Get it right

As my 100th post, I want to share the lyrics to a song I've come to love! In my opinion, it says a lot, and I definitely find myself thinking it every now and then.

What have I done? I wish I could run
Away from this ship goin' under
Just tryin' to help, hurt everyone else
Now I feel the weight of the world is
On my shoulders

What can you do when your good isn't good enough?
When all that you touch tumbles down?
'Cause my best intentions keep making a mess of things
I just wanna fix it somehow
But how many it times will it take?
Oh, how many times will it take for me?
To get it right
To get it right

Can I start again with my faith shaken?
'Cause I can't go back and undo this
I just have to stay and face my mistakes
But if I get stronger and wiser
I'll get through this

What can you do when your good isn't good enough?
When all that you touch tumbles down?

'Cause my best intentions keep making a mess of things
I just wanna fix it somehow
But how many times will it take?
Oh, how many times will it take for me?
To get it right

So I throw up my fist
Throw a punch in the air
And accept the truth that sometimes life isn't fair
Yeah, I'll send out a wish
Yeah, I'll send up a prayer
That finally, someone will see
How much I care!

What can you do when your good isn't good enough?
When all that you touch tumbles down?
Oh my best intentions keep making a mess of things
I just wanna fix it somehow
But how many times will it take?
Oh, how many times will it take?
To get it right
To get it right

Those of you who watch Glee probably recognize it. So beautiful.

Hope you've all had a great Easter!

xoxo

All hail Sergio Ramos!

Let's face it. I wouldn't be me if I didn't write about this :p

So, Real Madrid beat Barcelona 1-0 (after 2x15 extra) i Copa del Rey last night. This is their first trophy since 2007 (I think. Not completely up to date on Real). Anyway... It just figures that the first trophy they win in a few years, it would be Cristiano Ronaldo to score and José Mourinho to lead them there. Watch out for the Portuguese, ey?

However, this is not why I decided to post today. The reason is, as the title suggests, to hail Sergio Ramos! He has been a trend at Twitter all day and with good reason. You'd think that when they finally got a trophy, they'd want to hold on to it, right? Wrong! What Ramos did when he got his hands on it, was drop in from the top of the bus! I mean. That's a nice one. On his Twitter page (everything is Twitter these days, isn't? ;) ) he wrote that he didn't drop it. It jumped off the bus on its own! Well, that's says it all, doesn't, when even the trophies want nothing to do with Real Madrid. I'm just saying ;p

"Let me go!"

"Ahh... Freedom at last!"

Well. It isn't actually free though, cos there were many cops and other Madrid-helping suckers who fetched it out again. So it will be fixed and put in the cabinet where it, all joking aside, belongs. At least for now. Real did play better than Barcelona yesterday and did deserve to win, so congratulations to them! Enjoy it while it lasts (Champions League semi finals are coming up next week). Let's see who has the last laugh of the rivals.

Anyway, have a good Easter, everyone! Try to remember why we celebrate it. And no, it's not so that we'll get a good rest (or lack of rest if you spend it partying) before the end of the semester.

xoxo

Happy Easter Break

Hey everybody!

So today at 12.45 Easter Break was upon us. We walked out of the lecture a bit lighthearted, but also a bit freaked out, cuz this means; EXAMS! And four of them! They'll come hot and heavy at us like lightning from a clear sky. Or maybe not quite. I mean, we have know about them for a long time. But did that make us start studying before now? Ehm, no. Not really. Motivation has been on an all-time-low this semester, and payback is coming. I can only speak for myself, but these next few weeks will be spent with my nose in the books.

The only thing that will interfere with school is that beautiful game we call football ; ) This weekend in particular will be great! It starts of tomorrow afternoon with the FA Cup semi final between Manchester United and Manchester City, in other words; an all Manchester derby. Hopefully my boys will silence those noise neighbors. Then at 22.00 Real Madrid and Barcelona meet again to see if there's any excitement left in La Liga. We all know how it went the last time around (and if you don't, I'll be happy to tell you! ;p Barcelona beat the c**p out of Real and sent them back to Madrid with a 5-0 loss! Who had expected that? Not me at least). Within these next 18 days or so, these two teams will meet four (!) times, so I'm thinking my head could possibly explode. On Sunday however, we turn to Premier League where Arsenal will host Liverpool to see who will get the point both teams so sorely need. One to challenge United who's at the top of the table, and the other will fight for the chance to play in Europe next season. In other words: drama, drama, drama all around ; )

I would also like to give a dedication of sorts to all who were affected by the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989. May you all find the peace and justice you deserve! You will never be forgotten!

xoxo

Giggsy

I saw Manchester United - Chelsea yesterday and I got to say; I LOVE THIS TEAM!!! Seriously! United till I die! For sure!

