Tired..
I got up at 7 this morning, started work at 10 and finished at 5. Got home 6 and now it's 8. I am so tired I can't even describe it. I've been working 30 hours this week, which is quite a lot combined with full time studies. I've been chilling out in the couch, eating and watching tv for two hours, and now I'm back to work... I need to finish an essay next week and I just haven't had the time this week to get started, so it seems to me that I will make a lot of coffee, find a lot of articles and start my research. Oh my, oh my. I just want to go to bed..
BUT
My goal for tonight will be to find three suitable articles for my essay and work out a mind map of content for the essay. My reward will be Scandinavian store tomorrow! Coffee and redbull will keep me focused. I hope.
Hard work work.
BUT
My goal for tonight will be to find three suitable articles for my essay and work out a mind map of content for the essay. My reward will be Scandinavian store tomorrow! Coffee and redbull will keep me focused. I hope.
Hard work work.
How do you know these kinds of thing?
So as I was getting up about half an hour ago, I logged on to my laptop to check the bus schedule. To my confusion, time says 7.15, instead of 8.15. WTF? Guess I missed out on this, and just one question: How do you people know that this will happen? Because I haven't heard anything until 20 minutes ago when I woke up my flatmate to ask him.
So now I have plenty of time for breakfast, make coffee, prepare lunch and check the buses. Nice!
So now I have plenty of time for breakfast, make coffee, prepare lunch and check the buses. Nice!
I'm not a girl, not yet a woman?
So here's a late night post. I need to write off my thoughts before I go to bed. My mainstream of thoughts today has been covering the subject adulthood: is it really possible to measure how grown up you are?
My hypothesis would be that it would be hard to get scientific proof that one really is an adult, however with fulfilling some criterias (depending of course on culture, family, etc.), one could be seen as an adult or a child by people surrounding..
Am I grown up? Le's have a look at the arguments., maybe you, my readers, could help me determine what I am.
GROWN UP
- I eat extremely healthy, especially for being a uni student
- I try to plan a budget for the upcoming week so that I know approx how much I will have by the time I get my next pay check
- I often make a list before I go to bed of things I want to get done the next day
- I've spent the whole day today in an Outlet Shopping Mall without even entering a store, that must be a sign of certain adulthood and self-control?
- I've started drinking coffee again. I still surrender to my Redbull when I do my allnighters, though.
- I don't always put butter on my piece of toast
- I drink all beverages out of a glass, if not out of a bottle. I'm the only one still using glasses in my apartment. Will my flatmates recruit me to the "other side" before the end of the semester?
- I make my own lunch for classes and work
- I LOVE salad
- I drink red wine. Guess that's some kind of grown up thing to do?
- I plan to train my skills in chess so that I can win over the smart as Welsh guy who kicked my ass in it last night.
NOT SO GROWN UP
- A package of cookies doesn't last for three weeks, as it always seems to do at "grown up" people's houses. No, I usually just open it and two hours later it's gone.
- My room's a mess. In my defense, full time studies and 30 hours of work after a weekend of hitch hiking. Need I mention I haven't had time to do the laundry yet?
- I never make my bed. What's the point when I'm the only one ever to enter my room and I will be back making a mess 14-18 hours later?
- Even though it doesn't happen too often anymore, I still appreciate a night consisting a bottle of merlot, a couple of Tui beer and perhaps karaoke or clubbing in the Viaduct?
- Not doing my laundry for two weeks, only because I have $2 coins instead of $1. One machine is $3, and only the $1 coins work
- I don't go by the 3 second rule, rather the 10 second rule.. Who cares if the slice of cheese happened to touch the ground? It's not like it's going to kill me or something..
