The King
I feel like a king right now!
Today was my first dy at my new job, and I must say I did really well! I'll work the whole weekend, and my goal is to have 40 signed sheets when I'm done for this week. I have got 16 today, so if I can keep up the good work...
A well. I did good which makes me happy. I want to get more than 16 tmorrow!
Sleep now. Got an early morning tomorrow.
Nightey x
Today was my first dy at my new job, and I must say I did really well! I'll work the whole weekend, and my goal is to have 40 signed sheets when I'm done for this week. I have got 16 today, so if I can keep up the good work...
A well. I did good which makes me happy. I want to get more than 16 tmorrow!
Sleep now. Got an early morning tomorrow.
Nightey x
Coromandel Pictures, Part 1
On the way to Cathedral Cove from Hahei. Waiting for a car to give us a ride, not realising five minutes drive from there is as close to Cathedral Cove you can get by car, the rest is by foot.
The Hot Water Beach on the East Coast of Coromandel. Water up to 65 degrees Celcius, all you have to do is to dig a hole in the sand and enjoy the heat. Wonderful!
Playing pool at the local bar in Tapu. I won!
Rainforest as far as you can see. Doesn't get much better. Hiked for 1,5 hours with that view.
Peeping out of the tent in the morning to see a beach is wonderful!
The locals loved to see some fresh blood in Tapu. Very nice peple!
I am looking fancy with my hitch hiker's sign, prepared for standing in the rain for how long it might taketo catch a ride. Turned out to be 35 minutes.
Waterfall by the Cathedral Cove. It was just great to was my hair and face in it. Cold, but refreshing.
Heal the world
Hello ♥
It's 1.35 am and I can't decide whether to pull an all nighter, or to fall asleep now and get up early tomorrow morning, which would be around 10 am or so.. I don't have class until 2 pm. Today has been such a cosy day. I got up in proper time and prepared for my presentation, had breakfast, a loooong shower and read my book. The presentation went well, I'm not a star at talking in front of a crowd. At least not like that, I'm better when it is spontaneous or a debate, but pp's and so on just makes it harder for me. Anyhow, I'm quite pleased with the outcome. Then later on I went to the cinema with Lua, and after that I ended up in 9G to brainstorm with Andy and Chris.
I am now sitting in my room with coffee, chilled out music and some articles for my psych essay. I have chosen the subject I will write about:
"If we want to convince someone that what we are telling them is true, there are certain things we can do to make our message more persuasive or convincing. Describe and discuss empirical research that demonstrates how messages can be made more persuasive."
I think the topic is really interesting, so for now I'll read articles, choose the ones that I want to use, then start writing.
Elsewise, I miss nature so bad! I can't wait to go to nowhere and just look out over neverending hills covered in rainforest, or standing on the beach looking out over the ocean. Gosh, I love the nature here. No words could ever make justice for such beauty.
But for now, I think I will ditch the coffee and sleep. I am so tired, and wouldn't mind reading Harry Potter till I pass out. Tomorrow I'll study before class, then lecture 2-4, then I have to study, buy food and cook. I also have to make some preparations for Thursday, work. It'll be great!
Allright, going to bed then. Probaby better off getting up early anyway.
Nightey
It's 1.35 am and I can't decide whether to pull an all nighter, or to fall asleep now and get up early tomorrow morning, which would be around 10 am or so.. I don't have class until 2 pm. Today has been such a cosy day. I got up in proper time and prepared for my presentation, had breakfast, a loooong shower and read my book. The presentation went well, I'm not a star at talking in front of a crowd. At least not like that, I'm better when it is spontaneous or a debate, but pp's and so on just makes it harder for me. Anyhow, I'm quite pleased with the outcome. Then later on I went to the cinema with Lua, and after that I ended up in 9G to brainstorm with Andy and Chris.
I am now sitting in my room with coffee, chilled out music and some articles for my psych essay. I have chosen the subject I will write about:
"If we want to convince someone that what we are telling them is true, there are certain things we can do to make our message more persuasive or convincing. Describe and discuss empirical research that demonstrates how messages can be made more persuasive."
I think the topic is really interesting, so for now I'll read articles, choose the ones that I want to use, then start writing.
Elsewise, I miss nature so bad! I can't wait to go to nowhere and just look out over neverending hills covered in rainforest, or standing on the beach looking out over the ocean. Gosh, I love the nature here. No words could ever make justice for such beauty.
But for now, I think I will ditch the coffee and sleep. I am so tired, and wouldn't mind reading Harry Potter till I pass out. Tomorrow I'll study before class, then lecture 2-4, then I have to study, buy food and cook. I also have to make some preparations for Thursday, work. It'll be great!
Allright, going to bed then. Probaby better off getting up early anyway.
Nightey
Africa
I'm listening to Toto's Africa, getting ready for my presentation I'll be holding at 3 pm, and it is now 12.33 pm. Oooh, nervous but I know I'll do good!
So I have now decided the date that I will go back to Sweden on. It is all set and feels very, very strange, but quite good as well. It is still tempting to change th date and go home a month later, but it is time, and I just have to accept it.
So, are you curious of the date? I have not decied yet whether I should let you know or not, hehe. We'll see!
Study now!
So I have now decided the date that I will go back to Sweden on. It is all set and feels very, very strange, but quite good as well. It is still tempting to change th date and go home a month later, but it is time, and I just have to accept it.
So, are you curious of the date? I have not decied yet whether I should let you know or not, hehe. We'll see!
Study now!
1.21
Nihau!
Today has been a long and exhausting day, and it's not even close to done. I've slept four hours, then I got up to attend a work meeting. I got lost on the way there, I'm tired, didn't get to have morning coffee and I just had dinner. Gosh I wish I could take a nap, haha!
Well, now I'm off to group meeting for my psychology lab report, then I have class 4-7, then I have to study the rest of the night. Ouuww. I still love it, but even though it's fun, it's still hard some days to keep up.
More coffee now and psych.
Today has been a long and exhausting day, and it's not even close to done. I've slept four hours, then I got up to attend a work meeting. I got lost on the way there, I'm tired, didn't get to have morning coffee and I just had dinner. Gosh I wish I could take a nap, haha!
Well, now I'm off to group meeting for my psychology lab report, then I have class 4-7, then I have to study the rest of the night. Ouuww. I still love it, but even though it's fun, it's still hard some days to keep up.
More coffee now and psych.
The Hitch Hiker's Guide To Coromandel
Hey!
Guess what I've been doing this weekend, haha! Mario (a German friend who also lives at WSA) and I were talking about getting out of Auckland the cheapest way possible. Neither of us had been to Coromandel, so we decided to hitch hike there for the weekend. We started off on highway 1 from Auckland down south at 2.15 pm. 30 minutes laer we got picked up by 3 Maori girls. They were absolutely INSANE, but very nice. However, no matter how nice someone may be, it doesn't change the fact that we were terrified about the driving. Not only did I spend 3 hours (or 4?) staring at the road waiting to die in a car crash, I was stuck there without a seatbelt!!
Regardless, we got dropped off in Hamilton, which is way down south, about and hour drive too far. It was the smallest community, and yet we didn't have to wit for more than 10 minutes until we were picked up by a very nice kiw couple who wer gong to Tapu, same as us. At last we could relax and lay back in the carseat. They were very nice and chatty, an dropped us of in Tapu, a small village as well.
