Hej folkens
Nogle dage er gået og vi har oplevet nogle nye ting de sidste par dage:
Mandag var vi hos SUN Microsystems, som var utrolig spændende! Vi så en masse af de ting de har gang i derinde og havde et meget interessant præsentation af 2 ansatte på henholdvis fler-trådet og fler-kernet programmering, samt omkring OpenSource. Ja, meget teknisk. Så jeg vil ikke gå ydeligere med det.
Hos SUN fik vi både morgenmad og frokost, som var fantastisk. Frokosten var som at være på restaurant. Vi blev rigtig behandlet som business-partners :) Alt for sejt.
Jeg fik taget en masse notater også, som jeg har tænkt mig at kigge mere på og evt. begynde at læse C (et programmerings-sprog) og begynde at fikse fejl på OpenSolaris, som er deres styresystem.
Efter SUN, tog vi til San Franciscos havneområde, som var utrolig interessant. Tiggerne er meget mere kreative her; hjemløse med "Ninjas dræbte min familie"-skilte og en gut som var ærlig; "Need $ for weed".
Derudover så vi alle de søløver som holder til i San Franciscos havn. Ja, freaking søløver. Tjek mit galleri for billeder (link i toppen).
Vi tog derefter til Alcatraz, hvor jeg fik taget TONSVIS af billeder, som endte med at blive slettet. Men de bedste er blevet filtret ud og serveret i samme galleri. Nyd dem :)
Idag startede med en tur til "University of California Berkeley" som er den bedste offentlige uddannelsedanstalt i verdenen. Der findes bedre - men alle disse er private.
Vi fik en tour rundt på hele campus og set noget af al den college-aktivitet, som man normalt ser i film. Idag var der en protest med abort, samt for abort. Det er i sandhed, en meget politisk skole.
Til slut, smuttede vi på eksperimentariet, hvor vi hyggede rundt i 1½ time, før vi smuttede hjem til hotellet.
og ja, og forresten, så var jeg på en fed restaurant igår, som har den fedeste 60'er (?) tema med Elvis Presley, Milkshakes, Burgere og hele det der diner-tema som man kender fra den gang. Skal der ned med Benjamin her om lidt igen og få aftensmad.
Hyg jer derhjemme!
Så er vi endelig landet i San Fran og fået inlogeret os på America's Best Western Inn, hvor der trådløs internet.
Turen hertil har været bøvlet, med omkring 20-21 timer i tog, derefter 45 minutter i bus - for derefter at stene rundt til kl. 13, hvor vi endelig fik lov til at tjekke ind. Jeg bor på værelse med Alexander Conradsen, som jeg også bor sammen med på college.
Vi kunne lige nå et hurtigt bad - og syntes lige at jeg ville lave en hurtig update, før vi skal videre.
Vi skal være i San Francisco de næste 6 dage, hvor vi bl.a. skal nå at se Berkeley og Stanford University, Alcatraz, SUN Microsystems og IBM.
Men jeg er ankommet i San Francisco i god behold og jeg håber at I allesammen har det godt :)
- Christian
Turen hertil har været bøvlet, med omkring 20-21 timer i tog, derefter 45 minutter i bus - for derefter at stene rundt til kl. 13, hvor vi endelig fik lov til at tjekke ind. Jeg bor på værelse med Alexander Conradsen, som jeg også bor sammen med på college.
Vi kunne lige nå et hurtigt bad - og syntes lige at jeg ville lave en hurtig update, før vi skal videre.
Vi skal være i San Francisco de næste 6 dage, hvor vi bl.a. skal nå at se Berkeley og Stanford University, Alcatraz, SUN Microsystems og IBM.
Men jeg er ankommet i San Francisco i god behold og jeg håber at I allesammen har det godt :)
- Christian
Undskyld den forsinkede post - men der er sket gode ting siden søndags! (udover mandag, den suttede)
Mandag:
.. er som mandage nu er.. mandage-agtige.
eller faktisk - vi var på Red Robin som er en rigtig god burger restaurant. Hard Rock Café-kvalitet.
Bottomless drinks og du kan få så mange pommes fritter som du vil!
Awesome!
Tirsdag:
Store udflugts dag!
Vi besøgte 2 firmaer idag: Monolith og Valve. Monolith kendt for F.E.A.R og Valve som er kendt for bl.a. Counter Strike.
På Monolith, fik vi lov til at se og teste et af de helt nye spil de arbejder på, som er utrolig sejt. MEN.
