This month is going to be horrible! I've just handed in my dissertation and now I have to get ready for exams :( Furthermore, my department has, as per usual, put all my exams in 2 weeks so now I have exams on the 18th, 19th, 23rd, 26th, 27th and 28th. Only God can get me through this...
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Wouldn't it be nice if we were older, then we wouldn't have to wait so long...
Totally about me today! Just Came back to England a week earlier...mouwahahahahahahaha...Scared a certain mr. X ;)
I have just looked at my timetable for the next academic year and it is AWESOME! Since I chose lots of autumn based modules I will have 4 days off in the spring time to do whatever I want :D This gives me a great chance to finish my dissertation and maybe even get a job or an intern-ship as well as doing some volunteering! It also means that I'll get lots of time to spend with my amazing Mr. X! Yaaay!
Sorry guys, exam time. 7 exams...4 in one week...2 left now
First of all, the pseudonym "X" was introduced in the earlier stages of our acquaintance and has stuck with the gentleman to this day. He is my greatest comforter and supporter. He makes my days brighter and my life happier. He reads, plays the drums like a pro and listens to tons of good music. Nearly every day he tells me a random fact about the world. He likes history and wants to travel. He knows two languages and is 2 years older than me. Most importantly - he is a passionate believer who constantly encourages and helps me on my walk with God. To me, he is perfect :)
I am one of those people who very often has "special" moments. Moments where I make a complete idiot of myself and if no one is around to see it I enjoy telling people about it afterward. It becomes my little story and it makes them smile, so I am just happy to tell anyone who will listen about my great stupidities :D
Here is an brilliant example of one such moment:
I was sitting on my bed this afternoon, talking to my friend Jamie. He had to wake up really early today because of lectures and I was emphasizing with his great pain. To me getting up before 11 seems like torture no one man should endure, but alas he was forced into it by necessity. Anyway, while I was emphasizing I thought it would be a great idea to get some breakfast (about time too, it was 1 pm after all), so I got off my bed, stretched out while still thinking how lucky I was for having my lie in and...
I woke up on the floor from an emerging panic-filled thought: "Where are the muffins?"
Then, calming down a series of other thoughts followed: "Wait, what muffins? And why am I on the floor? My head hurts :( !!! Ooooh"
Everything came back to me within seconds. I had gotten dizzy and fallen on the floor hittin my head twice. Laughing hysterically at this incident I explained all of it to Jamie, whereupon this conversation followed:
Jamie
wow lol!! That sounds exactly like something that would happen to me.
Here is an brilliant example of one such moment:
I was sitting on my bed this afternoon, talking to my friend Jamie. He had to wake up really early today because of lectures and I was emphasizing with his great pain. To me getting up before 11 seems like torture no one man should endure, but alas he was forced into it by necessity. Anyway, while I was emphasizing I thought it would be a great idea to get some breakfast (about time too, it was 1 pm after all), so I got off my bed, stretched out while still thinking how lucky I was for having my lie in and...
I woke up on the floor from an emerging panic-filled thought: "Where are the muffins?"
Then, calming down a series of other thoughts followed: "Wait, what muffins? And why am I on the floor? My head hurts :( !!! Ooooh"
Everything came back to me within seconds. I had gotten dizzy and fallen on the floor hittin my head twice. Laughing hysterically at this incident I explained all of it to Jamie, whereupon this conversation followed:
Jamie
wow lol!! That sounds exactly like something that would happen to me.
I liked the muffin part in particular, that's kind of how i think when i wake up
Me
same here, just completely random thoughts that are either left overs from a dream or just something my head creates to smooth the transition from sleep to awake
Jamie
yep, although i never thought about them that logically
Me
it just came to me, must have been the hit to my head :P It's because I hit it twice. At first it rearranged my thought to "muffin-thinking" and then the 2nd hit rearranged them into "logical explanations for weird things- thinking"
Jamie
haha, sounds great! Who needs drugs?
Me
yh, just hit your head on the wall and you'll go to muffin land in no time
We are indeed a weird bunch :P
Porcupine Tree - Shallow
I don't remember
Did something in my past create a hole?
Don't use your gender
To drive a stake right through my soul
I live to function
On my own is all I know
No friends to mention
No distraction, nowhere to go
Shallow, shallow Give it to me
Scissors cutting out your anger
Shallow, shallow No good to me, not if you bleed
Bite your tongue, ignore the splinter
This city drains me
Well maybe it's the smell of gasoline
The millions pain me
It's easier to talk to my PC
Shallow, shallow Give it to me
Scissors cutting out your anger
Shallow, shallow No good to me, not if you bleed
Bite your tongue, ignore the splinter
I don't remember
Did something in my past create a hole?
