The hunt is on

In everyday life there's always things to do. But they do get a bit more complicated when you're not very familiar with the country.

For example at the moment me and a few friends are thinking of finding a flat of our own. Lately there's been a lot of issues with the trainee flats and it's gotten very crowded at home. For short periods this isn't a problem but now it's starting to get a bit too much. You really do need somewhere a bit calm and quite to unwind after work. At the moment this isn't something you can do in our flat. So therefore we're now on the hunt for an appartment. Tricky, but keep your fingers crossed!

At the same time we're trying to find a good gym. This is proving to be harder than it sounds. So far all the one's we've seen have had one of these problems: no hot water, ladies only allowed during business hours or Swedish prices (as in a third of my salary each month). But the search continues! We've heard some rumors of other places so it shouldn't be impossible. At times like this you do wish you worked for one of the big companies where they have an in-house gym for the employees. Well, you can't have everything.

All is good and well in India otherwise. And as promised here's the link to the article in The Hindu. Apparantly I have a very hard name to spell ;)
http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/13/stories/2008021357850200.htm

That's all for now. Hope everything is great with everyone back home (or wherever else you might be)!

Normalcy setting in

It's been a while since my last post. You might wonder why. Basically it's because everyday life is setting in. I don't think so much of the fact that I'm in India and things are settling in to a good routine.

Work is getting to be very interresting as I get more things to do and opportunities to meet with the clients and so forth. Even been holding sessions on Sweden and Swedish culture for the English program they have at the part of the company called Elan. Very fun!

General updates:

I'm finally joining a gym (over two months without any exercise...it's about time) It's supposed to be good, so here's hoping.

I had my first real Swedish fika with a Swedish friend here. Felt a bit strange (but nice) to talk in swedish for such a long time.

A lot of friends have left and new have arrived...the life of an intern, but still sad sometimes.

I changed rooms in my appartment and now have a closet all to myself...yay!!!

Football is taking up space in my life. (isn't it ironic!?) With a lot of football loving people around it's hard to get away from. I even went to see a game on Sunday. Interns and AIESECers playing. After the game a reporter came and interviewd us for an article in The Hindu, one of the biggest newspapers here. I'll for sure put up a post if it ends up in the paper.

And finally...I experienced my first rainy day here. Going to work in an auto mostly resembled a boat ride, in a very small boat. We didn't get any water on us from the sky but were still soaking wet by the time we arrived at work. And with the enourmous puddles that formed here and there on the streets, the autos did actually look a bit like boats as well. Really looking forward to the raining season....or something...

All in all...having a good time and happy as a fish in the sea =)