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Namaste!!

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:27:00 +0000

So, I´m back home after an AMAZING month in India....don´t even know how or where to start. As I wrote earlier, the whole India trip happened because of me joining CISV. It was the best experience I lived so far..I learned sooo much about my self..met amazing people and even made friends for life.

I left on the 27th of December 2008 and arrived the day after. When arriving in Delhi, we (the kids and I) where supposed to be picked up by CISV members from Delhi, but this wasn´t the case. Instead, there where 2 men, one of them could hardly speak any English. We were really worried and concern, specially me..travelling with 3 eleve- year olds..but luckely we met another delegation there. The Norwegian delegation were also going to the same place, so we both joined and tried to ask the men for directions and after a loooonng while, we manage to understand that we had to take a taxi to get to the domestic airport. It took forever to get a taxi and when we did, it was an adventure. The We had 3 taxis..one for us, one for the Norwegian delegation and one for the luggage..the luggage was of course distributed between all the taxis. It was supposed to be only 2 km to the domestic airport, but it took us 2 and a half hours to get there!! We were left in the wrong place, the luggage somehow dissapeared..and etc...but finally we found it.

Once inside, we were denied the entrance, because they only allowed passengers whose flight was due withing 2 hours..ours was not due until 6 hours!We begged to get in because the kids were tired, hungry and needed the rest room....so, finally, we managed to get inside. What happened there was even worse..once we were to do the security check, the man checkin our passports refused to let my kids travell with me, although I had all the permissions and papers in order...he wanted money!!I got really angry, but scared at the same time. There was this man standing between me and the kids, holding a gun, telling me that he was not going to let them go with me. I got so pissed that I started to yell and draw attention to myself..which in the end turned out to be a good thing. His superior saw me and approached us, told the man something in hindi, and we were on our way..

When we arrived in Lucknow, we were greeted like movie stars...there was a lot of people taking pictures, there was music and we had to walk on a red carpet...my kids didn´t understod what was going on..me neither. Eventually they explained that this was the way they were going to greet all the CISVers coming to Lucknow. The kids were sent off with their host families and I got sent to the camp. This is where the real adventure began...

It would take forever to write down all the things we did at camp, so I´m just going to mention some of them..
The first week was spent getting to know each other, all the kids, the staff, JC and the leaders...it went ok, but soon we saw that some kids were being left out, so we immediately tried to solve it by engaging the kids in more activities during their free time..and it actually worked quite well. The kids btw were so sweet, inteligent and great!!I miss them all so so so very much..I never thought I could get so attached to 42 kids from 12 different countries...in the pic below, there are only some of them..couldn´t find a pic with all of them...but don´t worry, I´ll probably write more about this trip =) Btw, we only had 3 JC, the nicest we could ever ask for!!There were from Brazil, Germany and Canada...I got along really well with 2 of them...=)

As for the leaders..there were some that I felt really connected to from the very beginning..the leaders from Finland, France, India, USA, Denmark, Japan and Norway were the ones I spent most time with. However, there were 2 that became my best friends there..two very amazing, loving and absolutely great people..Kiti and Eric, from Finland and France. These guys became my best friends..I miss them, I love them..and I really hope to meet them again soon...

I experienced a lot of things there, as I mentioned before...but for now, this is all...I´ll write more about this amazing CISV experience later...the pics that I put last are from the entire leaders group, then pics with my best friends there..=)

Stay tune for more...

L'obscurité est ici..

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:42:00 +0000

Salut tout le monde!
In case there is anybody reading this, that is.
I´d forgotten about this blogg..I´ll try to keep it more updated though.

I have way too many unimportant things to talk about, but I´ll leave it for another time. For now, I´ll just give my review of the Coldplay concert I went to in Stockholm on September 18.

The opening band for Coldplay was Albert Hammond Jr. When he started to play there was hardly anybody in Globen! (where they played). The few people there didn´t even knew who he was I think, because they just stood there like freaking candles, emotionless. Mr Hammnond tried to get the crowd going, but nothing. They played a few songs from their new album and some of their old stuff. When they got off stage, Globen was still not filled with people...

When Coldplay came on stage, people started to arrive! And so it began..and I have to say I expected more..

The concert was good, but in my opinion it wasn´t nearly as good as the last one they played in Stockholm in 2005. The reason for me not liking it is because they played loads of songs from the new album, wich I´m sorry, but I have to say it´s not good. I only like about 3 songs in it, so I wasn´t happy about them playing so many songs from the new album. Most of the songs were from the A Rush of Blood to the Head and X&Y. I really wished they would have played more from Parachutes, but they didn´t.

Anyway..I can´t say much about it because it wasn´t as memorable as their other concert, but they´re still worth seeing live..

Here are some pics of the concert...I´m off to bed now.

an update

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:32:00 +0000

Still don´t know who´s reading this, but I thought of making an update of my life...

To start with, my mum is now on chemotherapy because of her breastcancer..although the doctors were able to remove the cancer, the tumor was bigger than they had thought, which means that mum is in a riskzone of getting the cancer back. Because of this, the doctors recommended her to do the chemotherapy. She has done now 2 sessions of 4, so we´re halfway through..it´s been tough, but she´s really brave and taking things ok..she hasn´t been feeling too bad which also makes me happy. She will be finish with the chemotherapy at the end of june and after that she´ll start with the radiotherapy. However, despite of all of this, I´m just glad to know that this is to prevent the cancer from comming back and we´ve all learned to make the best out of the situation. I really admire my mum..I wish I could be as strong as she is..=)

On another subject, I turned 26 on April 14..yes, I´m older..wiser?..I hope..but older anyway. My darling friends are taking me on a spa day at the end of the month..I had way too many stuff to do last month and this, so it will have to wait til the end of the month. I also got lot of lovely things..I love my friends! Anyway..I don´t feel like an adult..I wonder when that will happen?hmm...

