So we arrived on a thursday afternoon, meaning thurs night in spore already..
so took us one whole day to reach!
and first day of sch was on sat..
not official lessons,but some ice breaking, intro and the intercultural workshop..
and got to meet the other people in the prog,total of 69.. rly from all over the world,
like russia, finland,turkey,us,uk,netherlands,italy,india,aust,poland,france,macau,china,etc..
4 of us from spore, and there was another sporean guy who came from studying in uk..
and everyone was actually quite nice and friendly..
school's interior was nice,and alot of wood elements..typical of scandinavian buildings..



entrance of sch..haha,and wearing almost winter wear in summer!smtimes rly cold,freezing cold!rmb when we always step out of hostel early morn to go sch,we'll always be shocked by the super cold weather,shivering n holding each other..always still not wearing enough!


that sat,there was a welcome lunch buffet for us..
and we were quite happy looking forward to it..thought will have some nice good food..
but,it was sad..haha
cux norwegians always pack their own lunch out..which was always bread..
so the lunch buffet,was like bread related stuff..
diff types of bread,hams,veg,etc etc..
so disappointed!
but that was smhw their authentic lunch..
and youghurt,didnt rly like it in spore,but when over there,got to love it..bec wanted to 'be healthy' and not fall sick all the way there! they have many many brands and many flavours tts why made me tried!my fav honeydew w passionfruit!and there's one banana and mango which was super nice also!until now,still missing those,keep looking for similar ones in spore,but none comes close!

the 'stairway to heaven' in BI..

even though,i guess the bread diet was super healthy,and helped me 'lose some weight'..we still grew sick of bread,cux we always have them for breakfast and we always packed bread out to sch or even when we went out, since we dont want to spend much to buy super expensive food outside!
so bread was an evday diet!!!but the chance to lose weight.. =))
but now,actually missing their bread too,cux its actually quite nice and unique compared to spore's..

and yes,the bread is expensive too..
found one that i liked,and ate throughout the stay there..
its like wholemeal sliced bread but they have small pieces of nuts in it..
rly nice though u get sick of it after eating everyday! =p
it's in a bigger pack,like some brands in spore,they have 2 sizes,those bigger packs...
but tt one i bought was abit bigger than those big packs in spore..
and it costs,almost 40nok! (divide by 4.456 to get sgd),which is about 8 sgd??


and that night,supposed to have some bbq welcome party at hostel rooftop de,and it rained again..so postponed..

so we had to cook dinner again..


the start of our big dinners tgt..see the different sized tables,we took and combine from our own rooms..and also the diff types of chairs,the diff pots,pans,plates..


then our first sunday in norway,the sch prepared a tour for us..
so excited about it,finally got to go around sightseeing..
went to the famous ski place in Norway,Holmenkollen..
it was high up on the hills,so there was a great view from the top..
just that the weather wasnt very good again..




also went to the Frogner park which has the famous Vigeland Sculpture Arrangement by Gustav Vigeland..



and we also went to the opera house,and we even had a guided tour inside,to see the backstages,rooms where they kept the props,made costumes,practice room etc etc..


the unique design of the opera house..and the floor is made of marble..

after that,it was our own free time,and we went around on ourself to the other 'attractions'..
there arent many attractions in oslo itself,and its quite modern and the building arent as 'european looking' as other europe countries..
but it is very very clean unlike some europ countries..it was a total contrast when i was in budapest..
the trains,the streets,it was very obviously different..

so we explored the streets of oslo,and shops are closed on sundays,so no shopping..
so we went on to visit the national theatre,the royal palace..



the royal palace that didnt seem as grand as it should be..

and rmb that day,we didnt bring much food out and was rly hungry..nth to eat out,except to get some slice pizza from their convenience store..one small slice at 25 nok..which is like 5++,and eat alrdy also not full..haha.rly ke lian ah,we were like so 'poor' there..and we had to wait all the way until we walked finish and go home in the evening to cook and have a proper meal back in hostel..

and i think, that sun night,was the day where my poor ph 'exploded' in the middle of the night,when it was charging..there was a pop sound and sudd the room blacked out..scared me for a moment..
at first i tot it was just black out,so went out to check but the lights were still ok outside,and my roomie were aslp le..so i went back to my room..then realise my music stopped,so must be my ph..
still used a torch to look ard,and realised the whole socket split into half and was like partly black and 'chao ta'..and my phone was totally dead... =((

i was playing music and charging at the same time,but always did that back in spore so didnt thought anything will go wrong..but i was charging for awhile only,so didnt know what exactly went   wrong,dont know if its the wire prob or short circuit or what ah..other frens charge their ph also no prob..only mine..=( but after knowing my prob,they all start to charge w lappie instead! super emo for the nx few days..it was only like first few days there and i have no ph to use alrdy..

felt so insecure..and i thought of how am i to survive travelling alone without a proper ph..super sad..at first thought could do a one to one exchg there,since my ph was less than 1 yr,bt the store say ph must be bought in europe..
thought can mail home n ask family help me to do the exchg and send back..but by the time also almost time back le..so only thing was to buy a pok gai phone that can call in case of emergency..
which end up i also didnt use much..

super sad cant wadsapp etc,and also my ph camera..carrying the dumbdumb big camera around was so inconvenient..the only thing lucky was that i transf my many pics to the comp and sync everything,bef flying off..if not i would rly die..all the precious pics..and my contacts..
and..my bakery story,i painstakingly played for so long,all gone also..=(
haix..so,that first one week there,settling down n everything seemed super super long..
super sianx and bad first week..missing home already then..

but after that,time flew by really quick and really enjoyed all the way as our excursions and short trips came in..






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