Acting Now

En dag av en annen verden

2010-04-28T11:24:00.004+02:00

Kom på Hald sin dag av en annen verden, i Mandal, den 6 juni.

CHRISC Karneval

2009-03-09T15:26:00.001+01:00

Sylivia has attended a carnival with KRIK. She enjoyed dressing up in historical costumes:

It is important to recall and do the things people used to do even if they are alive or not. At Krik or Chrisc carnival me and Calvin we decided to put on the ways people used to dress long time in Uganda in the time of Idi Amin Dada. This was nice coz Calvin looked like Amin and me i looked they way ladies would put on meeting amin and dancing for him. So people always appreciate your cultures and respect it also and aslo try to do things that have been done by your great people , the people that canot be forgotten at all This is the goodness of KRIK here in Norway and the things it is doing to all people regardless of age,gender,country, we are all the same.

From sylivia and family
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Infield course in Norway

2009-01-23T09:50:00.000+01:00

The international students have had their infield course in Mandal. Simon blogs about it:

it was good to be in infield and meet other international students,we had agood time together,we also had teachings since we came for infield.it was good , we had aparty the last day ,it was intresting .there was alot of games to play,songs, and alot of ice cream with burning candles around .it was beautiful.so tomorro we are leaving for our working places and meet again in 20th of april.nice time all........

Read more: NORWAY (1), NORWAY (2), sylivia and family

Winter trees

2008-12-20T16:00:00.001+01:00

There are many differences between Norway and Uganda. Simon tells about what happens to trees in Norway in the winter:

During winter season like now trees have to shade off their leaves,what is fun is that the branches of the trees do not fall down but only the leaves fall,its fun to watch this happen.when you up country of norway the trees have been covered by snow .in kristiansand the roads are covered by snow but they keep clearing it way by amachine, so its not mainly in the main road,they also pour salt on roads to keep away snow.

Les mer: NORWAY

Training with Start

2008-12-10T11:59:00.002+01:00

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Simon from Mbale, Uganda has spent some time training with Start football club. He shares his experiences on his blog:

hei, i had one week training with start club,and it was so fun to train with them.i trained with the second team not the first one.the one i played with were the best in the league in last season.during the training i was able to learn new skills and they learnt too skills from me.they train from different fields not only in one place.the fast day we trained from indoor aplace called sørlandshallen. this was in abig hole build in form of astudium,its covered allover the roof,inside they have bigg lights which warm inside so that when you train its not cold .

the second day we trained from outside not inside,and it was near the forest aplace called sukkenvann.this was very cold so much,on wednesday whic is onsdag,were met to play match but the opposite did not come.so we ahd to train,thursday we trained from adifferent ground gaain called oxgen sentre in kristiansand.but that day it was funto me in that i used awrong bus which took me up to asmall town called grimestart,so i deciced to ring them that i got lost with the bus,then on the next day friday we had our last training at the first groung,then i was able to finish to tarining.most of the training they do is alot of ballwork and less runing.

Read more: HAVE ALOOK INSIDE

First snow

2008-11-08T12:00:00.000+01:00

There is something about the first snow. Sylivia and Simon from Uganda share their opinions about their first snow in Norway. First Sylivia:

The first snow in Norway this year made me think about home the time it snowed. But after some time i found it interesting because it was funny walking sliding and in motion. Snow is good because it brings the beauty and those who are sportic start trying out their talents. I love snow though cold but i love snow.
ENJOY THE SAME YOU PEOPLE TIME IS LEAVING YOU.

From sylivia and family

Simon also has som thoughts:

it was this last week of october when i snow falling down it was fun. it was difficult to walk along the road,it was slippery, i almost fell down but i had winter shoes which were good.but the whole day was so cold,most people were telling me that it was too earlly to have snow fall.but today 31 of octorba,snow dissappeared and we have sunshine,you know its sweet to be under the sun,most people spend their time in their rooms and its difficult to talk to people anyhow,where i stay i can finish two weeks without seeing peoples faces,when i ask them where they be they tell that they spend their time reading books.so i find abig problem making friends here apart from when i meet hald students at the place of work.but its also cold here were i stay am just near the sea,we have agim were if i want to train my muscles i can go there,and also swimming pool.its fun.

