• On the plane from Singapore-Qatar: WORST TURBULENCE IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE. I was already prepared to die. But lucky I became brave, brave enough to be able to sleep through it at times. Had to show I was tough and not scared...
• 13/1: Arriving at the Welcome Desk, meeting initial group of girls, sitting on bus alone and taking in the sights, arriving in the OG Nation, hecticness of arrival, sorting out admin stuff, buying tickets to International Gasque, meeting with buddy leader Daniel and going to the Cathedral, meeting with buddy's Su and Sam and eating at the Kebab place, having a "snack pack" as my first meal in Sweden, shuttle bus to Flogsta, arriving in dorm and unpacking, not being able to shower because I couldn't figure out shower knob situation, not being able to set up wifi
• 14/1: Eating leftover Gyro for dinner, meeting up with Maeve and other Australian girls, trying to drink foul coffee, doing the walking tour with OG Nation, first visit to Systembolaget, feeling nauseous and going home, buying water and and coke for $10!, sleeping and being sick (vomitting etc) the whole afternoon-night and missing out on my first corridor party
• 15/1: Trip to IKEA via Max's, H&M and TGR; realising shops like H&M don't open till 12pm on Sunday, stalling in Max's eating my first ever burger (couldn't finish it at all), chancing upon TGR, making it to my very first Swedish IKEA where I spent $100, meeting dorm people, doing laundry for the first time, buying a $30 heater for my room
• 16/1: waking up not well, appoint with Swedish Migration Service for photograph and fingerprints, running late and running in snow to make appointment, walking and videochatting with Drina en route to MediaMarkt, buying a $13 hairdryer and having a nice chat with a nice Swedish girl who worked in MediaMarkt who's going to Sydney and asked 'Why Sweden?!?' and 'But what are you going to do in your free time?", stumbling upon an indoor mall with H&M whilst walking to IKEA, finally eating in IKEA - 12 meatballs, mash potato, side of chips, jam and Swedish coke!, not being able to finish the meatballs, shopping in IKEA again and returning stuff, catching the bus home then taking a pitt stop to ICA for groceries, finally setting up my room complete with bed cover, photos on the wall and fairy lights!
• 17/1: trying to cook in the kitchen for the first time i.e. not knowing how to chop onion and garlic and cook it, getting mum to help me cook my mince via video chat, finally finishing off the mince and eating it with scrambled egg, rushing to make it to my first class ever, making it with minutes to spare and taking photos of the building, heading into my International Marketing class where it was full of international students and I met a Singaporean and Hong Kong guy who became my group, not having anywhere to go or anything to do after, walking to the Student Centre to potentially sign up to sledding, eventually walking aimlessly, walking back home to Flogsta via bike track (riding a bike is totally doable), eating more mince and egg, meeting NZ girl in corridor, having drinks with NZ girls in their room and going with them and Kamil to pre-drinks downtown, meeting people all over UK (England, Scotland, Ireland) and not fitting in with them at all (law students), escaping this, going to the Snerikes club (by myself - sad lyf - hoping to spot other friends), BUT meeting the nicest (ethnic) group of Swedish girls in the line, discovering The Bachelor Australia is popular in Sweden, waiting in minus degree weather with them in the line for 1.5 hours, then leaving with a 30 min wait till entry, catching the bus and walking home with them
• 18/1: sleeping till 9:30am, laying in bed till 1pm, getting emotional messaging Drina on Facebook whilst eating mince and egg meal; going to the International Welcome Meeting and Fair @ Blasenhaus, seeing Sam, Erica, Catherine, Eric & Max, meeting Flora and Cindy, trying to find an available nation with Erica, Flora and Cindy to eat dinner at, eating burgers at Goteborg Nation
• 19/1: bus to Central Station, supposed to meet with Sam to opshop, opshopping in the city centre by myself, finding a 20SEK winter coat in one Opshop!!!!!!, eating Swedish McDonald's for the very first time (double cheeseburger meal @ 45 SEK = cheaaapp), shopping in H&M again (sweater), walking around town - from centre to Blasenhaus, seeing Nadine and organising to meet at Stockholm nation, (lining up and) going to Stockholm nation Welcome Dinner (soft tacos and cider) with Pei, Nadine and Su's group and meeting more people from Singapore, South Korea, Singapore Mexico, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Netherlands, first clubbing experience in Stockholm nation - music wasn't that great, very electronic, it was hot, sweaty, Swedish people (maybe just Swedish freshers?) are snobs, pushy and rude of course, catching bus home with Flora
• 20/1: going to class at 10:15am, catching a bus from city to look at a bike, BUYING A BIKE!!!!!, riding the bike back home - was a real struggle, took an hour, stopped every minute to check for directions, scared of riding on the road, going down hill and the ice, doing laundry and grocery shopping and bumping into Catherine and Eric again, catching the wrong bus, going to Varmlands nation by myself for quiz, lucky enough to meet new people such as Ferny from France and the girls from Kazakhstan (one knew me from class), doing the quiz with the new people I met and Catherine + Eric, then going to the club with them, which was so fun at first!!!! really danced like idgaf and just had fun, met with Erica, Flora and their friends at the club, dancing to better songs than Stockholm nation, and actually dancing and genuinely having fun!, going home with Flora again and making a pitstop to Kebab shop for some kebabs
• 21/1: Doing nothing and being lazy, folding laundry, writing expenses, cleaning up a bit, cooking mince (again) and having it with three eggs, not going to the corridor party because ceebs
• 22/1: Going to the ice-skating event, meeting and chatting with Omar (Childish), meeting Hugo, meeting with Catherine and Eric, hiring skates (lucky last, size 38), ice-skating with hot chocolate and biscuits, getting tired after 3-4 laps, riding in the back of Omar's bike to Gotlands Nation, Gotlands Nation for first ever FIKA with people from every continent except Africa, shopping with Flora in Zara and department store, Maccas run all by myself (even waited 20 mins for bus after missing it just to go to Maccas), hearing the Flogsta scream loud and clear for the first time
• 23/1: making eggs, tomato and cheese dish with mince, going to class at 1:15pm, feeling very out of place and stressed with courses and life in general i.e. what am I doing with my life and what am I going to do with it?!, returning the ice-skates, realising Swedish guys are ridiculously attractive (sometimes, most of the time, more than Sydney), shopping AGAIN in Zara, H&M, Cubus and New Yorker, eating in McDonald's AGAIN, corridor meeting, cleaning the sinks and microwave and throwing pots, pans and plates away
• 24/1: doing assignment and procrastinating all day, buying things from TGR and H&M, experiencing rain one moment then going into H&M and then going out of H&M to find real lefit falling snow - fell in my hair and everything - and feeling like being in a winter wonderland and smiling like a goofball, Flora's birthday dinner @ Jappi!
