Friday, November 21, 2008
Let it snow...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
28 Days to go!
I just found out that I have to be out of my dorm on the 15th of December and my flight doesn't leave till the 16th. Oh well one day in a hostel it is!
This last weekend I went to Sweden with some friends. I had a really good time. The dollar has been slowly increasing and Sweden was a lot cheaper than Denmark which was really nice. Also I didn't have to pay for some things because it was kinda a school trip so the school payed for some of it. I liked it and had lots of fun.
Recently I went to a Woodland rave party. It was amazing!
Hopefully that video works. Those were some of the photos that I took at the party. It was absolutely amazing!
So not to go on and on about homework but I only have 2 more weeks to write this 50 page paper. All of my classes are over and we are supposed to be focusing on this paper and I am finding it harder and harder to want to focus on it. There are so many other things that I would rather be doing then school work :)
This coming weekend I am going to Berlin with my friends. I am pretty excited. I have always wanted to go to the Holocaust museum in Berlin and now I am going to be able to go. We are only going for about 2 days but it should be fun none the less.
I am going to be so happy to be going to school at UW again. The last teacher I had here was completely offensive and most of her information was incorrect. I felt like I was learning absolutely nothing and wasting my time!
Anyway enough ranting. MORE TO COME!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Its been a long time...
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Show tonight!
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Future party
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Afternoon alone
After I went to Roskilde, I came back home and went grocery shopping. It was nice. My bags were a little heavy so I stopped in the grass and layed there listening to my IPOD. I ended up laying in the sun for an hour. It felt so good just to have some time to myself to think. I need to do that more often for myself.
So I have definitely made the decision to not stay in my Danish classes. I felt such a relief to make that decision. I hated that class and it really stressed me out.
For some reason, I feel like I need days off from school during the week. I never felt that way at the University of Washington but here at RUC I feel so drained. I think its because the classes are boring and I am not engaged in the conversations. Its not that its not interesting (well some of it isn't) its that I have already learned the material. I need some education that will stimulate my brain. I have being doing a lot of research on my own fields of study, which I have found to be helpful but still not as educational as I would expect out of school.
I have come to really appreciate the way that schools are set up in the states. I have come to appreciate many things about the states and I will never take those things for granted again.
MORE TO COME! Stay tuned!
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Decisions
Last night was a CRAZY party. There were so many people everywhere on campus. There were people throwing up everywhere too. It was just so crazy. Even though there was a mass amount of people there, somehow our group always managed to find eachother in the shuffle. It was pretty fun. We dances from 11pm to 5:30 in the morning. I feel sorry for the people who have to clean everything up.
Oh and last night was the first time in my life that I used a port a potty. Pretty gross but not as bad as I thought they were going to be. Thought I would never have to use one but I guess I was wrong.
So I have had to do a lot of work around school the last few days. We had to form groups for our projects and that was EXTREMELY stressful. Every one just kept getting shuffled around and groups kept dissolving. It took 2 eight hour days to figure it all out. I am glad that it is over with now. I think that the even harder part of the project is coming up soon. That is the actual work that has to be done. I chose to be in a group that is focusing on prostitution in Denmark involving immigrants through a Marxist feminist lens. Pretty excited about the topic.
Anyway. I will have more soon. Going to a party tonight for Milli. She is turning 21!
Will write soon!!!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Danish Class
I dont think that I will be attending any more danish classes anytime soon. That was the most high stress situation I have been in for a while. I dont need all that added stress in my life. Got enough of that without the danish classes.
On top of it being utterly horrible, it was three hours long. Pretty frustrating.
After class I made taco's out of danish versions of mexican food and meat. It was... different. Was not anything like cooking in the states. It was interesting though. No way to compair the two.
The rest of my day was pretty dull. Watched the end of weeds on my computer and that was about it. Not a great end to an already pretty bad day. I miss home...
Write soon!
Monday, September 15, 2008
Nothing interesting
I also miss the food. I will never take food from America for granted again.
I did go to a more interesting class today. She actually talked to us like humans and not like we were children. Tomorrow I start my Danish classes. Not to excited about that. Languages other than my own have never been my strong suit. It should be interesting none the less.
Will be posting more soon!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Denmark's national museum
In the museum there were conficting images of immigration which was interesting to see. They present the immigrants as being something outside. They talked about how the immigrant only wants to keep their culture and they dont want to intergrate any of the danish culture into their own. I thought that was pretty interesting.