From simon stay in norway

Hald lanserer ny nettside

2008-11-05T11:36:00.001+01:00

Hald Internasjonale Senter lanserer i dag sine nye nettsider. Nytt format, nye bilder, nye filmer, nye spennende land og prosjekter og nye funksjoner. Det er større, det er oppdatert, det er brukervennlig og det nydelig å se på. Det er den nye hjemmesiden til Hald Internasjonale Senter! Stikk innom på www.hald.no!

Life in Norway

2008-10-31T12:00:00.000+01:00

Living in a foreign country far away from home brings challenges, but also joys. Sylvia from Uganda is enjoying life in Norway:

To be in Norway is not a dream but for a purpose. My first stay in this country was so strange to me but after sometime i got in system of the country. Because of being a peaceful country, walking along the streets is at any time you want to take a move. when walking around the streets i enjoy coz it is comfortable where by you can sleep down when your tied and remain the way you came.

Life in Norway is simple coz you dress any how and no one minds about you, no matter what job your doing, sex, age, character and other things, no one runs after you. But though life is simple, we must keep our eyes on the bigness goal that we have. Having faith in your heart brings powerful results of word to your mind, heart, and life.

Brothers and sisters, keep your eyes to the God and his ability he has promised. Take step by step, but not all at once, but step by step, and each step you take will be a step of MIRACLE. You can ask yourself who this is, but this is SYLIVIA NOW A NORWEGIAN GIRL NOT A UGANDAN GIRL.

MAY GOD BE WITH YOU ALL AND KEEP YOU IN HIS PALMS.

From: sylvia and family

Changing Seasons

2008-10-01T10:24:00.003+02:00

It is now time for the Act Nowers to leave for their practice places. Janne shares some reflections about leaving home:

I've been home in Gjøvik for a few days now to pack and get ready to start the journey. As I arrived home, I was awestruck by the beautiful fall colors, bright and burning, draping the forests. At first, it made me think back to the majestic trees at St. Olaf in the fall and for a second I wanted nothing more than to go back there to the safety and comfort of my home on the hill. But then I was reminded by one of my favorite Donald Miller quotes:

"Everybody, every person has to leave, has to change like seasons, have to or they die. The seasons remind me that I must keep changing, and I want to change because it is God's way. I want to keep my sould fertile for the changes, so things keep getting born in me, so things keep dying when it's time for things to die. I want to keep walking away from the person I was a moment ago, because a mind was made to figure things out, not to read the same pages recurrently."

In a few hours I leave to go to Oslo, and before the sun rises tomorrow, I will be on my way to Peru. I have no idea what to expect -- all I know is that I'm leaving the comfortable and allowing myself to be changed by new surroundings and new challenges. Here we go...

Read more: Janne in Perú

Hald fast!

2008-09-16T16:54:00.005+02:00

Et nytt skoleår er i gang på Hald, og studentene begynner så smått å komme i gang med bloggingen. Her er noen smakebiter fra ukene som har gått. Først gir vi ordet til Marius, som skal reise til Bolivia:

Hald er ein stad med pulserande liv i kvar ein krink og krok. Eg fekk æra av å vere den første norske eleven som ankom Hald internasjonale Senter. Det er nemlig slik at vi er folk frå heile verda på denne staden.
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Dagane på Hald går mykje ut på undervisning og læring. Vi lærer om fattigdom og bistand, om kommunikasjon og menneskeverd. Det meste av læringa foregår i grunn utanfor klasserommet. Det er nemlig mykje vi har å lære av kvarandre. Kultur er verkelig noko vi får under huda. Menneske er tilsynelatande svært forskjellige, men mår ein bur i hop, et i hop, lærer i hop og er med einannan på fritida så er det underleg kor like me faktisk er. Ein opplever at me alle har dei same grunnbehova behova.

Og om den som sit framom meg er frå Uganda, personen bak meg er frå Laos, den ved mi venstre side er frå Nepal og den ved høgre frå Ullsteinvik så kan me alle knekke saman i latter av den same tåpelige vitsen.

