I love to live in Norway, it's so peaceful but at the same time fun... I am native Indian, but was born and raised in Norway, which I am glad for:) I have visited India many times, but I still feel that Norway is my home. But I still feel strong attached to India, to see my family is a big joy.. Unfortunatly I don't see them so often.
The winter... I love the winter when it's just snowing and it's christmas, but I hate the cold, I hate the raining, and I hate to be the only one who don't get so many gifts... But in the end I love to live in Norway!
tirsdag 16. oktober 2012
India&Lesotho group work
Lesotho
School system.
Lesotho’s school system consists of twelve school years. 1. to 7. grade is called junior or primary school. Then there are 3 years of secondary primary/junior school or high school. And the last 2 years are called secondary high school. Then the students can choose to take higher education in universities.
Citizens
Lesotho has about 2 million citizens.
President or monarchy?
Lesotho has a king. His name is Letso III.
National sport
Horse racing is very important in Lesotho.
What languages does you learn in school?
The two official languages is Sesotho and English (witch do you learn in school)
How do you celebrate your national day?
The 4. October is celebrated because Lesotho became independent from the UK. (how do you celebrate the national day)
What is your main economy?
2/3 of the income comes from agriculture. About 50% of the population. Mining and textile work are also strong economies.
India
1. How many vacations do they have in India? India only has 12 days as its minimum, but has the highest amount of public holidays with 16.
2. Are you satisfied with your school-system? Statistics from 2007 shows that 77% of Indian pupils are satisfied with their school-system.
3. Do they have many different activities to do in India? Yes, they do. There is a wide wildlife in India ready to get explored. There are also many attractions in India..
4. How do they celebrate their national day? 15. August. 1947 was the date when India got their independence day, this day is memorable for every Indian (Me included). They celebrate this day, with parades, military performance, dance, and singing.
School system.
Lesotho’s school system consists of twelve school years. 1. to 7. grade is called junior or primary school. Then there are 3 years of secondary primary/junior school or high school. And the last 2 years are called secondary high school. Then the students can choose to take higher education in universities.
Citizens
Lesotho has about 2 million citizens.
President or monarchy?
Lesotho has a king. His name is Letso III.
National sport
Horse racing is very important in Lesotho.
What languages does you learn in school?
The two official languages is Sesotho and English (witch do you learn in school)
How do you celebrate your national day?
The 4. October is celebrated because Lesotho became independent from the UK. (how do you celebrate the national day)
What is your main economy?
2/3 of the income comes from agriculture. About 50% of the population. Mining and textile work are also strong economies.
India
1. How many vacations do they have in India? India only has 12 days as its minimum, but has the highest amount of public holidays with 16.
2. Are you satisfied with your school-system? Statistics from 2007 shows that 77% of Indian pupils are satisfied with their school-system.
3. Do they have many different activities to do in India? Yes, they do. There is a wide wildlife in India ready to get explored. There are also many attractions in India..
4. How do they celebrate their national day? 15. August. 1947 was the date when India got their independence day, this day is memorable for every Indian (Me included). They celebrate this day, with parades, military performance, dance, and singing.
Unexpected ending, typical Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl always ends his stories very unexpected. Today I’ve read the short story “The Man from the South”, and I have to say, this ending was very unexpected. The story is about the main character on a holiday in Jamaica, by the pool he meets a man with a funny accent. The man is from a Spanish speaking country in South-America.
They sit down together and watch the people splashing around in the pool. After a while one of the men gets out of the pool and joins the main character and the man from the south. He offers them a cigarette and the main character "obviously" don't refuse , while the man from the south says he prefers cigars and takes one out of his pocket. The man from the pool turns out to be an American soldier. The soldier offers to light their smokes with his “never-failing” lighter. The man from the south thinks the soldier is a bit cocky and wants to bet against him and his lighter. They agree to bet and the main character shall be the referee. The man from the south says that if the lighter lights 10 out of 10 times, the soldier wins his car. But if it fails 1 time out of the 10, the soldier looses his little finger on his left hand.
Together they all go up to the man from the south’s room and begin the bet. The way Roald Dahl has written the text it seems like the soldier will loose the bet and his finger. But -by the time the soldier flicks his lighter the eighth time a woman opens the door and runs over to the man from the south. She grabs his wrist and takes the chopper from him. She explains that the man from the south is mentally ill and can't stand bets. He has earlier taken 47 fingers from different people, and lost 11 cars. It also turns out that the car the bet belonged to the woman. And that the man has nothing left to bet. The woman won it all from him a long time ago. She says that it took a long time and was a hard job. In the end, the main character, spots the womans hand, and it has only two fingers.
