SMILE:D

Everything’s coming together…. 😀 After months of wondering what, when, where, why, who, which & how- it’s finally getting sorted. My name is finally changed back- (‘Greenvalley’- woop, woop!! :D), I bought a (very cute & cheap) laptop yesterday for uni, I managed to enrol in the course I need, it seems like we’ll be getting the flat in Genesis (hehe- then we’ll be occupying 4 flats in this amazing building we call home.. Why don’t we just get our own floor??;p), most of the family have now returned- and the rest will be here this weekend, so it’s going to be a great weekend! 😀 It’s just one of those days.. I woke up with the biggest smile knowing that the day is going to be amazing (even though there are still things to do, and I’m tired as few after lack of sleep)- thankful for each and every single little event that has let me to where I am right now… Every person I’ve met, every course I’ve taken, every talk I’ve had, every feeling I’ve ever felt has led me to where I am right now– back at Genesis, doing a Masters surrounded by some of the best people in the world..Yup, this is going to be my best semester ever! 😀

Perfect day to stay in bed..

After I’ve been up before sunrise 2 days in a row, I was stoked to finally have a day I could sleep in… And what happens? I wake up at 4am! (-guess I have too much stuff on my mind- or is it jetlag still?). After trying to go back to sleep for a few hours, I decided to give up- and then Monty txted me letting me know he’s on his way back to Surfers- wohooo! 😀 It’s pouring  ‘cats & dogs’ outside (:p), so I’m not really tempted to do much on my day off.. It’s one of those days you rather just stay in bed all day- letting the day pass by on the outside.. (but that would get a bit lonely:p). I need to get a laptop at some point, write my resume so I can apply for a job, get a flat, go through all my stuff and re-pack all my stuff (that’s been stuffed in every single closet and wardrobe in my poor girls’ flat since early March..:s).  But if I know myself, I’ll probably just hang out with Monty all day- catching up the last 2 months of his adventures around Asia (and my unbelievable exiting summer at home;). I thought the first week at uni would be full-on– being Masters and all,  but as it seems, the tut’s doesn’t start until next week, and the lectures so far have been more or less a recap of stuff I already know ( a bit of marketing basics, as well as explanation of Aussie- life and culture… Prob because 99% of the students in my classes are new students from different Asian countries.. I’m actually the only girl that’s blonde and not scared of the sun in my whole class! Why decide to go to the GC in Oz of all places if you’re going to walk around with an unberella in bright sunlight cause you’re scared to tan your white skin? Beats me.. :p). Well, if I was at all unsure about Aussies and the localization of the library (after having been a student here for the last 3 years), at least I know now- once and for all.. :p It’s probably good to have a ‘soft start’ anyways, because before I know it, I’ll be stressing to get all my assignments done in time..  And the next few days the whole family will be back, and then there will probably be ‘a bit’ partying for a while (if the beginning of last sem is anything to go by:p). Can’t wait to see you….! 😀

Wrong place… :s

Day 2 at uni and I managed to get the wrong location for my lecture…. Typical! So after waiting for a while, I had to run across campus to get to the right lecture hall- all before I even had my coffee.. :s So I went for a little stroll to buy some necessities (:p) to feel a bit better:) Now I finally got a jacket- cause it’s actually quite freezing down under! (I was in denial, and thought I’d manage in flip-flops and shorts all ‘winter’, but finally had to give in after I’ve been walking around with goose bumps all over for 3 days:s). 2moz I’m off uni, and my dear Monty will be back, so I might do something fun! 😀 The next few days the rest of La Familia will also be back on the GC- can’t wait to see everyone again:) Me, Fraggle and Monty might even be able to move in to Genesis- but in which case after the 10th Aug, so we’ll have to see if we can make it work somehow (we’ll have a look around the other buildings in Markwell ave as well and see if we can find a nice home for the 3 of us close to the rest of the family:). Yupyup- not so much interesting things to tell 2day, so I will round off with a song that I really like these days (even though the lyrics are a bit weird, and the video resembles a weird S&M scene- the melody it really catchy! 🙂