First thing we did there was to go to the local bar, only place open at the time, 9 pm I'm guessing. All the locals wanted to talk to us, buy us beer & shots and play pool. They were all so nice to us, and curious aout what brought us there. We left when the bar closed at 11 pm and went to find a plac to camp for the night. As sundown is at 8.15ish, it was pitch dark. We found a beach in a nearby town called Te Mata. We managed to get the tent up pretty properly, hoping that no locals would chase us out of there for whatever reason there might have been. The morning after, a local came up to us in the tent just after we woke up. "Bummer" is what we thought, preparing for being yelled at.
He turned out to be a very nice, older gentleman who's got relatives in Sweden, and been there himself a couple of months and really loved it. We were chatting for a while, till he walked on and we packed our stuff to move on to the Watergardens in Rapaura, 6.5 km from Tapu.
We walked for ten minutes or so until a local stopped by and gave us a ride there. The Watergardens was so amazing! We fed ducks, walked around in the gardens and enjoyed the waterarrangements and the plants, butthe best of all was the waterfall! We stayed by the waterfall for quite a while, enjoyed the view and talked about how great life is! After we were finished there we stopped by a stream a couple of hundred metres away to make some lunch. We brought equipment to cook food, so we had pasta with tomato and herb sauce, wonderful! I also manaed to wash my hair and face there which was amazing, the water is so clean and pure!
Now the thing is, the road we were walking on is very dead, few people drive there. We walked for 1,5 hours with the most astonishing view of mountains covered in rain forest and singing "Tribute" by Tenacious D, until we came to Te Kauri, which is a giant tree. During the 1,5 hours we hiked up there, not a single car driving in the right direction passed by, by as we were up by the tree the first car heading from Tapu came driving on the road. Fortunatley for us, they stopped to have a look at the tree as well and were heading to Hot Water Beach, so we tagged along.
Hot water beach was rather cool. Basically, there are two points on the beach where hot water is coming up, you just have to dig a hole and lie down there, it's like enoying a hot bath but much more comfortable, oceanview and lots of tourists. We hung out there for a while, then managed to get to Hahei with a German couple.
As we arrived in Hahei, we went straight to the beach to find a suitable location for our tent. Once again it was pitch dark and we could only see what our torch allowed us to see. It was storming, the ocean was raging and for a while I thought the wind would blow the tent away, but after a while we were inside, safe from the storm and the rain. The ocean was roaring all night, a great sound to fall asleep to!
This morning Mario woke me up with a coffee. Apparently he tried to wake me up several times, but I kept hiding under my sleeping bag so he gave up and went to get some of this magic beverage. As I looked out of the tent I was greeted by the most amazing view, very similar to Bay of Islands. A rather empty beach, lots of islands and great waves.
Even though it's been raining in Auckland all day, we were hanging out on Hahei Beach for a couple of hours playing with my rugby ball, enjong the water and chatting to locals. Does it get much better? We kept telling each other how great life is and oh, if only we could do this every weekend.. After a while we packed our shit an heade for Cathedral Cove which is a top destination on the North Island.
We thought it would be an hour walk there so we got a car with two Brazilians and one German. However, after 5 minutes in the car we were there! The rest of the was was hiking, which I just LOVED! The Cathedal Cove is offically closed because of danger (rocks keeps falling down) but we knew this already and wanted to do it anyway. The stairs down there were closed, so we just hiked, holding on to ropes in order not to slip and fall in the mud.
Cathedral Cove just might have been one of the most beautiful, serene, inspiring, wonderful place I've ever been to. There was a waterfall there as well, which I washed my hair in. The beach was great.. There are no words to describe this place with, you'll see later when I put up the pictures! We stayed there for quite a while and enjyed ourselves!
These guys live in Auckland as well, so we though we just might go back with them. We had a second stop at Hot Water Beach where we had fish 'n chips, then we left for Auckland.
So here I am sitting in my bed, still dirty after Cathedral Cove smelling like a road kill. I'm going to take a shower now, then sleep straight away afterwards. I'm off to work tomorrow morning, then I have conflict resolution 4-7
Life's Good!
(pictures will come asap!)
yours sincerely
Guess what I've been doing this weekend, haha! Mario (a German friend who also lives at WSA) and I were talking about getting out of Auckland the cheapest way possible. Neither of us had been to Coromandel, so we decided to hitch hike there for the weekend. We started off on highway 1 from Auckland down south at 2.15 pm. 30 minutes laer we got picked up by 3 Maori girls. They were absolutely INSANE, but very nice. However, no matter how nice someone may be, it doesn't change the fact that we were terrified about the driving. Not only did I spend 3 hours (or 4?) staring at the road waiting to die in a car crash, I was stuck there without a seatbelt!!
Regardless, we got dropped off in Hamilton, which is way down south, about and hour drive too far. It was the smallest community, and yet we didn't have to wit for more than 10 minutes until we were picked up by a very nice kiw couple who wer gong to Tapu, same as us. At last we could relax and lay back in the carseat. They were very nice and chatty, an dropped us of in Tapu, a small village as well.
First thing we did there was to go to the local bar, only place open at the time, 9 pm I'm guessing. All the locals wanted to talk to us, buy us beer & shots and play pool. They were all so nice to us, and curious aout what brought us there. We left when the bar closed at 11 pm and went to find a plac to camp for the night. As sundown is at 8.15ish, it was pitch dark. We found a beach in a nearby town called Te Mata. We managed to get the tent up pretty properly, hoping that no locals would chase us out of there for whatever reason there might have been. The morning after, a local came up to us in the tent just after we woke up. "Bummer" is what we thought, preparing for being yelled at.
He turned out to be a very nice, older gentleman who's got relatives in Sweden, and been there himself a couple of months and really loved it. We were chatting for a while, till he walked on and we packed our stuff to move on to the Watergardens in Rapaura, 6.5 km from Tapu.
We walked for ten minutes or so until a local stopped by and gave us a ride there. The Watergardens was so amazing! We fed ducks, walked around in the gardens and enjoyed the waterarrangements and the plants, butthe best of all was the waterfall! We stayed by the waterfall for quite a while, enjoyed the view and talked about how great life is! After we were finished there we stopped by a stream a couple of hundred metres away to make some lunch. We brought equipment to cook food, so we had pasta with tomato and herb sauce, wonderful! I also manaed to wash my hair and face there which was amazing, the water is so clean and pure!
Now the thing is, the road we were walking on is very dead, few people drive there. We walked for 1,5 hours with the most astonishing view of mountains covered in rain forest and singing "Tribute" by Tenacious D, until we came to Te Kauri, which is a giant tree. During the 1,5 hours we hiked up there, not a single car driving in the right direction passed by, by as we were up by the tree the first car heading from Tapu came driving on the road. Fortunatley for us, they stopped to have a look at the tree as well and were heading to Hot Water Beach, so we tagged along.
Hot water beach was rather cool. Basically, there are two points on the beach where hot water is coming up, you just have to dig a hole and lie down there, it's like enoying a hot bath but much more comfortable, oceanview and lots of tourists. We hung out there for a while, then managed to get to Hahei with a German couple.
As we arrived in Hahei, we went straight to the beach to find a suitable location for our tent. Once again it was pitch dark and we could only see what our torch allowed us to see. It was storming, the ocean was raging and for a while I thought the wind would blow the tent away, but after a while we were inside, safe from the storm and the rain. The ocean was roaring all night, a great sound to fall asleep to!
This morning Mario woke me up with a coffee. Apparently he tried to wake me up several times, but I kept hiding under my sleeping bag so he gave up and went to get some of this magic beverage. As I looked out of the tent I was greeted by the most amazing view, very similar to Bay of Islands. A rather empty beach, lots of islands and great waves.
Even though it's been raining in Auckland all day, we were hanging out on Hahei Beach for a couple of hours playing with my rugby ball, enjong the water and chatting to locals. Does it get much better? We kept telling each other how great life is and oh, if only we could do this every weekend.. After a while we packed our shit an heade for Cathedral Cove which is a top destination on the North Island.
