Of Germans and a Geburtstag

Song of the day : Like a Dog Chasing Cars by Hans Zimmer.
There's no real reason. It's just epic! XD

Yesterday was a very family affair as it was Papa's geburtstag!!

Doesn't it look just lovely? It means warmest congratulations.

And I had my first big-family gathering. I met many new faces, and made many new friends.

Before leaving for school in the morning, the family gave our presents to Papa. I gave a cookbook, Mutti gave a watch and a surprise helicopter ride over Sassnitz while Lisa and Jonas gave a mug and mouse pad which had their photos digitally printed onto the surfaces.

Then everyone adjourned to their respective ways, me to school, Lisa to work and Mutti to prepare the party.

I returned from school around 4 in the evening to see that Opa and both my Omas'  had arrived. There was a lot of Hallo's and Wie geht es dir's from the adults and a lot of Sehr gut's from me. We had some blackforest cherry cake and a few other pastires. Ooh, and I had a glass of champagne!

We had an insanely yummy dinner.

Hehehe...

And after that, EVERYONE arrived. I got so confused with the names that I had no choice but to do this.

Mutti's side of the family

Papa's side of the family

It's my family tree!! Well, what's left of it.. But it's good, yeah? And most of the relatives came to help me with my tree. It was so much of fun to do. If you really squint your eyeballs, you can see that I've also written the names of their pets. Yeah, I know. Big family. Whoop-de-doo!

I'd also introduced Malaysia to Jule, who is Florian's girlfriend, who is Hannes' brother. It was cool because she's got good Geography, so I didn't have to explain that Malaysia existed in the first place. And she actually knew about Kavadis! It's fun explaining about Batu Caves to a German..

And that's when things got a tad bit ridiculous. We had another batch of arrivals which included Cindy and Nicole. So now, sitting at the table was Nicole Nico, Jule, myself, Cindy amd Hannes. Oh, if only one could imagine the end of the world. Only then one could begin to comprehend the utter madness of everybody present.

Ergo, I have compiled a list of thingys that make Germans, Germans! Note, this is based ONLY on my family's habbits. It doesn't even begin to define other German-sers

1. Germans have watches that are kaputt

2. Germans freak out. Like, FREAK OUT! Da dum di dum..

3. Germans are very expressive. There's no end to their hand motions.

4. Germans force foreigners to drink eggs.

5. Germans smell each others' armpits.

6. Germans are proud of their swear words, for example Scheiße and Verdammte scheiße.

7. German guys like girls with a full belly.

This is German liebe. 

8. Germans love saying laber laber laber and alter.

9. Germans drink bibob. I'll leave you to figure it out yourself.

10. Germans steal food from each others' plates.

11. Germans are disgusting. They spit out potato chips when they talk, and if that isn't obvious enough, they talk with their mouths full.

I have another list too, but this one is according to my cousin.

1. Germans are lazy, but punctual.

2. Germans are are early, but late.

3. Germans love smoking. And beer. And parties. Ooooh, lots of parties.

4. Germans take it easy. Mika is like their Buddha.

5. Wild schwein. *Snort*

In short, Germans are awesome.

This is my family and they're my favourite Germans. Everyone say Scheiße! XD