Generation utanför
Det är få gånger jag blivit så här förbannad av att se på en dokumentär. Bra gjort Svt säger jag bara! Riktigt bra gjort. Dokument inifrån: generation utanför. Tycker framförallt att äldre bör se den. Se vad det är ungdomarna gör i det här landet. Förstör sina kroppar, förstör sitt psyke och jobbar gratis under ständiga hot om uppsägning. Ni säger det var tuffare förr? Att ungdomarna är bortskämda och lata idag? Ja, det finns helt klart en del folk därute som är bortskämda, men skyll inte det på ungdomarna! Skyll det på föräldrarna. Om någon är bortskämd, då säger det sig självt att det är någon som skämmer bort dom. Eller är det jag som fattat logiken fel?
Men det var inte det det här skulle handla om. Arbetslösheten hos unga. Hans Eriksson säger i dokumentären att regeringen tagit ett aktivt val att se till så att arbetslösheten hamnar hos de unga. Han säger att han hellre ser unga som är arbetslösa än äldre. Har han tänkt på att det är dessa unga som ska föra Sverige framåt? Har han tänkt på att utan dessa unga är Sverige ingenting? ALLA behövs, var inte ett partis slogan inför förra valet just "alla ska med"? Men inte alla, för dom unga är så få så dom gör ingen skillnad i valen. Speciellt eftersom hälften av dom inte röstat. Hmmmm, jag undrar varför? Kan det vara för att val efter val efter val efter val så bryr sig inte politikerna om dom? År efter år efter år efter år hör man hur ungdomarna ska hamna i fokus! Nu, NU är det eran tur! Men när det väl kommer till kritan är det ungdomarna som står där, utanför, arbetslösa. Och så kallas vi kräsna? Lata? Bortskämda? JAG FÖRSTÅR INTE!!!!!!!!!
Vi ska forslas ut i arbetslivet via dessa serviceyrken. Lidl, Ica, McDonalds, Max, Jensen Böfhaus etc etc etc etc. Där lär vi oss hur man beter sig på arbetsmarknaden. Vi förbereds för det verkliga livet. Betyder det att mitt jobb inte är viktigt? Är det bara en träningsplats på vägen mot den riktiga arbetsmarknaden? Någon sorts mellanting? Då är det ju okej om jag inte riktigt sköter mig, för det är ju inte på riktigt, eller hur? Eller tvärtom. Då är det klart att jag ska jobba tolv timmar om dagen utan rast. Då är det okej att jag jämt och ständigt är redo att komma in och jobba extra. För det är ju inte på riktigt, så vad spelar det för roll om jag blir utnyttjad? Men om jag inte presterar på mitt servicejobb för att jag har jobbat tio timmar i sträck utan lunch, efter att ha jobbat två veckor i sträck utan en ledig dag, då är det inte bara arbetsgivaren som blir arg. Nej, DU blir också arg. Du, som är kund hos vilken restaurang eller butik som helst. Om jag råkar ge dig fel mat. Om jag råkar be dig vänta några minuter extra på din mat. Om jag scannar in fel vara i kassan. Då blir DU arg. DU blir irriterad. DU undrar vad det är för fel på ungdomen. När dom fått jobb, ja då fortsätter dom vara totalt värdelösa. Klarar inte ens av ett simpelt servicejobb där allt dom behöver göra är att trycka på några knappar, ta emot lite pengar och lämna ut lite mat. Värdelösa ungdom.
Inte undra på att ni har en hel generation med depression, sömnsvårigheter och utanförskap. Vad händer när ni alla går i pension? Ni som är så duktiga och leder detta land som kallas VÅRT. Vad händer när ni 50 plussare som är så duktiga och sköter era jobb så bra och aldrig tar något för givet är klara på arbetsmarknaden? För jag kan lovar er, att när det sker, om sisådär tio tjugo år, då är min generation redan borta från arbetslivet. Sjukskrivningar upp över öronen, och dom där ungdomarna som inte spelade så stor roll för dom varken kostade eller bidrog med något. Dom blir helt plötsligt väldigt dyra för samhället. Går på bidrag. Och fortsätter kallas för lata och bortskämda. Kräsna. Dom kan inte ens bita ihop och acceptera ett vanligt jobb! Nä, dom gnäller på lite smärta i sina axlar, eller ångest på nätterna. Bit ihop! Var inte så klen!