I liked it, usually I don't read Roald Dahl, but after this short story, I will! :)
They sit down together and watch the people splashing around in the pool. After a while one of the men gets out of the pool and joins the main character and the man from the south. He offers them a cigarette and the main character "obviously" don't refuse , while the man from the south says he prefers cigars and takes one out of his pocket. The man from the pool turns out to be an American soldier. The soldier offers to light their smokes with his “never-failing” lighter. The man from the south thinks the soldier is a bit cocky and wants to bet against him and his lighter. They agree to bet and the main character shall be the referee. The man from the south says that if the lighter lights 10 out of 10 times, the soldier wins his car. But if it fails 1 time out of the 10, the soldier looses his little finger on his left hand.
Together they all go up to the man from the south’s room and begin the bet. The way Roald Dahl has written the text it seems like the soldier will loose the bet and his finger. But -by the time the soldier flicks his lighter the eighth time a woman opens the door and runs over to the man from the south. She grabs his wrist and takes the chopper from him. She explains that the man from the south is mentally ill and can't stand bets. He has earlier taken 47 fingers from different people, and lost 11 cars. It also turns out that the car the bet belonged to the woman. And that the man has nothing left to bet. The woman won it all from him a long time ago. She says that it took a long time and was a hard job. In the end, the main character, spots the womans hand, and it has only two fingers.
I liked it, usually I don't read Roald Dahl, but after this short story, I will! :)
News from India, USA, Lesotho
India:
Today two Bollywood stars will get married. Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, the couple have been together for 3 years, and now decided to take the biggest step. The wedding will take place at Taj Hotel, where only the family-members are invited. I have watched several of their movies and they both are great, so personally I am very excited! :)
Lesotho:
In this task I was supposed to find a local newsarticle from Lesotho, but it turned out to be quite hard and I didn't find any news form Lesotho. Therefore my teacher told me to find an article from South-Africa instead. After all Lesotho is surrounded by South-African territory.
The article I chose is from a large newspaper in the southeastern part of South-Africa. It is called DispatchOnline and the newsarticle is about a small baby who was reunited with her parents after being kidnapped last year.
22. of August last year the little girl was kidnapped by a 33 year old woman from the Eastern Cape. The suspect had, before the kidnapping, met the mother of the baby in a taxi and started visiting their home. The mother said that the suspect had visited three or four times before the baby disapeared. When the kidnapping happened the girl was only 3 three weeks old.
The father says in an interview that he can't thank the people who has helped and supported him and his wife through these difficult times enough. He is also very greatful for what the South-African police has done to find his daugther. The father said that he would like to talk to the woman, but otherwise he would leave everything to the police.
Invetisgations lead the police to the woman, who was asked to test herself to prove the child was hers. The suspect was found while she was heading for her home town, Tsolo. She had earlier stayed in Guateng withe the baby until about the beginning of October.
The suspect now faces charges of child abduction.
In this task I was supposed to find a local newsarticle from Lesotho, but it turned out to be quite hard and I didn't find any news form Lesotho. Therefore my teacher told me to find an article from South-Africa instead. After all Lesotho is surrounded by South-African territory.
The article I chose is from a large newspaper in the southeastern part of South-Africa. It is called DispatchOnline and the newsarticle is about a small baby who was reunited with her parents after being kidnapped last year.
22. of August last year the little girl was kidnapped by a 33 year old woman from the Eastern Cape. The suspect had, before the kidnapping, met the mother of the baby in a taxi and started visiting their home. The mother said that the suspect had visited three or four times before the baby disapeared. When the kidnapping happened the girl was only 3 three weeks old.
The father says in an interview that he can't thank the people who has helped and supported him and his wife through these difficult times enough. He is also very greatful for what the South-African police has done to find his daugther. The father said that he would like to talk to the woman, but otherwise he would leave everything to the police.
Invetisgations lead the police to the woman, who was asked to test herself to prove the child was hers. The suspect was found while she was heading for her home town, Tsolo. She had earlier stayed in Guateng withe the baby until about the beginning of October.
The suspect now faces charges of child abduction.
USA:
This week
it has started a police investigation in USA against two police officers that
is supposed to have used unnecessary violent when they arrested a person for
sleeping in a Jewish community center in Brooklyn. They hit the man in about
two minutes before they stopped and handcuffed the man and reinforcements came.
The police officers say that they used the violence because the man pushed one
of the officers when they tried to handcuff him.
The man got
charged for resisting arrest, obstruction and criminal trespassing, the family
posted the $1 500 bail. The man have earlier been investigated for
marijuana possession and harassment.
