Epic

So check it dear friends and family,

Its been an epic weekend which was kicked off with the F1 helipad party last thursday at the swissotel followed by the weekends three days of F1 racing and concerts!

Though I would, but most definetly will write and tell you all about this weekends adventures... I am sad to inform you that time is of the essence and I dont have enough of it! This is because I am leaving for the airport at 6 A.M. for my flight to Bali where Ill be for the next week. Considering the clock just hit 2 A.M. I am feeling that I should hit the sheets and get some form of prolonged powernap before I have to wake up again. Therefore, I am going to have to say goodnight, sleep tight and... yea I am unsure as to what rhymes here, but nonetheless I'll try to update as soon as I can so stay tuned!

Should I not be able to find time and a computer, then be sure to at least tune in next sunday as Im sure I'll have stories worth sharing!

So in case I dont see ya, good morning, good evening, and goodnight

HELIPAD party

Last night we went out to the Helipad party on top of the SWISSOTEL!

IT WAS SURREAL AND REDICULOUS!

Being Outside that far up in the air on a helicopter platform with no fence or railing was one intense experience and I LOVED IT! Singapore proves once again its ability to provide the unexpected! Just the fact that parties like that exist is beyond me... Mad Creds!

Anyways, here are some pictures! (Note the F1 GP track below, for tonight its day 1 and the drivers will warm up the track.... going to be AWESOME)

Clockwork

Wise words of the week:

“Time is the chief difficulty of every problem in economics”

-Alfred Marshall as quoted by A. Reisman, Prof. in Health Economics

Thinking of the weekend seems small when you’re writing about the US and EU national debt and potential exchange rate crisis. I find it ironic when thinking about it. I feel as if with whatever we do or chose to do, we are almost always meant to either destroy or fix what we ourselves have created. The only difference is within what dimension or arbitrary lines we are doing it. We create things for which there are imperfections in need of constant mending. But hey, maybe that’s life. It is probably the only thing which still makes us humans and not god like.

Now, perfection may be an idea out of our reach, but maybe that is just what we need it to be. The beauty of things is in its flaws and its broken parts, not what we render as whole. If there were no flaws in the systems we build what would we do? Consider everything being perfect... It’s a scary thought and maybe too philosophical and deep for it to even be healthy to think about. But nonetheless I do in a way hope we never have to reach the point where perfection is in everything and everyone because that in itself wouldn’t be healthy. There is too much pressure in such a life.

It’s weird to say, but I think these last weeks have truly made me love the fact that I chose to study economics! There is always a new problem, something in need of fixing. I feel as though there is a purpose in it… something I feel we all need! But hey, then again, there is always that problem with time! How do we learn everything? How do we stay in tune with these issues without losing the ability to live? I guess that’s another thing to figure out… But in due time of course, for now I’m going to enjoy a nice bit of partying on a helipad on the roof of a 73 story building with a view of Singapore in the night! ; )

So till next time, here are some of those pictures I promised!

All the best from Singapore!

BBQ at Parc Oasis Condominium

Salvador Dali exhibition at Marina Bay

Drinks at Screening Room

Almost there!

Hola,

First, I want to give a shout out to my sister who has her big 25 today! Happy birthday big sis!

Second, the week has finally come to an end and as I look back it wasn't at all as bad as I thought it would be! The two projects/ presentations that I had in Health Economics and International Business Environment are done and turned in for assessment. Though they could have been a bit better, I am pleased with the result and the notion that its over so I can focus on the last two projects which I have to finish next week and present the week after recess! But before I go and do all of that I'm taking a little break from all things school! ''

Tonight I have taekwondo practise and then afterwards dinner with the team, where I will receive my Taekwondo-suit(picture to be posted) along with handing in my registration for grading so I can move up from white belt in october if I pass the test!!! : ) Tomorrow its time for more activities as we head over to the east of singapore for cable wakeboarding and then climb asia to get some gear! After that I'm heading for Andre's condo, Park Oasis, where there is BBQ and chill before we head to the opening and world festival party at Avalon, a new place down by Marina Bay! So from now till sunday there will be no studying for me!

Then next weekend is the F1 Grand Prix in singapore along with the start of recess week where after the F1 race I head to Bali! So almost there and then officially halfway through our semester! It is completely insane how fast time is flying over here, feels like I'll be back home in the snow in notime!

Anywayo, got to jet so i can eat before the practise! But stay tuned as some more sweet visual footage is coming your way!

Cheerio

Blisters... Man I hate them!

So I guess I'm getting a semi flow to this online monologue... Feels good : )

Now buzzing off to more important ventures, namely:

So as you might have read, heard or maybe even dreamt, I have joined the university bouldering(climbing) team so that I will have the skills to both climb and fight(taekwondo)! I suppose I'm just following my childhood dream of becoming a ninja. But thats neither here nor there, for yesterday I had some serious doubts over such possible achievments and if I would ever know the green pastures on the other side of awesomeness.

