syttende mai

One of the things i was most looking forward to on my list, was celebrating 17th Mai in Norway. Why? i hear you ask, because in Norway 17th May is a really big deal, it's the day Norwegians celebrate gaining their independence from the Danish in 1814(i think) and people really take it seriously here, it's not like england where on st George's day you see a few flags and maybe a few skinheads getting pissed in the name of our patron saint, here people don their bunads (national dress) or their smartest clothes and head out to watch parades and celebrate with family. So obviously with all this anticipation of Norwegian national pride i was very excited to go and join in the celebrations.

Changes

As you my loyal readers may have noticed, i have made a few changes to the ol' blogaroo. Mainly just organising it a little better so it is easy to find different posts. Also i have decided that seeing as i am not only blogging about completing my Norwegian list, but also my general life and soon some Daring Baker challenges, that it is better if i separate the different topics up and soon change the name (when i can get my designer/sister to edit the header for me)
I have quite a few different posts hanging around in my drafts which i have been meaning to post so i am going to try my best to get some of them done this week, but i do have a lot on at the moment as i am preparing to go and teach in finland for two weeks and then after that i am making a visit back to blighty to see friends and family. so i am a busy busy bee!

generic spring is here blog entry

This blog post is unlikely to be very interesting but it has been brought to my attention that March didn't get any blog entries not even small lame update ones! so here i am...
The title is a bit of a lie seeing as spring isn't really here although it is creeping it's way in with some glimpses of sunshine and highs of 8C!!!
I would like to tell you i have been not posting because i have been working hard on my dissertation but alas i cannot, my dissertation has come to a bit of a standstill as i just can't seem to get it to make sense.
I have been doing my teaching practise which is hard and is making me question if i really want to become a teacher yay blægh!
On a lovely note i have a new boyfriend he is wonderful!

There we go an update! yay

Another monday, another promise broken!

So Monday is here again, and am i sitting in the library doing important work as i have managed to do the past two mondays? ha no of course i'm not! surely no one thought that would become a trend.

  Despite my horrific hangovers of last week the promises i made ended up being in vain. want to know why? no, well i shall tell you anyways becausssssee *insert drumroll here* ALICE MEE is here!!! and i couldn't bring her to Norway and not show her how to get amazingly drunk while at the same time spending insane amounts of money.

The Day is Here!!!

Alice Mee is coming!! watch out Norway you're not going to know what's hit you!!

apartment isn't tidy and i'm still waiting for the ground to come swallow me up after tuesdays explots BUT 9 days with the legend that is Alice Mee could only make it better!!!

can't wait for our joyus airport reunion! fuck yeah as alice would say tis gna be sicker than bread!

Update Betches!

it's 11am and i am sitting in the library, i have been here since before 9am! ..... i figure most of you just fainted from reading those words so i shall give you a little bit of time to compose yourselfs!



Better? good! so yes i have decided to give up on my slacker ways and make one final push in the hope of securing a semi decent grade for my degree. gone are the days of lazing around in bed instead of going to classes, drinking myself into a stupor the day before an exam!  And essays shall no longer be thought about, planned and completed the night before hand in da....who am i kidding!? instead of dilligently highlighting relevent passages for my dissertation, i am instead staring out of the window at a grey and foggy Bergen, checking my facebook and tumblr every five minutes and sneaking little bites of my forbidden rosinboller, but i am in the library and that has to be a start right!?

Sunday at the cinema ( Tamara Drewe)

so apparently there is an unwritten rule in norway that everyone goes to the cinema on sunday evenings. I went along thinking it would be pretty quiet and i could just chill and watch a nice film eat some popcorn and then come home, no stress! ha boy was i wrong!

 I got to the cinema around 18:30 and it was packed to the rafters, thankfully i had bought my ticket online so all i had to do was get it from the little machine and then i popped back out over to 7 eleven because there was no way i was going to try and navioigate though the cinema shop it was crazy crowded.