good times, bad news..

It snowed!

Where do I start..? Monday I guess if I can remember, I had to ride my old bike to school as I had left my other one at work in the weekend. So I walked to work in the snow, then it was fun catching up on the stories from Iceland and then home for what would turn out to be only quiet night of the week.



Then it snowed some more on the way to work.

Tuesday same deal but then went out for dinner with Janus. Ended up at an African place with very nice food but wine which Janus thought tasted like carpet..?

Wednesday I decided to do late shift and was at work at 10am. When I finished at 6pm I biked to Kongens Nytorv to meet with Michael from our London office. We went to Rubys for a nice but expensive cocktail then headed to Moose bar where drinks are much cheaper. Was cool to hang out.

Thursday I was looking forward to a quiet night and headed downstairs at work for the presentation of the new cycling team and what I thought would be a couple of quiet drinks. I didn't expect there to be so many of these cycling guys and the Thursday bar was soon quite fun with all the girls excited to have so many young sports guys there. Too many wines later and I had been convinced to go to Lena's before heading out. I was just too tired though slept on Lena's couch while the others partied.

Saxo Bank cycling team.

Friday I was still tired and decided to work from home. There was no friday bar at school so I didn't miss anything. After some dinner I biked to Wonderland in Christiania for friday skate and beers session and catch up with Nat for the first time in ages! It was really nice inside as they had a big gas heater and was cool to catch up with everyone and have a few bevvies. After the massive Thursday bar from the night before though Nat could not convince me to go out. I biked over to Janus' as he had some friends over. We got some really bad news about a great friend of ours and the guys were supporting each other with a lot of alcohol involved.

Saturday was rugby day and I had to help Janus get up as he was very hung over. We managed to get to the Southern Cross pub at the start of the game and were soon joined by Mark, Chris, Pirita, Hans and Nat. was good to catch up and watch NZ easily beat England. This time of the year in Copenhagen there are many hung over people or soon to be with so many xmas parties happening. Everyone either went home to recover or went to another party and Janus and I went to the Irish Rover to get some dinner. Had very yummy roast lamb and met some friendly kiwis who we talked into coming to Asaf's birthday party at the Culture Box with us. Had fun talking to my new kiwi friend Jo over a few beers and then we said goodbye and headed to Phong's. Was pretty quiet there and Janus was beat so we didn't stay long.

Kiwis!

Needless to say it was a very quiet day today. Now I'm looking forward to an early night and getting to school tomorrow to really start working on our project.

iceland pics..

view them here..

on top of the world!

This week has been great, I feel extremely happy =)

It started of pretty quiet. We got given our exam project at school on Tuesday and from now until mid December will be working on that. Tuesday was pretty stressful as people were making groups around me & I soon found myself groupless. Lucky me & Lucas found a group of 3 that were happy for us to join and I am really happy with my new group. Now I just got to find the motivation to work hard on this project.

I did not much else from go to school and work and read lots until Thursday when I went straight after work to meet Janus and get something to eat. Then we went to something called the Songwriters Slam. One of the guys who was in my camp at Roskilde organises these nights and there were a bunch of musicians whom performed their songs. There were judges that rated the songs then the top 4 went to the next round & the top 2 of that round to the finals. It was interesting and fun concept. We stopped by at Bankeråt on the way home. It is a very cool cafe/bar with some interesting decorative elements..


Friday I went to school and talked a bit with my group then they all left. So I hung around school annoying everyone else and waiting for Friday bar. It started snowing the first snow of the season and was very nice standing outside in the snow. They were working on the bar so we had to get some beers from the service station across the road and drink in the canteen until they could finally open the bar. They had stripped down the floor and painted it black, this made it very slippery! It was fun sliding around and having a few beers before going home for an early night.

Saturday morning I woke up very early and biked to work to meet everyone for our xmas party before 8am. They had lots of buses waiting so we jumped on one and were then driven to the airport. It looked like all our hopes were coming true and we then checked on to 2 flights to Iceland!!

Waiting to check in with Michael, Hulya and Soo.

Our flight was delayed due to ice on the plane and we didn't take off till around 11:15am. It took around 3 hours to fly to Iceland and we watched a very stupid movie on the way. We landed at a very small airport in Keflavik a very barren place on a peninsular a little further along from the capitol Reykjavik. We piled onto buses again and had a guide explain to us about the area as we drove. We first went to a place that used to be used by NATO up until a few years ago when all the Americans moved out. We stopped at a hall and were to try some Icelandic delicacies here. EWWWWWWWW!! It smelt very fishy when we went in but the little white cube didn't look to bad. I should have known not to try it by the revolting smell but put it in my mouth anyway. It was revolting! I had to spit it out because the texture was so bad I felt if I had swallowed it I would have thrown up! I quickly gulped down the shot of schnapps and then when we were back on the bus the lady explained to us that it had been rotten shark meat that had been dead for more than 6 months!