The way that they presented women was pretty typical. The woman always had on a dress and the younger women had full busts and the older women were "less attractive". All the women had really skinny waists. If the woman was being presented with a man, she was constantly "swooning" over him. Pretty typical of older European art.
The rest of the day I pretty much didnt do anything. I did eat at this really amazing Italian place down in Copenhagen. Christy and I shared a pizza. It was pretty dang good.
Tonight I think that a group of us are going out dancing. I hope everything works out because I would really like to go dancing tonight. They have a lot of dance clubs in both Copenhagen and Roskilde. Pretty exciting stuff!
I will have more coming your way!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Deer Park
Then me and the girls went out to enjoy the town of Copenhagen. I wish that I was living in that town instead of Roskilde. Its still nice to be in Denmark in general though.
Tomorrow we are going to the Denmark national musuem. I hope that it is all that it is cracked up to be. I am excited to be able to go somewhere other than this dorm room. I do enjoy living here I just get so bored. We are basically out in the middle of the field.
There is a lot of stress that is evolving around money here. No one gets their financial aid until Sept. 26th. It is stressing a lot of people out because we cant do anything until that aid comes in. I would really like to be able to travel more around Denmark on my days off, but it seems pretty hard when you have no cash. I will be fine though. I am in an amazing country and I can do anything I want.
MORE TO COME!!!
Monday, September 8, 2008
Long education day
I dont really have any plans for the rest of the day but I know that I need to get out of this little tiny area that my school is located in. I feel so confined and lost. I am really missing the convinance of the states. I just hope that I get used to it and learn to love what I am doing.
Something either in the food or water is making a lot of people sick. I dont know what to stop eating or drinking to not keep getting sick. Many of the American international students feel the same way. I just want to go home!
I miss my family and friends a lot too. Especially my Evan. You never realize how much you love someone until you leave them for four months! How am I going to make it through this time without my support system? Its a weird experiance being all alone in a foreign country where you dont know all the rules and you have no one to lean on for support. I will make it through this, I know I will!
More to come soon!
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Class
I did talk to this guy yesterday that is danish and he stated that the women in Denmark have more rights then the men do. I thought that that was interesting since the women in the US hardly have any rights. A woman has complete control over her body and has say in every issue in her life. Now if we could take women having no rights in the US and women having more rights in Denmark and somehow created a happy medium, maybe there could be equality between women and men. That would be great!
I am thinking about taking a job on campus but I dont know yet. There is a possition opening in the copy room, but its kinda nice just to be able to focus on my studies while I am here. The extra money would be nice though...
Yesterday I went to a dance club and had a blast! It was nice to be able to just hang out with my girlfriends and dance the night away. I really enjoy dancing, but I dont enjoy danish music much. Its a lot of techno. They did play a few American song though like Candy Shop and I kissed a girl, but that was about it. It was still a lot of fun.
MORE TO COME!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Getting settled
Every time that I want to go somewhere I have to walk to get there. It is fine for now but it will start to get harder as the time goes by and the weather gets colder. I was thinking about joining a gym, but I have to walk there too and I dont know if I would be motivated enough to walk there every day to every other day. Its 299 kroner a month which is about $60. It is the most amazing place that I have ever seen though. There is a huge pool and hot tub, a sauna, of course the work out macines, all the work out classes you could possibly ask for, tanning, and personal training sessions. Its a pretty amazing place. I dont know it I could get up and go work out all time though. There is a gym on campus but I dont know what it is like. Maybe today I will go check it out. Its only $20 a month and I dont think that I have to pay an starting fee. The other gyms starting fee is $60 which is a lot!
So this really horrible thing happened the other day. The girls and I were getting off the train and a woman was trying to get on and she placed her hand in the door and was proceeding to move her body in as well and they slammed the door on her hand. The conductor saw what had happened and simply told her it was too late to get on the train. Another passenger had to come and pull her hand out of the door before the train started to move. I was appauled that the conductor didnt do anything or even cared to do anything. We talked about this in one of our classes. In this country, everyone is to look out for themselves. They are to take responsibility for themselves. They have no seatbelt laws or laws about food quality. I have seen many times the people that are preparing my food for me touch it with their hands or drop the food on the ground. Everyone is to look out for themselves. Its just so different then what I am used to.
More to come! Stay tuned!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Moving in
When we finally got into our dorms, I discovered that they are really nice. I have a kitchenet, a bathroom, and a bedroom with two desks, a dresser, and a bed. All in all it is pretty nice. The dorm that I am in is the newest one on campus. I think that I will enjoy living here.