Misery

Misery (Maroon 5):
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
So scared of breaking it
But you won’t let it bend
And I wrote two hundred letters
I won’t ever send
Somehow it is cut so much
Deeper then they seem
You’d rather cover up
I’d rather let them be
So let me be
And I’ll set you free

I am in misery
There ain’t no other
Who can comfort me
Why won’t you answer me?
Your silence is slowly killing me
Girl you really got me bad
You really got me bad
I’m gonna get you back
Gonna get you back

Your salty skin and how
It mixes in with mine
The way it feels to be
Completely intertwined
It’s not that I didn’t care
It’s that I didn’t know
It’s not what I didn’t feel,
It’s what I didn’t show
So let me be
And I’ll set you free
I am in misery
There ain’t no other
Who can comfort me
Why won’t you answer me?
Your silence is slowly killing me
Girl you really got me bad
You really got me bad
I’m gonna get you back
Gonna get you back

Say your faith is shaken
You may be mistaken
You keep me wide awake and
Waiting for the sun
I’m desperate and confused
So far away from you
I’m getting here
Don’t care where I have to go

Why do you do what you do to me, yeah
Why won’t you answer me, answer me yeah
Why do you do what you do to me yeah
Why won’t you answer me, answer me yeah

I am in misery
There ain’t no other
Who can comfort me
Why won’t you answer me?
Your silence is slowly killing me
Girl you really got me bad
You really got me bad
I’m gonna get you back
Gonna get you back

En flott sommer…. <3

Here’s a little ‘poem’ I wrote at the airport on the way back to Oz…:p (It’s in Norwegian, but it’s pretty much just describing what I’ve been doing this summer:) I’m no poet though- it’s just for fun!

Øl på brygga er alltid stas

selv om en titt på kontoen dagen derpå kan være litt mas:s

Men verdt det er det allikevel-

når man har hatt en så utrolig hyggelig kveld!

En del ganger har vi endt opp på Donald ute-

med start i studioet til Karl er vi alltid i rute:p

‘Shake n’ bake’ og shake litt til-

med drinken i hånden blir kvelden alltid vill!

Siri ble endelig ferdig advokat-

dette måtte feires med Cava og god mat

Vi kledde oss i våre fineste filler,

og festet som Karsten med sorte plastbriller:p

I Lillebergsvingen vi har hatt det gøy-

med grilling på balkongen har vi laget støy

At Koseklump liker ‘Sommersby’ det vet vi godt-

årets mine ble festet på kamera mens jeg og Caro lo rått:D

Jeg og Caroline har det så gøy vi to-

med oss i ‘boksen’ blir det ikke ro!

Lillesøster Cille er ikke så liten lenger-

hun jobber hver dag fra det åpner til det stenger

Jeg er så stolt av dere alle tre-

og når vi er sammen er det vanskelig å ikke le!

Jeg er heldig som har så fantastiske søsken og familie-

og synes det er trist at vi ikke bor på samme sted..

Mamma, våre prater får meg alltid til å tenke å ting-

du kommer alltid med gode råd og innspill

gjerne mens vi spiser reker med dill!

Min gumsing Marie kom på besøk fra Sverige-

og etter uteliv i Oslo dro vi til Tønsberg med hjelp fra pappa Terje:)

Vi hadde det så utrolig koselig-

det har klart at selv med stor avstand oss imellom er vi venner for all tid:)

Og Kjetil..hva kan jeg si?

Selv om vi ikke funket har vårt vennskap kommet for å bli:)

Lindbäckfesten i Krepsveien 9, vi feiret studenten, bursdagsbarnet og journalisten med vin i mengder og god tapas-

ja, den kvelden var skikkelig stas!

Vi satt ute til de små timer-

lykkeligvis har de kaffemaskin med steamer!

