One would think it was anyways... Started off nicely with leaving home just after 8am this morning to go to work, going to work normally takes me about an hour under normal conditions. Today though, conditions were far from normal as we have about 20-30cm of snow in Copenhagen now and as Denmark doesn't have heating in the train tracks where the tracks separate into more tracks, those darn things often freeze in winter! Today was one of those days. Snow, wind and a bitter cold, and as I came to the station all trains were either delayed big time or canceled. I waited in the station for about 30 minutes before a train finally came, having to endure the speaker's happy voice announcing trains every 20 minutes in each direction (and some people on the platform had been waiting for 40 already). Those announcements were the joke of today for sure!
I finally got into Copenhagen main station where I transfer to a local train, luckily I didn't need to wait for more than a minute for that train. Got off at my usual station to take the bus to work, and the god damn bus doesn't come! I had to wait for 30 minutes again! Some people at the bus stop had been waiting for nearly an hour when the bus finally came. When the bus finally came, I had already been on my way to work for over 1.5 hour and I was starting to run late.
Got off bus at my bus stop and walked as fast as I could to work and checked in 5 minutes late! Took me almost 2 hours from door to door today!
On top of it, today was incredibly busy at work, along with everything taking longer than normal because the orders were big or a bit special when sending them out.
Anyways, 6pm came at last, and I left work to go home. My bus came a couple of minutes late and I saw my train leave the station. Said a few well chosen words and walked up on the platform and to my great relief the local trains had started running every 10 minutes again instead of the every 20 minutes it had been for most of the day. Arrived main station and went down to the platform where my train leaves from just at just about the same time as my usual train arrived a few minutes behind schedule. Caught my train and was back home only a little bit later than I'd normally be after going to supermarket on my way home too. My trip home was fine. But this morning and day at work sure was a Monday from hell!
The snow sure looks pretty, but it's just so much problems on the roads and with the public transportation so I really do have a love- hate relationship with it.
Not knowing exactly where my ski trousers are either does make me want to fly south for a while too! When standing outside in this weather, waiting for a bus or train you don't know when it will arrive, you really do feel like a deep frozen penguin from south of the south pole when the bus or train does arrive!
I think my ski trousers are somewhere in my rental storage room, I'll maybe go there tomorrow to look, today I had to go to supermarket on my way and it would have been too late for me to do both shopping and going to storage room today because I needed to get home and into the shower.
I sure hope my ski trousers are in the storage room! It's too freezing cold to only wear winter shoes, a big warm coat and jeans when being outside now. Need to have those trousers too to not get too cold.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Back home again
Have spent the weekend with my family in my home village. It was so nice to just spend some time with family and my cat again. I haven't been at home since October.
Yesterday one of my aunts had a Christmas party which was very nice! So nice to just sit and talk with everyone! And I got to see my wonderful cousin again for the first time for many months! Last time I was at home, my cousin was still in hospital after a major back surgery she had gone through in September.
There's a lot of snow outside now, both in Copenhagen where I live now, and in my home area, more snow in my home area though- it's further north. Here in Copenhagen we have about 5-10cm of snow, my home area has about 20cm of snow.
It's very pretty with the snow now in Advent :) Makes it very Christmassy outside. A winter like this is something I haven't seen before really. Some snow in Advent is not really uncommon, but this much snow, and this cold already is very rare. My home area has had about -10 degrees for a few days now, right now it's -6 there according to my iPhone, and that is pretty rare for this time of year. Those really cold temperatures usually doesn't come until January-February. Here in Copenhagen it's 1 degree now, but funnily enough it felt much colder here when I walked home from the station, than it did yesterday when going out to the car after the Christmas party, and last night it was -10 when we went home again.
Just a shame there wasn't any northern light outside last night as it was very clear sky and "perfect conditions" for watching northern light. Oh well, winter isn't over yet, and I hope I can see the northern light this winter :) I haven't seen it for some years now and it's so beautiful! It's commonly seen in the north part of Sweden and Norway, but not as common in my home area even if it does exist.
And right now I think I may just have heard thunder outside here :O I sure hope it won't be thunder over night! Not just is it very rare in November, but I absolutely hate being alone when it's thundering, especially at night!
Mum had bought a book for me a couple of weeks ago, written by my idol from my teenage years. I read the book over the weekend and finished it on the train back home today. I quite liked the book, but sure hope that guy hasn't gone through all of that he wrote! I know parts of the book was from his real life, like passing out at home and waking up in hospital after a severe low (he's a type 1 diabetic) but hopefully some parts were just parts of celebrity life but not something he had gone through himself. But after reading that book, I'm happy about not being a celebrity! Just too much late nights, parties, alcohol and drugs involved in that kind of life.
I'm still wanting to get into music more, but only as a hobby and maybe for raising awareness and such. But at first, I'll just try to find a non-religious choir to join after the holidays. I really want to get to know my voice better and train it to be able to control it better and sing without getting tired, along with wanting to find some real life friends in this area. My life is on the internet, and as happy as I may be with that, I would like to have a life offline too!
Today I've had my nose piercing for a week, and it looks and feels fine which means it's healing the way it should. Mum didn't see it until yesterday, and when she saw it she actually didn't get mad at me but said it was OK and started to rant about eyebrow piercings and lip piercings instead. Dad seems to not have noticed, or he just didn't mention seeing it, I don't know which. No one in the Christmas party yesterday seem to have noticed it anyways as no one mentioned it. But I see that as a good thing, it means my nose piercing fits me and doesn't become a huge scream in my face, it just melts in with my general look :)
Winter seems to have got to my hands now. I normally don't have issues with dry skin or anything, but now I seem to have very dry skin or some kind of rash on my right hand. It's not itching really, but the skin looks very dry and a bit red, and it stings a bit. Quite annoying, but I think some good hand cream I have at home should fix it.
Now I really should get my hair dry and get ready for sleep. It's nearly midnight and I have work tomorrow.
Yesterday one of my aunts had a Christmas party which was very nice! So nice to just sit and talk with everyone! And I got to see my wonderful cousin again for the first time for many months! Last time I was at home, my cousin was still in hospital after a major back surgery she had gone through in September.
There's a lot of snow outside now, both in Copenhagen where I live now, and in my home area, more snow in my home area though- it's further north. Here in Copenhagen we have about 5-10cm of snow, my home area has about 20cm of snow.
It's very pretty with the snow now in Advent :) Makes it very Christmassy outside. A winter like this is something I haven't seen before really. Some snow in Advent is not really uncommon, but this much snow, and this cold already is very rare. My home area has had about -10 degrees for a few days now, right now it's -6 there according to my iPhone, and that is pretty rare for this time of year. Those really cold temperatures usually doesn't come until January-February. Here in Copenhagen it's 1 degree now, but funnily enough it felt much colder here when I walked home from the station, than it did yesterday when going out to the car after the Christmas party, and last night it was -10 when we went home again.