We thought it would be an hour walk there so we got a car with two Brazilians and one German. However, after 5 minutes in the car we were there! The rest of the was was hiking, which I just LOVED! The Cathedal Cove is offically closed because of danger (rocks keeps falling down) but we knew this already and wanted to do it anyway. The stairs down there were closed, so we just hiked, holding on to ropes in order not to slip and fall in the mud.
Cathedral Cove just might have been one of the most beautiful, serene, inspiring, wonderful place I've ever been to. There was a waterfall there as well, which I washed my hair in. The beach was great.. There are no words to describe this place with, you'll see later when I put up the pictures! We stayed there for quite a while and enjyed ourselves!
These guys live in Auckland as well, so we though we just might go back with them. We had a second stop at Hot Water Beach where we had fish 'n chips, then we left for Auckland.
So here I am sitting in my bed, still dirty after Cathedral Cove smelling like a road kill. I'm going to take a shower now, then sleep straight away afterwards. I'm off to work tomorrow morning, then I have conflict resolution 4-7
Life's Good!
(pictures will come asap!)
yours sincerely
Success
I'm starting this post with a quote from one of my episodes of The Big Bang Theory made by Sheldon (who else?):
In the winter that seat is close enough to the radiator to remain warm, and yet not so close as to cause perspiration. In the summer, it's directly in the path of a cross-breeze created by opening windows there and there. It faces the television at an angle that is neither direct, thus discouraging conversation, nor so far wide as to create a parallax distortion. I could go on, but I think I've made my point.
Now that it's done, I only have a few things to say.
I quit my job at BK last night.
Today, I got a new job.
KATCHING!
This is how awesome I am
shadow of the day
Oh happy day!
Yes, still sleepless as you can tell (it's 3 am) which sucks, but I'm still happy. Life is beautiful, and sometimes I forget that I'm here and I'm living the dream! Tomorrow I have class 9 to 11, then job interview at 12, then I'm gonna hang out with Alex all day and party later on by night. Sober though, lol.
On Friday I'm going hitch hiking with Mario, will be AMAZING and so much fun, can't wait!
Well.. All I wanted to say is that I'm fine, life's good and I'm happy. With a cup of Peppermint/Chamomile tea, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and soft music by John Mayer, Linkin Park and Lars Winnerbäck, life simply can't be anything else but beutiful.
Cherish life! Sometimes it's hard to appreciate what you have. Sometimes I forget how lucky I am and how amazing my life is.. It's hard to remind yourself of all the great things when everyday life is mostly about studies, grades, work, catastrophies and money.
Well, I'm happy! I wouldn't trade my life here for anything in the world (inte ens allt smör i Småland).
I'm returning to my book now, will read it until I fall asleep. Psychology tutorial in 6 hours.
Yes, still sleepless as you can tell (it's 3 am) which sucks, but I'm still happy. Life is beautiful, and sometimes I forget that I'm here and I'm living the dream! Tomorrow I have class 9 to 11, then job interview at 12, then I'm gonna hang out with Alex all day and party later on by night. Sober though, lol.
On Friday I'm going hitch hiking with Mario, will be AMAZING and so much fun, can't wait!
Well.. All I wanted to say is that I'm fine, life's good and I'm happy. With a cup of Peppermint/Chamomile tea, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and soft music by John Mayer, Linkin Park and Lars Winnerbäck, life simply can't be anything else but beutiful.
Cherish life! Sometimes it's hard to appreciate what you have. Sometimes I forget how lucky I am and how amazing my life is.. It's hard to remind yourself of all the great things when everyday life is mostly about studies, grades, work, catastrophies and money.
Well, I'm happy! I wouldn't trade my life here for anything in the world (inte ens allt smör i Småland).
I'm returning to my book now, will read it until I fall asleep. Psychology tutorial in 6 hours.
One
I can't sleep.
Again.
This is driving me crazy! How will I ever be able to tur this around? I seriously do not know. I started reading a Marian Keyes book, but I'm dropping it for Harry Potter. I thought it might be time for me to read it in English.
Anyhow.. Tomorrow will be a terrible day. I just know it!
At 2 pm I'll have my first test (psychology), then lecture till 4 pm. Get home, eat, then work 6 - 11 pm. As soon as I come home from work, Mario and I will start planning our hitch hike we'll do this weekend. The plan is to go to Coromandel, hopefully we can find a way to do it cheap and easy.
Well.... I'm not tired, I don't feel like studying and I just don't feel like watching a movie right now, so I better get started reading. It's wierd, because I always feel like going jogging or just a walk in the middle of the night. But on the other hand, it's not really strange I always feel so energetic in the middle of the night, and exhausted in the middle of the day; my hours are upside down since I worked nigh shifts, however it's possible for me not to be abl to turn it around?
READ NOW
Good night.
Again.
This is driving me crazy! How will I ever be able to tur this around? I seriously do not know. I started reading a Marian Keyes book, but I'm dropping it for Harry Potter. I thought it might be time for me to read it in English.
Anyhow.. Tomorrow will be a terrible day. I just know it!
At 2 pm I'll have my first test (psychology), then lecture till 4 pm. Get home, eat, then work 6 - 11 pm. As soon as I come home from work, Mario and I will start planning our hitch hike we'll do this weekend. The plan is to go to Coromandel, hopefully we can find a way to do it cheap and easy.
Well.... I'm not tired, I don't feel like studying and I just don't feel like watching a movie right now, so I better get started reading. It's wierd, because I always feel like going jogging or just a walk in the middle of the night. But on the other hand, it's not really strange I always feel so energetic in the middle of the night, and exhausted in the middle of the day; my hours are upside down since I worked nigh shifts, however it's possible for me not to be abl to turn it around?
READ NOW
Good night.
NZ VS. SWE #5
Starbucks Coffee versus Espresso House
Okay, I think EVERY LIVING PERSON who's been to both of them will agree that it's clear who will win this one..?
Anyhow.. Starbucks is an American chain of cafes that you can find in 50 countries. I just happen to be a neighbour to one of the many in Auckland, Hallelujah? Their coffee is fabulous, and so is their iced tea, perfect for hot summer days.
Espresso House, however, not so exiting.. Yes, their chai tea is AMAZING, but it all seems so wannabe, and I never quite feel like eating there.. It looks so.. processed.
Well. Of course Starbucks is better! Need I say more?
Sweden 2, New Zealand 2
Patience
I'm going mad, sleepless as I am.
People who know me are well aware of that I never get obsessed with celebrities. Most times I don't even keep track on names, nor who's dating who and whatever there actually is worth knowing. There is only one exception. Tonight I'll get a new movie with my all time favourite celebrity, Paul William Walker IV. Gosh, stop being so hot, Mr. Walker! Haha.
(I love you!)
Movie: Takers
I'm going to try to fall asleep. If I'm lucky I just might dream about my favourite man. Haha, so pathetic, yet great.
Did I tell you I met a Paul Walker lookalike two weeks ago? He looked EXACTLEY like Paul, but 10 years younger. I just might have fallen in love. Might go to Ireland to find him, haha.
Night.
What are the odds meeting an Irishman who looks like my favourite famous person in Auckland? I knew the second I saw him that I had to talk to him. Apparently people tell him all the time he's a lookalike.
Snow, hey oh?
Helloo my dear friends!
I just finished breakfast, a boiled egg, and my second cup of coffee. Indeed did I need a kick of caffeine as soon as I woke up to stay awake; I didn't fall asleep until five this morning, so getting up was a bitch. Elsewise, I feel more awake now so that's always something. I'm about to hit the shower, then go to town to meet Millie for another coffee, then group meeting, then class.
