B300 Corridor Pipool!

Greetings from our beautiful Växjö!!!

2006-08-12T09:30:00.000-07:00

Hi you guys!!!

Yes, I AM still alive, haha. Sorry that it took me so ridiculously long to finally post something again, but better late than never, right?

I am enjoying the outstanding summer here in Växjö - okay okay, right now it is raining, but is has been really nice. Besides that I'm still doing my internship and struggeling with my lovely bachelorthesis. But I try to enjoy my last weeks in Sweden anyway - you know me ;-)

Actually I have been rather homesick this semester, especially now with everyone back in their home countries - besides Rüdi, who I still hang out with a lot. But now that it is soon time to go home (I will go by the end of August/beginning of September) I start to feel a bit sad that it will soon be over - now even for me. That's the reason why I started spending much time walking around with my camera, taking pictures of everything I became so acquainted with and grew fond of.

So I thought it would be fun to share some of those pictures with you. Maybe they will bring back some memories. Until we will make new memories together in Prague ;-)

I only started with pictures of the church and the lake, but I promise some more ;-)

I am thinking a lot about all of you these days, and I wish we could all have enjoyed this summer together. But I am happy that we had the chance to spend the time together in Seminarievägen - and I am happy that we have this lovely little blog (that I am finally using again, haha!)

So puss och kram from Växjö!

Anett

News from Portugal ;)

2006-07-10T12:36:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends :)
i hope everything is ok with all :)
sorry i didn't write here before but i forgot the password...hehe
now i will put some pictures of me :D and my friends during a beach handball tournment in my hometown:) enjoy it ;)

me after making a goal :D

now a picture of my team after Portugal won the game against england :D

and now my birthday party ;)

(me with two best friends!!)

(me with my parents and sister :D)

it's everything for today :D

we need to discuss our trip to Prague so lets agree a day to talk!! what about tomorrow at 12 p.m. (portuguese time) ??

beijos from Portugal!!

miss you all so much!!

Inês :)

random news from the Midwest!

2006-06-27T19:49:00.000-07:00

Hello friends! Isn't summer wonderful? Everything is green, the birds are singing, and David is going crazy (and Magda has a mutation?!).

I have some pictures also, this past weekend I went to Custer, Wisconsin (population 500) and attended a Sustainable Energy fair (where the population of Custer tripled in size). We talked about all the different ways to save energy and such, and here are some pictures from it...

this is me in front of a biodiesel bus, it runs on the fat from McDonalds!

All of a sudden it began to rain very very hard, and all of us were pushed into a huge barn until the severe weather passed. These are the puddles, and behind them are cows and horses.

These are the signs for the trash and recycling and all that.

Finally, for a wonderful photo of moi, here I am demonstrating my model for a class. Look at it first, and then I will explain it to you.

This model was for my Teaching English as a Foreign Language class. It is a tan version of me, and I was trying to demonstrate how learning a language is a lot like tanning--there are a lot of methods, a lot of obstacles, and a person can get burned out. And I got an A on it. YAY!

I hope things are going well for everyone, I keep thinking of the day when we are all in Prague and enjoying our time together.

take care,
Hannah

What's going on!!!

2006-06-27T04:50:00.000-07:00

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepa !!!

Here we are again, in the middle of nowhere, where is NOWHERE?? Come on!!!! Our lovely and exciting city of Växjö!!!!!

I can see that people are quite busy and don't pay to much attention to our blog. People need to add a new post every week, otherwhise they will be nominated by me and they will not add new post if I am pissed off with them. jejej.

Everybody is asking what the fxxx happen here? (the xxx are because if I said the word completed Magda kick me :_( , don't tell her because she doesn't like went I said bad words in English, jiji).

I am lost again, where was I? wwwwwwwoooowwwwwww!!! yes, now i remember, let's continue. :D

We have been doing some activities with Rüdi, Magda and Anett but... someone else should be included, shouldn't be????? MEEEEEEEEEE!!!! OOOOhhh my GOD !!! Almost I forget myself!! (I am sorry guys, I am getting crazy :P).

