Tuesday 17 August 2010

First Days in SE


Some fitting quotes from "In Bruges":

Ray: I'm not being funny. We can't stay here.
Ken: We have to stay here until he rings.
Ray: Well what if he doesn't ring for two weeks?
Ken: Then we stay here for two weeks.
Ray: For two weeks? In fucking Bruges? In a room like this? With you? No way.

Ray: Maybe that's what hell is, the entire rest of eternity spent in fucking Bruges.


Harry: [about Ray] So he's having a really nice time?
Ken: Well, I'm having a really nice time. I'm not sure it's really his cup of tea.
Harry: [after a long pause] What?
Ken: You know, I'm not sure it's really his thing.
Harry: What do you mean it's not really his thing? What's that supposed to mean? It's not really his thing. What the fuck is that supposed to mean?
Ken: Nothing, Harry.
Harry: It's a fairytale town, isn't it? How's a fairytale town not somebody's fucking thing?


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After few beautiful Days in Stockholm, I arrived yesterday to Örebro. Well, Sweden is quite spacey :-D The campus and my apartment (shared with 2 other girls) in Brickebacken is on the very edge of the city. It is a 15 min. ride on a bus, where you have the impression, that you are being taken out of the city to some small settlement in the middle of a forest. It is charming, really. :-) Our house is also on the edge of Brickebacken, and my window is facing the wilderness :-)

It is funny, Sweden has a population of Hungary spreaded on a five times bigger area. Language is quite fascinating. If you know English and German well, you'll understand a lot of what is written. And it is really very similar to Danish. When spoken, it has a funny intonation.

People are very friendly and helpful! I got a full half an hour guide from Martina in the international office, who handed me the keys. She explained everything and assured me of her help if I have any further question. Very welcoming. :-) But we still don't have our internet fixed :-S

Apartment: Since it is a "new", or I would rather say, cleaned up, not even really renovated apartment, there is nothing but the furniture. No plates, no cutlery, no bowls, glasses or pans. Since I don't want to buy now anything and I also do not have the money for that, I wait for the other 2 girls to arrive and do it together. Until than, I have plastic and paper plates/glasses/spoons and a sauce pan. A sauce pan? What the hell? I couldn't find any water boiler in any supermarket :-S :-S So I had to buy a sauce pan :-S I really needed a cup of tea and coffee....

Actually, what the hell am I doing in fucking SE??? All what I have is in Zürich and I miss You guys a lot! But no worry, I'n not going to be shot, it will get better with time after getting familiar with the surroundings and people.