Don't use your gender
To drive a stake right through my soul
I live to function
On my own is all I know
No friends to mention
No distraction, nowhere to go
Shallow, shallow Give it to me
Scissors cutting out your anger
Shallow, shallow No good to me, not if you bleed
Bite your tongue, ignore the splinter
This city drains me
Well maybe it's the smell of gasoline
The millions pain me
It's easier to talk to my PC
Shallow, shallow Give it to me
Scissors cutting out your anger
Shallow, shallow No good to me, not if you bleed
Bite your tongue, ignore the splinter
My gosh how quickly the time goes by. Today I woke up and realised that so many things have changed just in a matter of days. Funny how that can happen, right? It's no longer March, I'm no longer in England, I've finished reading 1984 and my holiday will end in just 3 weeks. Everything is changing and I'm not sure whether it's for the best or for the worst. I'm in a state of in-between where nothing is certain, but I'm not even sure I want it to be certain because somehow it seems that as soon as I find out what the future holds it will lose some of the air of mystery around itself. It will be like the past - familiar and safe, but also boring in a sense. Yet there is a need inside for something...constant...something I can depend on so that if everything else fails and falls to a million bits and pieces, like it has done so many times before, that I will still have something left to hold on to. Wow that sounds so melancholy but I guess that's what happens when you've suddenly got so many hours a day to think about stuff like this.
Just came back home for Easter holidays. Already met up with two of my friends, which is better than expected (no
offence). Is good to be back but every time I visit there seems to be so much news I need to catch up on. Relationships ending, relationships starting, people who start working, people who quit working and start school in stead, and also people who stop talking to each other for some obscure reasons. Sometimes it feels like I've fallen so far behind I can never catch up. It's like I exist in a different world and when I come back to this one I am an alien who has to accommodate to new rules and customs. It can be quite annoying sometimes. It's good to have my friends there to make the transition go smoother, but I wish I could be better at keeping in contact with them while I'm away. That is something I definitely need to improve on, specially since I have every opportunity to do so as they are all frequent facebook visitors.
This Easter I have great plans to actually finish planning my inter rail trip for this summer. I need to look up ways for us to get to our first destination, order all the tickets and hostels etc., and look up recommended tourist attractions in each country we're going to. It will be a challenge to find all the places we want to see and ways to get there, but I think it'll be alright because both Ingrid and I can be very organised at times and so hopefully together we can plan something that will end up being a wonderful trip :) I also want to get in shape for Hadrian's wall as it now seems that I am coming along to that as well.
Don't even fully know what Hadrian's wall is or where it is but apparently 8 days will be enough to see it. Those 8 days have been promised to me to be filled with a lot of walking, so I kind of need to prepare for that in advance, so that I don't collapse on the first day and have to go home immediately. That is why I plan to start running 3 times a week. Hopefully I'll stick to my plan this time.
Somewhere in between all of the jogging and planning I also have to work and revise for my exams. All of my exams are crammed into 2 weeks so once again I will have to resume to living in the library. Seems like it's my permanent habitat, that place. Oh and I have to write a lab report while I'm home too, man this is going to be a busy holiday. Life is never easy, is it?!
This Easter I have great plans to actually finish planning my inter rail trip for this summer. I need to look up ways for us to get to our first destination, order all the tickets and hostels etc., and look up recommended tourist attractions in each country we're going to. It will be a challenge to find all the places we want to see and ways to get there, but I think it'll be alright because both Ingrid and I can be very organised at times and so hopefully together we can plan something that will end up being a wonderful trip :) I also want to get in shape for Hadrian's wall as it now seems that I am coming along to that as well.
Somewhere in between all of the jogging and planning I also have to work and revise for my exams. All of my exams are crammed into 2 weeks so once again I will have to resume to living in the library. Seems like it's my permanent habitat, that place. Oh and I have to write a lab report while I'm home too, man this is going to be a busy holiday. Life is never easy, is it?!
Lately I've been a bit absent...to say the least. Work has been crazy and being a Vice President in a society takes some time as well. Sometimes I lose focus, and even a bit of faith in myself and in the world. At those times it's nice to know that it's not up to me, but up to God. He is the glue that holds the whole world together. He also holds me together, all of me, all my life and even all the little pieces that make me, well....me. Wanna know how I know this? It's all about Laminin!
