatura
Molti mari
e fiumi Attraverserò Dentro la tua terra Mi ritroverai
Turbini e tempeste Io cavalchero Volero tra il fulmini Per
averti Meravigliosa creatura sei sola
al mondo Meravigliosa paura di averti accanto Occhi di sole
mi bruciano in mezzo al cuore Amore e vita meravigliosa
Luce dei miei occhi Brilla su di me Voglio mille lune Per
accarezzarti Pendo dai tuoi sogni Veglio su di te Non svegliarti
Non svegliarti Non svegliarti ancora Meravigliosa
creatura Sei sola al mondo Meravigliosa paura d'averti accanto
Occhi di sole mi tremano le parole Amore e vita meravigliosa
Meravigliosa creatura un bacio lento Meravigliosa
paura d'averti accanto All'improvviso tu scendi nel paradiso
Muoio d'amore meraviglioso Meravigliosa creatura Meravigliosa
Occhi di sole mi bruciano in mezzo al cuore Amore e vita meravigliosa
Meravigliosa creatura un bacio lento,
Meravigliosa paura d'averti accanto All'improvviso tu scendi
nel paradiso Muoio d'amore meraviglioso Meravigliosa
creatura Meravigliosa Occhi di sole mi bruciano in mezzo al
cuore Amore e vita meravigliosa
| 07.August.18
Extremely hot weather
is hitting Germany, since the end of July. I have been
really suffering it, and this city is not prepared for
such conditions, there are very few places equipped
with air conditioning. I have been looking for shelter
in the few air conditioned places I found, having lunch
and wandering in supermarkets, working from www.becycle.de
(which I found out to be a vegan place as I tried to
order something to eat…). In the evenings, having
to keep windows open, had some insects visiting my kitchen
with a special mention for a grasshopper scaring me
to death. And in all this I was alone! as Regine and
the kids had moved for a week in Herrenberg
to Oma und Opa, where they had a wonderful time. On
the first of August I also flew here to stay for few
days, regenerating myself (nice company and better weather),
and we came back together to Berlin on the 4th.
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July
2018 - Gianni
meets London, 30 years Anniversary
30 years ago, July 1988, my life, my thoughts, changed
and took a new direction. I was in London for the
first time.
A revelation.
Staying @ the Queen Mary College South Woodford, Lynden
Hall.
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20.July.18
We build
creative towers (torre)
every evening before preparing for bed.
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15.July.18
Sunday Morning.
Diego & Wanda came into my room and, for the fist
time, woke me up with 2 kisses |
14.July.18
Diego & Wanda are almost 2 years and 3 months
old now. I thought... these are the first years of
their lives, the years in our lives that we normally
do not remember when we get older. I am 43 years old
and my memories of my childhood start from the age
of 5, 6, maybe 10, I am not sure; the more I go back
to the past with memories, the less and shorter are
the things I remember until they get just flashes
of impressions, pictures, pure emotions.
Many memories of this first 2 years of D&W are
documented on videos and pictures which I am not comfortable
in publishing here. Videos and pictures (you can get
here some), togheter
with memories, stories that we will tell them, this
website and much more will help Diego and Wanda to
live again This Years.
I am putting all my energy and love to help making
this years as much as possible beautiful and happy
for them (and for us).
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| 17.June-03.July.2018
URLAUB!!! |
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26.June-03.July 2018Family
Hotel on Mecklenburgische Seenplatte!
Wonderful @
www.rookhus.de
17-26.June.2018
Usedom!
On this Baltic Sea Island with Regine, Diego,
Wanda, Oma, Opa, A., S., P., A., P.. In a beautiful
big house, going to the beach, watching and tipping
on the World Cup, BBQ, celebrating
Opa's birthday, fishbrötchen,
crossing the border for my first time
visiting Poland,
(Usedom is a Baltic Sea island divided
since 1945 between Germany and Poland - Wikipedia),
etc...
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9-10.June.2018
Tiergarten
and a secret Berlin' spot : Obersee
& Orankesee |
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End
of May
- beginning of June 2018
Peter
& Anne's wedding was a really good
time we spent together with Regine's family and Anne's
family on a long weekend in Großen-Buseck.
Then a working day in
Hannover to meet my colleagues/friends,
and a saturday @ Tegel
See with the kids walking hand in hand.
And a lot
of attention dedicated in this period to the politic
situation in Italy,
where a new wave of new people was elected and gave
birth to the new government, after a 90 days exciting
negotiation.
Diego and Wanda
grow, they speak words
and their first sentences with their
main language being German but understanding and talking
Italian too. And obviously they are the center of our
lives. Every moment spent without them is a moment wasted.
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I
paused this
website for a while at the end of May. Now a
remapped keyboard to find the missing
A key
will hopefully help me to be more productive again.
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- May
2018
- April
& May
2018
Zoo,
Weißensee, Köpenik,
Leipzig
... and
2 years
of Diego &
Wanda
On
April 20th we celebated the
second birthday of Diego & Wanda - 2 magic kids!
And us living Berlin and
its beautiful surroundings with the good weather
and the extended family,
Oma
und Opa
in April
and
Nonno e Nonna
in May.
On May
first we visited our friends and my compare Matthias in Leipzig!
- 28.March.2018 (Thanks
God I met PULP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZQJeY2bVws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPGepgWupTw
- 11-15.March.2018
Our EMEA
meeting this year took place in Athens.
This
annual event is beautiful thing, face to face with
your team, brings joy, motivation, energy.
Last
time I was here it was
1983, I was 9.
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25.February.2018 Fresh
contributions to my Numeri
Aurei discipline: I have
consolidated
the the An
meaning description and demonstrated the An
calculation method. Here.
PS. I need to find a new name for these discipline as
"Aurei" exist
alreadyin Maths. |
Timeline
was recently renewed into a vertical
view, easier to navigate and to visualize also from mobile.
- 21.February.2018
VW Touran is my new car
- 11.February.2018
Isaac Asimov... I am fan, an addicted
to. He is the creator of one of my best dreams, his
story of the Universe and its future. Here is a good
Asimov
Universe Timeline and here is a good suggested
reading
order for his novels. So that you can dream with
me.
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- 10.February.2018
Went
out with Niko
last
night, a
night in Prenzlauerberg
like during the old times, pizza,
drinks and
talk
with friend.
My mother came to Berlin for a week to help
us with the kids still sick at the end of January and myself
too busy with my work on the quarter end.
By the way, I
was
recently promoted
to Senior Manager
- 25.January.2018
What happened in January 2018...
...lot to do with the Kids and with work that there
is no time for this diary...
Barcelona to a business meeting, nice to meet
collegues and friends again...
I have finished my comic books and now I am reading The
Naked Sun again to fall asleep and just found
out they re called whodunit
stories...
Marie
Luise
came to Berlin to help already twice, God bless her... |
