Tuesday, June 30, 2009
bad news
I was going to tell you about my great weekend in Stockholm with uni friends and a lot of sunshine. But I got some bad news today. So that is kind of occupying my thoughts now. And it will probably occupy my mind for some time forward.
Monday, June 29, 2009
few more mintues of holiday
Enjoying my last few hours in freedom. In three hours I will be on my way to the airport and back to Copenhagen again. Been home in Sthlm for a couple of days and it has been so great so I do not want to leave. I have now an empty house here all by myself with a big lawn where I can just chill in the sun with no worries whatsoever. I wish I was rich so I could just take more days off once in a while. Or just more paid vacation than I have now.
Enough with this. Now I am going out to enjoy a few more minutes in the sun before I have to take on reality again and start to pack.
Enough with this. Now I am going out to enjoy a few more minutes in the sun before I have to take on reality again and start to pack.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
taste of summer
A midsummer is no midsummer without strawberries. So I had to make up for it since I did not have any strawberries in the weekend. I know, it is disastrous but better late than never (and the weekend was not really a typical midsummer anyway).
Of course I did not have any Swedish strawberries so Danish had to do. So tonight I had strawberries with milk and a bit of cream. Yummy. That is how summer tastes.
Of course I did not have any Swedish strawberries so Danish had to do. So tonight I had strawberries with milk and a bit of cream. Yummy. That is how summer tastes.
And tomorrow I will get another opportunity to celebrate midsummer. How great is that? Tomorrow it is Sankt Hans eve, which is the Danish midsummer. However, I think I will skip the first part: 'It has been celebrated since the times of the Vikings, by drinking goat piss and visiting healing water wells and making a large bonfire to ward away evil spirits'.
I guess I will see tomorrow if it can get anywhere near the great Swedish midsummer.
I guess I will see tomorrow if it can get anywhere near the great Swedish midsummer.
remedy
I am sad. And disappointed.
I found out yesterday that Jason Mraz is playing in Copenhagen this week. And it is all sold out. Why could I not have been more aware and discovered that months ago. Would have been so much fun to see him.
I remember the first song I ever heard of him, his debut single 'The remedy (I won't worry)' in 2003. It was when I was in US and it was played a lot in the radio and became a big hit. I have several songs that I connect with my time in US and this is one is among the top favorite ones.
I found out yesterday that Jason Mraz is playing in Copenhagen this week. And it is all sold out. Why could I not have been more aware and discovered that months ago. Would have been so much fun to see him.
I remember the first song I ever heard of him, his debut single 'The remedy (I won't worry)' in 2003. It was when I was in US and it was played a lot in the radio and became a big hit. I have several songs that I connect with my time in US and this is one is among the top favorite ones.
midsummer and unexpected celebrations
Midsummer came and passed. I did not plan for any real celebrations and stayed in Cph and was even working on Friday since it is not a holiday here. However, it turned out to be a quite interesting day anyway with celebrations. Not really midsummer celebrations but still.
I got a call on Friday from a friend asking if he and some others could join my dinner party Friday night. Since I had no plans of a dinner party I was fairly surprised. He has heard from H who in turn heard from A that I was having a dinner party. This 'dinner party' was a loose plan of K and me going out to dinner only. Apperently I was the last one to know about this dinner party at my own place. Then he asked me again: but you are going to the birthday party right? Once again I am surprised since I have heard nothing about a birthday party.
Then I just had to call my beloved friends that had arrange a dinner party at my place without my knowledge. Due to the short notice I did not do any cooking but we just decided to buy some nice Italian pizza from our favorite place. So I had a midsummer pizza instead of the herring that I do not even like.
Then we headed to the birthday party of a guy that I never met. The party was a lot of fun. The birthday boy was moving out and hence did not care about disturbance he may cause the neighbors. My friends dropped out quite early (the couples...) and as always my co-worker K and me was there until the end. We had no reason to leave early and had fun playing this game where you had to answer questions from cards. Those people now know more (intimate) details than they should after only knowing each other for a few hours. But fun we had indeed.