For sene kvelder har det blitt mange av-

så uten koffein hadde energien blitt lav:p

Så var det tid for festivalen-

og det var så gøy at jeg ble helt galen!

Fest og morro i tre hele dager-

med musikk i solen og øl i våre mager:p

Så bar det ned til Risør igjen-

for å henge med mamma, Celine og dem:)

Huset til mor er jo så søtt!

Som et lite dukkehus- for engler kjøper hun støtt:)

Vi koste oss stort i Risør by

før det bar tilbake til pappa på ny

Pappa han lager verdens beste kaffe-

noe som trengs når man føler seg litt daffe:)

Tilbake Festsund det så bar-

for å møte mine tanter og småkusiner før jeg drar..

Nå sitter jeg på Gardemoen alene som få,

med en laaaang reise foran meg – med det er verdt hver mil, så det får gå:)

Takk alle sammen for en fantastisk sommer!

Heldigvis er det bare 5 måneder til jeg igjen kommer…. ❤

What’s life without a few hickups? :p

Then I’m back on the GC.. Everything went great this time (hehe- not as my trip over to Norway in  early June:s)- I was even asked to move to Egypt with some dude I met at Abu Dhabi airport (maybe I would have accepted if he offered me some camels? :p) I’ll happily fly Etihad airways again! 😀 But I had the absolutely longest trip from the airport ever! Everything went well until I was on the train on my way home (cause I thought I’d be sensible and watch my money so I went for public transport rather than catching the shuttle bus).. But between Beenleigh and Ormeu station there was a ‘police incident’ (I really don’t hope someone decided to end their lives on the tracks or something….! 😦 )- so we all had to get off the train.. After waiting for ages, trying to catch a taxi with 2 surfers from California, but winding up in Helensvale and having to take the 709 busto Surfers (which takes an enternity)- all while carrying 2 huge bags around.. 6 hours after my plane landed in Brissy- I was home- puh! (-the same length as the plane ride from Abu Dhabi to Singapore… :s) Barbro and Issie was here, and we spent the day catching up before we headed out to Fiddlers to meet some friends we haven’t seen in a long time:) A great night! 😀 But due to a summer with hardly any sleep (in addition to jetlag), I spent most of todday sleeping (and I’ll probably need to head back to sleep soon as I start uni at 8am in the morning…:s).. Oh, no.. -Just now I was going to double-check my timetable online- and guess what.. Apparently I have enrolled in a wrong class, and was told that I need to swap it asap since I’m not eligible to take it (as I need 20CP in masters first…). Great to get that info 1 day before unistart! :s And since I had to change my password last week and I didn’t remember it now, I tried to log in so many times that I’m now blocked from griffith portal so I can’t make the swap before tomorrow after I’ve been to uni and got a new password… :s Starting the new semester in typical Sina- style as normal!:p  Hopefully everything will work itself out- as always:) I just need to be on top of things from the start! hehe:D -Uni, here I come! :p

-back to the moon..

Now the day for departure is here- feels like I just got here in a way (but at the sane time it feels like I’ve been here for ages with all the fun & activities I’ve managed to squeeze in this summer… :p). Now I’m leaving my lovely darlings, cold (expensive) beer, sunshine all night, pollen allergy, Norwegian delicacies ( as krackerbread, shrimps, caviar on a tube, salami, miils majo, flintsteak, potatosalad, ‘littlecandy’ aka smågodt etc).. I’ve been in a ‘funk’ for a while, and this amazing summer with my lovelies has brought a new perspective on the situation(s) as well as the ability to make me so relaxed that I can finally let my shoulders down again… 🙂 Now I’m better than ever- and I know everything will work itself out- in every aspect of the bubble that is my life;) On Saturday morning I’ll be back on the moon (aka GC), speedwalks on sandy beaches, the hottub in the backyard, starbucks’ iced skinny soy latte (with 1/2 sugarfree vanilla shot:p), the land of smiles & gooday’s, ‘Suicide’ bus lines (patients is a vertue:p), assignments and crazy nights with wonderful people… 😀 -That doesn’t sound too bad at all? I can’t wait to give everyone in La Familia a big cuddle… Almost 6 weeks apart is kind of hard when you’re used to see each other every single day… ❤

-32 hours travelling through Frankfurt and Abu Dhabi with Etihad airways (with comfy seats, great food- hopefully without milk…:p)  OZ- here I come! 😀

I should be used to this…?