I have met some really interesting people while I have been here. Yesterday I met another girl from the states who was really home sick and had been here a week by herself. I like her and everyone else that we meet.
Roskilde is amazing. Its like being in the country compaired to Copenhagen. There is a nice town center that is a train ride away. They just recently built two grocery stores somewhat on campus. They are about a mile walking distance. A mile here doesnt seem like that much when you walk all the time. I know that I will be loosing weight here. I can feel that i have already.
There are some things that I have grown to miss. For one, the comfort and ease of a home cooked meal. At home you can just pop into a grocery store and get some food and make a great meal. Here its not that simple. You have to buy in little amounts because you have to carry everything home. You also have to pay for the bags here so most people bring their own. The grocery stores here are also a lot smaller and are a lot more expensive. It is really hard to find the things that you need here in the stores. Little things like that are taken for granted in the states.
Hope you enjoyed! More to come!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Concert at Tivoli
One of the things that we did at night was we went to this concert in Tivoli Gardens and saw a 80's music Danish group. It was really fun to watch all the people singing to the music. There were people from all ages there. It seemed like everyone knew the songs, no matter what their age was. It was fun but really crowded. There was no walking just shoving and pushing. It only cost about $15 to get in which I though was pretty reasonable. We were going to ride some of the rides but we couldnt find any of the entrences to the rides. Kinda frustrating but the rides were really expensive anyway. About $8 a ride.
On the way home we talked to some guys about immigration issues in Denmark. One guy stated that he thought that he wasnt racist but he thought that in 50 years the muslim population will make up 40% of the population and that we were going to have to "kill them off" because they would begin to want to much power. I took great offense to this but didnt show it at the time because I wanted to hear what he had to say. It was interesting I suppose. A lot of people feel that the Muslim population is becoming a problem. That is why we are here to experience the racism that is put on these select few individuals.
I have been spending a lot of money this week but I am treating this first week like my vacation and the time I am in school as my regular life. We have been around in Copenhagen enough now to know where to go for the cheap items such as bars, groceries, and coffee. I am getting to know my way around now.
Remember to keep checking my pictures on myspace. I am posting new pics all the time.
More to come!!
Friday, August 29, 2008
Walking... Walking... Walking...
I had the most amazing pizza in my life here. I think that is about the same price as in the states but the taste is alot better. I think that they may have alot more Italian influence as far as their pizza is concerned.
I visited the red light district by accident today. We were just wondering through town and wondered onto the street lined with porn and hookers. Little weird but we got ourselfs out of there as fast as we could. There were also drug deals everywhere around us. It was weird.
I took a lot of pics today and some of my older ones are listed on my myspace page. The link for that is www.myspace.com/hollysholes. Feel free to visit that site as well. Most of my pics will be listed there.
More to come!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Super Woman
One of the most interesting things about this country (amoung everything else I have talked about) is the amount of bike riders and the things that they are capable of doing on a bike. they hold hands, smoke, drink, juggle their groceries, and many other things while riding their bikes. I am absolutely amazed at all they can do. Im sure that since bikes are their main mode of transportation that they aquire these skills pretty easily. I find myself tripping over the bikes here constantly because they line every street and every cafe. Its kinda odd.
I start school on Monday. They expect us to be super women on that day. We have to take a train in from Copenhagen to Roskilde (about a 25 min. bus ride) then get off, walk to the school, go to the dorm office, sign contracts, drop our stuff off into our dorms, and then somehow run to class in the morning. I dont know how they do it here in Denmark, but I sure dont remember things being like that in America. I am kinda nervous about having to do it all in such a short amount of time. I will figure out a way somehow. Im just glad that there are other people that feel just as lost as I do in these type of situations. It may be weird going to school with people that are from all over the world. I am just very thankful that my classes are being taught in english, with the exception of my danish language class.
Will be posting more soon!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Having fun
Later tonight I will be meeting up with some people that arrived early in Denmark also. I think we may have a drink but they are so expensive. Last night I bought a drink for 75 kroners which is about $15. That was my mixed drink out. Its kinda weird not having to be carded for things here. Today I even seen a girl about the age of 13 smoking out in public. I thought that it was a little strange.
I am falling in love with Denmark. Everything here is great. I love it here.
More to come!
First couple of days
Everything is amazing here. I feel like I dont have the hussle and bussle of the city bringing me down. Everything is so relaxed here. I feel like I can calm down and just enjoy life here without being so stressed. I just love it. The only thing that I wish was here was my family especially my Evan. I miss them so much already!
Blog soon, its about 1 am here and I need my rest!