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....is the word of the week.
Need to:
- Finish poster
- Work more
- Do an AFS thing tomorrow
- Have coffee with Master students on Friday
- Go to a party on Saturday
- Do the dishes
- Do laundry
- Pack for Rome
- Apply for jobs
Feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment.
Want to:
- Go skiing
- Have a moment without feeling guilty that I should be doing something else
I was finally seeing the light at the end of the Rome tunnel, just to realize that just up a head is yet another tunnel, even longer, called Masters Thesis.
I will be fine, just need to work through this stuff and I think lasagna and Italian wine might be just what the doctor ordered ;)
Thanks of the week goes to B, for taking me for a walk and dinner on Sunday and making me forget about all the things above, at least for a couple of hours.I am feeling:  stressed |
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About a year ago my life was SOOO more exciting. I was dating, had just met the man that I would later start dating and fall in love with. I am not saying that I do not enjoy my life, I have a fab boyfriend, cool masterproject, no crazy neighbour (anymore), great friends and family, lots of planetickets and plans for the future. It is just that I don't feel like writing about these things. Honestly right now the thing I really want to talk about is SCIENCE stuff :) I want to do a hardcore blog about my project what I am doing and how it is going, but I doubt any of you would
1)Understand
2)Be interested
and I don't feel like simplifying things. So instead I will do this , write about the other things in my life, just so you at least know that I am alive, and go look for a hardcore science blog or a discussion forum.
Life has been busy although as previously mentioned boring.
AFS
Been busy with AFS, getting shocked over the fact that 17 year olds don't know how to cook pasta!!! and getting drunk with some cool girls.
FISN
I am now sitting on two boards, AFS Oslo and FISN, the Icelandic student union. We are really trying to kick ass at FISN, we have scheduled several events, a cake party, beer nights, a 1st of december red themed party and we cleaned Guðrúnarstofa better than it has been cleaned in YEARS, you should have seen the dirt in some places. By the way if you have any money you don't know what to do with FISN will happily take donations :)
VISIT
My sister came for a visit and we represented Iceland at this years Fjosfest, and we had fun, talked to some cool first year masters from the US, Norway and Uganda (my sister got VERY good travel tips for Uganda, which she might very well use since she is studying tourism) We also did some shopping including at the GIGANTIC largest mall in Scandinavia Sandvika Storsenter. That was BIG, we were slightly underimpressed in the beginning, thinking it wasn't so big, but then we turned a corner and realized that it really was BIG. We had fun, met some Icelanders there by total chance and more importantly found Sostrene Grene and stocked up on some party stuff.
TRIP
I am going to Copenhagen in a week for some shopping, girlfriend gabbing at a cafe, and meeting mom. My plan was to go to Sostrene but I don't need that anymore as I found it in Sandvika. But I will do Christmas shopping and return just in time for the Red themed Christmas party.
BOYFRIEND
Is still awesome but I have been freaking out a bit lately since our first anniversary is coming up. I was soo not looking for a boyfriend a year ago but this year has been great. We are doing this on our terms, taking things as they come. Since coming back from my three months away we have been stepping out a lot more, going to bars, movies and the theater. We saw Erasmus Montanus the other week and I enjoyed it even though I did not understand everything. B also had problems understanding but just different parts than me. See I could not understand ALL the Norwegian things and B could not understand all the the Latin (that is where I could understand things cause of my Spanish). He has agreed to go with me to the Red themed party cause of the free booze we have, but I l leave out the part about the theme.....what do you think he will do when I hand him a Santa's hat, you know he only wears black, possibly dark blue....
