back to school

so i'm back at uni again after nearly a year of volunteering and work..it sure feels strange to go back to something you are not used to doing..but this time i'm at a different uni ( I have moved to Uppsala) and a bachelor programme instead of master which i think will suit me better. And this week and the following we're having orientation and getting to know our classmates..so we have a lot of fun all day long playing games and socializing etc...tonight we played rounders (simlar to baseball but not quite). After that everyone went to a tent where there was a party with music and beer but i decided to go home..yes i know you think i'm boring and all that but i guess that sometimes i'm satisfied with a little less...and since i don't drink it's a bit harder to 'melt in' sometimes..but that's just me i guess..

anyways i don't know what will happen to this blog since no one seems to read or comment anything? (i know i write very randomly and maybe that's why some might think it's never updated)..oh well..guess everyone uses facebook nowadays..

I forgot

to say that sweden took its first Olympic medal today!! I was watching with my dad and it was so exciting i couldn't sit still. Emma Johansson took silver after a tough spurt in the women's road cycling race. wohooooo!!

This summer

I have been procrastinating all the things I should have done before I start with uni. Now it's only 5 days left before I move and I realize I must start doing all those things i could have done all summer...I never learn.

Everyone can learn

- to believe that people can change
- to make decisions consciously and responsibly
- the recognize the power of belief
- to allow themselves to be led by the word of God
- to have a positive attitude to life
- to choose a direction for their lives and follow it
- to stop wanting to be right all the time
- to recognize the importance of discussion
- to become less emotional and more loving
- to act, rather than simply react
- to become less self-centered and more spiritual

...and to believe in lasting happiness rather than fleeting moments of pleasure

Life is a struggle

Effort is an inseparable part of man's life...Life is after all a struggle. Progress is attained through struggle, and without such a struggle life ceases to have a meaning; it becomes even extinct.
-Shoghi Effendi

summertime in sweden

mm..wild strawberries growing in our garden

no swedish summer without coffee ;)

a friendly little hedgehog

view from our summer house..can't get much better than this

fika - a swedish tradition that includes coffee and cake..did i mention we have it 3-4 times a day? :)

you might think it's 7pm, but it's 12.45 am in the morning..so it's basically bright always :)

a nice fire to keep the mosquitoes away...

...and 2 crazy guys eating hot dogs 2am in the morning :)

..and an amazing view when the sun rises

back to work

yep..so the third summer in a row i'm working for Avis. I started this week and immediately i'm drowning in work..hehe..today i came to work 8.45 am and got home 6.15 pm..and then i had to come back at 8pm for 2 more customers...thank God it's only 7 min to drive there! The reason I have to be there at random times is because there are flights arriving at different times during the day..sometimes as late as 10.30 pm. Anyways..don't know why i tell you about this..maybe i'm just looking for sympathy ;) But I honestly like this job, and i guess that the most important thing ..as well as it brings in some money :)

I'm back

It's time to wake up this blog again..
and this time I'll try to write more regularly (I'll really try hehe)
nowadays everyone uses facebook to communicate but i think a blog is still more personal and it's like a personal space were you can share your everyday-thoughts in an easy way...

so after 8 months at the Baha'i temple in Sydney I'm back on swedish ground. And I'm not sure what to feel. It feels like I haven't been gone for very long and everything feels so normal and boring..I miss my old uncomplicated life...but I know it always takes time to adjust when you've been away for a while..
but right now I'm already planning to go back next year and study..but I guess I'll take one thing at the time. First work a bit then go to uni in september..that's what i know...but I'm pretty sure the future has plenty of good stuff to share too :)

This is it for a while

As you might have noticed I haven't got much written here lately. The reason is lack of time and also that I have a traveling diary where I write more frequently. So for a while I'll just leave this blog to rest. /Jake