This whole entry is basically about my 4days, 3 nights trip to Norway. Enjoy!
Friday: woke up at 5am so we can take the 6.35am train. Train from Orebro to Kil Station, then from Kil Station to Oslo C. Train rides accumulated to a total of about 5-6hours. Oslo was raining from time to time, but it was not that big, so it was all good. Went to Oslo with Christina, Martina, Martina's boyfriend Otto, Adam, Yuka, Eva, Ulli, and Nora. The last three people only joined us on our trip to Oslo and did not continue on with us to Bergen or the Fjords. They spent 3 days in Oslo instead. We explored the city, went the the Royal Palace, Vigeland Sculpture Park, the National Gallery, and the City Hall. We got lost from time to time but we figured everything out. I highly recommend the Vigeland Sculpture Park, I think that was the best attraction from Oslo. Beautiful, Captivating, Stunning. Martina called her friend who is currently studying in Norway and she showed us around town. Oslo at night with lights! Christmas decorations are slowly visible. It was amazing. At around 11pm, we took a night train to Bergen.
Saturday: spent the whole night on a train. Had a few pillow fights throughout the night. Wasn't able to get much sleep but it's okay, the scenery was fabulous! Snow everywhere, moutains, lakes, and a Christmas tree with lights! The only time I could fall asleep was when I fell asleep on Christina. :P At 7am, we arrived in Bergen, but unfortunately nothing was opened, not even our hostel. So we sat around the train station and waited til 9am then tried checking in again, we weren't allowed to go yet because people were still sleeping in the room. So we just left our bags with them and explored the city. We saw some churches, walked around the neighbourhood, had brunch/tea/coffee. Weather in Bergen was interesting to say the least. It would suddenly rain for about 5-10 minutes then it will stop for 10 minutes and continue. We experience hail, rain, sun and wind in Bergen!!! What a mix! We went to a castle and then there was a thunderstorm! Then out of nowhere, hail began to shower on us!! It was chaotic. Then suddenly everything stopped and we were hiding in a not so good place, so I said "oh good, let's go hide somewhere else", and then i turned to them and added, "watch this, when I step out of this place, it's going to start pouring and whatnot..." and coincidentally, the moment I stepped out, ... yup, it started pouring down on me. What a joke! By noon, we got our rooms, some took an hour nap and then by 2.30 we walked around the city again. We climbed up a huge mountain (we lost 2 on the way, but managed to find them through text messages). The view up top was breathtaking. I will post pictures up on facebook soon. By then, we were all soaked (even with umbrellas!) We decided to go back to the hostel and just call it a day. We had some tea, played some cards, took a much need shower, and slept. The bed were comfy and so was the pillow, so I was definitely happy! The hostel consisted of 4 bunk beds, so we shared with two others strangers who were studying in Uppsala. I slept on the bottom, while Christina slept on the top. In the middle of the night, she needed the bathroom so she jumped from the ladder to the ground and stepped onto Yuka's shoes She was basically in pain, jumping in circles but not letting herself scream. I, myself, being the evil one, let out a few giggles ;)
Sunday: Woke up at 6am, train leaf for Voss at 8am. After arriving in Voss, we went on a bus that took us to the boat that will take us around the Fjords. The scenery once again was beautiful. Very white grounds. It was very sunny, so it was a very desirable day for a boat trip around the Fjords. The boat ride took about 2 hours (will post pictures up later, once again). The Fjords trip ended at a place called Flam (with a circle on the a). We stopped there for about 2 hours and then took a "traditional, old school" train back to Voss. The train took a very beautiful route, white snow, untouched. It was a bit scary though, the train, at one point, started going up a small hill but then after 2 seconds, the train would go in reverse for 5 seconds. We didn't think it was going to make it! hehe We stopped at a station so we can switch to another train that will take us to Voss. There, I did a snow angel (snow eagle) and had a few snowball fights! Once we got back to Voss, it was about 5pm, and our night train home was at 12am. Unfortunately everything closes at 5pm so we were in search of cafes and restaurant. In the end, we decided to stop at a Chinese Restaurant. We stayed there from about 5.30 to 8pm. After that, we made our way to the train station where we decided to waste the night away (waiting for the train) by playing cards and Uno!
