Monthly Archives: November 2017

Next Sunday is 1:a advent. I have spent the whole day to realise that it is christmas so it won´t be a surprise for me. December is a month full of joy and I like to relax and be prepared. I started a little with decoration today and also to think of gifts for christmas eve. It was a long time ago, but I will go to church with my mother next Sunday to listen to the choir where my father sings. Sometimes he sings solo.

Today, I also got to think of last christmas when I visited my friends in Vietnam and Sri Lanka. It was such a beautiful voyage and it will really be a memory for life. I miss my friends.

The titel today “translational communication” is chosen because I will see my mentor Professor Jörgen Engel this week. I am a member of “Svensk förening för beroendemedicin” and I am very happy that I can be a member. Since I have spent almost 8 years of my life entirely to neuroscience research it will always be a dear subject.

Nowdays, I write and dedicate a lot of my time to languages. I read and write. The more I read, the more I know that I don´t know.

It is soon December and it is cold and dark. Hot chocolate is my favourite right now. In a way it is cosy. Makes me spend more time reading the newspaper in the mornings. What strikes me now is the property market and the “me too” campaigns. The Swedish property market has been augmenting over time during many years now and I am not surprised that it is hampered. It is good that the banks demand amortisation. That is healthy economy.

What makes me worried is the “me too”. All harassments going on. I read it in the newspapers. I watch tv. All they talk about is harassments. Not so nice. What can be done?

Some snow has arrived. I like that, but I think it will melt so no skiing. There is a lot of talk about “black week” and shopping for christmas. I know that time passes so rapidly so soon all christmas decoration will be in place. I am in Stockholm now and I really miss my sweetie. No walks. She makes me happy since she always is in such a good mood.
This was just to write a few words, to stay in touch. Wishing you a pleasant day.

I am off duty for a week. Right now I am in the country side. I see my parents and I write. Difficult combination but I have my room where I can stay for some time. Since my mother has some difficulties with her memory it takes time to help her. But she is my mother and will always be. My father is struggling with how to keep this house warm. I have a solution for him and I will solve this at Christmas. It is cosy to have an open fire, but it is time consuming and also it demands a lot of work. My trubble is to have my parents to realise that they need some advice. Difficult to change habits. But that is the way it is.

Weather is beautiful. I enjoy going for walks with my sweetie, but now there is salt on the roads and that make her have pain in her paws. My sweetie. Need to buy some ointment to put on her paws. I got some good news this morning: the bus will be in service again in December. Wonderful. It was too expensive for Landstinget to have a taxi.

All for now and take care.

Is it in human nature to always compare? Like “the grass is always greener on the other side”. This question deserves an answer. But, I don´t think there will be an answer. At least not a good one. Sweden, the country where I live in, is a very good country. But people here forget this. The social security system covers a lot so nobody can be without elementary equipment. But anyway, people want to have a better life, even though life standard already is at a good level compared to other countries. This is one of the greatest challenges in life. To be happy with what you have, like health and a job.

If you don´t have a job there is social security covering this. Yesterday I read about a suggestion that a form of salary should be provided by the government if you don´t have an employment. I don´t think this is a good long term solution. The government should provide you an employment instead. The question to be answered should be:

How can the government increase the amount of employments? This is more human, I believe. This makes people feel they are part of the society. To not be excluded in the society. But why is it difficult for the government to create new jobs?

In less than a year there is election in Sweden. The party that has the best answer to this question should govern Sweden.

I started to write here a few years ago. At that time, I felt like I had left many friends from different places in the world, so this was a way to stay in touch. To share my thoughts and daily life. I do not know who reads this or how many followers I have but I write anyway. Sometimes I write my reflections on news and change but recently it has not happened much. The Americans are in Asia, and that doesn’t happen often. Huge impact on relations and economy.

A few days ago I met some friends from high school and immediately I got into a high school mood. Years have passed since then. I don´t know why, but I still like to read and write a lot even though school is over.

Another reason why I started to write here was simply to write. To find my own way of writing and to practice and practice. My book that I write is in Swedish but this is fine. The greatest challenge has been to discover that it is difficult to write good Swedish since English is endowed with so many more words. I like languages a lot. Sometimes I can find a word in a foreign language with a history of its own. I learnt that when I was in France.

I have discovered so much when writing my book. About myself and also how to express myself. I got attached to the characters and I miss them. Looking forward to write my second book. That book will probably reflect less of feelings. Feelings are a very difficult subject because they can be misinterpreted. But a book should reflect some emotions to have the reader make own conclusions.

It is Sunday. Very calm and relaxing. As you might have noticed I don´t write here often since I am busy reading and correcting my own writing. To be honest, it is very boring but life is not always fun so I just have to have this work done. Since this takes a lot of time, I only do a few hours of training every week.

This weekend is very unique. When I was little I went to church with my family. The priest announced every name that had passed away and lit a candle for every name. I remember it was a bit scary since it was so cold and dark. Also all candles on the graveyard made that scary feeling even worse. Something similar to Stephen King writing. I am happy that we have introduced some of the original Celtic halloween traditions to Sweden. It makes this weekend less scary, or what do you think?