Ja, vissa saker gör mig upprörd. Väldigt, väldigt upprörd. Så upprörd så jag skakade liv i den här gamla bloggen igen! Och jag ska inte ens börja tala om CSN och deras låga bidrag och spridning av fattigdom. Don't get me started... Generationsojämlikhet. Ett nytt ord för mig. Men tyvärr tror jag att det kommer finnas kvar i svenskan ett bra tag till.
Men det var inte det det här skulle handla om. Arbetslösheten hos unga. Hans Eriksson säger i dokumentären att regeringen tagit ett aktivt val att se till så att arbetslösheten hamnar hos de unga. Han säger att han hellre ser unga som är arbetslösa än äldre. Har han tänkt på att det är dessa unga som ska föra Sverige framåt? Har han tänkt på att utan dessa unga är Sverige ingenting? ALLA behövs, var inte ett partis slogan inför förra valet just "alla ska med"? Men inte alla, för dom unga är så få så dom gör ingen skillnad i valen. Speciellt eftersom hälften av dom inte röstat. Hmmmm, jag undrar varför? Kan det vara för att val efter val efter val efter val så bryr sig inte politikerna om dom? År efter år efter år efter år hör man hur ungdomarna ska hamna i fokus! Nu, NU är det eran tur! Men när det väl kommer till kritan är det ungdomarna som står där, utanför, arbetslösa. Och så kallas vi kräsna? Lata? Bortskämda? JAG FÖRSTÅR INTE!!!!!!!!!
Vi ska forslas ut i arbetslivet via dessa serviceyrken. Lidl, Ica, McDonalds, Max, Jensen Böfhaus etc etc etc etc. Där lär vi oss hur man beter sig på arbetsmarknaden. Vi förbereds för det verkliga livet. Betyder det att mitt jobb inte är viktigt? Är det bara en träningsplats på vägen mot den riktiga arbetsmarknaden? Någon sorts mellanting? Då är det ju okej om jag inte riktigt sköter mig, för det är ju inte på riktigt, eller hur? Eller tvärtom. Då är det klart att jag ska jobba tolv timmar om dagen utan rast. Då är det okej att jag jämt och ständigt är redo att komma in och jobba extra. För det är ju inte på riktigt, så vad spelar det för roll om jag blir utnyttjad? Men om jag inte presterar på mitt servicejobb för att jag har jobbat tio timmar i sträck utan lunch, efter att ha jobbat två veckor i sträck utan en ledig dag, då är det inte bara arbetsgivaren som blir arg. Nej, DU blir också arg. Du, som är kund hos vilken restaurang eller butik som helst. Om jag råkar ge dig fel mat. Om jag råkar be dig vänta några minuter extra på din mat. Om jag scannar in fel vara i kassan. Då blir DU arg. DU blir irriterad. DU undrar vad det är för fel på ungdomen. När dom fått jobb, ja då fortsätter dom vara totalt värdelösa. Klarar inte ens av ett simpelt servicejobb där allt dom behöver göra är att trycka på några knappar, ta emot lite pengar och lämna ut lite mat. Värdelösa ungdom.
Inte undra på att ni har en hel generation med depression, sömnsvårigheter och utanförskap. Vad händer när ni alla går i pension? Ni som är så duktiga och leder detta land som kallas VÅRT. Vad händer när ni 50 plussare som är så duktiga och sköter era jobb så bra och aldrig tar något för givet är klara på arbetsmarknaden? För jag kan lovar er, att när det sker, om sisådär tio tjugo år, då är min generation redan borta från arbetslivet. Sjukskrivningar upp över öronen, och dom där ungdomarna som inte spelade så stor roll för dom varken kostade eller bidrog med något. Dom blir helt plötsligt väldigt dyra för samhället. Går på bidrag. Och fortsätter kallas för lata och bortskämda. Kräsna. Dom kan inte ens bita ihop och acceptera ett vanligt jobb! Nä, dom gnäller på lite smärta i sina axlar, eller ångest på nätterna. Bit ihop! Var inte så klen!
Ja, vissa saker gör mig upprörd. Väldigt, väldigt upprörd. Så upprörd så jag skakade liv i den här gamla bloggen igen! Och jag ska inte ens börja tala om CSN och deras låga bidrag och spridning av fattigdom. Don't get me started... Generationsojämlikhet. Ett nytt ord för mig. Men tyvärr tror jag att det kommer finnas kvar i svenskan ett bra tag till.