Yesterday my big brother turned 30 and had a party..it was fun..lots of food and drink! I haven´t got the pics of the party here, but I´ll upload some whenever I get a chance..

Right now I should be preparing myself for Tuesday..yes I know it´s not Tuesday yet, but I´m finally presenting my thesis then!! After that I can finally breath and be free!!(for a while anyway). Oh, and I finish this work this week too..the Spanish courses are over now! One of the courses ended last week and I thought it would be nice to take my students out to eat at a Spanish restaurant..(the restaurant has a chinese owner though)..anyway, the only waiter that spoke Spanish at the place is this really creepy man..(he looks about 45-50) and he kept flirting and asking me this weird questions. When he found out that I spoke Spanish, his first question was if I was married or had children..hm..=s. I said I´m too young for either one..=p..Anyway, he was annoying, kept bothering us during dinner and was very rude to my students because they didn´t understand everything when he spoke to them. I strongly felt how he disgusted me. The thing is that the students of the other courses also wants to go there this week, which means I´ll bee seeing him twice this week!!=(

Anyway, this was a little bit of what I´ve done lately..I´ll try to keep this blogg updated..like I said..don´t know who reads it but it feels good to keep it as a diary.

Sov sött!

Thesis almost done...

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:24:00 +0000

Back to English..just in case someone out there is bored and want something to read.
Updates on my mum cancer situation. After surgery, the doctors were able to remove the whole thing without taking much of her breast..=D She had a month to recover at home and now she´s back at work, but taking things really slowly. Not an easy thing to do because she works with kids..age 0-3 years old.

I spent yesterday and today finishing the last changes for my thesis and I´m finally done! I just hope it get approved now so that I can present it and get it done with! I´m also almost done with my last teacher trainee,so that will be something less to do. I´ll miss the kids though..I´ve had them as my students since I started the teacher programe. I´ll see them occasionally though, ´cause I work evenings at the same building.

Oh, I have something to tell. I´m off to Mexico and Guatemala for the summer!!I bought my tickets the other day and now it´s decided..=D I can´t wait!!Mum, my brother and his girlfriend are also comming along, only they come a month later..but still..=)

Then later in December I´m off to India! CISV has approved me as a leader and now it´s decided..I´m off to India!! We still miss one boy to our camp, so apparently I´ll be on the local paper..my boss wants to do an article on CISV and try to make some pr to find a boy so that the group can be complete. I need to study a bit on India..I don´t know much, but I´m really excited!!

I won´t be leaving any pictures today, but I´ll upload some later. I cut my hair a month ago and so far I´m happy..I miss having long hair from time to time though..

Well, nothing more to add so I´ll head off to bed.

God natt på er alla!!

Mucho por contar..

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:33:00 +0000

..y así se paso este tiempo. Todo vuelve a lo "normal" con la uni y el trabajo. De hecho hoy empiezo a trabajar y ahorita se supone que deberia estar corrigiendo mi tesina pero realmente no tengo muchos animos. Ya tenia muy descuidado este blog, pero la verdad no tenia tampoco muchas ganas de escribir. Pero bueno...empezaré por contar que porfin vino mi novio y que fue un tiempo muyyyy bonito! Se regreso a México el viernes y ya lo extraño muchisimo..despues de tantos años juntos, pensaria que ya deberia de estar acostumbrada pero no. Me hace mucha falta =( En su estancia aqui nos dimos unas cuantas escapaditas para visitar lugares, pero la mayor parte del tiempo la pasamos en casa, lo cual tampoco fue nada malo. Me encanto tenerlo aqui!!!Ahora solo espero poder llegar para verano. Me hace muchisisisima falta!!! Para todos aquellos que si puedan tener a su pareja cerca, no los descuiden!!

Ahora..a las noticias que han sido la razón de mi ausencia en este blog. Antes de navidad mi mama encontró un bultito en su seno. Nos asusto mucho a todos y la forzamos a ir al doctor. Los resultados que se habian obtenido no eran suficientes y le tuvieron que hacer otros examenes. Hace dos semanas nos dieron la noticia. Tiene cancer en el seno y la tienen que operar. La operan mañana mismo, y realmente espero que puedan quitarle todo el tumor...mañana ire con ella al hospital y quiero quedarme a dormir alli tambien. Solo permiten que un familiar se quede en el hospital con ella, asi que no se se si me quedo yo o mi hermano mayor. Tengo mucho miedo...mi mama siempre ha sido una mujer muy sana. No bebe, no fuma, come bien, se cuida..todo..y aún asi..cancer. El doctor nos dijo que realmente no se sabe del todo pq sale esto, pero si que una de cada 10 mujeres esta en riesgo de tener cancer.
El hecho que mi novio haya estado aqui cuando recibimos la noticia ayudo mucho..fue un apoyo muy grande..no solo para mi sino para la familia entera. Se que no fue facil para el, pues su familia tambien esta pasando por una crisis con la enfermedad de su hermano. La enfermedad de su hermano y de mi mama es algo que aún no puedo creer..aveces se siente tan irreal...estoy muy agradecida con mis amigos aqui quienes me han estado apoyando todo este tiempo...enserio, nunca he tenido mucha suerte con los amigos, pero esta vez creo que me saque la loteria. Los quiero muchisimo a todos!

