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Summer is coming and a lot of thing is happening. Things that somehow signaling to me it's time to choose path. Shared or independent? Big or small? Car or no car? Village or town? Sweden or Norway? It's all connected. What's keeping me here? And what's on the other side?
I shouldn't really make decisions on empty stomach, really.

Today's weather beat yesterday. Was out doing some suntanning and it was so hot. So unbearable because I forgot to bring my sunglasses.

I hasn't notice the touristic side of Ålesund more clearer than today. It is truly a summer town...or a good place to be when it's sunny. Today was or still is a sunny day with temperature close to summer. Lots of people was out without coats including me. What's missing is a big enough balcony or garden to enjoy the sun.

Was actually looking for the Patricia Kaas version but youtube didn't have it. :-/

Friday tomorrow, this whole week has gone so fast.
Sleep is now a luxury for me. Don't know where the hours has gone.
The whole situation is as bizarre as this old picture. What's real? What's not?
I was pretty sure it was sunny when I left home this morning. But on the way back I got a free car wash. 

At airport. On my way back. The hotel was much better this time. It's more like a summer house or living in a art paint.

In Poland for the second time and still haven't seen much of Poland than the factory and the hotel room. I spotted a flooded river from the taxi on my way here. Still don't like the food in the catina, didn't had much on the flights and hunger hasn't hit me yet. I should take a nap but got stuck infront of my little Mac as usual.

Has been waking up every hour until the alarm clock finally sounded at 4 am. Today is going to be one of the toughest day. Suitcase still half emty, half packed. Felt drained of all energy yesterday.

Some people handle it by talking to other people, some just quietly go through their minds. I've always been the kind who write it out of my system...more or less.
It has been a wonderful weekend but it hasn't turned out the way I expected it to. Funny how life can take sudden turns occasionally.
I feel hungry but I don't want to eat. I feel tired but can't put myself to rest. I guess there's thing one just can't get prepared for.
Nobody has done anything wrong. There's noone to hate or get angry at. Just a sea of pure sadness. You were wonderful until the very last second. I just have to learn how to let go. Just want to let you know - I had a great time!

I'm off to beautiful Nordfjord for the long weekend without internet. Wonder how that'll turn out?
We are aiming for the Glacier, kayak and maybe a trip to the sea?

Yesterday was 17th of May, also known as Norwegian national day. It would have been a good day if those bastards haven't taken my car away.
I've never heard about this when I was living in Sweden which is just next to Norway. I guess us Swedish aren't much interested in the little brother we left behind. =P
It was a big day in Norway where people dressed up in their traditional costumes, walked around in street and wave the red norwegian flags. I love to spot little children walking by in their doll costumes. Caught this little darling while in the middle of the parade. You can see that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Haven't been sleeping much these past days. I mean usually I sleep as much as a pig during weekends. But still tonight I just can't. So I'll post some photos.

1. Tine commercial wannabe. We had some milk to finish off before heading to Trondheim and it took N ages to walk with the skiis up the hill so I was killing some time.

I'm back in Ålesund and deadly tired. Feels like I've been gone for a whole week but it was only a weekend. What puzzled me is how can 18 degrees warm in Trondheim when it's 7 degrees in Ålesund? I enjoyed the sun and the colorful surrounding.

The trip to Trondheim took quite a while. After loads of roads and 2 ferrys we were greated by a black white landscape. Quite amazing.

Yesterday was a beautiful day. For a moment I thought Spring has arrived, but it was an illusion. Just like the photos I took yesterday. Eventually they will fade away and forgotten. Disappear without a trace - just like the sun.

Good morning to a beautiful Thursday! Today is my lazy day. Just had breakfast and finished eps 13 of Dong Yi. Sun is shining and I feel relaxed.
Stumple over this song which has been stucked in my head for the last 2-3 days. So suitable song for Spring don't you think?

...for this week anyway. Went to the price ceremony for company bowling game. It was crowded but the responsible guy for our team arrived early and snatched a lane so we could play during the whole time.

This is one of the day when you want to stick your head outside the window and scream out of frustration. I know I shouldn't be this emotional about work. It's definitely not good for my health.
I doubt tomorrow will be any better but I'll give them a chance and see what they'll come up with.
This week is a 3 working days week. Some would say "how lucky!". From my point of view or my kind of work it's more like "omg I need to finish 5 days work load within 3 days." Because that's what it is.
Leaving work aside, it's holiday coming up after all. We're going to Trondheim! Yay! I like trips, I like travelling and I like to be on the road coz I like when things are moving. Maybe I do belong in logistics after all haha.

I had a long day at work today, totally unexpected! Deadly tired and left work late I still need to do grocery shoppings. When I'm hungry my stomach totally takes over my brain and I was very focused - on all kind of food scenarios. Anyway home at last and I really think I deserve a good set of snack. So picking up a little here and there and voilà!

Finally I had my summer tires installed. Ironically it start snowing again today. Hopefully the summerlike weather is back tomorrow.
I guess it's the instable weather that created this kind of beautifully scenery. Took this one when we walked by the bay yesterday. Looking for a good restaurant that isn't fully booked.

Guess what I've found in my mailbox today? Another credit card. Sometimes I'm wondering if I actively collect them - of course I don't. With this one, I now have five actively functioning credit cards.

The Norwegian enjoy taking it easy. They think all processes should take it's time. Everyone who has moved to Norway knows how much time it takes for the goverment operated office to get your stuff done. One thing has impressed me. Although their roads are placed on mountains with it's narrow profile mending roads takes so much less time comparing to the Swedish.

Want to but can't sleep. Need to come up with a good plan.
It's usually like this when I've taken coffee in the late afternoon but haven't done that for a long while.
Head is tired, body is tired and eyes are tired but just can't close.
What I need is one of these.

It's like a drug. I'm addicted.
I've been looking at various layouts and Photoshop features for hours now. All the graphics and effects are out there and easy to apply. It's moments like this that makes me regret my choice of career - I should have gone for the publishing companies. 

One of my favorite dishes is Udon. First time I had it was in japan. The tasty point of udon is the udon noodle itself. With that in mind I shouldn't have been so surprised when the Udon soup I made didn't reach up to my satisfaction level. First of all I should have used genuine udon noodle and not the crappy conserved one. Second point is the soup, I should have learn how to make a soup base from scratch and not cheat with a buillon cube. I have a good excuse though. 1. That was the only udon noodle available. 2. It's 1st of May today so nobody works in Norway = all supermakets are closed.

Obviously Facebook discovered the peek hole so the tricks I wrote about below works no more. Too bad.