Busy busy
2nd partials are officially over! They were done around 10.45 on Friday. So nice! Now I only have an essay for my online class to do :P And I am lacking motivation. Hopefully I'll get more done tomorrow. Well, I have until Thursday evening to get it done so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. The coming week should be less stressful than the two previous ones, but you never know. This week, thursday to be exact, is the day of the international fair. When we show off our countries to the rest of the school. It's a bit strange this semester because I don't know the other Swedes so I haven't really coordinated anything with them... But I'm making meatballs and I'll show up in my Sweden t-shirt so that will have to do.
In two weeks I'm in Mexico City with mum and dad =) I cannot wait. It's been waaaay too long if you ask me.
Movie? Read some Twilight? Or my road trip book... I want to read Harry Potter. I don't know why, but I really want to read them. Read them and just disappear into the wonderful world of Hogwarts. I'll do that this summer, when I get home to my wonderful bookshelf with all my books.
Still haven't heard back from Kilroy so I don't know what's going on with our flight home. And I haven't heard anything from work either. But I assume they now atleast know I'm interested in working this summer. Once I know exactly when I can work I'll send them another message and let them know. It's still very early.
In two months, on the 14th of May, this semester is over. That's when I have my final exam. And then no more Tec. And a few days later no more Gudalajara. No more Mexico. Time goes by so fast....
In two weeks I'm in Mexico City with mum and dad =) I cannot wait. It's been waaaay too long if you ask me.
Movie? Read some Twilight? Or my road trip book... I want to read Harry Potter. I don't know why, but I really want to read them. Read them and just disappear into the wonderful world of Hogwarts. I'll do that this summer, when I get home to my wonderful bookshelf with all my books.
Still haven't heard back from Kilroy so I don't know what's going on with our flight home. And I haven't heard anything from work either. But I assume they now atleast know I'm interested in working this summer. Once I know exactly when I can work I'll send them another message and let them know. It's still very early.
In two months, on the 14th of May, this semester is over. That's when I have my final exam. And then no more Tec. And a few days later no more Gudalajara. No more Mexico. Time goes by so fast....
Spider bites and partials
During the weekend I found what I thought was a mosquito bite. It itched a bit, but no worse than other bites. Then, I believe Sunday night, it started itching like hell. And it turned really red. And the skin went hard. Yesterday the redness increased and it spread over a larger area. Today it was hurting as well as itching. So I went to the school doctor. And found out that I have been bitten or stung or something by a spider! And that the sting was still in my leg! So he started poking around with a needle to get it out, and then also came to the conclusion that it is a bit infected. It is not wrapped in gauze, and I got a prescription for medication. The things I get to experience in Mexico! At home spiders never bite! Exciting! :P
And only one partial left!! Which is one essay and one exam. Then second partial is over! Finally! Seems like it's been going on forever.. Just want it to be over with!!
And only one partial left!! Which is one essay and one exam. Then second partial is over! Finally! Seems like it's been going on forever.. Just want it to be over with!!
Why do they never get it?
Kissinger.
Nixon.
Reagan.
McCarthy.
Cheney.
Bush Sr.
W. Bush.
McNamara.
Rumsfeld.
Powell.
I don't get it. Seriously, can someone explain it to me? I thought we were supposed to learn from our mistakes? Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't that something we get taught as children? Apparently not in America.
Korea.
Vietnam.
Chile.
East Timor.
Guatemala.
Iraq.
Kuwait.
Iran.
Cambodia.
Indonesia.
When did the most isolanist state in the world become the one that doesn't know how to stay out of other people's business'? I am not advocating dictatorships to be let alone. Or to let people suffer. But when did the US take on the role of moral guide? With their history, and track record, you'd think the world would have removed them from that role a loooong time ago. But no. I wonder, when Ford and Kissinger were planning on how to best overthrow the democratically elected Allende government in Chile, did they realise they were talking about PEOPLE? Did they think only in numbers, or did they know that the 'numbers' they were discussing were someone's daughter, son, grand mother, sister, brother, mother, father? What have made the great super power in the West into one of the most arrogant countries in the world? I know that they are not all like that. Of course they're not. Many, many Americans are amazing people with good values and ideas. BUT! Never the less, they did reelect Bush..... But then again, they did also elect Obama. Gave back a little hope to the rest of the world that they weren't completely lost.