"For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together"
- Colossians 1:16-17, The Bible
"For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together"
- Colossians 1:16-17, The Bible
For me Christmas day was a boring one, but only because Norwegian customs call us to celebrate Christmas eve in stead. So after work I came home, helped my mother pack the last present for our cat and put it underneath our tree, before I started on the turkey (I am the only one who knows how to stuff it right, so they just let me do it ;p). After dinner we gathered round the beautiful tree and opened our presents.
I got everything I wished for with a few surprises as well. For example, this year Santa gave me a potato peeler :D I think he's trying to send me a message, but I'm not sure whether it's "you've been a naughty girl this year so get started on those potatoes to redeem" or "you're such a good girl and you're cooking is wonderful - here's something to make it easier". Oh, and did I mention that the it peels the potatoes itself? No? Well it does, and that's why I absolutely LOVE it :D No more potato peeling for me, weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Gonna turn Irish and have potatoes every night ;)
What did you guys get? Anything fun?
Anyways, gotta go....potatoes are waiting for me :P
- 10 hours on a train (which was 4 hours late)
- 7 hours at work
- 3 hours of sleep
Is it any wonder that I'm tired?
- 7 hours at work
- 3 hours of sleep
Is it any wonder that I'm tired?
No wonder, since I'm in Bergen (it's generally considered as the rainiest city in Norway). I came here on sunday to visit Ingrid and I was supposed to leave earlier today, but I missed my train so now I'm pretty much stuck here till about 23:00. It's not too bad of course, cause I get to take the train with Ingrid, but my mother wasn't particularly happy that I had to spend more money to buy a new ticket. She also wasn't too thrilled over the fact that she'll have to wake up at 5 am to get me from the train station.
Today would've really sucked, if it weren't for the fact that I finally got my results back! I passed with a very good mark, so there was really no need to worry the way I did (had nightmares and couldn't fall asleep. Didn't eat alot cause I had a knot in my stomick and generally just worried the hell out of myself). So, despite my horrific incident with the train, loss of alot of money and nerves, I am actually pretty happy. Can't wait to move into the new house with the rest of my friends. It'll be perfect, I just know it.
But before that I still have to catch the next train home, work, go to a Dream Theater concert on saturday (SO looking forward to it!!), pack my stuff and avoid irritating my mother for 10 more days...a task not easily accomplished after todays fiasco.
Today would've really sucked, if it weren't for the fact that I finally got my results back! I passed with a very good mark, so there was really no need to worry the way I did (had nightmares and couldn't fall asleep. Didn't eat alot cause I had a knot in my stomick and generally just worried the hell out of myself). So, despite my horrific incident with the train, loss of alot of money and nerves, I am actually pretty happy. Can't wait to move into the new house with the rest of my friends. It'll be perfect, I just know it.
But before that I still have to catch the next train home, work, go to a Dream Theater concert on saturday (SO looking forward to it!!), pack my stuff and avoid irritating my mother for 10 more days...a task not easily accomplished after todays fiasco.
Carrie, over at [carrotspeak.], wrote a Bucket List on her page and encouraged her readers to do the same. As you know, I am all for lists, so I was thrilled at this chance to make yet another one. Here is a list of all the things I plan to do before I die. I have only put things that I haven't done yet, cause I though that it'll give me a challenge.
- Grow old with the person I marry (also marry the person I love)
- See ALL the art in Louvre
- Go backpacking through Europe
- Join a war reenactment
- Get a scuba certification
- Build a matching rocking chair set for me and my hubby to sit in when we're old
- Never hear my children say "I HATE YOU", even in their teen years (should have children first though)
- Learn at least 10 languages
- Read all the books in a library
- Never loose touch with my family and my best friends
- Cook all the recipes in Julia Child's cooking book (although I don't think I'll be attempting to do it all in one year)
- Learn Japanese, and watch a whole anime without translation :D (also go to Japan)
- Visit all the continents in the world (and try their food)
- Have an amazing life story told to me by the person who lived it and write a book about it
- Go to an AC/DC concert before they quit
- Learn to play the bagpipe just so I can annoy the neighbours while I'm learning
- Pet a lion or a tiger
- Ride an elephant, a donkey, a horse and a camel...oh and a sled pulled by dogs (or even one pulled by deer)
- Get a tattoo that I won't be ashamed of even when I'm 50 ;)
- Have a job that I love for the rest of my working days
- Live a life I'll be proud of
- Grow old with the person I marry (also marry the person I love)
- See ALL the art in Louvre
- Go backpacking through Europe
- Join a war reenactment
- Get a scuba certification
- Build a matching rocking chair set for me and my hubby to sit in when we're old
- Never hear my children say "I HATE YOU", even in their teen years (should have children first though)
- Learn at least 10 languages
- Read all the books in a library
- Never loose touch with my family and my best friends
- Cook all the recipes in Julia Child's cooking book (although I don't think I'll be attempting to do it all in one year)
- Learn Japanese, and watch a whole anime without translation :D (also go to Japan)
- Visit all the continents in the world (and try their food)
- Have an amazing life story told to me by the person who lived it and write a book about it
- Go to an AC/DC concert before they quit
- Learn to play the bagpipe just so I can annoy the neighbours while I'm learning
- Pet a lion or a tiger
- Ride an elephant, a donkey, a horse and a camel...oh and a sled pulled by dogs (or even one pulled by deer)
- Get a tattoo that I won't be ashamed of even when I'm 50 ;)
- Have a job that I love for the rest of my working days
- Live a life I'll be proud of
Still in the mood for Muse. Don't even know why. Just been feeling a bit lonely lately. Listening to Muse and Keane all day. Waiting. Wondering how it would feel to be at one of their concerts. Somehow becoming a stranger to myself, and watching as others become strangers to me. Waiting. Mindlessly passing time by staring into an empty screen. Waiting. Feeling that life is passing me by.
