Ok, Norwegian tutorial time!
Anyway, if you think Norsk is an easy language, think again. I´ve been living here for 3 and a half years and although I feel comfortable speaking the language, I find myself baffled sometimes with the new words or expressions I encounter. :) Anyway, learning is a life long process. So deal with it. :)
Here are some expressions/ words:
1. Tørr bak i øret - yeah, if you see the translation, word for word, below, it´s easy to interpret it as it is, that is literally. But to be ¨tørr bak i øret¨ simply means being old. (person)
tørr- dry
bak - behind, back
i - in
øret - the ear
2. holde i sjakk, for example, holde det i sjakk - Again, it does´t make any sense? Hold it in chess? haha but on a serious note, to "holde i sjakk" means to keep (something) under control.
holde - hold, keep
det - it
i - in
sjakk - chess
3. svart i øye - this one is easy! it´s a black eye! yeah, it can be...however, this expression is fun to use figuratively. :) Whenever someone says he or she is "start i øyet¨, it means that that person so immensely irritated or enraged to the point that you can "see" or read it in his/her eyes the anger cooking inside them.
svart - black
i - in
øyet - the eye
Anyway, I hope you guys learned something here. :)
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
You know you have been in Norway too long when…
1.You associate warm rice porridge with Saturday and xmas eve.
2. It seems sensible that the age limit at night clubs is 23 or 25.
3.You think there are no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.
4.It seems nice to spend a week in a small wooden cottage up in the mountains, with no running water and no electricity.
5.You think cross-country skiing is the only *real* skiing.
6.You know at least five different words describing different kinds of snow.
7.The first thing you do on entering a bank/post office/pharmacy etc. is look for the queue number machine.
8.You accept that you will have to queue to take a queue number.
9.A sharp intake of breath has become part of your active vocabulary.
10.You associate Friday afternoon with a trip to Vinmonopolet (State wine monopoly).
11.You think nothing of paying 50NOK for a bottle of ‘cheap’ spirits at Vinmonopolet.
12.Your native language has seriously deteriorated; you “eat medicine” and “go and lay yourself”.
13.You rummage through your plastic bottles collection to see which ones you should keep to take to the store and which can be sacrificed to the recycle center.
14.It’s acceptable to eat lunch at 11.00 and dinner at 15.00.
15.Your front door step is beginning to resemble a shoe shop.
16.When a stranger on the street smiles at you, you assume that:
–he is drunk;
–he is insane;
–he is American;
–he is all of the above.
17. The reason you take the ferry to Denmark is:
–duty free vodka
–duty free beer
–to party
–The only reason for getting of the boat in Copenhagen is to eat pizza.
18.It no longer seems excessive to spend 500NOK on alcohol in a single night.
19.Your old habit of being “fashionably late” is no longer acceptable.
20.You know that “religious holiday” means “let’s get pissed”.
21.You enjoy the taste of lutefisk.
22.An outside temperature of 9 degrees Celsius is mild (in mid June).
23.You wear sandals with socks.
24.You like to wrap your hotdog in a cold pancake.
25.You can prepare fish in five different ways without cooking it.
26.You can’t stand leaving the country because people everywhere else are so nice, it’s annoying.
27.You look away when you walk by people on the street.
28 You invite people for dinner and expect them to bring their own drinks
29.You have bad conscience if you’re not outside when it’s sunny
30. It’s snowing and freezing outside and you’re still eating ice cream
31. You’re comfortable eating fish only salted and boiled in water….and you use melted butter as your sauce
32. You have wool socks in your purse (for emergency)
33. Going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark (again) is just a normal day for you
34. You say ” Rise and Shine, Good morning stars and moon!” at 730 in the morning.
35. You don’t trust the water from the tap in other countries because you believe that the cleanest and the best is only from Norway
36. You have invested in one expensive “Bergans” winter jacket.
CARE TO ADD MORE?
NOTE: This is a repost from http://mynewlifeinnorway.com/post/12324228212/you-know-you-have-been-in-norway-too-long-when
2. It seems sensible that the age limit at night clubs is 23 or 25.
3.You think there are no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.
