Tuesday last week i went to Aarhus to do some student internship for 3 days and because of the busy schedule I haven't blogged since then. I went to BSS - Buisness and Social Science school (the former business or school of economic in Aarhus) and stayed at my cousin Hoang Vi for the nights. There was about 600 students from all over Denmark that were on BSS.
For each day i had a schedule (from about 9-16). Wednesday was mostly an introduction-day to the campus and the variety of bachelor programs the school offers. I had a mandatory lecture about "conduct - difference between management and leadership" and then i chose "financing" for fun, but left after an hour because i wasn't on that level.... and the lecturer even advised that we should leave after the first hour.
The school did not provide for either sleep-facilities or transportation expenses, but they did offer a sandwich for lunch - and they were good... except the one with brie... that particular one was disgusting.
Thursday i had class with a random group of other high school students and we used the theory from wednesday about leadership and management to work with a case. It was actually fun but i think that we used to much time talking about why Aarhus would be the ideal place to study ... But Aarhus really is a great place to live in for students. I've talked a lot about that with my cousin and got some inspiration from her about how i should live my life as a student and not as a pupil as i am now. We (mostly me) talked like flooding waterfalls in which resulted in insomnia .... hahahha ... She made me sushi, funny and great smoothies and she took care of me like a really caring big sister even though she was busy with her own schedule.
Friday was a funny day because i had classes from 9.45 to 12.30 but i woke up late because my other cousin Hoang Anh (yeah, Vi and Anh are sisters) paid us a visit and it was great to see her again. She came like 1 o'clock so i think we went to sleep about 3 or so.. So I was REALLY sleepy that morning and so were they. Back to school: I had the option to choose (because those who wasn't late would be randomly put in to groups/classes) between a lecture or to observe a class of 1st year students and just picked a paper saying: "statistics". It was actually great because this time i could actually understand the most of it so i was HAPPY!. It all came to an end soon. We got a break around 11 and i went to the office building to find a counselor i could ask some questions concerning the education, books and etc., but then i was told by the secretary that asked for direction, that i had to leave because the police was evacuating the building because the school had received a letter with a bomb threat...LOL !'
so all the classes were dismissed and all the students were sent home... so that's how my days were spent. exciting right ?
So in conclusion with my experiences that i have got from my days in Aarhus and a university student:
- don't eat black beans - especially chili con carne .... if you do so you should be arrested for murder..... F A T A L I T Y'
Hahhahah! no seriously i mean it ! -
i would totally recommend high schoolers as myself who isn't sure about their future and what they want to study to sign up for this school internship programs. It's a great experience!!
I filmed this yesterday and it took my about one and a haft hour to research, cut and perfect details. I used the inside to make pumpkin cookies and also baked two cakes for my class... I didn't get finished with my homework because it took hours to be done with the whole cut-bake-cleaning thing..-.-.
I've spend my day with family and friends hanging around at Fisketorvet, Happy Bubble at Copenhagen Central Station. watched to most awful animation film in history, met old friends, got new ones and a full stomach of delicious honeydew bubble tea and french fries - so in the end i'm very delighted ;)
It' felt great to see people again because I only get to see them a single time every 3 months or so. We talked about old good times, how to get a six-pack, love, relationships, lame pick-up lines, dwarfs etc.
Tomorrow i will go back to Odense, back to my parents, back to school and books, assignments, test... back to reality...
damn.... just by thinking of this I have dug my own grave....
Well here's some pictures ;)
btw. I made a REALLY DELICIOUS BROWNIE ! IT TASTE HEAVENLY !!!!!
Saturday I spend the most of the time at home and once again (and as usual when i'm at mu uncle's place in Copenhagen), i tried to be creative.
I had an old neon-yellow purse i bought from H&M for about 20 kr. a year ago or so. Its color had faded a bit and the corners turned grey/blue, which probably had come from my jeans. I thought about cutting it and make something fun out of it and yes... so what i did make out of it was completely random... and weird.. So here is what i did in steps.
