Hej allihopa! Time for a new update. First, yesterday's high-tension match of Sweden vs Portugal (Zlatan vs. Ronaldo).
Let's just say this match was a pretty big deal...
First, Fredrik and I and a couple of friends went around to the nations and bars about an hour before the match... but NONE of them had any space, we were waay too late. Fredrik and Joe decided to stick it out standing at the back of Stockholm's nation,
but I headed to Angelica and Max's apartment for some fredagsmys.
OLW Fredagsmys (video/song) (lyrics... now it is the end of the week, time to relax, sofa and candles and a table with lots of good things, bla bla) fredagsmys has entered into the Swedish vocabulary in the last 5ish years, basically invented by the chip company OLW. Fredag=friday, mys=coziness, and it usually involves family/friends, TV, chips/candy, and chilling at the end of the week. So, arriving at my Swedish friends' home, I was greeted with Doritos, skittles, popcorn, trail mix, coke, and a blanket on the couch in front of the game. As we say in Swenglish, najs!!
This is a bad habit of Swedes. They invent Swedish words which are actually disguised English words... dejt (date), fajt (fight), najs (nice), nät (net), nätdejting... etc etc, that when pronounced the Swedish way sound just like the English word.
So, what have me and Fred been up to lately....
A few days ago, getting up for work, I looked in the fridge and found this apple:
Fredrik apparently made it in the middle of the night. He never ceases to surprise me.
Three weeks ago or so, we visited the summer house for the last time this year. We just had to check out the newly finished kitchen and bathroom... with hot water !!! No sewage yet so there isn't a toilet... but it was wonderful to have a kitchen sink and a HOT shower. I am so lucky to have the opportunity to go there, it's so wonderfully cozy (mysig!) to build a fire and cook freshly picked mushrooms from the forest.
On our drive there, I was amusing myself by translating the Swedish place names we passed.... and some that we didn't pass but have funny names anyway!
Romberga - rum mountain
Vintrosa - wine underwear
Burtrask - cage swamp
Rackarbergsgatan - Rackets mountain street (now you know!)
Örebro - Cent bridge
Malmö - Ore (as in iron ore) island
And here are some I didn't find myself but are also worth a laugh... (most of them are a little bit rude though, be warned) Read them here
Another strange thing Swedes do is they love to describe what their body is doing while they are doing something. It sounds rather strange in Swedish to say "I'm watching TV" or "I'm cooking"... you should really say, "I'm sitting and watching TV" or "I'm standing and cooking"... ?
This Monday, I have my language test for KV coming up. Only three more classes... and three more weeks of internship. It seems to have gone by so quickly... it's hard to believe I've been living in Sweden for 7 months already!
Oh, if you haven't seen it, here's my halloween costume for this year....
Hahaha. I got a lot of thumbs up for that one. Canadian Lumberjack... I had an axe at one point but other people also enjoyed playing with it so I don't have it for the picture.
Hmm... Some interesting themes at Biotopia recently... last month was Microcosmos, so I built myself a clay Tardigrade (you likely have no idea what that is, I certainly didn't... microscopic organism which can survive extreme temperatures, pressures, and can go 10 years without food). And this week, I got to do some recycled crafts, so I made myself an Advent ring using old soda lids and cut up used tealight holders :) oh, and we ringed some birds too! (I just watched) ...I also made myself a bird feeder during fall school break week, which inspired some copies.
And, I did some more nice excursions with my friend at Upplandsstifelsen, Åsa.... pics coming later for that.
Oh, and we had a scooter fire next to our house...
Then I had some 'american pancakes'
And walked around town...
And walked around some more...
Ate a pumpkin cake...
Had coffee with good friends from last year...
Let's just say this match was a pretty big deal...
First, Fredrik and I and a couple of friends went around to the nations and bars about an hour before the match... but NONE of them had any space, we were waay too late. Fredrik and Joe decided to stick it out standing at the back of Stockholm's nation,
but I headed to Angelica and Max's apartment for some fredagsmys.
OLW Fredagsmys (video/song) (lyrics... now it is the end of the week, time to relax, sofa and candles and a table with lots of good things, bla bla) fredagsmys has entered into the Swedish vocabulary in the last 5ish years, basically invented by the chip company OLW. Fredag=friday, mys=coziness, and it usually involves family/friends, TV, chips/candy, and chilling at the end of the week. So, arriving at my Swedish friends' home, I was greeted with Doritos, skittles, popcorn, trail mix, coke, and a blanket on the couch in front of the game. As we say in Swenglish, najs!!
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| fredagsmys. |
This is a bad habit of Swedes. They invent Swedish words which are actually disguised English words... dejt (date), fajt (fight), najs (nice), nät (net), nätdejting... etc etc, that when pronounced the Swedish way sound just like the English word.
So, what have me and Fred been up to lately....
A few days ago, getting up for work, I looked in the fridge and found this apple:
Fredrik apparently made it in the middle of the night. He never ceases to surprise me.
Three weeks ago or so, we visited the summer house for the last time this year. We just had to check out the newly finished kitchen and bathroom... with hot water !!! No sewage yet so there isn't a toilet... but it was wonderful to have a kitchen sink and a HOT shower. I am so lucky to have the opportunity to go there, it's so wonderfully cozy (mysig!) to build a fire and cook freshly picked mushrooms from the forest.
Romberga - rum mountain
Vintrosa - wine underwear
Burtrask - cage swamp
Rackarbergsgatan - Rackets mountain street (now you know!)
Örebro - Cent bridge
Malmö - Ore (as in iron ore) island
And here are some I didn't find myself but are also worth a laugh... (most of them are a little bit rude though, be warned) Read them here
Another strange thing Swedes do is they love to describe what their body is doing while they are doing something. It sounds rather strange in Swedish to say "I'm watching TV" or "I'm cooking"... you should really say, "I'm sitting and watching TV" or "I'm standing and cooking"... ?
This Monday, I have my language test for KV coming up. Only three more classes... and three more weeks of internship. It seems to have gone by so quickly... it's hard to believe I've been living in Sweden for 7 months already!
Oh, if you haven't seen it, here's my halloween costume for this year....
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| muskrat hat |
Hahaha. I got a lot of thumbs up for that one. Canadian Lumberjack... I had an axe at one point but other people also enjoyed playing with it so I don't have it for the picture.
Hmm... Some interesting themes at Biotopia recently... last month was Microcosmos, so I built myself a clay Tardigrade (you likely have no idea what that is, I certainly didn't... microscopic organism which can survive extreme temperatures, pressures, and can go 10 years without food). And this week, I got to do some recycled crafts, so I made myself an Advent ring using old soda lids and cut up used tealight holders :) oh, and we ringed some birds too! (I just watched) ...I also made myself a bird feeder during fall school break week, which inspired some copies.
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| this is what tardigrades look like in 'real life' |
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| my version |
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| my bird feeder |
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| ...and some inspired copies |
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| bird ringing |
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| oops... we caught a big one too |
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| recycling theme... beer can tealight holder and an advent wreath from... old tealights! |
And, I did some more nice excursions with my friend at Upplandsstifelsen, Åsa.... pics coming later for that.
Oh, and we had a scooter fire next to our house...
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| the fireman thought it would be best to snap a pic first. |
And walked around town...
And walked around some more...
Ate a pumpkin cake...
Got a super deal going to a fish spa with some friends...
Walked around some more...
Went to school...
Tried some gingerbread-flavoured sparking water...
Went to a football game...
Had coffee with good friends from last year...
All in all, a busy but fun month!!
Aaaannddd.... it's exactly one month until me and Fred head back to Canada!! So looking forward to seeing everyone!