As the hours passed it got brighter and brighter outside which felt weird since you are usually familiar with the opposite after a long winter. Even the birds had woken up by now. When we finally decided to break up it was very late or early depending on how you see it. I never had to worry about how to get home, since at this point the S-trains had started to run again and no TAXI was needed. There was no people on the way home from a night out but only people heading to work. The metro was clean and smelled of soap, which was a first.
Coming home I went straight to bed dead tired. As always, I woke up damn early at 11 am with only 4 ½ hours of sleep (then you can also figure out when I went to bed...). I had to go up since I could not fall asleep again even though being really tired. Always have to do that and take a nap during the day instead.
So Midsummer eve did involve some kind of celebrations in the end. And Midsummer day involved a lot of sleeping and chilling in the sofa in front of the TV.
I got a call on Friday from a friend asking if he and some others could join my dinner party Friday night. Since I had no plans of a dinner party I was fairly surprised. He has heard from H who in turn heard from A that I was having a dinner party. This 'dinner party' was a loose plan of K and me going out to dinner only. Apperently I was the last one to know about this dinner party at my own place. Then he asked me again: but you are going to the birthday party right? Once again I am surprised since I have heard nothing about a birthday party.
Then I just had to call my beloved friends that had arrange a dinner party at my place without my knowledge. Due to the short notice I did not do any cooking but we just decided to buy some nice Italian pizza from our favorite place. So I had a midsummer pizza instead of the herring that I do not even like.
Then we headed to the birthday party of a guy that I never met. The party was a lot of fun. The birthday boy was moving out and hence did not care about disturbance he may cause the neighbors. My friends dropped out quite early (the couples...) and as always my co-worker K and me was there until the end. We had no reason to leave early and had fun playing this game where you had to answer questions from cards. Those people now know more (intimate) details than they should after only knowing each other for a few hours. But fun we had indeed.
As the hours passed it got brighter and brighter outside which felt weird since you are usually familiar with the opposite after a long winter. Even the birds had woken up by now. When we finally decided to break up it was very late or early depending on how you see it. I never had to worry about how to get home, since at this point the S-trains had started to run again and no TAXI was needed. There was no people on the way home from a night out but only people heading to work. The metro was clean and smelled of soap, which was a first.
Coming home I went straight to bed dead tired. As always, I woke up damn early at 11 am with only 4 ½ hours of sleep (then you can also figure out when I went to bed...). I had to go up since I could not fall asleep again even though being really tired. Always have to do that and take a nap during the day instead.
So Midsummer eve did involve some kind of celebrations in the end. And Midsummer day involved a lot of sleeping and chilling in the sofa in front of the TV.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
boreout
Apparently that is the new thing. Instead of burnout. If I would have read it some months ago I would have just viewed it with skepticism. However, when reading the article a week ago I actually recognized it. A few of the points fit to my situation at work. But in my case it is not the manager's fault in delegating or anything like that. It is just the work itself and me. My job and me is just not the perfect match. I guess it kind of felt good reading it, knowing that there are more out there.
To anyone, including myself, I would just say that 'you are the only one who can do anything about it'. Make changes. I would. If I only knew to what. And with the current economic situation it is not the easiest with change.
But at least it feels a bit better know. I think I have reached the stage where I have accepted it and sees it as a means to an end. It does not really mean I am improving. But hopefully I will get there.
To anyone, including myself, I would just say that 'you are the only one who can do anything about it'. Make changes. I would. If I only knew to what. And with the current economic situation it is not the easiest with change.
But at least it feels a bit better know. I think I have reached the stage where I have accepted it and sees it as a means to an end. It does not really mean I am improving. But hopefully I will get there.
what the...
Today I booked a train ticket with SJ to go to Kalmar for my cousin's 30th birthday party. I wanted to book as soon as possible since the train tickets gets more expensive by every day. I chose what times I wanted to go and pressed ok. One step is to choose the flexibility of the ticket, if you want to have the possibility to change or refund the ticket for an extra fee. Then you of course always have the alternative to pay nothing extra and have no flexibility. That is what I thought.
Monday, June 15, 2009
scandinavian ambassador
Someone said that my blog has been a bit depressing lately. So here is something to cheer you up.
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