1st Project: "Yo dawg! I heard you like yellow purses, so i took your purse and made it into another yellow purse".
1. Cut the hem so the pieces fall apart.
2. I found my old plastic box for my iPod Nano and took the paper out of it.
3. Measure the zipper so it fits the box(top piece).
4. Glue it !
5. Glue a bottom pies and a side piece to cover the side.
6. Glue the zipper to the other plastic container.
7. Be proud and try to remove the glue from your hands.
8. cry happily and clap shoulder to praise yourself!
9. Remember that you got the other side to cover with fabric.
10. measure the bottom with the fabric
11. find out that the other piece is too small for the other side...
12. Whine loudly
13. Be rational
14. Whine silently
15. Think that everybody would think it ought to look like that
16. think that you are awesome and going to be a designer someday.
17. Take a lot of photos to document your fail experiment.
2nd Project: "Not sure if i should save the fabric, or make something else out of it"
- and we are proceeding from step 17.
18. Go to "Google.com".
19. search "random"
20. search "round edged stars"
21. Copy a picture in to a word document
Search "honeycomb"
22. find Android
23. Search apple
24. find "android vs apple"-pictures
25. Copy android photo into word document
26. Print word document.
27. Cut the shapes out of the paper
28. place on fabric and cut the figures out
29. Place them on the tee you randomly found next to you.
30. Wonder why the hell your tee is here.
31. Focus on your project instead.
32. Pause and brush teeth to Dennis.
33. Back to process
34. Ask uncle and aunt for help with glue and how to place the figures and for inspiration.
35.Place android as you like (mouth open, eating something, crossed arms etc.) and glue it with super fabric glue instead of normal cheap superglue that ruins everything.
Today I went to Fisketorvet with my cousin Anh Thu, my siblings, Catly, Michael and Chi le's kids, Daniel, sandy and bobby. We had a fun time treasure-hunting the whole center and we actually got a lot of funny stuff like painting sets, lunch boxes, DVDs, Ice cream, movie tickets etc. I got a free icecream from Ben & Jerry, a hug and a wonderful day :D My bag just got heavier and heavier for each store we visited ;) Thanks Chi Thu for letting me take a stroll around and taking care of my siblings in the meantime ;)
I'm unlucky today because I was almost late for school this morning. I'm not I only had to be in school for an hour.
I'm unlucky today because I've been sick. I'm not because i have holiday and i'm going to Copenhagen.
I'm unlucky today because I had to carry a lot of luggage with me. I'm not, because my mother gave Dennis, Julie and I a ride to the central station. I'm not because she drove like slower than the bus.
I'm unlucky today because the line for the ticket booth was long. I'm not because the people in front of me was a group, but weird enough they stood in line...
I'm unlucky because i did not have enough money for the ticket. I'm lucky because i found my card just in time.
I'm unlucky because i bought the wrong ticket so i had to pay much more. I'm unlucky because the conductor told me it could not be refunded. I'm unlucky because i called the DSB customer service's hotline and they told me the same. I'm unlucky because i even tried to refund my ticket at Copenhagen central station and they told me no, because i would need the conductors sign to do so. I'm not, because as i stepped out of the glass door, the conductor stood right in front of me. I'm not because i got him to sign the ticket and went back to the ticket seller. I'm not because i got my money back. I'm lucky today because my uncle came to pick me up, so i wouldn't have to take the bus. I'm lucky because he bought us coconut ice-pops. I'm lucky that throughout out the journey today I had a shoulder to rely on. I'm lucky today because I got someone who could talk for me, when i felt silenced. I'm lucky today because i had one who could lighten the weight of my burdens.
I'm lucky today because i got someone like you.
Happy 2nd anniversary for the blog ^^.
btw. If you haven't seen "catch me if you can"... DO IT!
That Abagnale is my idol !
(link is in Danish)
http://mmm.dk/article/157867-svindel-pa-hojt-plan/gallery/630357
My trip to Brussels was amazing ! I love that place and i already miss it.