Aparte de esto, ya volvi a la uni..tengo clases diario, lo cual hizo que este semestre no pueda trabajar tanto..y necesito dinero..=( Como espero que mi mama salga bien de la operación, espero que ella también pueda viajar con nosotros (mi hermano chico, su novia y yo) a México para este verano. Si guarda el reposo que le pidieron, se cuida y la radioterapia sale bien, están seguros de que el cancer desaparecera...pero estara bajo estricta vigilancia almenos por los siguientes 10 años.

Bueno..creo que debo seguir con mi tesina....la tutora, quien por cierto nunca pense que me fuera a caer taaaaannn mal!! Enserio...no hay palabras para describirla..pero bueno..la tutora quiere la tesina para mañana, asi que mejor sigo escribiendo.

Luego escribo sobre la operación y de cosas más divertida..de momento me siento demasiado pesimista.
Solo dejaré una foto que me da un poco de alegria.

En dag mindre tills du är här...

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:34:00 +0000

Esta semana me la he pasado contando los dias para las vacaciones. No solo podre "descanzar" (no lo hare, tengo que seguir con la tesina..) pero tambien podre volver a ver mi special one..jeje..=) Mi novio viene por fin el 27 de este mes, y como entenderan, estoy muy feliz con su llegada!!

Pero bueno..un update de lo que ha pasado desde la ultima vez que escribi. El miércoles de la semana pasada fui a un gig en la uni, al parecer una vez al mes, mi uni suele tener un gig night, en donde grupos bastante desconocidos llegan a tocar..la entrada es sumamente barata y la bebida tambien. El evento es llamado "Din Mamma" (Tu madre) y estuvo buenisimo!

Tocaron dos grupos, Esthersister y La Fleur Fatale. Ambos tocaron muy bien y hacian todo lo posible para que el publico se divertiere. Sin embargo, me senti mal por Esthersister..primero, pq les toco abrir la noche, y segundo pq llego muy poco ganta..y por ultimo pq todos no estaban lo suficientemente borrachos para ponerse a bailar/cantar/ aplaudir. (Se debe mencionar que los suecos sin alcohol son extramente callados y timidos..y todo lo contrario una vez el alcohol empieza a afectarlos)..asi que por mas que Markus, el leadsinger, saltaba o gritaba nadie reaccionaba más que con una sonrisa. Sin embargo, recibieron los aplausos muy merecidos al final. Cuando era la hora de La Fleur Fatale de tocar, ya habia hecho efecto el alcohol y se sentia ambiente de concierto.

Pude tomarles algunas fotos con mi celular, pero salieron bastante malas. En las fotos de Fleur Fatale, parece que el leadsinger esta maquillado, pero no..simplemente es la luz.

Recomiendo mucho que chequen a ambas bandas..(digo, por si alguien lee esto).
Este es el myspace de los grupos:
http://www.myspace.com/esthersister, http://www.myspace.com/lafleurfataletheband
Aqui fotos del concierto:

Esthersister

La Fleur Fatale

Tambien se me habia olvidado subir las fotos del dia que habia mucha neblina..asi que asi se veia mas o menos ese dia..(es la torre de la catedral de la ciudad)

Como ya no tengo nada más que contar por el momento me voy..me esta dando sueño y debo despertarme mañana temprano...

Sov sött!

Tänd ett ljus och låt den brinna...

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:40:00 +0000

Este domingo fui al primer mercado navideño del mes...aunque tecnicamente fui a dos. El sabado fui con unos amigos a un castillo en las afueras de la ciudad. Segun nos dijeron, este mercado es uno de los mas bonitos de la región pq venden cosas afuera y dentro del castillo. Aprendimos una lección: nunca creas en lo que te digan.

No se si se debia al tiempo o que, pero ese fue el peor mercado en el que he estado!!Primero tuvimos que pagar 60 kr(6 euros) por entrar, aunque no ibamos a entrar al castillo. Hacia un frioooo!!Unos dias antes habia nevado, pero como el frio no duro, se empezo a derretir la nieve. Aparte de eso, para el colmo ese dia llovia muchisimo!! Ya que el castillo se encuentra en las afueras, todo era bosque y lodo. El aparcamiento estaba mas o menos lejos del castillo, lo cual no me hubiera molestado en otra ocación, pero tomando en cuenta que llovia y que estaba cubierto de lodo y hacia mucho viento, ese camino se nos hizo muy largo.

El mercado era en total dos personas que tenian un puesto con gorros, bufandas, etc(pobres)justamente afuera del castillo. Adentro, habian puestos que realmente no ofrecian muchas cosas...aburridisimo!!! Lo que más nos molesto, fue que aunque pagamos poco, nisiquiera nos invitaron a una galleta o algo para beber!! Normalmente los mercados navideños son gratis..pero bueno..ahora ya se que para el proximo año no ire alli.

Para el domingo decidimos darle chance al mercado que hicieron justamente en la "Ciudad vieja de Linköping"...esta parte es como un museo al aire libre que se encuentra frende de donde vivo. Este mercado si fue gratis, como debe ser y fue mucho mas divertido. Habian un buen de cosas que queria comprar, pero puedo regresar los otros domingos. El mercado navideño se hace en Suecia cada domingo de diciembre..eso es pq se celebra algo llamado "Advent"..y se encienden 4 velas..una por cada domingo, hasta que cae navidad...es un adorno que tambien nunca falta en ningun hogar.