Monday: Spend the night on the train from Voss to Oslo. Train lasted from 12am to about 6.30. Slept pretty good, mostly on top of Christina, but I think that was my trick to a good night's sleep on a train. At Olso, we spent an hour waiting for a connecting train ride from Oslo to Hallsberg. Slept for about 1.5 hours out of 4 hours while en route to Hallsberg. Customs were on the train asking for passport, thankfully I remembered to bring my passport. They asked us how long we stayed, where we stayed, if we enjoyed it, where we study, etc. We were kinda out of it because they woke us up in the middle of our sleep. Martina and Otto kept sleeping and the custom officers just asked us if they were with us and we answered with a "yes" and then they're like "okay then, we won't bother them, you can go back to sleep! hehe" At a stop we saw police officers, the custom officers and a kid... I guess he didn't have a passport? The train had some technical difficulties we delayed out trip for about 10 minutes and we had a connecting train that had a 10 minute gap between that train and the train to Orebro. But fortunately the Orebro train waited for us patiently! :)
So there you go, that's my story. Probably the longest blog I've written. Overall, it was an absolutely amazing trip, beautiful country, amazing places, fantastic group of people, what more can i ask for! And of course, we experienced all types of weather (snow, hail, rain, thunderstorm, wind, sun, etc)! It was Yuka's first time with hail. A good time nonetheless. Next place... Helsinki Cruise!
Always having a good time, you should too!
Ytam.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Entry #11: November 10th, 2008
Hello Gang.
I don't know how many of you still follows this blog. But if it's only Hayley, then I'll still be more than happy to write just for her!
Ewelina's younger brother, Kuba, is here in Orebro. And we're having a great time. Last night we had a Japanese/Polish meal!!! and We each had about 5 shots of polish vodka. It wasn't too bad, actually.
On Saturday, I took a day trip to Uppsala, a town north of Orebro. I went with Christina, Uli, Martina, and Martina's two friends who were visiting from Czech Republic. The weather was nice. A little fog, which gave a nice touch to some pictures. Uppsala was interesting. But everything closed pretty early so we just explored a bit and then had fika. We went to a museum but it was closing in 10minutes so we asked if we can go in for free... and the person allowed us. We ran through the museum like there was no tomorrow! It was fun, we got to touch weapons hehe. The city was beautiful when it got dark. I will post pictures up later. Since I've only slept for 4.5 hours that night, and didn't manage to get any sleep in during our train and bus ride... i was dead tired by the time we got onto the bus to get to the train station. But the driver kept braking like there's no tomorrow so when i was about to fall asleep, he would brake... not fun. But once we go on the train, I slept! I was very happy! Christina said "I've never seen you that tired before" ... in reality, neither has I.
On Friday, Martina had a potluck dinner. Bring something from your nationality/country. Adam, Niki and I baked a very successful Apple Pie. It took a while but it ended up well. After the pie was baked, we found out we were all Libras, which meant that we were all indecisive. With that being said, we understood our journey of baking an apple pie. For instant, it took us about a day to figure out what to bake (cheesecake, tiramisu, apple pie..etc), another 15 minutes or so to see which grocery store to go to... It was fun nonetheless. Since Martina lives down the hill, in Tybble Hall, by the university. We had to somehow bike with our pie down the hill. So we decided to put the pie into a cereal box and then put that into a cardboard bag, and bike down the hill with one hand on the handlebar, one had holding on to the pie. I was the designated biker. My arm got pretty sore by the end of it and I had to get Niki to go ahead of me and stop infront of Tybble to receive the pie because i knew i wouldn't be able to stop with the pie. And it was a very successful handoff :D We had a lot of food there, crepes, german pancakes, sushi, german potatoe salad, swedish meatballs, czech dumplings, banana bread... etc! I think we'll be doing a couple of those party nights before everyone leaves.
Ewelina is planning to leave Orebro for good on the 13th of December :(. Shizuka is planning to travel from the 16th of December until the 3rd of January :( So i'll be home alone... Maybe I'll spend Christmas with Asia... we shall see. I think England is out of the picture, but I'm not sure yet. This is because my friend is planning on coming to visit me from the 28th of december until the 14th of January. That'll be fun too, perhaps we'll take some trips around the nordic countries.
