I couldn’t resist making you call go ‘aaaww’ before beginning my first blog post for a couple of weeks.
As per my last post, this is a prime example of the slightly extended gaps I will be taking from blogging due to other commitments. At the end of April I hope things will begin to ease up, but this will be the pattern until then.
After a period of comparatively mild weather it has now returned to minus 10 and all of the potentially crippling ice and the like that goes with it. One things that a nice clear day can offer though it as truly beautiful view over the fjord, such as this view that I get a chance to see every time that I go to work.
Not bad is it? The scenery of Wales is lovely but this is in a different category all together. My visit to Chicago in October showed me how nasty it can be to have NO greenery at all. What a terrible way to live all the time!
On another note, I have also been ill, possibly the most ill I have ever felt to be honest. It was only gastroenteritis, but I felt dreadful. Anyone who knows me will know that I love my food, and being unable to eat properly for nearly a week was the stuff of nightmares. In my wisdom I took a photo of myself on my first day of illness for the sake of the blog. You can see the misery ingrained into my very soul.
But, enough of that.
On happier notes, I have been called back by my old boss asking me to do tour guiding again this summer. I had an amazing time last time. I do however also have my job with Amnesty to consider which may mean dropping the guiding completely as it might not work happily along side my current job. I will however look at the logistics when the time comes and one thing is for certain, the Amnesty job is very much here to stay.
Let us recapture last summer with a tour guide photo from the ‘Swapping Marmite for Brown Cheese’ archives.
Back to life in Trondheim, there have been various sales going on in Trondheim and one particular one took place two weeks ago at City Syd called the Bananas sale. See photographic evidence of said event below:
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In reality this event was entirely misleading. It didn’t matter which shop I visited, I couldn’t find these reduced priced bananas anywhere. I did think it was silly shoe shops and the like potentially selling bananas anyway, but attracting people to the shopping centre under the false impression that they would receive a good deal on bananas is unacceptable. Tut tut tut.
Fun and games have also been boundless and I have also had a good chance to party. For the first time in my entire life, I have more offers for social events than I can sensibly accept. Quite a nice position to be in! With so much work to do it is nice to let my hair down sometimes. I couldn’t find a party photo from this round, so here is a picture of me dancing on a table in December.
Wonderful stuff!
After a stressful few weeks because of various reasons life is now on track again. I have gone once again on Norwegian course ‘sabbatical’ as I didn’t want to snap or fail my Masters course because of those commitments. I feel like my University assignments are under control, I am doing well at Amnesty and I am very happy once again. A friend of mine was messing about with a camera a couple of week ago and took a nice photo that pretty much sums up my mood at the moment, see below.
Now for this week’s ‘Culture Shock’. This week it features a slightly sexist Norwegian cook book. This might not make a lot of sense to my Norwegian readers, but my British readers especially might giggle.
‘Kjøkken’ means ‘kitchen’ by the way.
Thank you for reading and once again, not sure when the next post will be, might be a week or two.
Take care everyone, stay out of trouble and don’t forget to post comments.
See ya soon!
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