Desværre har jeg skrevet under på et lille sødt stykke dokument, såååå - jeg må ikke fortæller jeg noget som helst omkring det, da jeg derved vil kunne blive sagsøgt for et beløb, jeg kun ville kunne betale med min egen sjæl.
Spillet er fedt og vi fik t-shirts som tak for hjælpen. Fedt besøg.
På Valve fik vi ikke en decideret tour, men mere et meet-and-ask questions med Valves præsident, Gabe Newell og Bay Raitt.
Vi fik en masse at vide om Valve og hvordan de arbejdede. Var MEGET interessant og inspirerende.
Som tak for besøget fik vi en goodie bag med t-shirt, mussemåtte, klistermærke med Half Life 2, postkort med Half Life 2 og en key ring.
For fed dag, virkelig!
Senere på den dag mødtes vi med de andre, inkl. supervisorer, for at tage ud og spille paintball!
Vi brugte 3 fede timer på at skyde hinanden ømme og jeg kom der fra med et par blå mærker og nogle meget ømme lår-muskler, som jeg i skrivende stund stadig har super ondt i.
Vi kom hjem kl. 1:30 og hoppede direkte i bad og seng.
Onsdag:
Normal dag - udover at vi var på hyggelig restaurant tur med Carol :) Italiensk.
Torsdag:
Stress-dag! Sidste hele dag, hvor vi kan arbejde med vores spil!
Vi var derudover ude og spise på The Rock, som er en god pizza restaurant - på Duggis og min regning :)
Vi fik også set firma-lokalerne til RICE Group Inc. som er ejet af Carol og Duane, som vi bor hos. $2 millioner er investeret i den bygning. Meget imponerende lokaler - havde dog ikke mit kamera med : /
Hyggelig dag, helt klart!
Fredag - sidste hele dag i Seattle... Utroligt som tiden går. Jeg vil ikke hjem igen! *Kigger i sit pas* Heeey.. Mit visa dækker indtil d. 1 januar! Gæt hvem der bliver til nytår og fejrer det her!
P.S.: Fremvisning af spil imorgen, det bliver spændende!
I må have det godt derhjemme og så må vi jo se om jeg tager med hjem om en uges tid...
Monday, October 19, 2009 12:45 AM Posted by Christian 'Ensey' Sjoebeck
Due to family readability, my blog posts will be in danish, from now on.
Så! Det har sku været en meget interessant weekend!
Fredag:
Skole dag med Kinsey hele dagen. Vi er igang med vores eget spil, hvor vi er i grupper med hinanden.
Jeg laver et spil, hvor du skal kontrollere en masse fly rundt og få dem landet - uden at de rammer hinanden selvfølgelig!
Efter skole kom de fleste med hjem til mig og Duggi til grill-aften. Duggi, Buhl, Evan og jeg smuttede efter øl og fik brugt godt 40$ på det. Vores grill-aften udviklede sig derefter til en fest, hvor Evan inviterede en masse venner, så de var 10 amerikanere og vi var 9 danskere.
Der blev spillet en masse drukspil! Vi tabte i øl-pong til amerikanerne, men vi vandt i "Ro-båd" som går i at man er 4 på hvert hold (så USA mod Danmark) og hver person har 2 øl. Det går som en stafet, hvor de 3 første drikker 1 øl, den 4. drikker begge sine lige efter hinanden og derefter drikker de sidste 3 deres sidste øl. Og ikke for at prale men.. vi vandt STORT! Danskere kan drikke hurtigere end amerikanere, det er bevist nu! Så Evan har lovet os at købe et trofæ, som vi kan få med hjem - som bevis på at vi kunne drikke hurtigst!
Festen blev ved til kl. 3 om natten, hvor folk crashede rundt omkring.
Næste dag stod den på amerikanske pandekager med tilbehør (sirup osv.), hvorefter at danskerne, undtagen Malene, Duggi og jeg, tog hjem. Malene tog hjem lidt senere, da hun skulle til Homecoming Prom (ret sejt :p).
Duggi og jeg crashede senere og vågnede omkring kl. 18, hvor der var hotdogs og leftover beans fra dagen før :) Så lørdag var rimelig meget en lazy dag.
