the [nonexistent] life of a law student

Deja vu

2012-02-06T10:38:00.000-08:00

"Oh, I forgot to blog."

Not really, I've had my blog in the back of my mind for a while, with nothing to share. Why? No idea really. Maybe because of the one month I spent in Norway over Christmas and New Year, possibly the three exams I had before that. In other words, supposedly because my life has been so boring there's been nothing to write about. And frankly, I have little interest in writing about news or events which belong in newspapers and the like.

But now I'm back in Copenhagen, Denmark again, ready to start a new term with new exchange students and a new roommate. And my life as 22, which incidentally starts on Sunday, which is my birthday. I started 'celebrating' yesterday by seeing my favourite norwegian band at Vega, one of the most famous places for concerts in Cph. The only upside was the 'mega' beer. People were pushing insanely, and I got separated from everyone I know by sweaty men and women. Someone stepped on my feet constantly, pulled out about 2/4 of my hair, and the singer had grown a beard. Oh, and i almost managed to catch something the band threw from the stage, but since I was to slow in picking it up, someone grabbed it by sticking their whole arm in between my feet from behind. Rude danes and swedes. It all ended with me just cycling back home, watching Family Guy and reading on in my scary book. I downloaded [legally] a book called "Hell House" to my Kobo, after Amazon recommending it as the scariest book. And I decided to read it last night, when I came home all cold and bruised from the concert. It might not have been the best move I've made, seeing that I am currently all alone in my flat because my new roomie hasn't moved in yet. And the book is scary, at least to a certain extent. I finished it during the night, which made it feel like I'd read a leaflet, after finishing the 4 first books in the Game of Thrones series.

So here we are, back to the dreary life of a law student. One week into term I've already been drunk more than three times, and I've already spent over £130 on TWO books. I don't even know what the third one will cost me. One lecture got cancelled after we'd called the teacher to ask where he was, and the second almost made me cry the moment the teacher handed out the outlines describing how to measure the territorial zones in different jurisdictions at sea.

And I got a new roommate.

50/50 and a Danish birthday

2011-11-30T09:56:00.001-08:00

3 weeks since my last entry. God, this is horrible. I guess the main reason for my lack of blogging is that my exams are over me again. I have one oral exam on tuesday, then one take at home exam 12th - 14th of December, and the the last oral one on 15th of December. Then it's Christmas break until 30th of JANUARY. How awesome is that not? I'll go to Norway, probably the French Alps, and probably London, if anyone can have me over.

But in the meantime, I'm spending 10 hour days in the library; 9AM to 7PM. Thus, not a whole lot of interesting stuff to write about. I did however go to Bispebjerg today, to celebrate my friends 23rd birthday. She served freshly made buns with jam and cheese, hot chocolate and TWO kind of "layer cake" which is a Danish speciality. YUM! Since I've already wasted most of my day I'm going to the movies in a short while to see 50/50. It seems like an edgy movie, but since I've lost my grandfather to cancer I guess I can sort of relate.

This is me right now. Reading about danish corporate finance regulation. Bleh! Reminds me of my I like common law so much, these laws make less sense than a good pile of case law and precedence! Some ignorant Dane went on to talk about how the common law makes absolute no sense - I told him to shut up and crawl back into his hole of ignorance.

Anyways, movie time!

10 000 (and 7)

2011-11-13T10:40:00.001-08:00

Wow, just made the 10 000 page view mark. 10 000 pages views, and no comments..? Come on, guys! Anyways, I've been busy as a bee this weekend, seeing that I had a friend from London over. I just dropped him off at the airport, after filling him with alcohol and pastries all weekend. Poor guy, detoxing after a weekend in Cph!

Okay, so I might admit that we did some touristy stuff. First, I took him to the Round Tower, which is in the heart of the inner city, by the Triniatis church. Tsar Peter the Great rode up by horse, and at some point, someone drove a mini cooper all the way up. It gives you a view of most of Cph, and is AMAZING. 25DKK entrance doesn't kill the wallet either, and who doesn't need a hill after sampling the danishes and beers danes have to offer.

We also went to Amager Beach (Strand) which is only a 10 min ride on the Metro from Nørreport or Kongens Nytorv. It was absolutely amazing, with fresh air, sun and water. It was cold, however, and my shoes pretty much had to give in to the sand after a while. But absolutely worth it.

In terms of nightlife, we were a couple of people who had each our own tourists, and we toured a selection of bars, one of them called Gefährlich, in Nørrebro. It was good, and seeing that it's open until 5, a great place for an all-night'er. We only got there at 2, and were too sober, so we ended up going home waaay before everyone else there.

Oh, and I might have mentioned that my favourite pole and me prepared a wonderful meal for a couple of friends on tuesday before heading of to the dreaded (social class 7) LA Bar in inner city. Just to prove that I do cook (in addition to being absolutely brilliant).

Anyway; happy 10 000 page views everyone!

Solitude!

2011-11-08T05:07:00.000-08:00

Extra happy today after discovering that second term rent didn't empty out my account. To celebrate, we're making dinner at a friends place, she has a wonderful apartment all by herself by Søerne, which are the lakes up in the inner city, separating the inner city itself from Nørrebro.

Right now I'm just eating lunch by myself [i always eat everything from bowls] whilst indulging in the silence which has finally fallen over the flat. My roommate [bless her] has had friends over for a very, very long time. Even though I enjoy the company, it's wonderful to be one person in the flat, as opposed to three, or even 5 [6 at most]. It's also been a hectic couple of weeks, with Norway one weekend, then London the next, and then going out monday, thursday, friday and saturday last week. I told myself to be good this week, but look at me, out again tonight! Who am I, and what have I become? Oh right, an exchange student.

Brunching through life

2011-11-07T09:35:00.000-08:00

Another weekend past, another Halloween party attended. The dress was brought out again, but this time I won't even both showing the pictures; been there, done that. Saturday was not the only night of the weekend, of course, we went to Mojo again on Thursday for the jam, and afterwards, to another bar with some pretty awesome Danes. Friday was what the danes call j-day, and they say 'the snow falls'. Of course, not actual snow, in November, in Copenhagen. Rather, it's the day Tuborg launch their christmas beer of the year. At almost all the pubs in Copenhagen, they give out free beer for a limited period of time, so everyone gets a taste. We also got some pretty awesome hats with red, blinking light.

Long story short, snow fell pretty hard on us. The night was awesome; made better by live bagpipe music at the Dubliner. It might be the most touristy place in all of Cph, but the bagpipes made it worth it, despite the expensive beer.

My European Corporate Finance class went to NASDAQ OMX, also known as the Copenhagen Stock Exchange this morning, where we were given a lecture on the exchange, and the surveillance part of the exchange itself. It was good, and a nice change from the 8 o'clock lectures [ungodly hours]. Following this amazing talk, we wandered down to Nyhavn, to a restaurant called Cap Horn, which I'd recommend no-one to ever go it. It was cozy enough, but brutally over-priced, we had to ask three times for the bill, and when it finally came, their card machines were broken. And no. We did not feel like going to Kongens Nytorv to get cash out, thankyouverymuch. The worst and most embarrassing thing in the world is a declined card, and when that was what the staff made it look like, rather than they experiencing technical problems, I loose my temper. BAD SERVICE. Never go there, ever. Go to Cafe G, by the Metro Annex, just next to Vor Frues catherdral.

now THAT's what I call a BRUNCH

More Halloween and other randoms

2011-11-03T11:02:00.000-07:00

Another halloween party on monday, as promised. It wasn't Il Bottacio, but it wasn't all bad. Had a good time, whereby I got to 'kill' someone with fake blood. Enjoyed it a bit too much. I've finally managed to step my studying up [read, today], but will ruin it again soon. It's the Thursday Cafe on tonight, and since my roommates friends are visiting from Canada [oh, Canada] we're going to the Mojo blue's bar again.

Shock, there's another Halloween party on saturday, this time in a danish student residence, which I need to attend, seeing I still have a dress I have to wear one more time. It won't be acceptable after this weekend, until next halloween. When I'll be back in London, and need to figure out an even more fabulous costume. Already planning.

This weekend will be a hard one, but even harder, I have to get up to do laundry at 8AM tomorrow morning. I have been avoiding the launderette since last time I was there, after the swedish woman verbally abused me. Hopefully she'll still be sleeping [off last nights alcohol] at 8 in the morning. Otherwise, I might have to wear a disguise down there.

More exited about new week, however, we're visiting NASDAQ OMX [the Copenhagen Stock Exchange]! It's almost making me as exited as my colour-coded notes [which makes me both exited and SAD at the same time]. Cake and beer next at the Thursday cafe.

We came, we saw, we conquered

2011-10-31T07:11:00.000-07:00

I've had the most amazing weekend in London, words can't even come close. It's been the party of the century, going on from Friday to Sunday morning, including the Halloween party which I'll never be able to top (unless I go back there next year).

In a town house in Belgravia, we had the time of our lives. And I had an amazing dress.

Maybe not the best face I've ever made, but I'd say the dress makes up for it quite easily. Another Halloween party on tonight, this time back in Copenhagen. A little less glamour and Champagne, but who says that means we won't have a good time!

It might be time to get back down to earth soon, but I'm going to have to wear the dress just a little longer before that can happen on a permanent basis. Seriously.

London reunion

2011-10-25T06:13:00.000-07:00

After a long debate [with myself] I've decided to head over to LONDON on Thursday. Why? Well, it's Halloween, and I have a good friend (and more good friends) I'm dying to see. Also, the fact that I haven't been in London since the start of June is starting to dig a hole in my chest where my heart was supposed to be. I'm leaving on Thursday afternoon, after less than 4 short days in my flat here in Cph.
That's right, I went to Norway the last weekend of fall break, to visit my family. I left my Mac, and by mistake, my Norwegian phone behind in Denmark. So it ended up with me only visiting my family, lying in the best couch in the world, under a thick rug, watching TV and reading. It was amazing, and I managed to gain what must be 5 kgs due to the magical, refilling refrigerator. After flying back to Cph on Sunday, I've managed to have classes, gone food shopping and becoming sick. As if I didn't have enough on my mind.

This morning I've done an impressive amount of studying (compared to my normal Cph self) and I'm soon off to the Inner City to meet up with the Erasmus official from Queen Mary. I can do nothing but praise my department, no one else I know here on exchange have their university come check up on them, to see that they are doing okay.

The rest of my week will be studying, packing and LONDON! It would be a lie to say I'm not exited. Why cannot miss the London nightlife? Not a bad word about Cph, but they are not nearly as amazing as Londoners here when it comes to partying. If so, they hide it well.

A bit of remembering..