I just started a new class, my 4th and last class of this semester: Work Psychology. The teacher seems pretty cool. We have about 12 students and the class was originally scheduled for 13h-16h. But our prof Roland Gustafson said he highly doubts that he'll need the full three hours. Today, we left after an hour and 15. So life is great, school is great.
This coming weekend I will be going to Norway. Oslo, Bergen and a boat trip around the fjords!!!
I'll be staying 4days, 3 nights. 2 nights on trains and 1 night in a hostel in Bergen. I will be going with Martina and her boyfriend (from czech, visiting her), Adam and Christina! It shall be a fun journey! I'll let you know all about it when I come back from Norway!
I think that's all the news I have for now.
Come visit me if you want!
Take Care,
Ytam.
I don't know how many of you still follows this blog. But if it's only Hayley, then I'll still be more than happy to write just for her!
Ewelina's younger brother, Kuba, is here in Orebro. And we're having a great time. Last night we had a Japanese/Polish meal!!! and We each had about 5 shots of polish vodka. It wasn't too bad, actually.
On Saturday, I took a day trip to Uppsala, a town north of Orebro. I went with Christina, Uli, Martina, and Martina's two friends who were visiting from Czech Republic. The weather was nice. A little fog, which gave a nice touch to some pictures. Uppsala was interesting. But everything closed pretty early so we just explored a bit and then had fika. We went to a museum but it was closing in 10minutes so we asked if we can go in for free... and the person allowed us. We ran through the museum like there was no tomorrow! It was fun, we got to touch weapons hehe. The city was beautiful when it got dark. I will post pictures up later. Since I've only slept for 4.5 hours that night, and didn't manage to get any sleep in during our train and bus ride... i was dead tired by the time we got onto the bus to get to the train station. But the driver kept braking like there's no tomorrow so when i was about to fall asleep, he would brake... not fun. But once we go on the train, I slept! I was very happy! Christina said "I've never seen you that tired before" ... in reality, neither has I.
On Friday, Martina had a potluck dinner. Bring something from your nationality/country. Adam, Niki and I baked a very successful Apple Pie. It took a while but it ended up well. After the pie was baked, we found out we were all Libras, which meant that we were all indecisive. With that being said, we understood our journey of baking an apple pie. For instant, it took us about a day to figure out what to bake (cheesecake, tiramisu, apple pie..etc), another 15 minutes or so to see which grocery store to go to... It was fun nonetheless. Since Martina lives down the hill, in Tybble Hall, by the university. We had to somehow bike with our pie down the hill. So we decided to put the pie into a cereal box and then put that into a cardboard bag, and bike down the hill with one hand on the handlebar, one had holding on to the pie. I was the designated biker. My arm got pretty sore by the end of it and I had to get Niki to go ahead of me and stop infront of Tybble to receive the pie because i knew i wouldn't be able to stop with the pie. And it was a very successful handoff :D We had a lot of food there, crepes, german pancakes, sushi, german potatoe salad, swedish meatballs, czech dumplings, banana bread... etc! I think we'll be doing a couple of those party nights before everyone leaves.
Ewelina is planning to leave Orebro for good on the 13th of December :(. Shizuka is planning to travel from the 16th of December until the 3rd of January :( So i'll be home alone... Maybe I'll spend Christmas with Asia... we shall see. I think England is out of the picture, but I'm not sure yet. This is because my friend is planning on coming to visit me from the 28th of december until the 14th of January. That'll be fun too, perhaps we'll take some trips around the nordic countries.
I just started a new class, my 4th and last class of this semester: Work Psychology. The teacher seems pretty cool. We have about 12 students and the class was originally scheduled for 13h-16h. But our prof Roland Gustafson said he highly doubts that he'll need the full three hours. Today, we left after an hour and 15. So life is great, school is great.
This coming weekend I will be going to Norway. Oslo, Bergen and a boat trip around the fjords!!!
I'll be staying 4days, 3 nights. 2 nights on trains and 1 night in a hostel in Bergen. I will be going with Martina and her boyfriend (from czech, visiting her), Adam and Christina! It shall be a fun journey! I'll let you know all about it when I come back from Norway!
I think that's all the news I have for now.
Come visit me if you want!
Take Care,
Ytam.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Entry #10: October 31st, 2008
Happy Halloween!
and Ladies and Gentlemen... it has begun.. SNOW TIME!
started last night with here and there snow, but now... it's pretty frequent.
