I have a short story about a trip to Alabama. I was in Staples to buy photo printer supplies when one of the employees recognized me. We were both students at York Technical College. How weird, I thought. He had moved to Alabama to be with his girlfriend.
Well as life went on, I graduated from YTC and then moved to Houston to be near my fiancee. It didn't work out, and I moved back home 3 months later. Then I moved out of my parents' house and started a full time job at Zobo.tv. One night while sitting at Waffle House, I was reading a book when the guy I saw in Alabama came up to me and said hello. What are the chances of that? His relationship had also ended and he moved back home. Twice we bumped into each other, hundreds of miles apart.
So I was sitting at my friends Jay and Ashlie's house talking about home theaters not too long ago. Ashlie mentioned that Nicole's parents have a theater with the good theater seats and a projector system. Then she tells me that they live in my parent's neighborhood.
What a weird coincidence, I delivered seats to a home theater in the neighborhood a long time ago when I worked for Zobo.tv. As it turns out, I have met Nicole's step-dad when I dropped those chairs off. I haven't seen her to tell her about this yet, but I have thought about dropping by his place to watch some TV. I can't do that for a while though, as I'm in Denmark writing this post.
These sort of co-inky-dinks happen pretty often where I'm from. Our town has a population of around (60,000) so it is pretty small. It doesn't seem to happen that often here since Aarhus has a population of around 300,000 from what the locals tell me.
But there again, while I was in Qingdao, China I ran into some Canadians at the hostel where I was staying. It just so happened that this one cute Canadian girl and her classmates knew a Canadian friend of mine who studied Chinese with me back home.
Its a small world after all...
27 March 2010
26 March 2010
Danish words I've learned so far
Hai- 'hi'
hai hai- 'bye'
Tak- 'thanks'
De vas a litz- 'you're welcome'
Ro- 'ass'
Skol- 'toast/ prost/ ganbei'
Slagter- 'butcher'
Dansk- 'Danish'
McDonalds- 'McDonalds'
Is- "ice cream"
God- "good"
Neun- "nude"
There's a story about the neun- a german came and asked a Danish girl on a date. She agreed, and he wanted to set the date for 9pm. He asked "kommst du neun?" She was offended and said no. He was confused and asked "Halb neun?" It got worse :)
And of course I can't pronounce any of the words correctly. When I say 'ro' I sound like a dog barking instead saying ass. Damn it lol
hai hai- 'bye'
Tak- 'thanks'
De vas a litz- 'you're welcome'
Ro- 'ass'
Skol- 'toast/ prost/ ganbei'
Slagter- 'butcher'
Dansk- 'Danish'
McDonalds- 'McDonalds'
Is- "ice cream"
God- "good"
Neun- "nude"
There's a story about the neun- a german came and asked a Danish girl on a date. She agreed, and he wanted to set the date for 9pm. He asked "kommst du neun?" She was offended and said no. He was confused and asked "Halb neun?" It got worse :)
And of course I can't pronounce any of the words correctly. When I say 'ro' I sound like a dog barking instead saying ass. Damn it lol
25 March 2010
24 March 2010
Starting back up
Hey all,
This is my first blog post since forever ago. I've had a couple of thoughts that I've saved as drafts, but right now I want to share some thoughts on Denmark.
I arrived in Aarhus, Denmark yesterday after about 20 hours of traveling. I'm having a lot of fun so far! There's nothing terribly special about this small town except that I have some great friends here. Tommy and Gina have a 7 week old baby girl named Ella. She's a bit fussy at times but she is cute enough to forgive haha. Tommy and I walked down to the beach with the stroller while Gina took a nap. It was pleasant albeit a bit cold. I should have brought my big jacket! It will be summer time soon enough, and I was told that I should come back to catch the topless sunbathers. Its ok though, the Danish reality TV shows make up for it. Nudity and sexuality is not so taboo as in America. Its just part of the human experience anyways...
While we were walking and chatting, Tommy told me about an incident in 1997 between the New York police and a Danish actress when she left her 14 month child outside. She was in a bar for a drink with the baby's daddy who lived in Brooklyn. Do the googling if you want to find it some info; I would add a link, but so far I've found a bunch of other bloggers who wanted to bash Europeans and say how we do it right in America. I, on the other hand, I find it to be an interesting cultural difference. In Denmark, it is very customary to leave babies outside in their strollers to nap it off, even sometimes in the snow. Its so they can absorb the 'frisch luft' (fresh air.) Tommy was telling me that the nurse responsible for Ella suggested they buy a baby monitor so they can hear her wake up outside. This leads to a culture that likes the fresh air, so many restaurants have outdoor seating. It is also common to see strollers left outside of small shops, such as butchers or boutiques.
Well this is gonna be a short post; I'm still a bit jet lagged and now there's a baby threatening to spit up on me.
OH YEAH, I get to see Katherine tonight too. I'll add some pics to the blog soon!!!
This is my first blog post since forever ago. I've had a couple of thoughts that I've saved as drafts, but right now I want to share some thoughts on Denmark.
I arrived in Aarhus, Denmark yesterday after about 20 hours of traveling. I'm having a lot of fun so far! There's nothing terribly special about this small town except that I have some great friends here. Tommy and Gina have a 7 week old baby girl named Ella. She's a bit fussy at times but she is cute enough to forgive haha. Tommy and I walked down to the beach with the stroller while Gina took a nap. It was pleasant albeit a bit cold. I should have brought my big jacket! It will be summer time soon enough, and I was told that I should come back to catch the topless sunbathers. Its ok though, the Danish reality TV shows make up for it. Nudity and sexuality is not so taboo as in America. Its just part of the human experience anyways...
While we were walking and chatting, Tommy told me about an incident in 1997 between the New York police and a Danish actress when she left her 14 month child outside. She was in a bar for a drink with the baby's daddy who lived in Brooklyn. Do the googling if you want to find it some info; I would add a link, but so far I've found a bunch of other bloggers who wanted to bash Europeans and say how we do it right in America. I, on the other hand, I find it to be an interesting cultural difference. In Denmark, it is very customary to leave babies outside in their strollers to nap it off, even sometimes in the snow. Its so they can absorb the 'frisch luft' (fresh air.) Tommy was telling me that the nurse responsible for Ella suggested they buy a baby monitor so they can hear her wake up outside. This leads to a culture that likes the fresh air, so many restaurants have outdoor seating. It is also common to see strollers left outside of small shops, such as butchers or boutiques.
Well this is gonna be a short post; I'm still a bit jet lagged and now there's a baby threatening to spit up on me.
OH YEAH, I get to see Katherine tonight too. I'll add some pics to the blog soon!!!
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