Posts Tagged ‘SVT’
Upside down or the cars outside B’s window
Life
I ate dinner at Beautiful B.’s house on the weekend. She made the most fantastic meals to prepare us for our trip to northern India and I learned new words and unpronounceable names, how turbans are warm and hurt on your forehead, that Punjabi and Hindi are to each other like Swedish and Norwegian and I tried mouthrefreshing Paan in the most amazing colors – served in my favorite little silver box.
As we talked our welcome-wine through the inner city apartment, P. wondered how it was going with the traffic outside the livingroom window – expecting an answer about the quality of super-sound-isolation-double-glass. Read the rest of this entry »
Sameh, becoming Swedish and a magical son
Get yourself a son
Among foreigners it is a matter of common knowledge that you need a Swedish name if you want a Swedish job. Even though this country is basically bilingual and about half of Sweden moves to London to lead the life of a banker for a couple of years, foreign last names still a menace to society. I got lucky. My last name Read the rest of this entry »
Communication, choices and a cut-out-comedian
21.10 h
Swedish elections today!
Pretty exciting. The question is if the future will be red or blue.
The first drastic change is that Sverigedemokraterna apparently will get some seats in the government. A dramatic and scary development. And a subject discussed by every other Swede these days.
Something I haven’t heard anyone say (except for Jesper while making salad) is that – Read the rest of this entry »