Les mer: Reisebrev frå Marius

Svenn Åge, som også skal til Bolivia, skriver:

Før jeg begynte på Hald tenkte jeg at disse seks forberedelsesukene kun var en slags ventetid før jeg skulle dra, men der har jeg på mange måter tatt grundig feil. Vi har faktisk undervisning. Undervisning som er helt fantastisk bra! Jeg har blitt så positivt overrasket over hvor gjennomført alt er. Vi har engasjerende fag som er relatert til det vi skal gjøre i 7 månedene som kommer. Vi har skole fra kl. 9 til kl. 16 mandag til fredag. Det kan kanskje høres mye ut, men det er det ikke. Dagene går så fort at jeg ikke klarer å holde styr på hvilken dag det er, og nå er foreberedelseskurset snart over.
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Disse ukene her på hald har gjort meg mye mer klar for uteoppholdet. Jeg er klar nå. Så klar jeg kan bli. Snart gjenstår kun pakkingen. Følelsen jeg har i magen nå kan ikke beskrives. Det er alt på en gang, men jeg gleder meg aller mest til et fantastisk lærerikt år i Bolivia.

Les mer: Tanker fra Bolivia

Om å elske sin neste

2008-05-15T13:52:00.005+02:00

Act Now-studentene er tilbake i Norge og må lære å tilpasse seg det norske livet igjen. Når man kommer hjem, er man ikke lenger den samme. Sissil deler noen tanker om hvordan verden har forandret henne:
(Arkivfoto: TANZANIA)

Tiden jeg har hatt hjemme i Norge (2 uker) har vært en tid med tanker, savn, minner og noen bekymringer. Det er vanskelig å adoptere den norske kulturen igjen. Jeg har nok noe av den fremdeles i meg, men allikevel føler jeg meg mer som en tanzanianer enn en nordmann. Når man har levd 100% i den tanzanianske kulturen i tilsammen 7 måneder i strekk, gjør det selvfølgelig noe med deg. Den enkle, primitive levemåten der det materielle er uviktig. En varm kultur der du møter mennesker over alt rundt deg seg som hilser og tar sin tid på å bli kjent med deg. En stor respekt for de eldre som gir dem høy verdighet og trygghet i samfunnet. Barna som tar tidlig ansvar i hjemmet og som har en utmerket oppførsel ("englebarna").

Hvor enn du går møter du mennesker med åpne armer som ønsker deg velkommen inn i deres liv og deres hjem. Karibu (velkommen) er det velkjente ordet som du hører 1000 ganger i løpet av en dag. Ikke nok med det får du også høre karibu tena (velkommen igjen) hver gang du forlater en butikk, et hjem eller kun et enkelt menneske. Gjestfrihet skal det ikke stå på i Tanzania. Den tanzanianske atmospheren der du kan slappe av og ikke bekymre deg for noe. God will take care of you. You dont need to worry.

Hakuna matata (ingen bekymring) hadde blitt en del av meg i Tanzania og det er fremdeles en del av meg, men på en eller annen måte blir jeg påvirket av den norske kulturen. Vi bekymrer oss alt for mye, og vi føler at vi må prestere og lykkes i det vi drivere med. Det hjelper ikke bare å gjøre ditt beste hvis det ikke er bra nok. Tror du forstår akkurat hva jeg mener dersom du er nordmann. Hvorfor skal vi se på hverandre på leting etter å finne feil og hva slags person du er. Hvorfor kan vi ikke bare respekter hverandre slik vi er skapt og elske hverandre for den vi er.

Jeg ber om at Jante Loven forsvinner fra Norge, for jeg ser at denne loven ødelegger mange av oss. Den tynger oss ned og vi lever så og si fullt og helt ut i fra den. Tro det eller ei. Jeg har en bønn om at vi nordmenn kan forandre vårt syn på hverandre og bli mer frie mennesker som kan elske seg selv og andre. Ingen er perfekte og du trenger ikke å streve etter å bli perfekt. Vær deg selv og det er bra nok. Ikke la noen andre få deg til å tro at du ikke strekker til eller at du ikke skal tro at du er noe. Det står i Bibelen at det største budet er at du skal elske din neste som DEG selv. Men desverre glemmer vi ofte oss selv...

