tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73451785181646471312024-02-19T04:57:21.215-08:00nikolinelrNikolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10470860925614252611noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345178518164647131.post-27786416641549568392013-05-01T11:46:00.001-07:002013-05-01T14:29:15.902-07:00out for a walksince today is the 1st of may i had the day off and instead of studying i took the bus out to go for a walk. i wanted to explore a little and find a path up a mountain i've seen when walking there before. so i travelled light and only brought my phone as a camera. i wasn't really expecting any picturesque sceneries, because i was up on another smaller mountain last week and it was just grey dirt and rotten snow. but a lot had melted since then. i can't wait for all the snow to be gone and the trees to blossom.<br />
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i managed to find a path that went a bit up the mountain but i ended up having to walk off the trail to find my way up. it was a bit intimidating really, because the path i took was very improvised. also, i walked by some semi-fresh moose droppings (or at least i think they were... i'm no moose droppings-expert) so i was afraid i'd <strike>get eaten by</strike> walk into a moose... anyway, i didn't go all the way up because it got pretty steep and i didn't want to get lost (or eaten by moose). such a refreshing walk though, i feel like i spend all my time indoors reading or at uni. words cannot express how much i look forward to summer vacation, even though i don't have any definite plans yet. does anyone have any exciting plans for summer?<br />
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these are a few photos i took of our view and the polar night sky while i was in tromsø for the christmas holidays (there wasn't much else to photograph). so this was the sky around noon when it was the brightest. which was not very bright, but colorful. i was hoping to see some northern lights as well, but of course it was pretty cloudy every night, and when it finally was clear enough there wasn't any northern lights to see. typical!<br />
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<br>i have honestly no idea why he does this. he loves keeping us company whenever we shovel snow and he often jumps up into the snow shovel and starts digging. findus is the strangest cat <strike>sometimes</strike>/always.
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i pretty much use my iphone as a visual diary so here is a selection of a few photos i've taken since january (i've posted some of them on instagram already. my name is nikolinelr there too):<br />
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<b>1.</b> a statue at fengdu, <b>2.</b> the crew on the ship in traditional chinese clothing (at least copies of it), <b>3.</b> near the three gorges dam, <b>4.</b> somewhere in wuhan, <b>5.</b> and <b>6.</b> somewhere between wuhan and yichang.
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<b>1.</b> studying for midterms. it seems the weather is always perfect during exams! so frustrating. <b>2.</b> one fine morning, <b>3.</b> my mom visited for a few days and wanted to stay at a hotel rather than in my 12 m2 room and chaos kitchen that i share with 6 other students. i could understand that. so we got a room with a view to the city hall. <b>4.</b> after sunset
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<b>1. </b>i hung this poster on my door. i think it says something like "you can live without a lot of things, but not without cats and literature!" (any germans out there, please correct me if i'm wrong!). makes me happy every time i walk out the door. <b>2.</b> i decorated my boring lab coat.
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<b>1.</b> collecting dna from fish sperm on a stick! a bit like candy floss. <b>2. </b>our first self made and self run agarose gel electrophoresis!
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1. after the worst exam ever, i went down town and bought this skirt to make me feel better #materialistic. our teacher crammed way way WAY too many questions into a 2 hour exam, there was barely enough time to write something on each question, and even less time to think. hopefully they take that into account when they grade it. <b>2.</b> i have no good explanation for this... the pixels are the limit?
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the master of the nets garden. so beautiful, but i would have loved to see it during the summer.
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bonzai-tree inspiration! makes my bonsai hannibal look like a weed (yes i named my bonsai hannibal. i had an archibald too but it died)
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we didn't have the best start though because when we arrived helsinki, where we were going to fly directly to chongqing, the flight said "peruttu" - or cancelled in finnish because of "technical problems". which meant we were booked over to a flight to shanghai instead. i don't know much about how airliners do things but i, and several others, thought it was a bit suspicious that they managed to fit everyone from the chongqing flight in the one to shanghai. as if they maybe thought there were too few on the one to chongqing and they had room for more on the shanghai flight, and suddenly the one to chongqing had technical problems... i don't know, but ending up 1700 km from where i was supposed to be has made me hold a slight grudge against finn air.