Just a shame there wasn't any northern light outside last night as it was very clear sky and "perfect conditions" for watching northern light. Oh well, winter isn't over yet, and I hope I can see the northern light this winter :) I haven't seen it for some years now and it's so beautiful! It's commonly seen in the north part of Sweden and Norway, but not as common in my home area even if it does exist.
And right now I think I may just have heard thunder outside here :O I sure hope it won't be thunder over night! Not just is it very rare in November, but I absolutely hate being alone when it's thundering, especially at night!
Mum had bought a book for me a couple of weeks ago, written by my idol from my teenage years. I read the book over the weekend and finished it on the train back home today. I quite liked the book, but sure hope that guy hasn't gone through all of that he wrote! I know parts of the book was from his real life, like passing out at home and waking up in hospital after a severe low (he's a type 1 diabetic) but hopefully some parts were just parts of celebrity life but not something he had gone through himself. But after reading that book, I'm happy about not being a celebrity! Just too much late nights, parties, alcohol and drugs involved in that kind of life.
I'm still wanting to get into music more, but only as a hobby and maybe for raising awareness and such. But at first, I'll just try to find a non-religious choir to join after the holidays. I really want to get to know my voice better and train it to be able to control it better and sing without getting tired, along with wanting to find some real life friends in this area. My life is on the internet, and as happy as I may be with that, I would like to have a life offline too!
Today I've had my nose piercing for a week, and it looks and feels fine which means it's healing the way it should. Mum didn't see it until yesterday, and when she saw it she actually didn't get mad at me but said it was OK and started to rant about eyebrow piercings and lip piercings instead. Dad seems to not have noticed, or he just didn't mention seeing it, I don't know which. No one in the Christmas party yesterday seem to have noticed it anyways as no one mentioned it. But I see that as a good thing, it means my nose piercing fits me and doesn't become a huge scream in my face, it just melts in with my general look :)
Winter seems to have got to my hands now. I normally don't have issues with dry skin or anything, but now I seem to have very dry skin or some kind of rash on my right hand. It's not itching really, but the skin looks very dry and a bit red, and it stings a bit. Quite annoying, but I think some good hand cream I have at home should fix it.
Now I really should get my hair dry and get ready for sleep. It's nearly midnight and I have work tomorrow.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Posting from the train.
Sitting on a train now, on my way to my parents and childhood home village :)
As I was waiting for the train in Copenhagen main station, I was listening to a choir singing carols in the main hall, and quietly singing along. Made me want to join a choir actually. Think maybe I'll look into that after the holidays. Problem is, most choirs are church based, and as an atheist I'd rather sing non-religious songs.
I'll look into it anyways. The inspiration from this morning mentioned in my previous post today still lingers with me. But guess I'll have to start small and get to know my voice before possibly taking it another step.
But I have ideas, big ideas... Oh how I wish it could be reality one day :)
Right now though, my main focus is to not sing loud on the train, and to catch my 2 connection trains. My connections were tight to begin with, currently running 20 minutes late makes me feel pretty stressed. Can't enjoy the train journey the same way I'd normally do as I constantly worry about having to run between platforms or maybe miss a connection and not knowing how to get to my parents place! My first connection is too far away from my home village so I can not possibly have my parents come pick me up there! Think it's like 130-150km away from my home village. Should I run too late for 2nd connection it's not as bad as it is "only" 55km from home village.
I don't normally take this route with the train, but this time it was the departure from Copenhagen that fit best with my work schedule along with arriving home village a bit earlier. Normally I go along the west coast and just change train in Gothenburg.
Oh well. Will keep you updated :)
As I was waiting for the train in Copenhagen main station, I was listening to a choir singing carols in the main hall, and quietly singing along. Made me want to join a choir actually. Think maybe I'll look into that after the holidays. Problem is, most choirs are church based, and as an atheist I'd rather sing non-religious songs.
I'll look into it anyways. The inspiration from this morning mentioned in my previous post today still lingers with me. But guess I'll have to start small and get to know my voice before possibly taking it another step.
But I have ideas, big ideas... Oh how I wish it could be reality one day :)
Right now though, my main focus is to not sing loud on the train, and to catch my 2 connection trains. My connections were tight to begin with, currently running 20 minutes late makes me feel pretty stressed. Can't enjoy the train journey the same way I'd normally do as I constantly worry about having to run between platforms or maybe miss a connection and not knowing how to get to my parents place! My first connection is too far away from my home village so I can not possibly have my parents come pick me up there! Think it's like 130-150km away from my home village. Should I run too late for 2nd connection it's not as bad as it is "only" 55km from home village.
I don't normally take this route with the train, but this time it was the departure from Copenhagen that fit best with my work schedule along with arriving home village a bit earlier. Normally I go along the west coast and just change train in Gothenburg.
Oh well. Will keep you updated :)
Now that's an idea!
It's early morning and I've slept too little again and got up at 6am to prepare the last things for the travel this afternoon along with already being on my way to work about an hour earlier than normal for a Friday.
Now while I was waiting for my commuter train at central station a few minutes ago, an idea took shape in my mind. An idea which will take a lot of time, energy and skill along with a group of people sharing the same passion. Maybe one day I'll be there... With a lot of luck... Oh well, one can have dreams. But I sure would like to at some point in my life, sing with a passionate choir out in the towns in whatever country I live in at the time, raising awareness for various diseases and conditions that today has no cure, any money donated by audience would go straight to an organization which is working on finding a cure!
Now I may just be too sleepy. But this feels like something worth to work hard for!
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Now while I was waiting for my commuter train at central station a few minutes ago, an idea took shape in my mind. An idea which will take a lot of time, energy and skill along with a group of people sharing the same passion. Maybe one day I'll be there... With a lot of luck... Oh well, one can have dreams. But I sure would like to at some point in my life, sing with a passionate choir out in the towns in whatever country I live in at the time, raising awareness for various diseases and conditions that today has no cure, any money donated by audience would go straight to an organization which is working on finding a cure!
Now I may just be too sleepy. But this feels like something worth to work hard for!
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
I've found myself at last!
I had a rough day at work today with a lot of problems with things which made me having to run after certain people rather than actually working. Problems still not solved, but that will have to be someone else project for tomorrow as I'm going to do other things tomorrow at work!
Anyways, so there I was, having a lousy day and the only light in my day was the music streaming through my earphones, filling me up with wonderful tones. A thought came into my head: I believe in music, Queen is my religion and Freddie Mercury is my God!
Ever since I started to really listen to Queen, my life has just changed so much! A bit like when someone suddenly become a Christian or whatever other religion.
If listening carefully to the lyrics in Queen songs, almost all of them have a kind of encouraging message hidden in them.
Listening to the incredible musical talent of Queen, Freddie's magical voice and reading his life story, I've started to believe in myself in a way I've never really done before. I feel encouraged to develop the talents I do have, talents which has just been there for years but pretty much been forgotten lately.
It's a wonderful feeling really!
This weekend I'll be traveling to my home village to be with my family for the weekend. Saturday brings an Advent family gathering at my Aunt's house and I'm really looking forward to it! The only thing I don't really look forward to is the long train trip tomorrow pretty much directly after work. I'm off work at 5pm, my train leaves Central station at 6.19pm (I'll have about 40 minutes wait in Central station after work), and then I'll arrive my home village at 11.22pm! Add poor sleep for the last 1+ week and going to work overtime tomorrow morning because work is so busy these days.