It's getting pretty cold. low being -4 and high being 2.
Supposedly on saturday, temperature will have a low of -8. Wish me luck! I've already started wearing 4 layers of clothes + toque + scarve + gloves.... hmm I guess I'll just have to go shopping sooon!
Florian and his two friends, Alex and Ulrich and also his brother, Felix have come to visit him! It was a fun evening, they cooked me scramble eggs (austrian style) i suppose, lol with onion, cheese, ham etc. It was a nice. Then we talked, played cards, talked some more, and then play Country, City, River....
Yesterday, at my house, it was a muffin show-down. hehe. Shizuka made banana chocolate muffin which was delicious. Then Ewelina, Ulli, and Asia made daim chocolate muffin! I am going to get fat! whooooopie!
Well the ground is getting VERY VERY white! I can't wait until i go out and jump into it and make "snow eagles" (that's what polish calls snow angels) teehehe.. wohoo! Okay toodles! Time to have fun!
Have a good halloween once again! People back home, enjoy fright night (if you are going)
hej da!
Ytam!
and Ladies and Gentlemen... it has begun.. SNOW TIME!
started last night with here and there snow, but now... it's pretty frequent.
It's getting pretty cold. low being -4 and high being 2.
Supposedly on saturday, temperature will have a low of -8. Wish me luck! I've already started wearing 4 layers of clothes + toque + scarve + gloves.... hmm I guess I'll just have to go shopping sooon!
Florian and his two friends, Alex and Ulrich and also his brother, Felix have come to visit him! It was a fun evening, they cooked me scramble eggs (austrian style) i suppose, lol with onion, cheese, ham etc. It was a nice. Then we talked, played cards, talked some more, and then play Country, City, River....
Yesterday, at my house, it was a muffin show-down. hehe. Shizuka made banana chocolate muffin which was delicious. Then Ewelina, Ulli, and Asia made daim chocolate muffin! I am going to get fat! whooooopie!
Well the ground is getting VERY VERY white! I can't wait until i go out and jump into it and make "snow eagles" (that's what polish calls snow angels) teehehe.. wohoo! Okay toodles! Time to have fun!
Have a good halloween once again! People back home, enjoy fright night (if you are going)
hej da!
Ytam!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Entry #9 - October 24th, 2008
Happy Belated Birthday Hayley Petersen. My Number One Fan of this blog :D
Fact #1: Austrians invented Redbull!
Fact #2: Toutin: is a Newfoundland term for a dough cake fried in fat and made from fresh bread dough -- According to Wiki.
Fact #3: Tybble party is a weekly party (Tuesdays) hosted by different countries each week, which is held in the Tybble Hall. Hence the name, Tybble party.
The Canadians hosted the last Tybble party. And everything went smoothly. We made Toutin and Poutine. Excellent choices, might I add. Andrew's girlfriend came from Newfoundland to come to Sweden to visit him brought along a lot of goodies. Like TATTOOS, A small maple leafs jersey, light up pins and small pins! Absolutely amazing! See some tagged pictures of me on facebook, I'll upload my pictures up in a little while. Party ended at 1am (rule of hosting parties at Tybble) Cleaned ended at 2ish. Got home at 2.30 Slept at 3.30 and Woke up at 7 for study visit! Then on Wednesday, I had to finish my 10page essay. So I was living on limited amount of energy!
Go to facebook and look at my tagged pictures. In there, you'll find pictures of me in my roommate's (Shizuka) kimono! Tell me what you think about that!
The countdown begins. Friends are leaving soon, a little under 2 months..........
I think that's all the update I have for right now. If you want to know what's been up, just check the tagged pictures of me on facebook!
Ytam.
Fact #1: Austrians invented Redbull!
Fact #2: Toutin: is a Newfoundland term for a dough cake fried in fat and made from fresh bread dough -- According to Wiki.
Fact #3: Tybble party is a weekly party (Tuesdays) hosted by different countries each week, which is held in the Tybble Hall. Hence the name, Tybble party.