To bad I'm a terrible photographer, who never remembers to bring her camera, and when I do, there's no power. I've taken no photos with my camera in Cph so far, honest to god. Good thing everyone else loves taking pictures in this city!

Speaking off, I'm off to a Halloween store in a bit, to buy the last pieces for my pirate costume! AND fake blood, so that I can be a DEAD pirate, if necessary. Toodles!

Tea at Perch's

2011-10-19T00:47:00.000-07:00

Trying to kill off the last hours before I'm off to the airport. One extremely annoying thing about always being up and ready in good time is that the waiting is excruciatingly slow and almost painful. I've showered, dressed, packed, eaten breakfast.. and it's still only 9:43 and I'm not out of there until 12:45. AAAAA. God.

I'm not off to anywhere exiting in particular, I'm off to Norway for the weekend. This week if what is called 'efterårsferie' here in DK; reading week or fall break for others. It's been on since thursday last week for me. So good with a break after all that studying...

Since my last update I went for afternoon tea with my scottish friend. He had complained about the tea here in Denmark; to hot, to cold, to strong, to cheap, to bitter etc. And I agree; it is difficult to find places where they make a good cup of tea! So I booked us a table as A.C. Perch's Tea Room, est in 1835, and her majesty's favourite, apparently. They have a shop and a tea room at Kronprinsensgade 5, just off Strøget [the main shopping street]. We made a reservation at 1, and from there, you get a 1,5 hour slot to indulge yourself with all the deliciousness they bring forth. We had the Grand Tea Ceremony, which consisted of a pot of tea for each, a glass of crémant, english style finger sandwiches, petit fours, and of course, freshly made scones, with jam, lemon curd and cream on the side. The place will by some be considered sort of pricey; for this meal we had to put up about £20 each. Which in my own opinion, was absolutely worth it. The food is delicious, the tea and drinks are fantastic, the staff is expedite and friendly, and the atmosphere is great. It's a very tiny place, and no crying babies or loud people. It's necessary to book in advance, but that can be easily done at their website.

The pretend pole

2011-10-13T11:54:00.000-07:00

Since last time I've learned valuable lessons, which I'll carry with me for a very long time [or until the next time I get carried away]. This all started on friday, when I went to my polish friend for drinks and pre-partying. If you don't know anything about poles; where in gods name do you live? Poles are approximately everywhere, and I have happened to come across the girl who must be the finest exemplar there is.

To cut a long story short: one of the poles had brought polish vodka when she came to Copenhagen. Bold as I tend to be [and fairly stupid] I did for a moment believe that I could drink like a pole. Of course, considering the fact that we'd been at a blues bar until 5 in the morning, physical exhaustion might also be a triggering factor for the complete disaster that followed. The only thing seriously suffering was my ego, and I'm not the girl who went home at 11PM with my shoes in my bike basket. And I got home. And stayed in bed until 4 PM saturday, watching Game of Thrones. It is by far one of the best TV series I've watched, and I can't wait to read the book. It will have to be after I finish the one I'm reading at the moment, the Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Thank god for Kobo! Anyways.

At 4PM I crawled out of bed to go to Superbest before it closed, and at 8, I was back in the polish girls' appartment, this time for Carlsberg. We got the other norwegians drunks, and went into the Inner City, where some old lady tried her best to make me snap, without managing it. Sunday was a repetition on Saturday. Oh, and I went to a concert at VEGA yesterday. Vega is 'the' concert place in this town. Strange, it's capacity is 1500 people. Very intimate. And we also joined in for dessert as our Canadian friends threw a proper Canadian Thanksgiving. That was actually on Monday, but the Canadians had been in Germany, and didn't come back in time.

Oh, and this is from the concert yesterday, it was awesome!

Roomie is going to Russia tomorrow, and I need to reconnect to Skype to talk to my best friend for the first time since... August.

Can't play blues in an air-conditioned room

2011-10-09T04:02:00.000-07:00

I actually need to dedicate a whole entry to this one bar we went to on thursday. To be fair; the reason I find it more than amazing might have something to do with the fact that thursday was one of those days we decided to meet up with people later than usual, and stay for only the minimum required of us (us is me and roomie).

So we went into town to make it to this movie night; it was good, we watched "Adams Apples" which is a Danish movie, and helped ourselves to the free crisps and the free candy. And it was a good time. However, upon the completion of this 'danish movie night' the fact was that we'd managed to create some sort of sugar rush. Full of newfound energy we found ourselves agreeing to go to the Thursday Bar for one beer (or two, as some found necessary because of the extremely reasonable price). Upon finishing our beers, someone said something about a jamming session at one of the best jazz and blues bars in Copenhagen. Being extremely easy to convince, we needed no persuasion at all. At this point I could also mention that on the way to this bar, I broke one of the pedals of my bike.

Anyways, this bar was just down the street from where we had been first, so we literally rolled down there. The bar itself is called Mojo and is situated at Løngangsstræde 21 C 1468 Copenhagen. As we went there on a thursday, we actually stumbled right into their famous jamming sessions. It was awesome; no cover, cheap beers and a whole lot of atmosphere (and old men, with a taste for young women, but that's another story). And to be fair, most of the musicians didn't look to bad either. Can even say that one in out entourage decided to give it a go, and joined in on two songs. Complete improvisation, I was impressed! Turns out this is one of the most famous live music places in Copenhagen, and it doesn't surprise me. There's live music every day; sometimes there's a cover, sometimes it's free. Regardless, it's worth every penny. One drawback is that indoor smoking is prohibited; my jumper is still on the balcony, airing out. Also, this place get's crowded, so don't go here if you don't feel like rubbing elbows.

One of the best things that night was probably the fact that we ran into an Alaskan State Trooper. Being a big fan of Alaska without ever having been there, I was quite excited. So excited, we invited this fine gentleman to a better meal of shawarma on Strøget. Such a proper lad, even shook hands when we parted, with a "it has been a pleasure to meet you". As my friend J.F. would say, a "proper square".

Did I mention how I'm still paying for all that beer consumed? Worth it!

EMPIRE of Nørrebro

2011-10-04T01:54:00.000-07:00

Where do you all come from??

I log on to Blogger yesterday, and suddenly my 20 readers a day (on a good day) is 100, two days in a row. How, and when? Not that I'm complaining, but a girl has to ask!

Anyroad. I've been out and about in Copenhagen again (surpriiise) and this time I went to check out cinemas, or Bio as they're called over here. A friend of mine had a strong desire to see this one film in particular, which is based on a book by Jo Nesbø. He's a norwegian author, writing criminal fiction, and he's extremely good at it. The movie in question is called "Hodejegerne" which translates to "Headhunters". Which was what the Danes had done, for some obscure reason. It's exactly the same in both languages, I think.

Since we wanted to go see this movie, my friend started checking out different cinemas that would be worth visiting. The choice fell on this independent cinema on Nørrebro, which is the 'hip' part of town (being caught up by Vesterbro). The cinema is called Empire, and it's only 10 min away from Nørreport, which is bound to be the station you will use if you ever decide to go to Copenhagen.

The cinema is situated away from the town centre itself (the inner city; or 'indreby) in an old building in a square. It has a bar, and 4 different screens, all with A LOT of space for your legs, and chairs that reminds me of the stressless my mom and dad used to fall asleep in every friday after work. Apparently (though I didn't see this with my own eyes) they also have a luxury screen, where you should bring your better half. It's couches for two persons, bound to be all cozy and snuggely (not a word, but you get my meaning). The tickets rage from a variety of prices, but if you want to go in the night, you have to pay about 80kr, which I guess is aprox £8 or $14. I'd definitely recommend it for a quiet night out.

Oh yeah, and the movie was good, and FAR more violent and scary than I'd imagine. Crazy killing Danes..

Tivoli HELL

2011-10-02T12:49:00.000-07:00

I completely forgot to tell about my horrible Tivoli experience! So, for those of you who do not know; the Tivoli, or Tivoli Gardens, is an amusement park within the hear of Copenhagen, just next to the Inner City, and the H.C. Andersen Boulevard. It is the second oldest amusement park in the world, founded in 1843 (fun fact; the oldest one in the world is in fact also in Denmark). It is the most visited amusement park in Scandinavia, and third in Europe.

It is basically a large garden, filled with different rides, restaurants, cafes and even a pirates ship (which is, if I recall, a restaurant as well). It is not the hugest place in the world, but it's not a far shot from the most beautiful. Anyways.

We were going on one ride (which turned out to be one of our last) called 'The Dragon'. It's hard to explain, but it's basically a vertical wheel, where there are rows of seat, four in a row, facing outward. The wheel is on an arm. It goes around, and whilst it goes around, it tips to the sides. As that wasn't enough, the seats also spin, so you're upside down quite a lot of the time as well. After a while on this ride (I almost didn't want to go) it was all good fun, and we were laughing and having a good time. I say we, since it was only me and my two friends aboard this monstrous thing. When the thing finally starts to slow down, I must admit, I was relieved. "Ah, finally over!" AS IF. The thing started up, and went for another round. Then it started to slow down, and I was SURE it would stop. Not so much. By now, my flatmate (who was on the ride with me) started screaming at the operator that "That's enough mister!" sounding a bit desperate. My other friend claimed his legs felt like they were falling off. I said nothing, as I was sure I'd throw up if I even attempted to OPEN my mouth. After what was almost 10 min the ride FINALLY slowed down, and we could (literally) crawl out. Obviously, ride-operator guy was having A LOT of fund watching us draw our battered bodies from this thing. So I ask him whether he let the ride go on longer. Know what the guy said? He laughed, and uttered the famous words; "Yeah, wanted to see how much you guys could take." It might have been a revenge from our trip on the carousel, or it might just be that this guy was sad about his life, and needed someone to punish. Anyways; look out for the guy at 'the Dragon' in Tivoli. Bad intentions on that guy.

Found a video of it. So now; imagine this at it's highest level of speed ('cause it can be varied, according to my friend, who is a former amusement park employee) and for about ten minutes. Hah! And I'm still alive!

Sign of life

2011-10-01T11:02:00.000-07:00

Oh god, I think I might have sent out the impression that I'm not alive anymore. Well, I am, very much so. The last week here in Copenhagen has just been so wonderfully warm, and it's been blasphemy to even set foot indoors. Of course, we've taken advantage off this, and had picnics, trips to parks, etc. etc. etc. There has been trips to the Copenhagen Blues Festival, and we had our semester start party last night. All good fun, in other words.

We went 8 km by bike to my friends house for dinner - she lives up in Bispebjerg, whilst we're down by Sydhavn. Far stretch, more than all the way across town!