• 25/1: Doing assignment, doing grocery shopping
• 26/1: Doing assignment, cooking mince and pasta for the first time, signing up for the gym, playing basketball and not expecting it to be all guys - they were competitive, didn't care if I was a girl and played normally. There were some cuteeee Swedish guys (in luv), seeing Nadine on the bus, not going to the Australia day party because I got home late (missed bus) and needed to shower, Elien snapping me and telling me to come to the party
• 27/1: Presentation in class, doing shit, making plans to travel with Kia, walking from Ekonomikum to centre whilst having a small photo tour, shopping by myself in Zara again, buying a white top in Zara, meeting up with Erica to sign up for Ostgota, going to Ostgota and not being able to join, finally joining Gotlands nation out of desperation, meeting Cindy and Simone in McDonald's, going to Flogsta by bus with them, having one of the best nights with the crew - drinking Mexican poison, talking, learning salsa, doing the Flogsta scream, playing 'Never have I ever'
• 28/1: Flora and I coincidentally running to the bus from our buildings, having a chocolate-filled fika in Smalands nation with Flora, Erica, Catherine and Eric, going shopping everywhere with Flora and Erica, buying matching socks in H&M with them, going to TGR and then eating at Max's, then ICA, then home
• 29/1: staying in bed all day and finally finishing La La Land, going to church in Sweden for the first time with Erica and Flora (definitely found myself some keepers), having taco night in Eklund with the crew where we got into trouble for being loud
• 30/1: doing nothing all day, going into town to buy jewellery i.e. a lot of earrings, and TGR for playing cards and battery for bike light, doing some grocery shopping
• 31/1: working in OG nation and meeting Rana, Kelly and Rob, Rob being genuinely impressed that I did well even though I had never worked in a cafe before, Rob also being impressed by us girls because we prepped the food quickly, had a lot of customers come in thus we earned a lot of money (3000-3500 kr or something?) and cleaning quickly too, getting a bit of cafe experience, asking questions like "do you like being American?" to Rana, going to the gym with Kelly but leaving to Blasenhaus building to wait and change for an hour, doing the Move class and not expecting it to be hard on the abs and but and being completely unfit and having no strength to do the exercises, playing basketball and making eye contact with cute guy and being more accepted with the guys who were trying to pass me the ball, making screens for me and encouraging me when I did something good like pass the ball well or shooting (yes indeed, I shot one goal), going home to a messy corridor where they apparently had a rager with 30 people, talking with Leo and Aleksi for a bit
• 1/2: not doing anything all day, going to Gotlands nation with Flora and Kyla for Reccereception, going to Norrlands for after party and dancing weird, running for bus to Flogsta
• 2/2: doing laundry, picking up ASOS package from ICA, doing some grocery shopping, going to Ostgota Nation for Reccereception, seeing familiar faces, signing up for sports - basketball, having dinner and learning how to toast for the first time, drinking Swedish schnapps for the first time, meeting Australian guy, going home to Flogsta with Kelly (she also told me she looked for me playing basketball and was impressed because they were big guys and it was serious and stuff)
• 3/2: Meeting Erica in city to give her shoes and pick-up Gotlands nation card, shopping in New Yorker, H&M and Clas Ohlson, going to H&M with Erica and Simone for Simone's suit, going to Hemkop to buy Erica's groceries and buying an Oreo ice-cream, walking to Eklund, having pasta whilst watching Netflix and Youtube videos at Erica's, walking to bus stop from Eklund and being v scared, experiencing Flogsta scream from outside the road, trying dress/shoes for Gasque and not liking it, selling silver shoes
• 4/2: waking up to sell shoes to Korean girl, Flora coming by to try on shoes and chat, getting ready and taking a long ass shower, putting on makeup, Hugo saying that TGR is the best shop, last min prep with Flora and running late for the Gasque, walking/running to the bus stop (meeting Julia) then catching the bus and walking to Norrlands with Flora (Julia and French guy who knew me from Stockholm nation?!) in sneakers, meeting new people and seeing familiar faces in the Gasque, taking photos, funny/weird Estonian guy, shit afterparty, going back to Flogsta with Catherine and Flora, eating bacon and eggs
• 5/2: running to the bus stop, sweating like a pig on the bus and pretending I was wiping snow off my face, being so happy amongst the falling snow on the way to Varmlands, meeting Erica at Varmlands for Salsa and Bachata dancing, dancing with some weird and nice Swedish guys, sweating even more with guys with sweaty hands, going into town and deciding on an Asian meal to have due to homesickness, eating at Chinese Garden where I had rice for only the second time in Sweden, staying in the restaurant for 3-4 hours, paying $20 for buffet and Australian prices i.e. $3.70 for a glass of coke
• 6/2: sleeping at 4am the previous night, not going to class, realising group mates are just as hopeless as me, seeing a lot of falling snow!!!!!! and seeing Uppsala becoming a winter wonderland again!!!!, making dinner and meal prepping for the week from 5:00pm-8:00pm or so (goals were to make shephards pie, mexican mince for burritos, pasta, spare mince and spare potato but ended up with pasta, mince and mash potato), talking to Kamil (his trip to lapland [note: I also cried like a baby from the onions in front of him), Bridget (about NZ, Sydney, travelling, her being au pair), Aleksi for a bit (Finnish conscription) and Alex (about tattoos in Sweden/Australia and our own tattoos)
• 7/2: Running for the bus at Centrum to be in class at 10:15am in Ekonomikum library, going to the city to wander around Zara, New Yorker, Clas Ohlsen, ICA City, going home and wanting to wander around but being lazy and cold, cooking and talking (about Gambino, Swedish Farmers Omelette, the nations - he's from Ostgota region etc) to Johan in kitchen whilst listening to Gambino, going to Gotlands to work and at first being pessimistic feeling they were very exclusive but then realising that they were quite accepting of me and nice (esp. Raz, Thao, Jakob, and kitchen master girl), matching black turtle neck, black pants and docs with Jakob and Adam, talking with Ibi and the funny guys
• 8/2: sleeping till 1pm or so but taking photos of the extremely bright light coming through room in the morning, doing nothing all day, being lazy and making Flora pay for my gasque, making plans to travel, watching videos, going to ICA to shop for groceries and finally buying steak $10 and salmon $8 and corn!!!! (which should all last me for 2-3 weeks hopefully)
• 9/2: working at Ostgota Nation fika with Elien, Catherine and Dimitri, this time working in the kitchen but having less jobs to do, seeing Rana at Fika, going to my first basic swedish class with Rana and seeing familiar faces, getting lost on the way to buddy dinner and meeting Daniel and other people, discussing mental health with Daniel, catching bus home with Daniel
• 10/2: sleeping in, doing nothing (trying to do assignment), going to ICA to pick up ASOS package, going out to dinner with Erica and Flora at Varmlands, enjoying good burgers, going to Gotlands nation for a drink of cider, creepy man forcing us to join his group and realising he's as creepy as he seems and had some sort of Asian fetish (and was a douchebaggary thinking he had the power to dismiss me), talking to Raz and other Gotlands people