I'm still wondering though when they will get it. When they will understand that they are digging their own grave. Seriously. They gave money to Iraq to fight Iran. They gave money to Iran to fight Iraq. They then gave support to Kuwait when Iraq invaded. They trained Usama Bin Laden. Usama Bin Laden attacks the US. Do they realise that by doing what they're doing they're not helping?
I'm sorry. I know I'm being harsh. But at some point we need to stop being afraid of insulting someone. We need to stop worrying about upsetting the big power in the West. Because if we're not careful, if Obama doesn't live up to all promises he has made (I'm still hoping, trust me), it's not only going to be US who is in trouble. Because our European states are too scared and too powerless to dare do anything that might upset the big one across the ocean.
Watch this youtube-clip. It's interesting. Watch the whole movie. Bowling for Columbine. I'm sorry to all my Americans friend, but I'm glad I'm European. (And to those American friends, please don't be insulted. I'm criticising your government(s), and maybe to some extent you for electing them. I do know people are different and that there's a lot of you and that you do not all share the same views!)
Nixon.
Reagan.
McCarthy.
Cheney.
Bush Sr.
W. Bush.
McNamara.
Rumsfeld.
Powell.
I don't get it. Seriously, can someone explain it to me? I thought we were supposed to learn from our mistakes? Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't that something we get taught as children? Apparently not in America.
Korea.
Vietnam.
Chile.
East Timor.
Guatemala.
Iraq.
Kuwait.
Iran.
Cambodia.
Indonesia.
When did the most isolanist state in the world become the one that doesn't know how to stay out of other people's business'? I am not advocating dictatorships to be let alone. Or to let people suffer. But when did the US take on the role of moral guide? With their history, and track record, you'd think the world would have removed them from that role a loooong time ago. But no. I wonder, when Ford and Kissinger were planning on how to best overthrow the democratically elected Allende government in Chile, did they realise they were talking about PEOPLE? Did they think only in numbers, or did they know that the 'numbers' they were discussing were someone's daughter, son, grand mother, sister, brother, mother, father? What have made the great super power in the West into one of the most arrogant countries in the world? I know that they are not all like that. Of course they're not. Many, many Americans are amazing people with good values and ideas. BUT! Never the less, they did reelect Bush..... But then again, they did also elect Obama. Gave back a little hope to the rest of the world that they weren't completely lost.
I'm still wondering though when they will get it. When they will understand that they are digging their own grave. Seriously. They gave money to Iraq to fight Iran. They gave money to Iran to fight Iraq. They then gave support to Kuwait when Iraq invaded. They trained Usama Bin Laden. Usama Bin Laden attacks the US. Do they realise that by doing what they're doing they're not helping?
I'm sorry. I know I'm being harsh. But at some point we need to stop being afraid of insulting someone. We need to stop worrying about upsetting the big power in the West. Because if we're not careful, if Obama doesn't live up to all promises he has made (I'm still hoping, trust me), it's not only going to be US who is in trouble. Because our European states are too scared and too powerless to dare do anything that might upset the big one across the ocean.
Watch this youtube-clip. It's interesting. Watch the whole movie. Bowling for Columbine. I'm sorry to all my Americans friend, but I'm glad I'm European. (And to those American friends, please don't be insulted. I'm criticising your government(s), and maybe to some extent you for electing them. I do know people are different and that there's a lot of you and that you do not all share the same views!)
Three weeks and one day
Partial 2 progress:
1 out of 3 essays handed in.
1 out of 4 exams taken.
Nice to have them started. Means that they soon will be over. And once they are, the next ones are far, far away (20ish April). The exam today was easy. Very easy. So hopefully I did well :P It was super short and the answers were pretty straight forward. NEED to get a good mark though as I only got a 78 (70 is pass) for last partial... Oh well. Tomorrow it's Spanish... Scary.. HATE Spanish exams. Pure grammar. Never know what to expect. Never know what or how to study. So will probably look over my notes once more, and then call it for today.
The weekend will include:
Alice in Wonderland with Sarah.
Chilling on the rood with Sarah and anyone else who would like to join.
Some studying. Probably on the roof.
