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May 2006

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Garfield widget :{(

Tuesday, 30. May 2006, 15:15:31

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One nice Opera widget and a funny comic.

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Russ, but not from Russia :)

Saturday, 27. May 2006, 18:14:30

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There is an interesting tradition in Norway when you are in the last year of high school (vidergaendeskole). At the night of 30th April and 1st May a student becomes a Russ. 1st May is Day of Work so everybody parties the night before. First of all students buy an old bus and upgrade it and paint it in a chosen style. Then from the 1st till 17th May Russebussen drive through the whole city with the students and party inside.

The Russebus I cought looks like a Hippie bus with colourful flowers. Also students wear Russedress which is actually worker's dun-garees in red with their name and year written on it. When I was on the party at Gautam's I tried out Havar's russedress. And here are the results. 17th May is the last day of Russ-partying and national Independence Day in Norway. Afterwards they have final exams and sell the busses to the next-year students.


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Norwegian "culture"

Saturday, 27. May 2006, 00:36:34

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Recently I have been thinking about Norwegian culture or should I better say - lack of it. I have been living in the four bedroom flat for 8 months now and have experienced odd things.
First of all, my landlord thinks that he can come to my flat whenever he feels like. For instance when I am not there, or he calls me with 10 minutes notice. Also he is doing a visning showing the flat at the time that does not allow me to meet the candidates.
Then, a friend of his moves in and suddenly disappears one day taking all his stuff without even saying "Good bye". And then he asks me to call him every time he gets mail.
Moreover, a girl moves in, goes out on Sunday, gets drunk like hell, comes back shouting at 3 am, prepares food while everything falls out of her hands. And then at 8 am she knocks on my door, wakes me up and asks me if she can use my cellphone because she lost hers last night and now needs to get her boyfriend find it for her.
Now I know for sure. I have to find another flat!

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17th May, syttende mai

Sunday, 21. May 2006, 22:04:42

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17th of May is the national day in Norway - Day of the Constitution. It is the most important day for Norwegians, they celebrate it very very heavily. This constitution was the second in Europe after Poland (I'm proud:) and the third in the world after the US :idea:
First of all already on 16th people go out and party because the next day is free. Then on 17th everybody meets in the early morning for breakfast and then they go to the parade which starts at 10 am.
People wear bunads (Norwegian national costumes). Even children have cute little bunads. In Poland we also have national costumes different in every region like in Norway. Here it is very common to have your own bunad at home. Many people really do and wear them on 17th May. Orchestras, school classes, kindergardens and cheerleaders participate in the parade. They sing, dance, play nice music and shout "Hip hip hurra!" They know how to feel proud of the country and celebrate together.

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