END
I am coming home for Christmas, get yourselves ready, I land on the 17th in the afternoon and would love to meet for at least a coffee then. The day after I am working for like 13 hours, then have a 2 nights off and am working Friday, Saturday and Sunday, then comes Christmas and I want to meet for a drink between the holidays. New years I am open for suggestions and the week after as much quality time as possible sine I fly back on the 9th.I am feeling:  nerdy Playing right now: the rain on my window |
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...life
Things are slowly falling into place her or at least I am. The neighbour is still there, and still crazy, the labwork is still not producing results and there are still the occasional bugs. I have kept busy lately, B and I went to see David Lynch’s Inland Empire a week ago, we watched Das Leben der Anderen on Monday, Tuesday I had an AFS meeting, yesterday I had to go pick up a returnee from Gardemoen. My project is and isn’t going well, we had some promising results earlier this week but then as we went further things stopped looking so good, but hey that is research for you. And at least this time the bad results were not because I made any mistakes. I have some interesting things coming up the next couple of weeks, I am starting a Yoga class in two weeks, and going to a seminar on how to make good courses. Then it is soon time for the usual, the AFS fall seminar, hope that it won’t be as foggy this year so I can go down to the World’s End. Then we have a preorientation for those going on an exchange in the New Year and soon Christmas is here and I have to decide where I am going to be. Movies As mentioned I saw Inland Empire last week, it was interesting, in a good way. I enjoyed it even though I did not get everything in it. For my visually cultured friends I think you might find this interesting, as it is mainly visuals with a side of text. The other people at the cinema seemed to be like these really serious movie types. You know like the types that go to see David Lynch but would not be caught dead at a blockbuster. And they probably had very serious intellectual conversations about the movie afterwards. As good as Lynch was, Das Leben der Anderen, was so much better. Ok I realize that everybody saw this one like a year ago, but I missed at the cinema and B just bought it while I was in Iceland so we only got to see it this week. The story is just so beautiful and it is great to be riminded that despite all the bad things in this world there are also good people out there. If you haven’t seen it, do so as soon as possible. It is really fall here, the trees are multicoloured and there are leaves overall, if it were not so cloudy all the time everything would be so pretty.I am feeling:  content |
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First things first; Happy 26th to my friend Umbrella, can't wait to see you and give you a proper birthday hug.
On Saturday morning it began to snow here in Oslo and it snowed almost non stop until Sunday evening, so there are bunks of snow everywhere. Everywhere you look it is white and beautiful as the sun shines on the snow, the air is crisp and cold, -10°C in fact. I love just sitting at my desk and watching the snow and light and cold out the window, safe inside my warm and cosy room.
I should be working on putting together my preliminary study protocol and reading on my thesis, and I am, but it is just so pretty outside. I have to say that having a cut on your right forefinger does make typing slightly more difficult. I have no idea where I got this cut from, I just noticed it on friday when I noticed blood in my white skirt as I was leaving for the party.
As you know my social life hasn't really been slow this week and it won't actually slow down in the next couple of weeks either. Still I was so happy to see that one of the Icelandic girls had come back, I talked to her and her boyfriend is coming on Saturday and Sabine is coming on tuesday. Just knowing my people are coming back makes me feel better, and I mentioned to the girl that we should get together for some Trivial Pursuit (I got the 2006 version for finding the almond in the Christmas desert).
In these past weeks since getting back form Iceland I have been exploring my surroundings, figuring the city out, finding cool places within walking distance of my house. This is one of my favorite things and I am getting a better feel for the city. I am even starting to be able to figure out ways to get around the city in more intricate but more efficient ways. This weekend I get the pleasure of going to a new place, I have a party in Oppsal with the AFS'ers. This week will be filled with AFS activities, a meeting tonight, beernight on Thursday and then that party.
I am starting a very interesting project, I have to plan a party for the masterstudents. We have a good budget, access to cheap party place and we have to find a way to get everyone food they can eat. This includes safe food for the foodsafety people (aka no oysters or sushi), halal (sp?) meat for the muslims, and entertainment that crosses language and cultural barriers.
I went to the HM sale the other day and I bought this amazing black scarf on sale 70%, it is really long, not very wide and a mix of acrylic, wool and mohair, so soft that I have hardly taken it off except for sleeping. I am in a cosy mode these days (weekdays, when I am not busy partying that is), I always have candles lit in my room, and mostly like to snuggle under a blanket, with my scarf, a book and some good music. The book from B (the boy will be referred to as B from now on), is very interesting, it gives a good insight into Norwegian culture. There are a lot of things in Norwegian culture that are not so different from Icelandic culture. Both nations have a minority complex and a need to hide the fact that under the designer clothes and the metropolitan facade we are just plain country people in fancy clothes.