Søndag har været en cool dag :p
Vi vågnede sent og bestemte os for at skulle opleve noget idag :D
Vi startede med at smutte i Alderwood Mall, hvor vi chillede lidt rundt og kiggede på tøser (og nå ja.. også butikker) og jeg fik købt mig 2 poser skumfiduser :9 Derefter smuttede vi på Red Dragon casino, hvor de (DESVÆRRE) kun spiller Spanish 21 og nogle andre mærkelig spil. Men ingen normal Blackjack.
Jeg endte med at tabe 20$, men jeg er stadig i plus - da jeg jo vandt 55$ på det andet casino :)
Klokken var kun 14:30, da vi smuttede fra Red Dragon, så vi skulle finde noget at bruge tid på. Så vi smuttede forbi en drive-thru kaffebar. Men det var selvfølgelig ikke en normal kaffebar, når en Sjøbeck skal have kaffe. Kaffen i den her kaffebar, blev serveret af en sød lille trunte i BH og g-streng. Helt klart værd de 3,55$ jeg havde :D Det var helt klart dagens højdepunkt - kaffe + pige i undertøj = :)
Her til slut på aftenen, var vi ved barbeque hos Malene og familien Zickefoose - meget hyggelig aften, som ikke udviklede sig til fest :p De havde en mega sej kælder med en oldschool xbox og projektor - ultimativ gamer / movie room :) Vi fik hamburgers igen ^^.
Her til slut på aftenen, var vi ved barbeque hos Malene og familien Zickefoose - meget hyggelig aften, som ikke udviklede sig til fest :p De havde en mega sej kælder med en oldschool xbox og projektor - ultimativ gamer / movie room :) Vi fik hamburgers igen ^^.
Håber I allesammen har det super, det har jeg ihvertfald!
Peace out,
Krille.
Friday, October 16, 2009 8:04 AM Posted by Christian 'Ensey' Sjoebeck
yo peeps
I'm sorry it has been a while since I posted, but I just havn't had the time the last few days.
Since my last post, we have started and ended a game, as well as starting another game (which is our own project). I'm making a flight control game, that are gonna be awesome (hopefully) and I hope that I will be able to post a prototype of it one of the days.
We had Møllgaard over for diner and a sleepover on tuesday, which were cool - we got an awesome turkey, that we have been eating for lunch for the last 2 days :) So awesome! Yesterday, we got: spaghetti bolognese (pasta instead of spaghetti) / Jægergryde - was pretty cool, tasted very nice :)
So yesterday (wednesday) we went to Digipen and Microsoft.
At Digipen, we got a guided tour around the smaller facility. (Digipen is a school for people that want to work with games. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigiPen_Institute_of_Technology)
The tour was very interesting and I have seriously thought about upgrading my grades for a year or two and go to Digipen and study. As - guess what, Valve, ArenaNET (Guild Wars) and such are employing students, right when they graduate - hell, even before they graduate! So I'm really thinking about it :)
After Digipen, we went for a selfguided tour, that showed some Microsoft technology. Was interesting, but a guided one around would've been cooler. So on this, Microsoft sucks.
Today, we went to Monolith (F.E.A.R 1 / 2). That was freaking awesome. We had a 2 hour tour around, by a producer from Warner Brothers (they own the company), so hes the one that pulls a lot of strings.
In there, we saw EVERYTHING. Everything from the audio-area, the motion-capturing-area, development area, designing area, art area - I literally mean everything. They even had a cafeteria with 7 refrigerators, 6 microwaves, 4 toasters, an advanced coffee machine and a storage that would please any geek. Their storage held sodas, coffee and toilet paper. Do you need anything else?
But me and a few other guys fell in talk with some Game Designers (for people that doesn't know, that is the job I want!) and we got some good infos about what it takes to become a Game Designer, and guess what - that is exactly what I want to do. Was so wonderful.
So yeah, I took a few business cards and I'll write a few mails tomorrow morning at school. I so have to stay in touch with these guys!
After school, some of us went directly to the mall, as our supervisors had set up a little trip to the cinema to watch 'Surrogates' - very interesting movie, so I won't spoil any of it! But worth a watch.
After the movie, Duane picked us up and here I am :)
I still hope you're all okay - miss you all, but I'm getting a feeling it's gonna be hard to go back to Denmark.. and if I do, it's gonna be hard to stay away from the US. This place is great :)
I'm uploading the pictures of the last few days right now and should be in the link in the top, by the time you guys read this.
cheers people
peace out
I'm sorry it has been a while since I posted, but I just havn't had the time the last few days.
Since my last post, we have started and ended a game, as well as starting another game (which is our own project). I'm making a flight control game, that are gonna be awesome (hopefully) and I hope that I will be able to post a prototype of it one of the days.