Waiting for it.
Waiting for them.
Waiting for you.
Cause I'd really like some compensation for the pain I've gone through today.
For those of you who don't remember the sad story of my tooth here it is; Last october I had a rootcanal done...or started to anyway. The doctor did the thing he does, left th tooth filled with a temporary filling and told me to come back in december...which I comepletely forgot (of course). Then the holidays came and I didn't do anything about it till february, when I visited the doctor anew. On this visit he asked me if my tooth was hurting, and, as it was, he did the rootcanal again. I was then supposed to come for a new session in may, but, stupid as I am, I forgot which dates my exams were and set my appointment up on the date of my exam. A week after the tooth cracked in two.
Because of this stupidity I now have to get an implant (bah, I'm only 20 and already I can't even say that at least I still have all my teeth :S), which will probably cost me all of the sallary I'll get from my job. This sucks! And if that wasn't enough, they (quite logically but increadibly painfully) had to remove my poor tooth. It nearly fell apart when she pulled at it, but luckily it came out in one piece.
Am now in obvious, although not very strong but very irritating, pain. Furthermore I'm forbidden to work today, but I can't call in sick cause I'm not qualified. This is going to be a long long day :(
For those of you who don't remember the sad story of my tooth here it is; Last october I had a rootcanal done...or started to anyway. The doctor did the thing he does, left th tooth filled with a temporary filling and told me to come back in december...which I comepletely forgot (of course). Then the holidays came and I didn't do anything about it till february, when I visited the doctor anew. On this visit he asked me if my tooth was hurting, and, as it was, he did the rootcanal again. I was then supposed to come for a new session in may, but, stupid as I am, I forgot which dates my exams were and set my appointment up on the date of my exam. A week after the tooth cracked in two.
Because of this stupidity I now have to get an implant (bah, I'm only 20 and already I can't even say that at least I still have all my teeth :S), which will probably cost me all of the sallary I'll get from my job. This sucks! And if that wasn't enough, they (quite logically but increadibly painfully) had to remove my poor tooth. It nearly fell apart when she pulled at it, but luckily it came out in one piece.
Am now in obvious, although not very strong but very irritating, pain. Furthermore I'm forbidden to work today, but I can't call in sick cause I'm not qualified. This is going to be a long long day :(
Except for the fact that I'm working 8 to 4 :) Oh yes, you read it...I got a job. I'm working in a food store, just a 7 min walking distance away from home. The money is good and the work isn't too hard, so I'm highly pleased about it.
My first day (which was yesterday) was very good, even though I was comepletely lost and didn't know what to do or where everything is. One of my superiors, Elisabeth, showed me around and helped me adapt :) I like her. Most people there are very nice, except for the evil EVIL box man (I was unpacking loads of boxes and putting everything in place, and each time I was nearly done with unpacking all the boxes in one aile, this guy Roy showed up with more boxes :S). I cut my finges while opening
those boxes and I had trouble lifting and carrying the flour, but it was otherwise OK. All the time I was talking to Dace, she's lithuanian and she speaks russian, so it was great! Basically the day was all bliss untill I had to sit behind the counter. I've never sat behind the counter, and although everything pretty much goes on autopilot (you just have to scan the products) there are loose weight items and baked goods that don't have a barcode. There are seperate codes for those products, codes that you have to remember by heart...aka codes I don't know :( So I have to either shout across the room to Michael (who sists at the other counter) or have someone stand beside me at all times to tell me these codes. PAIN!! But otherwise it's fine.
