Next year, or maybe I should say next half year. Well, I’m planning to go to school, still not entirely certain whether I will be accepted at Fredrik II or if I have to continue my three years here at Greåker. Either way, things will be approximately just the same as now. I chose English international as one of my three school subjects so I’ll continue to do my best and hopefully it will lead me somewhere in life where English is a big part.
In ten years, I don’t know… Maybe I have moved abroad, as a videogame producer in America, or perhaps I’m still in Norway, living the days as a translator. Both are my dream professions and English is highly required to communicate, translate or produce anything these days. But I’m not sure if I’m going to learn anything new next year. I feel I’ve already reached the point where I’m able to understand everything that is thrown at me. The only thing I’m not sure about is the rules for to/too and of/off.
So goodbye for now, it's been "fun" writing this blog all year. I hope that everyone that read this will have a great summer vacation! See you next year!
onsdag 12. mai 2010
mandag 10. mai 2010
5 days of the week
Monday 26th April
Monday is the first day of every week. First I go to school at twelve o’clock. Nothing unusual happens, other than the fact that I laugh so hard during English class that my cheeks hurts a little bit. I’m still waiting impatiently for my teacher to finish correcting my paper that I wrote for the term. Lazy teachers…
Just came home, took a shower and sat down playing some Playstation 3, and now I get called down to eat dinner. I think there’s turkey/steak today. Yum! Other than that I’m hoping that my friends Henrik soon will give me a call about where we’re supposed to do our “Trafikkalt grunnkurs”.
Tuesday 27th April
Today I overslept. Woke up around 7.30 and the first thought that struck me was: “Oh shit…” Usually I wake up around 6.50 and take the bus into town that leaves from Gressvik at 7.20. Then the bus to Greåker leaves the bus terminal at 7.35.
I don’t oversleep often, maybe once or twice a month. At least in my book, it isn’t considered as often. In my earlier years I came late for school almost once every 10 days. Fortunately I’ve dropped that bad habit now that “things have gotten more serious”. And now that if I miss the bus I have to walk up that damn hill.
So I arrived at school at approximately 9 o’clock and therefore missed the first two mathematics lessons. Erlend said that I didn’t miss anything important. “Whew…”
All in all the day went great.
Wednesday 28th April
Today… Oh what happened today?
Oh yeah, today was perhaps the shortest school day ever. Since we today were going to do a gymnastics test at school, I didn’t have to get up until 9 o’clock, and sleeping that long on a regular school day feels like heaven. So today we just had three hours of social studies and then we got handed the test. It was about the topics Strength, Motion and How to use your body. It may have been the shortest test I’ve ever had. It was only a multiple choice test so it was really easy. After approximately 10 minutes half of the class was finished and off we went, into the rain… It rained a lot today.
I met two of my friends from comprehensive school at the bus stop and it was a nice seeing them again, they hadn’t changed much at all. But neither have I, supposedly. I’ve been feeling like my self-esteem has been boosted lately and that’s great news. Before I was very shy, but now I feel like I can talk freely and do what I please. It’s a nice feeling.
Other than that I’m this close to finishing watching season five of the TV-series Lost. And I have to say, it’s one of the best shows I’ve ever seen, and that’s saying a lot. I love it!
Thursday 29th April
Thursday is commonly known as “the day of living hell” (or something a little less dramatic). Anyway the reason I, and many others dread this school day is the unfortunate composition of classes such as mathematics, French and English (no offense). The English isn’t always so boring, but three straight hours of math and two hours wasted on “Je m’appelle” and “Merci beaucoup” can get on your nerves.
BUT! Great news today, I received my paper about Harry Potter characters and on the bottom of the last page I read 6, with a big circle around it. I grinned a little and felt very proud at that moment, that even though I’m not a big suck-up, I’ve achieved my third 6 in the last few months. I really hope to some day work with translating things from English to Norwegian (like movies, video games or maybe TV-series (just like Lost)). So that I get this good feedback on my work gives me big hopes for the future. I’ve always had a talent for language; as my finishing grades at comprehensive school I had 6 in both Norwegian and English (written).
Therefore I’ve really put an effort into my blog this year too, because I believe it is a big part of my evaluation this spring.
So the day turned out pretty nice after all, even though maths and French lessons was almost as dreadful as always…
Friday 30th April
Last day of the week. Friday is always a very pleasant and relaxing day. We start off with three hours of science class and top it all off with four long hours with Norwegian lessons. Every second weekend I stay at my father’s place. My parents got a divorce when I was approximately eight years old. I’ve since then lived with my mother and stayed at my father’s house every second weekend and in the holidays.
I took the bus from school and towards Sarpsborg which is the opposite if the direction I usually ride. I arrived at Tindlund thirty minutes later and grabbed a meal from the fridge. There’s not much to do there, other than watching TV and using the computer. But I find the time I spend there to be a nice diversion from the hectic life at school.
And that concludes my five days long week. Hope you enjoyed reading this and that it didn’t bore you.
