"Life asks of you only what it thinks you can handle"

Home soon

2011-01-29T09:48:00.000+01:00

On Monday I start my journey home. Have to spend one night in Guangzhou, and then on Tuesday I will come home. I've also just got back from my little holiday, but I will post pictures when I get back home, because now I'm busy packing and stuff. Or at least I should be. I'm actually watching the women's final in Australian Open. Cheering for Li Na of course, but she has gotten off to a bad start unfortunately...

Happy New Year!

2011-01-12T10:44:00.000+01:00

A bit late, yes I know. I feel like whenever I haven't written anything in a while, I just push it away, and think I'll just do it later. On Friday I go on another little holiday, so I figured I ought to publish a post before I go, if not, the one after my holiday would be way to long!

A lot of people wonder "what was your Christmas and New Year like!?" I think the best word to describe it is "absent". I went to a little Christmas party that one of the guys on my football team arranged, but I did't really get in the Christmas mood. I guess being away from home ruins it for me. Because people from different countries celebrate Christmas in different ways, so unless I'm at home in Norway with family and friends, Christmas will be absent for me. And what about New Year? I didn't do anything. I had school in the morning, and in the afternoon I played tennis. By the time I got back home, I was so tired I couldn't do anything. So I ended up going to bed at 10 p.m.

So what has the New Year brought me so far? Well, last week I had my last Chinese lessons at the university, and this weekend I went to Dali with my teacher for a little holiday.

Now I'm in Kunming again, but on Friday I head for Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Hainan. Only have like 20 days left in China now. So strange! But I'm sort of looking forward to going back to Norway and Bergen as well.

Latest events

2010-12-18T16:13:00.000+01:00

Since I came back, I've attended school and done normal things again. The only exception is the track-and-field competition I took part in. I ran the 100 m at won! But it was very even. Ran on 14.02. Which I think is the best I have done. And considering I'm not used to using the starting thingie, and I was the last one to start, maybe I could have run a bit faster.

For winning I got a diploma and 30 kuai (ca 30 NOK)

Nice weather and nice trees at my campus!

Back in Kunming

2010-12-15T15:21:00.001+01:00

So last week I was on holiday! An awesome 10 day trip where I went to see some of the most famous tourist attractions in China, and met a whole lot of cool people.

First stop was Xi'an, which was capital of China before Beijing. Because of this it had a lot of old and typically Chinese buildings, but what the city is most famous for are the Terracotta Warriors. I had read about how great they were, so when I saw them I didn't find them so incredible. Of course it's impressive, but if I hadn't had my student card and gotten the discount on the entrance fee, I would have felt it was a waste of money.

Terracotta Warriors

Bell Tower

Wild Goose Pagoda

Xi'an City Wall

After Xi'an, I went to Beijing. This city is great. If I come back to China I think I want to live there. At least for a little while. And the hostel I stayed at was very good as well. The common room was so cosy it was tempting to sit inside all day, just drinking tea! But I managed to get myself out of their comfy couches and went to see the main attractions.

Ready to hike a part of the Great Wall

Very steep at some places!

And it really is very long...

(you can see it better if you click the picture for original size)

The Forbidden City

The Summer Palace

Two of the many amazing people I met; Paul and Christin

Some of the people I met in Beijing

(the two guys I first met in Xi'an, and then also in Beijing)

After some great days in Beijing, I went to Shanghai. If I were a rich business woman, I think I would love that city. But since I'm not, I just found it OK. Might be because the weather was really bad though, that usually gives you a bad impression. But in saying that, while I was in Shanghai, I took a fast train (at one point 355 km/h) to Hangzhou, and even though it was raining like hell, I felt like that was a city I would really love if the weather was better.

The Bund

Nanjing Dong Lu

Hangzhou

not so much exciting going on...

2010-11-14T11:41:00.002+01:00

So why am I so bad at updating my blog? Because I don't have that much to tell. If I wrote every day that I went to school, ate, studied, did some exercise, that wouldn't be so interesting. So here's a short list of other things that have happened in the last, I don't know, weeks?

Booked tickets to go on holiday in December. A 10 days trip will take me to Xian, Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou.
I've so far had 3 "exams" which all went quite well.
I've started taking some private Chinese lessons to speed up my learning. I've had 6 lessons now, and it's really helping. At least with the speaking. I'm still having problems remembering the characters from these lessons.
Yesterday I had the cheapest haircut of all times. I payed 10 NOK. And I don't look like an idiot. Sometimes I REALLY like China.

Anyways, here are some pictures to make this post more, ehm, interesting.

I've eaten chicken hearts

The closest I've gotten so far to making my own pizza

Bought a lot of chewing gum...

Fancy shoes with rabbit fur? No thanks...

Green lake park

2010-10-27T11:11:00.003+02:00

This is Green Lake Park, the park that's like a 1 min walk from where I live. Went there to study a bit one of the days the weather was nice. Actually got a bit of sunburn that day. But now the weather is bad again. And it's a bit cold. Think I'm gonna knit some gloves to match my hat.

Had a mid-term "exam" today. "Exam" because the teacher wasn't very strict. People were talking and cheating, and he could have done a lot more to prevent it. The "exam" was also very short. Finished in about 20 - 30 minutes. I know I didn't get everything right, but as far as I'm concerned they weren't mistakes that would have serious consequences in real life anyway.

The lesson we were supposed to have after the "exam" had been cancelled, so I went home to eat some breakfast, and then I went to do some exercise! I went to the university's sports ground and I ran the 100 m. Used my iPod to take the time. 15.41 sec. At first I was impressed by myself, but then I did some research (a simple google search) and found out that the women's world record holder ran on 10.49. So if I ran against her, I would be like 15 m behind her when she finishes. So now I'm not so impressed anymore.

lazy

2010-10-23T09:11:00.000+02:00

This week has been a lazy week. Was planning on going to the supermarket on Tuesday, but I ended up doing it yesterday, cause I was too lazy to do it earlier. Weather has been great the last few days though. Even got a sunburn yesterday. Next week I have my first midterm exam as well. Have to know about 110 Chinese characters. So today and tomorrow I'm going to be revising.

Change

2010-10-15T09:16:00.000+02:00

Felt it was about time that I changed the design of my blog. It didn't turn out exactly like I hoped, but nevermind. Oh, and my hat is finished! It really is magnificent, don't you think...?

Worms

2010-10-14T15:55:00.001+02:00

Okey, these are the events of importance that have taken place since I came back from holiday:

Sunday: Ate rabbit for the first time without actually knowing it. Went to a buffet place with Jessica, and I couldn't read the signs above the food, and Jessica told me afterwards that I'd just eaten rabbit. Tasted like chicken though, didn't even notice that I was eating something else.
Monday I: Went to a restaurant after class with Guy and Eric. There I ate worms for the first time. Tasty fired silk worms. Apparently a very common snack.

Monday II: My bike got stolen. It was properly locked (both wheels), but I parked it in a place where there weren't a lot of people, so somebody probably just shoved it into the back of a van or something and drove away. I wasn't too upset to be honest. Bike was cheap, and it the gears were all fucked up, so they would have to fix it if they wanted to sell it again.
Tuesday/Wednesday: Knitted a hat. It's very cool. Need to fix the last details, then I will post a picture of the magnificent creation.

My holiday!

2010-10-10T15:48:00.002+02:00

Instead of publishing about 300 photos from my trip, I just made a little video with some them. Enjoy.

(Between 0:20 and 02:31 there's a video of young pandas fighting over apples. If you don't want to see all of it, just go to 02:31, but they are awfully cute so you shouldn't! Oh, and there is also sound on the video clip, but not when the pictures are showing. I'm not much of a media geek. Yet.)

National Holiday

2010-10-01T16:39:00.001+02:00

We have a week holiday now, because of the Chinese National Day. So tomorrow I head for Chengdu/Leshan/Mt Emei/Jiuzhaigou. I almost couldn't go, because of problems with my passport, that turned out not to be problems at all. I believe my university likes to trouble me! Just hope there won't be any problems with my flight tomorrow...

The City

2010-09-25T15:11:00.002+02:00

Here are some pictures of Kunming that you might like.

In the evening, this street gets filled with people selling stuff illegally.

And when I want to feel like home...

Nanping Square

Jinbi Square

Where there is water there is fish

Oh, and my trip to the swimming pool yesterday. Swimming pools in China are like traffic in China. A lot of people + "no" rules = total mess... But as with traffic, you manage to get through it.

bicycle

2010-09-23T17:18:00.000+02:00

Today I bought a bike! Only Y300, and it's actually very good! Did maybe 20 km today, because I got invited to dinner with some of the other Norwegians at a restaurant quite far from where I live (there and back 17 km according to google), and the market where I bought the bike was out of town as well. But I'm very happy. Just today, I got to see so much. But as always, I did't take a lot of pictures. I haven't even got a picture of my beautiful bike! And now it's too dark to get a good one.

What else have I done these last few days? Not really a lot to write home about, so therefore I won't either. Oh, I booked tickets for going to Chengdu during the next holiday!

Oh, and yesterday I went for pizza with two Norwegian girls who are backpacking through Asia, they found me on the amazing site that is couchsurfing.org

Tomorrow, I'm going swimming with Jessica!

slow

2010-09-16T07:12:00.000+02:00

After a busy weekend, I must say nothing much has happened this week. Went to yoga on Monday, even though my legs were aching from the day before.

Have some good news also. Four more people have joined our class! Two girls (from Laos and Vietnam) and two guys (from Australia and Turkey). So now I'm not the outsider anymore, which is quite nice.

Other than that I went for all you can eat pizza with one of the other Norwegians yesterday. We ate way too much, but it tasted so good that it was totally worth it.