We went to the Frederiksberg Gardens for the first time as well - even though the picture does not do the day justice - it was SO much nicer than this, and quite a lot warmer than it looks like from the random park-visitors.

Every saturday there's a flee market on behind the Town hall in Frederiksberg, all morning. It's on at least until the end of October, and it's super fun. Loads of nice stuff, and it's a very local thing. I.e. no tourist prices and loads and loads of very random stuff. Love it!

On thursday, right after our class, my roommate and I went to Vesterbrogade, and had smoothies at a cafe called EITHER Bønnen or Andre Citroen. One out of two. Despite the ice cold smoothies, it was so hot we only managed to sit there for about 30 minutes. Sweat was pouring, and we felt our shiny faces were no longer public - friendly. And this is how it's been all weekend. This 1st of October was the warmest one in 20 year. Went to Frederiksberg Garden for outdoor lunch, a walk, and some random sightseeing. Was lovely!

busy, busy, busy

2011-09-21T12:11:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow..

A short break of sun - last weekend

A party in the Black Diamond; the royal library.

Lovely canals!

Nothing but trouble

2011-09-15T09:38:00.000-07:00

So far, my weeks in Copenhagen have been good. I've made friends, seen places, bought things, learned things. But my luck has been somewhere else. It started by getting ripped off, tricked into buying a crappy old bike, which I had to spend money on. Today, the named bike almost lost its front wheel on my way to school. Buggard, that could have ended badly. I had to buy a 750 kr book, only to find out afterwards, it's a pre-Lisbon treaty book. Buggar. Just got home from a trip to the store, where I filled up a bag off food. Wanted to buy a tool, to fix my bike, but because the person working at the till didn't know the price, I wasn't allowed to buy it. FUCK. Then, when I got home, I though "MMMM, with our new kettle, I can boil some water and drink a cup of this delicious hot chocolate I just bought." I forgot the hot chocolate at the store when I stormed out in rage. Then I decided to have some yogurt, since I couldn't have hot chocolate. Guess who also forgot the yogurt in the store. FML. Leaving behind one thing; ok. Leaving behind TWO THINGS?? Idiot! And I CAN'T be bothered to go back. It's far. My bike isn't really fit for fight. I'm cold and tired. I'll go cry my heart out in the shower. Over and out, from a slightly miserable Norwegian, living it up in Copenhagen.

(The last straw; my friends didn't get tickets for the party we were supposed to go to tomorrow; I did.)

First time out

2011-09-11T03:31:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I travelled out of Cph with my cousin. We were invited to my second cousins' 18th birthday, with ALL of our danish family attending. They had hired a big house for the event, and there was so much delicious food, cake and drink, I almost swallowed my tongue. Anyways. Now it's sunday morning (afternoon), and the storm which has been raging for hours finally stilled. Today will be my first 'reading day', but I might also expect some visitors from town. I was planning on whisking together a cake for them. But not until later! I'm currently just enjoying my internet, and the music it brings.

A few pictures from the last couple of days;

On thursday and friday I had my first proper cup of tea in ages, at the little place just outside of the international office in the University of Cph's campus in the inner city. It WAS SO DELICIOUS. On friday there was the JD's Friday Bar (the juridical discussion club) where beer was a ridiculous 10 kr pr bottle, and Jurahuset (the law building) were filled to it's breaking point with beautiful people.

Good Sport

2011-09-08T13:05:00.000-07:00

I choose to applaud myself after an impressive 24 hours of nothing but stress. It has literally consisted of me running from one appointment and class to another. Now, however, it's finally weekend, and I can relax. As I did today, AFTER I went to pick up the internet box from the post office, and spent a good part of an hour trying to configure it. Then we gave up, and called the setup help. Which basically only did the last couple of things for us. We named the network "the Lemon Danish" as a tribute to my flatmate. When she moves out (or maybe before, who knows) I'll rename it, to something like "the bat cave" or something equally awesome.

So last night, after all my lectures and coffee - dates, we ended up going out to Studenterhuset. It was international night, and PACKED! This was after a trip to Bankeråt where we shared a couple of nice, organic wine. Didn't stay out too long - I had class this morning at 9! So got home around 2 AM, and dragged myself out of bed at 6:30 AM this morning. Finished the readings I should have finished last night, before I pedalled Frankie into town. Here; we were met by this lovely coffee-maker, who seemed to know exactly what I needed to early in the morning.

A HEART IN MY COFFEE! Oh, and my new £180 textbook. The lecturer knocked off a good £100 on the price, but still, phew! I'd better learn A LOT from this. Preferably about life as well, once we're at it.

I'm off to make up for the lost sleep before tomorrows Friday bar, and someone's 18th birthday on Saturday. Have a lovely thursday night!

I [heart] CPH

2011-09-07T10:47:00.000-07:00

Now THIS is what I call a good vorspiel.

Oh, and I bought my first book today. It's the blue one, called Principles of International Investment Law. Exiting! I'm finishing a Harvard Law review on Data Privacy before heading off into town. It's wednesday, which means INTERNATIONAL STUDENT NIGHT at Studenterhuset. These Erasmus/exchange students are crazy.

BAD RAIN

2011-09-05T12:05:00.000-07:00

So how did the first day of school in Copenhagen feel? Well, first of all, bloody early. My first lecture started at 08:00 AM. So I got up, and got ready, and was on my bike at 07:30. And did I mention, in the rain. I managed to make my way into the city, and arrived at the lecture hall, Metro 1, just on time, and dripping wet. The teacher arrived, and told us straight away, she had planned on cancelling the class, but couldn't, because of bad internet. It didn't improve much from there on, and I have a bad feeling about European Corp. Finance for me personally. Hopefully it will clear up once I have the book (which apparently is not good) and get to know a bit more about company law.

After the lecture, around 10:00, I jumped back on my bike, and cycled home as fast as Frankie (my bike) would allow. Of course, I was soaked when I came back, and to finish everything off nicely, my brown leather bag coloured my white rain jacket orange all over the side. Yippe. After drying off for a bit, me, my roomie, and my neighbour decided to head back into town, this time for some shopping. And this time, by bus. So, a couple of hours later, I was back in town, wandering the stores. I found an amazing top from the danish brand Samsøe | Samsøe, which was allowed to come home with me. Also, a cleaner for my jacket, which might make it white again, superglue for Frankie and some food for myself. I also expanded my sowing kit with white thread, as black limited my repairs to only a few things.

We also visited the Trinitatis church, and it's round tower. Amazing! Tzar Peter the Great rode up on his horse, back in the day, and around 1900, someone drove a car up. Can really see all of Cph from up there.

Todays dessert; cupcakes from Agnes Cupcakes. Mmmm! Look at that! 2 x Black and white, Sicilian lemon and Coconut!

Oh, and Miss Hungover Roommate was so lucky as to get my special pancakes from breakfast on Sunday. I'd never leave me, if I were her.

Tomorrow is my first out of two days off this week, but I'm still going into town. It might have something to do with the fact that tomorrow is about the only day this week where it's not supposed to rain. We're expecting a thunderstorm on Wednesday, apparently.

Slow Start

2011-09-03T09:07:00.000-07:00

The last few days the university actually organised some stuff for us. It started with a study fair on thursday at noon. Which was good - if you were a danish student. The people at the stand seemed to be a bit startled when the international students arrived, and mostly, it felt like "well, this is really mainly for danish students, but here, take a bag/candy/flyer anyway!". This was followed by a orientation meeting in Nørrecampus which lasted for 2 hours, and was more or less of no particular use to me, seeing that I fixed my CPR number weeks ago.

Friday kicked off with a networking event at 9 in the morning, which was a sort of 'speed dating' experience. Met a couple of people, and it was all in all a good event. Had a guided tour of the campus (which is really all over town) and got a lecture in the 'traditions of the university'. This was followed by some AWESOME sandwiches - I'm never ever eating anything they'll serve me at QM again. The matriculation ceremony was at 13:30, and it was fun - I got to shake hands with the rektor himself! Even more, we got FREE coffee, cupcakes and hot dogs afterwards. Oh, and a USB stick. We then went over to 'den glade gris', which translates to 'the happy pig' to do what international/erasmus students do best; drink.

Today was yet another trip to IKEA for me and a couple of girls. That meant a lot of stuff and lunch, of course.

Tonight I'll start reading my syllabus, rather than go out. OMG. Time to get down to business, you guys!

Put it together myself!

Catch of the day.

SPELL IT FOR ME?

2011-08-31T15:11:00.000-07:00

The first official school things are happening tomorrow. The bad updates are because internet is currently not available during the day - I just discovered my neighbour turns it on during the evenings/night, so I can check my emails and stuff.

Other than that, I've bought a crappy, old bike, and have managed to move IKEA stuff into my room, and been out a couple of times (a lot). Just watched Jaws for the first time, and bought my first, own internet connection, which will be here in about a week. Oh, and I'm a member of the IKEA family as well.

my house

2011-08-24T04:21:00.000-07:00

I DON'T HAVE A WARDROBE :(

But I did find a good local supermarket today. The first one I went to sold me a ROTTEN cucumber. I was so mad I didn't go back with it. In stead, I swore to never visit their store again. Which I didn't do today.

I was going to wander into Cph K again today, but after doing it yesterday, my feet are close to death and hurt like hell. In stead I made a cup of cocoa and a glass of elderflower squash, and bought the danish Elle. No point in ruining my feet the first two days here!

Alive in CPH

2011-08-22T11:17:00.000-07:00

I'm in my danish flat, in my danish room, drinking danish water from a bottle (not tap, mind you, it's apparently poisonous) and a cup of danish tea. It's been such a long day, including all sorts of random things. I am EXHAUSTED!

We left my house at 7AM sunday morning, and drove up towards Oslo, took a ferry to Sweden (where we stopped at IKEA for dinner after driving through Gothenburg). We drove down to Helsingborg, where we took another ferry to Helsingør, i.e. Denmark. At this point, it was about 8PM. We came to a village about 16km outside of Cph called Holte, where we decided to camp up for the night. I wouldn't be able to get my keys until monday, and none of us fancied driving in Cph dead exhausted. So we drove the Caravelle to a nice parking lot in the middle of the town, and covered up the windows with blanket, watched a movie, and called it a night. Yes, totally illegal, but also totally fun. Not to mention free (as long as the police doesn't come along, and gives you a ticket). Got into Cph this morning, where we first went to the International Office to pick up my keys. We drove from Nørrebro down to Sydhavn, where my flat was. Found it, with a little help from google. It was surprisingly all right, except from the fact that I have to live without a wardrobe, and my room as a corridor to the kitchen. Oh, and I don't have a door separating my room from the hallway and front door. Oh well! It's bloody cheap.