Fra Solvor`s blogg

Surprised by snow

2008-03-24T12:18:00.004+01:00

Joshua blogs about playing in the snow and building snow women:

Having come from a winter that seemed not nice to me since i cuold not do anything nice like playing football outside, to a nice sunny days without snow, today it surprised me. i work up late today since its a easter holiday which means no working. it was about 12 p.m when my friend Moses wake me up to tell me what was going outside. i asked him what is the matter because i was still enjoying my a sleep with a nice dream, do you really think i can tell you what was my dream all about. forget it...... he told me that its snowing outside. i thought it was only a joke because since last month we had no snow at all. it was only sunshine with clear skies. never did i expect to see snow again untill i get back to my little warm country without snow. but only to pull out the window catains, Moses was true it was snowing. i really wanted to cry but had to cry inside my heart. i never wanted to get outside my house but i heard children playing from outside. since i do not have some photos of me playing with snow, i asked Moses if we can take some. he said sure. we dressed on our vennesla bokusa and we out to take photos. Moses had to come back to the house because it was cold for him. i decided to make some snow balls and other young children joined me and we started throwing balls to each other.it was funny to see me play with young children. people watched how we played and it was interesting chasing after each other. after playing, we decided to make a snow woman and this is how it looked.

Read more: JOSH'S LIFE AND ADVENTURES IN NORWAY.......

A normal day in BARNEHAGE

2008-01-11T00:29:00.001+01:00

Nagib tells about his experiences working in a Norwegian kindergarten:

Well it could be hard to summarize all my work in one page, But I can start saying that the first week in BARNEHAGE was extremely tired, after every day there I was so exhausted. But the question may be what do I do there to get exhausted?. Well the answer is really easy,,, I play all the whole day, and even it seems easy, it’s not. Being a child is not easy.

First I arrive saying “Halo” and every body scream “Nagiiiiiiiiiiiiiiibb” of course each one in a particular own way such as Majib, Angib, Anjib, etc. but all of them mean the same, the some of them run to me. And we star playing, I can tell some tales even I don’t know Norwegian they look as the tale is really interesting, so I go ahead.

We play with every kind of puzzles, till one of the teacher says: “Vi skal rydde” so that means that it is time to clean up, and we go to sing some songs and to listen some tales told by some of the teachers, getting ready to “Vaske hånd” and go to eat.
This is my favorite part, because now I can speak some word in Spanish,
I can say like , vil du ha vann eller melk ? And then i change it to , vil du ha “agua” eller “leche”? And you know something? They remember those words now.

Read more: The Adventures of NAGIB without his "FRIENDS" ..."This Time in Norway"...

Eating snow and slipping on ice

2008-01-08T22:27:00.002+01:00

Coming from a country on the equator, it can be hard to cope with the snow and cold weather in Norway. Joshua shares how he has dealt with the Norwegian weather conditions:

This could be the hardest time and month for me where everything was cold including myself. Norway is really a cold country and I find it very hard to cope up with for having come from a very warm country. I had never experienced such cold before coming to Norway. If there is a month during my stay Here that I had longed to get to Uganda just to sit under a warm sunshine for just a minute and then come back should be in December. The cold was more than I couldn’t hold in vennesla; I could not do things that make me a real Joshua, things like playing football. Singing, taking walks that I started doing when I just got to vennesla before it was damn cold. At first things were moving in a golden cup because I could play football, walk and meet my friends.
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but after some time of endurance, i started marking snow balls and guess what?... i now enjoy eating snow...... interesting. i have come to understand that time changes assumptions i thought there was no fun during snow but believe me now i know how nice is to have snow. I used to tell moses that there is no need for me to buy a fridge if i was a citizen of Norway. i would just put whatever i need to get cold in snow for some minutes.

Read more: mukulu in ug

Nagib has tried out ice-skating for the first time:

As a good Latin guy I must try everything here in Norway, especially in this cold winter, I said cold because this is my coldest winter in all my life. So my family invited me to go for skating since the little girl was going with some friends. When we arrived to the lake I was really exited, so I started to wear those heavy shoes then try to stand up was a whole challenge, then walking, I looked like baby who is learning how to walk. I felt pathetic, but that was worth, at least to try.
Step by step I was moving and moving and when I realized where I was, it was late, I was about to cross the lake, so I just watched everybody walking, running, almost flying, I just tried to do what they were doing. I was surprised when I found that I was good, I was running, almost flying, but the flight didn’t last so long, I landed in the worst way,… with my nose on the ice. Well then I just stopped running so fast and started walking, so I just imagine, if that happened skating, what about snowboarding and skiing, LES’T SEE.