I'm really quite amazed about what some music can do with someone's life. Just a few weeks ago I still felt quite down and didn't see much light in my life. And now I'm a very happy 25 year old woman who takes on each day with a smile and laugh while singing with joy within, and singing out loud at home too ;) People around me can notice a difference too.
Now I'll sing quietly for a bit more while making sure I've packed the things I'm bringing for the weekend, and then time to sleep! Tomorrow will be a long day!
Anyways, so there I was, having a lousy day and the only light in my day was the music streaming through my earphones, filling me up with wonderful tones. A thought came into my head: I believe in music, Queen is my religion and Freddie Mercury is my God!
Ever since I started to really listen to Queen, my life has just changed so much! A bit like when someone suddenly become a Christian or whatever other religion.
If listening carefully to the lyrics in Queen songs, almost all of them have a kind of encouraging message hidden in them.
Listening to the incredible musical talent of Queen, Freddie's magical voice and reading his life story, I've started to believe in myself in a way I've never really done before. I feel encouraged to develop the talents I do have, talents which has just been there for years but pretty much been forgotten lately.
It's a wonderful feeling really!
This weekend I'll be traveling to my home village to be with my family for the weekend. Saturday brings an Advent family gathering at my Aunt's house and I'm really looking forward to it! The only thing I don't really look forward to is the long train trip tomorrow pretty much directly after work. I'm off work at 5pm, my train leaves Central station at 6.19pm (I'll have about 40 minutes wait in Central station after work), and then I'll arrive my home village at 11.22pm! Add poor sleep for the last 1+ week and going to work overtime tomorrow morning because work is so busy these days.
I'm really quite amazed about what some music can do with someone's life. Just a few weeks ago I still felt quite down and didn't see much light in my life. And now I'm a very happy 25 year old woman who takes on each day with a smile and laugh while singing with joy within, and singing out loud at home too ;) People around me can notice a difference too.
Now I'll sing quietly for a bit more while making sure I've packed the things I'm bringing for the weekend, and then time to sleep! Tomorrow will be a long day!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Dear Freddie
Today it's been 19 years since you left earth life. I've been thinking of it all day today while I was working. Have been watching some videos on youtube this evening, and my video for you came up late last night after I had gone to sleep.
I don't really know what to write today, I'm just too sad I guess.
Here's the video I made anyways.
I hope you like it. I'm no good at making videos, but I just felt I wanted to do something for this day.
Hope all is well in heaven!
R.I.P Freddie! We still love you!
I don't really know what to write today, I'm just too sad I guess.
Here's the video I made anyways.
I hope you like it. I'm no good at making videos, but I just felt I wanted to do something for this day.
Hope all is well in heaven!
R.I.P Freddie! We still love you!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
An open letter to Freddie Mercury.
Dear Freddie
It's been 19 years today since the world found out about your AIDS. I don't remember the day, nor the day you passed away as I was only 6 years old at that time.
The world has changed a lot through the years since your passing. Mobile phones has become something everyone has now, TV's are flat and in high definition, music is mainly made on computers, computers which are small enough to carry around and they work very fast. People mostly listen to music on something called MP3 player and the device is tiny yet holds a huge storage capacity, you'd easily be able to store all songs ever made by you and Queen in one device.
Pretty much the only thing that hasn't changed much is people's love and passion for you and for Queen. The music you made, the songs you sang, they are timeless! And your voice is still considered the best by many, and I don't think anyone can ever have a better voice than you!
I have been watching music videos of Queen and your solo career on a site called youtube, and that site also has videos of some of your live performances. You were totally amazing on stage Freddie!
I don't think we'll ever see anyone else with the same talent as you had when it comes to music. You were such a natural with everything you did! Your voice is magic, your piano skill is incredible, and your ability to write music just stunning.
I used to take violin lessons when I was younger, I played for little more than 5 years and wasn't too bad at it. I also have some ability to play by ear, but I'm no where near as good as you when it comes to playing by ear.
You're my inspiration! Since I started listening to your magic voice, which is quite recently I'm ashamed to say (what have I been listening to all these years?), it woke something within me! I've decided to take up music in my life again now. I'm about to learn how to really play on my keyboard which has 61 keys, and I'm planning to start learning guitar too, and I want to learn how to control my voice when I sing. My voice is not too bad, I'm just too shy to let it out, and I don't have much control over it and get tired fast. I want to change that!
I'm however sad to say that even if 19 years has passed now, far too many around the world still see homosexuality and bisexuality as something bad or wrong. One would think the world would change after so many years, but no, there's still people who have to hide their true self because the surrounding can't accept what's "different". I'm hetero myself, but I see nothing wrong with bisexuality or homosexuality. Love is love!
I'm also sad to announce that HIV/AIDS still doesn't have a cure even if more is known about it today than when you were alive.
After you passed away, the remaining members of Queen started a fund raising for AIDS awareness in your honor. It's called Mercury Phoenix Trust. They've raised millions through the years, and I'm planning to make an annual donation to the Mercury Phoenix Trust to honor your memory and help others who are in the same situation as you once were.
You were such a strong person Freddie, daring to be yourself to the fullest, being open about who you truly were, yet off stage you managed to keep your private life private and that's just amazing! I really admire you Freddie for all this!
I wish you could still be among us in person, you'd be an older man today, possibly retired from the stage but most likely still making incredible music.
As it is now, you may not be able to be here in person, but in the heart and soul of your family, friends and fans, you live forever and will never be forgotten!
Thank You Freddie for once being among us, sharing your wonderful voice and talent with the world!
I hope you are at peace in Heaven.
Oh, and I hope you like the tribute video I put together for you. But it seems youtube is a bit slow on processing so I'll have to post it for you as soon as it is up.
Yours sincerely.
Jennie
It's been 19 years today since the world found out about your AIDS. I don't remember the day, nor the day you passed away as I was only 6 years old at that time.
The world has changed a lot through the years since your passing. Mobile phones has become something everyone has now, TV's are flat and in high definition, music is mainly made on computers, computers which are small enough to carry around and they work very fast. People mostly listen to music on something called MP3 player and the device is tiny yet holds a huge storage capacity, you'd easily be able to store all songs ever made by you and Queen in one device.
Pretty much the only thing that hasn't changed much is people's love and passion for you and for Queen. The music you made, the songs you sang, they are timeless! And your voice is still considered the best by many, and I don't think anyone can ever have a better voice than you!
I have been watching music videos of Queen and your solo career on a site called youtube, and that site also has videos of some of your live performances. You were totally amazing on stage Freddie!
I don't think we'll ever see anyone else with the same talent as you had when it comes to music. You were such a natural with everything you did! Your voice is magic, your piano skill is incredible, and your ability to write music just stunning.
I used to take violin lessons when I was younger, I played for little more than 5 years and wasn't too bad at it. I also have some ability to play by ear, but I'm no where near as good as you when it comes to playing by ear.
