Again, long time no see

Jeez, it's been soooo long since I posted something here. I'm currently writing for a website called Mindweb.se. Everything is in Swedish though, but I'm thinking about start writing in english there. Anway, this is my "private" blog.

OK, I'm still at work when I write this. I've been working every saturday (plus mon-fri) this month. Sundays have become holy days for me now, haha. It's quite fun to think back on when we were still in school and thought that two days off were too short. The sense of time changes throughout the years, doesn't it? :)

Wow, so much has happened since last time, but I can't post it all now. Maybe I'll just make a quick summary this weekend.

Okke, time to go!

Ja mata~
(God, I miss studying Japanese... O(^__^)o )

-V

Life - Death - Life

My grandmother died 13.08.2011. She was struggling with cancer and finally her body couldn't take it any longer. She has been so brave throughout the whole process and I admire her for that. I am so grateful for everything we got to do together before she passed. And everything she got to do.

Yesterday we held her funeral and it was so incredibly beautiful. We had told all the guests to wear light clothes because we would be celebrating, not hurting.
The priest was amazing too. It was the same priest that wedded my mom and stepfather. He is like no other. He's "true", talks about what life really is about.

After the funeral we gathered at Sahlströmsgården to mingle and talk. Later the same evening we had dinner together. Not everyone, but the closest. It was a special dinner and I think lots of people went home with new thoughts.
My uncle, mom, my stepdad and sister stayed a little bit longer, had champagne (I drank coffee since I was going to drive) and talked.

It was certainly a beautiful day, and after this day I can't do anything but believe in eternal life. Death doesn't exist.

I love you grandma!

-V

Coaching

I really want a coach education! There is one next summer which will give me a certificate, and I will have time to save money. OK, no rush, I know... but sometimes it't just hard not to rush.

Need to practice living now. Now is all that matters.

- V

Friday

Today has been a good day :)

It started out at Aker Brygge where I was supposed to get a package from Swedbank. Since I got a ride in to Oslo with Maja I had some time to just chill and enjoy the view before the meeting at Swedbank. I bought a sandwich and an orange juice, sat down by the sea and watched the boats passing by.


Oh, by the way! We've had "rivals" outside Egertorget - OREO! Haha, but they turned out to be very kind to us, because this is what our garbage looked like today:

Someone has been munching tons of cookies, eh? (as if our cookies weren't enough...)

Anyway, think it's time to sleep! I'm working tomorrow too.
G'night and sleep tight

-Vicki

Teatime beautiful people

Washing clothes and preparing for Saturday while havin' a cup of tea and listening to Beautiful People (Chris Brown & Benny Benassi). I'm excited actually. It's going to be nice to see my family and friends again, hehe. Feels like it's been forever even though it's only been two weeks.
enI guess that whne you go through a big transformation in life two weeks could just as well be two years.

Hm... what else... I haven't done much since I last posted. Work's going greater each day and I love my co-workers. I have a family here :) They are so good teachers, and so are the costumers. They teach me a whole lot, even though the attitude among them might be a bit rough sometimes. But I like it.

Guh... I'm slightly tired so maybe my English isn't perfect right now :)

And I don't have anything else to write about so... bye for now!

-Vicki

Hoffmaestro & Timbuktu

After work I went straight down to Operahuset to see Hoffmaestro and Timbuktu.


It was a sunny evening and so perfect.


We all enjoyed the weather and were so excited about the show.

First on stage - Hoffmaestro! Everybody went crazy. Music was awesome, performance was awesome, crowd was awesome. I had such a good time!

After Hoffmaestro it was time for Timbuktu. He was so short in real life! He did a great performance and people were dancing like crazy. I met my boss and one of my co-workers so I spent the rest of the show together with them. It was so much fun!

Timbuktu & Hoffmaestro on stage together.

After the gig I went to my one of my brothers apartment. Spent some time there before we went out. Had a few beer and a very good time.
I am currently very sleepy. Bedtime early tonight :)

-V

Skolebrød & Street Art

THURSDAY

On Thursday I worked from 12:30 to 20. The reason was because I needed to learn how to close the shop. It was fun. I also learned to work in the TakeAway area. I'm still struggling with bread and names, but Linda (my boss) told me to print product information on every bread so today I will do my homework.
Anyway, after I left I ended up watching this (see image above). Two men were painting incredible images with grafitti spray on Karl Johan. I've seen them everyday when I've been walking from work to the busstation but this time I decided to actually stop for a few minutes and look. It was so cool! I watched one of them create a huge full moon behind New York City. Truely amazing.

I took the bus home to Majas place where I currently live. It's located a bit outside Oslo, but I realyl don't mind. It's a very quiet place. I had to stop and shoot a (bad) picture of the (so beautiful) sky.

FRIDAY

Yesterday was nice. I started work at 9:30 but since I got to ride with Maja I got into town one hour earlier than I had to. I decided to buy myself a coffee (Cappuccino á la Samson - yummy!) and sit down somewhere. It was cosy, and so needed. The caffeine did its job and it didn't take long before a new energy was spread inside my body, which - also - would be very useful during the day. I spent the hole day running back and forth with dirty dish. Jeeez! At those times you just wish people could stop eating, haha.


One of the girls at work asked me during the day if I wanted to go out with her and her friends for dinner. Yes! We ended up at a Italian restaurant called Olivia on Aker Brygge. It was so good to hang out with some people. Thank you! We had a really good time.

SATURDAY (today)

Today I'm going to see Hoffmaestro and Timbuktu life after work. That, my friends, is going to be awesome!

OK! Time to get ready for work again.


Take care all, and please, stay tuned ;)

- Vicki