The Corpse Bride

We went to see The Corpse Bride today!
It was really nice and really romantic.. :) There are so many movies that I have to see when my exams end! I want to see Narnia, which was filmed in New Zealand, and I want to see Harry Potter. I'll probably catch HP with my dad when we go to my grandmother's for Christmas. In a way, I don't want to go home now... And in a way I do... *sigh*
If only my exams were over.

Swimming

Soundtrack: Erlend Øye - The talk

So, I now finished two exams and still have one to go. The worst one. To celebrate that I finished the exam, I sat a goal that on our picnic on Wednesday I would swim! It is after all summer? I saw butterflies here the other days, and bees and stuff. U don't get those unless it is summer... I, Jo, Go and Kuni went to Island Bay for the day. The weather was really super nice, and the beach was unbelievably nice. Feli was right, it is really beautiful there. :) I'm definitely going there when I get back next year. When it is hopefully a lot warmer in the water!!! I asked around before going for the swim, and they told me it would be around 11 degrees in the water. I am a Norwegian am I not? So, of course I had to go for a swim. :D It was cold.
Now I am broke, I only have enough to enjoy Melbourne and go home. Which should be sufficient, but still. It would have been nice to have something to use when I got back. Ah well, must get a job fast as!

Indian Festival

Geeta asked me to come to this Indian festival in Civic square, and I decided to go all though I really should be studying.. :D I'll make up for it tomorrow. At least I'll try hard to. So I, Geeta and Katherine walked down there at about 3 pm, looking forward to eating and shopping at the stalls. It was so cool to see all the people there dressed up in the national costumes, and the dancers were really superb, even though they were kids! I was amazed at how well they danced. They must start training when they are really young...
So I enjoyed walking around, trying a lot of strange food that tasted good, but I still have no clue what it is that I have been eating today.
We ate these yellow balls of something that was sweet, that was nice. And some spicy stuff with potato, and something made out of milk. hehe.. not very descriptive. to top it all off I got a henna tattoo! So cool, but I had to walk around with my hand open for about 4 hours, so it was a bit troublesome. It's my first henna though, so now my writing-hand is all dolled up for exams ^_^

Great day in the sunshine, and at the end we went to Hell. We had pizza there before we went home. I've studied for about 2 hours, not enough by far. Still, I feel somewhat confident that I will get a good grade for this exam.. Hopefully my gut feeling is right.

Dinner at Sakura

We had a dinner to celebrate Kunihiro an Go, and to grieve the fact that we will not see them again after this year. Kuni will be going home and attempting to get a job or study or both, while Go has finished his Honors degree and will be going to Japan to start working. Good luck to them both! (so I guess this means that we will have to find replacements when they are gone...) Dinner was nice, but it was not very filling.
After dinner we returned to Vic house to have icecream and wine. Mmm.. :)_
Nice wine and some icecream, and my stomach didn't hurt afterwards. My oh my, a whole day without studying. I was going to watch a movie afterwards, but ended up in Katherine's room after the wine. Oh well. Phrase of the day: "Put it away."

I had an exam on Wednesday, as you know... And it was EASY. I'm hoping that this is a good sign. Then we had planned a dinner for Trong, because he was going away earlier than the farewell dinner for Go and Kuni. But then he decided to go on the 27.. and we just decided to have the dinner anyway. :D We went to a

restaurant called the Tug Boat Restaurant in Oriental Bay. It was pretty flash, and the prices were high.. But the food was not that great. It was ok. We agree that the fishermans table is better though. The scene is better at the tug boat, but the food is better at the fisherman's table. yeah.. anyway.. ^_^

I just got back from a lovely run in the rain. :D I'm freezing, swetty and feel really tired, but still it's great! A woman asked me when I was running past her: Why are you running?! (she was drunk). I yelled back: Because I want to! And then it hit me... I actually like this! Even though it feels like hell, and I feel like the most unfit person in the world, when I'm done I feel great! So now I am going to go to bed with a happy (though disturbing, for some people who don't like jogging) smile on my face.

hmm

Yesterday there was a full moon, and I went around town taking some photos. They didn't turn out too great, but ok I guess. I am now only hours away from my first exam, cannot wait to be done with it! Info 101, this is the end of our relationship. I haven't studied too hard, but still feel pretty confident. We'll see when the report card comes....

After getting into Stafford my stress level has been eased a lot. And Christine has promised to help me with storage if I need it, so now I am confident that I will have room for all my stuff. After the exam tomorrow I look forward to a flash as dinner and a whole week of studying my favourite subject. :) Things are looking up. Now the only thing that is missing is sleep... Cause I'm really awake, and still I have to sleep to wake up early tomorrow. Humm... Someone knock me on the head with something heavy..

