Well. Maybe not sehr schlecht. Schlecht might be a word enought to describe it.
Probably the last tourist who came to the Tourist Info Centre this day was a German lady. With a few interruptions which I could blame on my bad vocabulary, we actually managed to have a conversation.
It is good fun though to realise that my German is not as bad as I first thought, and that I actually have something to build on.
This Saturday I will go to a village outside Lycksele to attend a big Christian event. On Sunday I work between noon and 6pm. Should be OK.
Today Simon has:
Listened to nothing worth mentioning
Read FT
Noticed that he really can speak some German
Friday, 29 June 2007
Monday, 18 June 2007
Rushdie's Knighthood
If you skim through following it will help you to understand what I am ganning aboot.
Salman Rushdie. I have not read anything he has written, and I doubt that many of the upset Islamists have.
But if we assume that the Islamists are right and that Rushdie is blasphemeous it only shows how stupid a religion can be. We have a few questions to ask the people who justifies suicide bombings and murder of people who disagrees with their "right opinion".
The Islam countries who claim that the western world is disrespectul should think about their own legislation concerning religious freedom.
" The Satanic Verses’ treatment of the life of Muhammad was seen as blasphemous by many Muslims. Parts that caused particular offence include a suggestion that Islam was founded by the Prophet after experiencing hallucinations caused by smoking hashish."
In Sweden Jesus' has been pictured AS an homosexual in an exhibition. And that exhibition took place in a church among other places. We also have MP:s who put an equal sign between Christians and neo nazis due to the stance on same-sex marriage.
As a born-again Christian you could probably picture that it makes me sad and upset when people want to do above things to the person I see as my saviour. But that does not want me to kill people.
"I detest your views, but am prepared to die for your right to express them."
Voltaire
Today Simon has:
Listened to BBC Radio 2
Read news on the web
Noticed and appreciated positive comments from people concerning his appearance on national radio! =)
Click here to get to the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation and click on Åsele in the right frame if you want to listen to me.
Salman Rushdie. I have not read anything he has written, and I doubt that many of the upset Islamists have.
But if we assume that the Islamists are right and that Rushdie is blasphemeous it only shows how stupid a religion can be. We have a few questions to ask the people who justifies suicide bombings and murder of people who disagrees with their "right opinion".
The Islam countries who claim that the western world is disrespectul should think about their own legislation concerning religious freedom.
" The Satanic Verses’ treatment of the life of Muhammad was seen as blasphemous by many Muslims. Parts that caused particular offence include a suggestion that Islam was founded by the Prophet after experiencing hallucinations caused by smoking hashish."
In Sweden Jesus' has been pictured AS an homosexual in an exhibition. And that exhibition took place in a church among other places. We also have MP:s who put an equal sign between Christians and neo nazis due to the stance on same-sex marriage.
As a born-again Christian you could probably picture that it makes me sad and upset when people want to do above things to the person I see as my saviour. But that does not want me to kill people.
"I detest your views, but am prepared to die for your right to express them."
Voltaire
Today Simon has:
Listened to BBC Radio 2
Read news on the web
Noticed and appreciated positive comments from people concerning his appearance on national radio! =)
Click here to get to the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation and click on Åsele in the right frame if you want to listen to me.
Sunday, 17 June 2007
Two weeks done
I have now been working two weeks at the Tourist Info Centre in my hometown. It has been good fun. On Thursday I left for a two-day course in tourism. The speakers were good and I met two girls that I went to upper secondary with. Always nice to meet people you have not seen in ages.
I am going to church at 1pm today. We will have a service with motorbike theme =).
Today Simon has:
Listened to Strada Facendo by Laura Pausini
Read Stock Magazine from Swedish Young Share-traders
Noticed that the weather is fantastic
I am going to church at 1pm today. We will have a service with motorbike theme =).
Today Simon has:
Listened to Strada Facendo by Laura Pausini
Read Stock Magazine from Swedish Young Share-traders
Noticed that the weather is fantastic
Monday, 4 June 2007
Åsele
I am indeed back in the small town where I have grown up. Prague and the Czech Republic gave me two great days. I really recommend Prague for those who have not been there. I will upload some pictures on Facebook when we get our broadband connection up and running.
I will be back in Newcastle around August 15, but until then I will work here. The hut in the picture is the council's tourism agency. So basically I am trying to help tourists with their quite predictable questions. But with one of Sweden's biggest summer markets approaching; I guess I will encounter a few random things =S.
Today Simon has:
Listened to With or Without You by U2
Read random weather info
Noticed that it is 26 centigrades and blue skies outside
I will be back in Newcastle around August 15, but until then I will work here. The hut in the picture is the council's tourism agency. So basically I am trying to help tourists with their quite predictable questions. But with one of Sweden's biggest summer markets approaching; I guess I will encounter a few random things =S.
Today Simon has:
Listened to With or Without You by U2
Read random weather info
Noticed that it is 26 centigrades and blue skies outside
Tuesday, 22 May 2007
Simon goes Czech
This morning started with breakfast from Greggs. After that Hannah and I went for a run, which was really good.
Then I have been at uni doing random CU stuff. We did also some surveys about how students thinks about spirtual things and Christianity. It was good.
On Thursday I am leaving Newcastle, I will get back in August though. During the summer I will work at my council's tourism agency. I am really looking forward to it and I truly believe I will forever change the way tourism is looked at in my hometown haha =). Nah, but I honestly believe I can make a difference. I know a few of the people working there already, and they are all good.
Well, so on Thursday it is Prague for a day and a half. Or actually a half and a day. And on Friday night I will be in Stockholm, the Venice of the north. I am thinking of going to church in Stockholm on Sunday, and then go up north afterwards or on Monday.
Last, but not least, I would like to thank you everybody who have made my year at Northumbria. All the people on my course, the folks in the Christian Union and all staff at uni, where would we be without them?
And where would I be without Eric & Joan? They really helped me to settle in Newcastle, as did their church which is now mine as well.
Sorry to all I have not managed to talk to yet and you I forgot to mention. It's not that I did not appreciate your contribution to my life. It's more a dash of that temporary dementia.
Please catch me in August.
Many thanks
Simon
Today Simon has:
Listened to Asking For It by Hole from their CD named Live Through This
Read about how his favourite ice hockey team seems to fall to pieces =(
Noticed that Hannah is well better at running than he thought
Then I have been at uni doing random CU stuff. We did also some surveys about how students thinks about spirtual things and Christianity. It was good.
On Thursday I am leaving Newcastle, I will get back in August though. During the summer I will work at my council's tourism agency. I am really looking forward to it and I truly believe I will forever change the way tourism is looked at in my hometown haha =). Nah, but I honestly believe I can make a difference. I know a few of the people working there already, and they are all good.
Well, so on Thursday it is Prague for a day and a half. Or actually a half and a day. And on Friday night I will be in Stockholm, the Venice of the north. I am thinking of going to church in Stockholm on Sunday, and then go up north afterwards or on Monday.
Last, but not least, I would like to thank you everybody who have made my year at Northumbria. All the people on my course, the folks in the Christian Union and all staff at uni, where would we be without them?
And where would I be without Eric & Joan? They really helped me to settle in Newcastle, as did their church which is now mine as well.
Sorry to all I have not managed to talk to yet and you I forgot to mention. It's not that I did not appreciate your contribution to my life. It's more a dash of that temporary dementia.
Please catch me in August.
Many thanks
Simon
Today Simon has:
Listened to Asking For It by Hole from their CD named Live Through This
Read about how his favourite ice hockey team seems to fall to pieces =(
Noticed that Hannah is well better at running than he thought
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