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(house i often drive by around tromsø)<br />
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it's been quite some time since i last posted here (i feel like i start every post saying this...). i am obviously not the devoted blogger. i still hope you enjoy the few posts that i put up here. i've mostly taken pictures with my phone lately, and plan to post some here. i know many people dislike phone-pictures, but i think it's a good and easy way to capture little moments. <br />
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i've spent most of my time this summer in tromsø. if one were to judge an entire summer based on the weather, this has been a horrible one. out of two months, i can count on my hands the number of times i've seen the sun. which is ironic since tromsø is above the arctic circle, and therefore the sun never actually sets... the best weather has been at night around 3 a.m. if i was to look past the weather, this summer has been pretty okay.<br />
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My mom was going to attend a geological conference, and i came with. i was just so happy to finally visit iceland! it was amazing, despite short days and storm and snow and rain and heavy clouds. it was still as incredible as i had imagined it, and it made me want to visit again so i could see it all without snow as well!<br /><br />these photos are from our first day in iceland, where we took a tour down the south shore, past the volcanoes Eyjafallajökull and Katla and down to the small town of Vík. as you can see the weather didn't change much, only the light.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/6704697597_64cdbc5f6c_o.jpg" /><br />part of eyjafjallajökull.<br /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6704697785_5bb3c6068d_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/6704697965_42d0ec3ce7_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6704698327_89cd84b2cd_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7164/6721985651_60082c84f2_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6721987265_b090d25bfa_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7163/6721987459_a4dd071655_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6721985775_5115b8db00_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6722172673_4384d4f4c6_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6721985437_528b555226_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6721985967_5841a82926_o.jpg" /><div><div><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6721988049_e06cea1a0b_o.jpg" /></div><div>Reynisdrangar lost in the low clouds</div><div><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6721988381_70aaaefa9a_o.jpg" /></div><div>black beaches around vík</div><div><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6721987897_c949cdbe12_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6722006309_25ce81b267_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6721988565_af5dc33a76_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6721986789_cd42883cba_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6721987115_f841803720_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6721986969_10e6ecc785_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6721985171_05ff65a152_o.jpg" /></div></div><div>a graveyard where the graves were decorated with lights.</div>Nikolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10470860925614252611noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345178518164647131.post-21711467144958543102011-12-31T04:51:00.000-08:002011-12-31T07:12:05.915-08:00the year that passed<div style="text-align: center;">the year that now has passed was pretty eventful for me. here is a big post with photos i intended to post before during this year but somehow forgot.<br /><br />the first half of this year i spent at krabbesholm school in denmark.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6606428455_3f4e4a1ee5_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6606428285_03db6822af_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6606428099_ed546aeb0a_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">the first few weeks i was sick on and off with colds and strep throat. so my roomie brought me breakfast.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7156/6606428625_346da05faf_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7159/6606428767_5662d797eb_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6606430887_9b148d43f0_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7156/6606431633_d3a4f429b6_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/6606431807_c2e1def184_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6606432327_7ff6fcb6bf_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6606432507_b2edb65d22_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">me as a "hair model" in the left photo.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6606431071_6087e88731_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/6606431431_72e56dc245_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6606429347_aed961ee9b_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6606429515_6cd0616812_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6606429839_d395943ac6_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6606429973_f52bcfc170_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/6606430137_fa6d5eebff_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6606430619_2cca05e394_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7156/6606430461_dc39fc33d4_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6061/6087120860_036be49cd6_z.jpg"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6206/6087116752_7c0d01ea82_z.jpg"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6079/6094547504_09f978a250_z.jpg"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6606428937_a7b36c7e36_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6606429173_ae3cb53a4a_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">when the summer was coming to an end, my mom and i drove from denmark back home to tromsø, a drive that took about two days.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7003/6606629113_c86abfda11_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6606623253_b7d7a98e5f_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7162/6606623045_04b239676e_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">crossing the øresund bridge to sweden.