Jippiii

I dag har eg stått på skeiser (skøyter) ! Trur faktisk da e 10år si sist, og da versta e at eg ikkje overdrive (ergo eg bjynne å bli gammal :( )
Tusen takk Anne at du tok "utfordringen" ;) me va jo verken klønete eller kånete utpå isen..hihi
Digga bildene dine :)
Då gjenstår da bare for meg å stå på ski så har eg virkelig vert nordkvinne 'proper' dinna vinteren :)

Social status and such..

Yes it is me again.. and it is less than 4 months since my last appearance. Well I thought I'd let you know that I'm still married, In Norway this is not something you may take for granted. We now live in our own apartment, that we rent, but still it feels very good. We used to share two showers and two toilets with 10 people. The truth is that though I really treasure to have my own toilet bowl I kind of miss it. Don't get me wrong, it's the people that I miss. It is good to have privacy, but there is this brother who reminded me of what he called "the Norwegian Syndrome". Where it boils down to "myself, myself, and once again myself". As a doctor I suspect that he knows his syndroms. I still haven't seen any of the neighbours at my floor, nor greeted anyone. I sit in my apartment and so do they, this is Norway. Coming from Fitjar, a small and (of my opinion) quite cozy village, I wanted to borrow something from one of the neighbours. My husband, whom I'm still married to yes, looked at me with big eyes: "Can you do that?" I realized that I was about to do something very risky, that not even my husband as a "foreigner" deared do: invade someone's privacy..
Yes, I have been proved to have that diagnosis too

long time no see..

2007 was the last time I updated my blog..ehheee
No, no, I'm not the least embarrassed. To be quite honest, I had forgotten all about my blog, other people's blogs, well about blogging in general.
I met Anne Gunnerød in Oslo and I realised that I was not very updated, not on her life, nor anybody else's life. She told me to look up her blog and other's blogs. To me this sounded like work, but as I got started I realised that it was actually very "koselig" and was inspired to write this post.
For those who are interested in "sladder" or harmless gossip, I think this is the time for me to unveal my new status. When I say status I'm not talking about social class, but social roles (yes, social science has messed up my brain). I'm no longer single, I'm now a wife. I have not bought an apron yet, but I guess it is coming soon. I still look like a girl, but give me a few years and I'll show you my rinkles and my baking skills.

As most professional bloggers, I should also have uploaded a photo of the happy wife here, but I guess this is the moment of truth then..
Since there is no photo I give you 2 options: 1: I'm just incredibly lazy, or 2: I'm no professional blogger, but rather incompetent ...
Your welcome, have your pick

Kenya tena

Since I already was in the neighborhood (Rwanda) I wanted to say hello to some friends in Kenya. I stayed some days in Nairobi, but I also got the chance to travel to Nyeri. The first picture is my good friend Milly and the second is of Kiuna and Phoebe, my host mum in Nyeri :)
It was so nice to be back in Kenya, even if it was just for a short while -I cannot express it with words (and yes I'm very talkative)

Rwanda

My Christian Union (CU) in Oslo has had a missions project in Rwanda the last 3 years, and I've heard about it both during my stay in Kenya and this autumn as fresh CU-member. This time around I was so lucky and blessed that I was given the oppurtunity to travel to Rwanda and see on a more close range, what the project was really about. In our application for financial support we wrote about mutual learning both in terms of culture, history and leadership (how we do our ministry). Looking back I can say that such a mutual learning has been there indeed. It has for me personally been very enriching to meet Rwandan students who have lots of commitment and optimism. I hope that some of the things we saw and learnt can be implemented in our very own CU in Oslo, at least I'm very inspired, feeling "freshened" after our visit :)

Departure day

Today is the "d" day, as in departure day. The clock is moving towards twelve and the butterflies in my stomack are ready to fly, and so am I :)
I am travelling to Nairobi today and to Kigali (Rwanda) on Wednesday. It is my first time to ever be flying (or travelling in general) such a distance on my one. It is a bit scary now on beforehand, but it is kind of exciting too, like a tickeling feeling. I shall do my best to snap some photos to post on my blogsite. Ok, so long folks -Tutaonana :)

"Long time no see"

Wow, I think this is the first time that I update my blog since April..Exams are finally over, at least for a while :)
For some weeks ago we went for a hike at Skaugum, and yes, it is the same place as the royal family have a house, but no, for some strange reason we were not invited in to their home :P
Anyway, it was nice trip with great weather and with a nice view. In addition to a nice view, I also got to discover new things about myself -or just forgotten perhaps? Take notice of all the flowers I've captured! They are so beautiful!