Gingerbread baking with my fellow Swede and listening to Winnerbäck and other classics.
Should be a nice weekend :)
1 out of 3 essays handed in.
1 out of 4 exams taken.
Nice to have them started. Means that they soon will be over. And once they are, the next ones are far, far away (20ish April). The exam today was easy. Very easy. So hopefully I did well :P It was super short and the answers were pretty straight forward. NEED to get a good mark though as I only got a 78 (70 is pass) for last partial... Oh well. Tomorrow it's Spanish... Scary.. HATE Spanish exams. Pure grammar. Never know what to expect. Never know what or how to study. So will probably look over my notes once more, and then call it for today.
The weekend will include:
Alice in Wonderland with Sarah.
Chilling on the rood with Sarah and anyone else who would like to join.
Some studying. Probably on the roof.
Gingerbread baking with my fellow Swede and listening to Winnerbäck and other classics.
Should be a nice weekend :)
The good feeling of hard work
So! How's it going with that list of mine? Pretty darn good! I've done the homework's for tomorrow. I've found an article, I've finished the spanish work sheet, read the spanish text, corrected my spanish 'essay', done the questions about the Vietnam War. Then I've also done the seminar questions for the online class from Lund. And I've finished my ten page essay (as in I have almost ten pages and all that is left to do is re-read it a million times to make sure it makes sense and then to sort out my references and appendix). But the text is there! Which is always nice. And I've studied for my exam on Thursday. All this I've done in three days. Where I've also managed to get in a football game, a barbeque, visit to the hair dresser (still not blonde, but I don't care anymore), making meat balls and watching quite a lot of Gilmore Girls. Not bad for my usual three-day weekend.
Tomorrow it's Tuesday and a day of classes again. They're not that bad... And then it's gym. And then studying.
Wow. I'm actually getting things done and I can feel the pile getting smaller!! And I can feel the end of second partial getting closer and the easter break drawing nearer! Cannot wait!!! =)
And now. I'm done for the day! Almost ten o'clock and I'm going to watch Gilmore Girls without feeling the slightest guilty.
Tomorrow it's Tuesday and a day of classes again. They're not that bad... And then it's gym. And then studying.
Wow. I'm actually getting things done and I can feel the pile getting smaller!! And I can feel the end of second partial getting closer and the easter break drawing nearer! Cannot wait!!! =)
And now. I'm done for the day! Almost ten o'clock and I'm going to watch Gilmore Girls without feeling the slightest guilty.
Making a list
Quite a lot of stuff going on at the moment. I guess this is what uni is supposed to feel like... The problem is that there's so much, too much. And it's kind of paralysing me. Instead of just doing it, I run around like a dizzy hen (always fun to translate Swedish expressions to English :P). I should write a list. It's going to be a long list. But I should do it. And then just take on thing at a time. Like today. I will allow myself to NOT work on my 10-page essay. Because for tomorrow I have to read a text about the Vietnam War, prepare a presentation on the same war, read another ten pages for Geopolitics and find an article for Geopolitics. Thank god I've already done my Spanish homework. And I'm going to the gym. And to some government institution to finally register Benji as ours. I should just take a deep breath, slow down a bit, and focus. Tick things off my list. See how it decreases. I'll never forget how during IB I wrote all the essays and assignments and finals I had to do on post-it's. Then I put them on my wardrobe, and then for every thing I submitted or completed I moved it from one door to the other. And the feeling when more than half was on the completed side? So amazing! And then suddenly all of them were on the completed side and I had done it. Just like I know I will this time too. Sometimes it just gets a bit overwhelming.
Last night I went to Mandy's after spending a whole day studying in my room. Needed to get out of the house for a bit. We were supposed to study. She studied. I lay on her bed and read Lonely Planet. Which is something I need to do as well to plan my parents visist. And it was nice to lie there and read about it and know that soon they will be here and we will explore a new part of Mexico together. And I chatted a bit with Rosanna. And we bought ice cream. It was nice.
But yeah. Back to that list I guess....
Last night I went to Mandy's after spending a whole day studying in my room. Needed to get out of the house for a bit. We were supposed to study. She studied. I lay on her bed and read Lonely Planet. Which is something I need to do as well to plan my parents visist. And it was nice to lie there and read about it and know that soon they will be here and we will explore a new part of Mexico together. And I chatted a bit with Rosanna. And we bought ice cream. It was nice.