Así que en ese mercado lo unico que compre esta vez fue una salchicha grande de venado, (I know, me voy a comer a Bambi) que compre para cuando venga mi novio. Las veces que ha venido nunca ha comido reno o venado, cosa tipica de aqui..y como suele ser carisimo, pues con una salchicha basta..ja!

Cuando fuimos a este mercado nos acompaño un amigo que es fotografo, y fue el quien saco estas fotos...

Otra cosa...casi se me olvidaba. Mi pc murio..=( Ya no tuvo remedio..y no habia manera de arreglarla..asi que gracias a mi hermano mayor, pude comprar una laptop!!=D La he tenido solo una semana, pero es mucho mejor. Tengo más espacio tambien ahora que quite la mesa de la compu...=) Tengo que vender esa mesa y tambien la mesa de mi "sala". Me regalaron una nueva, asi que tengo que ver quien quiere comprar mi viejita...que esta bonita..es un modelo viejo de ikea que ya no se hace..ja, pero bueno, haber quien la compra.

Bueno...ahora es hora de que yo siga trabajando con mi tesina..ahhhrr!!!Solo estoy estresada por eso!!=( Lo bueno es que ya no tengo clases y me puedo concentrar solo en esto..ademas que la semana que viene es la ultima semana que trabajo!!=D

In Spanish, please..

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:09:00 +0000

Por primera vez tratare de escribir mi blogg en español. La razón? Me averguenzo de tener tan mala ortografía y necesito mejorarla!! Asi que, no más ingles por un momento.

Estos días lleno de estres me han hecho abrir los ojos y darme cuenta que necesito practar más. Total, mejor cuento pq he estado con ganas de llorar y darme por vencida en estos días. Empecemos por el lunes: El lunes empezo como un día cualquiera, me desperte mas o menos temprano, pq estoy libre por las mañanas, hice un intento de estudiar pero falle gravemente como siempre. A eso de medio día cocine algo, albondigas con papas y una salsa (platillo muy simple y ademas muy tipico de aqui). Luego, vi mi guilty-pleasure, Days of our Lifes. Si, lo admito, soy adicta!!Parezco ama de casa totalmente hooked-up con esa telenovela!! Lo malo esque aqui pasan los capitulos que pasaron en EEUU como hace 3 años..jaja!Pero no importa, esta más tonta la historia, ridicula y complicada, pero me encanta!! Luego, despues de mi telenovela, ja! empece a arreglar mis cosas para irme al trabajo.

Al salir a la calle veo que todo esta cubierto en neblina...no exagero, no se veia nada!!!Camino a mi trabajo, siempre paso por la catedral de la ciudad (fue construida en 1200) y como ahora estamos en invierno, a eso de las 15.30, estaba totalmente oscuro con neblina. Parecia pelicula de miedo..=S..total, tome una foto con mi celular, que aún no he pasado a la compu. Luego la subo para que vean..apenas si se podia ver. Total, llegando al trabajo, me encuentro con mi "colega", ja! y amiga Daniela. Daniela tiene un cachorro precioso llamado Julius, pero como Dani es italiana nosotros hemos optado por llamar al perrito Juliano..=p. Total, ella sabe que adorooo a Juliano y me pregunto si se lo podia cuidar el martes por la mañana. Obvio, dije que si. Al llegar a casa por la noche, empece a escribir un examen que nos dejaron llevar a casa para hacer, pero me di cuenta que los libros que necesitaba para hacerlo, aun no habian llegado. Así que el martes por la mañana, antes de ir por Juliano fui por los libros a la universidad.

Mi plan era: Ir por Juliano, traerlo a mi casa, y estudiar mientras el perrito se entretenia solo. Esto, nunca paso. Fui por Juliano, quien se puso insoportable al ver que dani y su novio tomaban otro camino que nosotros. Juliano es una mezcla de golden con otra raza que no le se el nombre, aunque de vista parece un golden. Tiene solo 5 meses, asi que sigue en su etapa de morder. Tarde mucho en calmarlo y alfin lo pude traer. Antes de ir a mi apartamento, pase por el apartamento de mi hermano menor. Tenia que ir a recoger unas cosas, y al llegar José, mi hermano, se puso como loco con Juliano, asi que nos quedamos un rato. Luego decidi irme a casa. Al llegar, Juliano no queria estar solo sino que queria atención constante!!Chillaba, rasguñaba, hacia todooo para que estuviera acariciandolo o jugando con el. Una amiga llego de visita, y poco despues mi hermana. El chisme de que Juliano estaba conmigo se rego y ellas querian verlo.. y ellas se ocuparon de el un rato, pero nada. El queria mi atención. Así que lo tuvimos que sacar a dar un paseo largo.

Luego llego Dani por el y no me dio más tiempo que comer y luego irme al trabajo. Hice cero del examen. Al regresar a casa tenia planeado usar toda la noche para escribir..(regreso a eso de las 20.30) pero sorpresa. Me encuentro con un mail de mi profesora en donde nos recuerda a todos que no olvidemos la presentación de análisis que teniamos para hoy. Panico total!!Había olvidado del todo ese trabajo, o bueno, no olvidado. Pensaba que era para la proxima clase, no esta. Así que tome una novela corta que lei hace algunos años e hice un análisis como pude. Busque referencias, consulte libros, teorias, etc. Mi nota de literatura dependia de este trabajo y presentación, pq teniamos que hacer una presentación oral. Estube escribiendo como loca y termine a las 03.40 am!!!Me fui a acostar, pero no podia dormir..me dieron las 5 creo. A las 8 ya estaba despierta pq tenia que irme a la uni.

