my first baking in Sweden
31.8.09
28.8.09
bike
My beautiful bike. His name is Rex and he is green like a dinosaur. Sometimes he has some issues with his back wheel, and the other day his chain fell off. But I love him all the same.
27.8.09
decorating
I've decided that my room is very plain and boring, but I realise that I do not have to budget or space to be buying excessive amounts of furniture and knick-knacks.
So my solution?
A little bit of coloured paper
A little bit of coloured paper
26.8.09
studying
I'm supposedly studying for my Swedish test tomorrow. It will assess everything we have learnt in the past two weeks of classes. I'm lacking a little bit of motivation right now though.25.8.09
19.8.09
moving on
Well,
since I last posted it has been a very hectic few days. After the crayfish party on friday night, it was great to have a day off on saturday and just do nothing. I stayed home all day and only left the house for a quick trip to the supermarket. It was a little sad to be home on a saturday night, but I needed the rest.
On sunday I was up early and spent about 30min trying to translate the washing machine in order to do a couple of loads of washing. Which I managed to do quite successfully! On Sunday afternoon we had the Celsiusgatan (my residence) kick off, where we all played games and got to know each other.
On Monday we were back into classes and went for a trip to Lund in the afternoon. The guided tour was not so exciting, but it was a good opportunity to hang out with my friends.
In the evening we went to see Sarah Blasko (an aussie) perform at the Malmö Festival and then a french act called Yann Tiersen, who were cool. Not what I usually listen to, but they were very entertaining.
Today I woke up with a sore throat and not feeling great. So I went to my swedish classes and then came home and had a siesta. So tonight, I am staying home, finishing my swedish homework and trying to kick this bug.
since I last posted it has been a very hectic few days. After the crayfish party on friday night, it was great to have a day off on saturday and just do nothing. I stayed home all day and only left the house for a quick trip to the supermarket. It was a little sad to be home on a saturday night, but I needed the rest.
On sunday I was up early and spent about 30min trying to translate the washing machine in order to do a couple of loads of washing. Which I managed to do quite successfully! On Sunday afternoon we had the Celsiusgatan (my residence) kick off, where we all played games and got to know each other.
On Monday we were back into classes and went for a trip to Lund in the afternoon. The guided tour was not so exciting, but it was a good opportunity to hang out with my friends.
In the evening we went to see Sarah Blasko (an aussie) perform at the Malmö Festival and then a french act called Yann Tiersen, who were cool. Not what I usually listen to, but they were very entertaining.
Today I woke up with a sore throat and not feeling great. So I went to my swedish classes and then came home and had a siesta. So tonight, I am staying home, finishing my swedish homework and trying to kick this bug.
15.8.09
newspapers
Here are some fun pics from lastnights crayfish party from the local papers:
http://www.skd.se/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?
http://sydsvenskan.se/webbtv/article5377
http://www.malmofestivalen.se/wp/?p=4926
http://www.skd.se/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=SF&Dato=20090815&Kategori=NOJESBLOGG14&Lopenr=525404940&Ref=PH&Profile=1186&Params=Itemnr=3
http://sydsvenskan.se/webbtv/article537709/Malmofestivalen-ar-invigd-.html
http://www.malmofestivalen.se/wp/?p=4926
crayfish party
Last night was the beginning of the Malmö Festival and to kick it all off they had one of the world's largest crayfish parties. It was incredible! Long tables filled the main sqaure and thousands of people turned out to eat crayfish and sing Swedish songs.
Earlier in the day at uni we all had the opportunity to make hats for the party, so all the Malmö Hogskola students had crazy hats on.
Was a great night!
My Melbourne Cup inspired hat
All the students walking to the festival
Getting into the crayfish.
The french were a little bit timid, but the aussies just jumped straight in!
Me and Polo in the middle of the crowd
Crazy Swedes and their songs!
Earlier in the day at uni we all had the opportunity to make hats for the party, so all the Malmö Hogskola students had crazy hats on.
Was a great night!
My Melbourne Cup inspired hat
All the students walking to the festival
Getting into the crayfish.The french were a little bit timid, but the aussies just jumped straight in!
Me and Polo in the middle of the crowd
Crazy Swedes and their songs!
14.8.09
settled
Well,
I'm here and I'm all settled in. I recieved my suitcase lastnight and it was FANTASTIC!
Been doing a lot of running around and organising things like internet and food and the such. Still trying to get a bike, there is not many around, because everyone wants one at the moment. But i'm hoping to get lucky in the next few days.
I've made lots of new friends. Especially with some French girls and a bunch of Spanish guys and gals.