But yeah. Back to that list I guess....
The wonderful city of New York
We went to Times Square and were impressed and fascinated.
We strolled around in Central Park enjoying sunshine and snow.
We went to see Hair which was amazing.
We went over to Brookelyn at night to get to see the impressive skyline and the Brookelyn Bridge.
As two McDonalds employees, of course we had to visit McDonalds. The one by Times Square is worth a visit for the decor!
It was weird... It was 33 degrees AND snowing! America truly is a strange country...
When we went to see the Statue of Liberty we realised that she is lifting her foot.. Who knew...
Look how tiny she is! And there's something missing! Oh yeah, two giant towers....
We went to see the Tim Burton exhibition at MoMA which was pretty darn cool.
We got orders from our own private NY-tour guide (tack Sarah!) to take the Staten Island Ferry, so that we did!
I have to say it was a truly amazing week.
We had so much fun and we did not want to leave when time came.
But now I'm back in Gdl and it's back to business so to speak. But in five meeks mum and dad comes so that's the next focus! Today is a lazy day of doing laundry, fixing my photos and just relaxing. Quite nice I have to say...
NEW YORK
Partials are over and the general feeling is 'good job Lisa!' Must say I'm quite happy with my results.
And now the packing is done and early tomorrow morning we're taking me to the airport! And tormorrow at this point I'll most likely be sleeping. But I will be sleeping in New York, with Lina in the same room. Can't be much better than that =) I am so super excited, although I still can't really believe it. It seems so unreal that I actually will be talking to Lina tomorrow! TOMORROW!! Haven't seen her since July! We talk on Skype quite often, but it's obviously not the same. So I'm counting on many café visits and loooong fika's. And a lot of fun and just hanging out in New York.
The excitement is slowly seeping into my extremely tired body after this hectic week (of me miscolouring my hair so bad I had to go to the hair dresser and is no longer blonde, and of Benji breaking down and then starting again and then being taken to service, and partials of course). So yeah. I am tired. Extremely tired. But now that all is done. Including the packing (many thick sweaters), I am slowly setting my mind to 'vacation-mode' and starting to plan the coming week.
I'll get back to you in a week with awesome memories!
And now the packing is done and early tomorrow morning we're taking me to the airport! And tormorrow at this point I'll most likely be sleeping. But I will be sleeping in New York, with Lina in the same room. Can't be much better than that =) I am so super excited, although I still can't really believe it. It seems so unreal that I actually will be talking to Lina tomorrow! TOMORROW!! Haven't seen her since July! We talk on Skype quite often, but it's obviously not the same. So I'm counting on many café visits and loooong fika's. And a lot of fun and just hanging out in New York.
The excitement is slowly seeping into my extremely tired body after this hectic week (of me miscolouring my hair so bad I had to go to the hair dresser and is no longer blonde, and of Benji breaking down and then starting again and then being taken to service, and partials of course). So yeah. I am tired. Extremely tired. But now that all is done. Including the packing (many thick sweaters), I am slowly setting my mind to 'vacation-mode' and starting to plan the coming week.
I'll get back to you in a week with awesome memories!
31 years
31 years since the Islamic Revolution.
Awareness needs to be spread.
The oppression is still present.
People are being persecuted for saying their opinion.
People are thrown in jail for demonstrating.
Amnesty has a campaign today for spreading awareness about the situation in Iran.
So talk about it! Write about it! Blog about it!
Scream about it.
Tell the world leaders about it.
Let people know what is going on!
I wish I knew what is going to happen
The excitement is gone. Lately I've been really looking forward to going back to Nottingham when the summer is over. Been planning which classes to take, how I will go to the gym, and how nice it will be to live with the people I miss so much now. But now, I don't know. It doesn't seem to be turning out like I hoped. And now I don't feel like going back at all. I mean, I am looking forward to coming home. Definitely. And coming back to beautiful Nottingham campus. But I don't know anymore. I don't know what's going to happen. And it doesn't work like at home. That's the problem. In England, you either live in university accommodation, or you live in a house with several people. One or two, no. There's hardly anything available for that. And since the few people we know in England already seem to have their lives sorted we're stood empty handed.
I don't know. It will work out, of course. It always does. It's just frustrating.