You're my inspiration! Since I started listening to your magic voice, which is quite recently I'm ashamed to say (what have I been listening to all these years?), it woke something within me! I've decided to take up music in my life again now. I'm about to learn how to really play on my keyboard which has 61 keys, and I'm planning to start learning guitar too, and I want to learn how to control my voice when I sing. My voice is not too bad, I'm just too shy to let it out, and I don't have much control over it and get tired fast. I want to change that!
I'm however sad to say that even if 19 years has passed now, far too many around the world still see homosexuality and bisexuality as something bad or wrong. One would think the world would change after so many years, but no, there's still people who have to hide their true self because the surrounding can't accept what's "different". I'm hetero myself, but I see nothing wrong with bisexuality or homosexuality. Love is love!
I'm also sad to announce that HIV/AIDS still doesn't have a cure even if more is known about it today than when you were alive.
After you passed away, the remaining members of Queen started a fund raising for AIDS awareness in your honor. It's called Mercury Phoenix Trust. They've raised millions through the years, and I'm planning to make an annual donation to the Mercury Phoenix Trust to honor your memory and help others who are in the same situation as you once were.
You were such a strong person Freddie, daring to be yourself to the fullest, being open about who you truly were, yet off stage you managed to keep your private life private and that's just amazing! I really admire you Freddie for all this!
I wish you could still be among us in person, you'd be an older man today, possibly retired from the stage but most likely still making incredible music.
As it is now, you may not be able to be here in person, but in the heart and soul of your family, friends and fans, you live forever and will never be forgotten!
Thank You Freddie for once being among us, sharing your wonderful voice and talent with the world!
I hope you are at peace in Heaven.
Oh, and I hope you like the tribute video I put together for you. But it seems youtube is a bit slow on processing so I'll have to post it for you as soon as it is up.
Yours sincerely.
Jennie
Monday, November 22, 2010
Little bit more than 24h in :)
So I've had my nose bling since yesterday afternoon. So far so good. I don't feel it's there, no issues with it what so ever! Just had a laugh at work today in the afternoon as it took almost all day before anyone even noticed I had it! So my nose piercing is the way I want it to be- nice and discrete and behaving :)
It will just be interesting to see if my parents will notice it this coming weekend. I won't be stupid enough to tell them ;) If they spot it, I think dad will not say much, mum will call me incredibly stupid.
But really, it's just a tiny little nose stud, barely visible. I like it a lot anyways! Should I get tired of it sometime in the future, it will be such a tiny mark it will barely be visible. Now if I had got a tattoo done, I'd think about it for longer than I did before getting this piercing. I've actually been wanting to get a tattoo since I was 18, and I'm 25 now and still haven't decided on what and where.
Maybe one day I'll find the perfect tattoo and have it done. But now is not that day.
It will just be interesting to see if my parents will notice it this coming weekend. I won't be stupid enough to tell them ;) If they spot it, I think dad will not say much, mum will call me incredibly stupid.
But really, it's just a tiny little nose stud, barely visible. I like it a lot anyways! Should I get tired of it sometime in the future, it will be such a tiny mark it will barely be visible. Now if I had got a tattoo done, I'd think about it for longer than I did before getting this piercing. I've actually been wanting to get a tattoo since I was 18, and I'm 25 now and still haven't decided on what and where.
Maybe one day I'll find the perfect tattoo and have it done. But now is not that day.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Small changes that makes a big difference
Today I've had one of those pretty boring Sundays, both with everything in Copenhagen being closed and having to do the laundry along with the grey and generally dull weather. I just felt like doing something! So I took the train over to Malmö in Sweden in the early afternoon, went to a shopping mall and step into a piercing studio! 40 minutes later I go back to the very same piercing studio and had a nose piercing done! I had been considering getting a nose piercing for some time, just felt I wanted to change something with my look a tiny bit, but I had definitely not planned on having it done today or even before the new year! But anyways, now I have it! I barely felt it at all, and less than an hour later I had already gotten used to the piercing and don't even notice it's there. I had somewhat expected it to be painful, and having tears, but nope, painless and no tears! I only got a little watery in my eyes as when you're about to sneeze but the sneeze doesn't come, but never needed to wipe my eyes.
Ever since I had the piercing done this afternoon, I just feel great! Such a small change really boosted my self confidence!
And while I waited for my appointment at the studio, I went to do some shopping. Bought a stand for my laptop to be able to have it at an angle, and bought a cable adapter for earphones as my keyboard uses the bigger connection and all earphones are the small connection.
All in all, a great weekend with cinema yesterday, buying a lot of Queen CD's and getting that nose piercing done today and finding a cable adapter :)
Next weekend I'll be at my parents place again, for the first time since mid October. If my parents even notices my nose piercing, at least mum will call me incredibly stupid LOL But I'm 25 and can do what I want!
Ever since I had the piercing done this afternoon, I just feel great! Such a small change really boosted my self confidence!
And while I waited for my appointment at the studio, I went to do some shopping. Bought a stand for my laptop to be able to have it at an angle, and bought a cable adapter for earphones as my keyboard uses the bigger connection and all earphones are the small connection.
All in all, a great weekend with cinema yesterday, buying a lot of Queen CD's and getting that nose piercing done today and finding a cable adapter :)
Next weekend I'll be at my parents place again, for the first time since mid October. If my parents even notices my nose piercing, at least mum will call me incredibly stupid LOL But I'm 25 and can do what I want!
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Ambidextrous people rock the world!
By the word pretty much ;) As I was looking for pictures of Freddie for a tribute video I made yesterday as November 24th is the day he passed away in 1991, I found a photo of him playing guitar left handed, which made me pretty sure he was ambidextrous. Some googling today, and my guess was right!
I'm ambidextrous myself, and it's so handy! In fact, I remember this one time when I was going to hold a guitar for the first time ever, think it was in music class in junior school, I first held it as a left handed would and this was before I even found out I'm ambidextrous. I found out I'm ambidextrous 10 years ago now, when I was 15, until then I was right handed with left handed tendencies like wearing my watch on right wrist- something I've always done ever since having those plastic toy watches that always breaks after 2 minutes ;)
Today I mix between writing with left and right, but for many other things I'm left handed. I can't for e.g brush my teeth with right hand, while I do brush my hair mostly with right hand. As for using the tape at work, I almost always use left hand, same goes for cutting down cardboard boxes.
At work I'm funnily enough not the only ambidextrous. I have a couple of workmates who are ambidextrous too, even though they seem to be a bit more right handed.
And they say being ambidextrous is rare? I know several ambidextrous people around the world, and many musicians are ambidextrous too. It's a good thing when playing an instrument :) Maybe that's why violin wasn't too difficult for me...
And no, I haven't learned to be ambidextrous, nor have someone taught me to in my childhood. I just tried writing with left when I was 15 and it worked! After that I've just tried more and more to compare my ability in both hands. The only thing I can't do with left hand is using scissors but I even know purely left handed people who can't use scissors with left hand, no matter what kind of scissors it is.