Total, hoy hice mi presentación y mi nota? Lo que sería un equivalente a un 10 en México..=D Valió la pena! Pero, el examen que tenia se debia entregar hoy!!! No me iba a dar tiempo, si llego a casa a las 14, y luego me debo ir a las 15. Asi que pensando en llamar al trabajo para decir que estaba enferma o algo, cuando sas! me doblo el tobillo. Ahora luzco mi pie hinchado, morado y dolorido!=( Asi que realmente tube una escusa para quedarme. Apenas si podia caminar.

Ahora ya esta mejor. Aproveche entonces todo ese tiempo para escribir, el examen tenia que ser entregado antes de las 19.00, pero luego me doi cuenta que con mi falta de ortografía seguramente mi examen estaba lleno de errores. Mi solución fue entrar al msn para ver si alguna alma caritativa me podia ayudar. Sin embargo, solo habia una persona que podía tener español en su compu. Noods!!!Me salvaste!!Te debo una!! Así que gracias a que ella me hizo el favor de corregir la ortografía, pude enviar mi examen antes de las 19.00. Ahora me encuentro cansada, con sueño, pero no puedo dormir...se me hace que esta noche se hara larga...

Si han leido hasta aca, cuddos to you! Se que no es nada interesante, pero estos han sido mis dias de panico y estres. Ja, y hace rato nos enviaron el nuevo examen para literatura. Este tiene que estar listo para la semana que viene..así que a empezar de nuevo...Wish me luck!

Godnatt på er som kan somna!

Chilled..

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:21:00 +0000

I can´t believe how fricking cold it is in here!!I´m sitting right now with my very thick slippers, two pair of socks, my pjs and a sweater with a hood on. Yet, I´m freezing my behind off..=s...Must call tomorrow and ask somebody to please com and fix the radiator..can´t live with coldness much longer..besides, the weather is getting colder now. It stopped snowing though, so that´s good..for now.

I tried to spend this weekend studying, but as usual that plan went to the trash. I got really restless by Saturday night and I headed off to mum´s. I was going to go out, but since I´m not feeling all too well, and I haven´t got much money, I decided to go to mum where I would be caretaken and get propper food to eat. I was right.=) I usually visit my mum and my sibblings during the weekends..I don´t live that far away, so i usually just take my bike there, but since it´s cold and I still have no lights on my bike I just walk. Kind of nice. The city hall has decided to "brighten up" Linköping this year. It has been decided to put up lights of different colours around some places here, and they have done it on the way to mum´s. It looks really lovely actually..quite nice and a lot of people are out at night taking a walk (quite unsual...there is hardly ever anybody on the streets at night in small cities in Sweden)..so, taking the walk there was beautiful!!I´ll take pics next time I´ll go there and show it to you..=) (I´m not even sure anybody reads this, but I like to believe somebody might read).

I got a ride back today when my younger brother and his girlfriend also came for a visit, so I didn´t need to walk. I got home and thought of doing my home exam..I´m still planning on doing it, but I just can´t seem to get started..I will though, I have to. Anyway, I watched some terrible movie on the telly, then made some tea, sat down watching some random programs, read a bit, and now I´m here. Tried to call my darling, but he was out. Still hoping he´ll call me back. So, to make time pass by quickier, I´m writing in my blogg.

I really should go to be now, but I´m not sleepy at all. I have some insomnia problems I think. I don´t seem to be able to fall asleep early. Even if I wake up very early, I still end up falling asleep around 2 or 3 am..=( Does any of you have any advice on how to fall asleep early?? Please, I´m in need of help.

Besides this I keep thinking on how many things I need to finish, what I need to do and feel all stressed out. Work is also having that affect. I love my work, but with school and the thesis it´s killing me. Really, I almost never see my friends..=( We only speak on the phone=( I hope I can finish this very very very soon because I´m getting tired.

Oh, found out something today. My dad might be getting a divorced from his wife..this would be..what..the 4th divorce?hmm..nice going. Although I have to say that it was for the best. She was never good for him..but still, he knew this from the start. My dad and I haven´t got the best relationship...but still, poor guy. Can´t imagine how hard this must be. The 4th marriage that hasn´t worked out. I blame him..he marries this women waaayyy too soon, so they never get to know each other. I warned all the times before..but, see...sometimes wisedom doesn´t come with age. He is a proof of that.

Well, enought avout this. I think ll try to work on my home exam..it needs to be done by Wednesday..=s..(wish me luck!)

Hugs to you lovies!!
Kramkram!

A little catching up...

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:45:00 +0000

I received some good news last week. My thesis doesn´t have to be turned in until January 15th!! =D So I still have more time to finish this off!

However, I have a home exam to finish this weekend...and next weeked we receive the second one. This one is about linguistic..the other about litterature...hope it goes well. I shall start working on it as soon as I´m done writing here.

Oh, I have a new cellphone now btw..well, it hasn´t arrived yet, but I´ll receive it tomorrow..so yay!!
This will be my new cellphone:

I actually got a great deal, so it´s not going to be as expensive as my old one. I love my old phone, but since this network was throwing in this phone for "free" then I thought of selling my old one. It´s not old, it´s just a year old...but I hope I can find somebody who want´s to buy it.