I'm sitting working on my essay for Lund. Actually going okay. But now I'm stuck so I decided to give it a rest. Am gonna look at my history notes for the exam tomorrow. Shouldn't be too hard. I hope.
I want this week to pass by. I want Saturday to come. I still can't believe it. Probably won't until I stand there face to face with her. Amazing.
I don't know. It will work out, of course. It always does. It's just frustrating.
I'm sitting working on my essay for Lund. Actually going okay. But now I'm stuck so I decided to give it a rest. Am gonna look at my history notes for the exam tomorrow. Shouldn't be too hard. I hope.
I want this week to pass by. I want Saturday to come. I still can't believe it. Probably won't until I stand there face to face with her. Amazing.
When the sun is shining
Went to campus today to get an assignment done, and I have to say that Malin and I were very productive! We sat down. Got the job done. And then went to Starbucks. Good job! And now I'm supposed to study for my online class from Lund, but too much exciting stuff has happened so I can't concentrate. Lina and I have booked our tickets! My wonderful amazing Lina is flying to New York to hang out with me for a week! So amazing! Get away just after partials. It's going to be freezing for me, but I could not care less at this point!
It does mean though that I have a lot of work to do this week. But the essay for Tuesday is done. So that's taken care of. And now I have one essay left for Friday, and then exam on Tuesday and on Friday. And in addition I have an essay to write for the online class. It is due on the 19th, but since I will be in New York all that week I'll get it done before :D And it will be so worth all the work this week! Because on Saturday I will see Lina!!!!!!!! Whom I haven't seen since July!!!
I could not be happier =) The sun is back, the clouds are gone, and I'm taking off in just a weeks time.
I cannot stop laughing!
It does mean though that I have a lot of work to do this week. But the essay for Tuesday is done. So that's taken care of. And now I have one essay left for Friday, and then exam on Tuesday and on Friday. And in addition I have an essay to write for the online class. It is due on the 19th, but since I will be in New York all that week I'll get it done before :D And it will be so worth all the work this week! Because on Saturday I will see Lina!!!!!!!! Whom I haven't seen since July!!!
I could not be happier =) The sun is back, the clouds are gone, and I'm taking off in just a weeks time.
I cannot stop laughing!
Half way through first partial...
Finally this weeks is over!! My Thursday exam went well I think, didn't seem to hard. Today's presentation went okay. I even said something! Proud of myself. (It was in Spanish about geopolitics, just to explain and not make people think I usually brag about speaking :P). Then the Spanish exam today... I don't know. It felt okay, but then again, Spanish verbs in past tense is my hate topic so we'll see.. Finished off the week with just over an hour in gym with Malin and Sarah. Felt good!
And now I've just finished writing the first part of an essay that is due Tuesday, so I am officially taking Friday now! I'll go into Tec tomorrow and study hard. Essay due Tuesday, want to finish it tomorrow. Exam on Tuesday. Essay due Friday. Exam Friday. God. HATE partials!!!
But atleast the sunshine is back which means I can sit outside in the sun tomorrow at Tec!
And now I've just finished writing the first part of an essay that is due Tuesday, so I am officially taking Friday now! I'll go into Tec tomorrow and study hard. Essay due Tuesday, want to finish it tomorrow. Exam on Tuesday. Essay due Friday. Exam Friday. God. HATE partials!!!
But atleast the sunshine is back which means I can sit outside in the sun tomorrow at Tec!
Partial #1
So, first partials of my second semester are coming up. And it feels. Currently sitting with two articles from a Spanish newspaper and trying to understand them. Have read one now, with SpanishDict.com right next to me. It gets a bit tricky when I don't even know the word I get translated to! So I'm working with both SpanishDict AND Dictionary.Com. Thank god internet is behaving tonight! I have a group meeting tomorrow about these two texts. We're supposed to write a conclusion or summary or something like that and present it in class on Friday.... In Spanish. It's a bit scary having class in Spanish. But I've learned a lot of new words tonight :P Which is kind of the point so I just have to keep pushing.... Who knows, maybe by the end of the semester I won't have any trouble reading a poltical science-y article in Spanish :P I wish.
