Friday, September 30, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Week in pics
So now the exam is over but project work is instead coming up. Somethings I have managed to do though except for studying.
We took Faro swimming to the nearest lake:
and took a hike in the nice autumn weather:
I wanted to climb the tree but I was crap at it so instead Stefan managed:
Behind our house is the perfect field to train retrieving on (which we probably should do more)
There is a nice video here, (I guess it has been on Finnish TV?) where Faro's dad is retrieving and the kennel owner, from where we bought Faro, is explaining a bit about how to train retrieving with a toller. The bit with the tollers start more or less in the middle of the video.
On Sunday we also joined a rally-obedience course. We have done rally-obedience courses in Finland when Faro was younger, so it wasn't really anything new but it was good practise and a nice change from the agility that we do now twice a week.
and yesterday my classmates Sirppa and Pien were over for the group-project work:
Which leads me back to the point where I need to get back to working on it, or perhaps get some sleep first.Buenas Noches!
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Studies
As I have been busy with studies for the exam on Monday you can check out some pics from the summer in Stefan's blog. The pics are taken at the natrual history museum when his parents were visiting.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Houses for Sale
It seems honestly that every second house here is for sale. I wonder if that is only a presumption as they advertise it by the road much more than at home or if it really is more houses here for sale than at home and if that is the case, then why?
In any case if you feel like buying a house close to Uppsala here's a whole lot to choose from!
In any case if you feel like buying a house close to Uppsala here's a whole lot to choose from!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
University
I thought I would write a little bit about the University and the studies in SLU (Sveriges Lantbruks Universitet) in Uppsala as I think there might be some people interested in that.
I am very happy I attended the information days before the first week of classes because we really started off from day one with serious studying. Already the first week we had a seminar in class which needed to be prepared by with reading an article and writing a paper. However, we have a very inspiring teacher and it's been interesting so far so I am not minding doing the work. The exam is already next Monday (after more or less a month of classes)-which means I will do a lot more studying during the week that is coming up. But after that we will mostly have external lecturers which will be interesting but hopefully a bit more relaxed. During this first period, which will last until end of october, I acctually have only one course but it is 15 studypoints so we're required to put some effort, the course is called Environmental and Social Responsibilty Marketing.
Overall the University is quite focused on sustainable issues-their slogan is "Knowledge for a sustainable future" and it is in their strategy at least until next year.
I have all my classes in the same classroom in the economy-department building. Just under the classroom is a "fika"-room, where you can have coffee or lunch. This is shared between students and staff but that has not been a problem yet. Apperently it is also very common here that students and proffessors take a coffee togheter during breaks.
At least we have enough microwaves during lunch (note also the different bins for all kind of different trash). There is also two dish washing machines, one for dirty and one for clean-which I think works really well, this way the clean and dirty don't get mixed (at least not so often)
In general it seems that most people bring their own lunch as the student lunch cost the same as for externals, but also the staff and professors seems to bring their own lunch. Which is good because I have also made an effort to bring my own and hopefully it will save me some money during my studies. Also in the student union house there is a similar place for eating but it is always crammed during lunch so I prefer to stick to our department which is a bit more calm.
This I think is the restaurant building, but the student union building looks similar-it's an old barn that they have renovated.
Otherwise it is very green around Campus, which is nice. Not that I know if it will make much difference in the winter. This is just outside the economic department:
And international students playing kubb on the grass (my team was a disaster, I didn't remember kubb being so difficult!):
In general I like the campus very much, the only minus could be that we are a bit outside from the center so it lacks a store and an ATM. There is a University store though but they sell mostly pens, paper, SLU-shirts etc., you can find some snacks there but not food.
They are also building on the campus area so I think that in a year everybody will move to the new buildnings. Perhaps even after New Year's? Not really sure. Not really sure either why they are buidling new as the old ones seem to work ok but I guess they have their reasons. Will update with more pics later, when and if, the new buildnings get ready.
I am very happy I attended the information days before the first week of classes because we really started off from day one with serious studying. Already the first week we had a seminar in class which needed to be prepared by with reading an article and writing a paper. However, we have a very inspiring teacher and it's been interesting so far so I am not minding doing the work. The exam is already next Monday (after more or less a month of classes)-which means I will do a lot more studying during the week that is coming up. But after that we will mostly have external lecturers which will be interesting but hopefully a bit more relaxed. During this first period, which will last until end of october, I acctually have only one course but it is 15 studypoints so we're required to put some effort, the course is called Environmental and Social Responsibilty Marketing.
Overall the University is quite focused on sustainable issues-their slogan is "Knowledge for a sustainable future" and it is in their strategy at least until next year.
I have all my classes in the same classroom in the economy-department building. Just under the classroom is a "fika"-room, where you can have coffee or lunch. This is shared between students and staff but that has not been a problem yet. Apperently it is also very common here that students and proffessors take a coffee togheter during breaks.