It's raining, but I still feel it's gonna be a goood day!
The world is mine
Today has been filled with all sorts of emotions. I am excited/anxious about buying my ticket back to Swe, and I am browsing different options..
Do I want to have a few days in Bangkok?
Do I want to go straight to Swe?
Or should I go with Eirik to Vancouver, then Seattle, then Iceland, then Copenhagen?
I can't seem to decide..
Or do I feel so emotionally disorientated because I've had about six cups of coffee since 5 pm (it's now 11.45 pm)? Who knows. What I do know is that it is irritating, confusing and quite sad.
In order to get rid of all of these feeling earlier today I decided to power walk to Countdown. So I did, but I still felt the same... I think I'd feel better if I'd go running or something..?
Well.. I'm gonna try and fall asleep before 1.30 am, so that I can get up early tomorrow.
Do I want to have a few days in Bangkok?
Do I want to go straight to Swe?
Or should I go with Eirik to Vancouver, then Seattle, then Iceland, then Copenhagen?
I can't seem to decide..
Or do I feel so emotionally disorientated because I've had about six cups of coffee since 5 pm (it's now 11.45 pm)? Who knows. What I do know is that it is irritating, confusing and quite sad.
In order to get rid of all of these feeling earlier today I decided to power walk to Countdown. So I did, but I still felt the same... I think I'd feel better if I'd go running or something..?
Well.. I'm gonna try and fall asleep before 1.30 am, so that I can get up early tomorrow.
Saturday. Say what?
Hey.
So it's Saturday today. Crazy. Doesn't feel like it, not at all actually.
Well, I slept a bit longer than I intended to, but I still managed to:
- put on my face and some cute clothes in order to make a good impression on every person I meet
- go to the library to pimp up my CV and print a bunch out
- go to town to look for jobs, mainly pubs
- buy dinner, for one time's sake. Ended up with a wierd combination of rice, chicken and bechamel sauce? Very wierd, but eatable with soy.
- clean my room, throw out soooo much shit I don't need and install my brand new desk chair (it smells like factory <3)
For now, I really feel like taking a nap, but I just might finish up my room then study. Study study studiiiies, never did I think I'd have this much todo with two papers. I like it though. I kinda missed sitting in the lobby with books, a couple redbull cans and heaps of things to do. Maybe not on a Saturday though. We'll see what happens..
Good night you guys!
So it's Saturday today. Crazy. Doesn't feel like it, not at all actually.
Well, I slept a bit longer than I intended to, but I still managed to:
- put on my face and some cute clothes in order to make a good impression on every person I meet
- go to the library to pimp up my CV and print a bunch out
- go to town to look for jobs, mainly pubs
- buy dinner, for one time's sake. Ended up with a wierd combination of rice, chicken and bechamel sauce? Very wierd, but eatable with soy.
- clean my room, throw out soooo much shit I don't need and install my brand new desk chair (it smells like factory <3)
For now, I really feel like taking a nap, but I just might finish up my room then study. Study study studiiiies, never did I think I'd have this much todo with two papers. I like it though. I kinda missed sitting in the lobby with books, a couple redbull cans and heaps of things to do. Maybe not on a Saturday though. We'll see what happens..
Good night you guys!
Ica
I've been watching ICA commercials for quite a while. I love them, and thought that since I've missed out on them for more than eight months I might as well watch them all on ICA's webpage. I LOVED the latest one and my eyes went watery from all the laughter. Lovin' it! As you may guess, I have had a quiet Friday. I've studied mos of the day, and all of my meals have consited of rice, sweet & sour sauce and soy. I just couldn't be bothered to make anything else in all honesty.
One thing I have been thinking about a lot lately is all the disasters that keep striking the world. What the hell is going on? People around here seem to always be on their watch for something to happen.. Just recently when I was sitting outside chatting with some friends in the courtyard, we heard two bangs and people got scared and thought something would happenhere too.. Turns out some guys had some kindof race and jumped down from a balcony, landed on a car, made some push ups and then ran away. Should we spend all of our time here being scared?
I'm not constantly scared. I know that it wouldn't help if I'd walk around being anxious all the time, it would rather make it worse. If something actually would happen, which I strongly doubt, we'd just have to make the best out of it. I'm not leaving Auckland and I'm most certainly not leaving New Zealand just because something might happen, obviously.
There is one guy that people keep talking about. He predicted the earthquake in Christchurch on the 21st, and a second one on 20 March. He said the one "to be" might be as strong as 8.0. He thinks, apparently, that it might trigger tsunamis and maybe even start off the vulcanoes in Auckland (we have one or two active vulcanoes here). Not that I believe any of it. Yes, New Zealand is a small country, and a big tsunami could seriously damage most of it, but it doesn't mean that it's safer anywere else. Sweden is not in the danger zone for earthquakes, and yet I've felt a 4.7 as I was lying in my own bed there.
Tomorrow is the 20th, and it will be interesting to see what will happen. I sincerely hope that us in New Zealand, and the rest of the world hae had enough of all destruction, death and misery for a while.
I know my sister is a bit worried about me being here, and it even got to the point where she wanted me to get out of here, whch is fully understandable and I would feel the sam i her situation, but we must not forget that ther is no scientific proof of predictions of any disasters to come. It would be nothing but irrational to be scared of something that may happen. I might get hit by a car. I might get beaten up. My plane back to Sweden might crash. But that's not a good way of living, is it?
In order to seize the day, worry less and enjoy more.
As for me, I'm going to continue my quiet night, watch some tv and then go to bed when I feel like it. Today I feel good about going back to Sweden, really good. I hope this feeling will last me till the day comes.
PS. Check this out, ICA commercial
One thing I have been thinking about a lot lately is all the disasters that keep striking the world. What the hell is going on? People around here seem to always be on their watch for something to happen.. Just recently when I was sitting outside chatting with some friends in the courtyard, we heard two bangs and people got scared and thought something would happenhere too.. Turns out some guys had some kindof race and jumped down from a balcony, landed on a car, made some push ups and then ran away. Should we spend all of our time here being scared?
I'm not constantly scared. I know that it wouldn't help if I'd walk around being anxious all the time, it would rather make it worse. If something actually would happen, which I strongly doubt, we'd just have to make the best out of it. I'm not leaving Auckland and I'm most certainly not leaving New Zealand just because something might happen, obviously.
There is one guy that people keep talking about. He predicted the earthquake in Christchurch on the 21st, and a second one on 20 March. He said the one "to be" might be as strong as 8.0. He thinks, apparently, that it might trigger tsunamis and maybe even start off the vulcanoes in Auckland (we have one or two active vulcanoes here). Not that I believe any of it. Yes, New Zealand is a small country, and a big tsunami could seriously damage most of it, but it doesn't mean that it's safer anywere else. Sweden is not in the danger zone for earthquakes, and yet I've felt a 4.7 as I was lying in my own bed there.
Tomorrow is the 20th, and it will be interesting to see what will happen. I sincerely hope that us in New Zealand, and the rest of the world hae had enough of all destruction, death and misery for a while.
I know my sister is a bit worried about me being here, and it even got to the point where she wanted me to get out of here, whch is fully understandable and I would feel the sam i her situation, but we must not forget that ther is no scientific proof of predictions of any disasters to come. It would be nothing but irrational to be scared of something that may happen. I might get hit by a car. I might get beaten up. My plane back to Sweden might crash. But that's not a good way of living, is it?
In order to seize the day, worry less and enjoy more.
