And so the rain has finally poured in after 2 weeks of dry sun filled days giving us all a taste of summer.  It’s now back at around 5 to 10 degrees C, windy and raining and time to turn back my heaters on again.  

Some tulips in my balcony actually started to grow so I think I had to bring them in my flat so the cold won’t kill it.  I hope I’m doing it right as I totally don’t have an idea maintaining plants.  All I know is that they need to be watered… I dunno how often though.

When I bought the bulbs in Amsterdam 2 years back, I thought I bought something that would grow orange or red tulips or even yellow. I never really thought of pink. So lo and behold when they opened up to pink flowers.  They’re just as nice anyway.

Went to Ikea this afternoon to stock up on some meatballs.  Also bought some things I need and even more which I don’t.  

Wow, April just came and is almost over…  I haven’t progressed much on studies, but anyway I’m some 20 pages away from the next book.  I wasn’t able to keep my promise to myself to finish up this book over last weekend.  Blame it on partying.  

My knee operation is scheduled 5th May and afterwards will be on leave from work for about a month.  So perhaps I can have a catch up on studying.  Hopefully, I won’t be stuck on the PC and mobile the whole time like last March (was supposed to be on leave but I think I was even more productive working from my couch!).

April has been quite beautiful in Bergen.  It’s been 10 days since we last saw a drop of rain and that shall continue for 3 more days or so.  The sun has been out in the open blue skies lately and the people in Bergen simply can’t resist the temptation to take a beer out and enjoy the sun.  And yes, that is one other reason I haven’t studied much.

I watched August Rush last night.  Highly recommended if you want to watch a feel good movie.  It is about an orphan in search for his family by following the music…  I am not at all poetic so that is simply the most literal way I can put it.  

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I guess it’s about time to write something in.  Time is passing by quite fast when you are dreading D-Day.  I have two days to look forward to (or not)…  

May 5 I will have my busted knee operated on.  And June 6 which will be the deadline of my course paper.  I’m struggling with both.

For the operation, it is a bit hard to decide whether I want a general or local anaesthesia on me.  It would be interesting to see how they do it.  If it gets too scary I guess I can always play my ipod to the max volume.  Problem is when my feet starts to tap to the music.  

I’m halfway done on my first book for this installment of the course paper.  I have to put some more focus on this in the next few weeks.  I did promise myself that I wouldn’t put my paper in the last minute again.

I bought a new speakers for my mac.  It’s a white logitech z4 and am quite happy with it.  Something to battle off my neighbors when they watch films with surround sounds making my floor and walls vibrate like crazy.  

Last Friday was my first weekend out after my injury.  Great time taking a breather from a Friday stuck on the couch.  Amazing what beer does, by the middle of the night I was walking around sentrum bar hopping… maybe more limping around.

A whale seen swimming around Bergen.  That was the big April Fool’s story last year.  

This year a number of newspapers printed out headlines of April Fool-worthy stories you just don’t know what to believe in the papers today!

Here’s an excerpt from Aftenposten.no further discussing the jokes of the day:

April Fool’s jokes abounded

Norway’s media continued to take tradition seriously on Tuesday, punctuating newspapers and broadcasts with silly stories aimed at fooling readers and listeners.

Newspaper Aftenposten was among them, running a story that troubled state railway NSB would start offering “travel guarantees” of NOK 500 (USD 100) to passengers when trains were cancelled. Transport Minister Liv Signe Navarsete went along with the gag, allowing herself to be quoted and photographed in connection with the story in the April 1 issue.

Small newspaper Vårt Land, known as the country’s Christian paper, grabbed attention for its joke-story that Culture Minister Trond Giske was to be named an archbishop. Giske, the paper claimed, had been using his free time during the past year to study theology, and planned to place the archbishop’s seat at the Nidaros Cathedral in his home district of Trondheim.

Other stories on April 1 included Norwegian Broadcasting’s report that christenings can soon be performed over the Internet, and newspaperAdresseavisen’s story that tiny, high-powered, soundless electric cars will be the Trondheim police department’s new tool for crime-fighting. 

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