My mentor gave me a guided tour after we registered for our CPR numbers, which you need if you're staying in Denmark for more than 6 months. The campus is scattered all over the inner town, with SO MANNY different lecture halls. I see myself getting lost and arriving late this year. At least for the first few months.

Other than that; I LOVE CPH!

NEW IN for CPH

2011-08-18T05:18:00.000-07:00

LOVE my Kobo!

New bed linens from IKEA, all packed up, and ready to cross over to the continent

Went absolutely nuts in town yesterday, and bought the PERFECT coat from Designers Remix. Fall and winter, please!

Managed to keep the packing to ONE suitcase of clothes. Add a bit extra for the shoes and new coat, since it's obviously not room for another sock in there..

My last London purchase - the perfect COLOUR, the perfect dress! A line, with puffy sleeves, LOVE!

Back to school

2011-08-16T08:14:00.000-07:00

God, it's really August already! Time really flies, and this summer has flown by quicker than any other summer has before it. I wish I could tell of all the wonderful trips I've had this summer, and that I've really relaxed and experienced things, but it would be a lie. I've worked since june, about 5-6 days every week, making up enough money to make sure I can live well in Copenhagen. Oh, yeah, because I'm doing my ERASMUS year in the academic year of 2011/2012. No London until next september!

Since summer has flown by, it means I'm actually moving to Copenhagen... THIS WEEKEND! That's right, on Sunday all my bags will be loaded into my cousins Caravelle, and we'll drive down through Sweden together, all the way to Copenhagen! WAY FUN! We're taking a couple of ferries, seeing that it's approximately a 700-800 km trip. I had planned on taking the bus from Oslo, but this works better for me. When we arrive I still have a little more than a week before Uni starts, to make myself acquainted with my new city. Learn the streets, and learn the rules of going by BIKE. Because everyone goes by bike in Cph, it's like in Amsterdam.

Dinner at 'Brygga' with S. Love the view! You're practically sitting on the water.

Canal Street music festival in Arendal. Kaizers Orchestra and Jarle Bernhof (sp?). It was a perfect day, festival-vise.

Even went fishing for mackerel with my parents and sister. We got 6, which ended up as dinner the next day.

I just want to play it right

2011-07-01T09:16:00.000-07:00

Blaah. I am so exhausted! Selling wine is really serious business, at least after going by bike to work, and sleeping for only a handful of hours. I got home a few hours ago, and I'm waiting for my pie to finish. It's back to a student-y lifestyle for a week or so, since I'm home alone in my parents home for a while. Both good and bad.

The most exiting thing that's happened is that I've cut off about 10 cm of my hair. In case you were wondering.

What I really wanted to do today was to be a HOVE, and see Deadmau5, but since that's not going to work, I'm doing the second best, namely listening to my favourite songs by them really loud, all by myself.

Tasting success

2011-06-27T04:40:00.000-07:00

Passed all my exams with an overall of 2:1. Yeah!

Cheers. I'm off to maybe cut some of my too-long hair off later.

Show and tell

2011-06-23T11:31:00.000-07:00

There isn't much exiting to tell because things that have happened are only entertaining to the people involved. Let's say it has been nights out in a small times, countless meals at the local restaurants, and lazy days in the sun at my porch and my best friends porch. I've also been out fishing, and even been out paddling in a kayak. And swimming.

I got my letter of admission from University of Copenhagen, and I'm in the process of applying for my courses. And the list of housing options have been sent of.

Work starts after next week, and then it's summer. Long summer.

God, I miss the big city life.

Some good news

2011-06-11T10:41:00.000-07:00

I managed to get the slight tan I worked on (from my bed) in London by spending a few hours in the sun doing country-side things, like mowing the lawn and reading a book on the terrace. World has not ended, in other words. I keep a yellow Selfridges bag next to my bed to remind me of the best store in the world in the best city I know. And to remind me that I need to start working soon, to get back on track after the freedom festival completely robbed me of every last pence.

I'm counting the days until I can start making money. And till I can book my ticket to Luxembourg, to meet up with my now ex-flatmate for a reunion. Already needed! The worst part of having friends in other countries; they're in OTHER COUNTRIES. France, UK, Luxembourg, Austria etc. etc. etc.

Norway

2011-06-08T06:08:00.000-07:00

I've moved back to Norway for the Summer. It broke my heart, but my heart was mended when the admission letter for my year abroad in Copenhagen arrived this morning.

I might also mention that the freedom festival this weekend was amazing, and it included a Neon House Party, Luxx, Whiskey Mist, Jealous, random pubs, and 6 hours lunches at Coco Momo and Mews of Mayfair. A success, in other words. And we actually have it ALL on tape. All of it.

A whole load of important nothingness

2011-06-01T13:43:00.000-07:00

I have been extremely busy all day - doing nothing. At all. Well, I did start packing my room, hence one box is already full. Turns out I have 7 kg of hand written notes in various folders. And a whole lot of books. I filled up one 30 kg box with some of my books and all of my notes. Not throwing anything away, in case e.g. EU went more to hell than I thought it did. Anyways, London was wonderful today, I walked to ages, just enjoying the feel, and sat for a long time in one of my favourite cafes on Marylebone High St. drinking coffee and reading the new Elle. Been in every clothing store I like and met my flatmate (who has her last exam tomorrow, bless her heart) at our Starbucks. Lovely. I love this!

A FREE WOMAN

2011-05-31T16:43:00.001-07:00

No more exams, and hopefully no more 2nd year! Drinks at the Ice bar in Regents Street Food Quarter and dinner in bed. Aah. LML.

You're a wizard, Harry!

2011-05-30T01:00:00.000-07:00

Looking like I've escaped from the 80's (or like Hermoine from HP), feeling like the girl in "He's Just Not That Into You" (pff, men!) and trying to get my head around punishment, punitiveness, the political economy of punishment.. I have my last exam tomorrow, and I've been studying my head off since thursday evening coming home from the Tort exam. One more day, and at 6PM tomorrow, I'll be a free woman [for the next 3,5 months or so. We'll leave London with a bam, there's a freedom party scheduled for tomorrow, thursday and saturday, + every night in between we can afford to go out on.

I actually like the new Lady Gaga album. I'll admit to actually WAITING for the release on Wimp, since I quit using Spotify when they because all stupid and wouldn't allow me to pay with my visa. Wimp wanted my card, and now it's all about Wimp, baby. ANYROAD. More criminology waiting. You just won't believe how many chapters in books and articles I've read the last couple of days. ENORMOUS AMOUNTS. Now it's just about remembering what Kirchheimer said and what Foucault said. Huh.

D-4

2011-05-26T06:51:00.000-07:00

YEAH! Four exams down; one to go! Last one is Criminology and is on tuesday, and after that I AM FREE for a total of four months [except from work, of course]. I just got back from Bethnal Green where we had our tort exam - which went okey dokey, can't complain, and mixed together a delicious meal of fishcake, spinach, mushrooms and onions. After this year I could be crowned the queen of spinach and mushroom, I've eaten it almost every day for 10 months, except from when I've had stir fry and mushrooms. Mushrooms. Mmmm. I'm off to study and be excited. Toodles!

D-11

2011-05-22T13:25:00.000-07:00

D-11. I'm looking forward to spending one whole week of doing nothing but relaxing and packing and cleaning before going home for summer. Will be days in the park, days in bed, days shopping, days in my favourite book store. Most importantly, days in my favourite city where I've met some of the most amazing people. Let's end it grand!

Mmm, granola pots from Pret; favourite! The ones with honey are the best ones.

BTW i just finished a whole refill pad of 100 pages ; in about.. 2 weeks. AMAZING. That has got to be a first.

Life calling

2011-05-21T08:25:00.000-07:00

There's the moment you realise that you 'big' problems are only big problems because you allow them to be, and that to someone else, they're not problems at all. Just had a wake-up call which was much needed, and which has made be reconsider a few things I took for granted. It was the sort of thing which isn't life changing or anything, but you shows you how little importance one should put to some things, and how much you should cherish other.

Oh, and hello hay fever.

Melancholy

2011-05-21T02:46:00.000-07:00

So today me, Princess and Kylie are all staring out of the window, longing for the sunny streets of London, an iced coffee or even better, a chilled glass of Rose. The next exam is actually less than one week away, and the last exam is about 9 days away, but my brain is so fed up with studying that it can't around to start worrying or stressing about it all. On tuesday it's only two weeks until I leave London for over a year, and it's actually causing some pretty serious hurt. I've been trying out standing places in the flat I've never done before, and I'll even climb onto the balcony I was so excited about but never used. To add to the melancholy, I'm listening to some soft rock and drinking black coffee, just to make myself more of a cliche.

Not even apartment browsing in Copenhagen can cheer me up right now, since leaving London is only a short time away. For the first time ever, I wish the last exam would never come.

In the meantime, I'll go back to Apostrophe one of these days and buy the one sandwich I had this week, which was the best one I'd ever tasted. And yes, it could be said to be the height of my week, combined with the company I had.

Procrastination for the good of things

2011-05-20T02:55:00.000-07:00

IT'S incredible how much it help on the mood just to make oneself somewhat presentable! Off with the PJ's, up with the hair, and voila, I'm a new person! I'm ready for my dinner now please.

Take it all off

2011-05-19T05:19:00.000-07:00

After almost 2 months of exams and stuff I feel like a mess, which is nicely represented by my hair as well. Just realised it was shoulder length when I first moved to London, fall 2009, and I've only cut it once ever since. So I've decided it's probably time to do something again.
Can anyone recommend any hairdressers in London, where they know what they're doing and the staff is nice etc? I'm considering cutting off about half of it. Freedom! This summer would be easier with hair which dried in less than HOURS.

Hamstergirl

2011-05-17T06:36:00.000-07:00

Hamster girl procrastinating between chapters. Somehow, I couldn't start on the volenti non fit injura defence without first making my 'chair' [bed] more comfortable, which ended up making me feel like some sort of rodent making a nest. Hamster girl nesting. Whoop. To bad winter is over, can't go into hibernation in MAY!

bTW; for some reason my flatmates have decided I'm to adopt their stuffed animals, so they're both sitting in my window now, longing for freedom. The chihuahua is Princess [and it's a HE] whilst the sheep is Kylie [who is a he, but a transvestite, we suspect (it's the makeup)]

Constitutional Days

2011-05-17T01:38:00.000-07:00

Spending yet another constitutional day buried under tons of law; but it's okay! We're going to Harvey Nichols later to buy the Karl Lagerfeld diet coke limited edition. Aah, yes, stupid, but stupid is fun.