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6606622861_955b989a4e_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/6606624169_d3f3f317fb_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">the weather switched between heavy rain and thunderclouds and bright sunlight.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7003/6606624571_3e7e736c31_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7023/6606624997_799657804d_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">crossing the arctic circle.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6606625199_f3cc04ce27_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6606625399_236690a3a2_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">when summer ended i moved to oslo to study molecular biology and bio chemistry at oslo university. officially moving away from home. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7175/6478917381_742e1977ee_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6478917133_3ecfbe3435_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6478917001_5763d168e1_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6478916877_1700f1ccc5_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6478911141_0ef5acd8c4_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7145/6478910873_729e1d9ea9_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7148/6478910727_30bbe8736e_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6179/6159858846_a80ce58e84_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6153/6159859142_58b4b9d535_o.jpg"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">the first snow, taken with iphone on my way to uni.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6606717623_2f16051665.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6606717941_c23749ba39.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">one day, when tired of studying for exams, i took a walk around sognsvann, a lake just outside oslo. everything was covered in snow and a frosty mist hung over the frozen lake.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6478911887_e0b52e50e9_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/6478913507_42f5776d8d_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7143/6478912847_404e9088f9_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6478911635_5ee05b9647_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7016/6478911429_d9a8ccc846_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6478912445_955147c33a_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6478912281_b925b90eb6_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6478913641_c4acdcca4b_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6606718439_e676027cae_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">for christmas it was only me, my mom and findus, and a tiny christmas tree i named herman.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6606718203_4ee4593c4c_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">excited for 2012.</div>Nikolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10470860925614252611noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345178518164647131.post-53872965741719930762011-12-04T06:20:00.001-08:002011-12-04T08:38:50.188-08:00sunrise sunset<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6452519955_2159ef6349_z.jpg"><br />i visited my mom at the airport before she left for a week in san francisco (without me! damn you exams). took these photos on the bus on my way back this morning. i need to travel out of town a bit more often, i love the norwegian country side. <br /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7159/6452846173_985cdd741f_z.jpg"><br />sorry for all the instagram photos lately, but it's just so convenient! the other day i was down town to buy christmas presents and i went to the harbor and the sun was setting. it was so beautiful and i had to take these pictures.<br /><br />i'm now finished with biology, i had my exam this friday. now it's going to be all math and chemistry until the 16th!<br />not much else to tell really, since all i do these days is studying and eating and sleeping hah. though i haven't done enough of the latter, so i'm pretty exhausted. <br /><br />oh! someone asked for my name on instagram. it's nikolinelr there too.Nikolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10470860925614252611noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345178518164647131.post-52043711137948163612011-11-27T10:24:00.000-08:002011-11-27T10:56:25.726-08:00this weekend<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6412857209_024f64cf89_z.jpg"><br />1. say hello to my "roommate" - a bonsai tree named mr. hannibal bonsai. for some reason it looked like a hannibal to me.<br />2. received two copies of a book in the mail, with my photo on the cover.<br />3. eggs and toast for breakfast.<br />4. only part of my shelf that looks nice lately (the rest of my shelf is messy with papers from school and things i don't know where else to put). cup hand made by me - hence the crookedness...<br /><br /><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6232/6412857593_243140dcb7_o.jpg"><br />i also became desperate to remember all i've learned in biology before my exam, so i made the phylogenetic tree for the plant kingdom on my wall... now i'm working on one for the invertebrates.<br /><br />and when i'm not studying or staring blankly into the air, i watch sci-fi movies. in case you didn't know, i love sci-fi. especially if it involves space and/or aliens. sounds silly but i just love the feeling of the unknown, and how the universe - so endlessly big - can feel so claustrophobic. how humans are small and helpless out there, and how, when you think about it, the universe isn't made for life. we're just really really lucky. and if there's something we know very little about, it's the universe and the future. so i watched 2001: a space odyssey the other day and i had to take screen-caps because it was so beautifully made. <br /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6412858979_eae1568e21_z.jpg"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6109/6412859227_248e59c163_z.jpg"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7157/6412859697_46807280c2_z.jpg"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6412859965_2a5a5b8927_z.jpg"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7156/6412860173_64584e2951_z.jpg"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7023/6412860391_3f01444523_z.jpg"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6211/6412860729_60a8c0a457_z.jpg"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6230/6412860977_989bf6da28_z.jpg"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7145/6412861355_b9cd37e9de_z.jpg"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7027/6412863803_43c64df6af_z.jpg"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7003/6412863971_778e1a15e6_z.jpg">Nikolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10470860925614252611noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345178518164647131.post-62159913782351116762011-11-24T10:51:00.000-08:002011-11-24T11:06:56.365-08:00this morning<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7022/6395876283_0078baaaaa_z.jpg"><br /><br />yesterday i got my iphone back. or that is, they gave me a new one. finally!