Being ambidextrous really gives you the best out of two worlds! I think it will come very handy too now when I'm wanting to learn to play keyboard properly, and not just play one handed melodies. Should I try guitar too, it will be interesting to see which will feel better, left or right.
Oh gosh am I rambling or what. It's midnight, I've slept too little all week and felt craptastic most of the evening so I guess that's why I just type out these kinds of random ramblings about whatever.
Oh well, here's the photo I found which made me google and is the reason behind this long post.
I'm ambidextrous myself, and it's so handy! In fact, I remember this one time when I was going to hold a guitar for the first time ever, think it was in music class in junior school, I first held it as a left handed would and this was before I even found out I'm ambidextrous. I found out I'm ambidextrous 10 years ago now, when I was 15, until then I was right handed with left handed tendencies like wearing my watch on right wrist- something I've always done ever since having those plastic toy watches that always breaks after 2 minutes ;)
Today I mix between writing with left and right, but for many other things I'm left handed. I can't for e.g brush my teeth with right hand, while I do brush my hair mostly with right hand. As for using the tape at work, I almost always use left hand, same goes for cutting down cardboard boxes.
At work I'm funnily enough not the only ambidextrous. I have a couple of workmates who are ambidextrous too, even though they seem to be a bit more right handed.
And they say being ambidextrous is rare? I know several ambidextrous people around the world, and many musicians are ambidextrous too. It's a good thing when playing an instrument :) Maybe that's why violin wasn't too difficult for me...
And no, I haven't learned to be ambidextrous, nor have someone taught me to in my childhood. I just tried writing with left when I was 15 and it worked! After that I've just tried more and more to compare my ability in both hands. The only thing I can't do with left hand is using scissors but I even know purely left handed people who can't use scissors with left hand, no matter what kind of scissors it is.
Being ambidextrous really gives you the best out of two worlds! I think it will come very handy too now when I'm wanting to learn to play keyboard properly, and not just play one handed melodies. Should I try guitar too, it will be interesting to see which will feel better, left or right.
Oh gosh am I rambling or what. It's midnight, I've slept too little all week and felt craptastic most of the evening so I guess that's why I just type out these kinds of random ramblings about whatever.
Oh well, here's the photo I found which made me google and is the reason behind this long post.
Finding your inspiration and motivation
For the past few days I've felt so inspired to start with music again so yesterday I went to my rental storage room and picked up fairly big keyboard (all in all 61 keys) which I haven't been playing on for years really. Being without car these days, going to my storage room meant having to take the bus there (could have walked, but weather was bad) and then carry above mentioned keyboard to bus stop, and then from bus stop to home. Anyways, I got my keyboard home, with it's support legs and cable, in the rain which may still have been snow mixed. Now I'm looking up piano and keyboard lessons online to really learn how to play keyboard. Until now I've only been playing by ear, which worked fine until now when I've set a goal to myself to learn Bohemian Rhapsody ;) 7 pages of sheet music and said to be very difficult to learn.
I've found musical inspiration from Queen and Freddie Mercury's amazing talent, especially Freddie is an inspiration for me with his incredible talent for writing music and playing the piano and sing. Another reason I look up to him is how he, despite being so desperately ill, never gave up! He kept singing until the very end. So if he could do that, then I should be able to really learn how to play keyboard, right?
I do have a fair music ear after playing by ear on small keyboard since I was very young, I actually had a keyboard when I was really little, and it was broken so it only worked if leaning it against something while up-side down! You could even say I learned how to play up-side down ;) After playing violin for over 5 years while in middle, junior and early high school, I do know how to read music too, I just need to learn it on keyboard as well.
I've also started to try to improve my voice a bit and learn how to control it. It's not because I want to become a star or even go to an IDOL tryout, it's just because I WANT to do this as a hobby. I'm also planning to start playing some guitar just for fun, that's something I've never tried before.
I guess I just feel I need a hobby to do at home, after work which doesn't require much time and effort. I'd love to start dancing, but with my work hours it's difficult to go somewhere to attend something after work. Singing, playing guitar and keyboard is something I can do while I wait for my hair to dry in the evenings.
Internet has been my main hobby for too long now, it's time to let creativity flow!
If you are going through some difficult times, or have something in life that just complicates things a bit (like a chronic disease, just to mention something), find someone to look up to! If he or she can do it, you can too!
Nothing is impossible!
I've found musical inspiration from Queen and Freddie Mercury's amazing talent, especially Freddie is an inspiration for me with his incredible talent for writing music and playing the piano and sing. Another reason I look up to him is how he, despite being so desperately ill, never gave up! He kept singing until the very end. So if he could do that, then I should be able to really learn how to play keyboard, right?
I do have a fair music ear after playing by ear on small keyboard since I was very young, I actually had a keyboard when I was really little, and it was broken so it only worked if leaning it against something while up-side down! You could even say I learned how to play up-side down ;) After playing violin for over 5 years while in middle, junior and early high school, I do know how to read music too, I just need to learn it on keyboard as well.
I've also started to try to improve my voice a bit and learn how to control it. It's not because I want to become a star or even go to an IDOL tryout, it's just because I WANT to do this as a hobby. I'm also planning to start playing some guitar just for fun, that's something I've never tried before.
I guess I just feel I need a hobby to do at home, after work which doesn't require much time and effort. I'd love to start dancing, but with my work hours it's difficult to go somewhere to attend something after work. Singing, playing guitar and keyboard is something I can do while I wait for my hair to dry in the evenings.
Internet has been my main hobby for too long now, it's time to let creativity flow!
If you are going through some difficult times, or have something in life that just complicates things a bit (like a chronic disease, just to mention something), find someone to look up to! If he or she can do it, you can too!
Nothing is impossible!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Have made a decision.
I'm going to pick up my keyboard in my rental storage room this weekend! I'm so in the mood to start playing again. I used to have bit of a talent to play by ear both on keyboard and violin. I want to start with that again, and really learn to play keyboard! My keyboard is almost the size of a piano, so it's not one of them toy ones. Mine is a real one, from Casio.
I don't know about today, but I used to have a good music ear a few years back, think it's still there, I just need to start with the music again.
May attempt to play Bohemian Rhapsody by ear, who knows.
If I can play Schindler's list on violin without ever seeing the music sheet for it, I should be able to play parts of Bohemian Rhapsody on keyboard... When I played Schindler's list by ear I had not even learned the highest tones in it in violin class yet (and never did) I just found them.
I don't know about today, but I used to have a good music ear a few years back, think it's still there, I just need to start with the music again.
May attempt to play Bohemian Rhapsody by ear, who knows.
If I can play Schindler's list on violin without ever seeing the music sheet for it, I should be able to play parts of Bohemian Rhapsody on keyboard... When I played Schindler's list by ear I had not even learned the highest tones in it in violin class yet (and never did) I just found them.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Best song by Queen, ever!