As for me, I'm going to continue my quiet night, watch some tv and then go to bed when I feel like it. Today I feel good about going back to Sweden, really good. I hope this feeling will last me till the day comes.
PS. Check this out, ICA commercial
St. Patrick's Day
Soo, I just came home from my first celebration of St. Patrick's Day ever. This is how my day was:
I had Psychology from 9 to 11 am. Got home and cooked a lot of food to last me for a few days and studied till 2 pm, then went to Vesbar (the studentbar on campus) for some "Irish" shots. Left Vesbar for Danny Doolans, some random bar nd Father Ted's with Andy. By 4 pm I was rather drunk and ot back to WSA for dinner. I must say I had the best dinner particularly for this day: green mash with veggies (I saw on the morning news show that mash was traditional food for today). I just made mash with spinach, and it turned out to be delicious. Yay! Success in the kitchen, gotta love it (for me that is). By tha time, I and everyone else had lost Andy, and we still don't know here he is. He's like 80% Irish so he was going hard out.
Well. I had my dinner, then went to 9G to have some beer and do my face painting and everything else in order to look properly prepared for such a day. I ended up with following:
white shirt that I myself painted green with: I ♥ ♣
a massive green peace necklace
face paint
paint all over my arms and legs (needless to say it's green?)
I looked pretty fancy if I may say it myself.. ;) Well, after having a few beers at 9G me and Eirik went to a Norwegian party downtown, and i coincidentally met a couple of people I knew. I just love how I can go to a party in the biggest city of NZ whith one person I know, only to meet two or three other people I know. So random! So we went to town around 11.30 pm, and I stayed out till 4.30 am something. I left the guys pretty early, around 12.30 I think, to go to the Viaduct to meet up with some other friends. On my way down I met three guys whereas two were from the navy and one was from the military, and they ended up walking me to the bar. They thought I'd be better off with them protecting me since I was walking alone. Not that I need any protection but it was really sweet of them. We ended up hanging out all night, really cool guys, I just love how many great people I've met here. So amazing!
Well, that was a really short summary of the day. It's been amazing and I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate this special occasion. I'm most definatley going to keep up with this from now on!
I'm off to bed now, tomorrow will be spent on studying, I have sooo mucg to do which is crazy considering I'm only doing two papers... Huh! I'm not even sure if I'll find time for volunteering :/ Hopefully they'll be okay with Saturday's because that's my only day off.. Ah! It'll be fine!
Lot's of love from Swede
I had Psychology from 9 to 11 am. Got home and cooked a lot of food to last me for a few days and studied till 2 pm, then went to Vesbar (the studentbar on campus) for some "Irish" shots. Left Vesbar for Danny Doolans, some random bar nd Father Ted's with Andy. By 4 pm I was rather drunk and ot back to WSA for dinner. I must say I had the best dinner particularly for this day: green mash with veggies (I saw on the morning news show that mash was traditional food for today). I just made mash with spinach, and it turned out to be delicious. Yay! Success in the kitchen, gotta love it (for me that is). By tha time, I and everyone else had lost Andy, and we still don't know here he is. He's like 80% Irish so he was going hard out.
Well. I had my dinner, then went to 9G to have some beer and do my face painting and everything else in order to look properly prepared for such a day. I ended up with following:
white shirt that I myself painted green with: I ♥ ♣
a massive green peace necklace
face paint
paint all over my arms and legs (needless to say it's green?)
I looked pretty fancy if I may say it myself.. ;) Well, after having a few beers at 9G me and Eirik went to a Norwegian party downtown, and i coincidentally met a couple of people I knew. I just love how I can go to a party in the biggest city of NZ whith one person I know, only to meet two or three other people I know. So random! So we went to town around 11.30 pm, and I stayed out till 4.30 am something. I left the guys pretty early, around 12.30 I think, to go to the Viaduct to meet up with some other friends. On my way down I met three guys whereas two were from the navy and one was from the military, and they ended up walking me to the bar. They thought I'd be better off with them protecting me since I was walking alone. Not that I need any protection but it was really sweet of them. We ended up hanging out all night, really cool guys, I just love how many great people I've met here. So amazing!
Well, that was a really short summary of the day. It's been amazing and I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate this special occasion. I'm most definatley going to keep up with this from now on!
I'm off to bed now, tomorrow will be spent on studying, I have sooo mucg to do which is crazy considering I'm only doing two papers... Huh! I'm not even sure if I'll find time for volunteering :/ Hopefully they'll be okay with Saturday's because that's my only day off.. Ah! It'll be fine!
Lot's of love from Swede
En massa kärlek till Sverige
Nu blir det ett inlägg på svenska eftersom det är riktat till mina närmsta där uppe i Sverige!
När jag är här nere blir det svårt ibland att uppskatta vart jag kommer ifrån (även om jag är mer patriotisk än någonsin tidigare), och visst känns det svårt att behöva lämna detta vackra land så snart, men i slutändan så älskar jag Sverige med självfallet, och alla mina närmsta där.
Jag känner mig hemsk ibland för att jag är så hemskt dålig på att höra av mig. Jag trodde att jag skulle ha mer tid över denna terminen med blotta två kurser, men det har visat sig vara ännu stressigare eftersom dessa kurserna är betydligt svårare och mycket mer att göra/läsa/plugga. Det är okey för mig, men jag måste ändå be om ursäkt för att jag inte så ofta svarar på mail direkt, har tid att skypa eller ringa. Absolut vill jag snacka med er, men jag har helt enkelt inte alltid tid till det. Tidsskillnaden spelar stor roll den med!
Mest tänker jag på mamma, som alltd stöttar mig och finns där. GUD vad jag saknar dg mutti! Hade inte tackat nej till en av dina bamsekramar just nu! Och tänk när jag kommer hem, då kommer jag kunna laga mat åt dig och vara lite vuxen, inte helt illa det va?
Och Nicole, vi har inte pratat så mycket, men jag tänker på dig väldigt mycket och ser så mycket fram emot att få träffa dig igen. Jag är nyfiken på vad som händer i ditt liv och jag längtar tills när vikan snacka face to face och bara umgås och ha kul!
Sen Malin.. Behöver jag ens yttra mig? Du är ju något i stil av halva mig. Jag kan inte ens beskriva hur det känns att vara utan dig, helt sinnessjukt. Jag är glad över att ha åkt hit ensam, men skulle jag ha tagit med mig så skulle det såklart vara du! Du är nog den enda som faktiskt kan läsa mina tankar, och som vet mer än någon annan. Jag saknar dig så mycket att det gör ont i hjärtat på mig, och oavsett om jag så gifter mig så kommer du ändå vara min andra hälft! Din galna jävel, fan vad kul det kommer att se dig snart igen!
Utöver dessa finns det ju så många som jag saknar och tänker på så jäkla mycket. Men mamma, Nicole och Malin är de jag känner att jag bör prata oftare med, ni betyder så mycket för mig. Det enda som gör det lättare för mig att åka tillbaka till Sverige är för att ni, och så många till, är där.
Nu mina vänner ska jag sova. Jag har lektion imorgon bitti, sen är det firande av St. Patrick's som gäller, kommer bli helvilt. Ska försöka lägga upp bilder på bloggen sen från det.
Lot's of love from down under
När jag är här nere blir det svårt ibland att uppskatta vart jag kommer ifrån (även om jag är mer patriotisk än någonsin tidigare), och visst känns det svårt att behöva lämna detta vackra land så snart, men i slutändan så älskar jag Sverige med självfallet, och alla mina närmsta där.