The Canadians hosted the last Tybble party. And everything went smoothly. We made Toutin and Poutine. Excellent choices, might I add. Andrew's girlfriend came from Newfoundland to come to Sweden to visit him brought along a lot of goodies. Like TATTOOS, A small maple leafs jersey, light up pins and small pins! Absolutely amazing! See some tagged pictures of me on facebook, I'll upload my pictures up in a little while. Party ended at 1am (rule of hosting parties at Tybble) Cleaned ended at 2ish. Got home at 2.30 Slept at 3.30 and Woke up at 7 for study visit! Then on Wednesday, I had to finish my 10page essay. So I was living on limited amount of energy!
Go to facebook and look at my tagged pictures. In there, you'll find pictures of me in my roommate's (Shizuka) kimono! Tell me what you think about that!
The countdown begins. Friends are leaving soon, a little under 2 months..........
I think that's all the update I have for right now. If you want to know what's been up, just check the tagged pictures of me on facebook!
Ytam.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Entry #8 - October 19th, 2008
Hello There Gang!
It's been awhile, so I've decided to take some time off of my busy schedule to update all of you. I'll keep them short.
#1: On my birthday I fell asleep at about 11pm. Got woken up at 12am because my friends threw me a surprise party. I was so out of it (having a headache does not help!) But I am very grateful to have made so many nice and thoughtful friends. For presents, I got a mug, a singing card, 2 postcards, a picture frame with pictures of me with Ewelina and Asia in a GREEN frame, 4 new origami cranes, cookies and 2 cakes!!!
#2: I have a Swedish exam tomorrow. Wish me luck, because I'll definitely need it. I have a 10-page essay due on Friday.
#3: I'm quite busy with the exams and homework due pretty soon. But also, I have many parties to go to. 2 birthday parties and the Tuesday Canadian Tybble Party! At the Canadian party, we've decided the dress code as "Red, White, and Toques" and we will make Toutine (sp?) From Newfoundland, and Poutine! woohoo! Fun Fun Fun!
#4: That's pretty much all I've been up to. Parties and Hangouts. and i guess homework on the side.
That's it for now! Toodles!
Ytam
It's been awhile, so I've decided to take some time off of my busy schedule to update all of you. I'll keep them short.
#1: On my birthday I fell asleep at about 11pm. Got woken up at 12am because my friends threw me a surprise party. I was so out of it (having a headache does not help!) But I am very grateful to have made so many nice and thoughtful friends. For presents, I got a mug, a singing card, 2 postcards, a picture frame with pictures of me with Ewelina and Asia in a GREEN frame, 4 new origami cranes, cookies and 2 cakes!!!
#2: I have a Swedish exam tomorrow. Wish me luck, because I'll definitely need it. I have a 10-page essay due on Friday.
#3: I'm quite busy with the exams and homework due pretty soon. But also, I have many parties to go to. 2 birthday parties and the Tuesday Canadian Tybble Party! At the Canadian party, we've decided the dress code as "Red, White, and Toques" and we will make Toutine (sp?) From Newfoundland, and Poutine! woohoo! Fun Fun Fun!
#4: That's pretty much all I've been up to. Parties and Hangouts. and i guess homework on the side.
That's it for now! Toodles!
Ytam
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Entry #7 - October 7th, 2008
Hello, Hello!
Boy, have I been slacking off recently with this blog. Let's get it going again! Lots to say, so let's begin, shall we?
#1: 5 more days til I turn the big 2-0 and become old, but I have since, been reminded that I'll still be the baby here in Sweden. So i guess, nothing changes. I got a birthday card from my family, about 2 weeks early, boy, they definitely did not know when my birthday is ;)
#2: I was in Stockholm about a week or 2 ago! For a day trip with Kaddy, Ina and Adam. I'll post pictures up on facebook, when I decide to get on it. I'm lacking behind in the uploading photos department, but sooner or later, I'll do it, so hold your horses! Stockholm was beautiful, we picked an exceptional day to go. Amazing weather, sunny with no clouds, what more can we ask for! It takes about 2.5 hours bus ride to get from Orebro to Stockholm, so it wasn't too bad. In the morning, we ride our bikes (approx. 25 mins) to the train station, where we board our bus, then 2.5 hours later, voila! we're there! We went shopping, didn't end up buying anything because they were pretty expensive. We also watched the sunset on a bridge, it was phenomenal! So we decided to take the last bus back to Orebro at 10.30. But we almost missed that. Thanks to my good visual history skills, I was able to find the Stockholm train station by thinking backwards and going through history to go back to the station. We made it in time with 1 minute to spare! yahooo! Stockholm was fun! I'm sure I'll be going there numerous times.
