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So I'm wrapping up my last day of study for my finals and I have a long list of concepts and facts which I don't yet understand completely. As I worked my way through it, I realized that I am reading academic Swedish texts on economics as I would read similar text in English: moving frequently between through-reading and skimming, effortlessly. That was a pleasant realization. Now if I could only write as well in Swedish (and in English) as I read Swedish! |
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More Chester Worthiness!
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I don't mean to lay it on Chester, but I spoke with the duder himself recently. Anyway, I dumpstered a bunk of junk from China that some chinese student threw out. I'll probably throw most of it too, but I reckon that there's bound to be some good "flash back material" for me. |
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An observation worthy of Chester
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Did you know that Sweden has the world's most advanced baby carriages and strollers? Today, I saw a stroller with disk brakes, pneumatic tires and pneumatic shocks. You'd think that one of two of this features would enough, but I guess more power to them; maybe there's some sort of "dynamic economy of scale" being generated now that the stroller, bike and auto industries share a similar platform. |
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Briefly
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1.) If anyone wants to add comments now they'll have to email me to a user name. I'm sorry, but my comments section was being spammed.
2.) I do live in Sweden; yesterday, I saw three men in row pushing strollers.
3.) I have new Swedish visa, so I'll be around for another year.
4.) I have a (difficult) final exam in international economics (in Swedish) in 8 days, so I'm going to be studying at least 10 hours a day. I am going to try to get up early around 7, since this time the exam is in the morning. Thus I want to be accustomed to being awake at this time. Due to this, I might be skypable during the other end of your days' instead.
5.) I will take two tests during the beginning of June. This means that I'm going to be hitting the books even more in May.
6.) I am single on new level, again. I was single before, but with entanglements. Now I'm just doing my thing 100% solo.
7.) I quit my job. I was tired of it and I need to use my sundays for studying. I want to find a new job in June. |
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What's happening?
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About 10 minutes ago, it was super sunny. Most of the snow had melted! I had walked to the university and back with my jacket open early today. I thought during that walk, reflecting upon the truth, now there's more daylight in Sweden than there is Minnesota or China. Just now, I looked out the window only to find huge, really fluffy snow flakes racing past my window  |
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I'm a foreigner
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There’s nothing like applying to extend my visa that reminds me more that I’m a foreigner. I don’t feel like a foreigner or an american or a swede. I’m neither passing nor staying. I’m present and I’ve got a plan and the place is just some surface I’m sliding across.
Oh... read more about my ongoing project! |
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