Don't eat it!!!

Our next stop was where 2 continental plates met. The landscape around here was amazing, all volcanic lava rocks and sand. The next stop was at the coast and it was very beautiful here. It reminded me of the wild west coast in Taranaki.


Then it was to our final destination, the Blue Lagoon!!


We were given a bag with a towel and robe and had some snacks before getting into our swimsuits. We had to shower before going in the water and then it was a cold fast dash to the water. The water when I first got in was not so warm and the fact that it was raining icy little raindrops made it seem even cooler. I swan around with Coreen and we found a warmer spot but it wasn't until we found all the others that we found the really hot spot. It was very nice there and very relaxing for skin and body. They had some silica mud around and everyone had this caked on their faces. We must of stayed in the water for over and hour and then it was time to get out and get ready for dinner. It was absolute chaos in the girls changing rooms and I amused myself at thinking how different it must be in the mens with them just throwing their clothes back on and hitting the bar. The buffet food was okay and had a few glasses of wine before hitting the bar for bourbons and the dancefloor for lots of bootie shaking action.


With the Top Gun guys..


Saxo people sure know how to party!

Haha, YMCA..

It had actually been warmer than Copenhagen there during the day but we soon found out it was freezing there at night out in the smokers area and people were still swimming in the murky blue water. It was a very fun night and all too soon we were told we had to get back on the buses to get to the airport.

I don't actually remember getting on the plane at all but I remember the fun antics on the way back. I managed to find a seat in business class but was not there for long. Paulo was up in first class area and we tried to convince the guy sitting next to him to go to my seat so we could sit together but he was big and fat and lazy and mean and didn't move. So we went round the plane trying to find others that were awake. We found some guys with a bottle of whisky but the cabin crew confiscated it. Then we found Bjorn had some baileys and we found Juan up and partying to. We hung out in the cabin crews area for quite awhile talking to them and had one guy tell us to be quiet cause people were trying to sleep. Someone had taken my seat so I found one right at the back of the plane and slept for a little before we got back. By the time the buses had taken us back to work and Paulo had dropped me home (didn't think it was a good idea to bike) it was 7am. So I went to sleep completely exhausted and did not feel so great when I woke up this afternoon. But I have had a very nice relaxing day and got all my laundry done and will soon have an early night.

u can't see it but i am smiling, a lot =)

I feel very relaxed today which is so nice after the chaos of the last 2 weeks. Last week was all school work. It was not made any easier by the lack of sleep the week before and I was pretty exhausted so Wednesday I had to stay home and relax. Then I went round to Phi's to record the podcast. Thursday it was back to school, then work for 3 hours, then back to school until they kicked us out at 11:30pm.

Then we had to go back at 8am Friday to finish things. I put the last images into the podcast, lucky I had a great program to do it with as it was something I had never done before. Then at 10am it was back to our class room to hear the presentations. This was again a painful experience. We are supposed to be a multimedia design school and not one of the presentations went without technical difficulties, it was not nice to sit through so many groups trying to work it out.

I had sat through enough presentations before it was our turn to warn the guys not to talk too much in our presentation and just show what we made and it worked well. We were the first group that got to play our whole podcast and got a round of applause from the class afterwards. You can listen to the podcast here. Phi did a great job on the sound engineering and lowered my voice a couple of octaves to make me sound sexier ;-)

After the presentations it was time to hit Friday bar! Not so many people stayed as it was a few late nights for everyone last week but the trusty regulars were there and it was a lot of fun before I headed back to Janus' and he cooked to try and sober me up =) It worked so we went to meet Phi, Phong and others at their friends birthday drinks.

Sat was a very lazy day spent eating junk food and watching movies. Then Sunday I was good girl and got my laundry done and did some study before going to Janus' to be cooked for again (I could get used to this!) and watch American Football. There was no school today so got to sleep in before going to work.

Well no pics this week, boring! But I'm sure I will more than make up for it next week after I have been to our work christmas party and will hopefully have photos from Iceland!! =)
Laters.

choice as!

Kora!

phew...

It feels so good to be relaxing at home tonight..
Last week saw me go to school 4 times, work 4 times, 3 concerts, 2 parties, 1 dinner with the girls and 1 hot date. And get to all of this by bike!

Monday was my only rest and then Tuesday night it was off to see Kora play at Loppen in Christiania. I didn't really know what to expect but was looking forward to some music at home. They were really great! The only thing I didn't like is that they didn't play for longer. They played everything from reggae to rock to mad drum & bass, the latter being my favourite, couldn't stop dancing. Kat came all the way from seeing the night before in Berlin and just made it back in time to catch them again. We tried to find somewhere to have a beer and catch up after the concert but it being a Tuesday night there was nothing open around Christianshavn.