Today I'll go to yoga again I think. Or shopping. Or both...

busy weekend!

2010-09-13T16:11:00.000+02:00

For the first time since I came to Kunming, I've actually had a busy program!

Friday I had my lessons, and in the evening I went to a restaurant with the Norwegians to celebrate Tonje's birthday. Afterwards they went to another party, while I went home because I wanted to be fit for my first game of football of the season! I recently joined Kunming (I) FC, and just needed to get myself some boots, socks and shin pads before I could start. And on Saturday I did. We played a friendly against a random Chinese team, and I was the only girl on the pitch. But I played quite well considering I hadn't played for a long time (seriously anyways). It was really nice to play again. I noticed I'd really missed playing when I was in Paris. The only part I hadn't missed was stinky shoes and socks. Later on Saturday I met with two of the guys from the team, one of them brought his girlfriend and a guy that was surfing their couch. I had a really good time, and I think I'm getting closer to liking beer now! Which is one of the things I want to learn while I'm here. So I have two goals: learn Chinese and to like beer.

Sunday I met Jessica at about twenty past nine, which was very early for me. I'm having huge problems getting up in the morning. Like HUGE. But nevermind, I dragged myself out of bed, packed my backpack in a hurry, found a carrot in the fridge, and sort of ran to the bus stop. I was 10 minutes late, so Jessica wasn't so happy with me, but she got over it quite quickly. And then we headed for Western Hills for some quality hiking!

Paving roads so that lazy people can drive most of the way

Kunming from one of the tops we climbed

Stopped in a village for lunch. All this food for Y10, and we'd get more if we emptied something!

Me and my city!

News update

2010-09-09T14:37:00.000+02:00

No big events have taken place these last few days. I met up with some of the other norwegians that are here yesterday, and today I bought football boots so that I can start playing football. They weren't really cheap, but that's mostly because I was lazy and didn't want to walk around so much. But they weren't expensive either, so nevermind.

We had some sort of ceremony at school today. I have no idea what it was about because they only spoke Chinese. But they gave us a pen and some small cakes for free (in a fancy bag), so it was worth it.

And now I have to do my homework... Writing 15 signs, 3 lines of each. And I also have to write pinyin.

Golden Temple

2010-09-06T14:18:00.000+02:00

Yesterday I asked Li Ping if she wanted to go for a walk or something, and she suggested we'd go see the Golden Temple. Since that's one of the most famous tourist attractions in this city, I thought that was a great idea. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Today I took the bus to the center of the city to go to Carrefour, all by myself. Not that it's such a big deal, but I feel like I sort of know this city a little better now. Obviously there is a lot that I haven't seen yet, but I'm not in a hurry.

homework

2010-09-05T06:06:00.000+02:00

This weekend I haven't been doing much. Met a friend of mine, Jessica, done some homework, watched a movie, chatted with some friends back home. Today I don't really know what to do, might go for a walk or something. This was my homework:

Understand, and learn how to write and say these words

(1, 8, 5, not, big, mouth, white, female, you, good, horse)

And also to learn how to say these words (written in pinyin)

starting lessons

2010-09-02T16:34:00.000+02:00

Yesterday I had my first lesson. The class is small, we're only 7 people. Me, a girl from Sri Lanka, 2 boys from Laos and 3 girls from Laos. We've started to learn how to read pinyin, which is Chinese using ABC. Obviously letters aren't always pronounced the same as what I'm used to, so it really is a challenge. But I like it.

A part from that, nothing exciting has happened. Except for the fact that I tried ballet today. Those of you who know me well, are aware of the fact that ballet isn't really my "thing", but I decided I wanted to try. And I liked it, but unfortunately, the Russian ballet teacher is going back to Russia on the 27th of September, so I don't think I'll bother continue. I might though, depending on how much a pair of ballet shoes costs...

Anyways, that's about it for interesting. Oh, observation. Chinese people love to use the horn when driving! They use it for the smallest little thing. It's a bit annoying when my bedroom window is facing a road. But it's sort of understandable as well. Traffic here can be quite a mess, people sort of do what they want. Including me, but only to a certain extent of course, I'm usually a good rule follower.

yoga

2010-08-31T17:18:00.000+02:00

The most exciting thing that has happened the last two days, was yoga yesterday. My muscles are aching today of course, but it was, and will be, totally worth it I think.

Before yoga, I had been to the university to pay tuition and I'd also hoped for some more info on when my classes would be etc. But the only message I got was to return on Wednesday, at 10.10, and go to room 308. I would get my timetable etc then. So hopefully I will tomorrow know what my semester is going to be like. But I'm trying not to get my hopes up.

Here's the entrance to Yunnan Nationalities University/Yunnan University of Nationalities. Not really as fancy as it might look...

Today has been a lazy day. Only left the house for like 1,5 hour. I have worked quite a lot with the Chinese, even made flashcards so that I can start learning things by heart. In doing this, I actually realized how little Chinese I actually know... Anyways, the reason why I left the house was because I felt the need to eat something not rice or noodles. So I went to Walmart and bought cereal, milk, yogurt, a baguette and some bananas. When I can home I ate half the baguette with slices of banana on top, and my God it has never tasted that good.

Also I've started one of my projects, something I do everywhere I go, which is to taste the country's crisps. So far I've tasted chicken, beef, sweetcorn, BBQ and what I think was supposed to be sushi. The last one was nasty, so I don't really care what it was supposed to be. Sweetcorn and beef was okey, chicken and BBQ is so far the best. Tomorrow I might try the cucumber one. No, I'm not joking, cucumber crisps.

Now it's bedtime! First day with lesson/-s (don't know yet if I have one or more...) tomorrow!

The Redneck

2010-08-29T08:07:00.003+02:00

So yesterday I went hiking with Li Ping, Changchong Mountain 2345 meters above sea level. Sounds tall in my head, but we didn't really walk that far since the city itself is placed at approximately 1800. But nevermind, it was a great trip, the sun was shining and I hadn't put on any suntan lotion because I didn't have any. So when I came back home, I noticed that I had become a redneck. My nose and shoulders were also very red, but what did I expect? So today I think I'll have to wear a t-shirt, and buy some sunscreen for future days out in the sun. But it was very nice to get out of the city, and experience some nature. It was very different from home, I can tell you that.

One thing was that you could drive almost all the way to the top with a car

We were heading towards the top at the very back, and you can see glimpses of the road going up there.

The last bit of road was actually nicer than the one leading to my home in Norway...

Very nice view

This is my room mate Li Ping

Today, the only thing I've got planned is to buy suntan lotion...

market etc

2010-08-27T16:28:00.000+02:00

Today I was going to get up early (like I have planned every day since I got here), but didn't get out of bed before 11.30. Nevermind. I had to go to the police station to register, so they know that I'm here. Of course Li Ping followed me, and did all the talking, so there were no problems. Afterwards, we were going to a park, but on our way, we changed our minds and went to a market to have a look instead. The market was really cool. I didn't buy anything, because it was the sort of market were they don't necessarily sell things you need, but more like things you don't need at all, but want to buy because they are pretty. Anyways, I got to see a lot of the city, and feel I know my way around a little bit now (with emphasis on the little). I still haven't taken many photos though. I have to get better at that. Took only one photo today

It was one of few constructions that reminded me of the stereotypically Chinese. Other buildings are very modern, and the only Chinese thing about them are the writings on the walls.

After I had published the post yesterday, I actually thought about some stuff. For example the fact that I'm quite tall, when it comes to Chinese standards anyways. Noticed this for instance when I was doing the dishes, and almost had to sit down on a chair because the sink was placed too low. Then, when I was brushing my teeth in the bathroom, I looked in the mirror, but could only see the lower part of my face when standing straight. So again I have to bend to see the whole of myself (yes, I know if I just move backwards I'll be able to see more, but the toilet/hole-in-the-floor is in the way).

Arrival in Kunming

2010-08-26T13:37:00.001+02:00

First update from China!

I arrived here without problems, Li Ping was at the airport when I got here, even though my flight landed 30 minutes before schedule. We took the bus to the apartment because the taxi queue was long. And by long I mean maybe 100 people, all with their suitcases, and I'm not exaggerating. So yes we took the bus, payed 1 yuan, which is about 1 NOK, so not very expensive! The apartment is totally ok. There's a kitchen, living room, bathroom, storage room and me and Li Ping have our own bedrooms.

Living room

Kitchen

Bedroom

I haven't done an enormous amount of stuff since I came here, just registered at the university, got myself a SIM card and got some stuff for the bed. Li Ping has helped me with everything. And by that I mean everything! She barely allows me to carry bags home from the supermarket! But I'm getting very god at insisting on helping. She also cooks for me. So far more or less every meal I've had has been made by her. The food is very good, and I really get to practice my chopsticks skills. Li Ping was impressed first time she saw me also, or maybe she was just being polite, I don't know...

Anyways, I still haven't taken any pictures of the city itself. Maybe I will tomorrow, depends on what we are doing. I start uni on Monday/Tuesday, so until then, I don't have anything in particular to do. Li Ping was talking about maybe going hiking one day, so I'll ask her about that later.

What about culture shock? Yes, things are different here, but so far, I haven't encountered any big problems. Maybe I will later, who knows. The only big problem is the obvious, the language. I don't know how to read a word, so I don't understand signs etc where there is no English translation. And my speaking skills are also very limited. I believe I would be lost without Li Ping. She is my savior!

summer over, adventure begins!

