Hey all,
So yesterday I had my last day at work for the coming two weeks as we are now on vacation =) In Israel its Pesach and in most of Europe Easters is coming so me and Adi took some extra days and made a longer vacation. We are going to Portugal to meet up with some friends from the Seminar on sunday so right now we are packing, making laundry and packing some more. In Portugal the sun i shining and its warm and nice, which is a good change from the last weeks weather here.
On another note apparently the Bieber-fever has reached Israel as well. Last night when I took the train home from work the train was attacked by some 500 12-15 year old girls who had just been to his concert in Tel Aviv. This made the train warm, sweaty and late not the best combination and as we stepped of the the train in Haifa it also started smoking and burning. Something that is not to unusual in Israel the past couple of months as there has been a few train fires and collisions. In Sweden the trains dont run cause its to cold here they dont run because they are to old or its to warm outside....how about inventing a train that is weather resistant? or is that to expensive maybe? but somehow I guess in the end it will serve the better cause as they are safer.
Also the swedish Allsvenska has started and Elfsborg has so far one win and one loss. However they have a pretty rough start against all teams that are thought to be in the top when the series end. Last night the Stanley Cup playoffs also started and Montreal are playing Boston, an original six rivalry =) and it couldn't have gotten a better start 2-0 to the Habs at the Boston Garden! Thats all for now,
Til you read again,
Carl
Friday, 15 April 2011
Monday, 4 April 2011
Time goes fast...
Hi again,
So I realized that I hadn't made an update here in the blog for some time. Its not because nothing has happend more because of the fact that time has gone by pretty fast. I work all week long and come back to Haifa late at night so during the day there mostly no time to write and in the weekend we are busy with other things.
At work nothing is really new, same procedures as always just that some ppl leave and some new ppl come in. Two weeks ago we had a Company Purim party in Tel Aviv that was a lot of fun. For those of you who don't know what Purim is, you can read about it here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim. What this meant for the party is that everyone dressed up in different customs not to much unlike Halloween but not only in scary customs but also nice an fun ones. For the party each department of the company had also made a funny video, ex. a day at the office, lip-syncing to different songs etc. We in the Poker support made a lip-sync video to Lady Gagas Poker Face and won the second prize in the competition =) The party overall was fun and it was nice to see ppl from work outside of work and with a drink in their hand.
On another note me and Adi today got our tickets to go to Portugal during Easter and meet up with some friends from the seminar camp here in Israel in 2009. Its going to be a good 10-day of fun a relaxation. I've never been to Portugal so if anyone has any recommendations your more then welcome to tell me.
For you swedes back home you might be glad to know that I'm coming to Sweden in the end of May early June for my brothers graduation and to visit you all so If you wanna meet up let me know.
Now I gotta get back to work,
Til you read again,
Peace
Carl
So I realized that I hadn't made an update here in the blog for some time. Its not because nothing has happend more because of the fact that time has gone by pretty fast. I work all week long and come back to Haifa late at night so during the day there mostly no time to write and in the weekend we are busy with other things.
At work nothing is really new, same procedures as always just that some ppl leave and some new ppl come in. Two weeks ago we had a Company Purim party in Tel Aviv that was a lot of fun. For those of you who don't know what Purim is, you can read about it here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim. What this meant for the party is that everyone dressed up in different customs not to much unlike Halloween but not only in scary customs but also nice an fun ones. For the party each department of the company had also made a funny video, ex. a day at the office, lip-syncing to different songs etc. We in the Poker support made a lip-sync video to Lady Gagas Poker Face and won the second prize in the competition =) The party overall was fun and it was nice to see ppl from work outside of work and with a drink in their hand.
On another note me and Adi today got our tickets to go to Portugal during Easter and meet up with some friends from the seminar camp here in Israel in 2009. Its going to be a good 10-day of fun a relaxation. I've never been to Portugal so if anyone has any recommendations your more then welcome to tell me.
For you swedes back home you might be glad to know that I'm coming to Sweden in the end of May early June for my brothers graduation and to visit you all so If you wanna meet up let me know.