First, I need to work through my second cup of delicious coffee, and finish up on the structure I'm making for a claim of negligence under tort. Whoop! Have a lovely constitutional day all my wonderful norwegians! Painted my nails red for the occasion, haha.

Big Bang - Girl In Oslo

2011-05-16T06:00:00.000-07:00

Now this is really some good stuff.

I've been cleaning so much the last days it's almost like the flat and my wardrobe has undergone a complete renovation. Exams really reduces the time one can spare for washing clothes and vacuuming.

As time flies by

2011-05-15T09:02:00.000-07:00

I have had the most amazing weekend for a very, very long time. After our exam on wednesday we went for chinese in Soho, then to a couple of pubs, before we ended the night watching movies in bed. Spent all thursday just relaxing, then shared a bottle of wine over dinner and a movie. Friday I was supposed to study a lot, but when me flatmate found the dress and heels, I couldn't resist, and we ended up going out. First, we went to Kensington Roof Gardens, which was horrible. Bad crowd and freezing cold, + £20 entrance fee. As if. We ended up at Eclipse in South Ken. where we met some really nice people, had their famous watermelon drinks and pink champagne shots. Went to Soho after this, and came home as the sun rose. Repeatedly lazy yesterday, and had a glass of wine at Aqua, which I mentioned below. It is absolutely amazing, next time I'm there I'm going for lunch/dinner.

Finally managed to step it up today, so I started on my criminology, which is on the 31st. Felt sooo bad about not studying for a whole of three days, but everybody else I've talked to has been just as exhausted after the three exams we had in just one week, so I feel better again. Next exam is tort on the 26th, and from there, it's only a couple of weeks before I pack up and leave London for over a year. I'm so emotional about that right now, but will just need to enjoy my last time with friends and the love of my life; London. At least it's not good bye, merely a 'see you later'.

Today

Aaaand one year ago exactly.

Love AQUA

2011-05-14T15:26:00.001-07:00

At Little Argyll street! Come early, and get a table on this terrace. It's through the main bar, then the long corridor towards the Ox statute. If you're in the sushi bar, you've gone to far.

EDIT; god, I mean statue, not statuTe. Been studying for too long now. Everything is a statute.

DO YOUR WORST

2011-05-11T00:10:00.000-07:00

Off to do my third exam in only 6 days. Equity and trust today. It's the longest one so far, as it isn't half a module, like the two others I've done. It's actually on 3,5 hours, which isn't that long, but it's enough seeing how tired I am already from all the studying I've done the last MONTH.

I'd like to say I was done after this but unfortunately I have two more full modules coming up in about 2 weeks. Which means I have to start all over against revising another two topics. Well; bright side, only three weeks until Summer Holiday kicks in, and it'll be LONG! 4 Months! Hurray!

Formspring me

2011-05-09T02:48:00.000-07:00

As I said; exam in about 3 hours. Off to Starbucks for a pre-exam therapy type.

Formspring me

2011-05-08T01:19:00.001-07:00

Henry Mancini: Baby Elephant Walk (Mancini, 1962)

2011-05-07T05:54:00.000-07:00

I might be in a foul mood, but I still need to share this song. It's one of my favourites; makes me feel good straight away. And makes my flatmates hate me and call me weird. Well, who cares, I feel like a baby elephant! Doing law.

Progress

2011-05-05T13:42:00.001-07:00

One down, four to go. Next one; monday and wednesday. Oh - my - god, MY LIFE right now. Gaaah.

Meltdown

2011-05-03T05:05:00.000-07:00

The stress in in my back, my shoulders and my neck. I sometimes feel like I'm about to throw up, and sometimes I feel like I could pass out and fall of my chair if my pencil wasn't in my hand, supporting me. My notes are all to short and doesn't cover enough, and I don't know ANY case names by heart. My hands and arms are numb, and I'm sure I have a beehive in my stomach. I can feel the pulse in my back and down my spine, and I'm constantly cold and shivering.

Today it's two days until the first exam, and one week and a day until the three first ones are done; the three I've been studying for all April.

I'M NOT READY

I will fail, I will not know anything, I will walk out of the exam hall feeling like absolute nothing. I won't be able to answer a single question. My friends will pass and I'll go over again. Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail.

I hate exams.

Misanthropy

2011-05-01T08:54:00.000-07:00

Went for drinks after studying all friday, and continued the feel-good all saturday, by a long trip to Alfie's antiques market, looking at vintage Italian design furniture and silverware all afternoon, before buying a really delicious lamb tikka roll at some street vendor. Today we took a short break to run down to primark ,where I got a new friend, Mr. Snake, and a couple of other new friends, like three small pictures I'll bring with me to Denmark, one of which has the british flag printed on it. Very nice.

BTW; if you ever go to the Rooftop Terrace Restaurant at Alfie's; beware of the waitresses, they're the rudest ones I've seen so far. "Well, I made white coffee, it's not my fault you wanted black" and my favourite; "Would you mind hurrying up deciding, I want to go eat my lunch." Oh, the rudeness! Well, good "apple pie". And wonderful sunshine.

The Wonderful Wedding of...

2011-04-29T01:39:00.001-07:00

Off to see the wedding? Hmm. Maybe off to see Kate's dress?

Outgoing

2011-04-28T05:44:00.000-07:00

Off to W.H.Smith to buy more of my favourite flashcards. I've used three books of them, with 50 flashcards in each. Oh, and it means I get to leave the flat AND talk to somebody else than my flatmates. Me gusta!

7 degrees in London today.. ush..

Who's going to watch the Royal Wedding tomorrow? It's still being considered, and maybe it's something one should try to see, as it's more or less a once-in-a-lifetime experience. EU law.. or William + Kate?

Preaster

2011-04-25T23:34:00.000-07:00

It's too early in the morning to look and feel anything but tired, but at least I managed to almost sleep through the night.. As I mentioned, London has been extremely warm lately, and I can say, with my hand on my hear and let me die if I lie, that the lower temperatures are VERY WELCOME when I'm trying to sleep. My IQ allowed me to open the window a bit at some point last night which was probably the reason I woke up 'fresh'. The sound of Old Marylebone Road is nothing compared to the 30 degrees I think it gets in here.

BTW; Selfridges has all their easter chocolate on up to 50% off now, and if you're especially fond of chocolate, they have this one egg which was £199 but is now half off. We went there last night, and bought a pair of carrot-cake cupcakes for dessert, after enjoying ourselves to the extreme by trying on rings at YSL, dreaming of a paid job and regular income.

Also looked at the Alexander McQueen clutch bags but that's a totally different story. Could live on that amount of money for god knows how long right now.

Easter monday

2011-04-25T01:59:00.000-07:00

So, I had a bit of a shock yesterday on discovering that Selfridges was actually closed. I think it's a phenomenon called EASTER which is the cause of this absurdity. M and me walked down to pick up my new lover [golden and with a blue stone] but since the store was closed, lover has to wait another few days or so, which is unfortunate, because I might change my mind in-between.

ANYROAD.

I'm still making flashcards, trying to keep my motivation up by feeding it large amount of caffeine and ice cream. It's getting harder and harder to focus the closer we're getting to the exam, based on my levels of stress going up. That might mean that I should cut down on the coffee [which makes me more nervous] but I've been stupid, becoming addicted. Like with the theme from the Godfather, which for some strange reason refuses to stop playing in the back of my mind at all times. Strangest thing about that; I haven't even SEEN the movie.

2011-04-24T06:42:00.001-07:00

Study playlist

2011-04-23T02:17:00.001-07:00

HERE.

Steaming

2011-04-23T01:36:00.000-07:00

Nothing like the smell of coffee in the morning! Or the smell of Starbucks, to be more accurate. I allowed myself to sleep until 7:30 before getting up, and then decided to get a bike and go down central. And here I am! Safe and sound, and with a fresh latte next to me, enjoying making flash cards in the heart of Mayfair.

It's still quite early so I can count everyone here on about 1 hand. I don't mind! Last time a very, very noisy german/austrian family came and sat on my table, bringing with them stinking food and loud annoying voices.

I'm going to have to finish early today, because this is the day it will be at it's warmest, and I want to get a flicker of sun on my white legs! Let's see how that goes. I need to finish my overachiever-flashcards first. Haha. There's nothing which is more sad than flashcards.

Out the window

2011-04-22T07:15:00.000-07:00

I'm on a down today. Studying feels like the worst effort and I just want to go out and enjoy the sun. I'm trying to get back in the zone by listening to some of my favourite music; like Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G-minor, and the theme to the Godfather, but it's not working right now.

I would REALLY, REALLY, LOVE to go and hear the Hungarian Dance played by a real live orchestra once. It will probably be on my list of thing to do before I die. My flatmate goes to a lot of concerts so I might be able to get something arranged through him, let's see! Anyways. I went to the worst starbucks I've ever been to today, my bike-pass fucked up and I've been hungry all day. And the one glass of wine from last night is not treating me well, because I've been abstinent for months now. Someone please bring my motivation back!

Tomorrow London is supposed to be the warmest city in Europe. I need to be able to take a few hours off tomorrow, thus work my arse off today to make up for it. Shit. This day isn't going to well. Good thing I have the Godfather on repeat.

Strada-svada

2011-04-22T00:12:00.000-07:00

Good morning! Have had a couple of effective days study-wise and I've even managed to do some socialising! I met up with a friend from Denmark, and we decided to go for dinner. Ended up at Strada in Marylebone High Street, and I could sit outside, in mu shirt and shorts, until 9:30 in the evening. Had wonderful company, pizza and bellini, plus very friendly staff. It's 8AM now, and since I've already been up for 2 hours, it's way into the day for me. I'm still on Equity and Trust, which I'll finish up on today, it's only Quistclose trusts left for me + a bit of academic commentary to add, and my 'trust bible' should be finished. It ended up at being 0ver 60 handwritten pages, + these smaller pages I staple in with tests and academic commentary, so it's quite massive, and will be challenging to read. But I can probably sell it again after my exam and make me some money on it.

I'll be booking my ticket home for the summer today, because it almost time to pack up and leave. I'm going to go straight after my exams, because the student loan has run out and its hard to only live of the hot water and light I've paid for.

Summer lovin'

2011-04-20T00:04:00.000-07:00

I'm off to Central London for a couple of hours of Starbucks and sun-longing inside. Really. Getting a bike to ride down to Mayfair because IT IS the absolute most fun way of travelling in London, especially with this heat! You know, tubes in the summer is unbearable, and when it is a hot as it's supposed to get today it'll get almost as unbearable as it is in july. Maybe even worse, since people will be wearing more clothes on a day like this whether the weather can go in either direction.