Easter holiday! Home at Fitjar (on Stord)

Holiday, holiday, holiday..holy day?
There are those who claim that Norwegians love holidays because it means vacation and no work..So does that mean that we are lazy? Well let's be honest -maybe we are. Lazy days or not, vacation is a time where you have time (if you are lazy that is), time for time, time for friends, time for yourself.

Spending time with family&friends:


From left: My friend Milly (from Stord/Hald), my brother Kjell Magne, my brother Svein Arne, my friend Gillian (Stord/Hald) and me. My friends in the picture above are students at Hald and will therefore be leaving us soon..buhuu.. (somebody want to travel with me to Kenya any time soon? ;) )


Nice couple huh?
(old picture) My niece Zahra Elise and my good friend Mari, who has been confused for my sister...which is very interesting given to the fact that I only have brothers.

Du gamla du fria...

Eg var på ein snarvisitt til Stockholm forrige helg for å besøka Mari(Stølen),

det var riktig så fornøyelig ettersom eg var i godt selskap. Saman gjennomførte me konseptet: "Turist for ein dag", der Mari var guide og eg var håplaus romantikar.

Lat meg få forklara nærmare: Som ein del av dåke kanskje veit (Mamma garantert) har eg skrive oppgåve i det siste, nærmare bestemt diktanalyse med den romantiske era som siktemål. Som turist tok eg sjølvsagt ein god kvote med bilete, og i sann "naturdikt tradisjon" er det svært få menneske på bileta mine...

Følte ein sterk trang til å forklare dette, sånn i tilfelle folk skulle byrje å betvile mine sosiale evner. Eg kan forsikra mine bekymra lesarar at dei er intakt og vel så det! Her kjem bileta:

Over: Eit lite snev av "going back to my roots"

Dette er ein veldig kjent passasje frå Gamla stan, er visst på dei fleste postkort

Hjelp! Marianne følger etter meg...

Ei eller anna kyrkje i Gamla stan (var ikkje flink nok til å høyre etter på det turguiden sa..)

I'm Norwegian! Skiing in the mountain :)

Last weekend my good friend Live invited me to go skiing with her to Nordmarkskapellet. As a true Norwegian I could not resist. So I went out to buy skiis Saturday in the afternoon...To make a long story short: it was a long and tiresome journey, but as in the fairy tales it always good guys are rewarded.
And Sunday morning, we could take the tram up to the "mountain" (they only have forrests here..) and had our well earned ski-trip to Nordmarkskapellet. That journey, was not so demanding..
At Nordmarkskapellet we had waffles and sat a little while in front of the fire place......så koselig!

The fire place:


Live in front of the fire place:

Outside the Chapel:

Visiting Mari in ÅL

Last weekend we were a handful of promising last years Hald-students, that visited Mari in Ål.
abroad. And as good Norwegians (Leandro included) we bounced into the white landscape with eager and lust. We had a great time and looked back at our sparkling memories from Hald and our stay skiis and snowboards, accompanied with backpacks filled with Oranges, Cocoa and off course chocolate and biscuits!

The weather was fantastic and we had a great time
And we are very greatful towards Mari's parents who were bold enough to open their home to 11 (!) "young adults".

Here are the pics:






Iselin (Kenya) and Inger Hanne (Thailand) inside the cafeteria.






Stein Bjarte (Uganda) and Ingunn (Serbia) are eating oranges ?

