After waving goodby to 2011 and shaking hands with (what I hope wasn't the devil) 2012, life in Coenhagen begins a fresh! Sure, there has been some cold unberable days, but "comes the light". 3 extra minutes every day feels like honey for my soul, sweeter than Coko, the salt in my soup!
In wrigthing moment I'm optimistic for this semester. School has started, and lectures are interesting and usefull. Am doing "Religion, Culture and Society in Africa" ( Thanks for the book, Marianne) pluss my assignment this semester, and I try to follow up on the interesting lectures of "Politics, Development and Change in Africa" despite not being signed up for it. It's good, and I guess very relevant for my future job, pluss the assignment, plus the Professor is great and from Zimbabwe :)
Got my first choice as mentor for my assignment, so now I just need to do my part and start reading like a geek, and become the I geek I think I could force my self to be!( Hope I can!)
So today I'm going to do some reading about Civil Society before I hit the town! Concert tonight.. stressful "uKanDanZ & Asnake Guebreyes" and Ethiopiques..... But at the name sais... Time to dance so it will be fun! Tingisha, Tingisha! I like to move it, move it, I like to move it, move it!
When it comes to my social life, I'm planning on actually do stuff I would like to do! And don't wait for my Norwegian friends to come and do the fun stuff with me! So, now I' m making social arrangements for like weeks a head, like I did at home, and it feels great!!! Only difference is that I do have to investigate, find out what to do and ask people to join... not just join others! So, that's kind of new to me in my adult life. Had lot's of initiative when being a youth, but after a while, that initiative paid of and I started getting invited. Am "going back to my roots, yeah!"
You need to offer others to get offered your selv... by på deg selv, as we say in Norwegian.
So this semester I need to offer, become a Geek, and enjoy!!! You know what they say; all work and no fun makes Jack a dull kid!
On monday the 20th I'm attending Spoken words and Music, And I think it will be great!!! I actually love spoken words! The way it flows with rythem and has a message. Like Hip-hip and Rap coming back to where it startet from! People expressing their opinions in a smooth and elegant way. Sometimes with contoroversial messages in an elegant poetic way. Easy to like...
Like Vibeke Falden - Skynd dig . Not so political, but a sweet critique of how many live their lives searching for happyness trought money.
I've come to love the vibrant music -environment in Copenhagen. It's always some concert to attend, for free in a bar or at a big concirt hall.....
I think I'm actually going to miss Copenhagen, and not just the people when I go back home.....