Had my first Swedish lesson today. Pretty tricky, learnt that there are 9 vowels here all with different sounds. a e i o u å ä ö! crazy.
So i'm just about to head upstairs to have dinner with a few friends, here are some photos of my building:
and me, looking excited for the nxt 6months.
I'm here and I'm all settled in. I recieved my suitcase lastnight and it was FANTASTIC!
Been doing a lot of running around and organising things like internet and food and the such. Still trying to get a bike, there is not many around, because everyone wants one at the moment. But i'm hoping to get lucky in the next few days.
I've made lots of new friends. Especially with some French girls and a bunch of Spanish guys and gals.
Had my first Swedish lesson today. Pretty tricky, learnt that there are 9 vowels here all with different sounds. a e i o u å ä ö! crazy.
So i'm just about to head upstairs to have dinner with a few friends, here are some photos of my building:
and me, looking excited for the nxt 6months.
13.8.09
I made it
It was such a crazy journey.
Arrived in Melbourne on time and all ready to go. Said my goodbyes and headed through those big scary doors! Made it through customs and security and all that. Went and sat in the gate lounge and we boarded about 10min late.
Everyone was on the plane and ready to go when we heard an announcement from the captain, that one of the instruments wasn’t working properly and the engineers were just getting a replacement part and we’d be on the way within half an hour. Turns out they had run out of replacement parts. So we asked our friendly neighbours Emirates if they had a spare part we could borrow. That took another 20 min, and came back with nothing. So the solution? Have someone drive the part up from Avalon airport….which would take about 2 hours once it was all installed. So we all disembarked the plane and they gave us food vouchers to spend in the terminal. By the time we all got off the plane we were already an hour behind schedule.
We ended up reboarding around 5.45pm. Everyone got on the plane really quickly, as we were all eager to be heading off. We started to push back out of the terminal and heard another announcement from the captain. One of the exit doors was showing that it was open and we needed the engineers to come back and look at it. So we moved back into the terminal, and got that problem rectified. By the time we were down the runway and into the air it was 7.00pm and we were two and a half hours late.
Which was especially awesome because I had a 3 hour lay over in Singapore. My grand plan of staying awake for the 7 hours leg became very difficult, because we were now almost 3 hours behind schedule. But I managed to make some friends and we spent a few hours chatting. I even met a girl sitting across the aisle from me, who is also going to study education at Malmo and is doing exactly the same subjects as me!
We arrived at Singapore at 12.20am local time, and my flight was due to leave at 11.59pm, which means I just missed it. Luckily, the flight I was on to Singapore was also heading on to London, and because it was delayed , it was the only flight leaving at that time of night. So I got transferred, and by the time I finished at the transfer desk, I had to head through security and straight onto the plane for my 13hour leg.
I managed to sleep for majority of the flight, but was awake from what I calculated to be 4.30am Malmo time.
We arrived in the London, and took the shuttle bus across to Terminal 5, which took forever. By the time I got through security, I had only half an hour until I had to board my flight to Copenhagen.
The flight to Copenhagen took 1.5hours and it went so quickly! Compared to the other flights I had been on.
Arrived in Copenhagen alright, went to the carousel to get my bags, and after waiting for an hour and seeing the same bags go around and around, I decided to report that my bag had not made it. With all the delays and flight changes I wasn’t particularly surprised that my bag got lost.
When reporting that my bag was lost, they asked for an address to send my bag to, but I didn’t even know what my address was going to be! So they took my number and said they’d call me if they found it.
So off I went to buy my train ticket and head on over to Malmo. I found a nice guy on the platform who told me which train I needed to get on and we chatted on the train until we reached Central Station. There I found some fadders (mentors) waiting for us, and they walked us across the road to uni (3min) to get all our paperwork sorted out.
Once we were checked it, signed our housing contract, been given our keys, signed up for rental insurance, purchased a pillow and blanket, and registered for a day trip later in the month, we got driven to our accommodation. My building is a beautiful red brick building with ivy climbing the walls and bunny rabbits on the front lawn!
Because I didn’t have any of my belongings, I chucked my bags in my room and headed straight to the shops. Luckily there is a brand new shopping centre about 5 min walk from my place, and the shops don’t close until 7pm here. So I managed to get a couple of changes of clothes, some linen and towels, that should hopefully last me until my luggage arrives.
The fadders organised for all of us to head out to get to know all the exchange students. So we all met at 8pm on the lawn and walked down town. It was really cool, because it didn’t really get dark until around 10pm, even so when we were walking home it wasn’t really dark.