• 11/2: trying to do assignment but failing, going to Gotland's reccegasque, having fika (and being in loveee with all the selections of sweets) with Erica and Flora after missing the march to and ceremony in the castle, sitting next to Swedish guy that so happened to have done exchange in Sydney AND at UTS, eating the best salmon dish (really good food that night, loved it), going to Snerikes after and singing to Justin Bieber's 'Baby' with Erica, feeling sick (mix of food and alcohol) after I got home and puking a bit
• 12/2: bike riding on a sunny Sunday afternoon with Flora and Catherine, taking some pit stops near the cemetery and cathedral to take tourist shots, having fika in Kalmar nation, having dinner (baked macaroni and ice-cream) with Catherine and Eric (and Aleksi) in my kitchen because their one was full
• 13/2: meeting up with international marketing group in Flogsta hus 3 to work on stuff, going to Zara to pick up packages whilst also buying a new top and 100ml perfume (that is my faveeee), eating at Maccas again, deciding last minute to play basketball with (the really friendly people of) Gotlands nation basketball and scoring two shots out of three (they were quite impressed w/me me thinks), seeing Alex in bus stop and going home, talking to Leo and Aleksi in kitchen for a bit, going on the video chat to surprise dad as per tradition and just hang and talk with the family for dad's birthday
• 14/2: going to Gamla Uppsala, seeing Gotland's guy on mountain, shopping in TGR, having basic swedish class with Rana, going to Ostgota Nation for dinner and drinks with Simone, Claudia, Flora, Omar and Catherine
• 15/2: doing nothing, being depressed, trying to sort out travel plans, discovering a vacuum cleaner in my room, going to ICA, talking to Leo about vday,
• 16/2: doing nothing, doing basic swedish/int. marketing homework/prep, successfully going to basic swedish class in bike for the very first time (but got mud all over me), sharing Swedish snacks with Rana in class, mud cleaning club with Kamil, making dinner (salmon) and eating dinner with Flora at her corridor, making plans for the weekend to get out of Uppsala
• 17/2: having class really early in the morning and having to wake up with 3-4 hours of sleep only, going to class and answering discussion question with a bit of confidence lel, going to Gotlands to try to pick up Flora's card and picking up package in Flora's, taking bus from Dragarburnn to Flogsta and observing the amount of old people with their wheely things and this old woman wheezing intensely, enjoying life and the brightness of the day, booking lapland via Max, having a little chat with corridor mate (Isabella) about liking Flogsta and whatnot, going home and napping for several hours, making salmon with potatoes and corn again, going to Flora's corridor to eat her and Cindy's cake with Catherine, Eric, Simone + friend, Flora's SK friend
• 18/2: Waking up early again with 4-5 hours of sleep, having a first weird realistic dream about Gotland's guy lol, going to Stockholm with Flora, Catherine, Omar and HoSung, waiting one freaken hour for bloody fast-food style pizza/pasta, seeing Pei and Thao in Stockholm
• 19/2: doing nothing at home, waking up late, realising I eat a lot, not going to Salsa, not going to Gotlands fika, not going out to study, finally going out to ride bike to gym for Latin Move class and basketball but buy broke (i.e. chains went off bike), having a crappy day and even crappier night, talking to Andreas
• 20/2: doing Swedish homework, asking the girls if they had snow gear, going to bike shop to see how much it cost to fet fixed (220 SEK) but the man is mean and not reliable, walking to Swedish class instead, Swedish class with Flora, chatting with Flora for a bit, walking to OG for dinner at the pub with Catherine and her friend, realising I know nothing about languages, walking to basketball (seeing Tomas, scoring 1/3 goals, boys clapping their hands and cheering me on again when I shot the goal), walking back home in the rain and then snow, going to Catherine's to pick up snow pants, doing the laundry at 10-12:30am, SNOWING!!!!!, talking to girl from basic swedish class, seeing Johan who said he was doing laundry and I told him it was snowing and he asked me if I was happy!!, packing and showering till 2-3am
• 21/1: waking up to a snow filled Uppsala, taking tourist shots on the way to ICA and bus stop, paying freaken 105 SEK for bus, going to Arlanda again, not having to go to the check in counter or show my passport or ID at all, being really sleepy, sleeping a bit on plane, arriving in Düsseldorf, realising German's aren't that nice as the Swedes, quick train ride from airport to main station, sitting in a park and enjoying the sun and not having to wear gloves or thermals and able to use iPhone out, picking up keys and settling into super nice and spacious airbnb, being depressed about missing Uppsala, friends and especially the snow, regretting coming to Düsseldorf when I could've worked in Gotlands or done assignments, finally getting out of Airbnb and ready to explore, stumbling on an Asian street with Asian grocery - spent ages here, went to Primark and spent ages there too, walked back home, relaxed at home
• 22/2: slept in really late till 11:30am, left house at 1:40pm, went to the main station where nice train employee escorted me all the way to the bus stop, shopped in a variety store, caught the bus to Rhine tower, took a billion shots of the Gehry buildings from different view points, walked along the Rhine river all the way to the old town, explored old town a bit, ate in a fries place where I ordered currywurst - not the best, went shopping in Rossman for basic things like panty liners, purple shampoo, tissues etc, scored a 1 euro sports bra from New Yorker because it had stains, made a pit stop to Asian grocer for boxed pizza and chocolate snack, went back home to relax early
• 23/2: late start, tried to eat prawn noodles for breakfast but too hot, took the train to Cologne, cow on the train, crazy in Cologne!!!!, just walking up and then down and around, everything was closed, just headed back to Düsseldorf, ate three types of German sausage in TripAdvisor restaurant in station, tried to go to old town to buy souvenirs and go back to Rossmann but entered the party district where it was absolutely crazy instead, walking back home to the main station in crazy rainy and windy weather, giving up on life, catching the train to HBF, going to discount store again and picking up 1 euro straw pack, then expensive as souvenirs in souvenir shop in HBF, going to DM to buy some toiletries and travel size bottles to fill purple shampoo, showering back at home, packing
• 24/2: leaving house at 6:05 and stressing about making it on time to flight because I thought I didn't check in or make it to the check-in counter on time, getting to the airport with a massive massive line, avoiding it by going to help-desk and getting boarding pass after being told I had checked-in, sleeping on the plane, getting back to Sweden and feeling extremely colder than usual (Germany was fridge, Sweden is freezer on full blast), seeing man with just t-shirt, enjoying being home in dorm, seeing dorm mates, napping, going for drinks and din din with Andreas in Gothenburg nation, having a nice time, walking home and making pitstop to Gotlands to pee
• 25/2: doing assignment most of the day, talking to Alex and Leo and Aleksi about going to Gothenburg club night, going to dinner with Erica at SNerikes and being unpleasantly surprised by subpar burger, drinking red wine, shot of tequila and two ciders and being quite tipsy drunk the whole night even on the way home and at home but not needing to vomit, dancing like crazy and just having a genuinely fun night with Erica to tunes like Barbie Girl, Footloose, Candyshop, Bye Bye Bye etc, going home drunk when it was freaken snowing!!!!!!!
