2months later  

Posted by Yuni

It has been more than two months I am here in the land of Ikea, Volvo, Pippi Longstockings , ABBA etc etc etc. I have not blogged for sometime also... well school is crazy and i got tired of reading and typing cos of that somewhat but again i should not complain. Its still better than being frustrated and stuck at work for a long time.
Autumn is finally here and many of the greens has turned red and yellow and orange. Its beautiful! of course my faourtie tree nearby has turned botak totally and looks like an upside down tree.

The first term is coming to an end. I am grateful my group, thou not perfect is harmonious. We did not so bad for the motorola project. Now waiting for exam on 29th and another individual task dateline on 30th. The new module, International Business is starting this monday and so is an extra course on Improvisation of multicultural thingie through drama and stuff. I am in dilemma. That extra course starts at 5pm to 8pm on Mondays and Wednesdays and i dunno if i can do it. Thou the lecturer seems excited that I am from sg( not many sg pple around).

Hari Raya Celebrations
hari raya was unexpectedly one day earlier than sg for me. It was so klam kabut but Inta and I went to Indonesian embassy that evening and got to eat rendang. Somewhat it was quite sad for me on hari raya, but i expected myself to be sad anyways.... I managed to get online nand web conference with my uncles and aunts and cousin on that day(my 2nd day raya). i was in school then waiting for seminar to start.
I had given my feedback to the lecturers about not having important seminars on certain dates for eg Eid. And not to reply to students questions coldy(ok i wont explain this cos i know you guys who read this are the ones who has been tlaking to me often). Still no response till now anyways from the lecturers.But its ok. I was also feeling so horrible over one of the students i think an italian comment when i wish pple Eid Mubarak. he figured it was some kind of religious crap. But Im glad th other students are not as shallow and narrow as he is... sigh good for the world that proportionately more pple are not as ignorant.
My Hari raya open house is not bad... and yeah i managed to cook my own rendang. And its yummy. hehe dunno how come i can realy cook since i moved here. Gullu, my hos sister from gothernburgh came too and stayed over. I was so happy. My friends loved Orebro too and will come again i believe.
Another hari Raya gathering was organised by Inta and Mushin(another indonesian in Malardarlen) we had it at Noora Allegatan's community room. Its also splendid. Theres chop chye and opor.
The past month, I have gotten to know Aida, a singaporean who has lived her for 7 years and she seems nice. I have not met her yet thou. Just talked thru msn and skype. and phone. My big package also arrive with my ikan bilis and jewelry making things. I went to SG Club Hari raya gathering and thru SG club has got to know more singaporeans mostly living in stockholm.
The SG club gathering was held at almadinah restaurant at the side of a mosque in stockholm. www.almadinah.se. Gosh I love stockholm. Its beautiful beauftiful just so beautiful. I will go there many times I hope before i come back to sg. Too bad I did not take that much photos cos it was gettting dark. I was a bit moody also cos worried about my baby nia fia cos i heard shes been acting out. (I have sent some things to her yesterday and promised to send mini books now onwards at least once in two weeks).

Anyhow back to the gathering, theres another malay lady with her hubby and cute baby elias. Theres a lady who lives in vasteras and she has lived here for 11 years. I am glad to know an Sg ean nearby hehe. I met 2 NOC boys and some Karolinska students whos in collaboration program between karolinska and researc institute in nus.
The students missed sg as i did and think that stockholm is not happening as sg. hahahahahahaahahahaha try live in orebro or vasteraslah. I thot stockholm was happening enough. Anyhow Happening not happneing, i embrace the life here. the natural beauty the weather, the fresh air and the peacefulness(looking nt he bright side). I missed the big shopping centres in sg and the crowds and the noise and the humid heatiness haha well i can live without those for a bit. But wat i missed the most is my wonderful family and friends. Every night without fail, I dream of sg anything sg. The people is the factor.
Here, thou i value the everything nice, i sometimes feel isolated and handicapped (like i cant travel far cos it may be expensive or i dunno how to but that i can learn). My social life sucks cos my peers are an hour away.
Worse now my nintendo dslite is gone...i dunno how and how... gosh... it takes away my attention form studying. but i have to focus.

Currently theres no class but just studying and i still wish i can share the beautiful sights and places with my moved ones, my family and friends.....

My achievements:
Walked super fast
understand more swedish words and understand how much to pay fromt he cashiers
enjoying swedish entertainment show slike the singing be(similar to remember the lyrics)
through that enjoying some swedish songs
made pineapple tarts
oats cookies with chocolate
cornflake cookies
honey cornflake cookies
wonderful rendang
daging masak kicap pedas
lodeh
Nasi Lemak
Sambal tumis ikan bilis for nasi lemak

No pictures for now But i will put it up soon. i am trying to get beautiful colours of autumn and try put it up for competition in school.

So look out for it. ( i really shd write more cos i tend to forget details)