<br />photos taken with instagram - it is so much fun.Nikolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10470860925614252611noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345178518164647131.post-28419537576783673312011-11-18T15:23:00.000-08:002011-11-18T16:01:48.885-08:00lifei sometimes feel like i've lost the ability to express myself properly with words. i've often wanted to write a proper blog post about everything and nothing, but when i sit with the blank space before me and my fingers on the keyboard, i can't find anything to write. but i'll try now, one sentence at a time.<br /><br />i haven't been active much with blogging or photography lately. university came and stole all my time and left me standing without motivation and inspiration. or when i do get bursts of inspiration, i can't do anything about it because i have so much work i have to do. they say the first year is the hardest, and that it will get better, so i hope i survive that long. some days i think molecular biology is the perfect subject to me, other times not.<br /><br />i feel this post is starting to sound a bit depressing, which wasn't the purpose. sure university is hard, but i get to feel smart sometimes! like explaining the life cycle of angiosperms and gymnosperms, and try to learn to pronounce "actinopterygii" and "pertomyzontida", and if youre curious about how fungus reproduces sexually, i'm the person to ask! oh joy. can't wait for exams to be over, then i'll have almost a month of winter vacation.<br /><br />oh! i'm travelling to iceland after new years. my mom is going to a conference there and taking me with her. i'm really excited. it'll be dark and cold but it's still iceland.<br /><br />oslo is a fine city. every day i look out the window and it lookes different each time. my view has replaced tv. i wonder when the first snow will fall. its funny to me that there was a snowstorm in new england weeks before it started snowing in tromsø.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6060/6360358169_0aba76cf33_o.jpg" /><br />first frosty morning<br /><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6047/6360358313_1a0f7db9d6_o.jpg" /><br /><br />i feel like this post isn't really saying anything, so if you have read this and now hate me for wasting your time, i'm sorry. if you read this and understood, thank you.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6038/6360358569_84b79daaa1_o.jpg" /><br /><br />oh and something "hilarious": i spilled tea on my mac so now the "=/zero" and the "@"-button doesnt work. i had to google "equal sign" and "at sign" and copy paste them in here...<br /><br />oh and another "funny" thing: i bought an iphone and after a few days it turned out something was wrong with the screen. so now i have to wait about 1-2 weeks for them to check it, before i either get the same phone back or a replacement. maybe it's all a sign, that i should either a) not touch apple products, or b) stick with the phone i've had for 7 years for yet another 7 years.Nikolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10470860925614252611noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345178518164647131.post-2442494871199064382011-10-10T06:18:00.000-07:002011-10-16T11:10:13.022-07:00late summer/early fall<div>just got a film from late summer/early fall developed. i need to get hold of some black tape so i can control the crazy light leaks my camera makes. sorry for not posting in a while, but i<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 16px; ">'</span>ve been so busy with university that i<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 16px; ">'</span>ve hardly picked up my camera. which makes me sad to think about, so i hope i can change that soon.</div><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6228/6230152727_02ca1e248e_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6163/6230153479_2afeed0612_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6174/6230673556_eca1ee07b4_o.jpg" /><div><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6177/6230672670_62425b18f1_o.jpg" /></div><div>camping and fishing near tromsø.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6229/6230674224_5450db6959_o.jpg" /></div><div><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6035/6230674528_1034c6b27d_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6171/6230674950_66a9c0ee06_o.jpg" /><br />the physics building.</div><div><br /></div><div>somewhat spontaneous trip to denmark for the krabbesholm reunion:<br /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6039/6230156349_71acc080d6_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6104/6230153313_17a074ce73_z.jpg" /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6039/6230673892_7e1d66df8a_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6114/6230156597_ae17ae7cbc_o.jpg" /></div><div>it was so much fun and almost surreal to see everyone again, and see the school full of new faces. the reunion was from friday to sunday, and on saturday a danish band called when saints go machine came to play and it was amazing! </div><div><br /></div><iframe width="299" height="182" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aEvnsKdP2m0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><iframe width="299" height="232" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZPJDZUBfdPk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />anyway, promise new photos soon!Nikolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10470860925614252611noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345178518164647131.post-73199423831617983812011-09-03T03:58:00.000-07:002011-09-05T09:42:12.387-07:00view over oslo<div style="text-align: center;"><br />these last few weeks have been busy, but it took almost no time at all to feel at home here in oslo. it sort of feels... right. i think ill enjoy it here. these are just some photos i took out the window (i love my view!).