From The Adventures of NAGIB without his "FRIENDS" ..."This Time in Norway"...

Life in Vennesla

2007-11-04T09:47:00.001+01:00

Joshua has been at his practice place in Vennesla for some time now, and he shares som impressions from his work and his everyday life:

My first day in Vennesla was the most boring moments that I have ever experienced in life. The place was very quiet with few people in the centre and this made me ask myself questions where the people in this town? Have they got a party to attend and how many people live here? It looked like some place that have been attacked by rebels some few minutes before my arrival. On getting used to a place, life started changing in vennesla.Its no longer a boring place than when I just got here. I have managed to make new friends and this is through football, right now I have ten friends that I play football with and what a nice moments that we have after playing, we sit down to relax and talk together ourselves what we like doing I mean hobbies.
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While in vennesla I go to Samkom School on Tuesdays, wednessdays and Thursdays. I teach English in grade five, six and seven and some time I teach about my country Uganda and tell them about Africa since Uganda is in Africa. The schools in Norway different from that in Uganda. the population in class is less than that of Uganda here 18 to 20 pupils in one class with two to three teachers managing the class but in Uganda you find more than hundred pupils in one tiny class room with some time one or two teachers managing the class.Another amazing thing is that children some time don’t respect teachers while the teacher is teaching.
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We also work with mentally hand capped people and at fast I asked myself what I was going to do with this people, I was a bite scared since in Uganda, most hand capped people are left to move in town and be in garbage places. This made me ask person in charge of this place what type of work I was to do here. He told me that we actually don’t work I mean he said there was no work but the most important work here is to make this people happy, they need care just like any other person. What I learnt is that people like this should not be seen as useless people since they never wished to be like this they should be given respect, care and love but they should not be considered as useless people in the community like the way they are treated in my country Uganda. This is the most thing that I enjoy doing in my practise place is to be with this people talk to them and to bring smiles to their faces.

Read more: mukulu in ug

Zebra crossings

2007-10-15T09:58:00.006+02:00

What is the greatest contrast between Norway and Uganda? The food? The way people dress? The traffic? Joshua shares his first impressions from Norway:

My first time to come to norway, everything looked very different from that of my home country uganda.i met new people,new enviroment,new dress code that made me ask many questions like why are people dressing in the way that never existed in uganda.My first experience was cross the road i mean i really enjoyed crossing the road through the zebra cross.cars would stop and you can walk at your pase but in uganda you do that you are crashed because people don't keep the road rules.

Read more: mukulu in ug

Én mobillader, én rull sportsteip og to melkesjokolader

2007-10-02T12:11:00.002+02:00

Foto: Therese i Peru

Forberedelseskurset på Hald er over, og nå begynner virkeligheten for alvor for årets Act Nowere. Vaksiner er tatt, og hver og en har fått utdelt sin tilmålte dose malariamedisin. Nå gjenstår bare pakking og krangling med bagasjeregler, og den nærmest umulige oppgaven å redusere alt man trenger i løpet av de neste sju månedene til noe som får plass i en 20 kilos koffert:

En håpløs situasjon for et eksemplar av arten ”uhelbredelig distré”. Jeg har forgjeves lett desperat etter veier utenom, men innser nå at det bare er å bite tennene sammen, og ta fatt på dette uovervinnelige prosjektet. Jeg skal nemlig pakke. Og ikke pakke som i å pakke for en helgatur eller ferie. Jeg skal pakke for å flytte. Og som om ikke det var nok, så skal flyttelasset først gå gjennom argusøynene til kverrulant-glade flyplassarbeidere med lange lister over potensielle terrorvåpen (jeg nevner i fleng; strikkepinner, shampoflasker og yoghurter (sistnevnte nevnes med ekstra sår mine, da denne forbrytelsen ble begått av undertegnede for ikke lenge siden, men en ubønnhørlig inndragelse som resultat)).