2010-08-23T11:13:00.000+02:00

At the moment I'm sitting at Amsterdam airport with a hot chocolate and a blueberry muffin, waiting for my flight to China! I'm quite excited at the moment, but the last, I don't know, 36 hours or so, I've been mostly nervous. I guess it's because I'm on my way now, I can relax. Or at least try to. For my 10 hours flight to Hangzhou, I have to sit in between two people, no window or aisle seat for me! But I've brought my pillow and some earplugs, so I hope I'll be fine anyways.

Here are some of the best parts of summer!

Now I'm going to practice my Chinese! At least in my head since there are people around...

summer almost over

2010-08-15T15:57:00.001+02:00

So now I've finished work (I hope), got a week extra, which I didn't really mind. More money, in which I need.

Tonight I'm taking the buss to Oslo. Have to get a visa for going to China. Going to stay with my aunt and uncle. Only staying for two days. Won't be that much to do since I can't spend much money. My bank account is getting emptied. Plane tickets, insurance, visa, etc. I've also found an apartment. Going to share with a Chinese girl, and I think it will be great. She's even going to pick me up at the airport!

Here are some pics from me and my mums trip earlier this summer:

China!

2010-08-03T21:35:00.001+02:00

Update since last time I wrote:

I'm going to China, more specifically Kunming! I'm very excited and a tiny bit scared. My tickets are booked for August 23rd. The journey takes 27 hours. 6 hours waiting in Amsterdam and 5 in Hangzhou. Never heard of Hangzhou before, so I reckon I'll be staying at the airport. Funny thing also, I booked a return ticket for January 31st, because I only had to pay 300 NOK more, so if I don't use it, that's no big deal. Better to maybe waste 300 NOK when there's a possibility of saving 7000 NOK.

I've been working mostly. Went to our cabin for a couple of days, but the weather was crap so I went home early. Me and mum went for a walk, I'll post pics later, cause I'm too lazy right now.

Have been hanging out with friends that I haven't seen in a while, and that I don't know when I'll see next time. Some of them I might not see before next summer! But I guess that's what you get for travelling to China!

Went to the pictures today, saw Knight and Day. I liked it quite a lot. It was entertaining. And that was what I needed.

But now its bedtime because I start work at 6 tomorrow. Only three days left of having to get up insanely early!

wow

2010-07-14T18:26:00.000+02:00

I'm not very good at updating this blog these days. Thought I would get better when I returned to Norway, but I guess that didn't happen. Maybe because I don't have that much interesting to tell you. All I've done since I came home has basically been working, watching the L word and hanging out with friends. Went out last Saturday, had a good time, but I still don't understand why people drink so much, or should I say often. Waste of money I think. But nevermind.

I still don't know where I'll be studying next semester. It's very stressful, but I guess I just have to look at it as an experience. Me, who always have to plan well ahead, will suddenly do stuff last minute. That said. I often do stuff last minute. Ah well. It will work out. I hope.

work

2010-06-29T21:54:00.000+02:00

Here in Norway, the weather hasn't been very good. I nearly died of boredom in 5 days, so I was sort of glad to start work yesterday. This summer at the cheese factory as well, and maybe a little bit a the resto, but I'm not planning on working as much as last summer. Obviously it was and is hard to get up so early, but I like that I have time in the afternoon to do stuff. Like today I played some footie with two friends that I haven't seen in a while. Soon I will go to bed I think, didn't have a nap when I came home, so I'm a bit tired. Oh and I didn't finish unpacking yet. Started out very good, but now my bedroom is a mess, and I have a lot of clothes in my suitcase still... Nevermind, maybe I'll finish it this weekend (but probably not).

Finished

2010-06-22T19:36:00.002+02:00

I'm back in Norway for the summer, got home this morning after a long journey. Came home to an empty house, only the cat med me at the door cause she was hungry. A little letter from Australia with some mint chocolate cheered me up though. A bit later Marlen came for a cup of tea and some breakfast. So in fact it wasn't so bad in the end after all. And one amazing thing as well is that I've almost finished unpacking. WOW.

And yeah, my holidays in France were GREAT. I met a whole bunch of really cool and kind people, and had a blast, even though the weather wasn't the best at all times. And surfing was incredibly cool. Honestly, I want to move somewhere I can surf when I want. I've decided I'm going to skate a lot this summer. Lets just hope I managed to actually do it! Anyways, here are some pics from my holidays!

Nice

Antibes with Margrethe and one of her friends

Cannes

Marseille (And the irland that inspired the novel "the count of Monte Cristo")

Bordeaux - Wine with the guy I stayed with and his friend

The day after it rained. Obviously the heaviest when I had to head for the train station

Surfcamp

One of the few times the sun actually showed itself

I really had a great time, and if you are going to France to surf, I strongly reccommend The Natural Surf Lodge.

holiday

2010-06-08T22:56:00.000+02:00

Today I had my last cours, so I'm officially finished for this semester. Have felt like I've been finished for a while now, but nevermind. These last days I've done "touristy" stuff, played tennis and just spent time with friends. Tomorrow I leave for the south and surfcamp. I'm so excited! Have also packed nearly all my stuff. Actually think I'll fit it all in.

But yeah, need to prepare for tomorrow. I'll be back in 11 days.

done!

2010-06-02T12:11:00.002+02:00

Well, nearly anyways. Have one little piece of homework, and two lessons to show up to, but that's about it. NO MORE EXAMS! I'm very happy. Or not very happy, but quite. All of the exams didn't well, so I just hope I've passed them, or else I wont be happy. But nothing to do but wait now, so that's what I'll do.

If you think I've done nothing but read the last week/-s, then thats not really true, even though I sort of wish it was right now. Tennis has been played, sightseeing has been done, birthdays have been celebrated, and smallville and roland garros have taken my attention away from reading.

Effrosyni's birthday, she's the one hiding in the picture (if it is on purpose I dont know)...

Champs Elysées covered in Green

Edith Piaf

This morning I was supposed to play tennis with Navina, but she cancelled on me just before I was about to leave the house. And since I've been incredibly lazy this semester, I decided to go for a jog. And that turned out to be necessary. I'm not sure I've ever been this tired in my whole life (probably have, but didn't feel like it at the moment). So when I get back to Norway, excercise is definitely on the plan. If I dont work and sleep all the time that is.

The rest of today I'll be going to some museum stuff here in Paris with Elly. I've only got about 10 days left in this city, so need to go see everything I want very soon. Next wednesday I'm leaving for the south of France. A couple of days in Nice, Cannes, Monaco and Marseille, and after almost a week of surfing in Hossegor/Seignosse. I'm very excited!

stress

2010-05-21T19:50:00.000+02:00

First exam went okay. 3 more next week. Need to study. Don't know whats happening with next the exchange next semester, that makes me stressed. Because I'm a planning person. I plan. When things can't be planned. I try anyways. I want to plan things. I want to know what I'm doing. So when things out of my control stop, change or make my plan uncertain, I'm not very pleased. So thank you Thailand, you can stop being a mess now please. Well, point being, when I don't know what's happening, I get problems concentrating, which is not so good since I have to study. Going to try again now anyways.

exam

2010-05-17T13:05:00.000+02:00

So the volcano and weather did behave, so I got back to Paris yesterday. Tomorrow is my first exam. Hate this. Is so not in the mood for reading. Yeah, it does happen that I dont actually mind reading, but that is not the case at the moment. Need to learn a lot of complicated french vocabulary. And I dont know whats happening with next semester yet. My coordinator should be fired I think. Well I dont know the circonstances for her never answering the phone, but for f***s sake!

And oh, Happy Norway Day! Im celebrating with reading for my exam wearing red, white and blue. Depressing.

norway

2010-05-14T14:47:00.000+02:00

So today I'm going home to Norway to celebrate my mothers 50th birthday. The plan is to be back in Paris on Sunday, so the volcano and the weather better behave until then!

back to uni

2010-05-12T22:37:00.000+02:00

Didn't get the easiest start on uni after the holidays, loads of homework and I learned that I have more or less all my exams in May, which means I have two weeks less to preapre. That is sort of a big deal, cause I think I could have improved a lot in two weeks, at least when it comes to my french. But nevermind, first exam the 18th of May, so I'll just have to do my best to prepare.

Last weekend I spent in Strasbourg with Elly and Effy, and I must say it was a beautiful city.

Musée Alsacien

We went on the boat trip around the city!

Anyways, I should now be studying for my exams, but I recieved some distractions today. I got an email from my exchange coordinator in Bergen with an invitation to a meeting for us who have applied for en exchange in Thailand the next semester because of the troubles thats been there lately. It doesn't say what the meeting is about, but I'm fearing the worst. Also I don't know if I'm going home this weekend or not. My mum is celebrating her birthday on saturday, and i have tickets to go home, but with this volcano stuff, you never know if I'll be able to fly or not. And I have my exam on Tuesday, so I HAVE to be in Paris then, or else my student loan will get bigger... This sucks...

bretagne

2010-05-04T19:13:00.001+02:00

So yeah, I haven't got that many pictures (yet) cause the battery of my camera died, and I didn't bring my charger cause I thought it was full. Here are those I have, and then I'll share some more when Navina has given me hers.

Mont St Michel

Lunch at Mont St Michel

Beach at Mont St Michel

Castle thingie at Mont St Michel

We also went to Dinan, St Malo and Rennes, but yeah, my camera died within the first 5 hours of the trip...

Now it's back to uni again. And I have loads of homework. And I also found out today that I have an exam the 18th of May. I'm in big trouble...

skater girl...

2010-04-29T23:31:00.000+02:00

Or not totally yet. I've bought a skateboard, and tried it twice, so probably can't call myself a skater yet. But hopefully someday I will! This is my skateboard:

It wasn't so expensive, so I decided if I'm ever going to learn it, it might as well be now. While I've been practicing my skateboarding, I've also taught Effy how to ride a bike. Or at least that what she says. I believe learing how to ride a bike is something you do on your own, the only thing I did was give some advice.