<br /><br /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6066/6108791284_4039167f9c_b.jpg" height="640" /><br />evening rainbow<br /><br /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6198/6108797544_5f26e399d6_o.jpg" /><br />passing thunderclouds<br /><br /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6201/6108242395_e6e60a1e9d_o.jpg" /><br />sunset and rain<br /><br /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/6108791368_d0ab908766_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6195/6108242567_84f1f566fb_o.jpg" /><br />alternative vase...</div>Nikolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10470860925614252611noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345178518164647131.post-66701140196661904732011-08-26T06:33:00.000-07:002011-08-27T00:46:50.780-07:00summer<div style="text-align: center;">some film from this summer in denmark:</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6181/6082213209_761173c255_o.jpg" /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6072/6082753444_9e18ec4950_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">mom and findus.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6187/6082752896_543fb295e9_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6209/6082752996_8ef126dd48_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">ebeltoft, a town close to our summerhouse.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6203/6082752570_b84efc8568_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6194/6082752498_e9857e65ff_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">summerhouse surroundings.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6200/6082753568_3b4ce76ca2_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">simone and brian.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6210/6082213129_28f32a790c_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6081/6082212959_e4c43d187e_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">simone making a bouquet.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6061/6082753650_8b2bc73e81_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">feeding deer at the animal park/zoo.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/6082213043_0742fd985a_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">sleepy polar bear</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6082/6082212561_b7c4867fa7_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">hungry bears.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6065/6082234511_fb6f7faa1b_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">well fed deer.</div><div style="text-align: center;">first roll with my olympus mju ii.</div>Nikolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10470860925614252611noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345178518164647131.post-14622635115349247832011-08-04T04:48:00.000-07:002011-08-05T02:51:35.968-07:00oslohello, and sorry for my silence. i have a couple of posts planned of my vacation in denmark and our drive through sweden but i haven't organized all my photos yet so they will come a bit sporadically and not chronological.<br />this week, from monday to wednesday, i was in oslo with my mom to fix a couple of things before i move down there. so now i have a small dorm room, on the tenth floor with an amazing view over oslo. i'm really excited to move in, the only downside is that it is unfurnished, so i need to go furniture shopping. we also walked around like tourists, visiting the norwegian folk-museum and my moms big wish to see the fram-museum.<br /><br />walking through oslo was a bit strange. there were heaps of flowers and broken and boarded windows from the blast everywhere. you kept thinking about what terrible thing had happened here. it was really moving to see how many flowers people had put to pay their respects. my thoughts have been with the families who have lost a loved one every day.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6138/6008504150_db8e3206b6_o.jpg"><br />flying over tromsø in the morning sun.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/6008502256_80f923971c_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6025/6007954535_859d656a47_o.jpg"><br /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6010/6007954709_82d563e7e9_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6005/6007955895_77490b05d5_o.jpg"><br />a city of flowers.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/6008503416_cfe6613cf4_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6132/6008503564_06620e8db5_o.jpg"><br />the view from my dorm room window.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/6008502818_b3796700b2_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6133/6008502940_99a54c593d_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/6008503278_b1d46e18c9_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6014/6008503116_fe72cfc7e7_o.jpg"><br />from the norwegian folk museum.Nikolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10470860925614252611noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345178518164647131.post-53858281850804664852011-06-16T13:35:00.000-07:002011-06-16T14:06:47.648-07:00last daysthere is only about 5 days left of my stay here at krabbesholm. which means the days are hectic, planning the final exhibition, printing, last minute photographing. i've also started packing. it's a really strange feeling, the life i've lived the past 5 months is soon over. in other news, i've signed a contract for a room in oslo! so i'll most likely be living in oslo after the summer. <br /><br />last week i did two shoots for my final project. they turned out pretty good and i can't wait to show you! however, my external hard disk is full so i can't really edit them properly yet. but here are some behind the scenes photos.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2105/5818326848_098a4c3402_o.jpg"><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5235/5840597298_1f8385c958_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/5840597150_606d7083d9_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3432/5840049253_db28fe3e46_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2541/5840597388_2c764a560d_o.jpg"><br /><br />after the first shoot, i learned the painful way that i'm slightly allergic to mosquito bites. the photo doesn't really do them justice, and it was taken when the swelling had gone a bit down, but i had golf- and tennis ball sized mosquito bites all over my legs, and it was so swollen that it hurt more than it itched. for the second shoot i definitely remembered mosquito repellent.