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Friday, April 20, 2007

rights of passage of living in norway =)

hartvig & gunnstein, two of my skier buddies from my hafjell ski trip invited me for dinner last night, actually my first real homecooked norwegian meal!

it was very good!! mystery meat... and poteter, løk,paprika, og ikke minst TYTTEBÆRSYLTETØY! (potatoes, onions, peppers... and berry jam that you always have with meat!!). and the norwegian specialty that i didn't recognize... they didn't tell me what it was until after dinner, so i could enjoy it unbiasedly!

hartvig: are you skeptical?
me: uh, no... just...curious!
hartvig: that's just a nice word for skeptical!

haha.. okay, so secret norwegian specialty turned out to be "blodpølse som er lagd av blod(42%) kjøtt og fett fra storfe og gris, sukker, rosiner, mel fra ulike kornsorter, krydder, og andre tilsetningsstoffer."

which, in english translates to:
"Blood sausage... made of 42% blood; meat and fat from (storfe? im not even sure what animal that is?!) and pig... and sugar, raisins & different kinds of grains"!!! oh dear..

hartvig, after telling me what i'd eaten! haha... but really, it wasn't so bad, it was pretty tasty (although im glad i didnt know what it was before)!!

hehe.. and after dinner, we went out and they intiated me into...

the life of a hunter! these guys have beaver skins, badger skins, deer skins.. a giant moosehead... in their house! you name it, hartvig & gunnstein have hunted it! =) (and they're really fun & hardcore outdoorsy... they lived in a tent near campus all last semester!!)


me with, fortunately, an air gun.

hehe.. and as a little token of appreciation for the authentic norwegian experiences...

we had a nice CANADIAN breakfast at my place this morning, with pancakes and real canadian maple syrup! =)

det var kjempe gøy, mine venner!! takk for det!! Gud velsigne dere!

rainbow =)

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

peace education in uganda =)

here's my paper for my Conflict & Development class if you guys were interested!

just as a disclaimer, it's not my proudest paper... and especially the super cheesy ending cuz i didnt read the syllabus and realized IN CLASS that i was supposed to hand in a hard copy, not just submit it online before midnight & had to run home and print it off ASAP! oops! but it has its moments... and i might look into it some more sometime in the future, try to change the world or something to that effect ;)

jk. well.. kind of. anyways, enjoy! =)

xox
rainbow =)

Saturday, April 14, 2007

back in Ås...

and that means a lot of different things...

1. i've finished my Conflict & Development paper on peace education in uganda! (which i will post soon for those of you who are actually interested enough to read it! ie, mom, debbie & jess wynja!)

2. nice sunny weekend bike rides out to the coast!


3. lots of barbeque's out in the sun... after an initial winter's-still-here scare i had when i got off the plane from london into a snow-covered oslo!

4. and with the bbq's come many "first canadian s'mores"!!





laura (from italy!)








luca (also from italy!)








ola (from norway!)







audrey (from france!)








gudbjort (from iceland!)








jerome (from switzerland!)








tor arne (from norway!)




5. and last but not least... DEBBIE'S BDAY!!!



we made some fun cookies for her! this was my favourite...

HAPPY BDAY DEBBIE!!

Monday, April 09, 2007

happy easter!

my wonderful and whirlwind 5-countries-in-10-days european adventure with my family - my dad, mom and sister vanessa! hehe... anyways, happy easter from all of us from...


london...


amsterdam...


germany (rhine valley)...


the swiss alps...


and paris!!