To Luke I bestow

Soundtrack: Biohazard - Kill or be killed

Except - prep. With the exclusion of; other than; but: everyone except me.
To leave out; exclude: An admission fee is charged, but children are excepted.

Accept - To receive (something offered), especially with gladness or approval: accepted a glass of water; accepted their contract.
To admit to a group, organization, or place: accepted me as a new member of the club.
To regard as proper, usual, or right: Such customs are widely accepted.
To regard as true; believe in: Scientists have accepted the new theory.
To understand as having a specific meaning.
To endure resignedly or patiently: accept one's fate.
To answer affirmatively: accept an invitation.
To agree to take (a duty or responsibility).
To be able to hold (something applied or inserted): This wood will not accept oil paints.
To receive officially: accept the committee's report.
To consent to pay, as by a signed agreement.
Medicine. To receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without immunological rejection.


It's hard being trilingual sometimes

Behold our new neighbourhood!! After a long time of dreaming about the promised land, the perfect flat, the hood of our dreams, it is finally reality. Me and Jo will be living in Stafford house next year! Wuhu! Have been a bit stressed today cause the offers were out but me and Jo had heard nothing. So Christine offered to call the warden of stafford and check! And yesss, me and Jo are exepted. So, now it is the matter of getting a two or three bedroom flat. At least now we don't have to stress when we get here with finding a flat! I can do it over next summer, take time to find the perfect flat.. ^_^

Eat my dust!

Soundtrack: A-ha - The sun always shine on TV

I've been roaming around the streets of Wellington this trimester, and lately I've even started to jog! Wow.. that is pretty huge for me! I hated jogging before, now it is something that I actually see myself doing.. so after a few late night jogs around the city, I decided today to get some essentials that I really felt that I need to pursue this new "life style"; a sports bra and shoes for jogging! It feels good to be running away from all the pressure of exams and all the stuff that I have to get organised now before I go in just two weeks and five days. Thank goodness that I'm not leaving Wellington for good! Then my exams would have gone straight down the drain in mourning the city and all my friends. I'll return here next year to see most of them! But alas, Kunihiro and Go will not be here next year. I'll miss them heaps... :'(

Studying is going so so. After this exam it will go a lot better though. I just have to find inspiration for studying, and that is hard when the subject is horribly boring. No more info! Just 4 more days and I never have to think of it again. I'm quite certain that I'll pass, so no pressure here. ^_^ The pressure is on for Tourism, I have to achieve and A or better (yikes!) to be a tutor later.. something that I really want the opportunity to be if I feel like it in later years. Then there is Management... the hardest exam. I MUST PASS!!!! I SHALL PASS!!!! I'll be studying my ass off for the last week. After that I have Melbourne to look forward to, and seing all my friends and family at home! Yay!

want more candy

Soundtrack: Armand von Helden - My my my

I can't believe that it's only 3 weeks left till I go home! Time flies so fast... Three more weeks and I'll be stuck in winterland for months. I have tonnes of stuff to do once I get home, so it'll probably be over real fast. I have books to read, people to visit, have to get a job, going to my grandmother for Christmas... Lotsa things to do. :) And Cristine told me that the offers for Stafford will be out next week!! My my my... Don't know what to do if we don't get in.. Guess we'll have to search online for a flat then. A bit more risky, but it's probably doable. So many things to think of here in the midst of exams and all... Goodbyes, organising things for the summer, cancelling my telephone and all that. Wow... And on top of that I'm close to failing management as it is.. I hope I'll do a bit better on the exam!! *sigh* I really cannot afford to fail any courses... Better get down to business!!

Some neighbours

Tawhana, aka Sonic the Hedgehog. Dressed and ready for the vic house ball.


Do not be alarmed. They are completely harmless. Apparently Calvin got this "haircut" in exchange for a beer. Lloyd doesn't need any explanaition.

