Tag Archives: Sweden

Bleh.

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Kalle

Yep yep, Swedish water is so fucking wonderfully clean. We’re so god damned proud of it it makes you vomit.  

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Privacy

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Kalle

As some of you know, I moved to a new apartment in January, and with that obviously came a bunch of subscriptions (as in, “electricity bill” kind of subscriptions). I had the option to choose between a bunch of different … Continue reading →

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Moving…

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Kalle

Just finished packing. Was much easier than expected but then again I don’t have a lot of crap. So yeah, I’m moving tomorrow. Officially, anyway. In reality, I’m not moving until mid-month, but I’ll be moving all my shit tomorrow. … Continue reading →

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Robbery.

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Kalle

I went down to the local store to get some beer and milk (a worthwhile combination if you ask me, though I didn’t mix the two). As I went to pay for it, a guy in a gray hood holding … Continue reading →

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Democracy and voting.

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Kalle

Today was the election here in Sweden, where everyone was supposedly voting for their preferred government in state, municipality and city. Well, in fact, it’s been possible to vote ahead of time for the last 1 or 2 weeks, but … Continue reading →

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All things must come to an end.

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Kalle

But it’s not quite yet time for me to go back home to Sweden. However, the return date has been moved forward a few months — I am now planning on going back in the end of December, instead of … Continue reading →

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IKEA.

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Kalle

So, I went to IKEA with my girlfriend the other day — there’s one in Osaka, which is the closest. We had to take a train, then switch trains, then take a bus — all in all, it took us … Continue reading →

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Hospitality, and Merry Christmas.

Posted on December 26, 2008 by Kalle

Hospitality must be the most underrated cultural shock in existence. From looking people in the eyes when talking to them, to not staring at people when talking to them (i.e. direct opposites) (and for the record, the former is Sweden, … Continue reading →

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The yen, part 2.

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Kalle

I whined about mentioned the yen and its happy little adventure up in the clouds in an earlier post roughly a month ago (Oct 28th) and figured I’d post an update. Or rather, today was “a first” — and not … Continue reading →

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The Yen.

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Kalle

So… I knew this would happen. I totally knew this would happen. But I kept thinking, you know, “it’ll happen, I’ll twitch, I’ll panic, it’ll be lots of running in circles, then it’ll just return to normal and I’ll figure … Continue reading →

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