#3: I've been learning more and more polish. This is soo exciting! I talked to Ewelina's boyfriend through her skype. Though it was only one sentence lol. But i'm starting to talk to Asia and Ewelina in Polish and they answer me back in Cantonese! How sweet is that! We're also learning Japanese, this way we can bond with our third roommate, Shizuka! So by the end, I'll come up with some common phrases in Japanese too!
#4: Many trips in the planning. This thursday, I'll be going to Norway with my roommates (Ewelina and Asia, yes we consider Asia our roommate, though she lives diagonally across, but is always over) and perhaps Adam. That is only a day trip. And I have been invited to go to another Norway trip in mid november, where we'll be visiting oslo, bergen and the fjords!! Also, have been invited to go to Helsinki in late november on a little boat ride that cost about 20 Canadian dollars (not includeing train/bus ride) And as I said before, I will be visiting Hayley when it's possible. I have yet to find out when my Swedish final exam is. So as hpo would say it. That's the plan, stan!
#5: This week's tuesday night party is hosted by the Germans with their theme of Oktoberfest! That should be quite interesting. Well at least it sounds interesting.
#6: I have just taken my first final exam in Sweden this past saturday! I definitely hope it went okay, fingers crossed. and Yes that does mean I have finished one course already. Anti social behaviours is over and done with. I am now taking Comparative Social work. This course includes 1 intro class, 3 lectures, 2 study visits and 2 days of presentations. No final exam, just a 10 page essay and the 5-10 minute presentation! So that should be alright. And this class end in 4 weeks! wohoo! Time is sure passing by super quickly, soon enough, all the friends I've met here will be going back home. O well, more places to visit ;)
#7: Ever heard of Surstromming? Well wikipedia it or youtube it. It's the stinkiest fish alive! It's a Sweden thing and we decided to give it a try after my roommates were hosts of a Polish meal. Excellent meal, might i add. But the fish's smell, holy moly! It was EWWWWWWWWWW
Once again, I'll post some pictures up. But hey, we did it, not necessary ate it but I managed to have enough courage to touch it. My fingers were smelly for the rest of the night, but it's okay now :D Adam and his Swedish roommate, Marcus, actually ate the fish. I would of done it, except for Marcus told me that eating it was okay, but the aftertaste that stays in your mouth was awful! So, no thanks!
I think that's all for now. I'll tell you about my norway trip when i get back and make time to update you all. While I'm at it, I might as well upload my pictures. So enjoy!
Ytam.
Boy, have I been slacking off recently with this blog. Let's get it going again! Lots to say, so let's begin, shall we?
#1: 5 more days til I turn the big 2-0 and become old, but I have since, been reminded that I'll still be the baby here in Sweden. So i guess, nothing changes. I got a birthday card from my family, about 2 weeks early, boy, they definitely did not know when my birthday is ;)
#2: I was in Stockholm about a week or 2 ago! For a day trip with Kaddy, Ina and Adam. I'll post pictures up on facebook, when I decide to get on it. I'm lacking behind in the uploading photos department, but sooner or later, I'll do it, so hold your horses! Stockholm was beautiful, we picked an exceptional day to go. Amazing weather, sunny with no clouds, what more can we ask for! It takes about 2.5 hours bus ride to get from Orebro to Stockholm, so it wasn't too bad. In the morning, we ride our bikes (approx. 25 mins) to the train station, where we board our bus, then 2.5 hours later, voila! we're there! We went shopping, didn't end up buying anything because they were pretty expensive. We also watched the sunset on a bridge, it was phenomenal! So we decided to take the last bus back to Orebro at 10.30. But we almost missed that. Thanks to my good visual history skills, I was able to find the Stockholm train station by thinking backwards and going through history to go back to the station. We made it in time with 1 minute to spare! yahooo! Stockholm was fun! I'm sure I'll be going there numerous times.
#3: I've been learning more and more polish. This is soo exciting! I talked to Ewelina's boyfriend through her skype. Though it was only one sentence lol. But i'm starting to talk to Asia and Ewelina in Polish and they answer me back in Cantonese! How sweet is that! We're also learning Japanese, this way we can bond with our third roommate, Shizuka! So by the end, I'll come up with some common phrases in Japanese too!
