Okay time for another update, I know I said I will write in both Norwegian and English but that takes forever, and I don't have enough time to do both in every post. So I have decided I will alternate between the two languages, and for those of you thinking "I won't be able to understand it." All you have to do is copy and past what I wrote into google translate. Yes it will not be a perfect translation but it will get my point across, and if that is still confusing just leave a comment and I will see what I can do.
Now time for the information. Not much happened the weekend after my last post except the other exchange student from Minnesota I met came over and we watched the first two Harry Potter movies because I have never watched them and he happens to be a big fan. Other than that though it was just a weekend to chill out. I got a lot of stuff done over the weekend which was nice though.
Not much haååened for the rest of the week, pretty boring especially because I am getting into a pattern now, so a lot of things are becoming routine, which means boring for the most part. Did decently well on my last couple of tests in school which was nice. For Friday me and the other exchange students had a class together with a first grade class (first high school grade, not like 7 year olds). It really wasn't very difficult and again pretty boring, but it was nice to have something different than usual.
After that it was back home to pack for the weekend, because we were heading up north because I was doing the Norwegian Birkebeiner on Saturday! So it was a pretty awesome weekend, it was definitely a hard race, and I didn't finish as quickly as I wanted to, but I can blame that on minimal training the past month or so. I still was able to finish in 4 hours and 12 minutes though, which still isn't bad for 54 kilomters with a 3.5 kg backpack and over two mountains.
We stayed with my host mother's brother and his family, it was a lot of fun to stay with them and get to know them all a little better. It was also really cool to see another part of Norway, it is really beautiful up where they are and towards Lillehammer. Definitely a really nice part of the country.
Heading back home on Sunday we stopped in Oslo to celebrate my older host brothers birthday which was earlier in the week. We went out to eat dinner at a pizza place in Oslo and went back to his apartment for dessert later on, then it was back home.
Back home which meant back to school in the morning. It really isn't so bad just hard to motivate myself knowing that it counts for nothing, but lately things have been going a little better.
Spring is starting to show itself, for example it got into the upper 50's lower 60's Fahrenheit or about 10-15 degrees Celsius. The sun has been out in abundance the last week and trees are starting to show small blossoms. It has been really nice with the added daylight, it starts getting dark around 7 now and we haven't even changed clocks forward yet!
I am really looking forward to the nice weather, being able to run and bike again and also being able to spend time outside in shorts! Over the last few days I haven't even needed to wear a coat, my sweatshirt has been plenty to keep me warm walking to and from the bus stop.
Things have been going good though and while there are some things that I am coming to miss (like driving) and other things that kind of get on my nerves here, it has been an awesome experience so far and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
It is hard to believe that it has been over 7 months already and that I only have like 3 months left, time really does go by too fast. It has also been really nice lately because I understand just about everything now and I can speak fairly well too, so I haven't been totally clueless in classes and when my friends are talking with each other which has been cool.
Anyway that is about all that has happened lately, if you have any questions just leave a comment or shoot me an email.
Thanks for reading!
Jon
23 March, 2011
11 March, 2011
Begynnelse av mars!
For dere som skal lese engelsk bare går ned i innlegge. (for those that will read it in English just scroll down in the post). Takk til alle som har stemte i min Poll, hvis ingen more skal steme jeg skal skrive på norsk og engelsk i fremtiden. (thanks for everyone that voted in my poll, if no one else is going to vote I will just say that I will write in both Norwegian and English from now on)
DET ER MARS!!!! Tid har gikk så fort, ikke så mye har skjedde siden min siste oppdatering men det føles like det har. I dette innlegg jeg skal skrive i norsk og engelsk fordi de fleste mennesker har stemte at jeg skal skrive i begge, så det skal jeg. Ok nå skal jeg skrive lit om hva er skjedde den siste en og en halv uke siden min siste innlegg.
Rett etter min siste der var ikke så mye, på tirsdag det var en vanlig skole dag unntatt i breddeidrett vi så på VM på ski! Booya! Resten av dagen var ikke så spennende men det var bra å ha lit gøy ting i skolen. Jeg glemt hvis jeg var på trening den dagen men det er ikke så viktig.
Går videre til andre ting. Det neste to dager var kjedelig, men på fredag, oh boy. Jeg hadde fagdag i fysikk som vanligvis er litt gøy, men i dag det var en tre timer prøve på starten. Så jeg er nervøse om hvordan det gikk, fordi jeg har ikke fått den tilbake. Jeg tror at det var bedre enn den siste men jeg er ikke sikkert på det.
Beste del av dagen var etter lunsj, hvor vi sett på VM stafett! (fordi der var så mye fysikk i et ski renn at vi kan lære om :D ) Neste var helgen!! Jeg elsker helgene, fordi der er tid for å slappe av og henge med venner.
Lørdag var gøy, på jeg bare sove og slappe av om morgenen og så i ettermiddag jeg gikk til en venn som er en utvekslingsstudent fra USA også.
På søndag var det mer tid for å slappe av og jeg hadde den venn fra lørdag over på søndag også for å henge ut, se på litt tv, og bare ha det gøy.