Biblioclasm- An old hobby for the nazis
The Nazi book burnings were a campaign conducted by the authorities of Nazi Germany to ceremonially burn books in Germany by pacifist, socialist, Jewish, and other authors whose ideologies were seen to be subversive to the National Socialist administration. On April 6th, 1933, the Main Office for Press and Propaganda of the German Student Association proclaimed a nationwide "Action against the Un-German Spirit", which was to climax in a literary purge or "cleansing" ("Säuberung") by fire. Local chapters were to supply the press with releases and commissioned articles, sponsor well-known Nazi figures to speak at public gatherings, and negotiate for radio broadcast time. On 8 April, the students association also drafted the Twelve Theses which deliberately evoked Martin Luther and the historic burning of "Un-German" books at the Wartburg festival on the 300th anniversary of the posting of Luther's Ninety-Five Theses. The theses called for a "pure" national language and culture. Placards publicized the theses, which attacked "Jewish intellectualism", asserted the need to "purify" German language and literature, and demanded that universities be centres of German nationalism. The students described the "action" as a response to a worldwide Jewish "smear campaign" against Germany and an affirmation of traditional German values.
tirsdag 11. september 2012
Questions and answers about India
Hey, today I had an assignment, which was: 1. Discuss social and cultural conditions and values from a number of English-speaking countries.
So we could choose a several countries, but I chose India. Because I'm a native Indian, so it's pretty obvious. More specific the task was; Ask questions, and answer them by yourself.
1. How many vacations do they have in India? India only has 12 days as its minimum, but has the highest amount of public holidays with 16.
2. Are you satisfied with your school-system? Statistics from 2007 shows that 77% of Indian pupils are satisfied with their school-system.
3. Do they have many different activities to do in India? Yes, they do. There is a wide wildlife in India ready to get explored. There are also many attractions in India..
4. How do they celebrate their national day? 15. August. 1947 was the date when India got their independence day, this day is memorable for every Indian (Me included). They celebrate this day, with parades, military performance, dance, and singing.
So we could choose a several countries, but I chose India. Because I'm a native Indian, so it's pretty obvious. More specific the task was; Ask questions, and answer them by yourself.
1. How many vacations do they have in India? India only has 12 days as its minimum, but has the highest amount of public holidays with 16.
2. Are you satisfied with your school-system? Statistics from 2007 shows that 77% of Indian pupils are satisfied with their school-system.
3. Do they have many different activities to do in India? Yes, they do. There is a wide wildlife in India ready to get explored. There are also many attractions in India..
4. How do they celebrate their national day? 15. August. 1947 was the date when India got their independence day, this day is memorable for every Indian (Me included). They celebrate this day, with parades, military performance, dance, and singing.
tirsdag 28. august 2012
Ramadan, a holy celebration
Ramadan, a holy month for the muslims, but what is the reason that millions of people fast? What is the reason to abstain food? Well, I'm not a muslim, but I think that this holy month is inspiring. To know how millions of other people feel. To feel how weak you actually are. To feel the hunger.
Ramadan is the 9th month of the islamic calender, which is also based on a lunar cycle. Ramadan begins and ends with the official sighting of the new moon. During the month-long fast, able-bodied adults and older children fast during the daylight hours from dawn to dusk. They also refrain from sexual intercourse during daylight hours. That was some basic facts about Ramadan.
I have also fasted, surprisingly, because I love food. That day I realised how much I love food, everything looked like burgers and pizzas... And chicken tadoori... But what do you think? Do you think that Ramadan is dumb and fasting is useless? In case, why? Actually, I think everybody should do it, when you are done and may eat... I swear it's the best feeling ever.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-19316454
Now I've also tested out several dictionaries, and I have found the best! http://www.thefreedictionary.com it had a broad amount of information about the word, and I found several words, the second one I tried was http://www.onelook.com, I liked it but the reason I chose the other one is; It had more specific information... And I also tried brittanica school edition, it was awesome, so good and so easy to use!
Ramadan is the 9th month of the islamic calender, which is also based on a lunar cycle. Ramadan begins and ends with the official sighting of the new moon. During the month-long fast, able-bodied adults and older children fast during the daylight hours from dawn to dusk. They also refrain from sexual intercourse during daylight hours. That was some basic facts about Ramadan.
I have also fasted, surprisingly, because I love food. That day I realised how much I love food, everything looked like burgers and pizzas... And chicken tadoori... But what do you think? Do you think that Ramadan is dumb and fasting is useless? In case, why? Actually, I think everybody should do it, when you are done and may eat... I swear it's the best feeling ever.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-19316454
Now I've also tested out several dictionaries, and I have found the best! http://www.thefreedictionary.com it had a broad amount of information about the word, and I found several words, the second one I tried was http://www.onelook.com, I liked it but the reason I chose the other one is; It had more specific information... And I also tried brittanica school edition, it was awesome, so good and so easy to use!
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