And I have an exam on Thursday. In Spanish. And Spanish exam (actually me learning Spanish) on Friday. So I need to revise for those. And I need to write a museum report for Friday as well. And then next week I have one essay due on Tuesday and an essay or exam on Friday. I'm not quite sure... Don't really understand what the teacher is talking about. Will ask her on Friday. Would be stupid if I misunderstood the exam :P
And it's raining. And it's cold.
But as soon as I am done with this text (five pages A4) I will go to bed! No matter what time it is. So I better bite the bullet (or the sour apple as we say in Sweden) and get going.
And I have an exam on Thursday. In Spanish. And Spanish exam (actually me learning Spanish) on Friday. So I need to revise for those. And I need to write a museum report for Friday as well. And then next week I have one essay due on Tuesday and an essay or exam on Friday. I'm not quite sure... Don't really understand what the teacher is talking about. Will ask her on Friday. Would be stupid if I misunderstood the exam :P
And it's raining. And it's cold.
But as soon as I am done with this text (five pages A4) I will go to bed! No matter what time it is. So I better bite the bullet (or the sour apple as we say in Sweden) and get going.
When Mexico makes you angry
We had quite an adventure last night. One of those moments when you really do not understand this country. So, we were at Sarah's for a 'gathering' as she called it. Very nice. It was Malin, Chris, Kat, Kimzey, Sarah and me. We were just chilling and catching up with Kat after her return to Guadalajara that same day. When the clock struck 2 am we decided to head home. Kat, Malin and me. We walk out and go toward Benji. And that's when we see the giant white Mustang that is blocking our precious Benji in. Out comes two or three persons, they look at the Mustang to make sure we haven't scratched it, and then all of them except one walks away again. The women who stays behind a little bit pretty much yells at us that they will not move their car because we have violated their private space and this happens all the time and no one respects them and so on. We were in complete shock. We were told we could park anywhere and thus assumed this was the case. Malin tries to wedge Benji out by testing her driving skills. Problem is that there was a giant block of concrete just in front of us so we didn't have that much moving space. The people just stood in the door looking at us! And did nothing! Malin and I walked down to the guards by the entrance to the gated community, and explain the situation. He comes with us and looks at the cars and tries to help us. He was truly a nice person and did everything he could. He walked over to the people and tried to reason with them, but it didn't help. And we stood there. By Benji's side not being able to do anything. We kept asking ourselves what they would gain from the situation. They were the ones standing on the street in pyjamas, we were all up so an hour more or less doesn't make that much difference. The guard comes back and says that they refuse to help and that they owner is a asleep (the owner was down before we got the guard and Kat saw him looking out a window). The guard calls his supervisor hoping he can resolve the situation. We just stand there and wonder what the hell these people want. We did keep laughing though, thinking that this situation would only happen in Mexico. They were standing right there!! Why couldn't they just move their precious car??? Completey and utterly weird in our opinion. The supervisor came and was scary. He had hand coughs with him, and didn't look at us and just seemed generally scary. He explains to us that these spots are for residents only. And yes, now we obviously know this. Had we known this before we wouldn't have parked there, cause it's not like we want to create trouble! Then, as we decide to try to drive over the block of concrete a car pulls up into that parking space and blocks the only possible exit we had!! Things could not get worse! However, I ask the friendly guard if he could ask the man in the car if he could park somewhere else for just ten minutes or so while we try to get our car out. This man was also super friendly and helped us out. He could not understand why they just didn't move their Mustang. He happily moved his car and then helped us. We did manage to get Benji out without a scratch in the end. The Mustang didn't move an inch. And while we were just inches away from scraping it while trying to get Benji out the owners were just standing looking. By the time we had managed to set Benji free there were quite a few neighbours out on the street and others looking through the window. All giving evil looks to the owners by the door. When we left we thanked the guard and the other man several times. And we wished the owners of the Mustang a pleasent evening.
We drove off and screamed. Wondering what these people were thinking and what they possibly gained from the situation. They probably saw the opportunity to mess with some blondes. We also concluded that Kat, Malin and me shouldn't do things together. First the boat adventure in Belize. And now this. We are not a good combination.
I think this is one of the most absurd situations I have ever been in.
We drove off and screamed. Wondering what these people were thinking and what they possibly gained from the situation. They probably saw the opportunity to mess with some blondes. We also concluded that Kat, Malin and me shouldn't do things together. First the boat adventure in Belize. And now this. We are not a good combination.
I think this is one of the most absurd situations I have ever been in.