Ssssssssummer feelings! Maybe even a snog today, if I feel I deserve it! My favourite branch lies between Covent Garden and Leicester Square, and it is pure deliciousness. Nothing beats a frozen yogurt covered in [whatever you want] on a hot spring day.

My mistake

2011-04-19T07:39:00.000-07:00

Hee-hee-hee

22 ++

2011-04-19T00:40:00.000-07:00

THIS WEEK WILL BE SO GOOD!! Now all that's missing is that short's I've been wanting for some time. It's only 8:30 at the moment, so I'm waiting for the heat to really pick up before going out. I'm planning on heading down to Starbucks later to do some studying. I should really find a new place to study, but that's sort of where I'm a regular! Difficult to find a good place with lots of large tables. And no, library during revision month is only an option if I have a death-by-heartattack wish.

Like a Canary

2011-04-18T08:49:00.000-07:00

So, I went against all my better judgement and bought the first yellow garment I have ever [voluntarily] owned. I feel like a freak, and with this sweater, I probably am one as well! To tip the scale I bought two more white tops, and now, my conscience is killing me over both spending money and whilst spending money, not studying. It really is a hard life. Hard. Good thing the returning flatmate and the now ice cold bottle of Rose in the fridge will help me forget all my worries for at least a couple of hours.

Who's that chick

2011-04-18T04:00:00.000-07:00

Actually, it's the Mayor of London! I never see any celebs, but when I randomly chose to go down to Oxford Circus for a quick morning browse through the stores, I saw a bunch of people gathering at Oxford Circus itself, and I had to check what was up. And it was something gooood. BTW; he's the guy holding the sign. The really blond one.

Aaand I spent way to much money at TopShop AND I haven't started studying for the day. Will do now. Ciao!

Queen of Bicycles

2011-04-17T02:59:00.000-07:00

I love going by bike! Rented a bike yesterday, it was £5 for a week, and if you use it under 30 min pr time, it's free except from the first payment of £5. More details here, would absolute recommend it! I went back and forth to Oxford Street, and then to Great Portland Street. Fast and comfortable, and not to mention; good for you! I loved it. Will probably go today as well, as I have a few errands to run around town.

Bikes kill hair.

Deja Vu

2011-04-16T00:25:00.000-07:00

I just borrowed a Barclays City Bike and made my way from Bell Street to Marfair. It was so much fun! Paid £5 for one week of access, and if the single trips I make are under 30 min, it's free! It was so much easier than I thought it would be, and ten times the fun. Almost as fun as when we went by bike in Amsterdam. But that's an almost, as in Amsterdam, everyone ran out of the way when you came. Here, people run INTO the road, almost, and the cars seems to have some sort of points system awarding those who scare or startle cyclist. Oh well. First time over and done with, only gets easier from this point, I guess! It was incredibly fun, anyways.

Oh, and I'm back at Starbucks for studying and they don't seem to remember me from last year. Which is probably good. I'll enjoy my coffee [I didn't have time for one at home, since I left at 7:30] and wait for GBF who is on his way [I hope]! This will be a loooong day, but the weather forecast has promised sun and 19 degrees, so here's to hoping!

Why I love this city + study tips

2011-04-15T09:23:00.000-07:00

I might be procrastinating right now, but the reason is that my first study-date starts at 8AM tomorrow morning, the second one at 3PM and from thereon, nothing interesting will happen for the rest of the day. Even though I often give the impression that I'm always [almost always] procrastinating, it's not really true, I actually study almost all the time. I though I'd share some hard-earned tips on how to study effectively [especially for exams]

Being a student, you are expected to study all the time. And this is actually something you should do. Too many people think that exams will never come, and that when revision month comes, they'll have over 1 month to revise. As if you'll be able to cover all the material from scratch. The first and best tip I can give is to study throughout the year. I'm not saying you necessarily should ALWAYS be in the library and at every lecture. Just make sure you know what is covered. I've been writing pages and pages of notes for the entire year. It sucks at the time, but afterwards, I love them, because you don't have the time to re-read everything when exam comes. So first tip; DO NOTES, and do them throughout the year.
Second is related to the first. Many prefer to write notes by hand, and other on computers. Last year I did the first, and ended up with no system, and I lost half of the notes I'd done. If you want to do notes by hand, at least type them down or put them in a folder. System is key, and without a system, you'll never be able to figure out what you were so brillinatly thinking when you hid your notes somewhere "you'd be sure to find them later".
Practice. Really, writing a good essay is all about practice. Know your structure, and know how much you'll be asked to put down in an exam. You'll have only a limited time for an essay, and if you can make your structure in 5 minutes rather than 20, that gives you so much extra time focusing on actually making the essay good. Also, remember to try to score points, but only by using relevant material. Don't waste your time putting down everything you know about one subject. READ QUESTIONS and know what they ask.
Study with a goal. I can't study for longer periods of times without breaks. What I do is to set a goal; to read these 20 pages or to study intensely for one hour. Don't think you'll be able to sit for 4 hours straight. Get up, walk a bit, get a snack. It's difficult to keep focus for a long time, and it wears your out.
Be careful with the caffeine. Drinking 5 cups of coffee might seem like a good idea, and makes you feel very 'student-y' but it's the worst think. Your hands'll start to shake, you'll become nervous and you have to run to the bathroom all the time. Drink coffee and tea only when you need it [i.e. in the morning or when it get's late, but not too late, because you won't be able to sleep]. Also, you'll be nervous enough just by the thought of your exams, no need to add to that.
Make some kind of plan. I have made a plan to the extent that I get up at 6:30, and end my studying around 9PM in the evening, or a bit before, if I've been focused and have gotten a lot done all day.
Take breaks. And decide that 'this will be a break'. The worst thing I can do is take an involuntary break, because I'll have bad conscience for not working, which will keep me stressed, and I won't be able to do anything. If I decide that I'll take a 2 hour break where I'll do something else, it helps so much, because I can stress down, and do something else, knowing I'll actually study later on.

Taken leave

2011-04-15T03:53:00.000-07:00

After staying inside for two days I've decided it's finally time for me to go outside. I though at the start of revision that'd I'd be good; I'd exercise in the breaks, I'd get up early and go to sleep early, and I'd spent most of my time understanding what I'm reading about. Well, one out of all of these I got right, I get up really early all the time. Except from today, but that was because I got a top mark on my property essay, and I know that I need to celebrate so I don't go into a coma.

What I will do today I probably take a stroll down to Waitrose to buy vegetables and fruit, and maybe to Primark, if it doesn't get to late. What I would like to do is go to Spitalfields Market, where I haven't been since this fall. I love the east end markets, like Brick Lane and Petticoat Lane Market but I haven't been to any of them in ages. It might be because it's far away, and I haven't bought a tube pass for this month [£74 saved!] or it might be because of, oh, wait, the exams.

FML

2011-04-12T10:13:00.000-07:00

HI! How are ya'll? I'm revising, promise! Well, I have revised a lot [actually, it's true] but after not one day of Admin law I'm bored to death, and I had to switch to EU, which I though was the most horrible subject in the entire world [I keep saying that with Tyra Bank's voice inside my head after watching Top Model] but I was proven wrong when I started ADMIN. I really don't care about admin, it's almost embarrassing how much I hate it. So I'm back on EU law, which feels okay, and I can really finish up on it.

But, I must admit, I have done a few exiting things today as well.

I went to Waitrose, spent £19, which turned out to be NOTHING AT ALL when I came home. I don't understand what happened to all the food I thought I bought. Well, dinner will be boring. The only thing I bought of interest was ice-cream, but that was not even £1, so WHERE DID MY GROCERIES GO?

I went for a run in Regent's Park, which I haven't done for a while, because there has been to much work with Uni. It was so embarrassing, I couldn't run 10 km anymore, that's for sure, and I ended up walking almost 2/3 of the time. People will remember me as 'the pink person' seeing that the only thing which was more pink than my neon-pink jacket was my face. I felt soooo good.

When I came home I had to clean my towels, and threw them in the washing machine. When they were done, I couldn't get the door open [it's sort of broken] and feeling smart, I tried to turn the wheel a bit more. Which caused the machine to start again. And it wouldn't turn off, so I had to clean the towels AGAIN. It took me 4 hours to do one machine of four towels. I probably spent £15 on just one machine. Of 4 f***ing towels.

London

2011-04-12T01:39:00.000-07:00

Back in London! I almost cried when the plane landed last night. Not just because the pilot wasn't very good and almost touched the wing on the one side to the ground, but because there was enough fog and rain to keep Sweeney Todd happy for months. Anyways; spring air! I woke up to sun this morning, and could finally 'get down' with my work. I'm already 1,5 hours in, and it's almost time for a break and a run; I just have to wait for my wash to finish.

Aaah, home, sweet home.

It's so FLUFFY!

2011-04-07T01:57:00.001-07:00

I've lost my MOJO

2011-04-07T01:52:00.000-07:00

So it turns out that whilst I'm in Norway they really turned the heat on in London. I see pictures of people in SHORTS and they're all telling me how they're wearing sunscreen and are getting sunburnt. THANK YOU. I don't need 20+ degrees and sun, I'm fine with sun/fog/rain and my 10 degrees. Fine, THANK YOU. More so because today I finally got my mojo back and I actually started working on some problem question from last years tutorials in EU law. It's difficult, but at least I've started! I've [legally] downloaded all the exam papers from the last years, and I'm going to work through them all. That is really the best way to revise for an exam in any law subject; do essay plans and problem questions over and over and over and over again. Otherwise you just end up knowing a whole bunch of useless stuff which you'll never need, and when the syllabus is gigantic in each subject and there's 5 of them, all the space you have is needed for those things that you really need. After that we can start about adding the extras which'll get you the really, really good grades. First step of the road is really to be able to answer a question at all.

Oooh, and by the way. Did I tell about that time I went to the Body Shop to buy mineral make up? The lady helped me, as I never buy make up and have no idea what skin tone I have. I ended up with the one which was almost the lightest one, and we applied it to see how it fit. After agreeing that it was the right colour and that it looked natural, the lady paused for a few seconds. "Sooo... you don't want any of the bronzing powder as well? You're VERY PALE." Oh, thanks, I thought. After going on for such a long time about how natural it looked, I was still in need of something to make me look at bit more "alive" as she said. Haha. Well, now I know where all my problems with men originate, it's because I look like a ghost! The lady at Lush said pale was the new tan and I really agree with her. Being a bit pale beats wrinkles as a result of too much tanning [and possible skin cancer] any day. So I bought a new skin cream with SPF to wear every day.