Now I gotta get back to work,
Til you read again,
Peace
Carl
Saturday, 5 March 2011
1 year anniversary and more...
Hey all,
Its been two weeks sense I last wrote and some things have happend. First of all me and Adi had our 1 year anniversary last friday, we went up north to Metula which close to the border with Lebanon. In Metula there is a special place called the Canada Center which is a building full of fun =) dontaed by the jewish communities in Canada. Inside there is a spa, an ice-hockey rink, bowling lane, swimming pool and much more. We went skating which was alot of fun =) It takes me back to the winters on the lake were I grew up playing hockey and skating all day when the ice wasnt to thin. We also bowled some which I wasn't to good at this time...We also visited the SPA got a nice long massage, some time in the sauna and in the Jacuzzi! After a day of fun we went to the Zimmer which I had booked in Kefar Juval. A Zimmer is basically a sort of a luxurious cabin including nice breakfast.
Its been two weeks sense I last wrote and some things have happend. First of all me and Adi had our 1 year anniversary last friday, we went up north to Metula which close to the border with Lebanon. In Metula there is a special place called the Canada Center which is a building full of fun =) dontaed by the jewish communities in Canada. Inside there is a spa, an ice-hockey rink, bowling lane, swimming pool and much more. We went skating which was alot of fun =) It takes me back to the winters on the lake were I grew up playing hockey and skating all day when the ice wasnt to thin. We also bowled some which I wasn't to good at this time...We also visited the SPA got a nice long massage, some time in the sauna and in the Jacuzzi! After a day of fun we went to the Zimmer which I had booked in Kefar Juval. A Zimmer is basically a sort of a luxurious cabin including nice breakfast.
Random people skating at the rink
Our cabin
Our breakfast
On saturday midday we left the nice cabin to go back to Haifa, we stopped in Rosh Pina to try the best sushi in the north at a restaurant called something like Javier. They had good sushi and it also gave us some ideas for our own sushi making. The working week passed on as usual except for the thing that my new cellphone arrived from the UK via Ebay, so now I'm the proud owner of an ZTE Blade/San Francisco running on Googles Android system. I'm still learning all the things about it and I guess it will take some time but right now I'm very satisfied. At work we also recorded a video for a Purim competition so our Support-team plus another team decided to do a lip-sync video to Lady Gagas Pokerface. A cameraman and crew sowed up and we preformed all over the building and hopefully it will win us a nice price =)
This weekend me and Adi made some sushi as usual as well as playing some xbox. Maybe later we will go to the movies and see one of the Oscar-winning movies or just have a nice calm evening here watching the Big Brother or something else.
Til you read again,
Carl
Saturday, 12 February 2011
Eurosport...
Hey All,
Something that I miss about living in a country without vinter or snow is the show "Vintersudion", a swedish tv-show that shows all the vinter-sports from skiing downhil to biathlon to snowboarding. It usually aires in the morning til noon on saturday and sundays and are the perfect thing to watch when its cold, dark and windy outside. However here in Israel we have Eurosport that sometimes show what I like, but there is no studio or any interviews or such things which is boring. Right now I'm actually watching the Mens Downhil WorldCup race, to bad the swedish guy failed to complete the track.
On another note Mubarak has now left office in Egypt and in Israel the talk is on about what will come next. Because when Mubarak was in office they knew what Egypt was and how it operated, they also had a peace treaty with Mubarak. Many here are afraid that with him out of office the peace-treaty will follow and then Israel has lost another "friend" in the area and the risk of war or confrontation would increase. So who comes into office next is closely followed by the media. What I think is that if the new Egypt government wants to keep good relations with the US they peace-treaty will stay in place, but If the realtons to the US is not so important the peace treaty might go out the window or become reformed. Only the future will tell, however when a dictator leaves office its always a good day! Now lets see how the egyptians handle their new found "freedom".
This weekend we havent done to much, yesterday we stayed in and made sushi and watched some tv-shows. I also fixed my xbox so it works again =) So no frustration anymore. Work is all the same nothing new. Later today we have a CISV-activity and then afterwards probably dinner and a movie.