There's so much I could have said, but I'm only going to say this: The only thing that's wrong with Ryan Giggs is that he can't play forever! A lot has been said about Barcelona and how we've all run out of words, but I feel the same way about Giggs. I don't know if I'll miss anyone else as much as I'll miss him the day he retires (except Ferguson himself, but he's not a player, so it doesn't count ;p )

That's all I wanted to say at this point. All hail The Red Devils! :D

xoxo

Keep holding on by Avril Lavigne (I love this song)

You're not alone
Together we stand
I'll be by your side, you know I'll take your hand
When it gets cold
And it feels like the end
There's no place to go
You know I won't give in
No I won't give in

Keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
Just stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you
There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through

So far away
I wish you were here
Before it's too late, this could all disappear
Before the doors close
And it comes to an end
With you by my side I will fight and defend
I'll fight and defend
Yeah, yeah

Keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
Just stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you

There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through

Hear me when I say, when I say I believe
Nothing's gonna change, nothing's gonna change destiny
Whatever's meant to be will work out perfectly
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
Just stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you
There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through

Keep holding on
Keep holding on

There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through

Morning : )

Hey hey! I just wanted to say I'm still here. Haven't really had too much to blog about lately. It's pretty much been kinda quiet ; )

Yesterday was a really beautiful day, so I sat outside while looking through and organizing my Statistics notes at my friends house (exams are coming up fast and furious). It was amazing, but this being Norway and April, that weather doesn't last too long. Today it's grey and rainy. But maybe it's not so bad, considering I've got class later on.

I'm going home today though : ) Going to watch United - Chelsea at my aunts house. Wasn't the original plan, but plans change ; ) I'm going to be really nervous later on! 1-0 is a scary result for the return leg, but United have a good history with it, so we'll see. We'll at least be cheering them on! Come on, you Red Devils!! Make us proud : D

See ya!!

xoxo

On a day like this...

So, I'm sitting here in my flat wondering what to do, so why not update my blog? After cleaning my parents house as a surprise, I went back to my flat to do the sixth test in macro economics. I'm happy to say I got 9 of 10, so as a congratulations from me to me I went to H&M with one of my friends to buy a blazer. Since I am who I am, I also ended up buying a new top and a black dress. But, at least I can say that I needed the new dress. My other "little black" one is too big for me. Not that I'm sad about that, although I really loved that one. Well, well. Just have to look for another one ; )

Me likey ; )

After shopping we went to say hello to one of our friends who works at Ben & Jerry's. Won't complain about that either, cuz Ben & Jerry's has some of the best ice-cream in the world! I'm extremely happy about it finally being in Norway. Now all we need is Starbucks, and my guilty pleasures will be complete. Well, maybe not complete, but at least closer to it ; )

Todays flavor, in addition to Coffee Coffee, Buzz Buzz Buzz : )

When I got back home I thought of watching a movie or an episode of Ally McBeal, but I never got that far. Twitter is just too much fun. It's really fun to read what other people think about both serious and totally random things. It takes up way more time than I thought it would, though. Gotta be careful of not getting too carried away : p

But I'm going to work in the morning, so I'm going to sign off now. Hope everyone's had a great day and that you'll have only sweet dreams when you go to sleep : )

xoxo

Amsterdam!!

Last Thursday, I went to Amsterdam with 14 other people from my class and the year above us. It turned out to be a good weekend with too little sleep. On average I think I got two and a half hours of sleep every night from Thursday to Sunday. No wonder I got a migraine when I was on the flight back home...

I amsterdam

Leaving Oslo : )

In short one might say that we walked. A lot! The weather waskind of sad on Friday with a bit of wind and rain, but don't think that'll stop a bunch Tourism students :p We definitely burned some calories during those two days. We were way luckier on Saturday. It was absolutely beautiful all day long, and NO SNOW! That was the best part! I'm really sick of snow now. It's been a long winter.

Ready to explore!

Weather turning "blue"...

Sunny Saturday : D

The one thing that sucked on Saturday, was that I had no shopping-mood what so ever! I bought a pair of earrings. That was it. (But I was yesterday and I am today, so I'm going to Storo in an hour ; ) hehe). But it didn't stop the other girls from doing it. For example buying nice shoes : )

Shopping

Going back home : (

Something to think about?