Picnics and Parties

Soundtrack: Mandalay - This Life

On Saturday we decided to go for a picnic. It was bright and sunny as we called up Kuni, and he immediately agreed to go on the picnic! Way! So, the four of us packed our bags and went up to the botanical garden. Our aim was for the duck pond and the rose garden, but we never made it to any of those destinations. Instead we placed ourselves on the stage in the park in shelter of the rain.. haha. Typical, picnic and rain. I was feeling a bit tired when we got back, and wasn't really in the mood for going out, but decided that I would anyway. It was a good old fashioned scandinavian style vorspiel! I liked it quite much, normally now there is no vorspiel, and I just never feel ready to go out on town because there is no build up to it. The vorspiel is what welds partypeople together and makes you ready for town. It was fun, but I guess the people are not quite my regular crowd. It's hard to explain, because they were really nice and stuff and were really easy to communicate with, and were sincerely friendly (not fake friendly like Kiwi girls). I've had a weekend with lots and lots of Scandinavians. Friday I went out with Anette x2 and another Norwegian, and yesterday there were 6 of us, 3 norw. and 3 swedish girls. whoa. I think it'll be a long while before I go drinking again.. I'm so fed up with partying right now... It's good to get it out of your system though, now I can focus completely on my exam studies!!

The Alcoholic

Soundtrack: Pulp - Common People

I think Trong is right, I'm turning into an alcoholic. I drank on Wednesday, was out again tonite and I'm going out tomorrow as well. that's three nights in one week! There was an "end of the year tourism party" today, I went to check it out for a while but there was no one there from first year. I kind of expected it, but I thought I'd check it out anyway. Tomorrow I'm invited to a Vorspiel on Kelburn Parade, to a Swedish gril who apparently also studies tourism. That might be cool. I hardly know anyone in my class, exept for a few people that I've been in tutorials with. It was good today though, we went to Eastside, Havana, the big kumara and the Malthouse.

Earlier today I wanted to get out a lot of CDs from the library, and there was a firealarm! I thought it was a dud, but no. Some pranksters had tried to start a fire, burning some paper. And in a way they succeeded... The firealarm was set off, and so was the sprinkler-system. I can only imagine how much damage the water must have done to all the books and the computers. It makes me sad... There was 6 trucks in front of the library... Always when I don't have my camera these things happen. I need a cameraphone!

Why on earth am I dreaming about my friends dying all the time??? Last night I dreamt that Gøril and Lars died, and they followed me around. Only, I was a tall blond boy, not myself. They died in a carcrash, and I was in the car with them when they died. They were following me around, and whenever I looked at myself in a mirror, they would be on either side of me. Lars would possess me, and I would feel different, while I could communicate with Gøril at times. So weird....

No more sugar thanx

Massive overdose on Chockolate Oreos... It's only the second package of Oreos that I've bought in my life, but I think I'm done with them already. The same thing happened last time, overdosed and feel sick to my bones, just wanna hurl. At least they don't have them at home, so I don't have to see them for a long time.

I'm still pretty unproductive. Today was the very last day of the term, no more lectures, but three exams. For the first time, I'm faced with having to revise for two exams of subjects that I don't like and don't want to continue with. That feels scary, it is almost as if I'm doomed to do bad because I don't feel committed to the task. All I know is that I have to pass in order to be able to get support to stay here. But passing is not that difficult... that is not the issue here. It might be for the most difficult one, but I feel that the issue is that of passing with a good grade. Ah well. I will do my best, and I will soon start revising. Sunday will be the day when I start!

I had an absolutely disgusting dream last night. I dreamt that I was on a trip with some people, and just as I started to care about them and feel comfortable, this guy killed one of my friends. I crawled into his bed, and all that was left of him was his face, the guy had cut his face off and put it on his pillow so it looked like he was asleep. And then this guy came after me. He was chasing me, and I was always locking doors, fearing that I wouldn't be able to lock it before he caught up with me... You know, the fear that really feels piercing in a nightmare, where you wake up and still the stress and the fear is so strong that your heart is racing and you try to figure out what the dream might mean..

The couch potato

The last few days I've been doing nothing but watching The Sopranos and The Secret Life of Us on dvd, and being the ultimate sloth. I've just barely managed to get to my classes, and certainly I haven't done anything here at home. Exams are creeping closer, and I guess soon I have to bring myself back on track and start studying for them. I have one week to study for each exam, so It's quite nice laid out that way. Had a looong day today, with shopping, formal dinner in Vic House, Karaoke and ending up in the hallway talking to Greg for hours. I'm probably just gonna watch more S.L.O.F (it almost reads sloth...) and be lazy for the rest of the night. Tomorrow is my very last lecture this year.. Soon I'm going home!! I can't believe how fast these 8 months have gone... And now just one month to go before I go home for the summer. My my my...
I'm gonna miss all the funny characters here in Vic house and my friends over the summer. Then next year we'll probably be living in Stafford house, the promised land... ahhhh. :) Unless they decide that we're not worthy. In which case we have a challenge ahead. Ah well. I've had too much red wine to worry about that right now. :)

Vic House hoody

Soundtrack: Thomas Dybdahl - Adelaide

The Vic House hoodies are on their way, and this is how the design looks this year: Tada! Designed by Rory, a fellow floor-mate, it shows some of the stuff that has caused fire alarms over the year. Apparently, we have had more this year than what is usual, so is't quite appropriate.