– but my eyes still get watery every time I say good- bye… 😦 Yet again 6 weeks of summer in Norway has passed by in the blink of an eye… I´ve tried to ´hit many flies in one smack´or kill many birds with one stone which just sounds brutal… :p -aka spend time with people every second of every day (no moment should pass by without my flies… :p) I have been a busy little bee 24/7… The 3-day festival last week stole the last of my energy (even after tons of coffee), so I guess no-one can run on love alone forever- you´ll need some sleep as well :p The festival was the best ending to an amazing summer… I don´t think I´ve ever had som much fun? Sun, beer, good music, spend time with my great friends, meet old friends, and even get some new friends… 🙂 Now I´ve been at my mum´s place with my oldest baby brother (if I can call him baby– he´s now 24:p), and my sister, and now I´ve packed and ready to go… (or so it seems…). Don´t get me wrong-  I´m looking forward to being back in Surfers with La Familia (that I have missed these last few weeks- ML, Barbro, Issie, Monty, Fraggle, the boys in nr.13- and off course Sanne, the boys in Longbeach and the all rest as well), but it´s always hard to leave my darlings at home.. Tears and all! But luckily, we´ve gone almost 4 years now, and it´s (probably) just a bit more than 4 months to go… 😀 In less than 1 week I´ll be back at uni- as a masters student :s.. Hopefully all the insecurities that´s been a part of my life for the last 6 months will now disappear with the start of a new semester… ( with a new studies, new flat, new roomies, new job- yup, almost a new life altogether really:) -and come december, I´ll be ready to go back home and get a ´grown- up´job and everything… 🙂 Enjoy the rest of your summers sweeties! Some of you I´ll see back on the GC soon, and the rest of my darlings I´ll make sure to keep in touch with until I´m back in Dec.. Thank´s for an amazing summer! ❤

Thankful.. <3

I´m thankful….

-that my cuddly dog is just as stoked to see me when I´ve been to the store for 1 hour as she is when I´ve been gone for months..

-to be able to give someone I love a loooong hug and feel like I can stand there for ever…without having to let go

-for the little rays of sunlight shining through the clouds after lots of rain

-for quiet mornings at my mums… Tea & talk ❤

-for being able to laugh in annoying situations… everything works out as long as you smile 😀

-that there´s things I´m not allerigic to-  luckily I can still eat some foods ;p

-that everybody is coming home for summer- even thoug I wish I had even more time with everyone..

-for not having to think about the time- just do everything whenever I want 🙂

-to have met so many new people these last few weeks- on the buss, train, studio, park, dock, bar etc… 🙂

-that even though time has passed by quicker than ever, I´ve had an amazing summer!

-to again be ´filled in´in my friends´lives.. takes a few hours after we´ve been apart for so long..

-that (for now) all my darlings are safe and healthy…. – please stay that way!

-that everything has worked out with all the practical stuff.. (ticket back, visa, loan etc… ) -puh!

-for all the wonderful people I have in my life.. I can´t even begin to explain how much you all mean to me… Your all like little shining stars in the sky that is my life… Thanks! 🙂

Summer.. :)

I have the ‘The Voice’ in the background, and the Norwegian song ‘Sommerflørt’ (summerflirt) was just on. It’s a summersong from a few years ago that’s not particularly good, but it’s Norwegian and summery, so I’ll toss it in here anyways 😉

Sommerflørt

Sommerflørt (Philip feat. Sandra).