We have some pictures to share with everybody and let's explain them. Yeeeeeeeeepa!!!

We have Magda that has been growing up for a kind of mutation. jeje

We have Rudi really busy during the office hours, he is really busy but he was cheating for the picture. jeje

What else do we have? MMMMmmmmm... As you know I was doing aikido so here a picture with me training really hard!!!

As everybody knows I am a little child and I need help when I need to eat so my mum is not with me in Sweden and Anett needs to take care of that. :D

Magda is eating too, and Rudi.... where is Rudi??? Rudiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!

And the last my friends, it is a little list of the members that were living in B300.

Don't forget that I'll always love you. :-)

David Ruiz de Azua (the crazy Spanish guy, mmmmm. I am not crazy!! jiji ).

message 2 :)

2006-06-06T04:00:00.000-07:00

Aaah..it's working...great!
Explanation of the pictures:
- Teun and Marjon :);
- Reichstag;
- Berliner Dom;
- bathroom of our hotel;
- Deutsche Wurst :).

Berlin!

2006-06-06T03:38:00.001-07:00

Hey Pipool!

Here my first blog-message :). I am quite bad with computers so I hope it will be on our blog today.
First of all I would like to say that I am really looking forward to go to Prague together! It will be fantastic to meet again and to celebrate Newyears Eve!
Further I will show you some pictures of my trip to Berlin (together with Teun). We have been there for four days and it was amazing!

See you soon, pipool!

Kiss Marjon

HAPPY SUMMER!

2006-05-30T10:31:00.000-07:00

Greetings all!

First of all, Marjon, Happy Birthday! I hope that you had a fantastic time.

Secondly, good luck everyone on finishing papers, theses, and a semester. I can't imagine how hard it is right now for people in Vaxjo to be saying goodbye to each other, but luckily you don't need to say goodbye for a few more weeks AND it won't be goodbye.

I'm done with my finals and am relaxing in my parents' new home in Madison. They moved 4 houses down the street, and switched houses with their good friends. My parents needed a smaller place, and their friends needed a larger place for their kids. I'll be going back to Eau Claire for the summer to work, and then Nick gets back in late July so I hope to spend some time camping and hanging around with him.

I was wondering about PRAGUE...I've been looking at hostels for New years there, and they are filling up quite fast. Could we perhaps talk sometime soon via skype or MSN about it all? Nick and I are hopefully going to be buying tickets soon, so it would be nice to make sure that we're all on the same page...

I miss you all SO much. It's strange, sometimes I dream that I'm walking with you all on the streets of Vaxjo, stopping at the bakery or at ICA or walking by the lake. Enjoy the nice weather, take care.
--Hannah

New appartment and a weekend in Heidelberg!

2006-04-13T04:55:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I've been to Heidelberg to organise my appartment. It is great! I can't wait to move in in June;)
Here are some pics from my visit.

Here some friends, who are studying in Heidelberg as well.
Eating Maultaschen with salad...hmmmm...and drinking wine for lunch;)

Tina and Ilka

Jenny

José (Jennys boyfriend) and Felix from Chile

Jenny and I eating ice cream on a sunny saturday;)

And this is my little kitchen/hall, where I'm gonna have nice evenings with my friends.
And I will enough space for visitors;)

This is my room with a balcony:) Will be nice in the summer;)

China!

2006-04-05T12:31:00.000-07:00

Hello all! Here are some pictures for you, but you MUST put some of yours up ok?! Take care all, and good luck with all your classes.

The crazy world travellers!

Where the Great Wall meets the sea.

in the old part of Shanhaiguan where everything is being torn down.

This is called the Center of the Universe, it's in the Temple of Heaven. It is at this spot where your voice is supposed to be the most clear, and this man was sending text messages from it. :)

Probably my favorite part of the Forbidden City, this temple was in this huge garden which was SO refreshing to see after a lot of cement and dirt.