What else is there. Well, yesterday my older brother got married, but the wedding party isn´t until next weeked. Yesterday they had only a small ceremony..it was really quick, took only about 3 minutes. Until then, I still haven´t figured out what too wear..
Yesterday evening after the ceremony I went to a friends house..we don´t know each other that well, but we had sooo much fun!! We, (my friend Ana and I) arrived at her place at 6 and we didn´t leave until around midnight...we were just going to drink coffe, but ended up cooking and drinking lots of wine..haha..good times. So I think I can say now that I have a new friend.=)

Oh, and that very same friend got me interested in CISV..I went to a meeting and it sounded really interesting, so I´ll start my trainee as a leader for some of their camps.=) More on this later on..

Well, my phone is ringing now, my best friend is calling.

Trevlig helg!

A wee bit of snow and a little bit of happiness..

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:35:00 +0000

Classes today weren´t as bad as I thought they would be. I received my draft back (of my thesis) and so far so good. I have yet another interview to make tomorrow and then I can continue writing and reading. Apparently, the people in my class haven´t done much with theirs either, so that´s a relief. Since I ended early (by lunch) I decided to come back to the flat and eat here instead of eating at work. My lasagne rules!!!=D Anyway,the weather had changed when I stepped outside again, it was really cold and it looked as if it was going to rain, and it did..or at first. I decided to walk because it gets dark pretty early, and since the front light of my bike is broken, I walked instead. If you ride your bike when it´s dark and don´t have lights, you get a ticket from the police..600 crowns!!!(about 60 euros)..so, I better be safe than sorry. Anyway, as I was walking I felt the raindrops, but it wasn´t just rain..it snowed!!the first "snow" of the year..although mixed with rain...I read on the paper that our neighbour town (30 minutes away by car) got snow yesterday..it´s not that far away from here..why couldn´t we get that too?=( Anyway..it´s not that cold outside, so the rain/snow melted. It´s only about 0 degrees now.

Well, as I got to work, I prepared my lessons, but were pretty bored. As I was sitting there I got a message from my beloved boyfriend (älskar dig!!). The message said something about there now beeing a BIG chance of him coming!!So, I might see my darling for the holidays!!It brighted up my day!!!=D He doesn´t know the date yet, but he´ll know for sure next week.=D

An other thing that made me smile was the email from my best friend, who decided to move abroad. She´s coming home for the holidays as well and I can´t wait to see her!

Meanwhile, next weeked my uni is having its annual "LEGO Tripp", but more about it later. Apparently, I´m gonna be in some team building something with legos..haven´t found out the theme for this year yet. A friend is insisting on me going with her mates, so I shall. Should be fun, never been Lego Tripp before, so I should do it before my time as a student ends..

Ok, time for me to do something else..just wanted to vent a little.

Är fruktansvärt trött, så nu skriver jag på svenska istället.

Godnatt på er!!

New stove and fridge

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:49:00 +0000

Yeah, like the title said. I just got a new stove installed in my flat. The guys who installed the new one/took away the old one arrived at 7.00 am. Woke me up, ans still very much asleep, I managed to have a normal conversation with them. Apparently, my old stove was from the beginning of the 90´s and it wasn´t working very well..quite dangerous, it got upheated really really quick. And now I have of of those fancy shmancy stoves..wohoa!!( pathetic, I know, but I´m really happy about it!) Then the fridge was replaced as well...ah, the happiness..I don´t have to live with the crappy ones anymore!!! Hmm.. came to think about one thing. Maybe I should explain that in Sweden, when you rent a flat, it comes equiped with almos everything, except furnitures. But stove and fridge are always included, so there is no need for people to buy them, like you do in other countries.

Anyway, enough about that.
This weekend has been sooo exhausting!!I´ve been trying to study, but failed tremendously with that. I´m making a new attempt now, although I just realized that I can´t focus on my thesis because I have to read a book for Wednesday, which of course I haven´t read. So, I shall be off to the library soon. (It only takes about 5 minutes to get there with my bike) but it´s fricking freezing outside!!Buuhh!!I want to stay in my bed all day!!=( It looks as if it will rain too..doubble buuuhh!!Oh, wait..the sun just came out..=) Ok, will stopp complaining about the weather. It looks kinda nice..I´ll take a pic for you to see my neighbourhood.

Also, this weekend has been difficult for one of my best friends..she´s going through some really difficult stuff and I feel helpless..can´t do much to help, and even worse..I don´t know how to help..=( I just hope she feels better soon and changes her way of thinking..

Last time I promised some pics of the Timo gig*love*. So, here are some lovely pics on Timo darling.

Don´t forget to download Timo´s songs!!

A link..

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:15:00 +0000

I´ve finally found the link to The Leftovers. Apparently the guys are from my hometown *yay!!* which means they might be playing more gigs here.

So, I leave it here for you to listen..

http://www.myspace.com/theleftoverssweden

Baba for now!

Stockholm, friends, Leftovers and Timo.

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:43:00 +0000

I have quite an update to make. I´ll start by going back 2 weeks.
Two weeks ago I went to Stockholm to meet up with a friend because we were going to the Manu Chau gig together. The gig was really wonderful and I loved it! Besides going to the concert, we walked a lot in Stockholm..I love it, specially the Old City, because of the coffe houses and the stores..it was rather cold, but it´s cold everywhere now..winter is on it´s way!