Kan du ringe meg opp, når du får tid
Jeg vet du ikke har glemt at jeg var din favoritt
Så jeg venter at du ringer opp
Og tar deg tid til å møte meg igjen
Og håper at det vil bli noe mer enn en sommerflørt

Ikke misforstå, jeg har ikke lyst til å gå
Men jeg må gjøre mine ting, kan sikker ringe deg opp
Jeg var sammen med en dame, vi er ikke sammen lenger nå
Så jeg vet at du tenker hva jeg tenker på
Møtte deg i sommer, du var nydelig å se på
Du er så søt når du ler, så
Vi stod ved et bål, du sto på andre sida
Jeg så på deg hele tida, og du var så sinnsykt fin, ass
Du sa: “Kan du følge mæ heim i kvæld?”
Det er en av siste dagene i sommerferien
Litt sjenert, dreiv å mumla litt frem og tilbake
Før jeg spurte deg om nummeret ditt

Kan du ringe meg opp, når du får tid
Jeg vet du ikke har glemt at jeg var din favoritt
Så jeg venter at du ringer opp
Og tar deg tid til å møte meg igjen
Og håper at det vil bli noe mer enn en sommerflørt

Skulle ringe deg, eller sende en mail til deg
I verste fall sende et brev til deg
Har et brev på vei, pluss en sms (sms)
Men kanskje du behandler meg som hvem som helst
For du har glemt alt, nei, kanskje du ringer
Nei, kanskje bare meg som er så usikker
Vedder for at du liker masse oppmerksomhet
Det gjør alle jenter, så jeg skrev et vers om det

Kan du ringe meg opp, når du får tid
Jeg vet du ikke har glemt at jeg var din favoritt
Så jeg venter at du ringer opp
Og tar deg tid til å møte meg igjen
Og håper at det vil bli noe mer enn en sommerflørt

Når som helst, bare si en tid
Og når du kommer, ikke ta med deg venninna di, vær så snill a
Når som helst, vi kan ta en kveld, (ssss), vi kan ta en helg
Til å ta igjen, så sjekke ut hva vi har igjen
Etter det, ikke noe hastverk, slapp av
Dette er en bil og du bestemmer farta
Tror jeg mister all balansen, men synet av
deg får øya mine til å danse

Kan du ringe meg opp, når du får tid
Jeg vet du ikke har glemt at jeg var din favoritt
Så jeg venter at du ringer opp
Og tar deg tid til å møte meg igjen
Og håper at det vil bli noe mer enn en sommerflørt

Little things…. <3

I love the little things that makes people who they are…  How they smile, laugh, their body language, how they talk, how they walk, dance, sing… But also little physical things- little quirks if you may:) A crocked tooth, a scar, a cute ear, they way they squint their nose, ‘wiggle’ their eyebrows, dimples, freckles etc…

My sister has the cutest nose- she wrinkles it when she’s sceptical, or thinks somethings weird… My bestest C has the cutest ears (she thinks they look like elf- ears, but I think their cute!). My scrunchy nugget (aka Koseklump) has the best laugh in the whole world, my mum has beautiful dimples in her cheeks when she smiles, my friend Siri has the cutest little nose, both of my brothers have a way of moving their eyebrows a lot (which I think they got from my dad:p), my grandma Motte has amazing smiling- wrinkles around her eyes that is a witness of a lifetime full of laughter, Monty has the best twinkle in his eyes, Fraggle smiles literally from ear to ear, my aunt W has the lightest & most bubbly voice in the world, ML has the biggest smile ever, Sanne has little freckles in her blue eyes… I could go on forever ❤ These little things are what I miss most about my darlings when we’re apart.. -the things that makes them different or special…the most beautiful things in the world! 🙂

Due to a lifetime of clumsiness I do have a few little scars here and there (but all in all it’s actually not that bad considering all the times I’ve bumped into things.:p). My ‘weirdest’ quirks are probably the little scar on my forehead (that I managed to get from the 1 chickenpox I got when I was 2 years old:p), my one crooked tooth, and the freckle  in my right hand….  -Not perfect, but it’s me! 😀