- Sometimes I float off in my head, imagining myself in the future or on a trip exploring Vietnam or the Amazons, almost like a 5 year old kid's imagining herself on an adventure
- Even though I eat healthy, there's no denying I cheat with my eating habits, sticking to quick, cheap and healthy food. I mainly live out of (per week): 30 eggs, 1 package of pasta, pasta sauce, broccoli, caluiflower, spinach, carrots, rice & soy, 1 loaf of bread
- I get cranky when my mp3 runs out of charge
- I still oversleep sometimes
Well, I guess that's it for me. Going to sleep now, I'm soooo tired! Guess I'm a wirl then (woman + girl).
Goodnight!
My hypothesis would be that it would be hard to get scientific proof that one really is an adult, however with fulfilling some criterias (depending of course on culture, family, etc.), one could be seen as an adult or a child by people surrounding..
Am I grown up? Le's have a look at the arguments., maybe you, my readers, could help me determine what I am.
GROWN UP
- I eat extremely healthy, especially for being a uni student
- I try to plan a budget for the upcoming week so that I know approx how much I will have by the time I get my next pay check
- I often make a list before I go to bed of things I want to get done the next day
- I've spent the whole day today in an Outlet Shopping Mall without even entering a store, that must be a sign of certain adulthood and self-control?
- I've started drinking coffee again. I still surrender to my Redbull when I do my allnighters, though.
- I don't always put butter on my piece of toast
- I drink all beverages out of a glass, if not out of a bottle. I'm the only one still using glasses in my apartment. Will my flatmates recruit me to the "other side" before the end of the semester?
- I make my own lunch for classes and work
- I LOVE salad
- I drink red wine. Guess that's some kind of grown up thing to do?
- I plan to train my skills in chess so that I can win over the smart as Welsh guy who kicked my ass in it last night.
NOT SO GROWN UP
- A package of cookies doesn't last for three weeks, as it always seems to do at "grown up" people's houses. No, I usually just open it and two hours later it's gone.
- My room's a mess. In my defense, full time studies and 30 hours of work after a weekend of hitch hiking. Need I mention I haven't had time to do the laundry yet?
- I never make my bed. What's the point when I'm the only one ever to enter my room and I will be back making a mess 14-18 hours later?
- Even though it doesn't happen too often anymore, I still appreciate a night consisting a bottle of merlot, a couple of Tui beer and perhaps karaoke or clubbing in the Viaduct?
- Not doing my laundry for two weeks, only because I have $2 coins instead of $1. One machine is $3, and only the $1 coins work
- I don't go by the 3 second rule, rather the 10 second rule.. Who cares if the slice of cheese happened to touch the ground? It's not like it's going to kill me or something..
- Sometimes I float off in my head, imagining myself in the future or on a trip exploring Vietnam or the Amazons, almost like a 5 year old kid's imagining herself on an adventure
- Even though I eat healthy, there's no denying I cheat with my eating habits, sticking to quick, cheap and healthy food. I mainly live out of (per week): 30 eggs, 1 package of pasta, pasta sauce, broccoli, caluiflower, spinach, carrots, rice & soy, 1 loaf of bread
- I get cranky when my mp3 runs out of charge
- I still oversleep sometimes
Well, I guess that's it for me. Going to sleep now, I'm soooo tired! Guess I'm a wirl then (woman + girl).
Goodnight!
Lol
Fools April!
Ah well.. I've been working all day today. It i now almost 10 pm, going to bed now, will finish my book (Harry Potter) and get my hands on the second one tomorrow. Work 10-5 tomorrow, so I better get a good nights sleep. Sooo tired huh!
Nightey x
Ah well.. I've been working all day today. It i now almost 10 pm, going to bed now, will finish my book (Harry Potter) and get my hands on the second one tomorrow. Work 10-5 tomorrow, so I better get a good nights sleep. Sooo tired huh!
Nightey x
NZ!
So.. I wasn't sure of how to say this.., but I have cancelled my flight. I'll be staying here in New Zealand and I don't know for how long. Sweden will have to wait.
Might be back for Christmas.
Might be back for Christmas.
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
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.
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.
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