Jag känner mig hemsk ibland för att jag är så hemskt dålig på att höra av mig. Jag trodde att jag skulle ha mer tid över denna terminen med blotta två kurser, men det har visat sig vara ännu stressigare eftersom dessa kurserna är betydligt svårare och mycket mer att göra/läsa/plugga. Det är okey för mig, men jag måste ändå be om ursäkt för att jag inte så ofta svarar på mail direkt, har tid att skypa eller ringa. Absolut vill jag snacka med er, men jag har helt enkelt inte alltid tid till det. Tidsskillnaden spelar stor roll den med!
Mest tänker jag på mamma, som alltd stöttar mig och finns där. GUD vad jag saknar dg mutti! Hade inte tackat nej till en av dina bamsekramar just nu! Och tänk när jag kommer hem, då kommer jag kunna laga mat åt dig och vara lite vuxen, inte helt illa det va?
Och Nicole, vi har inte pratat så mycket, men jag tänker på dig väldigt mycket och ser så mycket fram emot att få träffa dig igen. Jag är nyfiken på vad som händer i ditt liv och jag längtar tills när vikan snacka face to face och bara umgås och ha kul!
Sen Malin.. Behöver jag ens yttra mig? Du är ju något i stil av halva mig. Jag kan inte ens beskriva hur det känns att vara utan dig, helt sinnessjukt. Jag är glad över att ha åkt hit ensam, men skulle jag ha tagit med mig så skulle det såklart vara du! Du är nog den enda som faktiskt kan läsa mina tankar, och som vet mer än någon annan. Jag saknar dig så mycket att det gör ont i hjärtat på mig, och oavsett om jag så gifter mig så kommer du ändå vara min andra hälft! Din galna jävel, fan vad kul det kommer att se dig snart igen!
Utöver dessa finns det ju så många som jag saknar och tänker på så jäkla mycket. Men mamma, Nicole och Malin är de jag känner att jag bör prata oftare med, ni betyder så mycket för mig. Det enda som gör det lättare för mig att åka tillbaka till Sverige är för att ni, och så många till, är där.
Nu mina vänner ska jag sova. Jag har lektion imorgon bitti, sen är det firande av St. Patrick's som gäller, kommer bli helvilt. Ska försöka lägga upp bilder på bloggen sen från det.
Lot's of love from down under
tired as
Heysan allihopa everybody!
GOSH, do I miss Hipp Hipp or what? (Swedish comedy)
I came home from work about an hour ago. Mark was randomly still in Auckland so I met up with him, then ended up staying in the courtyard for more than an hour talking to people in my charming BK uniform. And yes, everyone put in a comment about how absolutly lovely I looked in it and how much I smelled like burgers. Yay. (This week I'll be looking for new jobs, hope to find a new bar job, THAT would be lovely!)
So it's almost 12.30 am, and as soon as I'm done writing this post I'll get out of this smelly uniform, put on my fatpants, make some tea and get started on a powerpoint. I really don't have to do i tonight, but this week will be so busy so I might as well have it done, and I wouldn't be able to sleep now anyway so why not?
Tomorrow will look like this:
10.30 - 11.30: Training at BK (I know, training for what?)
2 - 4: Psychology lecture
6 - 11: Work
11.30 - ?: Costume party
So there is a costume party tomorrow, and I will only go if it's still going by the time come home from work. If so, I'll go as a beach tourist with following equipment: flip flops, swimshorts, bikini, sunscreen on my nose (crucial), snorkeling gear and a beach towel. There will be no drinking what so ever, and if I end up going out it won't be a late night because I have tutorial in Psychology 9 am the morning after.
Thursday is St. Patrick's day, and have the following items to make the most out of it: green facepaint, green massive necklace, bodycream & lipstick that glows in the dark and a white top that I will paint green. It will be awesome! After class I'll go straight to Vesbar to have a drink with everyone else. It's not really healthy to have a drink before noon (is it?) but Thursday will be an excellent exception!
Well, I'm exhausted an can't wait to finish up so that I can lay down in my bed, wach a movie and relax.
Nightey xx
GOSH, do I miss Hipp Hipp or what? (Swedish comedy)
I came home from work about an hour ago. Mark was randomly still in Auckland so I met up with him, then ended up staying in the courtyard for more than an hour talking to people in my charming BK uniform. And yes, everyone put in a comment about how absolutly lovely I looked in it and how much I smelled like burgers. Yay. (This week I'll be looking for new jobs, hope to find a new bar job, THAT would be lovely!)
So it's almost 12.30 am, and as soon as I'm done writing this post I'll get out of this smelly uniform, put on my fatpants, make some tea and get started on a powerpoint. I really don't have to do i tonight, but this week will be so busy so I might as well have it done, and I wouldn't be able to sleep now anyway so why not?
Tomorrow will look like this:
10.30 - 11.30: Training at BK (I know, training for what?)
2 - 4: Psychology lecture
6 - 11: Work
11.30 - ?: Costume party
So there is a costume party tomorrow, and I will only go if it's still going by the time come home from work. If so, I'll go as a beach tourist with following equipment: flip flops, swimshorts, bikini, sunscreen on my nose (crucial), snorkeling gear and a beach towel. There will be no drinking what so ever, and if I end up going out it won't be a late night because I have tutorial in Psychology 9 am the morning after.
Thursday is St. Patrick's day, and have the following items to make the most out of it: green facepaint, green massive necklace, bodycream & lipstick that glows in the dark and a white top that I will paint green. It will be awesome! After class I'll go straight to Vesbar to have a drink with everyone else. It's not really healthy to have a drink before noon (is it?) but Thursday will be an excellent exception!
Well, I'm exhausted an can't wait to finish up so that I can lay down in my bed, wach a movie and relax.
Nightey xx
Preparations
I think that I am mentally starting to prepare to leave the country. A couple times a week I deam about scenarios related to it: packing my bags, going to the airport, or even missing my flight. Every time I dream things like that, I wake up nervous and anxious. I think I'm starting to prepare to leave, and I thinks it's good too.
Even though it feels hard, there's no denial that I am a bit exited too. And even though it is tempting to take a year off, work, travel or maybe stay here (home!), I'm very exited about going to uni in Sweden as well. Unfortunatley, one can't have the best of both worlds, at least not for a longer period of time.
So here I am 3.15 in the morning thinking about life and all it's contents. What is there to say, really?
Life is beautiful, and in one way I think it's sad that life goes to waste regarding money, shallowness and lack of kindness, amongst others. Why arewe limited by things such as money? Why don't people follow their own dreams? Why is there always something that could've been better? Is it a healthy, or destructuve approach to life in general that it can always be better than it is?
I have so many questions, but no anwers. I'm not sure of how it is physically or mentally possible, but I think more and more about life and its meaning. I am questionning more and more, which is good, but exhausting after a while. Why? Why why why? I am changed. Will my friends still want to hang out with me? Will I have something to talk to my family about at the breakfast table? Will I feel at home when I go back?
I am not much for good bye's.. If I have the chance, I'll just get over with it the get the hell out of there. It's been working so far, and hopefully it'll continue to do so for a bit longer. Maybe that's what I should do when I leave NZ. Leave WSA 5 in the morning when everyone's asleep, sneak off and not think about it until I'm on the plane and it's too late to turn back...?
All these random thoughts. I'm sorry, it must be a mess to read. I'm a mess right now, sleepless and running out of movies to watch. I have to get myself together and fall asleep!
Even though it feels hard, there's no denial that I am a bit exited too. And even though it is tempting to take a year off, work, travel or maybe stay here (home!), I'm very exited about going to uni in Sweden as well. Unfortunatley, one can't have the best of both worlds, at least not for a longer period of time.
So here I am 3.15 in the morning thinking about life and all it's contents. What is there to say, really?