4.It seems nice to spend a week in a small wooden cottage up in the mountains, with no running water and no electricity.
5.You think cross-country skiing is the only *real* skiing.
6.You know at least five different words describing different kinds of snow.
7.The first thing you do on entering a bank/post office/pharmacy etc. is look for the queue number machine.
8.You accept that you will have to queue to take a queue number.
9.A sharp intake of breath has become part of your active vocabulary.
10.You associate Friday afternoon with a trip to Vinmonopolet (State wine monopoly).
11.You think nothing of paying 50NOK for a bottle of ‘cheap’ spirits at Vinmonopolet.
12.Your native language has seriously deteriorated; you “eat medicine” and “go and lay yourself”.
13.You rummage through your plastic bottles collection to see which ones you should keep to take to the store and which can be sacrificed to the recycle center.
14.It’s acceptable to eat lunch at 11.00 and dinner at 15.00.
15.Your front door step is beginning to resemble a shoe shop.
16.When a stranger on the street smiles at you, you assume that:
–he is drunk;
–he is insane;
–he is American;
–he is all of the above.
17. The reason you take the ferry to Denmark is:
–duty free vodka
–duty free beer
–to party
–The only reason for getting of the boat in Copenhagen is to eat pizza.
18.It no longer seems excessive to spend 500NOK on alcohol in a single night.
19.Your old habit of being “fashionably late” is no longer acceptable.
20.You know that “religious holiday” means “let’s get pissed”.
21.You enjoy the taste of lutefisk.
22.An outside temperature of 9 degrees Celsius is mild (in mid June).
23.You wear sandals with socks.
24.You like to wrap your hotdog in a cold pancake.
25.You can prepare fish in five different ways without cooking it.
26.You can’t stand leaving the country because people everywhere else are so nice, it’s annoying.
27.You look away when you walk by people on the street.
28 You invite people for dinner and expect them to bring their own drinks
29.You have bad conscience if you’re not outside when it’s sunny
30. It’s snowing and freezing outside and you’re still eating ice cream
31. You’re comfortable eating fish only salted and boiled in water….and you use melted butter as your sauce
32. You have wool socks in your purse (for emergency)
33. Going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark (again) is just a normal day for you
34. You say ” Rise and Shine, Good morning stars and moon!” at 730 in the morning.
35. You don’t trust the water from the tap in other countries because you believe that the cleanest and the best is only from Norway
36. You have invested in one expensive “Bergans” winter jacket.
CARE TO ADD MORE?
NOTE: This is a repost from http://mynewlifeinnorway.com/post/12324228212/you-know-you-have-been-in-norway-too-long-when
Friday, November 11, 2011
Mild Autumn weather
My past 2 autumn experience here had been quite a shock to me. 2009, my first autumn. I wasn't used to cold then, coming from a tropical country were the only coldest place I've ever been (Baguio) was nothing compared to what I was about to face. Imagine me wrapped like a suman (Filipino delicacy, steamed sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves). You can even mistake me for a taliban woman. I had my mouth and nose covered with wooly scarf and a bulky bonnet on top of that. I have 4 layers of clothes on my back and 3 layers of socks to withstand the cold. The temperature was dwindling from 4C to -2C in just a matter of hours. I had to wake around 4am to catch the train to go to work. And talk about how hard it is to get up from bed when it's so cold yet you are lying under a comforter, warm and cozy. That's just a small bit of the battle against cold weather.
2010, this was the coldest autumn ever recorded in Norwegian history for the last 90 years or so. The smug look of my face disappeared as snow first fall in October and the temperature was averaging -15C in november! I thought I got it... having stayed here for over a year, I had this delusion of grandeur that I'd escape that sensation where cold seems to penetrate through your bones. I was wrong. Big time! Snow first fell earlier than anticipated and boy! Our dear snow was so adamant to just melt away that we had snow from October until April the following year.I'll never forget fall/ winter of 2010 because besides it was the baddest and coldest I've ever experienced so far, it was at this time when I bought my own place...For me , it was a strand of summer sunlight among the gray clouds and gloomy autumn weather.
