31/1-07 - Au revoir!!

This is mostly used as a tribute to my two French friends Gus and Antoine, who left Denmark earlier today. I hope that you enjoyed your stay in Denmark, and I wish you good luck down there in France.

Salut mates - I'll see you again someday

In other news I will go back to Aalborg later today.

26-28/1-07 - The 25th wedding anniversary party (before, during and after)!

Friday morning my sister and I were waiting for that my Dad to come home, so we could go to Silkeborg. A couple of hours later he finally came home, and my Mom came home around 30 minutes later, so we went to a building market to look for some wire and pieces of wood, but we couldn't find anything. So we tried our luck in another building market in Silkeborg. There we were able to find the necessary stuff to build a triumphal arch for my parents. Then we buyed some plates, so we could use as a present, a large cardboard heart for the triumphal arch, and finally some big mugs for the wedding present. My sister had to go to work in Silkeborg, so I went home to unload the stuff before going to the community house in Salten (a little town), where my parents' 25th wedding anniversary party was to be held, to help my parents setting up the tables and chairs. at 19.00 my sister wrote to me, because she wanted to be picked up, so my parents gave me some money to buy some pizza. I went to Silkeborg and picked up my sister and then drove to a pizzaria to buy some pizzas, but I had to wait for 30 minutes because they were busy.... great!! But eventually I got my pizzas and went home to eat them.

-End of Friday 26/1-

We woke up early the next day to load some wine, soft drinks and some booze and drive to the community house to finish the last few things before going home to eat some lunch. The next few hours were used to take a shower etc.
At 16.00 we went back to the community house to make the final preparations. My sister had 3 friends to help us serving the food and wine. At 17.00 the musical entertainment arrived, and 15 minutes later the first guests arrived, and the appetizers were served. One hour later we started to eat dinner. At one point my godmother encouraged me to do a speech, at which I did a little bit later. It was short, but sweet, and I heard that my parents were very happy that I did it. A lot of guests congratulated me, which was a very nice feeling. A couple of speeches and a dessert later (around 23.30) I was getting tired, but my Mom and some guests wanted me to dance with them, at which I found embarassing, but I did it anyway. At 3 in the morning most of the guests were gone, and my sister and I decided to drive her friends back to Silkeborg, before heading back home to get some sleep at 4.00.

- End of Saturday 27/1-

I woke up 4 hours later to get a quick breakfast before heading to the community house to do some cleaning and to put the tables and chairs back in place. At 11.00 we were finished and delivered the keys to the guy who rents the place before going home to get a quick lunch before taking a nap. In the afternoon I woke up and surfed on the Internet before my sister said that we had to make the triumphal arch before Monday, at which I was unhappy about. After eating dinner, my sister and I went outside to make the triumphal arch. It wasn't the most beautiful, but we did make it. And the rest of the evening, I did the usual stuff.

The making of the triumphal arch

24/1-07 - Back to my parents

I woke up a little bit earlier than normal (around 7.45!!), because I wanted to say goodbye to the French guys, who were going to Norway for a few days. After they were gone, I packed the last few things before going to the university to check some stuff. I also went to Kroghstræde to see how a friend was doing at an exam, but I saw that her exam was finished at 11.30, so I decided to go to town where some first semester girls also were at their exam. On the way I meet an old friend from Silkeborg, who I haven't met for some time, and we talked about different things before going our separate ways. Once I arrived at the first year students' area, I saw those girls, but it seemed that they didn't recognize me... not even after they were finished! What a waste of time for me. So I decided to go to Jens' place (one of the guys who I drove to Løkken last Saturday) to get some money. I spent 30 minutes and got some money before going to the bus terminal.
I went with a 960X from Aalborg to Silkeborg at 14.05. It was rather uneventful, and my dad picked me up in Silkeborg at 16.35, and we went to a local supermarket to buy some stuff before going home to my parents' place in Bryrup (about 20 kilometres to the south of Silkeborg). I used the evening to use my sisters' laptop....

20/1-07 - Storm is coming!!

I woke up at 12 because of my activities yesterday evening. I was to be picked up by some friends at 18.15 outside the house, so I just waited by watching the women's Champion's League in handball. I started to watch my favorite team Viborg HK play against Larvik in Norway (on Norwegian TV), but Viborg played very, very bad, so I switched to another match between Aalborg DH and Volgograd. It went much better, I must say (putting my "Danish" glasses on). I switched back to Norwegian TV at one point to my big disappointment that Larvik led by 10 goals!!! Immediately I switched back and watched the rest of the match (only interrupted by a early dinner). At 18.15 (actually 2-3 minutes later) my friends arrived in a Renault (I call this a wreck, but more about that later), but to my big surprise they brought two girls, I didn't knew at all!! I found out that they picked the girls up at a gas station because they didn't manage to catch a bus, so they promised to take the girls down town (and some beers). I managed to get one of their numbers before they were dropped off... more about that later. We then drove to the western part of Aalborg to pick some other friends. It was at that time, I started to drive the car, while the others were drinking. No problem for me, since I was bowling a match the next day. The thing was that they were going to Løkken to a birthday party of another friend. For those who don't know where Løkken is, it is around 40-50 kilometres to the northwest of Aalborg. I quickly learned how to use the car, but there was a storm that evening, so you had to focus on keeping the car on the road. After dropping them off in Løkken, I went back to Aalborg and took a little break, where I wrote a SMS to the girl, whose number I got earlier, but to my big disappointment I never got any answer!! Then I went home to watch the second half of Denmarks first match in the men's handball World Championships against Hungary, but sadly they lost after leading most of the time!! Then I went to a gas station to put some gas....

