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Last night was Walpurgis Night (known as Valborg or Valborgsmässoafton in Sweden). Here’s a small summary of what it is. It’s a celebration that’s supposed to mark the last day of winter and the beginning of spring. People have these big bon fires and drink themselves silly. It’s originally a pagan celebration and like most [...]


bento

24Apr08

I won’t be blogging about EVERY bento I make because I don’t think that they’re THAT interesting. Sometimes there’s just not much to talk about. But I do update the bento page with pictures and a brief description of the contents. So if you don’t see bentos here, check the bento page
Today I made a [...]


I’m supposed to do this write up in Swedish and send it to my teacher and I frankly cannot do it at the present moment. I tried to work on my homework earlier and my brain has just gone completely blank. I’ll do the write up tomorrow and hope that my brain will be functioning.
Fredrik’s [...]


wasting time

17Apr08

Yesterday we watched some Swedish “films” in class and it was just a big waste of time. My teacher showed us these children films and everyone was bored out of their minds.
First we watched this animated film about an eagle that was afraid of heights and how he eventually learned to fly. My teacher claimed [...]


I called my mom last night and she asked me how my Swedish was coming along.
That’s one question I hear a lot from people who know I’m trying to learn Swedish.
To be honest, I’m not sure if I am getting better at Swedish or not. There are many moments when I feel like I will [...]


it is done

08Apr08

Well I did my presentation on Jämtland yesterday in class. It was a bit of a train wreck but I think it wasn’t THAT bad. It could be much worse. I’m not good at presentations in English, I didn’t think it would be fabulous in Swedish.
I noticed the other day that I haven’t posted much [...]


new dashboard

06Apr08

I noticed that wordpress has changed the layout of the dashboard. Not too sure if I like it or not but it’s different. At least now I don’t have to go through different pages to see the blog stats.
This weekend we didn’t do much. Fredrik spent most of the time in the studio finishing up [...]