Wednesday was a busy 9 hour day at work and then I was convinced by Alex that I definitely should go to see Roots Manuva play at Loppen. I couldn't really say no as he had come to Kora with me so it was off on my bike to Christiania again. This was not really my taste in music but was fun to have a dance and laugh at how wasted the guy was. I guess the Danish beer and Christiania weed was too tempting. It was also great to have a beer with Alex and Nick before heading home.

Thursday I was feeling very tired after school and then work but Janus was cooking for me so I was very lucky. It was a nice meal and nice company =)

Friday we stayed late at school as we had to present the design work for our assignment Monday. I had to leave at 5:30 though and rush home to get ready to go to our work's Operations dinner. I thought it was going to be a quiet dinner but was very nicely surprised to have bubbly waiting for us at Park and lots of people! Dinner was really nice and it was great to catch up with so many work friends. But I had promised the guys I would be back for J Day party at school and was bike on my bike to school. I tried one of the Tuborg xmas beers but it tasted pretty gross so stuck to the normal ones and had a very fun drunken night with the boys.


Rachel & I at the Operations Dinner

Dancing on the bar, again.. at the school J Day party

Needless to say I slept for a lot of Saturday. Then I was off to Pirita's place for yummy Indian dinner and some wines with her and Sarah. It was really great to catch up with the girls and the next thing time had flown by and it was 2:30am.

Sunday morning I woke up and realised it was early enough to call home, yah! had a lovely chat to James and Mum then it was time to try to sort out how I was going to do all the laundry.. The machines in the apartments I was not able to use for some reason so I walked with 3 loads of washing through the streets in the rain trying to find a laundromat. Once I found one it was looking like a big mission to work out what to do so I asked a guy and he very nicely showed me what to do. Wow it was expensive to, so he lent me some coins and I had to go for a walk to a shop to get some more. A couple of hours and around 90 kroner later I walked back home with all the clean washing hoping I never have to do that again. Then it was time to get ready to meet Kat and go to Fat Freddys Drop! I cycled all the way to Valby and it was a nice change than going through the city. The buildings were beautiful but I couldn't look too much as it was dark and slippery so had to concentrate. We had a beer at her friends before biking to Vega for the concert. We got right up the front and it was a great show. I was also impressed with the audience, there were a lot of people and everyone dancing. There are definitely some beautiful looking people in Copenhagen. It was tempting to go for a drink after the concert but as I had to be at school at 8am this morning I sensibly biked home.



Fat Freddy's Drop at Vega

This morning I slept through my alarm though and didn't wake up till 8:20. I quickly got ready and went to school to help finish our design to present to the teachers. We hurriedly printed what we had done and went down to the ferry room to present. It was a great surprise when the teachers loved what we had done. Considering how little we had worked it was not expected but with a great poster by Sune and some great group effort for the logo & business cards design it turned out pretty well. Once again though it was hard to hear some of the other presentations and now it is time to work hard to get our podcast and website made for Friday.

So actually I should go do some work now before tucking up into my bed, damn I am sooo looking forward to that =)
Laters.

back to the real world.. kinda

What goes up must come down. Monday was a complete bummer going back to school and then work after the funness of the week before. School was okay but damn confusing and then when I got to work I could hardly remember what I was supposed to do.

So we got to learn some Actionscript 3.0 last week. It's just a pity that our teacher made it so confusing I felt like I was worse off after class than before I went. It's lucky I have a book to read though so I could go home and learn what he was talking about. I got used to work again and the weekdays past with not much else than that.

Friday was nice for a change to learn some arty stuff on the computer and we had tutorials in using Illustrator. Then it was time for Halloween Friday bar =) Not many of my group turned up on Friday which was kinda strange, usually the one day of the week they do turn up.. But had a fun time and then came home, tucked up in bed and watched a beautiful movie, Across the Universe. The story, the filming and effects, it is wonderful. But also very long! I gave up and had to watch the rest when I woke up Saturday morning.

Saturday I got a lot done thanks to the earlyish night but then was looking forward to heading out again. I actually had no plans at the beginning of the week again but had managed to be invited to all sorts of stuff including 2 student parties. But I opted for going to see Wayne and catch up after him being in Jamaica for a few weeks. We had fun time at his place listening to cheesy 80's songs and then went to say hello to Alex at the Culture Box. We had a bit of a dance, wow the music there is loud! Was a nice evening and then I met with another friend for drinks.

It was light by the time I went to sleep so Sunday was mostly sleep and then nice time spent with friend. Got home late Sunday evening very satisfied from a great weekend =)

So not much to say about last week. This week should be much more interesting with 3 kiwi bands to go see. Kora on Tuesday, Ladyhawke Wednesday and Fat Freddies Drop Sunday, wohoo! No photos this week so I'll just put up a random one I found..
Yessir, I love Beer..!