Pictures of Oslo

Hey everyone,

Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been quite busy with work but that's a good thing. I'm learning more and more everyday at work and I am getting more responsibilities. This week I got a clear vision of what I will be doing at work and I will mostly be tracking various Opera ad campaigns on various websites to see which ones work and which ones don't. It's pretty cool for me since I studied this kind of
stuff, and to actually put it into practice is very interesting.

It was pretty mild last wekend so I got the chance to take a nice long walk in downtown Oslo and I brought my camera with me. So here are some pictures of Oslo.
The picture above is of two of my colleagues. We share the same office and they are really fun to work with. Vyoma, on the left, is from Singapore and Anna is from Poland. Vyoma has been here since August 2006 and Anna has been here since September 2005 I believe. They both got there jobs through the same program as I did : AIESEC.

Enjoy the pictures everyone and have a great week !

Go Sens!

Jason

Hockey Day in Norway

Hi everyone!

I hope everything is well in Ottawa. I heard there was a winter cold warning for the past few days! That’s a shame … hahaha. Here in Oslo it was a very mild over the weekend.

Last week I started my Norwegian course offered by the company. I have class twice a week for 1 ½ hour each class. The teacher is really cool and funny. Right off the bat she was speaking Norwegian to us. I was completely lost and clueless to what was going on because I did not buy the textbooks yet (but I since bought them). After about 30 minutes I started to get it. The language will be a little difficult to learn because the pronunciation of words is completely different from French or English. The reading of the language wont be that bad, but it will take me awhile before I feel comfortable speaking it. Luckily I live with 3 Norwegians that are more willing to help me out.Sunday was a very cool day sports wise for me. As I mentioned before, my roommate Bjorn and I bought the sports pack for our TV. With that we get lots of English Premiership soccer games and quite a bit of NHL games. I say Sunday was special because I got a chance to see the Sens vs the Leafs and the Flames vs the Canucks. The games were on tape delay so they started at noon. We got the Hockey Night in Canada feed and I had the extreme pleasure and joy of hearing Bob Cole and Don Cherry on a Sunday afternoon ugh… Oh well, I can’t complain, I got to see the Sens (even though it was in a loss) After the hockey I watched Manchester United (Bjorn is a big fan) beat the crap out of Tottenham 4-0. After being on the couch and being completely useless for the entire day I took a walk. Then I waited until midnight for the Superbowl to start. After the first half I was way too tired to watch the rest of the game (it was around 2am) so I just went to bed.

All in all, not an eventful week but I’m really happy I’ll get to see hockey, and the Senators while I’m here. It’s a nice touch of home.

Also, my cell phone is fully functional now!!! WOOO!

Have a Good week everyone,

Jason