• 26/2: Michelle, Mai and Julia visit Uppsala!!!!!, meeting them in central station, going around the sights and taking a tour in the museum, going to Gotlands nation for fika, taking photos here there and everywhere in Uppsala, finally seeing the Castle in close proximity, throwing snow around and at Erica, going to get candy, talking to Johan about Eurovision (him not liking it) and Alex not playing childish etc, doing seminar work, doing laundry
• 27/2: Not going to class, packing, withdrawing money, going to Raddison Blu, meeting with Uppsala people and seeing Sam, getting on the bus, talking to Bernhard (bus buddy) after Gävle about Austrian military, his book, engineering, underground tunnel building etc, stopping at a cafe for toilets, eating in Max, sleeping (trying to) on the bus here and there for 10-12 hours, watching Benjamin Button, being a bit scared of the bus tipping over or crashing whilst driving in ice
• 28/2: Arriving in Kiruna in the morning, nice buffet breakfast in hostel, changing and brushing teeth, walking tour of Kiruna, buying souvenirs and groceries after tour, going into hostel room, going snow mobiling and dog sledding, sitting in a tipee with fire and eating bluberry muffin, facetiming mum and Drina whilst in that tent area with the snow mobiles and dogs, finding out Leo was leaving on the way home and being really, really freaken sad (the one Swedish guy I actually liked - as in sweet, relatable, easy to talk to, funny and good looking - just had to leave! Just my freaken' luck), talking to Amanda in hostel kitchen, talking to Rachel and Koen in hostel room and finding out Rachel is half Filipino, showering, cooking pasta with Dominic and Sam in the background, buying chips in ICA and some cider in Systembolaget, eating quickly, going out to pub with group and just chatting with Dasom, Marianne, Amanda and Judy, not being able to say goodbye to Dad, going home and sleeping
• 1/3: checking out of hostel, sitting next to Bernhard again, going to Ice Hotel and being ridiculously cold, going to a frozen lake for pictures, visiting a small Sami village where we were able to feed and pet reindeers and go in a Sami tent where a Sami man talked about random things and fed us reindeer broth and reindeer meat, rooming up with Rachel, Koen and Sam, having a nice dinner with room 104, going to Lavvu tent for marshmallows, drinks and chill with everyone, talking to the Singaporean, Chinese, Korean girls and having some of their sausages, talking to Alex (Australian girl) and Dominic for a bit, just chilling by the campfire and enjoying the marshmallows, heading back to hostel
• 2/3: Going to Norway for the first time to a small city called Narvik, admiring the beautiful views of huge snow covered mountains, taking a pitstop by a huge lake for group photos and skipping rocks, hiking to the ski resort and taking a gondala to the top for a nice view, going on the gondala with Rachel, Koen and Sam, taking lots of photos, going down the gondala with Judy, Marcel and other girl, having FISH AND CHIPS!!!!!, admiring the view again on the way back home because it was absolutely beautiful, arriving home to a nice sunset, preparing for sauna and northern lights, "dinner" with Uppsala people and sharing pasta with Marianne, going to the sauna!!!!, seeing the Northern Lights!!!!! typical me going into the sauna with a long sleeve gym top and gym shorts, jumping into the frozen lake with 1. Alex, Koen, and Rachel, 2. Rachel, Alex, Sam, Dominic, 3. Rachel and the random guys from our tour group who appeared and was able to take videos of us, heading back to the hostel and seeing the Northern Lights yet again, talking to Tobi on the way back about photography, cameras and whatnot, helping Sam up the snow with his Dr Martens the poor guy, finally arriving back to the hostel and wanting to shower but had no keys, played a bit of Bullshit with a group of people in the kitchen, seeing the Northern Lights again with Sam and Marianne but being absolutely freezing with wet-turned-frozen hair and wet swimwear, finally being able to shower, sitting with the Koreans, Amanda and french dudes Alexi and Pierre (Pierre-ka) (and eventually Brazillian guy Vitor) playing Korean drinking games, --> Dasom 1 - Jana 2, action game with the nose point etc, having to hug-drink Vitor "that was nice", Sam locking me out of the room and having to call him (answering the door with shirt off - he looked attractive), Vitor knocking on the door trying to help me

3/3: Showering, packing up, exploring Abisko National Park with Rachel and Koen at first then everyone and Sam, Sam and his "snow boots", seeing the frozen lake by day and the small hole we jumped into, exploring the park and seeing the ice climbing people and the sami outdoor "exhibition", heading back to hostel and eating Marianne's pasta, going on the bus back home hoping to sit by myself, watching Mamma Mia on the bus, stopping at the Arctic Circle, stopping by eatery and having schnitzel, exchanging Australian music for Dutch music with Rachel and Koen, making one last stop at petrol station and saying goodbye and hugging Rachel and Koen, sleeping most of the way home but quite uncomfortably

• 4/3: arriving back in Uppsala where it was snowing nicely, going back to Flogsta and being back home in the corridor, taking lots of unnecessary photos and videos of the snow through the kitchen and my room, deciding on 2-min noodles for brunch, SEEING LEO!!!! and his family, chatting for a bit with Leo (asked me if I was going out tonight and I said yes but he made a joke about watching Melodifestivalen and I didn't get it), his dad asking me how i'm finding Sweden and the weather and me replying with a confident yes i'm use to it and love it, saying one last goodbye to him and giving him one of my Australian koala souvenirs (which I wrote goodluck on) and then he hugged me (his dad probably told him to), being sad, sleeping for the rest of the day, not really feeling like going out during the day to the Chocolate Fika with Cindy and going to a club with Erica that night so stayed at home instead, Johan telling me Leo considered leaving a month ago and he left because it's just not what he wanted to do, unpacking
• 5/3: rolling bike all the way into the city centre to exchange old bike with new bike from Washington, being nice enough to give bike at 300 instead of 350 because i'm a nice person and think i'm rich, biking to Gotland's chocolate Fika and seeing Kelly and Catherine's German friend, taking some chocolate cakes home because NO FRIENDS but seeing attractive guys there :o, cycling home on new bike and enjoying life!!!, going to ICA for some groceries, getting home and eating Chicken Schnitzel and potatoes, biking to the gym to participate in basketball where they weren't that good and realising yet again Swedish people are quite competitive and are quite "nerdy" or have no shame for good looking people (as in don't care if they look like an idiot playing a sport they don't really know much about)
• 6/3: doing nothing in the morning, sweeping floor of dust, cleaning room a bit, doing laundry, eating schnitzel and potatoes and bacon and eggs for an early dinner as first meal of the day, talking to Aleksi who said he'll miss Leo and that they had a 3h long chat before he left and also talked about Eurovision - brought up Leo several times, biking to basketball again, they were really friendly saying hi to me and introducing themselves to me, meeting more people and trying to remember names - guy from Ethiopia, Dardan (cute Swede-Albanian guy), Juan (Italian/Spanish guy), really tall guy, sort of tall guy, main organiser guy (Gustav), guy that said it was tough and played handball, scoring one goal, being blocked by cute guy, seeing Flora on the way home from biking
• 7/3: waking up to snowy Uppsala, trying to do homework for Basic Swedish, going to class via bike, biking in the snow to nations area and admiring the cathedral, going to Smålands nation for drinks/dinner with friends, going to SNerikes club, taking tequila shots, biking home in the snow with Catherine and Aleksi, puffing and panting so much because of being tired mixed with alcohol
• 8/3: waking up to even more snow in Uppsala as in snow covered trees (such a beautiful sight - taking hundreds of photos), doing nothing, starting to watch Riverdale, making old school 'classics' playlist
• 9/3: talking to Johan about Swedish music like Håkan Hellström, ABBA - he likes ABBA - and people liking old school music in Sweden, talking to Kamil and some of his friends for a bit, someone playing Perfect Strangers at 1am in the morning
• 10/3: Leo bailing (of course - I knew it for sure), doing nothing, watching a bit of Leonie Sii, watching new episode of Riverdale, going out to Värmlands with Erica, Ruark and Flora at 10pm, running for the bus with Flora again and making it, staying till the end when the DJ played 'in the jungle', seeing Kamil, Ibige and lappland people, witnessing Sam and lappland girl being gross, seeing cute French guy again and getting his name but not remembering it, going to Max for chilli cheese balls and chicken wings
• 11/3: buying mirror off Citra and talking about her moving to a bigger apartment nearer to the city, melodifestivalen party, knowing the songs, Aleksi being so into the songs, talking to Leo whilst watching
• 12/3: watching Marvel grand finals via live stream on FB thanks to mum, going to lunch/fika with Erica, Ruark, Flora, Catherine and Erik at Västgöta, going to TGR for a bit, biking back home, going to ICA for groceries
• 13/3: getting the $1000 scholarship from UTS, going to play basketball, getting free stuff like food, shower gel and a rug from Citra, saying bye to Citra and her telling me to come visit
• 14/3: going to Swedish class and bumping into Catherine and Eric, talking to Johan about Melodifestivalen whilst preparing dinner and how I found it and him knowing the term 'bogan', finding people on Tinder i.e. Ibige, Leo, Johan, Andreas etc., getting more free stuff from Citra like popcorn!