Til you read again,
Carl
Something that I miss about living in a country without vinter or snow is the show "Vintersudion", a swedish tv-show that shows all the vinter-sports from skiing downhil to biathlon to snowboarding. It usually aires in the morning til noon on saturday and sundays and are the perfect thing to watch when its cold, dark and windy outside. However here in Israel we have Eurosport that sometimes show what I like, but there is no studio or any interviews or such things which is boring. Right now I'm actually watching the Mens Downhil WorldCup race, to bad the swedish guy failed to complete the track.
On another note Mubarak has now left office in Egypt and in Israel the talk is on about what will come next. Because when Mubarak was in office they knew what Egypt was and how it operated, they also had a peace treaty with Mubarak. Many here are afraid that with him out of office the peace-treaty will follow and then Israel has lost another "friend" in the area and the risk of war or confrontation would increase. So who comes into office next is closely followed by the media. What I think is that if the new Egypt government wants to keep good relations with the US they peace-treaty will stay in place, but If the realtons to the US is not so important the peace treaty might go out the window or become reformed. Only the future will tell, however when a dictator leaves office its always a good day! Now lets see how the egyptians handle their new found "freedom".
This weekend we havent done to much, yesterday we stayed in and made sushi and watched some tv-shows. I also fixed my xbox so it works again =) So no frustration anymore. Work is all the same nothing new. Later today we have a CISV-activity and then afterwards probably dinner and a movie.
Til you read again,
Carl
Saturday, 5 February 2011
Swedish things on fire...
Hey all,
So first of the IKEA in Netanya burned down to the ground early this morning. Fortunately no one seems to have been in the building at the time so no huma injuries, however everything that was in the store is now ash. They are however going to rebuild as quickly as possible so that the Israelis van get cheap swedish furniture again.
Today we have been with Danits family at a fish restaurant in Bat Galim close to Haifa. This restaurant catches all their fish on their own with their boat. Then they fry the fish in its all with head, fins etc. unless you ask for a file. So today I ate a Dennis fish that looked like it just jumped out of the sea, it was delicious. Yesterday we didnt do to much as the weather outside looked like a swedish fall-storm not to fun to be outside in.
Work is all good and all the same, getting paid this week thou, wehoo! At work Im also learning some small words of hebrew, italian, french, russian and freshing up my german. The train ride to Tel Aviv are alright as I watch shows on my psp or nap if im tiered.
This weekend I've also tried to fix my XBOX, but so far unsuccessful and frustrating. On another note Elfsborg have been playing in the Atlantic Cup in Portugal in the past week as preseason training, beating Helsingborg, Brönby and drawing with Odense earning them the first spot in the tournament and the right to title them selves Atlantic Champions. Also Montreal have been doing pretty well post the Allstar game with a few wins.
Otherwise the most talk the past week has been about Egypt and whatever is going to happen in the future. Israelis in general are afraid that their peace-treaty with Egypt will go out the window with the new constellation in Egypt and leave them basically friend less in the Middle East. There are alot of interesting articles to read more about it on haaretz.com for anyone who's interested. Til you read again.
Have fun,
Carl
So first of the IKEA in Netanya burned down to the ground early this morning. Fortunately no one seems to have been in the building at the time so no huma injuries, however everything that was in the store is now ash. They are however going to rebuild as quickly as possible so that the Israelis van get cheap swedish furniture again.
Today we have been with Danits family at a fish restaurant in Bat Galim close to Haifa. This restaurant catches all their fish on their own with their boat. Then they fry the fish in its all with head, fins etc. unless you ask for a file. So today I ate a Dennis fish that looked like it just jumped out of the sea, it was delicious. Yesterday we didnt do to much as the weather outside looked like a swedish fall-storm not to fun to be outside in.
Work is all good and all the same, getting paid this week thou, wehoo! At work Im also learning some small words of hebrew, italian, french, russian and freshing up my german. The train ride to Tel Aviv are alright as I watch shows on my psp or nap if im tiered.