This year, it's the opposite. The climate had been nicer to us. When it's suppose to be 1- 3C now mid November, temperature's still reaching 7 to 8C mid day. Although it can drop as much as 2 or 3C early in the mornings, I am still happy because, I can still go out with a layer of socks and pants and 2 layers of top and a jacket. I don't need to wear hats, bonnets, scarf or gloves all the time yet. :)
2010, this was the coldest autumn ever recorded in Norwegian history for the last 90 years or so. The smug look of my face disappeared as snow first fall in October and the temperature was averaging -15C in november! I thought I got it... having stayed here for over a year, I had this delusion of grandeur that I'd escape that sensation where cold seems to penetrate through your bones. I was wrong. Big time! Snow first fell earlier than anticipated and boy! Our dear snow was so adamant to just melt away that we had snow from October until April the following year.I'll never forget fall/ winter of 2010 because besides it was the baddest and coldest I've ever experienced so far, it was at this time when I bought my own place...For me , it was a strand of summer sunlight among the gray clouds and gloomy autumn weather.
This year, it's the opposite. The climate had been nicer to us. When it's suppose to be 1- 3C now mid November, temperature's still reaching 7 to 8C mid day. Although it can drop as much as 2 or 3C early in the mornings, I am still happy because, I can still go out with a layer of socks and pants and 2 layers of top and a jacket. I don't need to wear hats, bonnets, scarf or gloves all the time yet. :)
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Spotlight
It is not so surpirsing that some people will do anything to grab everybody's attention, however annoying, stupid, fascinating or disgusting the means are. I don't bother myself thinking about being in the top or being the talk of the town, because, honestly, it didn't matter to me. My life is my own doing and it is how I want it to be. In the eyes of many, they have different perceptions of you. And it is that difference that makes it so easy to say, "I am me. Love me or hate me" and get away with a booboo. Nobody's perfect. Don't you just love that?
Sunday, September 4, 2011
WORKING IN NORWAY - INFORMATION
The past couple of weeks, I have been on constant thought about how much people will go in order for them to grab an opportunity and see where chance can lead them to.
There had been a couple of readers who sent me PMs asking how to apply working here in Norway. I think it's great there are those who take interest and time on sending me emails/PM's and in return, I try my best to reply and shed light on their inquiries.
DISCLAIMER: I am not related to any government office/ agency or institute related to immigration and working niether in Norway and Philippines. I am just a humble "norsk sykepleier" (Norwegian R.N.) who wishes to help and share the steps I did back then.
NOTE: YOU CAN APPLY BY YOURSELF.
1. APPLY FOR AN "AUTORISASJON" (license) at SAFH.
SAFH (Statens Autorisasjonskontor for Helsepersonell) - SAFH is the Norwegian Registration Authority for Health Personnel, which responsible for granting the professional authorisation which is required for practising the applicants' profession within the legally regulated health personnel categories. Authorisation represents full and permanent approval, while licences impose one or more limitations with respect to duration, independent or supervised practise, etc.
You can apply as AUXILLARY NURSE ( more like of an LVN) or as GENERAL NURSE. Go to the www.safh.no and click Professions.
Download "Authorization and License Form" and "Guidelines", found under Forms tab. Send all necessary documents back to SAFH.
***************'Processing of applications for authorisation or licence (As written on the webiste, under PROCESSING)
The steps in processing of applications are normally as follows:
1. Registration of the application by the Archives/Registry
2. Dispatch to applicant of the invoice (giro) in connection with payment of the prescribed application fee
The applicant pays the application fee. (Note that unless the fee has been paid within four months of dispatch of the invoice, the application will be deemed to have lapsed.)
3. Processing by the Processing Team for the relevant professional category commences.
Should the processing take more than one month after the application fee has been paid, the Norwegian Registration Authority for Health Personnel (SAFH) will make a provisional response indicating the length of time the processing is expected to take.
4. Should the application be insufficiently documented, SAFH will send a letter requesting that deficiencies be rectified. This usually applies to missing attachments, or the absence or unacceptability of attestation of attachments, often accompanying the letter containing a provisional response.
