So what do you do? [Icebreaker phrase alarm! Aight, I know what's coming] -Biochemistry. (The degree is really called Biotechnology, but biochem more/less covers it and saves some definition of terms to someone who’s not terribly interested anyway. Also, it’s easier to pronounce.) -Whoah! *drawing slightly back* Science is so hard! Why do you do [...]
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Two weeks to go and I guess it’s time to sum up some experiences. First of all, the Scots are the best people in the world and that is for sure. Easy going and real folks. Much easier to get to know than the shy Norwegians. The stereotype of them being greedy (as conferred by [...]
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Generic update: I’m quarreling with my computers, this is why my blogging has been less than great lately. So today I was at PC World (the shop, not the magazine) to update things – mine are over four years now and both are being bad-tempered, so I believe it can be justified. But for Miss [...]
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27.10: Aggy has been exploring. Look, I found a chocolate orange! The carefully sectioned, neatly wrapped kind of treasure my parents’ generation got when they were kids and treats were still a bit of a big thing, the kind that disappeared because it was less cost efficient than stackable KitKat bars. (They sure did have [...]
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26.10: Today has been a dull day. Someone has stolen the Internet! [Pause for gasp] I have (seriously) been to the local centre five times today to check e-mail, find plane tickets, pay bills, download lecture notes, check e-mail again, etc, etc… So I’m officially an Internet addict, I gladly admit it. Better than TV [...]
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- breathtaking. It’s “only” a lake, but if you appreciate nature as much as I do, do put it on your list. The Scottish wilderness is much like the Norwegian but rougher, more beaten. The ruin on the shore is a beauty; I will not expand on that as I find myself gauging clichés. We [...]
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Pilates is SO last month. The new variation over working out is obviously Nia. A weird mix of just about every other gym class, according to Nia Now the influence comes from no less than nine styles: Tai Chi, Tae Kwon Do and Aikido, Jazz dance, modern dance and duncan dance, Moshe Fedenkrais, Alexander technique [...]
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There’s at least seven different UK coins, and it’s very easy to get tricked on the change (luckily the scots seem to be honest, if overly economical at times). I’ll just warn you about the 50 pence: It’s a large octahedral coin, but if someone tries to give you one that’s really abnormally large, over [...]
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My current inbox. 1000 unread mails, spam excluded. Round, nice number. Approaching half of the total messages, too. Cheers for Information Era! (click pic for full view)
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