Mandag, tilbake til skole... jeg var ikke begeistret for skoleuke men etter helgen jeg var litt bedre, fordi jeg hadde tid for å bare ventilen min frustrasjoner. Ingen ting spesial på mandag, men jeg hadde helt glemte om min biologi prøve på tirsdag. AAAH!
Så mandag kveld og meste parten tirsdag jeg var så nervøse om hvordan det skulle går. Men jeg tror det var ok, fordi jeg svarte til alle på norsk. På tirsdag kveld det var trening som var klubbmesterskapet, for meg det var en 7,5 km rennet, med en 5 km rundt og en 2,5 km rundt, men på den 2,5 km løpet jeg gikk en galt vei, så til slutt jeg bare slappe av, men det første 5 km var veldig bra.
Da jeg komme hjem etter trening det var mer studering for meg fordi jeg hadde en matematikk prøve på onsdag. Yay... men det gikk mye bedre en min andre prøver for den siste par uker. På kvelden det var bare meg og en venn som er middag hos meg og bare slappe av og snakke med hver andre.
Torsdag var ikke så spesial også, bare skole med trening etter om kvelden. Etter trening jeg gikk til kino med to venner for å se filmen 127 timer. Den var en bra film men litt groteske.
Det var alt for min oppdatering, håper at dere liker å lese det! Ha det så lenge!
Well now that I did that wonderful ending I need to write it in English now.
"IT IS MARCH!!! The time has gone by so fast, not much has happened since my last update, but for some reason it feels like it has. blah blah about how I am going to write this post in both English and Norwegian. Now I am just going to write about what has happened since my last update one and a half weeks ago.
Right after my last post there wasn't much that happened, I went to school on Tuesday where nothing really special happened. Except in my sports class where we watched one of the World Championship races in my sports class! Booya!! The rest of the day wasn't so exciting, so being able to have that little bit of fun in school kind of broke things up for me. Not really sure if I went to training that night but it isn't that important.
On to other things. The next two days were pretty boring, but friday, oh boy. I had a whole day in physics for this school day called "fagdag" (or fag dag, not sure if it is one word or two), it is kind of hard to explain the whole system but if you want to know shoot me an email.
Usually with out physics fagdag it is pretty fun, but on this day we started out with a 3 hour test. I am nervous about how it went mainly because I haven't gotten it back yet. I am pretty sure it went better than the last test but I am not entirely sure.
The best part of the day was after lunch, in this period we watched the World Championship mens relay race (because there is so much physics involved with a ski race that we could learn about). Next was the weekend!!! I love the weekends because there is time to just relax and hang out with my friends.
Saturday was nice, in the morning I just slept and chilled out and later in the day I went to a friends and just hung out with him and another guy. That was about it for that. Sunday I just relaxed some more, had the friend I hung out with on Saturday over to hang out and watch the World Championship 50 km mens race with.
Monday, back to school... I was not looking forward to school, but thankfully after the weekend I was a little better because I was able to vent most of my frustration to someone, so it helped me remove some steam. However nothing special happened on Monday except for the fact that I realized I had totally spaced that I had a biology test on Tuesday, that I had not studied for at all. AAAH!
So Monday night and most of Tuesday I was so nervous about how it would go. I think it went ok though, because I answered almost everything in Norwegian. On Tuesday night there was also ski training as usual, but this time it was the club championships. For me it was a 7.5 km race with a 5 km loop and a 2.5 km loop combined. However in the 2.5 km loop I took a wrong turn, twice. So I just gave up and ski fairly slow into the finish, although I do have to say the first 5 km went really well.
When I got home from training it was more studying for my math test the following day. Yay... this test went a lot better then the others I have had in the last couple of weeks. (we are on Wednesday now, sorry if this is unorganized my English is gradually fading) I had a friend over for dinner and to just hang out afterwards, which was nice because I had been so stressed about my tests and stuff. So we just hung out, relaxed, watched some tv and just chatted for a while.
Thursday (or yesterday if you will) there was nothing special, just school with training in the evening. After training however I did go with a couple of friends to see 127 hours. It was a good movie but it was a little grotesque.
Anyway that about covers me for things, I hope you enjoy reading. See you later!
Jon
DET ER MARS!!!! Tid har gikk så fort, ikke så mye har skjedde siden min siste oppdatering men det føles like det har. I dette innlegg jeg skal skrive i norsk og engelsk fordi de fleste mennesker har stemte at jeg skal skrive i begge, så det skal jeg. Ok nå skal jeg skrive lit om hva er skjedde den siste en og en halv uke siden min siste innlegg.
Rett etter min siste der var ikke så mye, på tirsdag det var en vanlig skole dag unntatt i breddeidrett vi så på VM på ski! Booya! Resten av dagen var ikke så spennende men det var bra å ha lit gøy ting i skolen. Jeg glemt hvis jeg var på trening den dagen men det er ikke så viktig.