Reduced

2011-04-06T05:11:00.000-07:00

I litteraly walked straight into the wall today in my reading. Somehow, my brain has suddenly decided to accept any knowledge. The only thing I can make it do is clear the dishwasher. In an attempt to make that more fun I put on music, but don't you think brain didn't want to remember how to dance? No, it did not want to do that. All of this in addition to brain making me wake up at 3AM, 4AM, 6AM and then 10AM. Now I'm reduced to drinking milk out of a cup [which is more difficult than drinking it out of a glass] and trying to locate a laptop sleeve for my little baby. I can also watch one of the neighbours carrying around a gigantic green bag. Either he's Santa, starting early, or it's filled with dead bodies.

Somehow I need to pull myself together enough to be able to both read and write proper english, so I can get on with my studying. First exam only a month away. Uuugh. I think I could have solved my problem quite easily by having my blue food colour here. Would cheep me up enough to stop me from noticing that everything I read makes as much sense as blue pasta, which it at this point does.

They'll be so disappointed!

I've however made great plans about how I'll start practicing riding the City Bikes [Barclay's]. It can possibly end in disaster.

Out of the box

2011-04-04T00:34:00.000-07:00

Battle plan; start fresh today in a while, and for the rest of the week, go through the entire syllabus of AT LEAST Eu law, and see how far I can get with Admin. I find it typical that today, the weather is absolutely wonderful, compared to the ocean of fog which has dominated for the last two days. TYPICAL.

One more cup of coffee and it's on.

I'm barely alive

2011-04-02T11:50:00.000-07:00

But alive I am! Got home earlier than I thought yesterday, met a nice steward at Ryanair [yes, I know!] and my best friend on the bus home. My parents picked me up and lasagne and my little sisters met me in the door. I fell asleep in what can be termed as [dead silence] compared to my normal London - Marylebone Road level of noise, and woke up to ready made breakfast with fresh buns and boiled egg. Topped with a trip to town and a hot drink at a cafe - life is good. For the past 24 hours I haven't even though about law once, and it has been so gooood. I would want it to be like this forever, but after a relatively short period of time I think law would start to sound alluring again.

Oh well, two more months and it's summer. Hang in there, me!!

I am making pizza as-we-speak and it's calling my name now, demanding to be covered in delicious tomato sauce. Can't keep my pizza waiting. Hope everyone has a GREAT saturday ever [or whatever day and time it's for you guys]. Arrivederci!

Au revoir!

2011-03-30T13:55:00.000-07:00

So, I got my exam dates, and it I'll have my exam period from the 5th of May until the 31th; in that period I'll have 5 exams, two of 1 hour and 50 minutes + 15 min reading, and some of 3hours [and something] plus reading time. Which means I'll be pretty distracted and busy for the next month or so!

Going back to Norway for a 10 days time on Friday, and hopefully I'll get some work done whilst at home. Starting to move some of my stuff back for summer as well, seeing as I won't be leaving anything in storage over the summer. No point when it'll be a year until I return next time.

Last years exams and their casualties. Several tins of diet coke consumed, for some reason. None this year! My main problem is my own coffee with milk - probably because I've become to good at making it. I think my own plain coffee is better than the one from the Costa's at Uni. Which is either a compliment to myself or a statement about how bad their coffee is, haha.

Favourites

2011-03-28T15:55:00.000-07:00

Some of the best I've read. Small collection, but still! Read and re-read.

Procrastination and cupcakes

2011-03-27T04:47:00.000-07:00

I can't explain how it happened, but it's suddenly Sunday again, and I've wasted most of the weekend trying to study. Existentialism is difficult, and I keep on reading the same sentences over and over again. Finally realising that I was going nowhere, I decided to move over to Tort and Equity and Trust, and suddenly everything starts working again. Well, I did oversleep so badly today; my flatmate came home at 3AM [technically at 2AM] after our drunker conversation when we went out on friday about how I though she always woke my OTHER flatmate up, in stead of me, and how that made me feel. Well, hurray for me, she did wake me up, and I spent the next two or three hours trying to get her to go to sleep, which was difficult. I told her I'd watched the Silence of the Lambs before going to bed, and that made her terrified that Hannibal [the cannibal] Lecter would come and kill her. I ensured her he would only be in Mayfair, and finally got her to bed at around 5 or 6 AM. At this point, I fell asleep instantly, and when my alarm went off a couple of hours later, there was no chance in hell I was getting up. So I went back to sleep, and slept until 11, at which point half the day was gone and I realised I would be stuck in the books all day. And so it is. At least last night wasn't onion ring night all over again, but it wasn't far from.

But the weekend has been exceptionally good, with a lovely friday where we ended up missing going to class in Mile End because we went to H&M in Regents Street and forgot the time. At which point we decided to go back home and eat some of the cupcakes I made the day before, and drink a glass of the wine opened the day before. Later we ended up making a better dinner, 3 courses and sparkly and red wine. In the end we ended up going up, missed our guest list and ended up at Sketch again. We spent several hours talking before we finally could go to bed, and viola, friday night became saturday morning. I found my copy of Spirited Away which we watched before I tried to study again, still without much luck. At this point saturday caught up with what I said above, and we have a circle.

Tomorrow starts the last week of term, and I'm almost done with all of my classes and tutorials for my second year at law school. One month of revision, them 5 exams and I'm done with my second year. Oh, and I'm going back to Norway next weekend. Tja!

To spring!

2011-03-24T10:01:00.000-07:00

I am way to good at rewarding myself. However; baking is probably the most fun thing I know! So today after everyone else had left, I got up and made these yummy cupcakes, which are chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate frosting. They turned out pretty good and after my quorn and veggie very-early-dinner they were the perfect dessert. One in, and I'm stuffed, which is probably a good thing, considering how much butter I remember I put in the batter. Oh well.

And I'm finally starting to feel better again and could even walk up the stars without being dizzy. To health!

Aloha, mis amigos!

2011-03-23T13:51:00.000-07:00

ALOHA. London has the best weather these days, which is partly my excuse for being in a social and academic coma. 18 degrees and sun; enough said. A beach, a tan and my best friend and life would be perfect. Oh, and a pass on the exams wouldn't hurt either, but I guess that'll be something I have to work on for the next month or so.

It's just over one week left of term and I've received my first essay back; and it went well, despite my worst fairs of 40% or even a fail. I celebrated with tropicana juice and some pieces of Lindt 85% cocoa chocolate. YUM! Anyroad, this means that I'm soon done with my second year of by bachelor of law, which means that technically, I'm over halfway through my first university degree. SHIT. Well, thank god for my year in Copenhagen! There's a short /motivation/ type letter I need to write, which I'm working on now. It. takes. me. such. a. long. time. to. finish.

Chai latte sunday

2011-03-20T08:06:00.000-07:00

Home made chai latte on a cold sunday. I woke up today feeling ill, partly because of a cold and partly because someone came home at 3AM and kept me awake until about 5AM. Still, I've managed to clean most of the common areas in the flat, and done most of my laundry, so still, I've been a machine. A washing machine.

That's the free spoon that came with my Percol instant espresso. Very excited; I'm getting another in the tin I'm working on now. Hurray! I'm also working on developing a more normal relationship to coffee as we speak. No more shots of espresso after 11PM unless there's an essay due the next morning.

Speaking off, guess who only has two weeks left of term and is starting to become terrified by the though of exams? Me?

Dirrrty Dancing

2011-03-19T10:09:00.000-07:00

Today has been the most beautiful day in London town so far, and I'm hoping this is a sign that spring and summer is right around the corner. After St. Patricks day I was determined to not do much last night, but ended up going for dinner [mexican], a show [dirty dancing] and drinks [at barrico central] where they played the tequila song, so I had no choice but to do, well, tequila.

Anyways, Dirty Dancing was so much fun; the dancers and singers were so talented. Acting wasn't that strong though, and those in our group who had not seen the movie didn't understand what happened, really.

Happy St. Patricks day [yesterday]

2011-03-18T06:55:00.000-07:00

It's raining and London feels like it looks in Sweeney Todd. That's okay, 'cause yesterday was so good. I met an aqcuaintance on the tube, and she invited me to come with them to celebrate St. Patricks day. I was on my way home from school, but decided to be spontanious, and went with her. IT was so GOOD. I drank Guinness, which I didn't think I liked (and I probably don't), listen to live music from a 'band' and tried to learn how to dance like the Irish. Last part didn't go to well.

Since we went out at 5PM I was home by midnight, ate my microwave dinner and watched Blade Trinity. Fell asleep after only a few minutes, and woke up again at 3AM, and finished the movie. Good times.

I still haven't done anything productive today, but having the morning off has been so good. I have to really decided to take time off and not think about the work I should be doing. Otherwise there's no relaxation in it. Tonight we're going out to watch Dirty Dancing, the musical. Whoop!

Love[hate]relationship

2011-03-16T14:05:00.000-07:00

I've gone from watching the Blade movies to studying, to making pancakes with spinach, to hating my life. Oh, and I found my hoodie. If I fail law school, at least I have my hoodie to prove that I was there, at least. My and my hoodie is a love/hate relationship. I got it in size LARGE [thanks] because there were no medium left [despite the fact that I ordered one]. Somewhere, someone is walking around in my size M hoodie. I hope it's a giant, because I'm more comfortable in L than that person in M, if that's the case.

Then, we were told they were doing these limited edition hoodies again. Now. Which kind of ruins the purpose of having a limited edition. And I though; "hm, well, why not?" and decided to buy one in my size. A few minutes later I've forgotten about it. Until today, when I came home and decided to put my hoodie on. Then I realised that the deadline for buying a hoodie was today. So now I have to hate my life in the tent rather than a well-fitted hoodie, whilst drinking another [number 4] cup of coffee and take pictures of myself in photobooth. Whoever gave me a computer with a webcam?

Other talents and more Formspring

2011-03-14T10:19:00.000-07:00

I'm in essay mode! Though I'd just show that I've actually once had interests and hobbies as well. I played the flute (western concert flute, I believe it's called) for over 10 years, and I was passionate about drawing. Like, forever. I painted as well, and I was just getting quite good at colouring in photoshop when I suddenly stopped, for some reason.

I'm trying to get back into drawing again, but it's not really like riding a bicycle. As my sister say, if you leave the bicycle outside for too long, it'll rust away. So I'm pretty much going to have to start over again. But that's fine, to be honest, since I learned everything I knew by myself. These are my favourite pieces, btw.

Worst/best

2011-03-14T00:57:00.000-07:00

I'm in that place again; I have my essay due tomorrow. My question now is whether I'm so bad I didn't understand the question at all, or whether I've just studied so much I understood it straight away. Against all odd (well, not really) it points to the last, which I hope, since we've got three weeks left of term, before it's revision in April and exams in May. Oh, haha, yes, did I mention the exams in May?