Nick and me in the Forbidden City. :)

The Forbidden City at night!

Pictures from my birthday!

2006-04-05T12:06:00.001-07:00

Sisters!

These are all my roomies, Sean, Tenzin, Pheng, Alex, and Tyty on the bottom (the boys enjoy groping each other) and Jenn and Kim with me on top!

My cake!

These are some more of my friends with the CRAZY partay in the background. :)

These are a few of my roomies--Russ (Jenn's boyfriend, not a roommate), Jenn, Kim, and Tyler (we call him Tyty)

This is Emily and myself all wrapped up so that we won't freeze. That weekend it was below -30!

I won't forget these days!!!

2006-04-05T12:06:00.000-07:00

Wow, this movie is amazing and it reminds me of this wonderful time we had together. It was so great and unique.
Thank you so much, Ines.
I miss you guys on this corridor. It's not the same great corridor without you.

Puss och kram
Mirja

back from China!

2006-04-03T14:22:00.000-07:00

Hello all!

I made it back from China in one piece, which is excellent. :) It was so great, I will post some pictures from it soon but I have to go to class right now, I just wanted to write quickly and say hi!

love,
Hannah

Hej Dear B300:)

2006-03-23T07:30:00.000-08:00

Hi my friends from B300 :)How are you all?!!
Just today Marjon told me about the blog...that's why i didn't write anything before!!
but now i know...so now i will post a lot of stuff :)
Just wanna say i miss you all a lot!!
What about a skype conference soon??
Beijos e Abraços
Kisses and Hugs

Inês :)

B300 Pipool will meet in Prague!!!

2006-03-21T07:10:00.000-08:00

Hej Guys,

Marjon and I were just talking about a meeting, because it has already been a long time that we haven't seen each other.
What do you think about some nice summerdays in Prague?!?
Do you know already how your plans during the summer look like?
We can't wait till New Years Eve?!?
What do you think about it? Any suggestions for a date?!?

Puss och Kram
Marjon and Mirja

2006-02-19T11:01:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday, Hannah!
Have a great celebration and enjoy your new age which gives you so many new possibilities! It's partytime!!!

Some bubbles - blub blub blub

2006-02-08T07:40:00.000-08:00

Hello everybody,

I hope you are all doing well.

I guess you where wondering where I have been the last weeks, since there was no sign of me. Well, I was pretty much under water (work), and I still am. Anyway I want you all to know that I am still alive and miss you by sending some bubbles... I mean pictures.

This is a picture from our ritual burning of the Xmas tree, and the happy ladies enjoying the "little" flame.

Also two pictures from our last evening at the lake with the ritual burning of our TV-room table.

Enjoy and remember the cold outside and the warmth inside.

Puss och kram, Rudi

PHOTOS!

2006-02-02T22:05:00.000-08:00

Hi you guys! Just some photos...

Orient Kebab!

Homeless.

Magda is SO cool!

On the way to Cafe de Luxe

Girls Night when no one else was back from Christmas...

call?

2006-01-23T06:54:00.000-08:00

Hello all! Marjon and I were just chatting, and we were wondering how 8pm (your time) on Sunday works as a time when we can all talk. Enjoy the snow and cold! Here it's -18 degrees celcius...fun fun!

love,
Hannah

HI!

2006-01-21T08:05:00.000-08:00

Hello hello everyone!!!!

I'm back in Eau Claire, my university town, and just am moving in. It's very strange because I feel that I've done a lot of moving lately...and being homeless...ahh, those crazy times.

I just wanted to say that I'm alive and that I hope to talk to you all! Perhaps a conference call via skype?

