Not a blue/yellow, but a red truck arrived. IKEA hires another company for the ‘hemtransport’. It all fits in the small elevator:
Nikki helpt with following the IKEA manuals and creating a bed, table, chairs and a closet out of the seperate parts. Now I also now a little bit more what Your van ‘t Hek (a Dutch cabaretier?) ment with getting the IKEA slatted bed base (lattenbodem) together.
The room doesn’t have that ‘I just arrived here’ look anymore. The blankets on the ground are now replaced with a real bed. I put some of the stuff from my suitcases in the closet and in boxes.
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Most -offline- reactions I get are about the blog being in English :) I do that mainly because I want to document my experiences for a broader public. Not only my Dutch friends, but also the non-Dutch and other people who stumble upon this blog. I also found another blog a few weeks ago from a Dutch guy who also went on exchange to Mälardalen university here. So I write in English to tell my experiences from the university, from the course context and from the country, to more then only my friends.
Further I hope to develop my English writing in this way. I’m also translating parts while writing in English because I don’t know them yet. And a last thing, as soon as I enter another country, I start not only to use English to speak, but also to think. Then the same applies to my writings, as I already think of things to say, in English.
Tags: education, IKEA, interaction, language, nikki
Categories: an intellectual journey
Hi Lode! I think it’s great that you write in english. I read your blog every dag =) It’s great hearing about your experiences and thoughts about something that’s very normal to me. I laughed so much when you decribed the word lagom and fika!
I live in Stockholm now but when I’m in Eskilstuna it woulld be nice to meet you, maybe get a fika =)
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Ha Tove! How does the description of lagom fit in your image? :)
You’re doing your internship in Stockholm now? Or are you living there for a longer period?