Monday is the first day of every week. First I go to school at twelve o’clock. Nothing unusual happens, other than the fact that I laugh so hard during English class that my cheeks hurts a little bit. I’m still waiting impatiently for my teacher to finish correcting my paper that I wrote for the term. Lazy teachers…
Just came home, took a shower and sat down playing some Playstation 3, and now I get called down to eat dinner. I think there’s turkey/steak today. Yum! Other than that I’m hoping that my friends Henrik soon will give me a call about where we’re supposed to do our “Trafikkalt grunnkurs”.
Tuesday 27th April
Today I overslept. Woke up around 7.30 and the first thought that struck me was: “Oh shit…” Usually I wake up around 6.50 and take the bus into town that leaves from Gressvik at 7.20. Then the bus to Greåker leaves the bus terminal at 7.35.
I don’t oversleep often, maybe once or twice a month. At least in my book, it isn’t considered as often. In my earlier years I came late for school almost once every 10 days. Fortunately I’ve dropped that bad habit now that “things have gotten more serious”. And now that if I miss the bus I have to walk up that damn hill.
So I arrived at school at approximately 9 o’clock and therefore missed the first two mathematics lessons. Erlend said that I didn’t miss anything important. “Whew…”
All in all the day went great.
Wednesday 28th April
Today… Oh what happened today?
Oh yeah, today was perhaps the shortest school day ever. Since we today were going to do a gymnastics test at school, I didn’t have to get up until 9 o’clock, and sleeping that long on a regular school day feels like heaven. So today we just had three hours of social studies and then we got handed the test. It was about the topics Strength, Motion and How to use your body. It may have been the shortest test I’ve ever had. It was only a multiple choice test so it was really easy. After approximately 10 minutes half of the class was finished and off we went, into the rain… It rained a lot today.
I met two of my friends from comprehensive school at the bus stop and it was a nice seeing them again, they hadn’t changed much at all. But neither have I, supposedly. I’ve been feeling like my self-esteem has been boosted lately and that’s great news. Before I was very shy, but now I feel like I can talk freely and do what I please. It’s a nice feeling.
Other than that I’m this close to finishing watching season five of the TV-series Lost. And I have to say, it’s one of the best shows I’ve ever seen, and that’s saying a lot. I love it!
Thursday 29th April
Thursday is commonly known as “the day of living hell” (or something a little less dramatic). Anyway the reason I, and many others dread this school day is the unfortunate composition of classes such as mathematics, French and English (no offense). The English isn’t always so boring, but three straight hours of math and two hours wasted on “Je m’appelle” and “Merci beaucoup” can get on your nerves.
BUT! Great news today, I received my paper about Harry Potter characters and on the bottom of the last page I read 6, with a big circle around it. I grinned a little and felt very proud at that moment, that even though I’m not a big suck-up, I’ve achieved my third 6 in the last few months. I really hope to some day work with translating things from English to Norwegian (like movies, video games or maybe TV-series (just like Lost)). So that I get this good feedback on my work gives me big hopes for the future. I’ve always had a talent for language; as my finishing grades at comprehensive school I had 6 in both Norwegian and English (written).
Therefore I’ve really put an effort into my blog this year too, because I believe it is a big part of my evaluation this spring.
So the day turned out pretty nice after all, even though maths and French lessons was almost as dreadful as always…
Friday 30th April
Last day of the week. Friday is always a very pleasant and relaxing day. We start off with three hours of science class and top it all off with four long hours with Norwegian lessons. Every second weekend I stay at my father’s place. My parents got a divorce when I was approximately eight years old. I’ve since then lived with my mother and stayed at my father’s house every second weekend and in the holidays.
I took the bus from school and towards Sarpsborg which is the opposite if the direction I usually ride. I arrived at Tindlund thirty minutes later and grabbed a meal from the fridge. There’s not much to do there, other than watching TV and using the computer. But I find the time I spend there to be a nice diversion from the hectic life at school.
And that concludes my five days long week. Hope you enjoyed reading this and that it didn’t bore you.
torsdag 22. april 2010
Formal letter
Dear Mr. Darkwing
I am writing to you to express my displeasure concerning your company’s guaranties for a pleasant holiday. For instance, your second guaranty in the travel brochure:
“Every day, our customers will receive free breakfast at one of our hotels.”
Already the second day we did not receive a breakfast and we had to go to the diner across the street from our hotel. This happened a total of three times during our stay, and this did cost us a total of 113 Euros. We expect to get the total amount refunded (you can find the receipts included within this letter).
Your guaranties number four and six:
“Our customers will, if ordered receive a wake-up call, any time of the day.”
“As one of our customers you will be guaranteed to have excellent service at your disposal and our personnel will be there to assist you if you need anything”
Several times I experienced your employees to be overworked and unable to satisfy our needs. In the lobby there were only two employees, and over ten different groups of people to handle. We had to wait for over thirty minutes to reach the counter. And we almost missed our flight back home as a result of the fact that we didn’t receive any wake-up call, even if I said precisely the time.
I really believe you need to hire more people at your hotel and improve your routines.
I have one last complaint: When I unpacked my suitcase, some of my personal belongings were smashed, amongst others a small souvenir sculpture made of glass.