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Hittil har jeg lagt fram én mobillader, én rull sportsteip og to melkesjokolader…

Les mer: Oda en Rwanda

Noen har også benyttet dagene hjemme til å tjuvstarte litt på informasjonsarbeidet. Maria har vært på skolebesøk hjemme i Hommersåk:

" Eg hette Maria å e her idag, fordi på onsdag ska eg reisa te Afrika! ".
WRooom!! TRETTI hender i været..
"Eg har vært i Gran Canaria!"
"Eg har tri kaninunger!"
"Tanten min har kjøpt leilighet i Ukraina!"
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Ska bli løje å se ka slags form eg e i neste gang eg oppdatere. Kjenne vertfal at hadet-runden eg ska ta imårå kveld kan bli litt hardere å mer tårefull en det eg kanskje sko ønska.
Kwa heri, Norway!

Les mer: MARIA'S BLOGG

Lykke til, alle dere som skal reise ut. Det er en spennende vei dere nå såvidt har begynt på, og hvem vet hvor den vil gå videre. Et lite reiseråd til slutt, fra Margrethes blogg:

See the opportunities in the problems, not the problems in the opportunities!

Et lite kultureksperiment

2007-10-02T11:59:00.000+02:00

Hvor rasistiske er vi egentlig i Norge? Er det oppsiktsvekkende i 2007 at en svart mann har en hvit kjæreste? En gruppe Hald-studenter bestemte seg for å prøve. Maria forteller:

-Me var i Kristiansand for å heie på Hald lagene på ein fotballcup. På kvelden va me byen å spiste, å begynte å snakka om ko "rasebevisste" folk i Norge va. Ville folk reagert vis ein afrikaner å ein norsk jenta va sammen..? Eg va sikker på at folk isje ville tenkt over det! Uansett, me testa; eg å Sammy va testkaniner, å di andre gikk litt bak..

Les mer: MARIA'S BLOGG

Kristin forteller hvordan det gikk:

Det er lørdag kveld og mørket har nettop senket seg over Kristiansand!
Nedover markens vandrer to glade ungdom hånd i hånd. Ei lys jente fra Sandnes og en mørk gutt fra Kenya! De smiler og ler og er som ungdom flest. Men det er flere ute i byen denne kvelden. Forbi kommer unge og eldre, og mange prøver mer eller mindre og skjule sin lille forundring over dette paret. Noen prøver diskrè og titte bort, mens andre sender lange blikk og snur seg og stirrer. Paret runder hjørnet med Bik Bok og kommer forbi en restaurant med uteservering, her er ikke folk fullt så diskrè, folk peker og stirrer og noen begynner å flire!
Paret later som ingen ting og rusler videre. Da de endelig ankommer Domkirka sleppes hendene og latteren bryter løs, men med en liten undertone av forargelse!
Teorien stemte og førsøket gikk som forventet! Takk til prøvekaninene Maria og Sammy...=)

Fra Kristin i Uganda

Når borte blir hjemme, og hjemme blir borte

2007-09-15T14:17:00.000+02:00

Foto: Hald Internasjonale Senter

Et nytt skoleår har begynt på Hald. Vi har tatt farvel med fjorårets Act Now-studenter, og et nytt kull forbereder seg nå til å reise ut til sine respektive praksissteder. Noen av dem er igang med bloggingen allerede. Oda skal jobbe med foreldreløse barn i Rwandas hovedstad Kigali, ett av årets to nye praksissteder i Afrika. Hun gjør seg følgende tanker om tiden som venter:

Inntrykkene på Hald kommer 24-7. På mange måter kan den tida her ses på som en veldig light-versjon av det som kommer til å møte oss om et par uker, når vi er ute på praksisplassene våre. Ny dagsrytme, nytt språk, nye mennesker og nye skikker, kommer til å bli elementer vi må forholde oss til, enten vi ønsker det eller ikke. Den store forskjellen er at vi nå har mulighet til å trekke oss tilbake.
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Moralen i dette innlegget er ikke at ”borte er bra, men hjemme best”, men heller noe slikt som at ”borte er borte, og hjemme er hjemme”. Så kan man stille seg spørsmålet om hva som skjer under praksisoppholdet, når ”borte” plutselig skal bli ”hjemme”, og omvendt...

Les mer: Oda i Rwanda

Steinar: Hva tar man med seg til Santa Cruz?

