The week that have been

Some comments to the pictures: I'm still trying to figure out how to post the pictures with a nice layout. But it seems impossible. And on the pictures where it looks like my brother and his underage friends are drinking alcohol...it's not alcohol. I don't know what it was...it tasted like apple juice. We got it without asking when we were having lunch. And the last two pictures are from when me, petri, ali and måns jumped the fence to play some football at one of AC Milan's youth facilities. We got kicked out pretty quickly.

So it has been a while since I wrote the last time now. I have to start writing more frequently so I don’t have to write so much every time. But I guess it’s kind of a moment 22-problem. Since the reason to why I’m not writing so often is that I have so much to do. And that then leads to the fact that I have a lot of stuff to tell about when I finally decide to write.

Anyway…starting on Thursday last week. Petri (my finish friend) has an Italian friend who in turn is friend with a designer here in Milan. So she (Petri’s friend) got some tickets for me and Petri to go with them to a preparty-thing at a Diesel store. It was really cool, at lot of people with interesting clothing and also some models. And maybe the most surprising part of it all: free beer and drinks everywhere. They had fridges with free beer everywhere and also open bars with free drinks. The Italians who had some experience on this had of course brought some bags in which they just stuffed down as much beer and Bacardi breezer as possible when we were about to leave. Some people had stuffed the beer into paper bags, but they had of course loaded them too heavily so when they got out of the store the bag broke and all their beer got lost. A bit embarrassing for them but on the other hand it wasn’t really a secret for Diesel that people totally ripped beer from them.

Then on friday my brother (Tisen) came to visit me with his former football team. They were here over the weekend to go see Inter-Fiorentina on sunday. So I showed him and his friends around here in Milan. We went to have aperitivo twice and we shopping in the center (shopping for real in the regular stores and window shopping in the expensive ones) =). We also went inside il Doumo and also up on the roof of it. That was the first time for me also and it was really cool. Unfortunately I didn't bring my camera so I don't have any pictures. But I will go there again some time so then I'll make sure to bring my camera. I have a few pictures from his visit though as you can see above. And I went with them to the game also of course. It wasn't the best game, I have to say. But Zlatan's incredible free kick in the end was worth the entrace (and possibly the flight for the guys from Sweden) alone. Tisen also managed to catch the ball on a picture just before it hit the goal. An effort almost as good as the free kick seeing that the speed of the free kick was 109 km/h. We also took the tour around the arena and went in to the dressing rooms and so on. It was nice.

Then on monday, when I really had decided that I needed to start studying and stop just doing fun stuff, a swedish girls that I know asked me if we wanted to go to a TV-gala at Old Fashion (a club) with her. She knew one of the bouncers at that place so he had her on the list and then she could bring us as her friends. Rumours said that Beckham would be there and people also said that he actually were there. I doubt it though...and if he was he sat in the VIP-area far away from us normal and mortal people.haha. But it was a fun night. Then on the other hand...something that wasn't so funny was the reality check on tuesday morning when the mondays postponed anxiety flushed over me with even greater power. But I've started to deal with that now by spending both tuesday and today at school. And then, just when my attempt to fool myself into believing that I am a good student actually seemed to go through, I logged on to my internet bank to check my financial status. BOOM! Reality gets in a good punch strait in the face. I have spent 28161 SEK during my 36 days here in Milano. To say it mildly, I would say that that is not really ok. Well...there is no reason to cry about that now. But some actions to stop this raging cash outflow obviously need to be taken. I'm thinking about swallowing my apartment key so I can't get out of the apartment. But then I still have the internet where I can spend money. Maybe I should put my wallet in a safety deposit box in some bank...we'll see.

Ciao tutti!

Videos

Here's two videos I've posted on youtube. The second one is not so exciting but the first one is ok.

More pictures...see post below.

Ok...the layout of the picturs in the last post wasn't the best. Have to get to know the software a little better. And I couldn't post all the pictures I wanted so here is some more. Notice that Dida is up on a corner in one of the pictures. I also wanted to post some videos but they were too big. I think I will post them on youtube instead and put a link to them.