Our backyard is very pretty by the way, didn't see it until now, when it's all green and stuff.

Anyways, I'm off to Bretagne tomorrow, spending the weekend there with other erasmus students, hope the weather will be nice.

2010-04-25T17:55:00.000+02:00

Finished reading about the Nuer now. Quite proud of myself. But haven't started with the hardest part of my homework yet, the 10 pages dossier about the buddha. And I also have to read another book: "Les argonautes du pacifique occidental" by mr. Malinowski.

Despite doing a lot of work, I have also been a tiny bit social. But only a tiny bit. Like yesterday I made a vegetar lasagne and took it to my sick friend, and we watched some movies and ate the whole thing, didn't think we would, but guess we were hungry!

Anyways, I bought this packet with 6 different types of tea, and was really fascinated by the box. It was one big with 6 little ones inside. Wow.

Yeah I know it's not that cool, but sometimes I'm easily impressed. One of the types of tea was actually caramel. Was very skeptic to this, but without suger it was okay. Bet if you but suger in it you'll throw up like, but nevermind, I don't take suger in my tea anymore! I'm so grown up...

And I also baked a bread one of the days that passed. Like always I should have put some more water in the dough for it to be perfect, but it was absolutly edible. And very healthy! I think.

Well, weather is still amazingly great, so I'm enjoying every bit of it. Supposed to get cloudy next week, but still warm, so need to work as much on my "tan" as much as I can.

vacation

2010-04-21T23:24:00.001+02:00

Bought a tennis racket. It's purple, pink and white.

Reading about the Nuer, sometimes at home, sometimes in the Luxembourg gardens.

Mango mojito with Effi and her friend, and booked tickets for a weekend in Strasbourg.

Life is not too bad at the moment. Even reading is okay.

break

2010-04-18T20:59:00.000+02:00

After a long break form blogging, I am now back. I think. My visitors have left, and my life will go back to "normal". Didn't feel it appropriate to blog while they were here, since they deserved my full attention. (It's incredible how many excuses one can find for not blogging if you try..)

Friday was last day at uni. Now I have two weeks off. Which I'll be spending here in Paris, doing some reading and writing for uni. A lot of work has piled up, and I have to get it done if I wish to pass my exams, in which I do, or else this stay would turn out very expensive.

Anyways, since it is the hols now, Veronica has gone home to Norway. Home alone! Cleaned the appartment on Saturday, so I'm gonna try my best to keep it tidy. Wish me luck!

Today I played football with Navina, some italiens that she knows, and a whole bunch of other guys who we didn't know. Really had a good time. And needed the exercise cause I had KFC for dinner.

Weather is great at the moment as well. Really warm. I'm talking walking outside in shorts and t-shirt warm. It's nice.

Toulouse

2010-04-02T18:41:00.000+02:00

So last weekend I went to Toulouse. Was supposed to go with my friend Elly, but her mobile went on a strike the morning we were supposed to go. But I decided to go on my own. I had payed a lot of money for the tickets, and I havent got that many weekends left to travel! Anyways, I managed to have a good time, even though it probably would have been even better with a friend.

When you have lived in Paris for a while, everywhere else just seem so calm. Toulouse was no exception. I really loved the atmosphere, and the weather was great on friday and sunday. I even got a sunburn on my scalp, where my parting is! There were a lot of parks in the city, and I fell in love with the japanese garden. I also went to a football match. The norwegian player Daniel Braaten plays for Toulouse, so I thought it would be cool to go. A plus was that it only cost me 1€ because it was "ladies night" on the stadium.

Capitole

Two of many churches

Canal in Toulouse

Spring!

La Garonne

Ladies night!

Daniel Braaten always stays out of trouble, one of the other Toulouse players, on the other hand, got a red card. And they lost 0 - 2 (against Nice)

And this is the garden I fell in love with.

Since I came home from Toulouse, I have basically spent all my time doing uni work. Or being at uni obviously. These next two weeks I'll be busy with visitors. Chavanee is coming today, leaves on thursday, and then Maria comes on friday, and stays till wednesday. It's going to be nice to see them again!

bad blogger

2010-03-26T00:08:00.000+01:00

Im such a bad blogger. Thing is when time passes and I forget to blog, then I feel silly blogging about things that happened ages ago, or a week ago... But what have I been up to?

Trying to do my homework, without huge success. Found a nice library/study place, 5th floor of Quay Branly Museum, really nice view and loads of anthropology books, if I'll ever need one.
Playing tennis (there are now more good players).
Been to the cinema, saw "precious".
Went to Virgin Megastore on something they called "black & white day" (by accident), and since I was wearing black and white they gave me a gift. That was nice, cause they didn't have what I was looking for. Gift I chose was this thingie to make ice cubes shaped as skulls or bones (there were really only gifts for children in their basket, but nevermind, I was happy).
Eating a lot of crap.
Skipped a lesson cause I hadn't done my homework (due two weeks ago).
Sent my application for exchange in Thailand next semester, so now I'll just have to wait.
Booked a trip to Toulouse. Going tomorrow morning with Elli, coming back with the night train on sunday/monday.

Next time there will be pictures from the great Toulouse!

lille and after

2010-03-17T20:44:00.002+01:00

Lille was good as predicted. We were nearly 60 people who went on the trip, so obviously didn't hang out with all of them. A lot of italiens were there as usual, but I stayed with Veronica, the greeks, Anna and a mexican girl. So what happened there?

We were cold, even when inside..

Read maps..

Did the usual sightseeing...

Beer tasting and tour around a brewery

Since I came home, I've just been sleeping, and been to school. Oh, and I've played tennis! First time on Monday, then again today. I like it very much, so I'm definitely going to continue playing every week. There are only girls on the cours, so far anyways, and some of them are girl-girls. By that I mean they're not very talented at sports, it's like they have no control over their body. There are also some physically challenged players, to put it in a nice (?) way. But nevermind, I'm having a good time with tennis!

Was going to tell you a bit about the huge workload, but it's too depressing. You just have to trust me when I say that I have A LOT to do these next few weeks.

library

2010-03-12T16:39:00.000+01:00

Now, I'm sitting in the library at uni. Had a lesson at 0830, and after I did some homework, then some exercise, and now homework again. Trying to be good, and get loads done, but I just really needed a break. It's still taking ages, and I haven't finished any of the summaries yet. In the 5 pages article I have read, there are 200 words I didn't understand, and 17 expressions. So obviously, this is taking a lot of time.

Anyways, this weekend I'm going to Lille with a whole bunch of other erasmus students. Think it will be good! Have to get up really early tomorrow though. Bus leaves from Porte Maillot at 0800.

grr

2010-03-10T20:44:00.000+01:00

I was so looking forward to playing tennis. So obviously the instructor had to be ill today, so the lesson had been cancelled. I've never been so disappointed in my whole life! (Or maybe I have, but nevermind). So instead I had to do some other exercise. Didn't bring my clothes etc for nothing! So I ended up riding a bike for 15 min, rowing 2000 m and attended a fitness lesson called belly/ass. Surprisingly enough this lesson was all about exercising you abdos and ass, which I didn't really mind. The odd thing was that the instructur was an old man. I would guess somewhere between 50 and 60 (so not ancien). And he was very fit (not fit as in very hot, but as in fit). Anyways, I think I'll be doing this lesson every week, because I don't have the dicipline to do the exercices on my own and my belly/ass do need some exercise. I can do tennis on Monday instead! Unless the instructor is still ill (touch wood).

long day

2010-03-09T22:35:00.000+01:00

So today I had loads of lectures. It went ok. Was very tired the last hour, lenses started to give me a headache. But i survived. Tomorrow I an early lesson, 0830. Then I have a break between 1130 and 1500, so I'm going to attend a begginers course in tennis! Unless it's raining, then I'll just do some exercise at the gym I think. Must admit I'm a bit excited. I'm quite good at badminton, so hopefully I wont be extremely bad at tennis. If I turn out to be decent, I'm going to play regularly. I won't get to play much football this semester, because I have lessons when the football is scheduled, and it's a bit crap playing on your own. But tennis tomorrow!

good for me!

2010-03-08T21:13:00.000+01:00

I actually did homework yesterday. I'm very proud of myself. It took ages though, and I'm still not finished. It's hard reading an article in french (about archeology/ethnology) and write a summary of it, when there are at least three words in each sentence that you don't understand. It takes AGES. But I remember there was a time like this when I was in England as well, so I'm hoping that in a month or two (hopefully before my exams) I will be able to read a text and maybe look up 10 words on each page, or maybe less. Anyways, I have to do two of these summaries for one class. And I have to read two articles for another. Actually, I'm supposed to have read them by tomorrow. But I'm thinking summaries are more important, since I won't be talking in the lesson anyways. Not yet.

It's only nine o'clock. Feels like 11. At least. I've got something that might be the beginning of a headache, but I have to do my homework anyways. Or as much as I can before I fall asleep. Don't think I should go to bed to late either. Have a long day in front of me tomorrow. 9 hours with lectures!

And I've got a sore throat. So I drink tea and eat ricola. And I've decided to not eat loads of crap. Because it's, well, crap. So today, instead of eating chocolate or cookies or quelque chose comme ca, I've had carrots and "yaourt nature". Yes, there were more carrots, only I'd eaten them all before the picture was taken. Oh, and to the left is the thesaurus I bought today.