Late updates

Well these people moved to Oslo; Lagshuset,
Tais and Suemmey come from Brazil (exchange students from Hald). Suemmey live in my "dorm"..
My friends from Laget in Brazil are very nice people and zealous to learn Norwegian.
"Bruker du strømpebukse" and other useful phrases are my contribution in this case.

Here they are:


Suemmey


Tais (to the left) and our friend Andrea (who, by the way is Norwegian)

The Essentials

All you need to survive in (the student) life : The Word, coffee and because it is a strange world, a dictionary of strange words.

Påfyll?

Ikkje berre lesing..

Som seriøs student skal ein jo helst lese litt..
..men bur ein i eit kollektiv så bur ein i eit kollektiv..

Her kjem ein biletserie som eg har døypt "noko attåt"
I dette tilfellet er det Astrid (min oransj-hårete veninne) som er attåt
-og er som er noko, neida ;)


























- kom innom lagshuset du og da vel!

Disippel

"Hvorfor var du i Kenya a' ?"

"Utvekslingsprogram på Hald Internasjonale senter, var engasjert i Laget i Kenya

"Laget? Hva er det for no' Hvilket lag?!"

"Norges Kristelige Student -og skoleungdomslag, ein kristen
studentorganisasjon"..liten pause..

"Å.."

"Eg e kristen"

"Å.."
Samtalen fortsetter i meir "bli kjent" prat.

"@#@*+" "Oi, unnskyld!"

"Du trenge kje unnskylda deg t meg, da e din samvittighet."



Mine openberringar:
Virkar som om min medstudent var lettare fascinert over mitt "livsvalg" At eg var villig til å reise til "langtvekkistan" for eit kristen "lag".. I samtale med andre, merka eg og korleis dei vart overraska over min "sjølvsikkerhet", at eg ikkje treng å gå i eit øltelt for å sosialisere meg.

Var forberedt på at folk skulle synest at eg var eit romvesen i eit Thorbjørn Egner eventyr. Det vart ikkje og er ikkje så gale, men begrepet Jesus Freak byrjer å demre for meg. Samstundes har eg merka meg at andre menneske likar at ein står for sine meiningar, slik at det er heilhjerta og ekte. (ikkje naudsynt frk bibelsnerp som alltid kvervulerer med Bibelen i handa -du tar sikkert bietet)

Foreløpig har eg holdt meg unna all kvervulering med ikkje-kristne. Nei, eg held meg til å spankulere rundt i mi rålekre og griserosa lage t-skjorte og blir det kaldt har eg alltids ein "verda for kristus" genser :)

2flickor i tigerstaden

No e eg altso i Oslo; bilder e hengt opp, knekkebrød e kjøpt inn.
Og ikkje nok me da, eg har hatt min første "ikkje-familiære" gjest!

Her ser me tigereffekten visualisert, ved hjelp av min vakre assistent Marthe (me går i samme klasse asså..tihi)






...eg tok meg friheten t å demonstrera litt eg og..ehhe...

Tanter på tur

I dag var eg og Mari og bada, ehm. solte oss, ehm.. i overskya vêr..


Anyway, eg fekk gleda av å vera den evige optimist og etter ei lita stund (mykje soldans med heftige lokkerop attåt..) så kom sola.
Klarar du å gjette kven som er rettmessig eigar av fartsstripene og kven som er den stolte eigar av polkaprikkane?

Her e eit bilde av Mari frå ein av våre tidlegare og enno litt meir kreative badeturar..

Sumargleder

"Når det blomstrer i Hardanger.." FEIL
Slik ser det ut når det blomstrer på Fitjar i vår hage :)
Ja, det er til å verta salig av..lurer på korleis det var i Eden...hmm,
eg får vera nøgd med eplene våre

"Skyfri himmel, en problemfri time.."
Det er utrulig deilig å leva når ein ser så tydeleg det vakre i naturen og skaparverket. For å vera heilt ærleg så kjenner eg meg litt på grensa til hyperaktiv, eller for å sei som Bjørn Eidsvåg (atter ein gong): "livskåte fuglar".