Went to Tromsø Uni to fix some stuff. More about that later. I just love the text under this mailbox. No Parking. Locks will be cut! The post will --- this is difficult to translate. It's like the Norwegian version of this motto.
Had a few days off, so went to town, got some books out of the library and went to the park to read them.
This page photographed especially for my dear Freya.
There was a mistake with my pay check, and I haven't received all my pay yet... This week: Pasta + tomato puree + cheese. Not much else.
Wednesday I went to see Jonas Gahr Støre give a little talk, our foreign affairs minister. He is one of a kind, really. I try to be critical when he (/any politician) speaks, but then he says a lot of clever things, and I just want to hug him.
So: I'm going to try to combine studying with working. It's a bit like Open University, but with my local university. You can choose to just do one subject, and you get all the student priveleges while still being able to work almost full time. I've yet to work it out completely with the Norwegian Mail (I'm probably staying with them because they're so flexible about working hours), but I'll figure it out somehow. In Norway, no matter what you want to study, your first semester will comprise two extra subjects: ex.phil. (examen philosophicum) and ex.fac. (examen facultatum). Everyone has to do this: The first is an introduction to basic philosophy, the second is an introduction to philosophy of science. Since I don't know what, or whether, I'll be studying next (the cost of studying in Norway is 50 pounds student fee + whatever your books cost, per semester), I thought I'd study ex.phil. for now. Some reasons:
1) I get to do something outside of work, and get to know some new people my age
2) I get to think and discuss philosophy, which can be (already is) interesting, and will keep my brain from melting into only knowing street names and house numbers
3) I get student status, and probably some student discounts
4) I get to be a part of the student community
Sooo...yeah. I could have done ex.fac. as well, but this is already taking 5-6 hours off my working week, and I primarily want to work and earn (and save) some money.
Ps: P.G. Wodehouse is the primary reason Norwegians think all English men saunter around in tweed, hallooing and saying "tally-ho" to each other, while they marry their secretaries and housemaids.