We had Møllgaard over for diner and a sleepover on tuesday, which were cool - we got an awesome turkey, that we have been eating for lunch for the last 2 days :) So awesome! Yesterday, we got: spaghetti bolognese (pasta instead of spaghetti) / Jægergryde - was pretty cool, tasted very nice :)
So yesterday (wednesday) we went to Digipen and Microsoft.
At Digipen, we got a guided tour around the smaller facility. (Digipen is a school for people that want to work with games. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigiPen_Institute_of_Technology)
The tour was very interesting and I have seriously thought about upgrading my grades for a year or two and go to Digipen and study. As - guess what, Valve, ArenaNET (Guild Wars) and such are employing students, right when they graduate - hell, even before they graduate! So I'm really thinking about it :)
After Digipen, we went for a selfguided tour, that showed some Microsoft technology. Was interesting, but a guided one around would've been cooler. So on this, Microsoft sucks.
Today, we went to Monolith (F.E.A.R 1 / 2). That was freaking awesome. We had a 2 hour tour around, by a producer from Warner Brothers (they own the company), so hes the one that pulls a lot of strings.
In there, we saw EVERYTHING. Everything from the audio-area, the motion-capturing-area, development area, designing area, art area - I literally mean everything. They even had a cafeteria with 7 refrigerators, 6 microwaves, 4 toasters, an advanced coffee machine and a storage that would please any geek. Their storage held sodas, coffee and toilet paper. Do you need anything else?
But me and a few other guys fell in talk with some Game Designers (for people that doesn't know, that is the job I want!) and we got some good infos about what it takes to become a Game Designer, and guess what - that is exactly what I want to do. Was so wonderful.
So yeah, I took a few business cards and I'll write a few mails tomorrow morning at school. I so have to stay in touch with these guys!
After school, some of us went directly to the mall, as our supervisors had set up a little trip to the cinema to watch 'Surrogates' - very interesting movie, so I won't spoil any of it! But worth a watch.
After the movie, Duane picked us up and here I am :)
I still hope you're all okay - miss you all, but I'm getting a feeling it's gonna be hard to go back to Denmark.. and if I do, it's gonna be hard to stay away from the US. This place is great :)
I'm uploading the pictures of the last few days right now and should be in the link in the top, by the time you guys read this.
cheers people
peace out
So Duggi, the Lewellens and me went camping at a property they own.
We made a bonfire, we made cool food, smores, pie and different kind of camping stuff :) Was acutally kind of nice..
Oh and btw, a smore is a roasted marshmellow with 2 gram crackers (kiks) and 1 piece of chocolate. Very cool :)
But we used the night up there, was a bit cold at times - but we survived :)
We took the longer way home and we started by going pass a fort with canons, basements, watchtowers and everything what a real fort needs :) Was a great experience! Both back at the property and on the trip home, we had LOADS of kodak moments. So I took 98 pictures after filtering the bad ones out, so there is a lot of footage.
At the end of the tour, we went by the casino, which is near an outlet market, Duggi and I went from there with more money than we arrived with! Duggi earned 20$ and I earned 55$ in only 45 minutes! We would've continued, but apparently the Indians in that area has different rules*.. So we might go to a 18+ casino later with Evan and have some fun :)
I'm just chilling with Duggi and having a RedHook ESB beer and enjoying the time here.
I love it here.
*Indian tribes have got their own land which is only under Federal Law (like we have the EU law) and therefore not under either county or state law. They are like their own state, so they can have other gambling rules etc.
I hope you're all cool back home :) I really miss you all!
oh yeah: and I bought the new Tiësto album and I will buy a ticket to his concert in Denmark (click here for more info)
Saturday, October 10, 2009 9:46 AM Posted by Christian 'Ensey' Sjoebeck
sup yo
Finally back in my own bed in Lynnwood, the american dollar and most of all, my lovely host family.
Vancouver was cool, but not THAT cool. It were better than I expected in general and the trip was good. I saw a lot in the 38ish hours we were there. I saw the dirty areas with the sex-shops and hookers, the business areas with walking armani-suits, the china town, the art-area, the expensive living area etc. etc. etc. Vancouver is a very multicultural city, with different types of people everywhere. Was a bit fucked actually. I saw a homeless guy with a black-berrie phone as well. Yeah, Canada really got it great.