Today however I didn't do much besides occupying the counter, and allthough I've learnt how to find codes for the groseries, I have to know the name of them to find it. You would think it to be an easy task, except for - it's not. Thing is that all the baked stuff have weird names and I have no clue what they are, so each time I get something from the bakery I have to ask the customer what it is they are trying to buy (very embarrasing and it takes time to find the code, so while I'm trying to figure stuff like that out the customers gets annoyed and the line becomes huge). Another thing about sitting behind the counter is that it kills your back and makes your mouth dry from asking everyone how they are, if they'd like a bag and if they want the receipt. Well, at least it's not boring, and I got to annoy one of my co-workers Martin for the whole day, lol, he was stuck with me (standing beside me at the counter or having me follow him around the store. Not my fault thought :D I'm still in training)
More work tomorrow. 8 till 4 again, although I'm not complaining cause I'd rather be working that shift in stead of the one from 11 to 7. That's when the worst crowd comes. Also stinks that I can't stay long at Ingrid's now, because of work. But hey, at least I'm not wasting my holidays anymore, weeee :D
My first day (which was yesterday) was very good, even though I was comepletely lost and didn't know what to do or where everything is. One of my superiors, Elisabeth, showed me around and helped me adapt :) I like her. Most people there are very nice, except for the evil EVIL box man (I was unpacking loads of boxes and putting everything in place, and each time I was nearly done with unpacking all the boxes in one aile, this guy Roy showed up with more boxes :S). I cut my finges while opening
Today however I didn't do much besides occupying the counter, and allthough I've learnt how to find codes for the groseries, I have to know the name of them to find it. You would think it to be an easy task, except for - it's not. Thing is that all the baked stuff have weird names and I have no clue what they are, so each time I get something from the bakery I have to ask the customer what it is they are trying to buy (very embarrasing and it takes time to find the code, so while I'm trying to figure stuff like that out the customers gets annoyed and the line becomes huge). Another thing about sitting behind the counter is that it kills your back and makes your mouth dry from asking everyone how they are, if they'd like a bag and if they want the receipt. Well, at least it's not boring, and I got to annoy one of my co-workers Martin for the whole day, lol, he was stuck with me (standing beside me at the counter or having me follow him around the store. Not my fault thought :D I'm still in training)
More work tomorrow. 8 till 4 again, although I'm not complaining cause I'd rather be working that shift in stead of the one from 11 to 7. That's when the worst crowd comes. Also stinks that I can't stay long at Ingrid's now, because of work. But hey, at least I'm not wasting my holidays anymore, weeee :D
For a job that is. Because although I'm not exactly short on money, the matter of fact is: I'm bored. My mother left for Russia today and I am now the single occupant of our house for the next three weeks. Sure I could find something else to do with my time, like cleaning or reading or
chasing after my cat trying to get him to spend time with me (although it's useless really, he always manages to get away somehow). However, all those things only take that much time...so what do I do with the rest of it? The weather is gloomy as well...so I can't go swimming or sunbathing :( And all the rest of my friends are working.
Anywhooooo, I decided to finally get off my bum and start looking for a job. I went to all the stores and cafès around the area distributing my very short and highly unimpressive CV and a dreadfully dull application. On my journey through our town I found out that nobody really needs help now, and that I should've probably applied a while back :( There is one place I have some hope for though. Very close to home and in need of a person who can work other holidays as well. So hopefully I'll get that one!
chasing after my cat trying to get him to spend time with me (although it's useless really, he always manages to get away somehow). However, all those things only take that much time...so what do I do with the rest of it? The weather is gloomy as well...so I can't go swimming or sunbathing :( And all the rest of my friends are working.Anywhooooo, I decided to finally get off my bum and start looking for a job. I went to all the stores and cafès around the area distributing my very short and highly unimpressive CV and a dreadfully dull application. On my journey through our town I found out that nobody really needs help now, and that I should've probably applied a while back :( There is one place I have some hope for though. Very close to home and in need of a person who can work other holidays as well. So hopefully I'll get that one!
The one interest we seem to share are cats, but even there she manages to make the conversation as dull as a white sheet of paper. Yeah, yeah, Iknow she's only six, but she is six and very very uninteresting. Her mother, seeing that the child has fun torturing me, keeps on suggesting that we do stuff together, like play a game or something. But I am not a babysitter!!!
Although to be fair I've grown used to her now, and sometmes I even enjoy her company. She is funny and reminds me alot of myself when I was her age. She can laugh for hours on end jst because she thinks that pulling faces is funny. Makes me wonder how it'd be to have a sister :)
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