• 15/3: still not working on thesis; tempted to go out to ög nation, requesting Alex to play Gambino and him saying yes but not being able to go
• 16/3: thesis, going to Engleska Parken to study for a bit but not being able to esp. with stomach always making noises, going to Basic Swedish with Eric and Catherine and biking home with them
• 17/3: thesis, realising it's due on Sunday not Tuesday!, creating list of Aussie slang, not going to Eric's little getty, having to open corridor door for Kamil at 2am
• 18/3: thesis, finishing it at 7pm, doing laundry, going to ICA, chatting to Eric and Catherine whilst waiting for laundry about travelling, Japanese author, bullet journalling, photos, doing stuff like eating surströmming or the Aussie slang challenge, going to Gasque's like the Gotlands La La Land one, talking with Pei again, Rana and Erica about travelling out of Uppsala
• 19/3: biking into town and seeing everyone sitting by the river, going to fika at Gotlands with Flora, Erica, Anna, Catherine and Eric, going to expensive cafe for Räksmörgås, sitting by the river and enjoying the sun, realising there's a whole lot of people in Uppsala as everyone was out, going to ICA for groceries, going home at 3pm to "study"
• 20/3: today it's snowing. I remember Johan telling me when I first got here that it wouldn't snow again. Now it's mid-March and after a week full of sunny Spring days, it's snowing again! And it's the first day of Spring too; biking to basketball with a whole lot of energy, talking to David (he does journalism in Ekonomikum, part of Gotlands but only goes to bball), playing really well in half-court scrimmage with two early shots, not playing well during full-court, passing ball badly to Pav and Dardan, saying good bye to them after figuring out it's not the boys locker room; getting home and talking to Alex about Gambino again - he said: so you really like Gambino huh?, Johan coming in and here I am talking about Gambino again, typical me! and also talking about the snow again, exams, cooking late and seeing if he likes Drake (doesn't like One Dance)
• 21/3: waking up sometime between 7:30-8 for early class, waking up to snow again - snowed much heavier today, biking to Ekonomikum in a whole lot of slush and snow, professor being late to class by 45 mins, doing presentation, nice girl giving good review of our paper, seeing Alex in kitchen facility part and asking for a a good place to study, trying to sort out campus card and printing with infodesk and buying a Uppsala canvas bag for $15, seeing David from basketball and saying a quick hi, attempting to study in Ekonomikum, finally getting my photo approved, getting a kebab en route to home, sleeping and being lazy until 8:30pm, studied intermittently but just being tired, emptying the bins, talking to Johan about the snow again "in yo face" Johan, thinking he got a haircut (when he just washed it - I said it was nice)
• 22/3: not waking up at 6, waking up at 10 instead and barely studying, being really lazy and exhausted, showering then eating a bit, heading out to exam and bumping into Ariela and going with her and the Koreans (and Spanish girl) to exam hall, seeing fellow classmates and feeling sense of belonging amidst the sea full of Swedes (who are actually undeniably cool), going into exam room and realising how different it is - coats lined along the length of the wall, can sit in any seat in the given row, can bring a freaken bag full of snacks or even coke etc, finishing exam within 45 mins like the rest of class, exchanging answers with Spanish girl and Jason after, going to big secondhand shop and buying white top, walking into the city, getting a Maccas feed (chilli cheese ball thingos and hot wings), going to H&M and Zara, taking a bus home and lazing about at home, doing nothing, relaxing then stressing about having to do EMS
• 23/3: going to Basic Swedish class at 4pm and sitting next to Eric and Dasom and arranging a Korean-Australian/Filipino food exchange with her, going to basketball at 7pm at Campus1477 and not really feeling it but scoring 3 goals, reading book for a bit
• 24/3: going out to Snerikes with Pei, dancing to teenage dirtbag, like a virgin, journey (glee song)
• 25/3: being late to shift at Gotlands, meeting girls from Tajikistan and Czech Republic, seeing Ibige, buying chocolate mud cake, going to Smålands nation Flea Market, sleeping at home, asking Johan on FB if I could borrow vacuum, talking to Bridget and Johan for a bit, Kamil inviting me to tacos night with his friends in corridor, going out to burgers with Pei, Erica and Anna, going to Norrlands at 9:30pm and being ridiculously early then waiting in the pub and having a nice chat with them, going to Norrlands finally and finally getting a taste of Gambino via request (Bonfire), not liking Norrlands bc it was mainly Swedish people and realising Swedish girls in clubs are the worst bc they are snobs and think they're all that but the good thing about them is they go in 2-3s in the toilet, pushing guys who were dancing like cray, freaking out that I wouldn't get home till 3am but realising it was daylight savings, feeling too tipsy to work phone and figure out how to get home, getting off at Flogsta centrum and walking home
• 26/3: being so tired and bailing on Rana for waffle fika, not waking up till 2pm or so, showering, getting vacuum from Johan, cleaning room a bit, doing laundry and going to ICA, making food - broccoli and cheese then regular mince, egg and potato, getting laundry, talking to a very happy Kamil who went to a sunny Stockholm today and is going to Croatia for a week, doing bins with Kamil and him likening our smootheness to Oceans 11
• 27/3: THE HOTTEST DAY IN MARCH SINCE 1739, being told off by old Swedish man for biking near Stora Torget or on foot path, eating Bastard Burgers with Erica, going to basketball with Erica, conversing with Gustav, Sam and just all around being friendly with all the guys as if I knew them and as if they knew me, trying to look for Semla, messaging Erica and coincidentally saying the guy in basketball was cute
• 28/3: waking up to the hottest rays of sun, waking up at 10am or so after sleeping at 3:30am, biking to central station, taking the train into Stockholm and nearly missing our train because we hopped off it, bolting back on the train to an open carriage with nice railway man, talking about Erica's boyfriend problems and vlogging, walking to Skansen (and stalking cute, majestic doge) and eventually taking a ferry, seeing a brown bear, pigs, elk, seals, squirrels, "wolverine" (v disappointed) and grey wolf (looked like a husky), being sad because animals looked sad obv, eating my first cinnamon roll in Sweden, bussing it back to central, walking on a high-street to find food, bussing it back to central bc no food, eating a chorizo hot-dog, eating daim ice cream, catching train back to Uppsala, going to Basic Swedish class with Rana and Maxwell, having a good chat with Rana, biking back home, talking to Johan in the kitchen about what he was cooking (Swedish sausage, broccoli and pasta) then Cascada and Valborg, organising Valborg plans and school-travel plans with Erica, wanting to see the Northern Lights bc apparently it was high-chance of visibility, eating the most colourful meal in Uppsala
• 29/3: waking up late-ish, meeting with Pei at 3pm in H&M to get vegemite, finally biking in city better, going to Amazing Thai grocery and Asian Livs for the first time and buying Taho ingredients and fishballs, biking home and struggle, spending an hour in ICA very very very frustrated I couldn't find things like brown sugar or vinegar, buying a lot of food (unnecessary i.e. kina wafer balls, ice-cream) and spending a lot of money, going home and cleaning kitchen and then setting up food, talking to Bridget and friend, Koreans and Erica coming first and preparing food, making them taste vegemite, cooking adobo and taho with Erica, Catherine and Eric arriving to make their poutine, just chatting, testing them on some Aussie slang like mozzie, sunnies, ta etc, playing two Korean games to see who cleans (Erica, Eric and I lost), playing music whilst cleaning, cleaning more in the kitchen, talking to v tired Johan who wasn't feeling it