Life is beautiful, and in one way I think it's sad that life goes to waste regarding money, shallowness and lack of kindness, amongst others. Why arewe limited by things such as money? Why don't people follow their own dreams? Why is there always something that could've been better? Is it a healthy, or destructuve approach to life in general that it can always be better than it is?
I have so many questions, but no anwers. I'm not sure of how it is physically or mentally possible, but I think more and more about life and its meaning. I am questionning more and more, which is good, but exhausting after a while. Why? Why why why? I am changed. Will my friends still want to hang out with me? Will I have something to talk to my family about at the breakfast table? Will I feel at home when I go back?
I am not much for good bye's.. If I have the chance, I'll just get over with it the get the hell out of there. It's been working so far, and hopefully it'll continue to do so for a bit longer. Maybe that's what I should do when I leave NZ. Leave WSA 5 in the morning when everyone's asleep, sneak off and not think about it until I'm on the plane and it's too late to turn back...?
All these random thoughts. I'm sorry, it must be a mess to read. I'm a mess right now, sleepless and running out of movies to watch. I have to get myself together and fall asleep!
monday night
'Elloo (Mexican accent)
I'm kinda bored tonight, but I'm to tired to do something. I went to bed an hour ago but I can't sleep, so I'll watch Brokeback Mountain and chill out by myself.
Tomorrow:
12pm - Go shopping for costume party on Wednesday and St Patty's day on Thursday.
2pm - Group meeting
3-6pm - Lecture + tutorial in Principles of Conflict Resolution
8-11pm - Work
I will also talk to my manager and see if can get some more hours, elsewise I'll have to find another job.
Movie now
...don't forget the Rattlesnakes (even though I'd prefer Marabou Polka (candy cane chocolate).
I'm kinda bored tonight, but I'm to tired to do something. I went to bed an hour ago but I can't sleep, so I'll watch Brokeback Mountain and chill out by myself.
Tomorrow:
12pm - Go shopping for costume party on Wednesday and St Patty's day on Thursday.
2pm - Group meeting
3-6pm - Lecture + tutorial in Principles of Conflict Resolution
8-11pm - Work
I will also talk to my manager and see if can get some more hours, elsewise I'll have to find another job.
Movie now
...don't forget the Rattlesnakes (even though I'd prefer Marabou Polka (candy cane chocolate).
acknowledgements
Since I moved to New Zealand I have
- started using some words in English even when I speak Swedish, sounds quite retarded
- listened to more Swedish music than I did before
- quit watching movies with subtitles, how could I not find that annoying earlier?
- learned how to cook
- become more patriotic, a proud Swede right here!
- lowered my amount of generalising and stereotyping
- met the most amazing people through studies and travels
- appreciated veggies and fruit more than ever
- almost entierly quit my meat consumption (even though a massive burger or bloody steak is amazing every now and then)
hellogoodbye
Time flies by. I've said it before, and I'm saying it again, right now. You never really notice until it's too late, when there is no time left. Erica is now on her way to the airport, and indeed does it feel strange not to have her around any longer. It makes me feel a bit miserable that my only connection to my physical family will be off to Hong Kong in a couple of hours, but I'm still fine with it. I've had my family dose now, I'll be good for a couple of months.
Well, if any of you wonder I now have internet in my room, so my availability to Skype is really good at the moment. I'd love to talk to someone tonight so I'll be online for a while just in case someone would log on.
Anywho, it's ten pm and I'm exhausted. I'm considering a trip to the convenience store for something to eat/snack, then lie in my bed and watch movies for the rest of the night. Rather tempting!
BTW
I've seen 127 Hours, and I didn't like it. The last five minutes were good, elsewise...
Cya.
Well, if any of you wonder I now have internet in my room, so my availability to Skype is really good at the moment. I'd love to talk to someone tonight so I'll be online for a while just in case someone would log on.
Anywho, it's ten pm and I'm exhausted. I'm considering a trip to the convenience store for something to eat/snack, then lie in my bed and watch movies for the rest of the night. Rather tempting!
BTW
I've seen 127 Hours, and I didn't like it. The last five minutes were good, elsewise...
Cya.
It's the end of the world..?
Okay, let's see if I've got this straight..
There was an 8.9 earhquake about 400 km outside of Japan yesterday which led to 10 meter tsunamis on the Japanese coast.
This morning, we had an earthquake in Auckland, thankfully too shallow to even notice. It makes me wonder if this is all because of how poorly human kind has treated Mother Earth. Is it really the "karma, bitch" disguised as nature? A modern version of harmagedon? Who knows, but it sure makes me a bit anxious.
The tsunami warning for New Zealand and Australia is not valid anymore, but it makes me think about what would have happend if we actually had a big earthquake right outside of New Zealand, causing a big tsunami. New Zealand is a small country, it wouldn't need too much of a tsunami to take the whole country down. Just look at the tsunami in Japan last night; more than half the country was affected.
I cn't hel but fee usless, as I am sitting here, in a safe place and there is nothing that I can do about what's going on in the world. I wish I could help, save lives, even comfort those who are in need of it. On the other hand, my study is nothing I am willing to give up, I just have to give it time I suppose.
Anyways.. My heart is aching because of all the lost lives, families affected, destroyed homes and cities that will never be the same again. Let us all hope that 2011 will bring no more sorrow, death and destruction. Let us hope that it is not too late for us to be able to look back at this year with positivity. Have faith.
As long as there is hope, there is life.
All my love and thoughts to all os you in Japan and everyone affected by the earthquake.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
There was an 8.9 earhquake about 400 km outside of Japan yesterday which led to 10 meter tsunamis on the Japanese coast.
This morning, we had an earthquake in Auckland, thankfully too shallow to even notice. It makes me wonder if this is all because of how poorly human kind has treated Mother Earth. Is it really the "karma, bitch" disguised as nature? A modern version of harmagedon? Who knows, but it sure makes me a bit anxious.
The tsunami warning for New Zealand and Australia is not valid anymore, but it makes me think about what would have happend if we actually had a big earthquake right outside of New Zealand, causing a big tsunami. New Zealand is a small country, it wouldn't need too much of a tsunami to take the whole country down. Just look at the tsunami in Japan last night; more than half the country was affected.
I cn't hel but fee usless, as I am sitting here, in a safe place and there is nothing that I can do about what's going on in the world. I wish I could help, save lives, even comfort those who are in need of it. On the other hand, my study is nothing I am willing to give up, I just have to give it time I suppose.
Anyways.. My heart is aching because of all the lost lives, families affected, destroyed homes and cities that will never be the same again. Let us all hope that 2011 will bring no more sorrow, death and destruction. Let us hope that it is not too late for us to be able to look back at this year with positivity. Have faith.
As long as there is hope, there is life.
All my love and thoughts to all os you in Japan and everyone affected by the earthquake.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Earlybird
Good morning fellas!
For some peculiar reason I seem to be unable to sleep. Well, it's not unusual, but after a day of uni and then work till 11 pm, I reckon I should be ready for sleep. Apparently, that's not the case. I came home from work and got food served to me by Chris; a beautiful cheese, pastrami and mustard sandwich, and then just chilled out with him and Andy for a while in 9g, the new place to hang out in it seems (the semester 1 party flat for 2011).
I went to bed around 1 am, but after three hours of attempting to sleep, I gave up. So here I am, in front of one of the computers in the lobby, with following items:
a pen
some school papers
an exercise book
a usb stick
a bottle of water
Which means, I'll be studying for a bit. I have a group meeting tomorrow after class, so I thought I might as well review it instead of lying in my bed being annoyed about not being able to sleep.