As i wrote earlier, I went there wednesday after school(about 11) with my class. Some of us had to catch the plane at 13 and the other groups took the later flights. I was with the second group and my plane would depart around 17 and because I checked-in with my iPhone when I was in the train, I had plenty of time to fool around. I got indian for lunch, cupcakes for dessert(saved all four for late night snack in Brussels), Hot chocolate with mint and a big dirty smile around my mouth when I came back to find some of the others stuck at Joe's and the Juice. I accidentally dropped my box with cupcakes so they were all turned upside down T_____T.
But they still tasted heavenly.
The flight was fine. I was unlucky to be seated alone, but it only took about one hour and 30 minutes. The first team was waiting at the arrival hall for us, and when we came there, we were told that the last team would be late, because of the plane. The first group experienced a lot of turbulence so they all felt sick :/
We played hide and seek till the other came and then our teachers found out that the train stroked and we had to find a bus instead. We all got on one but it did not stop close to the hostel, so we changed to the metro and then walked about a kilometer before we got there. It rained heavily since we arrived and most of our luggage got wet. The rooms were not decided yet and the type of the rooms were different. I teamed up with my friend Anne and we got the coziest room ever - lot's of space ;)
We unpacked and went down to the bar to play twister with the others, but after a few games we went to bed around 2 o'clock. Around 3 o'clock somebody knocked hard on our door and because Anne and I just fell asleep, we woke up immediately by the loud noise. I got up (because i slept in the lower beth) and to my surprise, Mads from my class stood outside the door with a sad face. He told me he went to the toilet, but forgot his card key for his room, which means he got locked out. I tried to call his roommates, Simon and Mickey, but they did not pick up. I was so tired and my head was spinning, so I was really annoyed. My teacher, Astrid came out to see what it was all about and I told her that i would take care of it, so she could sleep again. Poor woman ! - on the one side her hair was flat down and normal but on the other side it decided to break the law of physics and was pointing up.
Mads was drunk and couldn't stop blabbering, so i told him to shut up and get into bed. My bed was kinda wide and enough to fit two persons, but I did not get any sleep at all.... He did not sleep peacefully... He made a lot of noises, talked in his sleep, turned the bed lamp on/off several times and it was disturbing. Anne woke up many times throughout the night and about 6 she woke up to run with some of the others - one of them, Simon. Mads got his chance to get back into his room and so he did and got some sleep while I was turning and twisting in my bed with head- and stomachache.. JUST BRILLIANT! He's even the new guy and since I don't know him that well.....he gave me the "best first impression"... like ever....
Thursday morning i felt grumpy and it did not get better because the breakfast was the worst ever!!. The bread was chewy - chewy in as like eating a piece of paper. There was chocolate sprinkles instead of normal chocolate butter/spread - WHO THE HELL EAT BREAD WITH ICE CREAM SPRINKLES?!!
We visited the EU-commission and the parliament, got a look around town and met different politicians. It was awesome to meet another (personal)perspective with the work around EU as an organization instead of the theories we had been working with before the trip. And I thought everybody spoke in flemish, but to my surprise many talked French! Finally i could use some of my french skills! (like if i had any)
food was quite expensive in Brussels ! :(
When we were let off, me and some girls did some sightseeing, window-drooling and i shopped myself to death with chocolates (actually got praised by the cashier for my french!!^^) - Actually it is more difficult to find a clothing shop than a chocolatier. It is like 7eleven! They are everywhere !?
Many of them displayed chocolate art!
CHOCOLATE HIPPO!!1
Outside around the parks there are many fun exhibitions like these big sculptures.
Me and some other girls decided to hang out together after we got some sleep, so at 7 we went out to get some dinner. We ate at nice, cozy bar and i got moules frites (mussels cooked in white wine served with fries) but the fries were awful!! it was like sliced, raw potatoes.... After dinner we went downtown to try out the many famous beers that Brussels are famous for and we found THE bar with record of having the biggest variety of beers. The cherry beer i something i absolutely can recommend!! I got a mojito but there was too much alcohol in my friends's , so i went down and asked for sugar, but it wasn't enough and so we got some liquid sugar instead. We decided after some few drinks to find the other girl group and the boys and we were totally lost.. Luckily we found then at Manneken Pis ( a famous statue of a boy who piss).... Got some few drinks and then i decided to go home. It wasn't that late either but i had to shay sharp for the next day. Forgot to take pictures while we were out at the bars.