The thing about mondays practises is that it actually doesnt involve any climbing whatsoever... Instead its all about the physical training(henceforth known as PT), involving 400m intervals, pull-ups, chin-ups(all different kinds of variations on the wall), static chin-ups, and core training! In others words one kick-ass workout :)! Only down side are the blisters, for not only are my feet ridden of the once baby surfaced skin due to our barefoot workout on a 'tennis court' ground in taekwondo, but now my hands will experience the same joy as I climb higher and higher! So in an attempt to become a true man of steel, the goal is to be able to do both taekwondo and bouldering for one practise without getting a single blister on either the hands or the feet! Though a highly uncertain bet against myself as there are soon only 2 months left, do wish me good luck!

Some pictures during the Chin-up session on the workout wall!

Now even though the pain is temporary as far as the blisters are concerned, it does help when you come home and you get to see this thing of beauty which you can let the battle wounds heal in:

Now need to grab school by the horns and study as I'm sitting on the 5th floor of the library! Oh and by the way, I can see Malaysia from here.... gives you a surreal feeling!

All the best and Cheerio

School high times

So we be kickin' it once more in the Nanyang valley as school just won't chillax for more than 2 seconds. Sitting with 4 group projects at the same time isn't exactly the most optimal thing I've had to do in the 21st century, especially not when coming from sweden where we just have one at a time. But with Aerosmith and 'dream on' blasting through the headphones I do find the situation quite ironic. I mean, I always knew what I signed up for by coming here, though I would have hoped for the workload to have been evenly spread out across the semester.

Now instead, I find myself in the global lounge on campus on a sunday morning, while others with nothing to do en up having another blast downtown. But at least I have the good sense to 'dream on' as 'times are changing' because there is a cycle to everything and soon enough I'll have an upswing and this hard months work will give me that sweet ragidy blues of 'sweet emotions'!

Ain't nothin but a NEW thing

So yesterday I think I stretched my legs beyond its supposed normalcy limit, I mean legs aren't supposed to be disjointed like that...

I guess putting it in a more frank way, this whole martial arts and taekwondo adventure is proving to have a few obstacles embedded in it! Kind of makes you feel like your in a movie! You know white boy goes to asia, meets a master of the arts who is extremely wise and looks like Bruce Lee and pushes him to the limit in the process of defeating some eveil kid with a black and much cooler suit than the one that the good guy has... you all know what I mean! No but honstley, the worst thing isn't the whole physical aspect of the sport but the embaracing feeling it brings you when you mess up for everyone to see! For example yesterday, we stood in rows in a squating position practising punshes while yealling "Huuuh!" in unison... and what happens, everyone stops except for me, standing strong while continuing to do the punches and yealling "Huuuh!" in a way that would make the williams sisters proud!.... To say the least, not my finest hour!

On another note as far as activities goes, tomorrow is my first practise with the bouldering(climbing) team which will definetly be an interesting thing to see how it goes! It is almost as if I want to put myself in a tight spot because I think I have picked two of the sports which my body is not coordinated enough to do! But then again what fun would anything be if you were already good at it! I just hope I manage to get the basics so I have something to build on when I get back to sweden : ) It is like with most things these days and that is to try something new and have the guts to stick with it! I guess we'll see where i'm at in two weeks after the ultimate taekwondo challenge where they supposedly push your body to the limit for 1 full day.... should be interesting!

Cheers


P.S.

2.5 weeks till F1 Grand Prix, Singapore
3 weeks till Bali, Indonesia

STARBUCKS study

Its saturday on the 3rd of September and the time here in Singapore is 12.03 P.M and where else to be than studying at starbuck (Jurong Point, Boon Lay).

To tell you the truth, I have for some time now been looking for good places to study! You know those spots where focus, efficiency and learning all come together to form a productive day. Where one can actually go home and feel like you acomplished what you set out to do. Now for those who know me, I am very much a guy who needs my space and quiet in order to get something done. But since arriving in Singapore, spots like the library or quiet rooms have proved to be bad and the feeling of falling behind has been increasingly growing on me. I mean considering the fact that I have tried 4 of the schools libraries and almost always fallen asleep, I guess its safe to say that the old ways must be changed into new.

So here I am, sitting in one of the '4 million' malls eating my cinnamon raisin bagel while sipping on chai feeling groovy and ready for business. All around me people are running from store to store while others are sittning down over a cup of coffee discussing the latest news and gossip. There is some serious life in this town and I LOVE IT!

4 months ago I was stressed and always on the run with something to do or fix. Sitting in a quiet place was my only way out of that, I suppose I felt like I needed it in order to be able to get things done. Now that feeling is gone. Having a lot to do isn't as stressful as it was back then. Instead I think that all of what I did last year along with the summer job at Nordea, really has taught me that irrespective of how difficult something might seem or be at the time, what needs to be done in the end always is.

So here I am! in a crowdy, laoud and all wheels burning kind of a place and all I am thinking of in this 'Starbucks study' is the 4 group projects along with the 2 individual assignments that need to be done! And done they will be!