Back home again, I received a phone call from an old teacher of mine, who was also my mentor during my teacher trainee, and she asked me to substitute her for 2 weeks while she was away in Spain. So, last week and this, I have been working full time. Teaching kids in the mornings and adults at evenings. It´s exhausting!! Really difficult thing to do while trying to write a thesis..=s..btw, my tutor is really annoying..I can´t really put my finger on it, but I really dislike her...she has to get her way all the time, or she´ll "punish" us if we contradict anything she sais..she was teaching us that the modern way of spelling "México" is Méjico and that everybody should spell it like that from now on. Of course, I got pissed and told her that the reason for it´s spelling has to do with the origin of the word, "Méxica"..but she got mad and didn´t stopped. Her arguement: "You´ve lived here since you were very young, right? so, that´s why you don´t know what´s going on in the Spanish speaking country. Trust me, this is the way it SHOULD me spelled." =s
Really annoying person..worst part, she is my tutor and basically wanting me to change almost my entire thesis...=s..=(

Well, on to fun things. Last Friday, one of my best friends decided to come here to visit me and another friend of ours. We had a blast!!!With her coming over, she brought a lot of old pics, so I´ll upload those with the ones taken this weekend..I wish I could see her more often..luckely, I have my other friend here, so I´ll survive for now..until she decides to move away as well..=(

Yesterday I went to see Timo Räisänen *love*. He was amazing!!!Absolutly loveeeeddd it!!We (my friend and my sister) were front road!!Got some really nice pics but I haven´t uploaded them to the pc yet..more pics of the Timo gig later on..
Please download Timo´s "My Valentine"...I lovveeeeeeee that song!!Current favourite song right now. Oh, also, "Fear No Darkness". Timo was lovely..we got to talk to him and even got his autograph =D. The band that played before Timo was "The Leftovers", a Swedish band who is still rather unknown. The guys were great and I talked to the leadsinger..oh, those eyes.=) I asked him where you could by their album but he said that you could download their songs from their myspace site..I haven´t found the site yet, but I´ll put it here as soon as I have..a really must for those craving for new Swedish music..=) For now, this is their picture.

Oh, at the gig there where some guys from Rockfoto.nu and they were taking pics of fans..haha, so guess who´s there?=p

I´d upload the photo, but it´s too much photowhoring for now.

Oh, a very important thing I almost forgot. There has been a breakthrough in the research of ALS!!It was on the news this weekend, and scientists have found a link between the patiens with inheritage ALS and those who got it by other reasons..(94% of the people suffering with ALS belongs to this group, as no one knows why they get it). Still, this is a big step because now it makes it easier in finding a cure or a medicine to stop this illnes. I hope the scientist will make another breakthrough soon.

Well, this is all for me now. Thanks for taking time to read this.

Ha en trevling helg!!(kommande helg alltså)

Stress, stress, stress..

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:06:00 +0000

Nothing has changed much since the last time I wrote. I´m still very much stressed with my thesis..first draft need to be ready by tomorrow, plus I haven´t finished reading the book I was supposed to have finish reading..(we have to read one book every week and then analize it)..so, today I´m taking the day off. Oh, this is me taking a break btw..writing here to vent things is my view of a break..as long as I don´t turn on the TV I´ll be fine..

Anyway, as I said..I´m taking the day off from work today..I just can´t go to work today..I need to finish writing today!!A friend is filling in for me, so that´s good.
Oh, last Thursday was the cinnamon-bun day..and I worked handing out buns..300 buns were handed out in less than 2 hours..people are really into buns!!A man asked me how much the bun was and I said they were free..he said he had to shake my hand, my very tiny hand (his words) and then he said that he wanted to take my tiny hand home with him!!*chocked!*..hahaha! I said, well, I need my hand, so byebye...haha!He was around 60 years old!

Oh, this week has been difficult for other reasons..the distance is really really being hard on my relationship...I miss him so much!!! We´ve been having some very serious and long talks about what´s going to happen..so far we´ve decided that as long as we love each other, we´ll make an effort and see where things head...it´s just so difficult right now..but I´m glad I have him..

Let´s see..what else is there to tell. Oh, I´ve recently joined Facebook..I´ve found people there I went to middle-school with!!It´s so much fun finding the old friends that you for some reason lost touch with..and then there are some that you don´t dare adding as friends as I´m not sure they´ll remember..but as I said..it´s fun anyway.

On Friday I´m heading off to Stockholm!!I looovveee Stockholm, but I´m a small town girl..I couldn´t live there I think...but I love to visit there. I´m staying at a friends´because we´re going to see Manu Chau on Sunday..it should be fun..I met him this summer and even ate with him and the other guys from Radio Memba..
I shall post the pic, but I look hidous..I had been working all morning, but that´s no excuse..I gained a lot of weight during the summer..=( (I blame mum, she over fed me when I stayed home this summer)..but luckely I´ve lost it all now..I´ve been working out quite much lately...

And this is my friend, the one who worked as a volounteer with me during this festival..

Well, I should continue writing now..
Have a lovely week!

New month, new challenges..

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:07:00 +0000

So, with this new month I´ll be practically having no social life at all..

I´m trying to write my thesis, but it feels as if I´m not moving forward..ahh!!=( the stupid draft has to be ready by the October 10th..yeah, good luck with that..=( It´s really difficult getting people to do interviews..I need to interview several teachers..I´ve sent mails to different school, but no fricking Spanish teacher has replied..=( I feel low now..I need to start writing more..all I´m doing so far is reading a bunch of book, which honestly don´t feel like they´re relevant at all...ah, oh well..I´ll just keep trying..