Går videre til andre ting. Det neste to dager var kjedelig, men på fredag, oh boy. Jeg hadde fagdag i fysikk som vanligvis er litt gøy, men i dag det var en tre timer prøve på starten. Så jeg er nervøse om hvordan det gikk, fordi jeg har ikke fått den tilbake. Jeg tror at det var bedre enn den siste men jeg er ikke sikkert på det.
Beste del av dagen var etter lunsj, hvor vi sett på VM stafett! (fordi der var så mye fysikk i et ski renn at vi kan lære om :D ) Neste var helgen!! Jeg elsker helgene, fordi der er tid for å slappe av og henge med venner.
Lørdag var gøy, på jeg bare sove og slappe av om morgenen og så i ettermiddag jeg gikk til en venn som er en utvekslingsstudent fra USA også.
På søndag var det mer tid for å slappe av og jeg hadde den venn fra lørdag over på søndag også for å henge ut, se på litt tv, og bare ha det gøy.
Mandag, tilbake til skole... jeg var ikke begeistret for skoleuke men etter helgen jeg var litt bedre, fordi jeg hadde tid for å bare ventilen min frustrasjoner. Ingen ting spesial på mandag, men jeg hadde helt glemte om min biologi prøve på tirsdag. AAAH!
Så mandag kveld og meste parten tirsdag jeg var så nervøse om hvordan det skulle går. Men jeg tror det var ok, fordi jeg svarte til alle på norsk. På tirsdag kveld det var trening som var klubbmesterskapet, for meg det var en 7,5 km rennet, med en 5 km rundt og en 2,5 km rundt, men på den 2,5 km løpet jeg gikk en galt vei, så til slutt jeg bare slappe av, men det første 5 km var veldig bra.
Da jeg komme hjem etter trening det var mer studering for meg fordi jeg hadde en matematikk prøve på onsdag. Yay... men det gikk mye bedre en min andre prøver for den siste par uker. På kvelden det var bare meg og en venn som er middag hos meg og bare slappe av og snakke med hver andre.
Torsdag var ikke så spesial også, bare skole med trening etter om kvelden. Etter trening jeg gikk til kino med to venner for å se filmen 127 timer. Den var en bra film men litt groteske.
Det var alt for min oppdatering, håper at dere liker å lese det! Ha det så lenge!
Well now that I did that wonderful ending I need to write it in English now.
"IT IS MARCH!!! The time has gone by so fast, not much has happened since my last update, but for some reason it feels like it has. blah blah about how I am going to write this post in both English and Norwegian. Now I am just going to write about what has happened since my last update one and a half weeks ago.
Right after my last post there wasn't much that happened, I went to school on Tuesday where nothing really special happened. Except in my sports class where we watched one of the World Championship races in my sports class! Booya!! The rest of the day wasn't so exciting, so being able to have that little bit of fun in school kind of broke things up for me. Not really sure if I went to training that night but it isn't that important.
On to other things. The next two days were pretty boring, but friday, oh boy. I had a whole day in physics for this school day called "fagdag" (or fag dag, not sure if it is one word or two), it is kind of hard to explain the whole system but if you want to know shoot me an email.
Usually with out physics fagdag it is pretty fun, but on this day we started out with a 3 hour test. I am nervous about how it went mainly because I haven't gotten it back yet. I am pretty sure it went better than the last test but I am not entirely sure.
The best part of the day was after lunch, in this period we watched the World Championship mens relay race (because there is so much physics involved with a ski race that we could learn about). Next was the weekend!!! I love the weekends because there is time to just relax and hang out with my friends.
Saturday was nice, in the morning I just slept and chilled out and later in the day I went to a friends and just hung out with him and another guy. That was about it for that. Sunday I just relaxed some more, had the friend I hung out with on Saturday over to hang out and watch the World Championship 50 km mens race with.
Monday, back to school... I was not looking forward to school, but thankfully after the weekend I was a little better because I was able to vent most of my frustration to someone, so it helped me remove some steam. However nothing special happened on Monday except for the fact that I realized I had totally spaced that I had a biology test on Tuesday, that I had not studied for at all. AAAH!
So Monday night and most of Tuesday I was so nervous about how it would go. I think it went ok though, because I answered almost everything in Norwegian. On Tuesday night there was also ski training as usual, but this time it was the club championships. For me it was a 7.5 km race with a 5 km loop and a 2.5 km loop combined. However in the 2.5 km loop I took a wrong turn, twice. So I just gave up and ski fairly slow into the finish, although I do have to say the first 5 km went really well.
When I got home from training it was more studying for my math test the following day. Yay... this test went a lot better then the others I have had in the last couple of weeks. (we are on Wednesday now, sorry if this is unorganized my English is gradually fading) I had a friend over for dinner and to just hang out afterwards, which was nice because I had been so stressed about my tests and stuff. So we just hung out, relaxed, watched some tv and just chatted for a while.
Thursday (or yesterday if you will) there was nothing special, just school with training in the evening. After training however I did go with a couple of friends to see 127 hours. It was a good movie but it was a little grotesque.
Anyway that about covers me for things, I hope you enjoy reading. See you later!
Jon
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