Now I will continue my summary. Or continue writing down the huge amount of words that I need to find out what means, for then to be able to understand the sentences, for then to be able to understand the paragraphs, for then to be able to understand the article, for then to write a summary of it. Oh the joy of studying in a language you don't know! Thank God (or maybe the creator of internet...) for google translate and ordnett.no

laazy days

2010-03-07T14:14:00.004+01:00

Oh the lazy days. I didn't have to leave the house on Saturday. That was very nice. Did some tidying and finished some unfinished business. Also repeated some french grammar, which I'm going to repeat today as well, then maybe I'll remember it someday soon. Was going to do some homework as well yesterday, but I didn't. Which means I have to do it today. Or I do not HAVE to, but it would be for the best, so I won't be stressed out because of it later on. But knowing myself, I'll probably end up watching a movie or something instead. Or maybe not. Maybe today is a day for change. Yes. I think I'm going to convince myself to believe that, like so many times before. Then we'll see tomorrow what happened.

We have a blackboard in our appartment. So this morning I drew my timetable. Here it is. And yes, on Tuesdays I have 7 hours with lectures without a break. And yes, I finish at 20.30.

Now I'm going to hoover the floors and tidy up some more. Veroncia comes back today, so it would be nice if the apartment doesn't look like a tip.

thursday/friday

2010-03-05T23:20:00.007+01:00

On thursday me and Navina went to Louvre and saw the Mona Lisa, amongst other things. Afterwards we sat in the parc outside and had a cup of starbucks coffee. The weather has been very nice the last couple of days.

After a while it still got cold, cause it's quite windy, so we went shopping for a bit instead. Now I'm even better prepared for spring and summer. Bring it on!

In the evening we went out to a club with one of the guys Navina lives with and his friend. It was really good. Loads of people, great music. We danced all night, could barely walk afterwards! Because I wore heals, and its been a while since I've wore them..

Today has been a very lazy day. Haven't really done anything worth mentioning. But since you all desperately wants to know, I've been to the shop to buy food, listen to music and done some tidying.

Oh, and here are some pics of the apartment!

Haven't planned tomorrow yet. But think I'm going to do some cleaning. And I definitely need to do some homework. I need to start practicing my french a lot more. Four weeks have passed, and I'm still crap.

paris!!

2010-03-03T23:12:00.006+01:00

Since I came back from holiday, I've been doing some more sightseeing. Have been very busy with school etc the last few weeks, so havent had much time to do other things. Anyways. Monday I did some cleaning, then went for a walk with Navina, Anna and Oliver, saw the Notre Dame, and went to the pictures to see "an education".

Tuesday I went to Tour Montparnasse, Jardin du Luxembourg and the Grande Arc with Navina. In the evening Navina, Elly and Effy came to my place and we made vegetarian lasagne and watched the notebook.

Today me and Navina went to Musee d'Orsay, and afterwards we went to the Bois de Boulonge. We were supposed to go to a bar to watch the match between France and Spain, but I was tired so I stayed in and ate nachos instead. Bought myself a new bag and two pairs of jeans today as well. And yesterday I bought two pairs of shoes. Paris is not good for my wallet.

Oh, and now I have a timetable. At last. Tell you more about that later on.

rouen et dieppe

2010-02-28T22:08:00.003+01:00

On Monday, I didn't have a timetable. Today, I don't have a timetable. By the end of next week, I MUST have a timetable. Nevermind. Now is vacation time. We have this week off. Going to try and get to know Paris, cause I feel that I have a lot left to see! The weekend which is now finished I've spent in Rouen and Dieppe with my german friend Navina, and my two greek friends Elly and Effy. We had a really nice time. Weather was great on friday and saturday, but sunday was full of rain. Luckily we'd already seen most of the things we wanted the days before.

Dieppe

Rouen

btw

2010-02-21T22:23:00.002+01:00

Quote from Valentine's Day:

"The truth sometimes makes everything else a lie."

samedi et dimanche

2010-02-21T18:12:00.005+01:00

Well, I'm finding blogging a bit of a hassle at the moment. Don't know why, cause it only takes a minute if you just do it. Anyways, pics of the appartment have to wait because it doesn't look like its supposed to at the moment. No not a huge mess, but Veronicas boyfriend is here, so its a bit crowded.

Yesterday I went to the pictures with a bunch of other erasmus students. We watched Valentine's Day. Not in french cause then we wouldnt understand nothing and that sort of would have sucked. The film was quite good, but I prefer Love Actually any day of the week.

Today I met up with Navina and some of her german friends, who I think also are erasmus students, but not at the same university. Anyways, we watched a chinese dragon parade.

Coming from the country of Norway where we have parades every 17. of May, I wasn't impressed with the organising of this parade, cause it stood still most of the time. It would have worked better if the parade had been meant to stand still, and the people watching had moved. Anyways, did get to see some cool stuff.

Afterwards we went to the Quartier Latin and went into the Pantheon. I had to tell a little lie to get in (for free). What do I not do to save money!?

It is still very cold in Paris so we went to a café when we'd finished the sightseeing. Then I went home because my toes were about fall off.

Tomorrow I might have a timetable! But I'm trying not to get my hopes up.

woopsi

2010-02-17T22:25:00.003+01:00

Kind of couldn't be asked to post pictures yesterday, most because I havent taken them yet and I couldnt be asked cause I had had a bad day. First I was going to take a lesson for the first time, but the lesson had moved place and I ended up spending 1,5 hour in a lesson I wasnt supposed to be in. Then I was going to have a class to practice my oral french, but the classroom was occupied and the teacher was nowhere in sight. I wasn't the only student from my class who didn't know where we were supposed to be, so me and two others went for lunch. My next class was no bother, but one of the girls who is also in my oral class told me that the lesson had taken place somewhere down the hall, only nobody had been told. So when I came home, I was annoyed and tired, and couldnt be asked to blog.

Today was a lot better. The lectures were where they should be. The only problem was that I didn't understand half of what was said in my ethnology lecture, because I don't know many words, and because the teacher talked awfully fast. Luckily I'm recording the lessons so I can listen to them over again. Anyways, I'll try to post pictures of the appartment like on sunday or something, cause there's a lot going on now!

loads of things going on!

2010-02-15T23:08:00.002+01:00

Last week I finished the language course. I learned some things new, and was reminded of a great deal as well. Made some new friends and it was all good. On Saturday, me and Veronica moved in to the appartment. Will try to post some pics tomorrow. We also went out on Saturday, to meet with some more of the erasmus student. It was a lot of fun, and we got to know a lot of cool people. Anyways, now I'm off to bed because I've got lectures in the morning. Not very early, but I'm tired so I need some sleep.

Bonne nuit

le week end

2010-02-07T21:36:00.002+01:00

So what have I been up to this weekend? Not much really. On saturday me and Veronica went to check out the neighbourhood were we are going to live, get to know it a bit more. Now we understand what people mean by it being a lively neighbourhood! But it will be an experience. (And by lively I don't mean clubs and druggies and whores, if that's what you thought).

Anyways, today I went jogging again. Not as far as last time though. But my legs still hurt now as well. Don't really know whats wrong with them. It's not like the stiffness one usually experience, but it's PAIN. It really hurts just to walk. But it will pass again, like last time, so I'll just have to cope. Maybe next time, they wont hurt. I'm thinking it might be because of when I went skiing, but I'm not sure..

Anyways, tomorrow is a new week, with language courses Monday till Thursday. And I might get lucky and find out which subjects I'm going to take!

language course

2010-02-04T22:30:00.002+01:00

Today, I had my first language lesson. We are 7 people in the class, 3 girls and 4 boys. Two of the boys are from italy and are called Andrea, which is a bit confusing because in norwegian that's a girls name. Anyways, there is a huge difference in how much french we know, I'm one of the worst, but luckily not the worst. Haha. Therefore I hope my learning curve will be very steep. I will have classes between 13.00 and 15.00 and then again between 15.30 and 17.30. The first class is to practice written french, and the second the oral. I also noticed today that I remember a lot less french than I hoped! But nevermind! I'm here to learn!

Language test

2010-02-03T11:53:00.002+01:00

Yesterday I went to school for a language test. It was oral, so obviously it went crap. But that's ok, because the purpose of the test was to separate those who were too good in french to participate in the cours and those who needed it. Now, I'm just waiting for the email to tell me when to show up. Apart from that, I didn't do much. Went to the shop to get some food. Oh yes, I also spoke to a man, in french, without him noticing I was foreign. I was so proud. Even though I only spoke 4 (sounds like 3) words. He asked me if I knew where the metro was, and I said, "oui, c'est la" and pointet at it. But what I was the most proud of, was that I actually understood what he said. Those french people tend to speak very fast you see. I'm not sure what's happening today. Veronica comes back, and I've been thinking about getting a navigo pass, so I can travel unlimited on the metro and RER. But we'll see.

I went jogging in Paris and this is what I saw

2010-01-31T23:10:00.006+01:00

And obviously loads of other stuff too! And btw, my feet are proper aching. Most likely cause I've been lazy for the past two months...

looking around

2010-01-31T22:42:00.007+01:00

Yesterday I had a look around the area where we are living right now. Veronica has gone home to see her boyfriend, so I'm on my own till wednesday. Anyways, I dressed up a bit, and went for a walk. Saw the Louvre, Place de la Concorde and a lot of other stuff.