#4: Many trips in the planning. This thursday, I'll be going to Norway with my roommates (Ewelina and Asia, yes we consider Asia our roommate, though she lives diagonally across, but is always over) and perhaps Adam. That is only a day trip. And I have been invited to go to another Norway trip in mid november, where we'll be visiting oslo, bergen and the fjords!! Also, have been invited to go to Helsinki in late november on a little boat ride that cost about 20 Canadian dollars (not includeing train/bus ride) And as I said before, I will be visiting Hayley when it's possible. I have yet to find out when my Swedish final exam is. So as hpo would say it. That's the plan, stan!
#5: This week's tuesday night party is hosted by the Germans with their theme of Oktoberfest! That should be quite interesting. Well at least it sounds interesting.
#6: I have just taken my first final exam in Sweden this past saturday! I definitely hope it went okay, fingers crossed. and Yes that does mean I have finished one course already. Anti social behaviours is over and done with. I am now taking Comparative Social work. This course includes 1 intro class, 3 lectures, 2 study visits and 2 days of presentations. No final exam, just a 10 page essay and the 5-10 minute presentation! So that should be alright. And this class end in 4 weeks! wohoo! Time is sure passing by super quickly, soon enough, all the friends I've met here will be going back home. O well, more places to visit ;)
#7: Ever heard of Surstromming? Well wikipedia it or youtube it. It's the stinkiest fish alive! It's a Sweden thing and we decided to give it a try after my roommates were hosts of a Polish meal. Excellent meal, might i add. But the fish's smell, holy moly! It was EWWWWWWWWWW
Once again, I'll post some pictures up. But hey, we did it, not necessary ate it but I managed to have enough courage to touch it. My fingers were smelly for the rest of the night, but it's okay now :D Adam and his Swedish roommate, Marcus, actually ate the fish. I would of done it, except for Marcus told me that eating it was okay, but the aftertaste that stays in your mouth was awful! So, no thanks!
I think that's all for now. I'll tell you about my norway trip when i get back and make time to update you all. While I'm at it, I might as well upload my pictures. So enjoy!
Ytam.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Entry #6: September 23, 2008
Dobry wieczor!
For the past few days, I have been learning some Polish from Ewelina (my roommate) and Asia (you can also consider her my roommate), and some German from Christina and Florian. So by the end of the semester, I should be able to say some phrases! Might I add, pronoucing these languages are super hard, especially when it's Polish! So the good thing is that my "teachers" are very, and I mean extremely, patient.Yesterday night, Florian, Christina, Asia, Ewelina, Adam and I made (as we would call them) Ice Cream Crepes. It was absolutely delicious! Afterward we played some card games, which included KENT (Signs or Signals), UNO!, and Cheat (Bullshit). Well technically, for the past three days, we've been playing card games.
GUESS WHAT V! THEY ALSO PLAY 31!!!! well a bit differently, but the idea and the objective are the same! Crazy!
On a different note, I may be going to Stockholm for a day trip with Kaddy and Ina. So we shall see. That should be fun. My roommate, Shizuka, just got back from Goteland, which is a small island and she said it was really beautiful. So perhaps I'll get there.
The class system here in Sweden is very different. Smaller classes and whatnot. But also, we have 3-4 different teachers for a course. Yesterday we had a teacher who was born in the USA but did her doctor degree in Canada. Guess which insitute... UVIC! Crazy eh. Small world. We had to tell her where we're from so after class, she asked me, "So which school do you go to? UBC? SFU?" I was like nope.... UVIC! Her class included studies that were done in Vancouver and Victoria, so that was interesting. She was a fun teacher, using a lot of slang so for foreign students, it was pretty difficult to understand her jokes. She said something like "Have anyone ever tried getting tanked the night before and then go to work the next day? Well it's impossible to get anything done. I've done it before." I think about only 4 of us who understood what tanked mean. And the four people were 3 americans and me.
Every Tuesday, Tybble Hall hosts a party revolving around different countries. Us, Canadians, have signed up for the 21st of October. So that should be a ton of fun. Today, it's the Uruguay party!
Well I should probably get back to studying some more Swedish.
Toodles.
Ytam.
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