Quick catch up!

So here is a quick catch up about what I've been up to so far here in Milan.

I can start out with the football. =) Me and finish guy that I hang out with all the time have been to 2 matches at San Siro so far. First we went to see AC Milan play Werder Bremen in the UEFA-cup. A game that Milan definitely should have won but they didn't. They were up 2-0 but couldn't hold the germans back (who actually were the better side and deserved the win). The game ended 2-2 and Milan lost on away goals (the first game in Germany was 1-1).

Then on Sunday the same week we went to see Inter play Roma. A really good game that ended 3-3. You can see the pictures and videos that I will post!

We also went to see when Beckham came to an adidas store here in Milan. It was pretty chaotic. One girl passed out and the ambulance had come and pick her up. I took a picture of here when she was passed out...pretty mean I know but I thought it would be funny to show on a blog like this one. So you all have to think it's really funny now so I don't feel so bad about taking that picture.

I can tell a little about the people I hang out with down here. First it's the finish guy that I hang out with the most. Then there's a bunch of girls in our exchange group that we also hang out with quite a lot. But they all live in residence..and it's a bit outside the city and both me and Petri live pretty much down town. So now we've started hanging out with another swedish guy and a spanian/qatari guy. Both really great guys and we have a great time together. We mostly go to aperitivo when we hang out. It's really great...you pay around 5-6 euro for something to drink and then you get to each as much as you like from the buffet. It's pretty cheap...but I guess we are the only ones really taking a lot of food. The italians might refill once, after that they just focus on their drink or wine.

For you who don't...I'm living in a flat with two italian girls and one italian guy. I live in the same room as the guy...but he is never at home so I get to have the room pretty much for myself which I think is nice. They are all really friendly and nice so that's great. We don't do that much stuff together though...I'm not so often at home and they aren't either. And it's a bit sad since I think the atmospehere in the apartment would be better if we knew eachother more. I intend to change that somehow.

I take three courses in economics down here (not business...nationalekonomi istället för företagsekonomi som jag normalt kör.) It's really interesting since the world economy is a bit shaky right now (to put it mildly). But to be honest...I haven't studied anything yet. I think it's because the course litterature mostly consists of academic articles which tend to be really heavy to read. So I haven't had the energy to start on that yet. I haven't bought the text books we need either...so no opportunity to read them. Well...I'm gonna take care of that soon. At least I have attended all classes so far so that's always something..haha. And only because I haven't studied on any of my economic subjects it doesn't mean that I haven't studied at all. I've been studying quite a lot of italian actually.

So that was a quick catch up of what I've been doing so far. Tomorrow it's Champions League so I have to spend some energy on finding the perfect place to see Real Madrid do a heroic effort in their away game against Liverpool. Then on wednesday I will wear my new Ibrahimovic-shirt with great pride as I hope to see and Inter kick out Man Utd. And on friday Tisen (my kid brother for you who don't know) and his football team is coming here to Milan. I really look forward to that. On sunday we're going on Inter-Fiorentina. Should be a great game.

I also have to start planning some trips on the weekends. There is so much of Italy I want to see. But first priority now is to find someone who wants to come to Rome with me on the 14:th of July. The Killers and Franz Ferdinand are playing at the same gig there, and if I go it will probably be the best concert I've ever been to.

Well...have to go to bed now. Buona notte!

First post

I can't really decide whether or not I should write my posts in english or in swedish. I will start with a post in english, hoping that some of my friends who don't speak swedish will find this blog interesting. If I realize that they aren't (which probably is pretty likely) or if I just feel that the english is holding me back from writing in an extremely clever and funny way (which I do in swedish) I will change to swedish. I also hope that writing in english won't stop my swedish friends from reading this blog.

So this blog is for everyone who is interested in how I'm doing here in Milan and what I'm up to. Now for example, I am really hungry. So I'm gonna go to the kitchen and cook myself a meal.

That's more or less how interesting this blog will be. No but seriously though...I gotta eat something so I'll write a more exciting post later on.

Ciao tutti!