Let´s talk about something else instead. On the 4th of October I´ll be working..it´s "cinnamon-bun" day in Sweden..haha, or as we call it "Bull-dagen". I was contacted by this pr agency for which I´ve worked for some while ago..all I did then was to hand out some pr stuff about KLM..and now, I´ll be handing out cinnamon buns to all the citizens in the city I live in..this should be fun..last time very few people received the stuff I was handing out..now, I bet they all will be coming to me instead...

The cinammon buns, aka "kanelbullar" in Swedish looks like this..

Let´s see..what else is there to tell..Oh, I´ve started work now..this week was my first and luckely it went ok...I hope my "students" are enjoying themselves in my classes..it was fun to see that most of my old students are back, but it´s also fun teaching new classes...although I´m a bit worried about how I´ll have time to work while I´m writing my thesis..=s..

I wanted to share a song with you, I´ve been singing it a lot lately. I miss my friends who´ve moved away a lot..and since I haven´t been out for a loooonngg while I´ve been listening a lot to Marit Bergman´s "No party to go to". For those who´ve never heard of her, I strongly recommend you to download this song.

Have a lovely week!!

A preview..

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:18:00 +0000

I´ve got a hold on the sneak pictures of Cavallis´ collection for H&M...please notice the faboulous dress!! I just wish I was tall enough to wear something like that..but, oh well..I´m sure I´ll find something else.

Enyoy!!

Ps: Thank you Annie!!!=D

Random stuff..

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:45:00 +0000

I was supposed to go out to do some shopping, but didn´t realise that it was late and by the time I decided what I wanted, all the stores where about to close..

Anyway..might as well wait and save some money. A while ago it was finally released who is going to design for H&M this year..other years it has been designers such as Karl Lagerfeldt, Stella MacCartney, Victor and Rolf and now..it´s Roberto Cavalli. His collection will be available from November 8th in some chosen stores. Luckely for me, the city I live in has one of those chosen stores..=)
From the last collection I could only get my hands on two items of Victor and Rolf..you need to be there early and on time, because people turn crazy!!Everybody is pushing and rushing..too bad I´ve always come late when all that´s left are the big sizes..but this year, guess what...I only work evenings and I only have one class a week, wich is great..=)
Unfortunatly I haven´t seen the collection yet, but as soon as I do, I´ll post them here..

Another good news (for me that is) is that Timo Räisänen (love!!) is coming to play here too!!=D He´ll be playing at a local club on the 23/10.
Timo has a great voice and he looks nice and all..but he has a habit of stripping everytime he plays..(he takes of his shirt) haha, he is cute and all..but definitly not hot..=p..but I guess I will be seing some bare chest when he plays this time..oh well..

For those who haven´t heard him I recommend you to download some of his songs...

I think I´m done boring you with this stuff, so I´ll leave for now..

Ha en bra vecka!

Saturday..

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:56:00 +0000

Another week has almost come an end..today is Saturday, party day, but I´m stuck home with a cold...

I haven´t got much to tell really...it´s just that I´m bored. .
I got home a while ago..I was visiting my friend, who is pregnant...man, that´s the second friend of mine that gets pregnant..it makes me realise I´m getting older..25..=s Still, I don´t feel any rush to start a family..I´m too young..haha, and meanwhile I´ll just enjoy playing with those wonderful babies..oh, and my friend is having a girl..and emma, the first one that got pregnant also had a girl..=)

On my way back I saw a lot of party people heading to fun places..I want to go too!!=( It´s too bad that the friends that loved going out have all moved to other places..I missed them so much!!The few friends remaining here are the ones who either are pregnant (haha) or have babies..or simply don´t feel like doing something...I don´t think I really want to go "partying"..I just want to be distracted for a while..

And most of all..I miss my boyfriend. Things are getting really difficult now..eldest his brothers has an uncurable illness called ALS...there is no cure for this, but there are some medicine that slow down the illness..and there is an operation that is still on trial..right now we are waiting to see if he makes the list and can be one of the patient on the next round of the trial...the first patiens that had this surgery improved from 20% to 60%...we are hoping this will help, since the scientist are near to find a cure..meanwhile..we don´t know how much longer he has left, so this surgery would help a lot, since he is then gaining about a year....but all this has brought consecuenses..my boyfriend can´t afford to come and see me..I was thinking of going there myself but I can´t afford either....it all feels so difficult right now. ..I wish I could do something to help, but I can´t..

Well, this is all turning very negative, so I´ll better start writing about something fun..
I start working on Monday!!Yay..I´ll be working Monday to Thursday..which means more money!!I love teaching Spanish to grown-ups..big difference from teaching highschool kids..nothing wrong with it, but it´s easier..the grown-ups are there because they want to, not because they´re forced..haha..=p..Anyway, I´ll tell more about how it went later..
For now, I´ll take my cough medicine and head to bed..

God natt allihopa!!

First post ever...(well, not quite..)

noreply@blogger.com (Adi) — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:46:00 +0000

This is my attempt of creating a blogg and keeping it alive. This is the second time I try to keep one, but let´s see what happens..

I´m not quite sure what this blogg is going to be about, but I´ll try to have some sort of variation. To begin with, I decided to write it in English since I don´t know who´s going to be reading it, and besides, I get to practice my writting..

Oh, and please have patience with me! I´m illiterated when it comes to computers, so it might take some time before I get this blogg properly edited and updated..=s

For now, I shall take some more time to try to figure out how this whole thing works, and I´ll be back when I´ve got something interesting to tell you...

For now, I shall say good night..

Tata!!