2007-05-16T15:21:00.001+02:00

Kjære kommende ActNowere...
Vi har nå kommet hjem fra den lengste reisen. Vi tenker tilbake og husker usikkerheten som spredde seg når vi var i ferd med å reise ut, og har i den anledning bestemt oss for å lage en guide til neste års ActNowere til Santa Cruz (og alle andre Santa Cruzfarere).

What to bring:
Bankkort x minst 2 – Lagres separat. De mistes lett
Mobiltelefon – type billig
Lite klær, stygge klær som kan bli igjen. Varme klær (les alpakka) trengs i høyden, men de kan også kjøpes billigbillig.
Lommlykt/letherman er kjekt å ha for menn og mørkredde. På ingen måt nødvendig.
Kamera (videokamera er også kjekt)
Data er også kjekt til å lagre, velge, sende bilder, oppgaver, og videoer på
Vaffeljernet savnet vi. Morro med særnorske ting i vertsfamilier.
Bilder av familie, venner og hverdagsliv å vise frem. Kanskje ikke av BMWen og dine tre
hytter på fjellet, men koselige bilder er også koselig i vertsfamilier.
Boliviaguide og ordbok.

What not to bring:
Myggnett er fullstending oppskrytt, folk ville ledd av deg.
Mye klær er unødvendig. Du kan lett kjøpe mye i Bolivia. De har alt.
Sandaler kjøpes lett!

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Stine: Tilbake i Norge

2007-05-16T15:15:00.000+02:00

Nå er det 2,5uke siden jeg kom tilbake til Norge. Var veldig merkelig å komme tilbake, sånn egentlig, og jeg har brukt disse ukene på å lande litt. Har tenkt mye på hva som har forandra seg siden jeg dro til Peru, men har ikke kommet frem til så mye enda. Eneste jeg ser er at alt her hjemme, Norge, det norske livet, folkene, prisene, tankegangen, er akkurat som når jeg dro. Folk snakker om været, naboen som har kjøpt seg ny hytte og venninna som har pussa opp kjøkkenet. Men jeg må si at jeg ikke føler meg helt som den samme, på innsiden. Høres kanskje rart ut, men det er slik det føles. Jeg har sett så mye, erfart og opplevd så mye på nært hold det siste halvåret, at det hadde vært rart hvis det ikke har forandra meg noe som helst. Det har forandra tenkemåten min, og jeg ser mange ting med Norge nå, som jeg ikke klarte å se tidligere.

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Steinar i Norge: Hva kan vi lære av russen?

2007-05-07T13:25:00.000+02:00

Steinar gjør seg noen tanker om det å komme hjem:

Først som sist, det dere alle spør om: "Det var vel litt godt å komme hjem???"
- Joa....Det var jo godt å komme hjem.....men rart... kanskje mest tomt. Det er stille hjemme i Svånes. Før jeg reiste derfra klarte jeg ikke helt å forstå at jeg skulle reise fra alle sammen. Oppdaget det først da jeg kom jeg til Sola. Skal ikke ned igjen med det første. Men jo, godt å komme hjem også.....Har liksom ikke helt landet i Norge enda. Tankene er like mye i Bolivia..

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Yessenia in Norway: My favourite teams: Start and Bolivar!

2007-03-14T11:48:00.000+01:00

Encontre un fabuloso equipo en Noruega, ese es Start de Kristiansand porsupuesto, el mejor equipo, hehehe, especialmente con el guapo jugador Kristofer Hæstand numero 23, quien no quisiera apoyar a ese equipo.....

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Yessenia in Norway: Thinku in Norway

2007-02-28T09:22:00.000+01:00

I didn't know that the norwegians look very nice with tipycal clothes. from Bolivia......

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Yessenia in Norway: Extra work to do at home ...

2007-02-28T09:07:00.000+01:00

The south of Norway has had ridiculous amounts of snow these past few days. Yessenia shares her experiences:

This weekend we got a lot of snow, every one says that they have never seen this much of snow, so all the buses stoped working and we had to walk from home (Gimekollen) to the bus station in Kristiansand, because Neema had to go to home (Arendal).

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I don't know if Dino posed on the snow for a magazine, or maybe he wanted to sleep in the snow.

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This is my family's house, you see there is a lot of snow, so everyone has an extra work to do at home, taking out the snow, and some times there is no place where to put it..

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