Hello Everybody

Hi,

Well, I´ve decided to start another blog, here in Uppsala, Sweden. It will surely not be nearly as interesting as my blog about Japan, but hopefully I will have something to write about. At least I´ll try and upload some photos.

As you might have noticed, I´ll be writing again in english. This is mainly because I find english a much more interesting language than swedish; it has a lot more depth and fluidity for example. But also because almost all the information I access is in english; in movies I use english subtitles (and Gods forbid synchronized dubbing. After the age of three, any non-english speaking individual should see the proper version of any movie, perhaps with subtitles), and almost everything I read is in english. So therefore it isn´t so odd that I´ve decided to write this way, and just so you all know, I would never even pretend my english to be perfect: I´m sure there´s a few gramatical errors here and there, but hey, it ain´t my maternal language.

Anyhoo, this first post hasn´t exactly been a joyous blast of interesting anecdotes and pictures, but I´ll get to that. I mean, I have to explain the reason for putting another blog on the ever expanding Internet. Well, a big reason is because I thought it was so fun to do in Japan, so that inspired me to continue. It´s also a way for my friends and family to keep up with my life.
Also because I think it´s good for me to practice a language I always hear, but seldom speak or write. So if this blog actually gets any readers, please correct me if I write something wrong (if it´s not an obvious typo).

Well, enough meaningless writing. I guess I should explain why I am here in Uppsala, if anyone reading does not know. I am here to acquire a Bachelor`s Degree in Mechanical Engineering; it´s a three-year program at the University of Uppsala. The first period is over, and it went all right I think; I had an exam in math the other day as an end to this first period, and it took 5 hours to do. Not the most pleasant 5 hours of my life, but it wasn´t so bad.
There are about 50 people in my class by the way, which is a lot. Quite impossible to learn the names of everyone actually. And the boy/girl ratio is kind of.. well, not too fun. Three girls in total, and something like 46-47 dudes. Well, at least there aren´t any idiotic people in my class (which is something of a miracle, really).

So, now you know the reasons for this little pile of zeros and ones. The forthcoming posts won´t contain as much "useless" jibber-jabber, because I´ve decided that this will definitely not be one of those blogs that describe every useless little aspect of someone´s boring life (i.e. "Got up at 9:30. Ate some breakfast. Let out the cat, followed by some TV for three hours. I watched, in order, ... etc.). Although, I must admit that Kevin Smith`s My Boring-Ass Life is precisely that, and it´s still hilarious. But that could have someting to do with his choice of career, of course.. When I have his life, I too, will write like that. Maybe.

Well, I think it´s time to wrap this baby up. I will save the pictures for next post, as I want to keep the first post separate from any "events". All I will say is that the picture on the top of the blog is the view from the roof of my building. The castle in the picture is, surprisingly enough, a castle. I don´t know if it has a more proper name than "Uppsala Castle", but that´s what it´s called by the locals at least.
Oh, and the picture might change in the future.. Pure Magic.

Enough from me, I hope you´ll read this, and find it interesting.
Peace be with you and praise the turtles.

/ Christoffer