I've totally fallen for Queen in the last few days, especially the song The show must go on. Today while I was listening to it at work on my iPhone, I started analyzing the content of the lyrics while listening, realizing that this song sounds like a kind of farewell song. By the sound of it, I just made a wild guess that it was written after Freddie Mercury got his AIDS diagnosis. Did a google search to know more after I got home from work today, and it truly brought me to tears when I found out that the song was written in the very end of Freddie's life. Upon recording it, he was so ill he could barely stand on his legs! Yet he nailed the song completely. The rest of Queen never even thought he'd be able to sing it in his usual way, but he did! The single was released on October 14th 1991, just 6 weeks before Freddie passed away. It was before he even had made it public that he had AIDS.
Knowing this now, makes me realize the lyrics of the song has a hidden message in it, telling his fans that the show must go on even after he's gone. He's in the song discretely saying he's dying. He knew he didn't have much time left.
It's the last song he ever recorded, yet his voice is flawless!
Singing and smiling until the very end...
Some people seem to be of the opinion that Freddie brought on HIV/AIDS on him because of his sexual preferences. To those people I want to say: It can happen ANYONE if not being careful! Freddie was just unfortunate to catch the infection and it has nothing to do with him being bisexual! It's especially unfortunate that he caught the infection back in the days where there wasn't much knowledge about it, and no good medications for it.
It's tragic how he passed, and I can't even imagine how much suffering he must have been going through before he finally got to rest.
NEVER say that someone brought on a disease on themselves! Doesn't matter what disease it is or the severity of it.
But seriously! Do let him love who ever he loves and loved! There's absolutely nothing wrong with bisexual or homosexual relations! LOVE IS LOVE!
This last part I just had to let out. Some comments on youtube really made me upset!
Now do enjoy this masterpiece and let the show go on!
(On an additional note, in case someone wonder: I'm hetero and have never had any kind of STD or any other potentially dangerous infection)
I accept people as they are!
Knowing this now, makes me realize the lyrics of the song has a hidden message in it, telling his fans that the show must go on even after he's gone. He's in the song discretely saying he's dying. He knew he didn't have much time left.
It's the last song he ever recorded, yet his voice is flawless!
Singing and smiling until the very end...
Some people seem to be of the opinion that Freddie brought on HIV/AIDS on him because of his sexual preferences. To those people I want to say: It can happen ANYONE if not being careful! Freddie was just unfortunate to catch the infection and it has nothing to do with him being bisexual! It's especially unfortunate that he caught the infection back in the days where there wasn't much knowledge about it, and no good medications for it.
It's tragic how he passed, and I can't even imagine how much suffering he must have been going through before he finally got to rest.
NEVER say that someone brought on a disease on themselves! Doesn't matter what disease it is or the severity of it.
But seriously! Do let him love who ever he loves and loved! There's absolutely nothing wrong with bisexual or homosexual relations! LOVE IS LOVE!
This last part I just had to let out. Some comments on youtube really made me upset!
Now do enjoy this masterpiece and let the show go on!
(On an additional note, in case someone wonder: I'm hetero and have never had any kind of STD or any other potentially dangerous infection)
I accept people as they are!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Monday morning
So it's yet another *beep* Monday. Sums it up what I think about Mondays right?
Sitting on the train to work now, out unusually early because I finished fast at home today and saw no reason to linger and do nothing for half an hour.
Today is going to be a painfully long day! I didn't fall asleep until about 1am last night and I've slept late all weekend to be honest. Just so many things going on on the Internet in my evenings and nights. Getting stuck listening to music doesn't really help you falling asleep either.
Oh well, I'd better round off here as I'm arriving my train station in a few minutes.
Have a great Monday (if there's such a thing as great Mondays) ;)
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Sitting on the train to work now, out unusually early because I finished fast at home today and saw no reason to linger and do nothing for half an hour.
Today is going to be a painfully long day! I didn't fall asleep until about 1am last night and I've slept late all weekend to be honest. Just so many things going on on the Internet in my evenings and nights. Getting stuck listening to music doesn't really help you falling asleep either.
Oh well, I'd better round off here as I'm arriving my train station in a few minutes.
Have a great Monday (if there's such a thing as great Mondays) ;)
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
World Diabetes Day!
Happy World Diabetes Day everyone!
Hope you all have a great day where ever you are in the world!
I'm wearing blue today, even though I've mostly been at home. Just went downstairs to do laundry earlier today. I would have liked to go into Copenhagen today to take a look around town to see if any building or monument had been lit in blue, but as the public transportation to the central part of Copenhagen is not at its best on Sundays, unless I wanted to take the detour past central station of course, along with it being misty and rainy all day, I decided to just stay at home.
But since blue is the color to wear today, I think this video fit in very well. Yes, look, a whole music video full of little blue Diabetes awareness men!
And again, just like yesterday, I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to Dr Banting and Best for discovering insulin! And THANK YOU all scientists who keep improving the insulin and delivery methods for it to make life better and easier for millions of people world wide.
Happy Birthday Sir Frederick Banting! I hope you are proud over the developments that has been made since you first started treating diabetes patients with insulin back in the 1920's. Without you, many of my friends would not be here today. Thank you for saving so many lives!
Hope you all have a great day where ever you are in the world!
I'm wearing blue today, even though I've mostly been at home. Just went downstairs to do laundry earlier today. I would have liked to go into Copenhagen today to take a look around town to see if any building or monument had been lit in blue, but as the public transportation to the central part of Copenhagen is not at its best on Sundays, unless I wanted to take the detour past central station of course, along with it being misty and rainy all day, I decided to just stay at home.
But since blue is the color to wear today, I think this video fit in very well. Yes, look, a whole music video full of little blue Diabetes awareness men!
And again, just like yesterday, I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to Dr Banting and Best for discovering insulin! And THANK YOU all scientists who keep improving the insulin and delivery methods for it to make life better and easier for millions of people world wide.
Happy Birthday Sir Frederick Banting! I hope you are proud over the developments that has been made since you first started treating diabetes patients with insulin back in the 1920's. Without you, many of my friends would not be here today. Thank you for saving so many lives!
Saturday, November 13, 2010
The day before WDD!
Tomorrow is World Diabetes Day! It's celebrated annually on November 14th in honor of Sir Frederick Bantings birthday. Millions of people around the world have Mr Banting and his fellow scientists to thank for still being alive.
His discovery of Insulin has saved and is still saving so many lives everyday. I thank him and his fellow scientists for discovering insulin, and scientists after him for developing better insulin types and more accurate and painless ways of injecting it.
I want to say thank you to all scientists who do their best to improve quality of life for people with diabetes by coming up with new and better ways for keeping diabetes in control, and who work night and day with finding a cure!
Blue is the awareness color for diabetes. Tomorrow millions of people around the world will wear something blue, you can do it too! I will!
Do feel welcome in joining in on the Big Blue Test tomorrow at 2pm your local time if you have diabetes, or if you know someone will diabetes, invite them to join in on it. In the meantime please watch the video and help save a child with diabetes :)
If you don't have diabetes and don't know someone who has. You can still participate in World Diabetes Day by wearing something blue to show your support, and maybe spend a few minutes on learning something about diabetes that you didn't know before.