Friday morning started out with a visit at NATO. Due to security we had to leave all electronic devices at the checkpoint. During the session about what NATO works with, many fell asleep but we got to sit at a "horse shoe meeting table" with hear devices and microphones so it felt like to be at a real meeting. The next stop was a meeting with a lobbyist about his work for an agriculture organization and the end, a meeting at the danish embassy.
Then we were off. Anne and I just wanted to go home and we walked all the way home ;)
Because it was the last night, the whole class ate dinner together. for dessert i had ordered a belgian waffle but what i got looked like something from the danish supermarket(by that i mean it looked like a slice of toast bread)... I was SOOO disappointed and throughout the whole trip, i did not get to eat any belgian waffle T___T.
I went downtown with some girls to find some gift for family etc. instead of pub-crawl and we looked all around, in every single souvenir shop to find something nice. I decided not to drink and went straight home to get some sleep. Tried to call Dennis, but the internet connection at the hostel was bad
Saturday morning I had to wake up 6 am saturday morning, be ready by 7 take the train by 7:30 and arrive at the airport by 8 and wait for my plane ... which would first depart at 11.30.... so... plenty of time to use the last euros that i had..'
But first i had to wait for the desk to open so we could check in...
Louisa and Mads.
newlyweds !
Then Mickey and I went to explore the airport - that's Mickey ;)
Collector's cup from Starbucks.
venti apple spiced latte
We found the other guys sleeping at the gate.
Simon
Tower with my Eeyore
I sat next to Tower and Mads on the plane and i couldn't help myself, so i took a picture of him sleeping XD
and a video too
Bought beer as gifts for my family ;)
When i got back to Denmark, i felt sick because it was much colder in Denmark than in Belgium. We got on the train after nearly two hours of wait and i was in Odense by 16.05 precise, at home by 17 and gone again by 18.15. I almost forgot that i promised Julie to go to a concert with danish artists like Aura, Buhan G, Rune RK, Nicoline Toft, Sander and Ankerstjerne. Julie was pretty exited when we were sitting in the bus and before we left Dennis hugged us both ( He couldn't come because my mother did not want it). Oh, I forgot to tell that he just got his right leg operated and therefore he is in a wheel chair ( but still he walks like normal besides it looks funny, because his leg is all plastered in)
The concert was fine and if it wasn't because there was chairs(the concert was held in a sports hall) i would be so tired of being there. Julie and i had a great time i knocked off on my bed without changing my clothes.
Sunday morning mom woke me up and told me to go to church with dad, Julie and Dennis because she felt sick. Apparently nobody would go, so I jumped on my bike and went to church alone.
In the afternoon we went to the opening of a new Chinese buffet restaurant in Odense (because there was 50% off the buffet) with the most of my mother's family. I met my grandparents and they asked me about the trip and everything. I was suddenly in the right mood so i told everyone that i had a boyfriend and i did not either get yelled of cheered at but just a shoulder clap and shaken heads. Oh well what a bomb i had to drop there ... but it felt good. For once i did not have to hide anymore and i'm sure of that i did the right thing by telling that i wasn't single anymore ^^. I slept well that night.
Monday was pretty tiring and tuesday too because of school projects. I decided to watch "IT" and even though it's an old movie i find it horrifying... which reminds me it's almost a year ago since last time i even touched the book. I haven't finished it yet, I've only read like 1/3 of it, but i'm almost finished with the movie.. the fun is that the 1/3 i have read from the book is 1/2 of the movie.
I have to finish it, but won't do it now because i'm scared and like to watch horror movies in bright daylight ^^
Oh' it's late. NIGHT ! I have a videoblog from the trip but i'll save that for later.
