Favorite pictures from this summer
I’m back in Trondheim now after my summer vacation, and I was just looking through some of the pictures from this summer. I’ve decided to show some of them here as well.
Vilija
Vilija
I visited my very good friend Vilija this summer in Lithuania. And this day is definitly one of the best memories from this summer. It was an amazing week.
Fjellhest
Thea og Ymir
Jeg var med Thea en tur til Kalhovd i sommer, og besøkte Ane som driver Fjellhest. Der fikk vi flere fantastiske turer, og kanskje sommerens laveste puls halvsovende med hodet liggende på en stor og varm islandshest.
(ooops, language confused)
Panama in easter
a captured moment in Casco Viejo, Panama
another moment in the old city
In easter we had a study trip to Panama for almost three weeks with my university class, and we did quite a bit of travelling around, and I managed to catch some moments. This one is just outside a small shop in the old city of Panama City.
Hitchhiking Panama
It's a secret
I did a lot of hitchhiking through Panama, and got some good shots. I can’t pick out any favorite pictures, but I really like this set. Click the picture to see a slideshow of 24 hours hitchhiking in Panama.
There’s more to come
Who do you love the most?
I came across an unpublished draft today, when I went through the backend of my blog. I’ve written this down, but obviously haven’t known how to put it into context at the moment.
A conversation between a Red Cross Volunteer and a child in Smiley Club:
Vol: Who do you love the most?
Chl: My mother.
Vol: Why is it your mother you love the most?
Chl: Because when my father comes home he drinks and hits us.
This is something I experienced while in Armenia, it made quite an impression then and also now. What’s even more important to realize is that violence towards children isn’t just a problem in Armenia and developing countries. This is also happening in Norwegian homes.
As a fellow human, it is our duty to disturb when we see or suspect violence or abuse of children. The Norwegian Save the Children has a national campaign on this, and I hope you’ll look further into this.
http://www.reddbarna.no/forstyrr/
- National campaing from Save the Children, Norway
reviving the blog
After my return from Armenia, my blogging has been close to abscent and this blog has just been rusting away with old content. I’ve decided to get it back to life.
It needs a new title, and some new content. Just to get startet I renamed it “glimmer”, and that’s what I hope it’ll be. I hope to shed a glimmer of light on things I think is important, but I have no ambition of being a frequent or regular blogger.
Hiking to Kamtjønn
This weekend me and three friends hiked in the south end of the mountain range Trollheimen in Norway. We used the NTNUI Koie “Kamtjønn”. The NTNU Student sports club (NTNUI) maintains 23 hiking cabins for the use of students.
It was a beutiful hike with fantastic weather. Some of the pictures are here or you can view all the pictures in the flickr slideshow.
Stian and Elise with Blåhø in the background
Elise, Marianne and me, almost on the top of Blåhø
Elise claimes to be afraid of heights
Sian looking forward to a bath
Stian diving in Kamtjønn
Hiking over the Hamre ridge on sunday
Me and Elise on top of the world
At Rensbekksætra, only 6 km away from the car
Dear Georgia
It is truly disturbing to watch the news about the armed conflict in Georgia. I just got off the phone with my dear friend Nino who is in T’bilisi. She was worried and she was currently trying to convince her little brother not to enlist.
David was in his home village when I talked with him 20 minutes ago, he was worried about his number of friends who were going to the front lines. Still he was in a very positive mood and hoping that the whole thing would be over in two or three days.
For me personally it was very good to get hold of at least these two friends of mine down there. There are many other that have not reached tonight, and I wish you all the best and as you I hope for a peaceful solution to this conflict in the very close future.
We played football with a group of kids in gudishvilis garden, and in the end I gave them my favorite Samfundet t-shirt to remember the strange norwegians who dropped by.
To you my dear friends from Gudishvilis garden, i wish you all the best and I hope you will keep your positive attitude.
End of mission presentation
Last tuesday I had my end of mission presentation in Norwegian Red Cross, and it’s in a way a finalisation of my misson in Armenia. To those of you who weren’t there I have now uploaded the slides so you can hava a look at them. Be aware that this is only the slides, and it does not give you a very good impression of how my stay was. But it might be enjoyable to look at the pictures in my presentation.
I hope you enjoy it.
Clearing my desk
This will be my last post from Armenia. I am now clearing my desk on my last day in Armenian Red Cross Youth. Everyone else has already left the office, I’m sitting alone, dreading to shut down the computer and put it in my backpack – that’s the only thing left before I’m officially finished working in Armenia. The power button.
It’s a strange feeling. I’m feeling sad. I’d like to stay longer but at the same time there are a lot of exciting projects waiting for me at home, and I’m looking forward to getting started.
Armenia has given me a lot through the last nine months, a lot of great experiences and memories. I have gotten fantastic friends, who I know I always can rely on – I have gotten a family in a way.
Things will change now, this blog will also change in the next month, it needs a new title. Even though I’m leaving Hayastan, I will still follow Armenian Red Cross closely and the Armenian society. In other words: This is not my last post about Armenia.
I like Armenia, it’s people, the mood – I’ve even come to like the traffic – which is a scary though. I have a suspicion that it’ll be a bit hard to readjust to the Norwegian systematical society. Time will show.
I will miss you Armenia – so long, and thanks for all the fish.
Hitchhiking video
This is just a short clip I shot on our way to Tatev this weekend. It was a fantastic trip and we had a very good hitchhiking experience. Here is a clip from one of the trucks we rode with.
Update from Strangeways
My friends form Attila the bus has updated their blog at www.internjet.no with some soundclips (in Norwegian) in their latest post, and I strongly recommend listening to “Shardakbekjennelser” og “Georgisk snut”. Go visit Radio Internjet!
If you’re wondering what Strangeways is you can take a look at my previous post about Strangeways.
They have also uploaded a bunch of photoes to the Strangeways pool on Flickr, if you have some minutes to kill, take a look. Here is one of my favorites from Cecilie, the “Telephone in Kurtaisi”.
Youtube surprise
I started out the day today checking that the the projector works and ended running some youtube on the wall in the office. First I youtubed “red cross” and saw Jamie Collum with Uganda Red Cross. Then hoping to find some cool action from Norway I searched for “Red Cross Norway”, but to my great surprise I see my own name in one of the top search results!
It turns out someone, reading my blog, has created a slideshow of my pictures based on my blogposts and pictures from flickr. It mainly focuses on my trip with Strangeways, click here to see the video on Youtube.