We saw Radical Entertainment, who've made Crash Bandicoot, the Hulk-games and Prototype. Also, they are working on a new SECRET project, that I can't tell you guys about. But I think it's gonna be awesome!!
But there isn't much to say about the trip, else than:
Canada has cool homeless guys and the canadian dollar FREAKING SUCKS.
hope you're all well at home
cya
yo peeps
I just woke up at the Days Inn hotel in downtown Vancouver.
Me and Christian Møllgaard are living together in a room with 2 huge beds, a big screen TV, coffee-maker, bathtub and free wireless internet! Yeah - freaking awesome shit, I know!
Well, yesterday we arrived at Vancouver after a 4 hour trip by train.
We hurried ourselves over to Radical Entertainment (the guys that made games like Crash Bandicoot, Hulk and the 'newly' released Prototype! I took a few pictures, but not too many - as we were all under an NDA. This meant, that we cannot tell the public about the project they are working on at the moment, since it hasn't been announced yet.
After a very cool tour at Radical, we went for a 2 hour bus-tour around Vancouver, where we got shown everything from the Art / Cultural area to China town and over to the Stanley Park.
Great tour!
During the 3rd stop, we found a very cool Public Market, which held a lot of raw materials. Like "Grøn-torvet" in Denmark. This was just more packed together.
So, we got home from the tour and people went for food. We all met up later at the local bar just next to the hotel.
But sadly, since you have to be 19 to drink in Canada, 3 people were asked to leave. I wasn't one of them. For some reason, I looked 19+ and didn't need to show ID when buying a beer, like some others.
2 beers and a play of pool with Søren (which I lost, sadly) I went home to get some sleep.
We got to be out at 11 AM today and we'll be home a tlike 10 PM tonight. So we got another day in Vancouver, before leaving at 6 PM.
hope you're enjoying your holidays, have fun!
I just woke up at the Days Inn hotel in downtown Vancouver.
Me and Christian Møllgaard are living together in a room with 2 huge beds, a big screen TV, coffee-maker, bathtub and free wireless internet! Yeah - freaking awesome shit, I know!
Well, yesterday we arrived at Vancouver after a 4 hour trip by train.
We hurried ourselves over to Radical Entertainment (the guys that made games like Crash Bandicoot, Hulk and the 'newly' released Prototype! I took a few pictures, but not too many - as we were all under an NDA. This meant, that we cannot tell the public about the project they are working on at the moment, since it hasn't been announced yet.
After a very cool tour at Radical, we went for a 2 hour bus-tour around Vancouver, where we got shown everything from the Art / Cultural area to China town and over to the Stanley Park.
Great tour!
During the 3rd stop, we found a very cool Public Market, which held a lot of raw materials. Like "Grøn-torvet" in Denmark. This was just more packed together.
So, we got home from the tour and people went for food. We all met up later at the local bar just next to the hotel.
But sadly, since you have to be 19 to drink in Canada, 3 people were asked to leave. I wasn't one of them. For some reason, I looked 19+ and didn't need to show ID when buying a beer, like some others.
2 beers and a play of pool with Søren (which I lost, sadly) I went home to get some sleep.
We got to be out at 11 AM today and we'll be home a tlike 10 PM tonight. So we got another day in Vancouver, before leaving at 6 PM.
hope you're enjoying your holidays, have fun!
Today, we went to the Outlet mall. Crazy prices! Plus / minus 30% of the price in Denmark.
For example: A streetwear sweatshirt in Denmark: DKK 800,- USA: DKK150,-
Yes, no shit.
But I bought a few things and I went to the Casino, but due to big bags and little time, I didn't have time to check in my bags, go gamble (cause, yeah, I'm old enough for that here), and check out my bags, before our van had to go.
But I am definately going to gamble. I'm gonna be working on my card counting the next couple of days, for sure!
The lecture with Kinsey went good as normal and I just advanced the game that I already created.
Now with optimized code, like hash-tables, a timer and a best time window.
Oh yeah - cool shit.
I'm going to bed early today, as we have to get up early as well. We are going to Vancouver until friday. I will hopefully be able to keep up my blogging, else it's gonna be a good one on friday.
hope you're all good at home
Hey folks
Not much new from here.
Had a normal day, but Søren and Mikkel came by for dinner - was cool.
I'm all okay, so don't worry!
kind regards,
Chrille
Hey peeps
We had a 1 hour break after the tour and some of us went to Supway (Sunset Blvd in the US) and got some lunch.