I hope you, and your company understand my disappointment and that you make some improvements in your system and hire some new employees, who knows how to take better care of the customers.
Yours sincerely
Espen Jansen
I am writing to you to express my displeasure concerning your company’s guaranties for a pleasant holiday. For instance, your second guaranty in the travel brochure:
“Every day, our customers will receive free breakfast at one of our hotels.”
Already the second day we did not receive a breakfast and we had to go to the diner across the street from our hotel. This happened a total of three times during our stay, and this did cost us a total of 113 Euros. We expect to get the total amount refunded (you can find the receipts included within this letter).
Your guaranties number four and six:
“Our customers will, if ordered receive a wake-up call, any time of the day.”
“As one of our customers you will be guaranteed to have excellent service at your disposal and our personnel will be there to assist you if you need anything”
Several times I experienced your employees to be overworked and unable to satisfy our needs. In the lobby there were only two employees, and over ten different groups of people to handle. We had to wait for over thirty minutes to reach the counter. And we almost missed our flight back home as a result of the fact that we didn’t receive any wake-up call, even if I said precisely the time.
I really believe you need to hire more people at your hotel and improve your routines.
I have one last complaint: When I unpacked my suitcase, some of my personal belongings were smashed, amongst others a small souvenir sculpture made of glass.
I hope you, and your company understand my disappointment and that you make some improvements in your system and hire some new employees, who knows how to take better care of the customers.
Yours sincerely
Espen Jansen
fredag 29. januar 2010
Is it important to read English literature?
Is it important to read English literature?
People’s opinions on this topic may vary. I think you don’t have to read literature, but still, if you want to follow the norm in today’s society you have to be able to read and understand English. One of the best ways to learn English is by reading it. Other good ways to understand the English language is by watching English TV-shows and playing English video games using English subtitles.
By reading English books, you get a much bigger understanding of how the language fits together when a story comes to life. This way you can improve your grades at school or maybe move overseas if that is what you want.
I personally have read quite a few English books in my childhood. Amongst other I have read the entire Harry Potter series in English and this may have improved my understanding. Now today I don’t need Norwegian subtitles when I watch movies and I can easily have a conversation with a person form almost anywhere in the world, as long as they speak English.
On another note I believe I have gotten an even better comprehension of the English language by playing video games and watching TV-shows from America. Maybe you should try using this in your future classes?
People’s opinions on this topic may vary. I think you don’t have to read literature, but still, if you want to follow the norm in today’s society you have to be able to read and understand English. One of the best ways to learn English is by reading it. Other good ways to understand the English language is by watching English TV-shows and playing English video games using English subtitles.
By reading English books, you get a much bigger understanding of how the language fits together when a story comes to life. This way you can improve your grades at school or maybe move overseas if that is what you want.
I personally have read quite a few English books in my childhood. Amongst other I have read the entire Harry Potter series in English and this may have improved my understanding. Now today I don’t need Norwegian subtitles when I watch movies and I can easily have a conversation with a person form almost anywhere in the world, as long as they speak English.
On another note I believe I have gotten an even better comprehension of the English language by playing video games and watching TV-shows from America. Maybe you should try using this in your future classes?
Interview with William Shakespeare
Interview with William Shakespeare
Q: So, you are the legendary William Shakespeare?
A: Yes, that’s correct.
Q: And you lived in England during the fifteenth century?
A: And the sixteenth.
Q: You are famous for your play writing skills, is there any play you are particularly proud of?
A: Well of course, I’m especially proud of Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and The Merchant of Venice.
Q: Yes, they are very good story’s everyone. How was it living back then?
A: It was a busy time. Lots of things going on and people demanded more and more plays. Almost everyone was able to go to the theatre every once in a while and I earned a lot of money.
Q: I see… And you lived a very long life, not many people became more than 50 years. Was it a wealthy life?
A: Yes, I was very happy with how things were going for me. There was lots of wine and money, and that’s what every man desires right?
Q: It sure is. You also had a wife?
A: Yes, dear Anne. And we got three lovely kids together. Unfortunately our son died too young. But I was very lucky to get such a nice family.
Q: I bet. That was all the time we had right now. Thanks for the interview.
A: It was a pleasure.
Q: So, you are the legendary William Shakespeare?
A: Yes, that’s correct.
Q: And you lived in England during the fifteenth century?
A: And the sixteenth.
Q: You are famous for your play writing skills, is there any play you are particularly proud of?
A: Well of course, I’m especially proud of Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and The Merchant of Venice.
Q: Yes, they are very good story’s everyone. How was it living back then?
A: It was a busy time. Lots of things going on and people demanded more and more plays. Almost everyone was able to go to the theatre every once in a while and I earned a lot of money.
Q: I see… And you lived a very long life, not many people became more than 50 years. Was it a wealthy life?
A: Yes, I was very happy with how things were going for me. There was lots of wine and money, and that’s what every man desires right?
Q: It sure is. You also had a wife?
A: Yes, dear Anne. And we got three lovely kids together. Unfortunately our son died too young. But I was very lucky to get such a nice family.
Q: I bet. That was all the time we had right now. Thanks for the interview.
A: It was a pleasure.
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