The weather here is lovely, it was 25C and sunny here yesterday, although as soon as I hopped into bed last night, it started pouring with rain, thunder and lightning. Yet this morning there is no more sign of rain, it looks like it’s going to be another lovely day!
Arrived in Melbourne on time and all ready to go. Said my goodbyes and headed through those big scary doors! Made it through customs and security and all that. Went and sat in the gate lounge and we boarded about 10min late.
Everyone was on the plane and ready to go when we heard an announcement from the captain, that one of the instruments wasn’t working properly and the engineers were just getting a replacement part and we’d be on the way within half an hour. Turns out they had run out of replacement parts. So we asked our friendly neighbours Emirates if they had a spare part we could borrow. That took another 20 min, and came back with nothing. So the solution? Have someone drive the part up from Avalon airport….which would take about 2 hours once it was all installed. So we all disembarked the plane and they gave us food vouchers to spend in the terminal. By the time we all got off the plane we were already an hour behind schedule.
We ended up reboarding around 5.45pm. Everyone got on the plane really quickly, as we were all eager to be heading off. We started to push back out of the terminal and heard another announcement from the captain. One of the exit doors was showing that it was open and we needed the engineers to come back and look at it. So we moved back into the terminal, and got that problem rectified. By the time we were down the runway and into the air it was 7.00pm and we were two and a half hours late.
Which was especially awesome because I had a 3 hour lay over in Singapore. My grand plan of staying awake for the 7 hours leg became very difficult, because we were now almost 3 hours behind schedule. But I managed to make some friends and we spent a few hours chatting. I even met a girl sitting across the aisle from me, who is also going to study education at Malmo and is doing exactly the same subjects as me!
We arrived at Singapore at 12.20am local time, and my flight was due to leave at 11.59pm, which means I just missed it. Luckily, the flight I was on to Singapore was also heading on to London, and because it was delayed , it was the only flight leaving at that time of night. So I got transferred, and by the time I finished at the transfer desk, I had to head through security and straight onto the plane for my 13hour leg.
I managed to sleep for majority of the flight, but was awake from what I calculated to be 4.30am Malmo time.
We arrived in the London, and took the shuttle bus across to Terminal 5, which took forever. By the time I got through security, I had only half an hour until I had to board my flight to Copenhagen.
The flight to Copenhagen took 1.5hours and it went so quickly! Compared to the other flights I had been on.
Arrived in Copenhagen alright, went to the carousel to get my bags, and after waiting for an hour and seeing the same bags go around and around, I decided to report that my bag had not made it. With all the delays and flight changes I wasn’t particularly surprised that my bag got lost.
When reporting that my bag was lost, they asked for an address to send my bag to, but I didn’t even know what my address was going to be! So they took my number and said they’d call me if they found it.
So off I went to buy my train ticket and head on over to Malmo. I found a nice guy on the platform who told me which train I needed to get on and we chatted on the train until we reached Central Station. There I found some fadders (mentors) waiting for us, and they walked us across the road to uni (3min) to get all our paperwork sorted out.
Once we were checked it, signed our housing contract, been given our keys, signed up for rental insurance, purchased a pillow and blanket, and registered for a day trip later in the month, we got driven to our accommodation. My building is a beautiful red brick building with ivy climbing the walls and bunny rabbits on the front lawn!
Because I didn’t have any of my belongings, I chucked my bags in my room and headed straight to the shops. Luckily there is a brand new shopping centre about 5 min walk from my place, and the shops don’t close until 7pm here. So I managed to get a couple of changes of clothes, some linen and towels, that should hopefully last me until my luggage arrives.
The fadders organised for all of us to head out to get to know all the exchange students. So we all met at 8pm on the lawn and walked down town. It was really cool, because it didn’t really get dark until around 10pm, even so when we were walking home it wasn’t really dark.
The weather here is lovely, it was 25C and sunny here yesterday, although as soon as I hopped into bed last night, it started pouring with rain, thunder and lightning. Yet this morning there is no more sign of rain, it looks like it’s going to be another lovely day!
8.8.09
last day
So today is my last day in melbourne. I have brunches and afternoon teas and all sorts of exciting things planned. So stay tuned for updates later in the day.
But for now, some more pics taken with my new camera:
But for now, some more pics taken with my new camera:
7.8.09
5.8.09
last day
Today was my last day with my two other families that I work for. But I had a lovely day all the same.
x
{4 days}
3.8.09
aquarium
Well today was my last day with one of the families I work for. So we all went into the city on the train, visited the aquarium and met their dad for lunch. Was a lovely way to spend my last day.
x
{5 days}
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