This weekend I've also tried to fix my XBOX, but so far unsuccessful and frustrating. On another note Elfsborg have been playing in the Atlantic Cup in Portugal in the past week as preseason training, beating Helsingborg, Brönby and drawing with Odense earning them the first spot in the tournament and the right to title them selves Atlantic Champions. Also Montreal have been doing pretty well post the Allstar game with a few wins.
Otherwise the most talk the past week has been about Egypt and whatever is going to happen in the future. Israelis in general are afraid that their peace-treaty with Egypt will go out the window with the new constellation in Egypt and leave them basically friend less in the Middle East. There are alot of interesting articles to read more about it on haaretz.com for anyone who's interested. Til you read again.
Have fun,
Carl
Friday, 28 January 2011
Waka, Waka!
Hey again,
So its hard to update a blog when you are working 45h a week and travelling some 2h to work every day of the week so the only free time you have is the weekend. Then on the weekend you like to do as much things as possible that you dont have time for in the week plus sleep some extra hours. So the blog falls long down on the list of priorities, unfortunately.
Anyways this past two weeks I've been working hard to earn a nice big paycheck at the end of the month so not to much fun to write about. Last weekend me and Adi celebrated 11 months together, which also means that give and take I've been in Israel for 11 months. Time really goes fast. It also means that in some weeks I've been here for almost a year, yet it feels like 2 months or forever. I recognize buss drivers, ppl riding the same buss as me, the train conductors, the ppl who own the restaurants I eat lunch at at work and they all seem to recognize me, not to strange thou as I'm on of the few blond/red haired persons around. Last weekend we also went to a nice Pub outside of Haifa that had a big rectangular bar with many different beers and liquors. I found a beer that looked interesting by name and bought it. It turned out to be made by cherry and as we all know me and cherrys havent always been friends, I was allergic to them as a kid. So I thought that now I was over it but it turned out my stomach was not and I felt not so good for the rest of the evening as the beer wanted to come back out the way it came in. Otherwise a fun night.
This weekend we have so far made Sushi and helped Shai move the last of his and Danit things out of their apartment in the house so that now Guy can start moving in their and when he is done moving we can move in to his old apartment in the house. The new apartment that we will live in has a kitchen/general area, a bathroom and a bedroom. It almost twice the size of what we live on now so it will be very nice. Later today we are going out to meet Noam and one of her army friends in a bar somewhere in the Carmel and this time no cherry beer for me!
Also during the easter/pessach vacations in April me and Adi are going to Portugal for 10 days to meet our old friends from the Seminar Camp and have loads of fun. I've never been to Portugal but it looks like fun.
Til you read again,
Carl
So its hard to update a blog when you are working 45h a week and travelling some 2h to work every day of the week so the only free time you have is the weekend. Then on the weekend you like to do as much things as possible that you dont have time for in the week plus sleep some extra hours. So the blog falls long down on the list of priorities, unfortunately.
Anyways this past two weeks I've been working hard to earn a nice big paycheck at the end of the month so not to much fun to write about. Last weekend me and Adi celebrated 11 months together, which also means that give and take I've been in Israel for 11 months. Time really goes fast. It also means that in some weeks I've been here for almost a year, yet it feels like 2 months or forever. I recognize buss drivers, ppl riding the same buss as me, the train conductors, the ppl who own the restaurants I eat lunch at at work and they all seem to recognize me, not to strange thou as I'm on of the few blond/red haired persons around. Last weekend we also went to a nice Pub outside of Haifa that had a big rectangular bar with many different beers and liquors. I found a beer that looked interesting by name and bought it. It turned out to be made by cherry and as we all know me and cherrys havent always been friends, I was allergic to them as a kid. So I thought that now I was over it but it turned out my stomach was not and I felt not so good for the rest of the evening as the beer wanted to come back out the way it came in. Otherwise a fun night.
