A working life
General
END OF THE SEMESTER
Dec 20th
Finally I’m on my way home, currently on the train, trying out the WordPress application for iPhone. One of many cool apps I haven’t had time to try out due to the past 4 weeks of intense working.
The semester is over, but my work isn’t. However, I’m going to have a well deserved Christmas holiday before work continues. My work isn’t over? You say. Well that’s because I wasn’t able to finish my project report due to several delays related to malfunctioning machinery. Most is done, I just need to get in touch with my supervisor, currently in India, and discuss my results with him. This has been harder than expected, thus the delay in handing in the report.
Off-school things: Øystein and I have played Call of Duty: Modern warfare 2 on xbox360. Incredible game! Special ops. two player is a magnificent time spender :D
I’ve also discovered Fast Flip from Google Labs, a neat way of serving news from different sources. It’s really useful on the iPhone! Worth a try!
Merry Christmas to you all!
THE SEARCH FOR CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
Dec 3rd
If you’re a student like me, you know Christmas spirit is hard to come by during December (specially here in Norway, where all the exams are before Christmas). I’m currently drowning in project work, spending nothing but 14-15 hour days at school.
Therefore, as my last post suggested, I’m really not in a Christmas mood. Luckily, I have some fantastic flatmates that help a lot on that front. Specially Ellen entrepeneur when it comes to finding Christmas spirit. (Andreas is like me, very busy at school, so he is benefitting from Ellen’s “Christmas spirit project” as well).
Here’s a list of Ellen’s Christmas spirit strategies, I encourage everyone to try them out – it really works!
1. Christmas decorations! We don’t have many of them, but they are good reminders that Christmas is just around the corner. I doubt that Andreas and I would have taken ourselves time to put them up.
2. Scented candles! Another simple, but really good idea. The smell that welcomes you after a long day at school really boosts my mood, almost inspiring.
3. Ginger-snap! Ellen and Andreas made ginger-snap yesterday! It’s nothing more “Christmasy” than ginger-snap, and we had a great time decorating them while watching Love Actually (the elephant above is mine *proud*).
4. Christmas Calendar! Ellen suggested we should make our own calendar, so we did. Every day, one of us gets to an encouraging gift to open before school. This is also a tradition I’ve had throughout my childhood, so it truly makes Christmas spirit come around!
A SUNDAY LIKE ANY OTHER
Nov 29th
The past week has been very long with working days mostly spanning from eight in the morning until ten o’clock in the evening. Project report, project lab, exams … you name it.
Everything has come a bit “everything at once”, specially the project where suddenly all the machines I need are working (after a month or so not working). Lots to catch up, lots and lots and lots …
This means I’m not in an Advent mood at all, but I’m trying by dimming the lights in my study and look at nice Advent pictures like the one above by powi.
Additionally, I came across this great article by SINTEF Byggforsk (in Norwegian) where the research institute have analysed the building quality of Ginger-snap houses.
Soon, December is here, and a bit later Christmas is over us. I’m truly looking forward to spend more relaxing days with my family!
COUNTING SHEEP
Nov 20th
I’m tired. Dead tired. But quite happy, considering! It’s been a hard week, lots and lots of work, workout, school and other activities.
Right now I’m trying to determine the growth density of doped nanowires and it’s quite boring. It’s aproximately like counting sheep, they’re just smaller and luckily they don’t jump around. One sample to go …
I’m looking forward to a weekend; it’s packed, but the pace of everything slows down slightly.
I’m specially looking forward to Møbelringen Cup Sunday with Christina, Andreas and Ellen. The Norwegian handball ladies will play Russia (and win). It will be epic!
JULEBORD
Nov 13th
NTNUI Dragons! (Handsome as we'll ever be)
Yesterday NTNUI Volleyball had a great Christmas party (“Julebord”) at Prinsen Hotell in Trondheim.
Lots and lots of well dressed people and marvellous traditional food (ribbe) made it a great night!
