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It was the St. Nicholas day here in Germany yesterday. It is a traditinoal day where children will get their gifts or sweets (put in their boots), and some believe that St. Nicholas is the traditional Santa Claus. Even adults will buy simple small gifts to give to each other to share joy and love. In the university canteen we usually get special menu - for example, yesterday i had one of the best roast duck ever in the university. they should do this more often. LOL :)

When we first started joining the diving school near our current house for courses and dive trips, we saw this slogan saying "Tauchen macht schlank", which means "Diving makes you slim". Sounded like a grand statement, since many people want to keep fit in one way or the other. However after more dive trips, we realise this is perhaps true because...