5. When all the necessary documentation in support of the application has been received, assessment is made as to whether the conditions for authorisation/licence have been met.
6. If necessary, the application is sent to an external professional/technical adviser (usually at a university/college). This may apply particularly to applicants from outside the EEC.
7. A draft letter of decision will be drawn up and assessed by the Processing Team, and a decision is made.
The authorisation/licence, or possible notice of rejection of the application, is dispatched to the applicant.
NOTE: The Autorisasjon does not cost that much (around 1000NOK ), you will receive a bill of statement from SAFH and pay a certain amount to their bank account. I have heard stories from victims who paid almost 3500USD (17500NOK) to a "MIDDLE MAN" to get an autorisasjon. Beware of swindlers, there are many out there! Also, WHENEVER YOU PAY for something, ALWAYS ASK FOR A RECEIPT stating exactly what was the paid amount for.
Ok, now you've got your autorisasjon, what's next?
2. APPLY FOR A VISA at the NORWEGIAN EMBASSY as SKILLED WORKER (Nurses)
To apply for a Visa (for Philippines), visit the official website of the Norwegian Embassy in the Philippines for information on working and visa in Norway or you go visit www.udi.no, the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration’s (UDI).
The steps and requirements are found on their website and from there you can start applying for a visa to work in Norway. Should you have questions, it is always better to email directly to the embassy or UDI.
***Kindly email me ( my contact details on the right side of the site) if you have more questions. :) It is my intention to spread information to my fellow nurses who wish to work here in Norway, as to avoid landing in the hands of swindlers with false promises. I know, when an opportunity knocks at your door, we answer to its call right away without taking caution and researching first about it. We all dream of greener pastures. I, however, urge my fellow Filipino nurses, to be careful and be vigilant. Seek for information first and do your homework. :)
There had been a couple of readers who sent me PMs asking how to apply working here in Norway. I think it's great there are those who take interest and time on sending me emails/PM's and in return, I try my best to reply and shed light on their inquiries.
DISCLAIMER: I am not related to any government office/ agency or institute related to immigration and working niether in Norway and Philippines. I am just a humble "norsk sykepleier" (Norwegian R.N.) who wishes to help and share the steps I did back then.
NOTE: YOU CAN APPLY BY YOURSELF.
1. APPLY FOR AN "AUTORISASJON" (license) at SAFH.
SAFH (Statens Autorisasjonskontor for Helsepersonell) - SAFH is the Norwegian Registration Authority for Health Personnel, which responsible for granting the professional authorisation which is required for practising the applicants' profession within the legally regulated health personnel categories. Authorisation represents full and permanent approval, while licences impose one or more limitations with respect to duration, independent or supervised practise, etc.
You can apply as AUXILLARY NURSE ( more like of an LVN) or as GENERAL NURSE. Go to the www.safh.no and click Professions.
Download "Authorization and License Form" and "Guidelines", found under Forms tab. Send all necessary documents back to SAFH.
***************'Processing of applications for authorisation or licence (As written on the webiste, under PROCESSING)
The steps in processing of applications are normally as follows:
1. Registration of the application by the Archives/Registry
2. Dispatch to applicant of the invoice (giro) in connection with payment of the prescribed application fee
The applicant pays the application fee. (Note that unless the fee has been paid within four months of dispatch of the invoice, the application will be deemed to have lapsed.)
3. Processing by the Processing Team for the relevant professional category commences.
Should the processing take more than one month after the application fee has been paid, the Norwegian Registration Authority for Health Personnel (SAFH) will make a provisional response indicating the length of time the processing is expected to take.
4. Should the application be insufficiently documented, SAFH will send a letter requesting that deficiencies be rectified. This usually applies to missing attachments, or the absence or unacceptability of attestation of attachments, often accompanying the letter containing a provisional response.
5. When all the necessary documentation in support of the application has been received, assessment is made as to whether the conditions for authorisation/licence have been met.
6. If necessary, the application is sent to an external professional/technical adviser (usually at a university/college). This may apply particularly to applicants from outside the EEC.
