I'm back!

Hello out there :P

So, I've been away from my blog waaaay too long.
There are several reasons for this, primarily because I created this blog as an experiment for next spring, when I will be going to the US, but also because I have been insanely busy.
Now I am, however, back and ready to do some more blogging.

For starters I have been looking at which university I want to apply for... This is however no easy task, AT ALL!
At the very moment, a university called St. Lawrence in the state of New York seems to be the most appealing to me, however I am not entirely sure that the classes they offer are suitable for me, and my education. Guess I'll have to talk to my teachers about that.
If you are curious about the university here's their website: http://www.stlawu.edu
and if you go to: http://www.stlawu.edu/video/slu_region.html there's an awesome video of the area!


Spring!!
It finally seems winter is letting go of Denmark, and I am really enjoying this. The best thing about spring is that you once again feel how the sun warms your skin, and it tingles in every bone in your body. It makes me feel like I am completely on top of the world, and there is nothing I cannot overcome.
I sure hope everyone else is enjoying this as much as I am, because I am truely happy :)

That's all for now, I will be back soon, I promise!


Vesterbaek

Most boring weekend ever!

So... now it's sunday. FINALLY might I add.

I had great plans for friday, getting drunk, acting like a fool etc. :P
-They were, however, washed away. We ended up two blokes in the dorm just sitting around drinking beer and playing fussball... so sad!

Saturday came and went... I think I was just at home doing basicly nothing.

Sunday, that's today!
I got up early, the sun was shining and I felt completely reassured of life and all the good it has to offer. And what did I do? Well, I started cleaning my apartment, from top to buttom... vacuming, washing the floors, doing the dishes, getting some fresh air inside... man what a change that made!!!
Then it started raining... weeeeaaahh!! :-/
Well I wasn't going to let that get the better of me, so I decided to start playing Guitar Hero III on my Wii, and had a blast with that most of the afternoon :-P

Right now I'm just waiting for time to pass before I go upstairs to watch a movie and perhaps the Oscar Awards with some people from the dorm.
Tomorrow my dad will be coming up here to pick me up so I can be in Odense tuesday morning for my doctors appointment. Hopefully everything will still be in perfect order, and with a little luck I have gained som weight too. =D

That's my two cents for the day...

Over and out
Vesterbaek

he who slacks a lot

Uhm... I am back!

So I have been slacking the last couple of days, and I have also lacked the time needed to blog..

Monday, I had to go to work and read up on things for uni... now that was boring!
Tuesday, uni, a meeting at the dorm, and just general slacking from my side :P
Wednesday, well that's today..

First off I went to the local hospital to get a blood test.
-I get it done like every 3-6 months, as I still get quite heavily medicated from when I was really ill a couple of years ago. I am hoping I will soon be able to be phased out of the medicine because I really feel well and on top of everything. I guess I just have to wait until Tuesday when I have a meeting with my specialist =)
Should anyone be interested I had something called Crohn's Disease in my small intestine. It took quite a lot of years before they were able to arrive at a diagnosis. Also having Crohn in the small intestines is really rare.

Well, creepy stuff aside. Right now I am wondering how I should define the new parking rules for my dorm, as we seem to have nothing but problems with people not returning the parking licenses. I guess I will cause an outcry, but there really is no other way than making things super strict.

That's all I have at this very moment.

Vesterbaek

Valentines day and beer tasting...

Hi-diddly-oh out there (:

Yesterday was Valentines day, sorry, but there is no way I can avoid this one.
The day started off with the sun shining from a, once again, bright blue sky. Of course it was impossible to turn on a TV, PC or go do some grocery shopping without being bombarded with valentines this, and valentines that. This made me a little annoyed, so I decided it was time to arrange something at the dorm. We ended up four single people, cooking a nice meal, enjoying a beer and movie.
I guess Valentines day didn't turn out too bad at all...

Right now, it is snowing like god knows what, and the ground outside is almost completely covered, luckily I am not one of those many Danish people who detest snow =D
-As a matter of fact, I love snow!!!