I had Consumer Behavior class today and the topic of the day was attitude (holdninger in Norwegian). Our lecturer had this "picture" in her Power Point and I really liked it, so I thought I'd share it with you : )

Hope you're all having a good day : )

xoxo

A little hello (turning a bit long) ; )

Just wanted to say hello to make you see I'm still here.

The previous two weeks have been spent setting up meetings with lecturers, getting my classmates opinions about our course (which hasn't been easy, let me tell you) and today I finally finished my last (of five) meeting this week. Seeing as I am the class representative, I was in hand of evaluating the four subjects we have this semester. Me and one of the other class representatives from our year (but an other course) have had four meetings with four different lecturers these three days. I also had a meeting with the Bachelor administration and three other Tourism students yesterday, so I'm glad I'm finally done with this for now.

In other "news", so to speak. I went to an ice-hockey game (Vålerenga - Sparta Warriors) with my mom, dad and brother on Sunday. I've never been to a game like that before and it was really fun. My dads company are sponsors for Vålerenga, so we sat in the VIP area and got food and everything : ) It was great! The one downside of it was that my hand got messed up by the puck. It came flying out of nowhere and hit my left hand. Fast and furious. It hurt for a long time, but I got to take the puck home, so that was at least nice ; )

When I got home though, I saw that Arsenal lost the Carling Cup finale against Birmingham, and that hurt pretty much as much as getting hit by the puck. I was actually sad for a long time. Can't imagine how they felt : ( And United lost against Chelsea last night, but that just made me angry, because David Luiz (Chelsea player) should have been sent off and Chelsea shouldn't have gotten the penalty! Way weak!! And since Vidic actually did get sent off, we'll face Liverpool on Sunday without him. Rio, get your behind back in business!!

As you see, I don't do so well with back-to-back defeats. That's definitely the downside of supporting two teams... However, the joy is double as well, so I choose to focus on that instead ; ) Arsenal play an FA Cup replay against Leyton Orient tonight though, so I'm hoping for a victory tonight. Both for their and my sake ; ) (And if they win, they'll go to Old Trafford to play United next. That's when the fun begins ; ) )

xoxo

My weekend...

... will be spent babysitting my 5 year old cousin, David. My aunt is at work today and my uncle away for some bow and arrow course. So far we've played games and listened to Glory, Glory Man United about 20 times. He really loves that song : )

My beautiful little United-freak : )

My aunt, uncle, cousin and her kids from Stavanger are visiting my grandparents as well, so we'll go up there in a little while.

Later today we'll watch United - Crawley in the FA Cup with my aunt. I'll also have Stoke - Brighton and Chelsea - Everton on it the background during the day. I really love the FA Cup. You never ever know what will happen : p

2-1 baby!!

Whoohoo!! : D Barcelona took the lead and everyone thought that was it. But Arsenal had other plans. With two beautiful goals and a great fight-back, they're going into the return leg in Barcelona with 2-1! Game on, Barca. Game on.

I count the minutes.....

In 2 hours and 20 minutes Arsenal will take on Barcelona at Emirates Stadium in London for the second year in a row. Last year they also met in the knock-out rounds in Champions League. It's a massive game and it's going to be great! I can't wait, but I'm also nervous. Barcelona are great, but I want Arsenal to win and go through to the next round : )

At this point, only time will tell... Good luck, Arsenal FC!

Happy Valentine's Day

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy Valentine's Day : ) Hope you can all spend it with the people you love.

I'll be spending the evening watching Fulham - Chelsea. Although they're not the teams I prefer to watch, football is my greatest love this Valentine's Day...

Kvitsund en mi corazón

After yet another week of school and a little trip back home, Marte and I went to Kvitsund : ) Kvitsund is our old high school. That's where we met and it was three of the best years of my life! The school is in the middle of nowhere and we met up with Isabel in Seljord. It's strange though... Since high school, Isabel and I have met twice. Last weekend and this weekend ; ) But that will all change now. Although she's getting married and we're both in school, I know it will be way easier to see each other now.

The reason for our trip to Kvitsund, was to see this years russerevy. It's when the senior class puts on a production with dance, song and a lot of fun acts, especially based on mocking teachers. It's a lot of fun : D Even if it's been three years since we left, some of the jokes were the same. It just goes to show that time kinda stands still there :p Just the students who gets switched. But then again, that's part of the charm of this wonderful school : )

Just a small football entry to sign of. Three things that "needs" to be mentioned. Arsenal had an amazing game away at Newcastle on Saturday. Or they could have had. They went into half time with a 0-4 lead! Everyone was thinking "How many goals can they actually get?". When they came back though, everything got messed up. Diaby got a straight red card. Newcastle got two penalties and two goals. The last one came in the 89th minute and was an absolute beauty!