• 30/3: talking to Alex a bit in the kitchen who was preparing breakfast too, going to class at 9:55am, being in class from 10:15-4 with some breaks in between (heating up broccoli and cheese in busy kök) and not having a clue what was going on in class, immediately going to basic Swedish class, seeing Eric, Dasom and Catherine and meeting Californian-Hong Kong girl, talking to Aus guy from Sydney who did international marketing, it started snowing again!!!!! on the way home from basic swedish, talking to Alex in kitchen while prepping dinner about Swedish chicken piece preference, where he lives (borlange), not knowing where to travel in Sweden, him disliking Flogsta especially the international students who run a muck and throw fridges in the end because they know they're just going to leave, him saying it was calm when Kamil got here, him not knowing which room belongs to who, then talking to Johan who was v happy and talkative this time 'round - telling me he was sorry yesterday he really wasn't in the mood and really stressed, couldn't sleep last night till late, messed up something today, me saying it's understandable, talking about him teaching, doing blocks of practical, teaching 13-16 year olds English, talking about English language semantics, him trying to make me do the tongue thing to get the perfect Swedish sound, testing me on what a chair in Swedish is (I got it right = en stol), he made toast tonight to eat tomorrow for breakfast (v unheard of), telling him about starting a new course ("new type of crowd"?), talking about the snow again because it snowed today!!!! and it's being really weird apparently, said he saw my fb post etc etc. V v talkative! Nice Johan is better :D
• 31/3: class again, no contact with other people, going home and making taho and watching itsjudyslife, going to Klostergatan to pre-drink, playing spoons (and them loving it), Korean and Mexican game, having so many fireball shots due to losing constantly, biking back to Flogsta drunk with Catherine, feeling like absolute death back home and panicking that I was going to vomit, making egg and bacon with rice but not eating it
• 1/4: biking fast because I was potentially going to miss train, Örebro day trip
• 2/4: seeing Kamil left a cute note on door "you're a life saver <3 fika soon"; IK easter buffet; talking to Kamil for a bit about his trip, asking Alex for rice cooker and making really really soft rice but having the hardest time cleaning it; talking to Alex about going to Örebro and DJing in ÖG very briefly; going to ICA but forgetting keys so asking Kamil to open door;
• 3/4: hearing Johan singing and playing guitar (he's so cute) and then following him on insta cos he's a keeper, meeting with bike man to get bike fix but it made it worse, doing blog post and Swedish homework in Ekonomikum, making use of empty kitchen and bathroom facilities in Ekonomikum before heading to basketball!, feeling v belong to the group as in people hi-fiving me when they arrived in and hi-fiving me when we finished a game and when I shot one goal and then encouraging me when I missed a shot or did a bad pass by saying good shot or something, ending the game with "nice game" and hi-fives, my hair dripping in sweat, finally "hanging" out with them in the locker room and trying to talk about Uppsalabasket game (they went on Sat) but not really listening bc v distracted with cute guy taking top off, insinuating we all go to the grandfinal together and then saying bye, carrying bike to ekonomikum to get it fixed with a new city tyre, coming home and eating rice and finally finishing blog post
• 4/4: going to Stockholm, being late and last person to arrive for train, going to a YouTube network, having brief smiles and small talk with people in class and teacher but feeling really uncomfortable, eating lunch at Indian (curry chicken and naan), going to open tv and getting a group with masters students, walking and taking bus to Stockholm Central, feeling like I like Stockholm - people are just cool (old and young), taking train to Uppsala and getting delayed, realising I caught train with everyone despite leaving early, being 15 mins late to Basic Swedish, deciding to quit EMS, getting home late and seeing Johan had messaged me about Indigofera being in our corridor
• 5/4: staying home and not going to EMS study visit to Stockholm, messaging the g-land bball group about Uppsalabasket free game and finally adding some of them on fb, going to Uppsalabasket with Aleksi and Catherine - so quiet, Swedes don't sing national anthem, talking to Johan and Aleksi a bit when getting home about Swedish candy and bogans, talking to Johan about bogans and him linking me to ciggy butt brain
• 6/4: talking to Johan about him going back to his hometown for the weekend and him being Protestant and the Swedish get baptised and confirmed as part of tradition, going to basic swedish but being a bit late to class then sweating a lot, going to ög with rana to eat burgers with our coupons, talk about travel and attempt to play board games which became a total fail because it was either in swedish or a tedious to learn, going to göteborgs nation after to meet with Aleksi, Anna and Simone for karaoke night where barbie girl, lush life, 500 miles, mamma mia played
• 7/4: terrorist attack in Stockholm, meeting with Simone, Erica, Aleksi and Anna in Värmlands for drinks and chats then going to Shotluka for free (I paid Erica back) shots of apple pie which was really tasty and cool to watch made, biking back with Aleksi and being really puffed
• 8/4: going to Gotlands Japanese fika with Aleksi, Erica, Flora and Rana, talking about Finnish military and travelling
• 9/4: forcasted to 15 degree weather, didn't sleep till 5am this morning so I slept in very late, went to mass with Erica and Anna for palm sunday bc I needed some prayer and quiet reflection and it was perfectly topped off with power of your love, seeing Johan after coming from ICA and talking about him not going to his hometown on Friday and leaving Saturday morning instead and also about the swedish lollies (open lollies) because I bought some after he said it was really popular right now during easter because of the promotion (it's not really cheap), Marcus linking game tickets to Uppsalabasket semi game
• 10/4: going to Cafe Linné with Erica and Catherine, eating chocolate cake, chocolate ball and räkasmörgås, making plans to travel and just chilling and showing Catherine blogpost, Gustav writing the facebook post in English, going to basketball and patting my first dog in Sweden, and asking Marcus if he ended up going to Uppsalabasket game, the guys being really encouraging again when I made good assists Marcus hi-fiving me and Dardan saying "incredible pass" (according to Erica) and the guys being exaggeratedly impressed (so funny, as if they'd be impressed like that with other guys), not being able to get any shots in, trying to screen Dardan again under Marcus' direction and him laughing at it and then bringing it up again at the end of the game and me defending myself saying he wasn't running at me this time (but I mean, I can handle him since i've handled his blocks), asking Gustav in the end if there's practice next week (there is), going to Värmlands nation with Erica, Simone, Anna and Aleksi again, biking home by myself and taking different route