Beertasting... Me and another guy from the dorm decided it was about time our fellow residents learned how to drink proper danish beer (from Funen).
This means we have been working hard to get some beer from Funen transported up here to Aalborg. Today is the day where we will be doing the drinking/tasting, and I just cannnot wait to see how people will react to PROPER beer :D

That's all I have for you at this hour.. Maybe more will be added later..

Vesterbaek

Friday the 13th!!!

It's friday the 13th today, and I suppose it's supposed to be filled with unlucky moments and horrid things...

Here's a reality check though..

• The sun is shining from a nice blue sky
• Things seem to start making sense (to me)
• The ruin, that is my economy seems to be improving
• Tomorrow is valentines day

Now, why should I believe friday the 13th is a bad day? ;-)
I might even stretch it, and say it is a good day for me. Who knows? Maybe I should start praising and celebrating it :-P

But, of course there are two sides to every story. I just saw in the news, that a plane had crashed in the US and they believe everyone on it has died. Now this in itself is a tragedy, but not only did the plane crash, no, it crashed into a house. A house where people were actually at home, now that's bad luck, at its worst.

Now that I am talking about bad luck, I came to remember these pictures... surely, that must be from a friday 13th...

The day is still young, and I hope it will continue its, for me, positive outlook.

Vesterbaek

Creativity and a day off

I have had an entire day without lectures!
This was of course the perfect reason to start reading up for thursday as well as friday, and I did manage to get some reading done...

Then my more creative side took over, and I started playing around with my camera.
I started out photographing all sorts of things in my appartment.. everything from my curtains to a bottle opener.

After a while I got bored of photographing the usual things, and seeing as the weather was rather bad for doing natureshots (which is my favourite) I decided to throw myself into self-portraits.
Now from my experience portraits seem to tell more about the person if they are in black&white. My first decision was therefore to make only B/W photos, and I started experimenting with my tripod and the timed function on my camera..
Eventually I ended up with four photos, which I am quite happy with and I'll show them here:
I believe they all show rather well the person that I am.. But it is definetely something I will be doing some experimenting with in the future. I am quite intruiged with the opportunities it offers.

Now, my whole day didn't consist of photography. I was bored at a point, and thus decided to browse youtube.. After looking at all kinds of things I remembered a couple of fun videos a friend once showed me. Now I will show them to you, and hopefully you will enjoy them as much as I continue to do.

British soldiers doing the amarillo (remember sound)
&
Norweigan soldiers pretending to be a boyband (remember sound)

Enjoy!

Vesterbaek

Current events...

What have I got for you all today?

Well, I am feeling completely on top of the world, which in itself is pretty awesome.

And today I was lucky enough to find myself a new project group. Now this is pretty awesome considering that everyone in my past group have chosen to drop out of uni. Now finding a group was nice, but finding a properly functioning group is just even better :-D

I have actually had a pretty down to earth day. Not many interesting things have happened, and in a moment I will be heading upstairs to attend a meeting at my dorm. It will most likely turn out great, as it usually does ;)

Just before I head off, if anyone should feel a need to hear some truly awesome music go find: The Freddie Mercury Album. It is mostly remixes but they are just great!!!

Vesterbaek

Snow, books and general awesomeness

Wup-ti-hey Hello out there :)

So, a wonderful day of lectures has ended and I'm sitting here all worn out, about to start reading up for tomorrow.
Today I was, of course, listening carefully at the lectures but I was also sitting there doing all sorts of thinking...

At first I was thinking about how boring it was, just sitting there. I guess we all know those classes where you just sit there, bored and letting your mind fly to far out places. Well I came to think about the MISE programme that Maersk has, and how much I hope I will get into that once I am finished with my bachelors degree.
Then my mind wondered off into different directions, one of them being drasticly I have changed as a person. It is like a two stage thing, first off I started changing mildly after my surgery last year where I had been ill for several years. This was like a small change, but now that I have moved away from home, far away from everyone I know (and who knows me) I am really starting to change.
I am doing things I had never imagined doing.
I am saying things I could never have thought of saying.
I am hearing things about me, I would never imagine anyone saying about me.

