Long time, no post

I am back home... and it feels very good to be here. Even if I think of Sweden every day, I am happy to be back. It feels like the time spent in Sweden was a dream...a very nice one. I miss my friends...I miss Yulin a lot. Miss going to Akademien with the Vilhelmsro ppl, miss shopping in H&M with Yulin, miss cooking with her or watching her cook for us:)...She made me Tom Yam Soup addicted, but I still love her...coz she sent me cubes to do it myself. :) Since I came back I wnet skiing two times and now I am getting ready for my third trip...only if I get rid of the cold. Skiing is more fun everytime I go. Next winter season I might try snowboarding...cooler activity around here and I wanna be in the trends, rite? I started a Spanish course and now I know more than Tu tienes un culo delicioso, which is very good.:) Going back to bed...Coughing is not fun!!! :(

I feel the Christmas spirit already

and it is different than the "Romanian Christmas spirit"...everything is so nicely decorated...there are lights everywhere in the city (white ones, not very coloured like we have them home)...shops have changed their displays...and we went to a Christmas market. Yulin played the drums and some other instruments that I don't know how to call:) in an orchestra...I saw her performing for the first time.Big event!!!! there were lots of people in the street and carols, hot drinks everywhere...very nice! I am looking forward for the Christmas market in Goteborg (Dorinda, Yulin, Viviane, Janine and me). We are gonna drive in the morning and be back in time for the Christmas party in Akademien. We were told not to miss it, coz it's really good and since Swedes don't lie...

Lots of things going...

Last Wednesday Movember was fun...I will upload some photos later:) coz they will say more than I can describe. On Thursay I've been with Jan (my next door neighbour and one of my friends here) to Karlssons (Soprano Night with the Business students) - it was nice. On Friday me and Yulin had a very short trip to Huskvarna. Good things to see there: poneys on the street, houses built on high hills and that's about it...Then we returned to our favorite place:Jönköping and went for Fika at Larssons'(Yulin's contact family). This was the best part of our day...We drank glögg (hot wine with almonds and raisins and some other secret stuff) and we aet pepparkakor and Rosa's favorite sandwiches. Yulin played the piano for us, then we looked at some family photo album. The bonds in their family are very close. Rosa and Sven are grand-grand parents and they are very active and full of life. When I am with them I don't feel they are just some old people. They are very open and nice to us. I am glad I met them and get the chance to see a Swedish family. I can't wait for our next Fika.
Friday night....Bongo Bar...weird...Erik went to Australia.
Then Saturday Ceyhun's friends arrived from Istanbul so we had to give them a warm welcome party in Centrum Bar...which was better then other times, but still not interested in the "meat market"(this is how some ppl call Centrum).
Sunday deserves a special post...Later...now I have to go pay the internet and do some stuff

Wheee

Finished my first shit...Maybe I got to excited by the idea and I hurried the process a bit...but this is the result...Only showed it to two of my neighbours and they think I am on serious drugs and they suggested I should find other activities, like cleaning their rooms and stuff like this...not interested...I am in scrapbooking mood now! Don't care how long is gonna last. I enjoy it for now! Back to my Intercultural Communication essay...and then pre-party in Vilhelmsro and at 8 in Akademien to watch the guys getting rid of their ugly beirds for Movember (raising money for the prostate cancer in the campus area). We paid them to do this for a double purpose, right? Tonight they will look better for sure! Can't wait to see Mattias without the facial hair!!!!

Scrapbooking...my first try today

Scrapbooking will help me tell stories about me and what is happening to me in a visual an tactile way...I hope my skills will help me create almost the "stories" that I have in mind...like I imagine them...I will let you know soon if my creative mood is any good for my new activity. As predictable, my first work of art is going to be PINK!

I need more light...

It definitely gets dark too early here...today I had a project meeting with Linda from Australia, one of the coolest persons around. We will write an essay about Miscommunication in the intercultural context. So, we will do some research and then gather and make a very good work and get an A. After the meeting I went with Yulin to Nyfiket for fika (coffee break). Having fika is a very common activity here and Swedes drink big quantities of coffee. It was our first Fika in this place and we liked it. Its costumers are mostly "artists"...friendly people and not very expensive. I like having fika and I think from now on I will go in a new place every other time...They opened some new places in town the other days. So, we have alternatives

Vilhelmsro - the place to be

My view

After

Before

Locuiesc din august in Jönköping, orasul de care m-am atasat foarte mult. E un oras mic situat in jurul unui lac -Vättern, al doilea ca marime in Suedia. E mare si frumos si cateodata cu valuri. De la mine de pe geam il vad...asta in zilele cand e ceata si cand sunt acasa inainte de trei dupa-masa:) Zona orasului in care stau se numeste Vihelmsro si e o zona foarte linistita...prea linistita pentru o casa de studenti. Vecinii nostri sunt foarte batrani si mai avem in preajma lost of house for disabled people. Oricum daca busurile ar circula mai des aici ar fi perfect. Casa nu arata ca si caminurile noastre deloc...Am aproximativ 80 de vecini...Ii cunosc pe cei mai multi dintre ei, cu exceptia unor asiatici care nu socializeaza cu noi...no offence...Impart bucataria si baia de pe coridor cu inca 8 colegi, dar nu e stresant deloc. Ce facem aici cand nu suntem la scoala sau in club?Foarte multe chestii: lots of movies nights, gatim impreuna (best dinner Singaporean food - Yulin and coque-au-vin - Thomas), pre-parties and after-parties intotdeauna, zile de nastere, poker night, cereals breakfast party, taco night, batai cu zapada mai nou, decorating the common room cu cele mai ciudate chestii, project meetings and some other unexpected events. Petrecerile spontane sunt la ordinea zilei...dar e ok ca tinem cont cand se studiaza si cand nu. Pana acum nu m-a deranjat nici un chef. Dar in fiecare zi I get distracted de cate ceva sau cineva si asa ca studiul e mai ok la biblioteca...acolo you get distracted only my hot Swedish guys:))joking!!! Experimentez interculturalitatea in fiecare zi...sper sa nu creeze dependenta.:) Nu am aplicat pentru locul asta, dar am fost sa vizitez celalte doua case de studenti si nu cred ca mi-ar fi placut mai mult altundeva. Locuiesc cu people from Turkey, Slovenia, UK, Rusia, Polonia, USA, Canada, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Finlanda, Australia, Belgia, Elvetia and no Swedes. O sa imi lipseasca locul asta...