After 2 hours of waiting at home, I went back to Løkken, where I was invited in to the party. The guys were pretty drunk, while I was drinking Pepsi. We tried to give the girl from earlier a last chance, but she never took the call!! Why give your phone number, when you never answer back!! Some of the guys were becoming so drunk that it was embarassing to watch. We were finally able to go home at 3.30, so I drove them back to their respective appartments before finally coming back home at 4.30!!

19/1-07 - Party Time!!

The day started with the usual stuff, so I will just skip it this time. I went to the university to meet a friend, who was supposed to be at an exam that morning, but when I came, I found out that her exam was on Wednesday the 24th.... two days in a row making mistakes regarding other peoples exams... that's not good! And it didn't get any better when I found out that the computer rooms were occupied, so I had to go to the library to use the computer, but I used much of the time searching for phone numbers of old friends. I must say that it was interesting to find out where many of them live now.... then I decided to go home and eat some lunch.
In the evening I was going to a party at a friend's place in Nørresundby. After buying some beer at the local Netto, I went to his place, but it took some time before finding it. But we had some fun, and I met some new friends. At 1.00, some of them went down town, while the rest of us stayed for about 30 minutes longer before going to the local pub Industricaféen. There we played with dices and drank some beer until it closed, so we went to town and met with the others at LA Bar. Later we went to Hr. Nielsen, where I met Gus and Antoine. Boy, where were they drunk. I was a little drunk too, but not as drunk as they were! (at least after hearing stories about what they were doing a little bit later).
I decided to go home at 5, but the weather wasn't with me at all!! It rained so much, that I was soaking wet when I returned to the house at Hvidkildevej. After putting all my wet clothes to dry, I decided to go to bed...

18/1-07 - The bus broke down....

The day started as usual with some rye bread and some herring or slices of meat. At 9 I went to the university to meet some guys, I met during my first semester, to hear how their exam went. But when I arrived, I found out that they were already finished and were gone.... damn! Then I went to the computer room at Fibigerstræde 4 and did some stuff (like writing my two first blog entries). At 13.30 I decided to go to the post office to pay my phone bill and then took the bus to the bowling center. But on the way, there came smoke out of the bus, and the bus driver was forced to stop, and thus I had to wait for 10 minutes before the next bus arrived. I don't know if I was unlucky that day or what it was, is uncertain.

Eventually I arrived at the bowling center just in time. Usually on Thursdays I do some stuff for my clubs youth department like telling them which lane they have to be at. After 17.00 the last of the kids had left, and I went to my ball driller to spend some time watching bowling until 20.00, where people from my club came to the center. At 21.00 we practiced until 22.00, where we chatted for a while before going home.

17/1-07 - Back at the Student House!

My Wednesday started with the usual breakfast with rye bread and herring or slices of meat. Then I went to the university, where I finally got the opportunity to see Kroghstræde, where some of the educations are situated. Then I went to the computer room at Fibigerstræde 4 to check some mail and stuff. At 17.00 I took the bus to the bowling center because I was going to bowl a league session at 19.00, and it takes around 35-40 minutes to get there. After arriving, I went to the pro shop to see my ball driller, where two of my club mates were either talking to him or using his laptop to bet some money...

At 19.00 the league session finally started. We were playing against a team, we lost to the last time we met them. We were intent on revenge, but we had a difficult first game, where I lost by one pin(!), but luckilly my to teammates won theirs. I won my second game pretty easy, but it's not enough when your teammates didn't win theirs. Before the last game, it was a tie and two of us had to win to win the match, but alas... it wasn't to be that way, so we lost again.... at least I got over the defeat quite quickly, and a friend drove me home.

After coming home I warmed a pizza and asked Antoine to help me (to create this blog and other stuff), which was done just in time to eat my pizza! At 23.00 me, Gus, Antoine, Damiano and Christian went to the Student House. It was the first time in a month that I came here. There we met some of our foreign friends like the tall and elegant Naïara from Spain and the pretty energetic Lena from Germany. One highlight was during a conversation, a girl from Iceland suddenly went to us and just began to talk. I wonder if she was on drugs, was pretty drunk or was just wierd... only one can tell.... Another highlight was when Damiano was recording video messages. That was nice... At 1.00 (probably 5-10 minutes later) we went back to our house at Hvidkildevej, where we talked at little before going to bed around 1.30.

The first post - some general information!

After using some time considering if I should have a blog or not, I have decided to give it a shot. I want to say thanks to my French flatmate Antoine for helping me creating my account etc. etc.
For those who don't know, I live in a little apartment at Hvidkildevej in the eastern part of Aalborg, where I live with seven other people. Aside from me there are:
Three other Danes: Christian, Jimmy & Lars
Two "Frenchies": Gus & Antoine

Our only Italian Damiano
And last, but not least - there is Simon, who is technically a Dane, but is of Greenlandic descent...

I hope that it gave a little insight of my everyday life and who I'm living with.