This weekend we have so far made Sushi and helped Shai move the last of his and Danit things out of their apartment in the house so that now Guy can start moving in their and when he is done moving we can move in to his old apartment in the house. The new apartment that we will live in has a kitchen/general area, a bathroom and a bedroom. It almost twice the size of what we live on now so it will be very nice. Later today we are going out to meet Noam and one of her army friends in a bar somewhere in the Carmel and this time no cherry beer for me!
Also during the easter/pessach vacations in April me and Adi are going to Portugal for 10 days to meet our old friends from the Seminar Camp and have loads of fun. I've never been to Portugal but it looks like fun.
Til you read again,
Carl
Friday, 14 January 2011
The blog returns...
Hi again,
So the past month quiet a few things have happend. To start of I'm now working fulltime in Tel Aviv as Swedish Support for online gaming. Not really what I'm trained for but so far its been all good, and getting payed is never wrong. It take the train back and forth to Tel Aviv everyday something that would have been less fun unless I remembered that I owned a PSP, a tiny computer/gaming device that you can watch movies and tv-shows as well as surf the net and play games.
This past 10 days my family has also been visiting us and Israel. It's been really nice to see and talk to everyone again, skype is good but not the same thing at all. We saw many different things like the Bahai Gardens, Yichron-Jakov, The Rotschld Museum etc. as well as having dinner here in the house with all of the family and dinner out with some fewer ppl. I also took my borther and sister to some of the pubs here in Haifa. We also met up with Omri the guy from my CISV-interchange in -99, which was really a lot of fun.
Christmas, Hannuka and New Years also passed sense i last wrote and lets just said one thing, there was no snow. However we saw fireworks and had a nice dinner on New Years eve. On Hannukkah which is celebrated over 8 days in early december we had some nice dinners and meet many ppl from different sides of the family. On christmas eve I watched "Karl Bertil Jonssons Jul" on youtube for those of you who are not swedish, this show is a cartoon that is played on tv every christmas eve and most Swedes watch it. It about a 14-year old guy named Karl-Bertil and his idea of bring christmas to the poor. The cartoon is set in the 1940ties in Stockholm and its really nice. It has an english translation on youtube so go looking for it!
Today me and Adi have made sushi and rested from a hard week. Tomorrow we are going out shopping for some fun stuff and maybe a visit to a restaurant or the movies. The blog will be updated more in the future I promise.
Til you read again,
Love,
Carl
So the past month quiet a few things have happend. To start of I'm now working fulltime in Tel Aviv as Swedish Support for online gaming. Not really what I'm trained for but so far its been all good, and getting payed is never wrong. It take the train back and forth to Tel Aviv everyday something that would have been less fun unless I remembered that I owned a PSP, a tiny computer/gaming device that you can watch movies and tv-shows as well as surf the net and play games.
This past 10 days my family has also been visiting us and Israel. It's been really nice to see and talk to everyone again, skype is good but not the same thing at all. We saw many different things like the Bahai Gardens, Yichron-Jakov, The Rotschld Museum etc. as well as having dinner here in the house with all of the family and dinner out with some fewer ppl. I also took my borther and sister to some of the pubs here in Haifa. We also met up with Omri the guy from my CISV-interchange in -99, which was really a lot of fun.
Christmas, Hannuka and New Years also passed sense i last wrote and lets just said one thing, there was no snow. However we saw fireworks and had a nice dinner on New Years eve. On Hannukkah which is celebrated over 8 days in early december we had some nice dinners and meet many ppl from different sides of the family. On christmas eve I watched "Karl Bertil Jonssons Jul" on youtube for those of you who are not swedish, this show is a cartoon that is played on tv every christmas eve and most Swedes watch it. It about a 14-year old guy named Karl-Bertil and his idea of bring christmas to the poor. The cartoon is set in the 1940ties in Stockholm and its really nice. It has an english translation on youtube so go looking for it!
Today me and Adi have made sushi and rested from a hard week. Tomorrow we are going out shopping for some fun stuff and maybe a visit to a restaurant or the movies. The blog will be updated more in the future I promise.
Til you read again,
Love,
Carl
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