7. A draft letter of decision will be drawn up and assessed by the Processing Team, and a decision is made.
The authorisation/licence, or possible notice of rejection of the application, is dispatched to the applicant.
NOTE: The Autorisasjon does not cost that much (around 1000NOK ), you will receive a bill of statement from SAFH and pay a certain amount to their bank account. I have heard stories from victims who paid almost 3500USD (17500NOK) to a "MIDDLE MAN" to get an autorisasjon. Beware of swindlers, there are many out there! Also, WHENEVER YOU PAY for something, ALWAYS ASK FOR A RECEIPT stating exactly what was the paid amount for.
Ok, now you've got your autorisasjon, what's next?
2. APPLY FOR A VISA at the NORWEGIAN EMBASSY as SKILLED WORKER (Nurses)
To apply for a Visa (for Philippines), visit the official website of the Norwegian Embassy in the Philippines for information on working and visa in Norway or you go visit www.udi.no, the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration’s (UDI).
The steps and requirements are found on their website and from there you can start applying for a visa to work in Norway. Should you have questions, it is always better to email directly to the embassy or UDI.
***Kindly email me ( my contact details on the right side of the site) if you have more questions. :) It is my intention to spread information to my fellow nurses who wish to work here in Norway, as to avoid landing in the hands of swindlers with false promises. I know, when an opportunity knocks at your door, we answer to its call right away without taking caution and researching first about it. We all dream of greener pastures. I, however, urge my fellow Filipino nurses, to be careful and be vigilant. Seek for information first and do your homework. :)
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Paint job!
The weather was really not helping yesterday when I got home from the grocery after buying some ingredients for my vanilla-strawberry budding to bring along to Lloyd's party late afternoon. After finally placing the pudding inside the ref to chill, I hurried painting the remaining walls of my livingroom. Yes! After the long wait and constant self-motivational speeches, I got my butt working and was able to start with a little bit of home-improvement projects in my small, but dainty apartment. I bought my place last December and boy, I'm glad I did. I got mortgage from the bank and then started looking for a place near my job and decent enough for a yuppy like me to somewhat start my life. We gotta start somewhere, right? :) As I was saying, I painted my walls white over the sad, depressing mocha walls I had before when I moved in here. Apparently, I never got tired of the white walls I had in my previous apartment. Color does wonders to a room, and indirectly or let me say, directly affects a person's mood. I love a white room with contrasting furnitures in black, red, magenta, etc. color. I am not going for a mod or minimilastic theme. Opposite to that, I really like textures and incorporating interesting pieces. A romantic vintage feel is more like me. I like to keep it homey and feminine. :) I'm on the early stages of redecorating my place however, to be quite honest, it's quite drilling a hole on my wallet. I am really, really planning, giving it a thought first then another, before hoping on the next step. I would be posting some before and after photos as soon as everything is finished. :)
Later in the afternoon, I met up with my friends at the beach and had a little postparty picnic. I was too chicken to take a dip in the water, scared that it would be ice-cold. The temperature that afternoon was around 23C, so I roughly estimated the water could be around 18C. Still, despite my friends' constant naggin to join them in the water, I didn't find any strand of will in me to do it. Plus the fact that I can't swim... uhmmm No thanks. :) I got my DSLR with me and amused myself instead by taking pictures and experimenting a bit on my cam. :) Let me show you some:
And here comes, the experimental artistic shots. :P
And of course, the photographe amateur, MOI!
Later in the afternoon, I met up with my friends at the beach and had a little postparty picnic. I was too chicken to take a dip in the water, scared that it would be ice-cold. The temperature that afternoon was around 23C, so I roughly estimated the water could be around 18C. Still, despite my friends' constant naggin to join them in the water, I didn't find any strand of will in me to do it. Plus the fact that I can't swim... uhmmm No thanks. :) I got my DSLR with me and amused myself instead by taking pictures and experimenting a bit on my cam. :) Let me show you some:
And here comes, the experimental artistic shots. :P
And of course, the photographe amateur, MOI!
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