Jan. 23rd, 2007 @ 03:06 pm
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....Oslo, part VII
Definetly had a relationship moment today, buying butter with the boy, see below.....
Date number: 7
Boy: 31 year old illustrator/journalist
Date type: Sixth date; meeting again after 5 other dates...
Place: My place
Activity: Talked, watched Breakfast at Tiffany's on TV (or rather I watched and he dozed off next to me) Had some breakfast and coffee. Went shopping for a hat and gloves for him and a microwave for me. The microwave was sold out, so instead I bought butter. He choose the brand and went for the jumbo size and he promised to eat it all, other wise I would have gotten the regular size, cause I only eat so much butter :)
Preparation time: 1/2 hour
Transportation time: 0 hours
Date duration: 12 hours
Total time spent: 12 1/2 hours
Topics discussed: Latin American politics, Iranian student protest, AFS, Tunisa, party, www.postsecret.com, venner (did not realize that I wrote friends in Norwegian until the spelling check) etc
Things in common: A lot of things, we can talk for hours. We don't have so much music or movies and stuff in common, but we share the same views and opinions and passion for similar things
Impressions: I guess that soon I will have to admit that in fact I am having a relationship
Highlight: He felt so bad for having eaten my food and drunken my beer that he brought me a fresh six pack, so cute. But the highlight still was the butter incident
Date end: His signature good-bye kiss, love those
Another date: The PARTY, tomorrow........
In other news. I am in LOVE with Tegan and Sara, my new favorite musicians, also been listening a lot to Damien Rice's new album and the Grey's Anatomy Soundtracks, the show has some good music, perfect for studying, infact that is where I discovered Tegan and Sara. Got the two new PostSecret books, awesome, waiting for my John Mayer CD and looking for a microwave. Trying to make my self busy with walks around my neighborhood, walked from Grunerlokka and home the other day and discovered Torshov just over the river, very nice place, getting a better feel for Oslo. Also getting into AFS work, going to the airport tonight to great a returnee, the foreign exchange students here are great, so cute and fun. Lot of moving in parties this weekend, AFS party next weekend then a JenteHelg i Oslo. Got some snow yesterday, now it is mostly watery mush but hey at least winter, I haven't even been able to try my new fleece sweater I got from mum this Christmas as it has been to warm.
Anyway, gotta finish reading my E.coli stuff.
Jan. 18th, 2007 @ 02:03 pm
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Someone neglected to tell me that Oslo is a FOGGY city. It has been foggy almost everyday here since I got here. Today, finally, there is no fog, the sun is shining and the sky is clear, the air is autumn cool :) This is my favorite thing with the autumn, unfortunately the forecast for the rest of the week is cloudy and rain, possibly snow :(
I went to Tjøme last weekend, now this lies on the coast and close by is Worlds End. The fog was so much I felt I was in the mountains and it was impossible to see the sea. On Sunday we had the most rain I have EVER seen, and I have been in Ecuador and Thailand. The rain as so much you could shower outside and the rain came down of the roof in bulks like a waterfall. Amazing. My AFS conference was great but it was so busy that I had no chance to go walk to the worlds end, and I feel like I missed out on that. At the conference I got the chance to discuss various issues, like Islam, Egypt, Worldpeace, prejudice, internet news writing and a lot more. More importantly I met a lot of people from all over Norway and I got to practice my Norwegian. I did however not get a lot of sleep, so when I came home I slept for 14 hours, thankfully we have a reading week now.
For some reason I haven't shared this with you yet but about a month ago I got a letter in the mail offering me a new room. So on December 1st I am moving from my room in Kringsja to a new room in Bjolsen. Kringsja is fine but Bjolsen is better. I will show you this later.
After talking so much about the weather outside I can't sit here anymore, I have to get out and enjoy the weather, see ya
Oct. 25th, 2006 @ 04:21 pm
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