A visit to the green island

Just spend about 2 1/2 days in Dublin, Ireland. 15 coming English teachers and one actual teacher took the trip overseas to learn about Irish culture and history. The weather was scary authentic as it was raining the whole time while we were there. To sum up the trip it was consisting of a lot of drinking, either at the surprisingly nice hostel or at the pubs. Alcohol was not allowed at the hostel though, so we rejoined with our 16 year old gene and smuggled beers in and out. The visits to the pubs were part of the Irish culture, and apparently Ireland has huge problems with young people drinking, which is understandable after seeing packed pubs on a Sunday and Monday night.
Tuesday was spend in a bus. We went on the Gaelic trip of Ireland, and a very nice driver showed us historic places and even sang a song on the very non-sense-language Gaelic.
Dublin as a city didn't impress me one bit. I did talk to a volunteer guide in the St. Patrick's church, and she told me some very interesting stuff about the Irish people. Apparently they still hate the English people. She asked if the Danes had people we hated (and since we suck at war, there is some obvious countries to hate), but really we don't - as long as we beat Sweden and Germany in sports we're fine. She found that interesting.

Back on the blog

I was looking at a Danish news site, and they opened a public debate about which 23 players should go to the world cup for Denmark, and that inspired me to do my own list.

Goalkeepers:
1. Thomas Sørensen, Stoke
2. Stephan Andersen, Brøndby
3. Brian Jensen, Burnley

Defenders:
4. Daniel Agger, Liverpool
5. Simon Kjær, Palermo
6. Per Krøldrup, Udinese
7. Micheal Lumb, Zenit
8. Lars Jacobsen, Blackburn
9. Micheal Silberbauer, Utrecht
10. William Kvist, FCK

Midfielders:
11. Christian Poulsen, Juventus
12. Jacob Poulsen, AGF
13. Johan Abselonsen, OB
14. Christian Eriksen, Ajax
15. Leon Andreasen, Hannover 96
16. Thomas Kahlenberg, Wolfsburg
17. Martin Jørgensen, AGF
18. Søren Rieks, Esbjerg

Strikers:
19. Niklas Bendtner, Arsenal
20. Søren Larsen, Duisburg
21. Rajko Lekic, Silkeborg
22. Peter Løvenkrands, Newcastle
23. Micheal Krohn-Dehli, Brøndby

As you will see I have NO space for Dennis Rommedahl, Jesper Grønkjær and Jon Dahl Tomasson. No offense guys, but there is other players who will provide experience, and new players to provide skill.

Feel free to comment...

April fools!

April 1st 2007 is a day I will remember for life, and this is why...
I was gone the entire weekend up till 1st of April. I was at a soccer tournament, but had various conversations during the weekend with the yank. On my way back he calls! Im sitting in a car, and cant really talk, but still, he tells me: "I have bad news"!. I decided to play cool, and told him, that he could tell me, when I was home. 15 min later he calls again, and ask how long time, it takes to go to the airport from our place and that he had to meet up in court 2 days later in America... A slight frustration is getting to me!!! Anyhow, longing to know, what the fuck is going on, Im sweating my ass of biking home, carrying my luggage a way you wouldnt think possible... Im biking down the street, and see the yank sitting on the door step. He looks even weirder than usual. Finally I realize the date and get so relieved, that I could care less about the reason, why he is sitting outside the door. That only lastet a little while though, because in his April-fools-mood he decided to lock us out from the apartment. After 3 hours of trying to get in, we gave up, spend the night at my parents and paid happely the 100 $ to the locksmith to get back in. Happy April-fools-day... ;-)

Here comes the bride!!!

Thank you for all you kind messages... Quote from my husband:"Well, tell them to do something useful, and incl. their e-mail, so we can get in touch with them"... I wouldnt expect it though!!!
Anyhow, if anyone wants to come see us - you are only a plane ticket away - and you all will be very welcome... Check out aerlingus and ryanair for cheap flights... I will make sure the little mermaid is on duty when you are here... Peace...

Finally a visit

Alright, most of you recieved Rob's e-mail that said to get your fucking ass's overseas to visit. Well, being the person I am, I went to London to see him, and had a great time...
And guess what, now he is going to "baconland", and hopefully have a great time as well... See how it works...! So, really, who ever reads this, you have now recieved an open invitation to come to Denmark, just because, life is too short not to... Peace...

Danglish is actually a term

Alright, so "my husband" is making fun of me, when Im having an awefull english-day (it does happen - dont know why). Then he tells me, I speak "danglish", which I guess is true...
But, today I was in a danish class, and we were talking about the Scandinavien laguage (the ability to understand each other in Denmark, Norway and Sweden). The teacher was telling us, from what countries and languages our language is effected from. And here it comes, there is a term called "danglish", which is not when mrs. Pedersen is speaking rubbish english, but when the danes is accepting english terms like Internet ect. in our language. Thats Danglish... Peace...