His discovery of Insulin has saved and is still saving so many lives everyday. I thank him and his fellow scientists for discovering insulin, and scientists after him for developing better insulin types and more accurate and painless ways of injecting it.
I want to say thank you to all scientists who do their best to improve quality of life for people with diabetes by coming up with new and better ways for keeping diabetes in control, and who work night and day with finding a cure!
Blue is the awareness color for diabetes. Tomorrow millions of people around the world will wear something blue, you can do it too! I will!
Do feel welcome in joining in on the Big Blue Test tomorrow at 2pm your local time if you have diabetes, or if you know someone will diabetes, invite them to join in on it. In the meantime please watch the video and help save a child with diabetes :)
If you don't have diabetes and don't know someone who has. You can still participate in World Diabetes Day by wearing something blue to show your support, and maybe spend a few minutes on learning something about diabetes that you didn't know before.
Friday, November 12, 2010
A musical nostalgy trip
Friday evening and I got home from work about an hour ago. Just in the mood to listen to music and go onto Youtube, search ABBA and the Friday evening is complete! ABBA is timeless, and was still played a bit when I was really young. I'm born in the mid 80's. Sitting here listening to ABBA almost makes me wish I grew up in the 70's, the decade with GOOD MUSIC! Most of the songs made today sound like a combination of metal workshop and torture of a turkey! And tone deaf ear torture #1 is no other than Rihanna, closely followed by Ke$ha. I can't stand those two at all!
Right now watching and listening to I have a dream by ABBA, and I see potential to re-do the lyrics on it a bit. Maybe a project for the future. Right now I'm just enjoying the music. It's my favourite song by ABBA!
It's wonderful with weekend now. Going to enjoy every second of it. And do what I can to spread awareness on International Diabetes awareness day on Sunday! It's about time the general population get an idea what it's like for all those million of people living with the condition! I have many friends living with type 1 and family living with type 2. I consider myself a type 3, which is not a diagnose but a person who cares and know a little bit about the condition.
I often sit and google things for friends, especially one friend in China who doesn't know much about what's out there on the market. I try to help him get the hang of things, find better ways of managing his condition. He rarely or never test his blood sugar levels, and even after 6 years of type 1, he's on a pre-mixed insulin twice daily and those few times in a year when he does test his levels, he's always high. I'm seriously worried! He's only 32, and not many years into living with diabetes, so it's not too late for him to take control! But the way it's going now, I'm fearing to soon hear from him that he's got complications!
I'm not pushing him or anything. I'm just looking things up, ask him how he's doing and try to get him more motivated.
OK, now this post become quite a mess of things. But I had to get it all out!
If you have read my ramblings this far, do spend another 2 minutes and help save a child's life!
Right now watching and listening to I have a dream by ABBA, and I see potential to re-do the lyrics on it a bit. Maybe a project for the future. Right now I'm just enjoying the music. It's my favourite song by ABBA!
It's wonderful with weekend now. Going to enjoy every second of it. And do what I can to spread awareness on International Diabetes awareness day on Sunday! It's about time the general population get an idea what it's like for all those million of people living with the condition! I have many friends living with type 1 and family living with type 2. I consider myself a type 3, which is not a diagnose but a person who cares and know a little bit about the condition.
I often sit and google things for friends, especially one friend in China who doesn't know much about what's out there on the market. I try to help him get the hang of things, find better ways of managing his condition. He rarely or never test his blood sugar levels, and even after 6 years of type 1, he's on a pre-mixed insulin twice daily and those few times in a year when he does test his levels, he's always high. I'm seriously worried! He's only 32, and not many years into living with diabetes, so it's not too late for him to take control! But the way it's going now, I'm fearing to soon hear from him that he's got complications!
I'm not pushing him or anything. I'm just looking things up, ask him how he's doing and try to get him more motivated.
OK, now this post become quite a mess of things. But I had to get it all out!
If you have read my ramblings this far, do spend another 2 minutes and help save a child's life!
The trains in Copenhagen
As in any bigger city, Copenhagen has a wide network of public transport through the city and suburbs. With so much public transportation available one would think this city is a commuter heaven. But it isn't!
There's hardly one day without delays, cancelled trains or waiting for signals, or what about people talking on the phone or playing music too loud in the silent area of the train!
I have a 20 minute drive to work from home, but as I don't have a car now I'm forced to go by train, and that takes an hour, not including the possible problems that may occur on the way.
Since yesterday the commuter trains within the city has problems due to a fallen power line in one station, and it's not the first time the power lines fall down. Haven't they heard about screwdrivers and maintenance here? In spring I had 2 days in a week with fallen power lines so it took me twice as long to get home! Ended up having to be picked up by car both those days.
Thanks heaven it's Friday today, only need to go home from work in the afternoon and then I'm off commuting for 2 days and can spend my time on more important things than waiting for late trains and having to listen to other peoples MP3 players in the silent part of the train!
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There's hardly one day without delays, cancelled trains or waiting for signals, or what about people talking on the phone or playing music too loud in the silent area of the train!
I have a 20 minute drive to work from home, but as I don't have a car now I'm forced to go by train, and that takes an hour, not including the possible problems that may occur on the way.
Since yesterday the commuter trains within the city has problems due to a fallen power line in one station, and it's not the first time the power lines fall down. Haven't they heard about screwdrivers and maintenance here? In spring I had 2 days in a week with fallen power lines so it took me twice as long to get home! Ended up having to be picked up by car both those days.
Thanks heaven it's Friday today, only need to go home from work in the afternoon and then I'm off commuting for 2 days and can spend my time on more important things than waiting for late trains and having to listen to other peoples MP3 players in the silent part of the train!
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Finally Friday!
Feels like it's been a long week even if it hasn't been longer than any week. So much has changed in the past week in a way. I've made some pretty big decisions in the past few days, found new friends and decided on a few things I'd like to do. But more of all this when I'm not sitting on a train and being about to change trains ;)
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Just random.
I have a tendency to sometimes make my own words, or at least I think so. Anyways, it's words others MAY use, but I've never seen before. Today another popped into my head when reading on twitter in my afternoon break at work. My friend Anna woke up low in the middle of the night last night, and when she woke up this morning I asked her if the "hypo fairy" was gone.
A hypo fairy low is a low which comes very unexpected and preferably in the night- as if a fairy just blows some fairy dust on someone and the dust makes blood sugar go low.
Hypo fairy has a sister too, but they're like night and day. While hypo fairy likes to make people go low when least expecting it, her sister Hyper fairy likes to spread sugar dust and hidden carbohydrates around her where ever she goes, making it extremely difficult for a PWD to calculate the carbohydrates.
But the worst of all has to be Mr DKA who has a crush on Hyper fairy. It's when they go out on a date things can go really bad really fast for the PWD who only wants to have good, stable blood sugar levels, or even better: A CURE!
But until Diabetes has a cure, there's only one thing for PWD's to do. Rely on the superhero Insulin who always comes to the rescue when Hyper fairy has been in the neigbourhood ;)
A hypo fairy low is a low which comes very unexpected and preferably in the night- as if a fairy just blows some fairy dust on someone and the dust makes blood sugar go low.