• 11/4: waking up late after not sleeping till 4ish, doing basic swedish homework, seeing Johan in corridor and nearly cutting off his movement as we walked in the same lane (he walked on his right side and i walked on my left side) and me saying, "sorry" and something along the lines of "it's because i'm Australian", going to Basic Swedish class and being late, seeing Flora, Dasom, Catherine and Eric, biking back to Flogsta with Catherine and Dasom, going to ICA and buying MORE candies, getting help with my boxed mash potato and gravy from Aleksi who translated it for me, making my first Swedish dish of meatballs, potato and gravy, planning our Easter trip with Erica and Dasom, watching more 13 reasons why
• 12/4: buying soy sauce from AsianLivs, international dinner night with new faces from Sweden and Italy, making adobo and taho again, trying Finnish reindeer stew and blacking pudding dessert and Swedish bread with potatoes and fishy paste and authentic Italian Carbonara, and Hong Kong Portuguese coconut curry chicken, biking home from Eklund and being scared for the first time thinking about being raped by these teenage boys and also realising Uppsala can be like home if you live in Eklund and appreciating living in Flogsta so much
• 13/4: going to Copenhagen with Dasom and Erica, meeting them in train station, packing way too much things, grocery shopping in station then going to bus terminal, catching the bus and realising how good Sweden's/Northern Europe's bus transport services are esp. when it costs 12 euros and toilet is well functioning and clean, reaching Malmö central station, taking train to Trianglein, making way to Airbnb,
• 14/4: going to Copenhagen via bus, walking to Malmö central, trekking all the way to cool and v trendy Mad & Kaffe for brunch (wasn't the best but still nice, esp the Danish cinnamon bun), realising there are too many cool people in Copenhagen and being glad I didn't exchange there otherwise i'd have to dress up nicely everyday and that i'm glad I don't feel the need to dress to impress in Uppsala, considering hiring bikes but being too expensive, going to Tivoli to check it out, deciding to go to Nyhavyn first, getting a waffle, visiting Nyhavyn and Amalienborg castle etc, going back to Tivoli and getting unlimited ride pass and waiting in line for one ride for maybe 1 hour, being legit piss scared of the ride bc I was really busting to go to the toilet and I legit thought I was going to piss in my pants (on top of being completely scared of the ride), getting an adrenaline rush after the ride, going on bumper cars, a roller coaster and floating ride thing, thinking of staying in Copenhagen longer but then deciding to go back already, going back to Malmö via bus where I drank so much water and didn't want to use the toilet that by the we got to Malmö I was extremely extremely busting and frantically looking for a toilet that Erica needed to buy my ticket, finally peeing on the train (thank you Sweden, up your game Sydney Trains), hearing some crazy shit at night on the street like plates being thrown (learned that Malmö is a criminally bad city)
• 15/4: deciding to stay in Malmö the whole day bc Copenhagen was so tiring and it was rainy, FINDING THE BEST OP SHOP (Humana) AND BEING SO V IMPRESSED AND HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME BC THEY ALSO HAD GOOD MUSIC (GAMBINO ETC) BUT ALSO HAVING A HARD TIME NOT BUYING TOO MUCH (bought a washed out wolf t-shirt, blush turtle neck and trendy jacket, going to one more opshop where Dasom bought lots, going to the indoor mall to eat (eventually ate at McDo and then going to TGR), seeing Froyo shop, going to Museet for really really modern art I did not understand, stopping for cinnamon roll and coffee, grocery shopping, talking with Dasom about university, how Korean boys called her chubby, Korean plastic surgery, boys etc, eating migoreng and other noodles for dinner, videochatting with the family because of the family EASTER PARTY!, mum sending so many cute pics of the babies, showing Drina my haul etc
• 16/4: going to Lund quite late after my hesitance to go, took the bus there, going to cafe where guy looked Filipino but wasn't, sightseeing - church, university, quaint streets, botanical gardens etc, rushing to go back to Malmö for some more opshopping for Drina and Francis but not buying anything, buying a Swedish princess cake for Easter that said Glad Påsk and was v nice looking (but didn't take photo of it), making the trek to Copenhagen but missing train and being late for Tita Gee's 6:30 dinner time, not paying for tickets for commuter train to the suburbs, reaching the suburban station and then walking a long time to their house with my heavy backpack - seeing a really big dog, arriving in their house and greeting them awkwardly (shook the grandma's hand?), eating dinner and talking to them until 11pm, going back to room and de-briefing with Dasom and Erica saying how nice they were etc, and Dasom thanking me for inviting her :')
• 17/4: Tita Gee making breakfast for us (bread and nutella) and packing me 4 pieces of chicken and rice, getting a lift from them to bus terminal, taking a photo and seeing Uppsala Aussie dude, bus back to Copenhagen from 8:45am-7:45pm (almost 12 hours) where I ate my snacks, tried to sleep most of the time but couldn't and there was a snow storm at one point, wanting to make it to basketball but in the end time didn't permit nor did my body bc I was rekked with no proper meal the whole day and so tired, seeing Aleksi and Johan upon arrival in kitchen
• 18/4: doing laundry, messaging Marcus about him not going to the game, going to the game with Aleksi, Catherine and Omar, having nachos at ÖG, seeing Simon the ög kiwi, meeting another Australian
• 19/4: grocery shopping and being invited by Catherine and Eric to eat dinner at their place but not going because I already heated Tita Gee's chicken and rice
• 20/4: going to Basic Swedish class, making adobo using Dad's recipe and being SUCCESSFUL!!!!!!, packing v minimally for cruise with Fjall backpack only
• 21/4: missing train with Catherine to Stockholm, finalising packing, going to Stockholm for the cherry blossoms, taking pics of Stockholm from nice view points @ Sodermälm and vintage shopping with Catherine, being impressed with the chain vintage shop bc cheap (got washed black denim skirt, blue denim dress and v-neck long sleeve top), leaving Catherine to go to Central station to meet with the gang, meeting them after looking for them in grocery etc, starting our journey via tunnelbana and then walking with a bunch of people also on the cruise to the cruise ship, checking in the cruise, arriving in room then going out to explore the ship and then watch the departure from the back of the ship, seeing some students, taking a siesta (but struggled cos stomach was rowdy), trying to pretend I needed to go to supermarket to find toilet but Aleksi wanted to join and eventually everyone did, checking out the duty free shop and then the boys and Erica having some coffee and cake whilst I went back to room to "freshen up" (i.e. try to release), going to the performance thing and getting good seats and just enjoying it all even though some performances were lame (esp. enjoyed watching couples, mums and kid dance to the band), going to Karaoke where Aleksi and Erica sang I'm Yours and also made me sing Eye of the Tiger where I embarrassed myself, looked at the dance floor and did not feel it
• 22/4: buffet breakfast before heading off to explore Tallinn, losing my glove and then finding it, climbing the top of a church tower and being puffed out, exploring Tallinn and it raining sometimes, drinking coke instead of coffee, making many pitstops, getting a glimpse of Russia with cool orthodox church where we had to use our scarves to cover our head up, taking the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki where there were many Finnish college students in their get up and also many drunk Finnish parties enjoying life, getting to witness a popular Finnish rapper, sorting through photos and listening to Johan's playlist on the boat and enjoying the Swedish tune "I am a vampire", arriving in Helsinki then walking to our Airbnb, settling in our Airbnb and then going to a station to eat burgers and do some grocery shopping (bought sausage roll looking pastries), heading back home and finally taeing well