<br /><br />i'll be staying in denmark this summer. which is nice and relaxing and just what i need. what are you doing this summer?Nikolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10470860925614252611noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345178518164647131.post-45230018501211962162011-06-12T11:10:00.000-07:002011-06-12T11:11:01.434-07:00londonabout a week ago our photography class went on a short field trip to london. we spent four busy days visiting one gallery after the other. it was a really nice, though exhausting, trip, and i got to see a lot of london, though not all the things i wanted to see, time flew by so fast. hopefully i'll visit there again someday soon. <br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3628/5768526471_3833c24340_o.jpg" /><br />at the train station, on our way to down town london. our flight was two hours delayed because of a thunderstorm over copenhagen, and the graphic design class from our school who were going to iceland, had to go to berlin instead because of the volcano. <br /><br />visiting tate britain.<br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2578/5769060184_9955ec8358_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2675/5769060258_68c5f76c47_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5063/5768520075_fb3a54403e_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2307/5769060398_03ec2e8420_o.jpg" /><br /><br />and tate modern. we spent about three-four hours there. my feet were numb afterwards. <br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2288/5768519435_043963b716_o.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2651/5768519349_45cb393656_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2672/5769061022_e3dcd08b90_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2463/5769061122_3fdc541615_o.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5063/5769061326_cbe8e40a05_o.jpg" /><br /><br />the view from our hotel room, a cheap hotel with dirty windows and crooked walls.<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5221/5769061440_37c3f063f3_o.jpg" /><br /><br />a stranger at kensington park.<br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2534/5769059890_ab67a1f3d7_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3095/5768518647_faf18fcc7a_o.jpg" /><br /><br />on the train ride back to the airport, after several days of sunshine the sky went dark from a thunderstorm.<br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2133/5769059598_a32c97337f_o.jpg" /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2290/5768518241_24ec4e33a8_o.jpg" /><br /><br />the sky on the flight back home.<br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2328/5769059772_17367684d6_o.jpg" />Nikolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10470860925614252611noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345178518164647131.post-25816657081576422722011-05-28T12:19:00.000-07:002011-05-28T12:29:12.718-07:00springtimesome film photos taken this spring. i've just come home from a field trip to london so expect a london-post soon!<br /><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5308/5769190890_f77696076b_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5144/5769191008_6530b0df64_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5263/5768650825_692aaca226_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2287/5768651233_ca0194fe3b_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5182/5768652925_f16a0e7572_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2753/5768654591_bacda47304_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2441/5768654745_cb3a1208ab_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5261/5768655147_5c6ed6e0d8_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3446/5769195732_caf35ee256_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5307/5768655487_8266a468df_o.jpg">Nikolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10470860925614252611noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345178518164647131.post-18468278724551576302011-05-03T14:01:00.001-07:002011-05-03T14:11:04.770-07:00humans and naturepart of a one-day assignment in my photography class. we were to find a place and make a series of photos from that place. i had had this idea for some time and found this a good opportunity to execute it. i wanted to visually compare humans and nature.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5150/5683958386_c19fccc1b9_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5229/5683390365_38e1d96778_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5229/5683958088_531e3090f8_o.jpg">Nikolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10470860925614252611noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345178518164647131.post-14212380889170852372011-04-27T11:09:00.000-07:002011-04-27T11:33:38.722-07:00homethis morning i left tromsø to go back to krabbesholm. the trip took 12 hours. i left at 6am and arrived at 6pm. flying itself didn't take more than 4 hours all together (three flights), it was the waiting that took most of the time. <br />when i got up at 4.30am i looked out the window and this was what i saw:<br /><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5142/5661509493_8d7cda52c1_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5306/5661509369_549df11a56_o.jpg"><br /><br />behind that wall of late-april snow, i can usually look over to the other island, straight at the airport. luckily tromsø airport is used to snow at odd times (including june) so it didn't delay us more than half an hour.<br /><br />but now i'm back at krabbesholm with a massive headache and completely exhausted. it's nice though, and here everything is fresh green, instead of white. i was told that for the rest of this week i have architecture instead of photography, which will be interesting since i know nothing about it.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5063/5661509589_d3812931a2_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5106/5661509805_15186543c9_o.jpg"><br />yesterday before going out to eat pizza with my friends.Nikolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10470860925614252611noreply@blogger.com6