Busy days

The last two-three weeks have been busy, but good. Attending university is indeed very different from school, because you need a lot of self-discipline in order to get things done. So far, so good - but I'm not ready for the exams yet. Luckily, I've got another one and a half month to go.

But, I do try to take some time to do some other things as well (I can't have my nose in a book all the time), so in addition to studying I am also working once or twice a week, and I have started taking driving lessons. One Thursday I went on a moonlight trip to Holmenkollen with the NMS U-group. We had a lovely time there, and got some new friends. Saturday-Sunday I went to Barnegospelfestivalen in Kragerø (a children's gospel festival) with the choir. It was fun, but very tiring. This Saturday, after work, I went to Mishell's house to celebrate her birthday. It was great fun; we talked, listened to music, had dinner that Mishell had prepared (it was delicious), and Henriette and I learnt how to dance (very basic) salsa. I think we did terrible (and I don't think Henriette would disagree with me on that), but it was fun anyway.

A couple of pictures:

Moonlight trip

International friends

Barnegospelfestivalen

Two very tired leaders (Henriette and I)

Mishell's birthday party

Feliz cumple, Mishell

Lewis' Christening

In September I was back in England for a weekend, to attend my "little brother's" Christening. It was wonderful to get to meet all the family again, if not only for a short time, and also to see a couple of friends. Also, I loved being back in the church I used to go to every Sunday while I lived there... - and it was very nice to find that a lot of people did in fact remember me, even though I haven't had any contact with them.

The service was, like it usually is, very nice and very different from what I am used to in Norway, e.g. with the flags. And the celebration afterwards was lovely. Nice people, good food (bring&share) - all in all a very good day. Congratulations again, Lewis! Also, all the norwegian students (minus one) came back that weekend, so we decided to sing a song. You can see it in a video clip at the bottom. Thanks to John who recorded it :)

One big happy family

All the norwegian girls and our English dad

Here we are singing the norwegian song "Lykkeliten", and a self-written personalized verse for Lewis in English. I'm playing the guitar:

Georgia and I (and Une) shopping in Bedford