Manchester United played Wolverhampton away and started perfectly with Nani's goal. Things were about to change there to though, and it ended it the season's first defeat in the Premier League : ( That sucked!

Sunday afternoon saw Chelsea host Liverpool with their fresh signing from Liverpool, Fernando Torres, in the starting line up. I only saw the first half, and it wasn't too interesting. Both teams had a few good counters, but nothing resulted in a goal. Torres got booed a lot, which is understandable. About ten minutes after I left I got a text from my brother. 1-0 to Liverpool. Raul Meireles. Whoooohoooooo!!!! This is one of the few games I actually side with Liverpool and I was very happy about how it ended : )

Now I'm looking forward to a new week of school, work and international break. Wednesday will be a good night : D Buena suerte, España! Y Noruega, por supuesto ; )

Have a great week, everybody!

xoxo

Porsgrunn and dinner...

I've had an amazing 24 hours : ) Yesterday, after school, Marte and I went to Porsgrunn to meet Isabel, one of my best friends from high school. The worst thing is that we figured out that Isabel and I haven't seen each other since we left school :o So needless to say, it was truly amazing to see her again! We stayed up talking 'till three and then left at three today : ( I miss her already. She's getting married this summer, so I'm starting to feel kinda grown up. So many of my former classmates are already or are getting married. That' s life I guess.

When we got to Oslo, we met Elise, another of our high school friends, and went to eat Chinese, and it was goooood. I love my girls and I love Chinese, so it was a nice meal ; )

After I got back to the flat I've seen United beat Southampton 2-1 in the 4th round of the FA Cup and Barcelona beat Hercules 3-0 in La Liga. My evening got even better when Elise and Marte came up here again. They just left, and I should think about going to bed now and get ready for some more FA Cup action. Arsenal are taking on Huddersfield tomorrow, and I'm excited : )

Sweet dream everyone : )

xoxo

My weekend

Good morning everyone :)

My weekend will luckily be rather quiet. I got up a couple of hours ago to clean the apartment, and now I'm trying to get myself to do statistics... Not all that easy, though... (Wonder why? ;) )

The rest of the day (and weekend) will be spent trying to do something sensible, watch Norway take on Hungary in Men's Handball World Cup and read "En plass i solen" by Liza Marklund, that I have finally gotten into. Took a while for me to get into the story, but last night I could barely put it down :) And since it's weekend I'll also watch football :D Will probably watch four games, but at least three! I do love the weekend ;)

Hope everyone has a great day!

xoxo

Back to business

My day started at 6 am. I was at work from 7 - 12. Then I had a lecture in Statistics. Fun stuff.

When I was at work I felt that I was glad to be back. Holiday is great, but you can't live like that all the time, you know. It would take the charm away from it ;)

I don't really know what I expect this semester. I think it will be a tough six months, but I think I'm ready for it. I'll do my best, but unlike last semester, I'm also gonna take time out to breath. After being sick for just about three weeks before and during Christmas, I've learned that I need to relax every now and then as well.

Hope you've all had a great Christmas, and I wish everyone a happy New Year : ) May all your dreams come true.

xoxo

Christmas holiday : D

Finally!! It's here! I've now got almost three full weeks off from school, and I'm going to take full advantage of it : ) It starts tomorrow by going to Prague to see Karolina : D I'll stay there till Wednesday and the plan is to see Prague, Vienna and Brno, close to where she lives. I can't wait to see her again. Really hope the weather will behave and let's my flight fly ; )

Me and my girl : )

When I get back, I'm going to Oslo Gospel Choir Christmas concert, before I go back home on Thursday. Then it's Christmas celebration at my grandmothers house on Friday and the mountains on Saturday, where my sister, brother-in-law and two nephews will be as well : ) It's going to be great : )

xoxo

great......

Just got back from my doctor's office (I have of course gone home to be with my parents), and I was right: I have a minor ear infection, so I'm getting ready for a month with less than great hearing and probably a crappy flight on Sunday. Luckily, it's not nasty like the one I had in Brighton last winter. At that time I didn't have an exam at the same time though, so that's the challenge this time around. But I'm not going to let my ear ruin everything for me. I'm still going to study as well as I can, and I am going to pass my exam on Friday!! There's no way I'm going to do it all over again next semester!! Wish me luck!

xoxo