Then I went to buy some food and headed home to tidy up a bit and make myself some dinner. Here's what the studio looks like, if you were wondering.

sorted!...ish

2010-01-29T12:08:00.005+01:00

Right. We didn't get the apartment. So we had to stay at a hotel for two more days. Luckily, the owners of the hotel, an old couple, were very helpful. They had some friends that rented out appartments and studios. So at the moment we are living in a studio in the centre of paris, in an area that, like the old lady that helped us said: c'est trés chic. Which means designer stores all over. This is only temporary though, cause the appartment we are going to rent wont be available before the 13th. The appartment only has one bedroom, but with two beds, and we can see sacre ceur from the window. It's a bit more expensive, but we will survive, hopefully. So far we haven't done much sightseeing, only seen l'Arc de Triomphe and Sacre Coeur, and la Tour Eiffel in the horizon obviously.

The guy in the yellow car had just hit the guy on the scooter (next to the white van). Bet he was glad he wore a helmet!

Btw, I love cities with a metro system. It's so easy to get around.

And I'm hoping the sun will come out tomorrow.

je suis á paris!

2010-01-26T00:57:00.004+01:00

Now I'm in Paris! The last couple of days have been very busy, packing, working, hanging out with friends etc. But now I'm here in Paris. We didn't get to the hotel until late last night, cause we had some troubles finding it. But we managed without taking a taxi, which obviously would have been the easiest alternative. Anyways, a better update will come (hopefully) tomorrow, cause thats when we (hopefully) will move in to the appartment. Au Revoir!

christmas prezzie

2010-01-17T00:35:00.004+01:00

Finished my dad's christmas present today, about time I must say. But he was very happy he got it. He even wore it while we had tea. Which mum wasn't too pleased about. But nevermind!

Other than that, much hasn't happened. I cleaned the bathroom cause mum asked me to. What a boring life. Think I might go skiing again tomorrow if it's not too cold outside, get some exercise, like for real.

10 days left!

2010-01-14T15:10:00.004+01:00

I can't believe how fast the days go by. Feel like I do nothing, but I guess that's only partially true. It's now only ten days till I leave for Paris. Apartment is most likely sorted, just formalities left. Going to share with another Norwegian. It's kind of cool cause I only know she's called Victoria and that she studies Psychology. That's all! Haha, don't even know her age or where she's from! But we're taking the same plane to Paris so I'm going to wait to ask her so we have something to talk about. Silly me. Anyways, only ten days to go and I feel like I have a million things to do. I believe I have to make a list so I don't forget anything. If you didn't know, I love making lists.

Have actually done a lot these few days, or maybe it just feels like a lot since I haven't been home. My friend Marlen was asked to live in her aunts house to watch the cats, so I decided to stay there with her. We watched movies, read some educational books (lol), ate a lot of crap, went shopping and walked for miles in high heels. I really need to stop spending money, but it's so fun. Talking about money, I have also bought myself a new phone. A samsung omnia pro. Started using it last night. It is/was quite complicated! After about 3 hours figuring stuff out I was tempted to send it back, but then suddenly, after I had brushed my teeth for the night, bits and pieces just fell into place, and now I really like it! Yey for me!

I didn't get up until 2 p.m today. It was nice to get a good nights sleep, but I missed a beautiful day..

good girl!

2010-01-11T01:17:00.004+01:00

Today I tidied up in my bedroom. Have been planning to since I came back from Bergen in December. But nevermind, now it's all done! Or almost all done. Have got a shelf full of make-up, perfume, hair accessorizes and jewelery, but not enough space to place it. Therefore it's quite messy at the moment. I'm going to have to figure out something clever.

It's not often that my bedroom looks like this!

Apart from tidying up and cleaning, much hasn't been done. Marlen came on a visit for a cup of tea, chatting, listening to owl city and playing minesweeper. Yes, our lives are very lame.

buffy

2010-01-08T13:58:00.002+01:00

Me and Marlen finished watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer yesterday. I've always wondered why I like that TV-series so much, but after watching 7 seasons I've figured out it's the dialogues. The use of sarcasm and irony is always there to a large extent, and those who know me well knows that I love to use sarcasm and irony. So that's that.

avatar

2010-01-07T00:47:00.003+01:00

Went to the pictures today, saw avatar. It was a great movie. Felt it was more than just entertainment, and in my opinion that's quite rare nowadays. Did also go shopping, bought some amazingly cool boots or whatever you want to call them, over-knee type.

This picture is dedicated to Malene and Kine, if I remember correctly

And this was New Years Eve

new year

2009-12-31T15:58:00.002+01:00

New Years Eve is here! The end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010. Hopefully, 2010 will be a very exciting year, with spending 5 months in Paris and 5 months in Thailand and maybe some other parts of southeast Asia. 2009 was also a great year, living life in Bergen with the most amazing friends and working my ass off in the summer to make loads of money to spend on my travels.

Now I'm going in the shower, then I'm off to Nina to celebrate New Years Eve with her and loads of other friends. Can't wait! Oh and by the way, I've finished crocheting a hat that goes with the scarf I made earlier. Didn't turn out exactly like I wanted, but I figured out a way around it so I wouldn't have to start over again for the fourth time!

weeeeee

2009-12-26T13:45:00.005+01:00

I got the letter today, confirming that I have been accepted as a student at Paris X! I'm so happy! But at the same time very nervous, because it will be a challenge finding a place to stay and all that.. But nevermind, I'll survive! Hopefully!

I'm glad I'm off work for a while now, really needed to catch up on some sleep. Worked 18 out of the 24 first days of December, I even had one day where I worked 13,5 hours. Believe me I was knackered. I'm not back at work until 30. so now I fill the days with family gatherings and hanging out with friends. Now I need to back my bags cause I'm going to a family dinner and then to a friends party, then I'm staying at my brother's apartment tonight. Merry Christmas everyone!

work II

2009-12-15T20:50:00.003+01:00

Now I'm sick of work. In addition to working at the cafe, I now also work at the cheese factory, like I did last summer. So today I worked 0600 - 1400 and then 1530 - 2015. The only thing that keeps me going is thinking about all the money I'll earn, cause to be honest I'm knackered.

work

2009-12-10T23:19:00.002+01:00

I'm sick of work already. Or, I shouldn't say work, because it is actually the customers I'm sick of. The worst ones are the oldies. They complain and demand. You'd think some of them were without morals. They expect special treatment, and they don't trust young people or people who don't speak Norwegian fluently. Obviously I'm generalizing right now, but it's necessary to make the point. The oldies need to be more open, and try harder! Luckily I'm only at work between 1530 and 2000 tomorrow, so most of the oldies will be home in bed before I get there! Before work, I'm gonna try to make some Christmas cards!

christmas?

2009-12-09T13:02:00.002+01:00

These last few days I've been working at the café. Except for on Sunday, when I sat watching Grey's Anatomy all day. Wasn't supposed to work on Monday, but my boss hadn't read the list properly so I had to go in for 4,5 hours on Monday as well. Today I've got the day off. I was supposed to finish unpacking today, but I got a feeling that wont happen. It's so boring. Now I'm going to go for a walk with mum!

not knowing

2009-12-04T01:53:00.002+01:00

I hate not knowing, especially when it comes to my future. And I don't mean 10 years from now, but 1 month. I don't know where I'll be, and it is really killing me. I don't feel like I can do anything. Everything just feels pointless. And the fact that I so desperately need to know is also annoying. Why can't I just go with the flow? Live in the now or whatever.. Sometimes you just really want to be someone else.

busy!

2009-12-01T21:41:00.003+01:00

It's not a lie. I've been extremely busy the last week. Reading for the exam I had on Thursday, spending time with friends I'm not gonna see for a year approximately, packing and cleaning out my room are some of the things I've done. Today I went home. Missed the bus to the airport, so I had to get a taxi, or else I wouldn't have been there in time for my flight. But nevermind. Now that I'm home again I hopefully wont have that many expenses.

I was planning on telling you all about the last few days, cause they've been great, but I'm knackered, so I'd rather go to bed.

Miss you

belonging

2009-11-23T00:37:00.002+01:00

This weekend I've been reading about Deaf people. It's been very interesting, and I feel that I've learned a lot, not only about people who are Deaf, but also about how one creates ones identity.

One thing that I read, that really stuck with me, is the word belonging, or belong, and how beautiful it is. I have never really thought much about this word, and what two words it actually consists of. Being and longing. The writer that talks about this word shows how it has two parallel meanings. The word consists of the expression be, or being, which refers to our ontological place in the world. It also consists of longing, which can refer to our emotional longing after a community or fellowship to be a part of. Might just be me, but I thought that was kind of beautiful.

poorly

2009-11-20T21:50:00.004+01:00

I've got a cold.. Started a few days ago. So typical. I always get sick just before exams. Luckily it just involves snot and sneezing, no fever or anything, so I manage to get things done anyways. The exam today went ok. It's hard to say anything else. You never know in anthropology. At least that's how I feel.

Anyways, the rest of the day I've spent tidying up in my bedroom. The couple that bought my biggest piece of furniture picked it up today, so I haven't got many places to put things. And I've got a lot of things. I'll probably have to throw a lot of things out when I leave, unless I can't go on an exchange after Christmas and will be needing it..

I have also washed my clothes today. Since mam and dad took a lot of them home, I don't have a lot to choose from.

Tomorrow, I'm going to start reading on the other subject, since the exam is on Thursday.

This made me laugh today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T_obaO46Bo

exams

2009-11-17T18:57:00.002+01:00

First exam on Friday, and the other the Thursday after that. This means I've got no life. All I do is read, or eat, or sleep, or maybe all three at a time. Ok, that's a lie. I do other things as well. Like for instance I clean the kitchen because it's my week. I can promise you, the kitchen hasn't look this great, and stayed that way, in a looong time. Apart from that, I've had the hiccups today, at several occasions. And I mean the sort of extreme hiccups, when like your whole body jumps each time it happens. It also makes a lot of noise. Embarrasing when you're walking down the street jumping and making noises, people must think you're not well.

