I recently purchased a plane ticket to Tokyo, Japan after having mulled it over for a while. I wasn’t sure if I was going this year, because I wasn’t sure if I had anyone to travel with and if I had the money to travel. Well, I had the money to travel, but the question [...]
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A blog written by Julie, a web developer in Oslo, about everything from A to Z.
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12th April 2010 19:17
Spring Is Finally Here!
The weather this past week has been excellent, spring has finally come here in Oslo! We had the year’s first barbecue party this past Saturday, and it was warm enough to sit outside for hours! This past Saturday I also had my first lesson in 弓道/Kyudo, or Japanese archery! The practice of Kyudo is practically [...]
26th February 2010 10:28
Trying Something New and Different
As 2010 is my year, according to Chinese astrology, I am going to make this the best year ever! And that means trying new things! One of those new things is that I the other day signed up for a beginner course in Japanese archery (弓道/きゅうどう/kyudo)! There’s an organisation is Oslo that’s holding the courses, [...]
30th January 2010 12:00
おべんとう (obento) #6 – January 7th 2010
This post got backlogged quite a bit, sorry about that. For my older bentos (#1-6), check out my vox account! I made a おべんとう/bentou on January 7th because I had my Japanese class right after work and didn’t have time to go home and eat before class. At the end of the day however, I [...]
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Coffee cup!
December 29, 2009
So after Steve showed all of his readers his coffee cup, I thought I would share mine with you guys! I too usually start the day with a cup of coffee, just to wake up properly, and I always use the same cup. This is the coffee cup I use daily for my daily caffeine fix! [...]
Friday Five (9th march 2007)
March 16, 20071. If you could retroactively erase one TV show from the history of entertainment, which one would you choose?The later seasons of Smallville….2. Are you more like your mother or your father?Father, definitely. 3. If you could take a year-long vacation, what would you do?Travel Asia; stay a while in Japan to improve my Japanese, [...]
Study well you!
May 24, 2007I wish I could be one of those students who are always studying well. They do their homework, read about the subject(s) before lecture, pay attention during lectures, and take notes…. That's the ideal student. Me, on the other hand… Cough…. I'm currently reading for my exams, one of which is tomorrow. That one, I [...]