To think that... nooo... can it really be?

Yes indeed.



Man, this was... gobsmackingly weird, yet fun(ny) to see the source of Pikachu's voice.

Meanwhile, I discovered that the meaning of Eva's life was popcorn. Who'd have thought, eh? ;-)

Blip.
Elise

2007? What about it?

(Ok, just for your information I stumbled over this idea in a blog by one of my friends, and I found it such a nice way to shake off the old and look towards the new. So I copied. Hope this ain't subject to copyright... List may be truncated and subject to change.)

• Gained lots of new friends, all of them dear to my heart and hopefully with long-lasting friendships.
• Gained contact with family members I hadn't seen for ages
• Searched for old relatives (and the search continues)
• Maintained my values
• Tested my emotional strength (and got stronger!)
• Lost a grandfather
• Got a closer relationship with my family in Oslo
• Traveled (albeit in the same country...)
• Was meticulous
• Endured hardships
• Encountered a slut-looking drug-addict looking for needles for syringes at Stavanger University Hospital (...)
• Got some tactless remarks thrown in my direction
• Threw some tactless remarks in other people's direction (tsk, tsk, tsk...)
• Was addicted to Facebook
• Failed to write in my diary about things that mattered and didn't matter
• Earned good grades
• Busted my butt in studying
• Took yoga classes
• Ate good food (sushi and dim sum, anyone?)
• Laughed (should have laughed more)
• Cried (with accompanying good reasons)
• Read good books
• Received good books (again, thank you soooo much, Eilen!!!)
• Got closure
• Found out who were true friends
• Became dependent on and close to God
• Trusted myself more
• Became irate
• Smiled a lot (not the same as laughing)
• Improved my English and Spanish (still got a long long way to go, especially as far as Spanish is concerned)
• Became slightly less harmonious
• Spent time with my parents
• Played with my cousin
• Spoke Spangwegian (...)
• Made reachable goals for myself
• Made UNreachable goals for myself (somewhat more here than in the former...)
• Met people I looked up to
• Brought home my keyboard so as to get an outlet for my ivory-tickling cravings
• Missed home (a little)
• Discovered new music
• Felt free, happy, depressed, lonely, lucky, embarrassed (a lot! *lol* But heck, as one of my friends say: "Make a fool out of yourself; it's good for you!"), frustrated, tense, content, calm, lazy, self-centered (hence this blog), haughty, humble, down-to-earth, mad, silly, ignorant and RANDOM!

In short, not so bad. In hindsight, I find that there were a few things I should have done instead which I didn't do - but that's the beauty of new years; you get another chance to start afresh and improve.

On this philosophical note, me voy para comer y estudiar más.

Peace out,
Elise