Anyhow, back to reading. Every minuite is one I cannot afford to lose. (Yeah, I like being dramatic).

forget

2009-11-15T13:42:00.005+01:00

I keep forgetting to blog. And if I do remember, it's always when I haven't got time. I haven't got time now either, to be honest, but I feel an update is needed. Talking about forgetting, I met one of the annoying guys on Friday. I was at the Christmas due/Presentation Night with my team and the mens team. And one of the guys had a memory like a goldfish, not joking. He did remember my name, but throughout the conversation we had, he probably asked me 5 times where I was from, and also if I knew this guy that he met in the military who was from the same place (no I didn't know him). He also asked what I was studying and also if I knew this girl that he knew who was studying the same thing (which again I didn't). I don't know if he was just extremely stupid or if he just didn't listen to what I said each time. But anyways, he was ANNOYING. Luckily there were people with brains at the party as well, so I did actually have a really good time.

Yesterday, the plan was to get loads of reading and writing summaries done. But it didn't happen. I started the day with finishing reading one article, and continued with reading another. Then I went to Malene, because she was going to copy my lecturenotes, since she couldn't attend due to her little sister being on a visit. And while I was there, the hours kind of just went by, and suddenly, I'd been there for about 6 hours. It was about time to eat tea, so Malene invited me to stay and eat potao soup with her. I must say I was quite sceptical, it sounded like something the prisoners in the concentration camps during WW2 wuld get served, but it was actullay quite good. I might even make it myself sometime. When we'd finished the soup, we found out that we really wanted to make blueberry cupcakes. So we did. Only they didn't have frozen blueberries in the shop, so we used a mix with blueberries, redcurrant, blackcurrant, rasberries and blackberries. Yummy! We also watched a movie, Kurt goes cruel. I didn't get home until 12, so that's why I'm sitting here eating breakfast at 2 o'clock. I'm also baking bread, cause I need to use all the flour before I leave. But now, intensive reading!

sh*t

2009-11-12T20:28:00.003+01:00

I was such a good girl on Monday, got loads done. Tuesday, not so good. Did get some things done but far from enough. Had a good time with Kine, Malene and Malene's sister Emilie. Eating waffles and playing cards. Wednesday was worse than Tuesday when it comes to reading and that. And what about today? I've lost everything called concentration, so it takes me ages to do what I can usually get done in a couple of hours. And an email made me realize that life really su*ks. Life's a bitch, and then you die. The wize person behind that phrase should get some sort of price!

reading

2009-11-09T23:55:00.003+01:00

Today, I've been a really good girl. Spent almost all day reading. I even read while I ate my tea. Tomato soup. Afterwords, my belly ached because I ate too much. I've heard that can happen when you do something else when you eat, because you forget to notice when your full. Despite belly ache, I continued reading till quite late. I also attempted to write a summary, but now I know that French theorists are too complicated for my liking. I now like Foucault just as much as I like Bourdieu. Which is not that much... Hopefully, I will get just as much done tomorrow. Maybe I'll even have time to go to the gym (which I didn't today because of my poorly belly). Good night!

saturday/sunday

2009-11-08T22:58:00.003+01:00

All of Saturday was spent with mum and dad, except for breakfast and night-time, since they were staying at a hotel. We went to Fløyen, had some lunch, and enjoyed the tiny bit of sun. Cuties!

At the evening, we went out to eat. This time at China Palace, which is the best Chinese restaurant in Bergen, I'm sure of it. Since the food was great, I got really full, and therefore really tired, which meant an early night for me.

Today, mum and dad went home, with one suitcase and three bags full of clothes, shoes, books etc. Hopefully I will be able to get the last of my clothes home, and the furniture will be sold.

When mam and dad had left, I picked up my article collection and did some reading. After a while I decided it was about time to finish crocheting my scarf! So now it's all done. Must say I'm quite pleased with myself.

I think I'll read some more now, before it's time for bed. Need to spend every minute wisely. Even though it might be debatable whether finishing my scarf would classify as spending minutes wisely or not.

weekend

2009-11-06T22:32:00.003+01:00

Mum and dad arrived today, early. Or, they were in town around half 8, so not thaat early. But the thing is, I went to bed quite late yesterday, so now I'm knackered. I'm also full, cause we went out on a restaurant to eat, and I always have to eat everything that's on the plate. Feel bad if they pay loads of money for my food, and I don't eat it all. But nevermind. We haven't really done much today, just walked around in town and done some shopping. My dad bought himself 3 tops and mum bought this jacket sort of thing, very pretty. Tomorrow, we are going up to Fløyen, but apart form that, we don't have any spesific plans. I know I need to do some reading, or else my life will definitely suck for the next three weeks..

fame

2009-11-04T23:08:00.003+01:00

Today, I got out of bed at 10.10, even though I could have slept all day if I tried. But I felt like I had to read a bit before the lecture. Didn't read that much though, which is bad news. I've got the first exam in 16 days, and there is still a lot to get through. I'm going to have to be super good tomorrow. Unfortunately I know myself too well, so I know it most likely wont happen. I think I'd rather be prepared that it wont happen, and then be really pleased with myself if it does.

Anyways, after the lecture, I went to the gym. I ran intervals on this machine (no, not a treadmill) for 65 minutes, 10 km. Must say I was quite happy with myself, even though I ran the last 15 minutes or so because I wanted to watch a program on the telly, and it would look silly if I just stood there. But nevermind, I did get the exercise!

After training, I went to the pictures with Kine, Malene, Camilla P and Malene's roomie, James. We watched "Fame". Wouldn't recommend it. At least not if you have to pay money to watch it. If you are really bored, and got nothing else to do, I don't think I would recommend it either. If you feel like watching a movie with dancing and singing that's almost the same, only better, you should watch "Honey" with Jessica Alba. Muuuch better.

I also want to mention my anger about the common kitchen in this place, again. Today, it was the dishwasher that triggered my anger, or should I rather call it resignation. We're 8 people sharing this kitchen, which means that a lot of plates get used throughout one day. Threrefore, you would assume a dishwasher would be really helpful. And, yes, of course it is, but only to a certain extent. I don't know how to say this without sounding like some kind of freak, so I guess I am, at least when it comes to this. But people don't know how to place things in the dishwasher! When we're 8 people, it's important to fit as much in there as possible each time you but it on. SO USE YOUR LOGIC FOR CHIRST SAKE! Like for instance, this morning, loads of plates were laying on the bench because the dishwasher was "full." But then I moved some plates and glasses around, and voila, there was room for all the plates, and I could put the dishwasher on (which nobody else bothered to do, even though they had noticed that the machine was "full"). Oh, and while I'm at it, it is also annoying when people just place their glasses and plates at the front row, so the dishwasher looks full, and then other people see that the front row is full, and therefore assumes that there is no more room. I'm telling you, 26 days!

back to normal

2009-11-03T22:29:00.002+01:00

Now, things are starting to get back to normal, with regards to uni and reading and that. Today, I got up at 08.05 so I had just enough time to get dressed and walk to school to attend the 08.15 lecture. I was incredibly tired during the two hours the lecture lasted, but managed to stay awake still. Probably cause the lecture was about something interesting, genocide. Afterwards, I just went home to relax before starting to read, and ended up sleeping until 12. Then I decided it was about time to get up and do something of importance. I started out okey, but unfortunately my concentration didn't stick with me. Therefore, I have barley done any reading or writing today. Have been to football training as well, both with the team I coach, and the team I play on. At the moment I've got a headache, so I think maybe I'll just end the day soon, and hopefully get more done tomorrow! Au revoir!

halloween!

2009-11-01T20:29:00.004+01:00

Halloween party last night was mint! So many cool costumes! Really had a fab time.

Today I haven't done much. Breakfast/lunch at Camilla J's, stayed there till about 6, then came home, watched football on TV, and then I've just been crocheting while having conversations with good friends. Tomorrow it's back to reading and everything else. Need to get a lot done before mum and dad are coming visiting this weekend!

oops, I did it again

2009-10-30T21:00:00.004+01:00

I havent't been a good blogger lately. I have just been busy, and when I've not been busy I've been lazy. Sometimes you just can't help it. Writing a post seems like the hardest thing in the world.

These past few days I've done a lot of reading and writing. We've had a compulsory assignment that was due today, so obviously I've been up all night writing it. My plan to finish it early failed for the 4th time, and we've only written 4 so far. But I've found out that I work most effectively between 01.00 and 07.00. Despite constant yawning, I manage to concentrate really well. Wish we could have our exams during the night, I would probably get all A's! ha ha. Got the results form the second exam I had in October, and it was another C. I wasn't expecting anything better either, but I wish I could be more talented at writing exams, not just planning how to write them. I am, honestly, mint at planning. But unfortunately, that's as far as it goes.

I've also been struggling with the application to Paris X. I've sent it now, but I have no idea whether I've sent all the papers they want. Hopefully I have, cause it wouldn't be cool to have to start plan something else now.

Other than this, I can mention that I attended the Presentation Night for football today. I was one goal away from getting a price for scored goals, but I did get a top for training with my name on, cause I'd been a good girl with helping the club to earn money. Wee

It is now 21.29, and I'll be off to bed in a minute. I've been awake for 32,5 of the last 35 hours, so I can with ease say that I am absolutely knackered!

lets do it!

2009-10-19T23:08:00.010+02:00

Right, Prague! What can I say? Me and Kine had a great time, despite bad weather (that included strong wind, rain and temperatures around 4 deg. C). We did see the usual sights, like Prague Castle and Charles Bridge, but most of the time was spent on shopping, since that included spending loads of time indoors. Here are a selection of pictures, in a sort of random order..