• 23/4: exploring Helsinki, going to central station, rock church, market square and two cathedrals, seeing a boys scout parade, realising modern history museums are boring and that I like modern art or design museums better and ice age (forgot the category) exhibitions, favourite part of museuem was the visit Finland exhibition in the National Museuem where I bought two cool retro postcards, eating salmon soup, going on the cruise ship and releasing again, taking photos of the city from back of cruise ship during departure, taking a nap, eating fish and chips for dinner, encountering a little Swedish boy in elevator who said "Tack" to me after I held the doors open for him and his dad, watching the sunset and Mother Africa show, buying tax free booze!!!!!, going back to room to just chat and laugh about MSN and our MSN messenger email (note: must ask Simone what his MSN email was), watching Finnish people awkwardly sing rap songs or ricky martin songs on karaoke, watching Finnish people dance, enjoying quiet moments with the group and realising it's okay to have those moments (less social anxiety)
• 24/4: arriving in Stockholm and running for the train in the tunnelbana, arriving in Uppsala and going to H&M to buy stockings them seeing Maxwell and having a little chat about opshopping, my cruise, alcohol and valborg, sleeping for the most part of the day and resting, but making adobo, Marcus blocking me, Marcus and David encouraging me and David pushing me to play when I wanted to bench, falling to ground hard bc of guy, Dardan laughing at me for trying to screen him again and running into him several times, Pavel defending me hard out
• 25/4: talking to Drina for nearly 1.5 hours about me being sad and life, wasting all my mobile data, doing Swedish homework, going to basic swedish and riding through rain and light hail, trying to ask Marcus about playing scrimmage in Campus 1477, trying to arrange with Pei trip to Amsterdam
• 26/4: meeting up with Catherine for her to give me money for their ticket, biking yet again through wind, light hail and rain with the ice hurting my face, buying tickets in ög, eating chicken wrap in ög and then sitting here going through photos, looking at flights, writing expenses and observing the very pms weather that goes from clear blue skies, light hail, snow and rain and dark clouds, going to systembolaget to buy alcohol and seeing the whole population of Uppsala there, buying rain jacket from TGR and comviq card, getting drenched yet again from biking in rain (v unlucky), showering then doing laundry, going to ICA and finally finding pork with fat
• 27/4: making fried pork, bumping into Sam for the first time in yonks and him noticing me being really, really tired from biking, sweating a lot in basic swedish bc i had to sit opposite people, having basic swedish class, going to Systembolaget yet again to buy more ciders and New Yorker to buy stockings, going to Asianlivs and seeing Dasom and the Koreans, indulging MYSELF with nutella and banana crepes, soaking in the nice evening in Uppsala (taking photos of river by my fave spot), picking up by beautybay parcel, going to Karaokeborg and just going because I wanted to eat a burger
• 28/4: making adobo yet again this time with pork, showering and shaving, waxing and grooming the brows, going to Flogsta bbq with Catherine and Eric, chatting with them in my corridor, chatting to Johan a bit, seeing everyone already starting to party and not having it with my friends (again - especially because most of them will end up ditching bananarama bc they're worried about the cost and being tired LOL you only valborg once ppl, never again will we get to do this shit in Sweden -- especially when I want to go, they won't), everyone coming to our corridor for drinks and pump up before rave, biking to rave with everyone and feeling like Stranger Things, meeting another Aussie on the walk to rave, going to the rave where there was a rave area, bonfire, balloon drugs and people offering ecstasy, biking back in the dirt and rocky road with people constantly asking how long it takes to walk there, overall such a surreal experience biking into the dark forests of Sweden (for a bloody rave) only to be hindered by trying to hide from Australians
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• 30/4:
• 1/5: not having a hangover or anything, meeting up with Pei in ICA a bit further out and chatting with her for a good 20-30 mins, going to Cafe Linné (where cafe girl told me i had lipstick on my teeth "gotta look out for each other" while Pei did not) for cake and ice-cream yet again while booking stuff and researching U.K. trip, pretending to be busy for gotlands basketball because the majority were busy but really wanting to play (lel i brought my gear with me and everything), doing laundry late and packing
• 2/5: long line for the bus and having to stand on the bus, buying expensive af sandwich and water ($15), going in the wrong way on the plane (front instead of back) so it was a struggle to get to my seat and then also putting bag more to the front when the exit in the back was open so had to wait for everyone to get off, being really really infatuated with Edinburgh right from the airport bus, ENGLISH SPEAKING WHITE PEOPLE!, being fascinated with how Scot's talk, arriving in hostel to be met by an Australian at the desk (typical) and the news from Ruark that Erica burnt herself with boiling water and was in hospital,
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• 5/5: going to Altrincham with Christina, HAVING ONE OF THE BEST MEAT PIES OF MY LIFE (steak and ale meat pie with gravy), buying coffee for the first time (apparently the best one according to Christina) after I told myself i'd try good coffee according to friends recommendation so I might like it more but did not like it all as it was too bitter, eating at an American diner place and having another oreo milk drink (milkshake), HAVING ONE OF THE BEST COCKTAILS OF MY LIFE (had a sugary passion fruit and egg white which made the texture creamy) and being really impressed with the bar for its cool scene and music (called Lost in Tokyo) and Manchester in general for its awesome night life, also realising how uncool Uppsala is with the student nations and being sad bc we don't have these cool bars with cool people in them,
• 6/5: waking up early to brush teeth, put on makeup and eat brekky, saying bye to Christina and Dillon, going on tram to Manchester Airport, splurging a bit in Boots, going in a small SAS plane and going on SAS for the first time ever, making it to Sweden and feeling like a Swede returning back to motherland, but also being quite sick of coming back to Sweden and already missing the U.K. life, running for 801 bus to Uppsala bc i'm a local, contemplating stopping at IKEA but getting Subway instead on the way home, accidentally ordering a footlong and realising Sweden Subway doesn't sell meatball subs but I was too far in (also ordered subway cookies yas), coming home to dirty kitchen, cleaning up plates in kitchen so that ppl in Kamil's party don't mess it up, just chilling in room, tolerating the loud noises of Kamil's party in our corridor and of course hearing Australian's outside my door, sleeping at 2am
• 7/5: of course Flora bailing and using excuses, hiking Gula Stigen with Kalmar Nation (and Aleksi), not being too happy about hike bc it was pretty much just a walk from A to B without stopping or hiking to something like a viewpoint (missing the hiking in Scotland), having fika in Kalmar nation (oreo cheesecake, cinnamon bun and tried a Swedish Kalmar sandwich cake for the first time and wasn't too bad), meeting another Aussie, biking home and making it up the hill quite easily, taking a nap, eating dinner and then migoreng at 11pm