Today nothing much has happened. Just chilled, cleaned my room so now it looks spotless, and will watch as much Sopranos as possible tonite! A day of sloth. But at least the weather is not that good, which makes a perfect excuse to stay inside.

The best day ever

Soundtrack: U2 - Discoteque

Today (yesterday now) was one of the best days ever! I woke up after a good night's sleep, and actually felt rested for once! Got up and kick started the day with a mouthful of cola(which kept me hyper for hours...). When we got up to uni, we saw that our reports were in a box, carried by our professor. *heartbeat* I was really nervous about it! after keeping us on the edge for about a whole lecture, he made us watch while he laid them out nicely, grouped by tutors. And then finaly we could have them back! My baby.. I spend soo long time on this report, and I would have been absolutely heartbroken if I'd gotten a bad grade, but it was an A! Soooo happy, I walked down to vic house again (is it a bad sign that every time I try to write vic house I type in vic hourse?) and it was pizza for lunch! jippi! I asked Jo what she was up to, and we decided to go to this other Asian market in Webb street, far off from city core. And we also decided to surprise Kuni with a visit to his house! Hahaha *evil laughter*. Kuni was very surprised to see us at his door. The house he lives in now is super nice, and from his balcony (he has a balcony!) he can see the sea... Well some of us are lucky. After visiting him we went back to vic house again for a nice dinner (!) and after that I went out on town with Anette. It was so good to be chatting randomly in Norwegian again.... ^_^ We went pub-hopping, and she took me to this cool as underground bar that I NEVER would have found if it wasn't for her. and there we saw Elvis!! It's this guy who is in Welli to do a show, he is an Elvis look-alike. I tell you, that's scary! You walk into a club, and the first thing you see when you sit down is Elvis? hmpf. So tired now. Tired and happy, awesome days like these don't come that often. And tomorrow: More Sopranos!!!

Freedom at last!

Finally the day came. No more assignments before exam. Not that I plan on neglecting my revising for exams, but: I shall definitely have a few days of rest now! Tomorrow I'll engage in some of my favourite activities: Photographing and possibly shopping!! I'll try not to shop though. And tomorrow I'm getting the report back! *nervous....* Now the rest of the day before dinner I'm just going to sleep. After dinner I'll catch up with some of the stuff that I should have done AGES ago.. like Feli's birthday present (I'M SOOOO SORRYYYY!!!) and writing a letter to Norma, who is probably wondering whether I'm still alive or not (AGAIN: SORRY!). have to get my nephew a birthday present, and yea... The whole world just stops when you have too much to do. Or rather: You stop, but the world keeps turning and then when you resurface you realise how far behind you are on stuff.. *sigh*
oh well. I'm diving in.

I want to break free

Only one more journal entry, and 400 words on my essay to go. then I'm done. I'm sooo tired, think I'll sleep some now and get up at break of dawn to finish my work. I can sleep the rest of the day when I've handed it in, so it'll be sweet. Night till Monday we had yet another fire alarm... I'll get hold of Tarz and show you guys the design of the vic house hoodies when I get my life back. you'll all agree that it is the right design. ^_^
Ok now, time to concuss and tomorrow at 3pm I will be a very happy girl! All work and no play makes Tina a dull girl....

hole in the head

Oh my goodness how much I have to do before Wednesday.. I have a Journal to do, I have an essay to do, I have a test tomorrow in HTML, and it is humanly impossible to remember all those codes and symbols! HEEELP!

9 signs that your studying is getting to your head:

1. Your neighbour pisses you off when he's too noisy. (bOOm bOOm bOOm bass, and "hyjaaa maan!" "shiit man!" "who's your daddy now!!?" is he for real...)

2. Your neighbour pisses you off when he's too quiet.

3. You get upset when your friends want you to do stuff with them, but you have no time.

4. You get upset when your friends do stuff without asking you. (Like, hellooo... you would have to say no anyway... why make it worse..)

5. You get upset when you have so much to do that you don't know where to start.

6. You get upset when you have ONE last thing to finish, but you're sooo tired from all the other stuff that you've done that you get writers block!

7. You almost start to cry when dinner is bad (no surprises there)

8. You feel that you have to eat all the time to keep studying

9. You decide to blog about the things that drive you insane instead of actually doing some work.