Prague

On Charles Bridge

Our lovely cheap hotel!

We obviously had to go out and drink beer, only cause it was cheap since none of us really likes it!

A dude that loved to dance, mint floor though!

Some building that looked sort of nice and meaningful in some way

One day we had cake as dessert after lunch. It was lush.

The Astronomical Watch

National Museum

Cathedral at Prague Castle

Invalid 1
(the metro station in which our hotel was closest to was called Invalidovna. We found that quite amusing.)

Invalid 2

We also went to a toy museum at Prague Castle, where they had loads of barbie dolls (and ken and action man)!

What did I bring back from Prague? Sweets and chocolate (Value 70 NOK)!

I obviously bought a lot of other things as well.. 2 dresses, a scarf and about 4 tops, to mention some of the things.

Now its back to the hard life that is studying. I'm finding it hard to mobilize enough concentration to get things done, but I guess I'll get into it again soon. Now I need to go to bed cause I've got a 0815 lecture tomorrow morning.. I believe it's going to bed hard getting up in time.

back

2009-10-17T23:47:00.002+02:00

Now I'm back from Prague. Will posts pics and tell you all about it tomorrow, cause I've been busy since I came home this morning, and now I'm knackered. So nite nite!

bye bye

2009-10-13T02:36:00.004+02:00

Well then. It's 02.37 and I've just finished packing. Leaving at half 7 tomorrow morning. I can't believe I'm off to Prague! I'm so excited!! Really feel like I deserve a holiday like. After two weeks with constant stress. I will be bringing reading stuff as well, but hopefully I wont get much done. He he. But now I'm off to bed. Think I'll need to spend at least 4 of the 5 hours that are left till go in some sort of sleeping condition. Weeeeee!

finally!

2009-10-11T01:35:00.012+02:00

The kitchen is tidy! Lets hope it'll stay this way for a while.

So what have I done today. Café with Malene, and party at Camilla J's place. Quality!

quote

2009-10-10T13:54:00.007+02:00

I would like to say, like my dad did a lot of times: "THIS IS GETTING BEYOND THE JOKE MAN!!" The kitchen is so filthy, it's no wonder I've been starved this week. I really don't want to cook there, cause I feel like I'll catch all sorts of diseases. And the thing is, it doesn't take a lot of time to clean up if the guy with the responsibility just gets his ass out of bed and does it! I'm getting close to doing it myself, but if i do, he'll never learn. And then I'll be stuck doing it every time it's his week, cause he knows he'll get away with it. Honestly, I'm very annoyed right now.

These pics shows how bad it is right now, but its been worse, I promise.

today

2009-10-09T22:42:00.004+02:00

Today has been one of those days when you just want to curl up in a ball under your quilt, and just wait till its over. The only positive thing I can mention is that I had a good time at football training, but not before, and certainly not after. But never mind, forget that today ever happened, and tomorrow is a new day.

ouch

2009-10-07T23:52:00.006+02:00

My backside is aching. Why? Because I've been sitting on it constantly since Tuesday morning, more or less. At least I have today. Yesterday I went to a lecture, and also to meet up with some friends to discuss the curriculum (which includes walking for five minutes one way). Today I've just been sat in my bed reading, or trying to read. And I have done quite a lot I would say, I've read 7 articles actually. But not in depth. This is what I've been reading about:

Don't ask me what it means, cause its extremely complicated, and I'm not sure I understand it myself.

I would also like to say how much I hate living in a commune sometimes! Today, one of my roommates had arranged a vorspiel, without asking if it was okay or at least giving me a warning. This annoys me quite a lot. Since I didn't know about the party, I obviously hadn't prepared to have to leave my room to go the reading hall or something. Therefore I was stuck (because preparing to go out would take too long since I looked like trash). I don't know where to begin with the annoying stuff, but I guess one things jumps to my mind quite quickly. And that's the door bell. It's the most annoying sound ever, and it's so loud you jump every time it goes off. And what does people in a good mood, ready to paaarteeeey, do? Obviously they press the door bell MANY of times. Oh, and one of their favorites, hold the door bell in for as long as it takes the person to answer. God, I was close to committing permediated murder at several occasions. The noise and music was also annoying, but it helped when all the doors between my room and the common room was closed, and I used my earplugs. Another problem occurred when I became hungry. Trashy me didn't fancy going to the kitchen, so I was stuck with a packet of crisps, which only stops you from feeling hungry for a little while. Anyways, since I was angry, I wanted to punish the partey people for being so noisy. But I didn't dare saying anything (cause I didn't want to seem like an idiot), so I decided to annoy them with my actions. This included taking all the toilet paper (which is only fair cause I refuse to pay for my roommates friends wiping their backsides), and occupying one of the bathrooms for one hour. I honestly needed a shower, so why not make the most of it? Usually, I just shower in bathroom, and do body lotion etc in my own room, but not today. I decided it was time to shave my legs and fix my eyebrows, and have a long hot shower. Unfortunately, I got the best idea after I had finished, which would have been to fix my nails as well. That way, I would have spent even more time, and in addition, the bathroom would stink of nail varnish. Nevermind, I'll do that if there ever is a next time. I've decided to confront my roommate tomorrow, so hopefully there wont be a next time.

I love how you can just get all your aggression out when writing things down! Now I'm going to read through the lecture notes, in this lovely silence, and then I'll go to bed. Hopefully before 2 a.m.

good girl

2009-10-06T00:50:00.003+02:00

Today I've done quite a lot! Got up at 10 and ate breakfast while I read some pages of an article. Then I cleaned the kitchen, did some laundry, and cleaned the bathroom. Next on the list was my bedroom, which was given life back. Then I went to print some application forms and the reading lists for the two new subjects I'll be starting soon. After that I sat with Malene, Marte Camilla and Camilla and discussed some articles, before I went to see Sara's new apartment and eat dinner with her. She was going back to Steinkjer for a week, to get some clothes and stuff, and she was kind enough to take some of mine with her, since I'm moving in December and don't have a lot of room. While we were making dinner, I burned my fingers. Buhu.

Sara went for the bus to the airport at half 5, so then I went home to write a summary of an article. At 7, I met Kine and we went to the gym to get some exercise. When I got back, I continued the summary, and now I'm finished. Was supposed to do another summary as well today, but it's late and I can't be asked to do it. Have got a lecture at 08.15 tomorrow as well, so I need to get to bed now really.

long day

2009-10-04T23:11:00.002+02:00

Last night, I was at Kines place with Malene, and we watched true blood. I love that tv series! We watched only two episodes, cause we were planning to leave early, but instead, we ended up sitting there chatting until half 12. I kind of love it when that happens, at least there and then, didn't love it that much this morning though. Had to get up at 10.45 cause I had an away match today, about 3 hours drive. Not ideal, when I supposed to be reading and that. Anyways, we won 2 - 0, I was in goal, but the girls played so well, I didn't have to do much. Lucky! Was supposed to continue writing a summary tonight, but I don't feel like doing it at all. Think I'll just go to bed early and get up and get started early tomorrow.

no life

2009-10-02T21:58:00.004+02:00

The last few days I haven't been posting, cause there's nothing to tell. My life has consisted of reading, eating, exercising and discussing the curriculum with people. Today I had the exam, but my life will continue to consist of reading and what else mentioned above, cause I've got an exam next friday as well. I gave myself a little break today though, with watching 4 episodes of true blood. But I didn't have the energy to do anything else anyways. Think I'll go to bed early tonight, and then get things done tomorrow after a long nights sleep. I need to write to summaries and clean the bathroom to mention some things, but I promise, the list feels endless!

effective

2009-09-28T23:57:00.002+02:00

Today, I have for once been a really good girl and done everything I had planned to! Did some laundry, cleaned the kitchen (cause its my week), printed out summaries, read the two last articles, been training, and been discussing articles with the girls. Can't wait to go to bed now, cause I'm knackered! Nite nite

football

2009-09-27T23:55:00.002+02:00

Today we had an away match, and it took over 2 hours getting there, including a ferry. Therefore, I haven't done much else today than play football and be sat in a car. We won the game 3 - 2, with me scoring the winning goal. I just love that feeling. And it was only like 3 minutes left of the game as well. When I got back it was quite late, but I've read an article and ate the rest of the pea soup. Now I'm off to bed cause I've got a long day ahead of me tomorrow, loads to do!

sneeeze

2009-09-26T23:44:00.002+02:00

I'm poorly, coughing a lot, and snot is coming out of my nose constantly. Despite of this I have managed to do some things today. I've finished the summary I started on Thursday, and also read two articles. The plan was to read four, but my concentration just wouldn't cooperate with me. Apart from uni work, I didn't do much. Except from making my first focaccia, and it didn't turn out too bad either. I ate it with salad, cheese, tomatoes, cucumber, gammon and pesto, and I must say it tasted lush!

thursday

2009-09-25T16:01:00.004+02:00

The plan was to get up at 9, eat breakfast and then go to play some football at ten. But when the alarm rang, I didn't manage to get up. Probably had something to do with the fact that I've had troubles falling asleep the last couple of days, and since I didn't have lecture or anything, I decided to stay in bed till I felt like getting up. That in turn was at half past 11, so not too bad considering what I'm capable of when it comes to sleeping.

Spent the first couple of hours of the day reading and being a good girl, but after a while my concentration stopped cooperating, and I didn't get much done. Was supposed to write the last summary in the "state, culture and identity" subject, but I only barley got started. Which means I'm gonna have to finish it now.

So what else did I do yesterday? I went to Kine's place to help her study for her exam, and we had our tea together, and also ate some ice cream since its a lush feeling when the ice cream passes through your sore throat.