Hypo fairy has a sister too, but they're like night and day. While hypo fairy likes to make people go low when least expecting it, her sister Hyper fairy likes to spread sugar dust and hidden carbohydrates around her where ever she goes, making it extremely difficult for a PWD to calculate the carbohydrates.
But the worst of all has to be Mr DKA who has a crush on Hyper fairy. It's when they go out on a date things can go really bad really fast for the PWD who only wants to have good, stable blood sugar levels, or even better: A CURE!
But until Diabetes has a cure, there's only one thing for PWD's to do. Rely on the superhero Insulin who always comes to the rescue when Hyper fairy has been in the neigbourhood ;)
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Interesting measurement units
I had a pretty interesting discussion with a couple of friends over Twitter last night regarding measurement units. I'm born and raised with the metric system and celcius so that's what I know. Needless to say I had no clue about anything when I came to USA in 2003 and everything was in ft, miles and Farenheit! Same goes for my trips to UK in 2004 and 2006 when they were talking yards all the time. The imperial measurements just don't make any sense to me at all! And what's even worse has to be when people are driving on the wrong side of the road! RIGHT is right, left side is just... wrong.
But what started the discussion then? Well, such a simple thing as diabetes awareness and the different measurement units used between countries to measure the concentration of glucose in the blood. Most countries use something called mmol/l, while USA together with very few other countries uses mg/dl. To convert between them is simple enough, divide by 18 from mg/dl to mmol/l, or multiply with 18 if converting from mmol/l to mg/dl. Comparing the two of them made me think about how accurate they are. Both are accurate, but I do feel mg/dl is more easy to understand in a way, even if mmol/l is the system used here. I guess it has to do with mg and dl being common measurements, while mmol is a bit more difficult to get the hang of as it isn't as frequently used outside science class.
It will be highly interesting to see if in the future, there will be only one system used for measuring glucose and other medical values.
On Sunday it's international Diabetes awareness day. I'm already wearing blue and hoping people around me will get the point ;)
If you have a couple of minutes to spare, do watch this video and help save a child with diabetes!
But what started the discussion then? Well, such a simple thing as diabetes awareness and the different measurement units used between countries to measure the concentration of glucose in the blood. Most countries use something called mmol/l, while USA together with very few other countries uses mg/dl. To convert between them is simple enough, divide by 18 from mg/dl to mmol/l, or multiply with 18 if converting from mmol/l to mg/dl. Comparing the two of them made me think about how accurate they are. Both are accurate, but I do feel mg/dl is more easy to understand in a way, even if mmol/l is the system used here. I guess it has to do with mg and dl being common measurements, while mmol is a bit more difficult to get the hang of as it isn't as frequently used outside science class.
It will be highly interesting to see if in the future, there will be only one system used for measuring glucose and other medical values.
On Sunday it's international Diabetes awareness day. I'm already wearing blue and hoping people around me will get the point ;)
If you have a couple of minutes to spare, do watch this video and help save a child with diabetes!
Monday, November 8, 2010
The best weekend in a long time!
This weekend, I tried something I've never tried before- video chatting in a chat room! I had such a great time and made some new online friends too! I haven't had that much fun in a very long time, and seeing everyone and talking rather than only typing makes it feel like you're in the same room in a way, even if the people in the chat room is half a world away from where I am.
For the first time in quite a while, I actually felt happiness again! And I was truly laughing because I had fun.
I haven't blogged for a while. I just haven't had the strength to do so. I think I'm strong enough now.
For those of you who have been reading my blog before, you know I'm married and very much in love. Well, in September, my world fell apart when my husband quite suddenly left me and a couple of days later said he wanted a divorce and that he hasn't loved me for years if he ever even did love me at all. It was him proposing marriage and everything! It has taken quite some time to get back on track from all this, I was even on sick leave from work for 3 weeks to get myself together again and spend some time with my family who lives hours away from me.
As of today, I haven't heard a word from my husband for three weeks, no phone call, no SMS or anything, I've just seen him signing on MSN every once in a while, but he doesn't write to me and I don't write to him. I'm determined to not be the one breaking the silence between us as it was him who did all this!
He's the one wanting a divorce, but I'm the one who's been having to look everything up on how to do it. I've made my decision now: I'm going to file the divorce! It's what he wants, but I want to move out of this apartment where we used to live together. It's just too many memories here and it can never feel like MY home because of that. I need a new beginning, a place to call my own and closer to my job. I have something called flexibility in the waiting list in the part of town where my work is located, but before that county can help me now they need divorce papers from me or something called separation approval. I see no reason to bullshit with the separation approval so I'll go straight onto divorce. My husband has moved out and we're no longer living together and don't have any intention to live together again.
After the shock of him leaving me, the man who was my true love. I've realized I deserve better than that. But I'll let things take its time and I won't go looking for a new man in my life. Should Mr Right cross my path, it's destiny who wants it that way!
So... Now you know why I've been so silent for almost 2 months. And the fun I had this weekend made me pretty much forget all my sorrows and I felt true happiness again!
I want to say Thank You to all my friends, old or new, online or offline, near or far, for making life worth living! Love you all! <3
For the first time in quite a while, I actually felt happiness again! And I was truly laughing because I had fun.
I haven't blogged for a while. I just haven't had the strength to do so. I think I'm strong enough now.
For those of you who have been reading my blog before, you know I'm married and very much in love. Well, in September, my world fell apart when my husband quite suddenly left me and a couple of days later said he wanted a divorce and that he hasn't loved me for years if he ever even did love me at all. It was him proposing marriage and everything! It has taken quite some time to get back on track from all this, I was even on sick leave from work for 3 weeks to get myself together again and spend some time with my family who lives hours away from me.
As of today, I haven't heard a word from my husband for three weeks, no phone call, no SMS or anything, I've just seen him signing on MSN every once in a while, but he doesn't write to me and I don't write to him. I'm determined to not be the one breaking the silence between us as it was him who did all this!
He's the one wanting a divorce, but I'm the one who's been having to look everything up on how to do it. I've made my decision now: I'm going to file the divorce! It's what he wants, but I want to move out of this apartment where we used to live together. It's just too many memories here and it can never feel like MY home because of that. I need a new beginning, a place to call my own and closer to my job. I have something called flexibility in the waiting list in the part of town where my work is located, but before that county can help me now they need divorce papers from me or something called separation approval. I see no reason to bullshit with the separation approval so I'll go straight onto divorce. My husband has moved out and we're no longer living together and don't have any intention to live together again.
After the shock of him leaving me, the man who was my true love. I've realized I deserve better than that. But I'll let things take its time and I won't go looking for a new man in my life. Should Mr Right cross my path, it's destiny who wants it that way!
So... Now you know why I've been so silent for almost 2 months. And the fun I had this weekend made me pretty much forget all my sorrows and I felt true happiness again!
I want to say Thank You to all my friends, old or new, online or offline, near or far, for making life worth living! Love you all! <3
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