Um, also, you all ROCK my world. Yeah. Just wanted to throw that in there. :)

much love from across the Atlantic,
Hannah

PS, I promise that I will post pics soon, all my stuff is all over my room and I can't really concentrate....

snow in vxu

2006-01-21T06:26:00.000-08:00

Hej my dear friends,

As you maybe heard it was snowing yesterday and today. Now we have ~ 20cm of snow. Some places have more some places have less. Why? Because it is windy (wind from Russia). And yes, this wind is f...ing cold. We already have -10, please let me repeat.... -10 degrees. Together with the wind this weather makes it nearly impossible to go outside. Either you are blown away (yes, the wind is veryveryvery strong) or you freeze to death immediately.
But anyway I dared to go outside, I was walking downtown, through a lot of snow. I felt like as if I made an expedition to the South Pole. I went to ICA in order to buy the meat for SCHNITZEL. I am cooking for Daveed tonight. He is already very excited... ;-)

On my long trip I took several pictures from the lake...

*enjoyenjoy*

SEE YOU SOON
*m*agdalena

Just to say hello

2006-01-21T04:19:00.000-08:00

Hej pipool,

it's time for me to write something on our nice blog.
I still have a strange feeling living in OUR corridor with new people. It isn't the same like it was before.
I miss our movienights, eating kebab and other stuff...Yeah, we had a lot of fun here.
So, I just want to tell you that we really had a great time here and it was a very nice corridor.

So, next time more...my books are waiting.

Mirja

IKEA makes you feel at home

2006-01-19T02:43:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I went to Ikea. And I felt at home (in Växjö) immediately. Because I met an old friend. Her name is Inês and she comes from Portugal. Okay, her phyiscal appearance had changed a bit. But you could hug her as usual.

No seriously. I was there at Ikea and I saw this pillow called Inez. I guess it is true, when people say: your friends are always with you!

I just wanted to share that little experience with you. Talk to you soon.

Anett

Latest news in Växjö

2006-01-18T03:29:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,

I am here in my office working (more or less) but during the last week before Hannah and Anett left, an strange event happened.

Our journalist, David Ruiz de Azua, is informing about the appearence of a mumie in B300 Corridor. As we can see in the picture the evidence of such event.

"I know that many people think that it is a fake that picture, but I saw this incredible event with my own eyes" these are word from David Ruiz de Azua.

Actually he confirms that he is really scared when he is going at home because he doesn't know if the mumie wants to attack him or other corridor members.

That is all for today, but our journalist will give more news in the future.

David Ruiz de Azua. [^__^]

Pipooooooool!

2006-01-18T03:00:00.000-08:00

Hey hey my dear corridor friends!

Wow...Our own blog, it is fantastic! How is everybody doing? I am thinking of you everyday and miss the whole corridor life, really.

Sorry for not being connected with Skype last Saturday: I was not home and everything (my headset etc.) was not working here, but now it is....So hope to hear you soon, pipoool!

Hannah, Anett, Ines, how where your trips home? And all the people left in Växjö: 'how is the new corridor and everything over there?'

Here, everything is okay! I am spending my days with visiting friends, having dinners, playing tennis, and tonight I will go to the movie with Teun: 'Rumor has it'.

Hope to see/hear you all soon, I am really happy that I spend my time with you the last five months.

With love,

Marjon.

Back in Germany

2006-01-16T10:43:00.000-08:00

Hey you crazy pipool,

I just wanted to say Hi to you all. I got back to Germany yesterday, but you are all with me!
My trip was very good - besides the fact that I had to leave Hannah in Copenhagen. After having breakfast in Copenhagen, we went to a beach in Denmark to search for shells. And in the afternoon we went for a walk in Hamburg (as you can see on the picture). My brother really knows how to make a road trip interesting.
Now I am back here in Dresden and wherever I go (shopping, for example), I see things that remind me of someone of you and that I would love to buy and send to you. So watch out for packages from Germany!!!!

See you guys on Skype or MSN.

I have to get ready for a party now. See, nothing has changed.

I love you guys soooo much.

Anett

Hello all!

2006-01-14T17:35:00.000-08:00

Hi! Anett and Hannah here, about 2 hours before we leave our dear Seminarie. We created this blog so that we can all stay in contact with each other. Please post stories, pictures, updates, everything! Take care, and please don't go over the line. :)