I am a changed person, I feel so free and liberated. I don't really know how to describe it, but I keep turning back to this lyric:

My best friend gave me the best advice
He said each day's a gift and not a given right
Leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind
And try to take the path less traveled by
That first step you take is the longest stride

It seems to make so much sense to me. I have been nagging some of my best friends with all sorts of things, and they have always been there for me. I want to thank you all for being so great and being who you are. For never letting me down. For never giving up on me. For always saying what's on your mind and being real to me!!!
From the buttom of my heart, Thank you!, You have all made me who I am today.


Now todays real life news :P
I started the day off going to the bookshop on campus, buying most of the books needed for this semester... 2000dkr. So now I have a serious hole in my pocket, but I guess money doesn't make you happy it is just a way to make things easier ;)
Oh, and you know what? when I opened up my curtains there was snow all over the place! really... ALL OVER! everything looked so calm and pure, eventhough it was 8:30 :)
Apparently we will be having even more snow in the upcoming week. I honestly cannot wait!!!

That's all the awesomeness I have for you today

Vesterbaek

Returning as my true self.

Returned...

So, as I have mentioned I went to Skagen. I have been there several times through the years, and I still just love going there, it gives me time to reflect upon things that I usually do not take the time to think about. Another major advantadge is the opportunity to get completely rested (:

I present you with the proof:

My luck seems to be turning, I am feeling luckier as the days go by which is about time (;
I firmly believe that every time you have gone through some rough times, much better and easier times will follow. Times that allow you to be happy, openminded and freespirited.

As for the vacation, I had been hoping it would be nice and sunny weather.. Things didn't exactly turn out like that (duh.. February, Denmark...). Well let's j ust say that even though it was very windy with, at most times, loads of fog I was very persistent in my belief that you have walk along the shores. I do not get to go to Skagen very often, and the feeling of serenity that is in and around Skagen at winter fills me with joy. I also went to "Grenen" (this is the absolute northern tip of Denmark, for those who doesn't know. the Atlantic ocean and "Skagerak"/"Kattegat" meets here)
When I did finally come back after walking 1km out there and just as much back, I was completely frozen, but I loved every second of it!

Sunday came and started out nice and sunny. I grabbed my coat and camera and went for a nice walk along the western coast, and I managed to snap a couple of good pictures.

Lastly I just want to say. I am back, watch out, because I will sweep away any opposition! (;

Vesterbaek

Books and vacation

So here I am, starting my second semester of English and International Business Communication.
Buying books on the first semester was a true pain, but in retrospect it seems just fine as I ended up passing, at least, most of my exams.
However now there is books for another 2000dkr, and I have no idea how to raise this much money. I suppose I will have to ask my parents for a small loan, but still it really ticks me off that books have to be that expensive. I have this hope that in time, as i progress through the semesters it will get cheaper.
Semester introduction was great, finally we were given information about our semester abroad and more is to come within the next two weeks. I am can hardly keep calm, I am just so excited to finally get to go to the US. I am pretty sure it will be the single greatest adventure of my life, at least so far.
I am also crossing my fingers, hoping I will get into a college or university near NYC, Chicago or SF. I can only imagine what living in NYC is like but it must be breathtaking, in the most positive way of course.

Well enough about my studies.

I have been worn out by everyday life lately, which I really came to realise yesterday feeling all bummed out and lacking my usual enthusiasm. The solution to this is, however, lurking just around the corner. Thing is, I am going to Skagen today with my brother, his girlfriend, my parents and grandparents. Friday, saturday and sunday at the ocean, just walking around in the cold winterweather with my camera, getting time to relax and think things over.

Here is what I got from it last year

It seems I have a lot of things to figure out this year, mostly for myself and where I want to go with things. I believe I will return monday with answers for myself and hopefully also renewed strength, enthusiam and just feeling good overall.

So 'till next week I bid you all, farewell.

Vesterbaek