At least we have enough microwaves during lunch (note also the different bins for all kind of different trash). There is also two dish washing machines, one for dirty and one for clean-which I think works really well, this way the clean and dirty don't get mixed (at least not so often)
In general it seems that most people bring their own lunch as the student lunch cost the same as for externals, but also the staff and professors seems to bring their own lunch. Which is good because I have also made an effort to bring my own and hopefully it will save me some money during my studies. Also in the student union house there is a similar place for eating but it is always crammed during lunch so I prefer to stick to our department which is a bit more calm.This I think is the restaurant building, but the student union building looks similar-it's an old barn that they have renovated.
Otherwise it is very green around Campus, which is nice. Not that I know if it will make much difference in the winter. This is just outside the economic department:
And international students playing kubb on the grass (my team was a disaster, I didn't remember kubb being so difficult!):
In general I like the campus very much, the only minus could be that we are a bit outside from the center so it lacks a store and an ATM. There is a University store though but they sell mostly pens, paper, SLU-shirts etc., you can find some snacks there but not food.They are also building on the campus area so I think that in a year everybody will move to the new buildnings. Perhaps even after New Year's? Not really sure. Not really sure either why they are buidling new as the old ones seem to work ok but I guess they have their reasons. Will update with more pics later, when and if, the new buildnings get ready.
Catta & Knives
I have bad karma with knives. Cut myself a few years ago when trying to cut cheese with a knife (which was a bad idea from the start but at the time we didn't have a cheese-cutter) so bad that I needed stiches in the hospital.
Anyhow, as the one knife we took with us from Finland was in really bad shape with a crooked edge I decided to buy a quality fiskar's knife. Which was a good idea since it is really sharp-but a bad idea since it is really sharp.
Already cut myself twice. Not bad but small cuts that bled a lot.
For some reason the cuts are also on different hands. How I managed that I am not sure myself. You only get a pic from one hand though.
In any case the single purpose of this post was anyway just to show you what a beatuful floor we have in the house.
And secondary I just wanted to remind you to be careful with knives.
Anyhow, as the one knife we took with us from Finland was in really bad shape with a crooked edge I decided to buy a quality fiskar's knife. Which was a good idea since it is really sharp-but a bad idea since it is really sharp.
Already cut myself twice. Not bad but small cuts that bled a lot.
For some reason the cuts are also on different hands. How I managed that I am not sure myself. You only get a pic from one hand though.
In any case the single purpose of this post was anyway just to show you what a beatuful floor we have in the house.And secondary I just wanted to remind you to be careful with knives.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Faro 2 years-old
We spent his birthday back in Fjällnora natural park as it was such a nice place-the weather was also on our side today.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Weekend guests
My blogging is not really going according to plan at the moment as the blog Iphone app refuses to upload any photos. Anyone else had a problem as well? Tips on how to fix it???? Already tried deleting the app and download it again.
Anyhow, I wanted to share with you some pics from the weekend when my Aussie friend's were over for a visit. We did heaps of stuff:
Guard change in Stockholm:
Skansen zoo:
Kung Björn's hög:
Faro getting aquinted with goats:
Old Uppsala:
Uppsala Culture Night:
Öregrund:
It was all in all a very nice weekend and I felt very at home with listening to some Autralian accent again.
Anyhow, I wanted to share with you some pics from the weekend when my Aussie friend's were over for a visit. We did heaps of stuff:
Guard change in Stockholm:
Skansen zoo:
Kung Björn's hög:
Faro getting aquinted with goats:
Old Uppsala:
Uppsala Culture Night:
Öregrund:
It was all in all a very nice weekend and I felt very at home with listening to some Autralian accent again.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Miss Jay on Finnish language
He's pretty good imitating Finnish! (Stefan hates these top model shows but I secretely love checking out the photos from the shoots they are doing, otherwise I don't find them so very entertaining)
Agnes Obel
Saw the add for Maaemo restaurant in this blog this morning. The video is nice and everything but the music was very nice. Had to investigate a bit and found out it is Agnes Obel singing, she wasn't known to me before but I'm very curious to hear more from her.
Puma
Our landlord's dog resting on our porch. She's adorable but big like a pony. (Great Dane)
They had a lovely Rottweiler as well but had to put her away because of cancer :-(
They had a lovely Rottweiler as well but had to put her away because of cancer :-(
Skype
Jess! We managed to get a much better mobile internet. So now it doesn't take ages anymore to update and best of all: I can skype!
In case this is valuable information for somebody :-)
In case this is valuable information for somebody :-)
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Fjällnora
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Old house
Old house from 1823.
As I most of the time feel old here I'll put the house as a reference so I can say young woman going out for party 2011:
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As I most of the time feel old here I'll put the house as a reference so I can say young woman going out for party 2011:
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Engelska parken
Walking through the "English park" which turned out to be a graveyard. Reminds me of the one in Hietalahti in Helsinki. It is also equally difficult to find the way out.
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