And I now declare you for husband and wife :-)

Peace of piss... Less than 5 min and we had the peace of paper we needed.
The intersting happend later the same day. After welcoming the yank to the danish system, by standing in line for a couple of hours in 5 different offices, we finally found a person, who didnt had a giant questionmark in her face, when we asked questions about immigration.
So apparently the danish government realized they need foreign people, because they have speeded up the proces, and if everything goes smooth, the yank will be in a job with danish salery within 2 month (and have access to the dream world with free education and health care).

The worlds first honest car salesman

"The car is leaking more than Titanic" and "The window in the right site keeps falling down - it is fixed now tho - with clue".
That are the words in the describtion from the ad in the paper... That doesn't sound like the car you really want to own, but...

Does this sound familiar to somebody:
- Make sure you never drive alone, because if you want to start the car you need one to push the car, and one to release the clutch. NOTE: If you park on a hill - one person is enough
- If you want to open the sunroof - push it open with your hands
- Remember to put the doorhandle down in the right side if you want to close the door
This car has positive elements tho:
- If you happen to be a teacher for a 5th grade, this car is the perfect way to learn about the eco-system, because of the random books, clothe ect. which can almost walk - helped by the animals in the buttom of the food-chain... You can also fins the progress of leafs decomposing...
- And never be afraid of being too hot, because of the window in the drivers site leave a 2 inch opening - you can close it tho - by pulling the window up with your hands...

Well, the way I see it, it's a good thing this car is not for sale - it's priceless!!!
Which one of the cars would you rather own - or NOT own:-)

Get a flickr account - it's great

Just a little commercial for the website www.flickr.com. It's great. Especially if your are like me - having a life in two countries, and visiting a third... Everybody incl. family and friends get a chance to follow your life.
The only thing you need to do is upload your pictures - and seriously - who are gonna see them on your computer anyway if you don't share them...

View my Flickr here

Hello Brown Cow (with a british accent)

The 3 danes all survived New Years. And so did the brit boys, even though we tryed our hardest to get give them food-poisening (aka Bøf med løg = danish meal). New Years Eve was a pub crawl until we came to the "tree-pub", which is basically a massive pub around a tree. Note to self - do not, and I repeat NOT shout OI!!! after the bartender if your planning on getting a beer, not going to happen....
The 3 danes made sure they got a culture expirience as well, and made sure they got every cliche picture you possibly can get in L-town... Incl sitting on garbage bags!!!
Suggestion to L-towns people, who desides what to do in 2007 - install more public bathrooms from Waterloo tube station to Leichester Square!!!
But enouth rambling - Happy New Year - where ever you are!!!

Christmas in MermaidLand

Like most people in America and most other places, we decorate a christmastree for christmas, nothing weird about that. The weird part for you Yanks is, that instead of borring little lamps, we actually put real candles on the tree... We not only put them on, but we light them as well... This is a very pretty sight, and funny enough, no houses have burned down yet...

Another tradition note:
Like you Yanks have the picles traditon, we instead eat a ricepudding desert. In that desert an almond is hidden, whoever gets the almond first, gets an extra present - obviesly!!!

It's scary

I think I need to explain the danish concept "christmas lunch":
First of all, its mostly at night, so it has nothing to do with lunch, but the name seem to stuck... Second of all, the rules are extreemly simple. You eat and drink until you can't take it anymore and go home...
Now if you look at the picture, you see an example of two people who have focused more on the drinking than the eating part!!!

The map of proof

After looking at Ronald Reagans map of the world, I found out the strangemaps also had a map of "a part of Denmark" - no this is not all of it...but to be honest - its actually only Copenhagen you can't see...
The funny part of this, showes the parts of Germany that use to be part of Denmark, and here is the proof - WE SUCK IN WAR...

Friends sick of Lego's as well

I'm not the only person who felt the need to see London over new years. Because of my experience with too much Diet Coke, I thought it would be a good idea to bring a nurse, just in case!!!
Now, the mermaid and the nurse alone in London, is a good idea, if you think watching paint dry is funny, so we decided to bring a fashion policeman/guide/guy to keep us out of trouble!!!
December 30th all three of us will be there...

To be continued...

Sick of Lego's

Another random thought:

If everything goes well I will pass my first semester in January. But I'm not the kind of person, who would spent the entire Christmas-brake studying...
So, woman of action, booked a flight to spent her new years in London - because why not...
The only reason why I shouldnt no it, is money, and think of it -> You have your whole life to make money to decrease the poor financiel situation you've put yourself in -> in other words, to earn all the money you've spent at the bar... Sad - in a way....

MySpace vs. Facebook

Alright people... Here is some random thourghts...

Apparently you NEED to own either or Myspace or a Facebook account - if not - do not plan to ever talk to your overseas-friends ever again!!!

I have owned a myspace account since summer 06 - opinion:
- People use way too much time decorating their myspace - seriously!!!

Now, I have only owned a Facebook account since november 06 and I have already more "friends" in my database!
Reason: I dont have a clue, but I guess it means that more people have Facebook

Now, as a coming teacher here are the grades:
Myspace - 7
Facebook - 8
An actual phonecall or a personal e-mail - 10 (winner)

24 and owner of a blog

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