If all is right, this text message (from my mobile phone) will show up in the blogg just fine! Great, blogging from the streets :)
I always had the idea that science was mostly researching things we already held for the truth. I sat with my mother at the kitchen table, discussing items from the newspaper. Here this idea sprouted; those small news items which only told us what we already knew. And, of course, holding a lot of information [...]
At the same lecture we also talked a bit on non-verbal language. At the end of the lecture I invited everyone to take one of the tomato pies I had been making. I told it was common in my culture to bring some snacks with when you’re celebrating your birthday (my actual birthday is tomorrow). [...]
Now that my apartment has some furniture I went into to the cities (Eskilstuna and Västerås) and bought the more decorative stuff. See below for the result of the last weekend! If it goes too fast, click pause and navigate it yourself. It feels very good to create an own home like this. It gives [...]
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 [...]
So.. I got a Swedish mobile number, a Swedish bank account, I paid the first rent for my Swedish apartment and a Swedish bus card. IKEA is coming tomorrow to deliver some Swedish designed furniture :) I still need a Swedish bike though, I’ll try tomorrow. Until now the intro week and getting basic things [...]
There is snow here, but it isn’t cold. It is even warmer here then in the Netherlands. Is that where I bought all those clothes for? Eskilstuna is a nice small city, the same size as Alkmaar, but with two third of the people. Lots of parks.You see litter (the bedding material for cats) on [...]
The last things on friday went as I expected unconsciously. I had to leave out one third of the things I wanted to pack. I didn’t had the time to visit some of the people I wanted to bring a visit. And I got on the train on time. I said goodbye to the cats [...]
I’ve done most of the packing this evening. Most of the clothes and some stuff to make a temporary bed there is in the suitcase now. Sidestep; yes, a temporary bed. The apartment I rent is without any furniture. So the plan is to buy all new stuff in the first week and sell it [...]
Blogg Vanavond (5 januari 2008.. 2009 al weer) hier een weblog over mijn minor Intercultural Leadership in Zweden. Update 22.15: er draait al wat, nu nog wat spelen..
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