graduation party.

Another week with not much done except work and gym until Thursday night when I went to the Cross to meet with Kathrine and join the quiz night. There was only the 2 of us but we joined with 2 Danish girls Kat knew and proceeded to gracefully lose the quiz. The losing shots were not too bad though and then we went downstairs to party like you do on a Thursday night.

This time on Friday I didn’t even walk past the Friday bar and snuck out the back door and home for a quiet night. Simon, Kay, Flynn and Ronan were in Auckland so I tried calling Dad but not there and then called and had lovely long talk with Mum and James. Sat morning I woke up and got to talk to Dad and Simon. I cleaned the apartment, went shopping and then Morten turned up for dinner. Maart turned up not long after so I threw an extra steak on for him and we had nice time drinking wine before heading to the bus stop and meeting with Phong, Ana, Karina etc at Valhalla. They have started having happy hour from 12am – 1am with 10 kr drinks so was nice cheap night =)

So with exciting part of the week over it was back into the quiet part of the week. Lena was back from Dubai so I actually made to a bodyball class. So much better when you have someone else to go with for motivation. Thursday was our fourth semester graduation party. It didn’t matter that I’m not finished yet so I went to the opening of the new building for the bachelor program and met up with Barbara, Lucas and Borgar. Then we walked down to school and mingled with everyone until the graduation ceremony started. I was very happy to receive a team spirit award for being an outstanding person of the semester. Lucas also received the award. Then it was time for dinner which was actually very yummy and then the party started. Morten and Maart turned up quite early but Ana, Phong and Karina didn’t come till later. It was really nice to catch up with everyone and have more dancing on the bar. I look forward to more school parties this year.

Receiving my award from Barbara and Michael.

Hello!

Me with the other two winners, Anders and Lucas.

Friday I had to be at work at 12pm which was quite painful after getting home at 5am! But it’s not so bad cause I went straight to lunch and then a bit of work, then Friday cake, a little more work and then to the Friday bar. I sat with the IT guys who were all meeting to go to Warsaw for the weekend and then stayed a bit with my colleagues before heading home for a quiet night. Saturday I headed over to Sri’s at 3:30pm for her birthday and house warming. It was nice to see everyone outside of work and we played games, ate yummy Indian food and hung out there till 8:30pm when everyone left. It was too early to meet anyone so I headed home for a little before going back out to meet Ana at Valhalla. I was sitting with some Danish guys when Karina, Phong etc. turned up and then Nadia and Louise. It was a really fun night but when I got to Phong’s I realised I didn’t have my camera and was upset and went home. It could be at Valhalla but I am not very hopeful. I’m not sure why anyone would want to steal it though as it is almost 6 years old and not worth anything to anyone else. I doubt you can still get the battery chargers.

Sunday I had a nice relaxing day watching reality tv and movies and now it’s back to another week. Must really get going with my project!

(update: camera never turned up so lack of photos for this blog. But I have bought a new one and it has been snowing a lot and lovely here in cph so lots of photos next time!)

★·.·´¯`·.·★ New Years ★·.·´¯`·.·★

It was so nice to have the Tuesday off and I unpacked, did laundry etc. Then Wednesday it was back to work. It was very quiet though and even more so on Thursday as I was the only one working in payouts. At 1pm we got champagne up on the fourth floor and then we finished up at 3pm. Then it was off home to get ready for New Years! I wore a new dress I had bought in England and some very high heels I had bought online and got sent to Derek and Sue’s. They made me very tall! When I was ready I walked down to catch the 18 bus all the way to Phong’s. I was surprised at how easy it was, it took like around 5 minutes. I love the public transport in Cph!! Phong and Peter were out but Karina was cooking in his kitchen and they had set his small apartment up very nice with a table and New Years decorations. Soon they came back and we were joined by Ana, Morten and Maart. We had a yummy pumpkin soup for starters with lots of cheese and then roast beef with scalloped potatoes and vegetables. I wasn’t really hungry for desert but Karina had prepared a chocolate mud cake with ice cream and exotic fruits. After dinner we had some drinks and partied a bit before walking to Kaare’s to join everyone at midnight. We popped the champagne and then went outside to watch people setting off fireworks and then partied the night away. I jumped in a taxi and got home around 5am very tired and happy.

Party table.

OMG Morten is smiling :P

Two of the chefs, Peter and Phong.

Nice hat??

Karina looking glam!

Sparklers =)

Friday was spent sleeping, recovering and relaxing. I watched the Time Traveler’s wife which was a beautiful movie and at the end I was balling with tears streaming down my face. Then Saturday night we were out again. I headed over to Phong’s as they still had the table set up and Michael cooked a yummy ‘burning love’ and we drank up Phong’s JDs. Then we headed to a nearby Bodega where Peter and Kenneth and some others were having some drinks. The beers were very cheap there, 16 kroner but it was very smoky. The smoking law is very strange in Denmark as it allows bars that are smaller than 45 feet to be able to smoke inside. This means that the small bars can be very bad and all your clothes and hair smells so bad when you get home. After here we went to Gitte’s as it was her birthday and I continued partying there until around 6am.

So Sunday again was all about relaxing and this time I watched the Lovely Bones. It had not got very good reviews but I thoroughly enjoyed it and thought that it was very well made. Monday I didn’t go to work as there was to be a day at school where 4th semesters showed their projects. When I got there though they were presenting in Danish so I went to find Barbara and we drank tea and gossiped for a while before I headed home. Tuesday I was back to work and after lunch I headed to the spa at the gym for a very pleasant time reading my book, drinking tea and soaking in the hot pool. I did this again Wednesday so by Thursday I was ready to tackle a gym class and went to pilates. It didn’t feel like we did very much and seemed like a very unstructured class but I was feeling it on Friday. Thursday night I met with Kathrine at the Southern Cross for some beers and it turned into a very fun night playing first poker, then dice games and then a very funny game of ‘I have never’ with the Danish girls, the Aussie barman, the owner and Mike the quiz night organizer.

It was lucky I was working afternoon Friday as I definitely needed the sleep and went to work at 12pm for lunch. It was nice working a Friday afternoon again as I got Friday cake and then when I finished at 4:30pm I joined the others at the Friday bar. I was feeling a little dodgy after the unexpected late Thursday night and thought I would have one or 2 beers before heading home but it was fun and I didn’t get home until 10:30pm. Then I jumped into bed with a big bowl of popcorn and watched the movie Chopper. It was an interesting movie that I was recommended to watch from Veronica as we talked at the bar about how hot Eric Bana is =)

Saturday it was time to party again.. again!! I headed out on the bus then train then Metro to Amar to go to Ana’s place. I met Morten at the station and Ana came to get us. It was bloody freezing out there! Amar is a newer part of Copenhagen and there is a lot of empty space, futuristic office buildings and apartments and large carparks. We were soon joined by Ionna, Phong, Karina and an American guy called Brendon and had a very fun night in Ana’s little Kollegium apartment.