ELSEWISE
Except from class and group meeting, tomorrow (technically today) will be awesome, because me and a whole bunch of people are going to SOUNDS IN THE SUN! A free nz music festival with bands such as Katchafire and Black Seeds. I'll try and make it to Katchafire, if I don't I'll just go straight to Kingsland to my kiwimates' house and pregame with them. Ohhh yeah (as Elise would say).
Hell, I don't really have much more to say 4.23 in the morning to be honest.
Nanda, Andy, Chris, Eirik, Christian, Me and Sheryl. A great mixture of Brazil, Norway, USA, Germany and China.
For some peculiar reason I seem to be unable to sleep. Well, it's not unusual, but after a day of uni and then work till 11 pm, I reckon I should be ready for sleep. Apparently, that's not the case. I came home from work and got food served to me by Chris; a beautiful cheese, pastrami and mustard sandwich, and then just chilled out with him and Andy for a while in 9g, the new place to hang out in it seems (the semester 1 party flat for 2011).
I went to bed around 1 am, but after three hours of attempting to sleep, I gave up. So here I am, in front of one of the computers in the lobby, with following items:
a pen
some school papers
an exercise book
a usb stick
a bottle of water
Which means, I'll be studying for a bit. I have a group meeting tomorrow after class, so I thought I might as well review it instead of lying in my bed being annoyed about not being able to sleep.
ELSEWISE
Except from class and group meeting, tomorrow (technically today) will be awesome, because me and a whole bunch of people are going to SOUNDS IN THE SUN! A free nz music festival with bands such as Katchafire and Black Seeds. I'll try and make it to Katchafire, if I don't I'll just go straight to Kingsland to my kiwimates' house and pregame with them. Ohhh yeah (as Elise would say).
Hell, I don't really have much more to say 4.23 in the morning to be honest.
Nanda, Andy, Chris, Eirik, Christian, Me and Sheryl. A great mixture of Brazil, Norway, USA, Germany and China.
Week 2, Semester 1, 2011
So today was the first day of the second week. I have been studying a lot since school started, mainly psychology, and I feel very good about it.
This is how my week is scheduled:
Monday: Class 4-7
Tuesday: Study 12-3. Class 3-6. Work 8-11
Wednesday: Study 11-2. Class 2-4. Work 6-11
Thursday: Class 9-11. Study 11-2. Group meeting 2. Sounds in the Sun (free concert) later at night.
Friday-Sunday: Study & socialize
I'll try and work out so that I can work full Friday's starting next week, ex:
Friday: Work 10-5. Work 7-midnight
We'll see if it's possible, would be awesome! Anyhow, at the moment I'm working on my conflict, Waikato Tainui, that my group will have a presentation on in two weeks. I wish we'd had Rwanda instead, but this is quite interesting as well, and no other group has it, which is always something! I'll work on this for another hour, then head up to 9G to make dinner (spaghetti bolognese).
I'm so tired, so I guess I'll go to bed quite early, in three hours maybe in order to get up early tomorrow to study. Well, not very interesting to read about but this is how my life is at the moment, school and work, quite nice if you ask me.
Back to school work!
This is how my week is scheduled:
Monday: Class 4-7
Tuesday: Study 12-3. Class 3-6. Work 8-11
Wednesday: Study 11-2. Class 2-4. Work 6-11
Thursday: Class 9-11. Study 11-2. Group meeting 2. Sounds in the Sun (free concert) later at night.
Friday-Sunday: Study & socialize
I'll try and work out so that I can work full Friday's starting next week, ex:
Friday: Work 10-5. Work 7-midnight
We'll see if it's possible, would be awesome! Anyhow, at the moment I'm working on my conflict, Waikato Tainui, that my group will have a presentation on in two weeks. I wish we'd had Rwanda instead, but this is quite interesting as well, and no other group has it, which is always something! I'll work on this for another hour, then head up to 9G to make dinner (spaghetti bolognese).
I'm so tired, so I guess I'll go to bed quite early, in three hours maybe in order to get up early tomorrow to study. Well, not very interesting to read about but this is how my life is at the moment, school and work, quite nice if you ask me.
Back to school work!
Stalking
What else but stalking are you supposed to do 6 in the morning? Hehehe! Well, this weekend has been crammed with cooking, studying and going out (not rowdy though, Tash complained to me saying "Louise, you used to be drunk every day last semester and now you never drink anylonger!!!?" which is quite an exaggeration, but still funny).
I have to get up fairly early tomorrow, because it's WATERFIGHT at Hikuwai Plaza, 1 pm, and before that I'll (hopefully) be going to Warehouse to buy myself a waterpistol. GO YELLOW TEAM!
Bed now. Might make pasta, who knows. Will update you soon enough.
Btw. Psychology is such a hard paper, only 50% passing students, but I LOVE it!
Cheers.
PS. Love being back in Auckland
I have to get up fairly early tomorrow, because it's WATERFIGHT at Hikuwai Plaza, 1 pm, and before that I'll (hopefully) be going to Warehouse to buy myself a waterpistol. GO YELLOW TEAM!
Bed now. Might make pasta, who knows. Will update you soon enough.
Btw. Psychology is such a hard paper, only 50% passing students, but I LOVE it!
Cheers.
PS. Love being back in Auckland
Studies
I'm back!
Today was the second day in school. My timetable looks like this:
Monday: Principles of Conflict Resolution 4-7
Tuesday: Principles of Conflict Resolution 3-6
Wednesday: Psychology 2-4
Thursday: Psychology 9-11
Pretty sweet aye? I'm trying to put up my workig hours so that I work and go to school full days on Monday to Thursday, leaving Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays entirely off. Those days will go to volonteering (if I get it) and studying and whatever I want to do.
So for now I'm doing some preparations for a group meeting on Thursday about the genocide in Rwanda. I have been interested in this for quite a while so I'm thrilled to study it. In three weeks my group and I will hold a presentation about Rwanda and I'm psyched!
Well, I'll finish up soon, go grab a shower and then meet up with some guys. We're going out tonight, I won't go hard in for the drinking though. Plan in a glass of red and then just hanging out having fun. Doesn't get much better than that right?
It feels so right being back in school, I've missed it so much and even if it doesn't feel like it from time to times, I do love sitting down doing my studies. Amazing! Tomorrow is my first Psychology class and I'm really exited, I love the subject and I'll try my best not to analyse everything people do (further than I already do).
This is just so right!
(pic borrowed from BBC NEWS)
Today was the second day in school. My timetable looks like this:
Monday: Principles of Conflict Resolution 4-7
Tuesday: Principles of Conflict Resolution 3-6
Wednesday: Psychology 2-4
Thursday: Psychology 9-11
Pretty sweet aye? I'm trying to put up my workig hours so that I work and go to school full days on Monday to Thursday, leaving Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays entirely off. Those days will go to volonteering (if I get it) and studying and whatever I want to do.
So for now I'm doing some preparations for a group meeting on Thursday about the genocide in Rwanda. I have been interested in this for quite a while so I'm thrilled to study it. In three weeks my group and I will hold a presentation about Rwanda and I'm psyched!
Well, I'll finish up soon, go grab a shower and then meet up with some guys. We're going out tonight, I won't go hard in for the drinking though. Plan in a glass of red and then just hanging out having fun. Doesn't get much better than that right?
It feels so right being back in school, I've missed it so much and even if it doesn't feel like it from time to times, I do love sitting down doing my studies. Amazing! Tomorrow is my first Psychology class and I'm really exited, I love the subject and I'll try my best not to analyse everything people do (further than I already do).
This is just so right!
(pic borrowed from BBC NEWS)