M came home from her trip yesterday, and even though the plan was to go out for drinks, we (I) decided that we'd rather stay at home and watch a movie or something. I've been in all weekend but I've only been studying, so it felt good to relax properly. We ordered pizza (plus another few bonuses which came with ordering a meal) and watched Confessions of a Shopaholic. Which might be the worst film adaption of a book ever made. I mean, I love the book, and I hate the film; the main character doesn't live in the right city, she's not like in the book AT ALL, her job is different, her boyfriend/boss is a worm and most of all, it's not funny, it's just embarrassing. Though, this was the 4th time I've watched it. Must be my way of tornmenting myself.

Oh, and my IKEA flower doesn't want to have flowers anymore. I must be doing something wrong because all the buds go yellow and falls off. I might not give it enough water, so I've given it water this week. We'll see. IF it doesn't work I'll just go back to IKEA and spend £4 on another one. Not really a big problem.

So, 23:24 you say?

2011-03-12T15:24:00.000-08:00

I tried to redecorate my room today. It ended up with me cleaning it instead, and now it's actually like another room. Naah, just kidding.

It's really time to go to bed. Nighty!

Procrastination Queen pt 2

2011-03-12T04:27:00.000-08:00

In such a strange mood today!

One this I can't understand, is that the earlier I go to bed, the long I sleep for the next morning. WHAT DOES IT MEAN!!? Plan was, of course, to get up early, get one bit of reading done, then head off to Camden and the Good Foods Market to buy some more Goji berries (jummm). Of course; didn't happen. It's now almost 1PM and all I've managed to do is wash my hair, vacuum the flat (which isn't really anything to brag about when our flat is the size of a medium living room) and make one cup of coffee and one cup of chai tea. Oh, and take pictures of myself, of course. Anyroad, I'm going to pull myself together and finish my studying (err, right) then I'll go down to central (as if) to Lush, to buy an new face mask. After walking back and forth, I'll try to start my essay ( UHM, no) and go to bed early.

Haha. I'll give it a try, at least.

Edith Piaf

2011-03-11T02:59:00.000-08:00

After snoozing for 2 hours in the wonderful sunshine which came in through my window this morning I got up to do some laundry and some studying. I'm done with one and the other is in progress. I've decided to study and listen to Edith Piaf all days. It sounded like a good idea.

Remember the Formspring question box on the sidebar!

Etter å ha dratt meg i 2 timer i sollyset som kom inn gjennom vinduet i dag til morgenen klarte jeg endelig å stå opp, for å vaske klær og lese. Jeg er ferdig med en av to, og har ikke tenkt å gjøre annet enn å lese og høre på Edith Piaf resten av dagen! Huske Formspring boksen i sidebar om det er noe dere lurer på!!

Grrrreat

2011-03-10T13:26:00.000-08:00

So I decided to be really nice and bake something for my flatmate. When I'm done, and asks if he wants one, he's replies; "I can't, have to go to the Students Union tonight." WTF? I've worked for a couple of hours, and you didn't think to mention this to me maybe BEFORE I started?

Weeeell, whatever, I'll give them away at Uni tomorrow. Whoops, and suddenly they were just all GONE! No buns for you, Mr.

12 hours straight

2011-03-10T02:46:00.000-08:00

I always realise the next day how bad an idea it was to almost do a full all-nighter to complete an essay, even if it was necessary. I pretty much passed out in my bed when I came home yesterday, but because I never sleep during the day, I decided to watch Let Me In, the remake of the Swedish film Låt Den Rätte Komma In. And it was good! I've seen both movies now, but still prefer the original Swedish one.
Later in the day I made a half hearted attempt of studying, but every time I typed something out I had to re-type it about 3 times, and I gave up; decided to treat the evening yesterday as the hours I didn't sleep the night before.

I made more pancakes for med and Ed, as a dessert, before I decided to go to bed. At 9PM. Tried to watch Blade, which did not seem as fun as I'd thought. Started to watch Wind Chill with Emily Blunt, but decided I was too tried for a horror movie. I ended up falling asleep around 10PM and woke up at 10AM this morning. Aaah, 12 hours. Now I need to get some serious studying done again. I have one essay in Tort, + tutorials in Tort, Admin Law and Trust and Equity to get done by tuesday.

One thing is for sure, there'll be no shopping this weekend, unless it's at the Good Food's Market at the other side of Regent's Park. That's a double treat; the walk across the park and organic food and more of my cereal mixture.

Vendetta

2011-03-08T23:11:00.000-08:00

Oh my god! I managed to oversleep. When I went to bed at 3 AM I had three alarms on, which were to wake me up at 5 again, to continue writing. I wake up and find the time on my phone screaming 6:17 AM in my face. Meaning, it's only one and a half hour to go before I have to leave, and I still need to finish the damn essay.

Somehow, how, half an hour later, I have magically managed to finish most things (except my essay) and after 4 shots of espresso I feel rather… odd and distanced. Anyways, I have one more hour to go before I have to leave and fight my way through a jungle of suits to get on the tube to school. But today, I have a plan. Today, I'm bringing the horse jacket with me, and anyone who stands near me will 1) smell the disgusting horse, and wish themselves away, and 2) probably end up smelling like horse when they get to work. This is my way of paying you back for all the elbows in the ribs and attempts at slowing my down by hitting me in the legs with your suitcases and document files.

Revenge will be sweet. Have a nice day everyone!

Procrastination Queen

2011-03-08T11:11:00.000-08:00

is back! And she has an essay due tomorrow morning; an essay I have no idea how to put together. After reading and trying to type it out for days I've been waiting for my 'panic stage' but in stead I only seem to reach the "ask me if I give a fuck" stage. Which is about where I am now. Anyways, I've filled up the kitchen with coffee and will be going on into the late hours today. Like yesterday. And the day before.

Here's my new coat, btw. As my flatmate so bluntly put it (she has one as well) we only need to homeless them down a bit, and they'll be perfect (what she meant by this is remove the smell of 'old jacket' and 'horse' to which I find the comment of 'homeless' to be pretty of, seeing that I doubt a lot of homeless people have horses at all.

ESSAY TIME!

ME-ME-ME!

2011-03-07T09:24:00.000-08:00

have a secret love for computer games; I could play for hours!
always make some kind of sound when at home; humming, singing, whatever!
drink several cups of double espresso coffees every day
am slightly addicted to Ebay
loves fantasy books; they're the perfect break from all my dry, boring and difficult law books
love to watch scary movies or gory movies by myself; wrapped up in my duvet, in the dark
prefer my own company to most others
love to cook, bake and actually, clean
can't wait to have children some day
would move to Italy for the food alone
always need to have some things with me when I go out; wallet, key, phone, mp3 and oyster card.
has never had a weak spot for junk food; it has always been chocolate!

Pro bono work

2011-03-06T15:20:00.000-08:00

The weather today has been AMAZING. I can't say the same about my studying. We ended up going onto Ebay again, which always ends in something like tears (of joy). When everyone was out I decided to mix together some fastelavensboller (buns, sweet buns) which I thought was a wonderful surprise. I wish someone made ME buns. Oh well. Everyone almost finished theirs straight away so I can conclude they were a success.

I wish the weekend would never end, but in little under an hour it's monday again. And again.

Weekends through the looking glass. If only! Next weekend my dear M is going back to Lux (she's going away for almost a week, as a matter of fact) and I'll need to find someone else to bring for out 3 o'clock beer. Any volunteers?

IroNY

2011-03-06T05:00:00.000-08:00

The day I purchased my first baby pink sweater was also the day I dyed my hair RED. Is this irony, or something else (i.e. stupidity). I.E. has a new meaning because of one of my lecturers. He wears coats from Saville Row, purple silk shirts and has a very pretty Vivienne Westwood ring.

I discovered my jacket smells to much like horse and there's probably not much I can do about it. However, I put it on the balcony in hope that it might air out just a bit; it sucks that you can't wash these waxed jackets with anything but a sponge of cold water. That never did any good with horse odour.

It was the first time every my flatmate went to Camden yesterday, and she was amazed, after believing for over a year that Mayfair was the best place on earth (in London) to live. I'm happy to say that I definitely converted her to be pro-Camden. I'm actually considering finding a flat share here next year when I'm back from my year abroad. It's not at all as rough as it seems from the outset. This street has to be my favourite one; opposite the Stables Market! A dream of a street. Love it!

Camden and around

2011-03-05T13:04:00.000-08:00

After wondering around myself in circles I finally managed to pull myself together to go to Camden. And buy a jacket I've wanted for some time. I found it at the Stables Market. It's worn, and it smells like horse, but it is an amazing jacket. The only this I need to do is get it to a dry cleaner who can maybe remove some of the horses and then wax it up a bit, and voila! I also got a WONDERFUL cashmere sweater in a light pink, at another stall.

Other than the markets; we walked to Camden! It took us only about 30 min since we simply walked across Regents Park, and ended up nicely by the Foxtons branch. On our way down we stopped by the Whole Foods Market, where I bought something to put in my porridge for antioxidants, and agave nectar because it's supposed to be the best way to add sweetness to things. Sugar is SO 2009.

Oooh, and I'm a redhead again. I might already regret this, but whatever, I needed change! It was this, or short hair. And since I need my hair long, this seemed like the best option. Goes wonderfully with my waxed coat.

At midday today we stopped by The Worlds' End for a pint and a plate of chips, and I can honestly say it was my first beer in half a year. Such a strange sentation! There isn't much which beats a cold stella, and we might make the occasional trip to the London pubs more of a habit!

Pancake day will be every day

2011-03-04T05:39:00.000-08:00

After a sudden trip down to central last night, I ended up going to a bar around Piccadilly Circus for a glass of wine with a friend. The glass became a bottle, and the bottle ended up wanting to go to McDonalds. That meant we walked from Piccadilly Circus, up Regents' Street, to the McDonalds by John Lewis, which was closed, to the McDonalds' at Tottenham Court Road. Some chicken and a milkshake later I jumped in a taxi home. Here, I found M still working, and we shared a better meal and some late night discussions. Somehow, all the deep conversations seem to happen sometime after midnight.

If everything is according to plan we'll go out again today, but this time we'll try for Sketch (which had a private event last night) or, if I get my will, Cargo or Bar Music Hall in Shoreditch, to which I was a frequent visitor last year.

As some may know it's almost pancake day here in UK. We celebrated in advance, by making american pancakes for dinner last night, with bacon, syrup and everything else we wanted on them. It was amazing, delicious and so nice! Love a good meal with good friends.

The cold weather in London these days pretty much rule out all worries about the summer soon approaching and with it, the time for little clothes and maybe even bikinis. Every worry at it's time.