First off: Congratulations daddy :)
It's monday, right now it's 22:13 local time and you guys are just waking up.
Well - heres a morning update for you!
Today was the first day in college.
We had to meet at 09:30 AM, so pretty late and as I wrote in my last blogpost, me and Duggi woke up at like 6 AM, so we had a wonderful 3 hour morning-fun before meeting at school.
Day started with a introduction with all the practical information etc., including that an AT&T guy will 'maybe' come by tomorrow so we can buy phones and cards. Pretty cool.
We had a 1 hour break after the tour and some of us went to Supway (Sunset Blvd in the US) and got some lunch.
When we got back, it was time for a flash lecture with Mr. Kinsey Fobes - who is a great guy, great teacher and makes sure everyone is keeping up with the level.
Most of today consisted of noob-code, so no big thinking the first couple of days. Which is cool, some people is probably still hurt by jetlag.
We got french dippers today, which is basicly a roastbeef burger, dipped in beef sauce with french fries on the side. Real american food :p
After lunch, Evan, Duggi and I went to BestBuy where I bought a Nikon D3000 camera + bag + SD card. I think used like 3000 something DKK.. So now I've got my toy for the United States!
Søren and Mikkel (supervisors from IT-College) is going to come by my host family tomorrow for food - so that'll be cool.
I guess that was todays news really.
I hope you're all well back in Denmark, I miss you guys!
Hello peeps.
I'm actually writing this on the third day, but I went for a nap at 3 PM yesterday and jetlag decided to kick me in my balls and I didn't wake up until 6 AM today. Also, Jens Jacob (Duggi, that I'm living with) were supposed to wake me up, but he kinda went to sleep as well >.<
So I what did I do on my first whole day in Seattle?
We went downtown, to around the Space Needle and took a Duck-ride! But you might think, what is a duck-ride? Well, it's a truck, formed weird, called a duck. It can drive on the streets AND work as a boat as well. So I went sailing.. in a duck-truck :p
The driver was this crazy man in his 50's and you could clearly see that he LOVED his job. He told everything with such passion.. you can't imagine it.
He told us a lot of stories and small things about Seattle.
After the ride, we went to the top of the Space Needle and it's amazing. The view is fantastic. And since it's aside of the skyline, you can see all the skyscrapers, the mountains, the waterplanes, boats, house-boats etc. - fucking amazing.
We were done around 1 PM and went home with some vans from the college.
Me and Duggi was picked up by Evan (host family's son) and Mike (friend) and we went to the BestBuy to look at a camera. Unfortunately, I didn't find one that satisfied my needs : / Duggi needed some shoes - so we went to "The Mall"! And what a wonderful experience! I swear, the mall was, f to the d, filled with hot chicks - all around. The shop-keepers were mostly women as well, even in skater-shops and me and Duggi concluded that they were paid to look good.
Also, that single mall had 3 Starbucks's and 1 Apple Store. Mhm. Electronics + Hot Chicks + Coffee = Freaking heaven.
We went home, got a sandwich and as said - I passed out at 3 PM. DAMN YOU JETLAG!
Well, that's all for day 2.
Kind american regards from yours truly,
Christian 'Mr. USA' Sjobeck
Finally! I am in the United States of America.
The time is 18:30 and I'm writing from the house of the Lewellen family (who are awesome, by the way), and we are going to have Barbeque sandwiches this evening.
So how was my 33-hour day? Well, so far, so fucking great!
The total travelling time from getting picked up by bus, to being picked up by the host family was 23 hours. I havn't slept more than 4 hours in a row, which was in the bus.
Oh yeah - and my stuff was taken aside, I had to go over and have a little conversation over my items. Conversation ended with "Pick up your stuff.. and when you're done - Follow the officer over there." - We're I freaked? Oh yeah. They went all godzillas with check on my laptop, but I found out it was only a random test. How did I figure? When the guy checking couldn't pronouce what he wanted - he gave up and went "Please, just go". Hilarious actually :p
The 10 hour flight was very hard to come through. Big shoulders ftl. We had two meals on board, which were decent. Free drinks too.
Before we landed, we had to fill out some papers to get into the US. Wasn't a big deal and went smooth through. We got our items and was picked up by some guys from Edmonds Community College in some vans and started driving. We stopped at a Starbucks though, where I got myself a Venti Frappachino. AWESOOOME! :D
We saw a lot of sign-guys - including one in a Sheep-costume:
We got to the college and was picked up by the Lewellens.
Thereafter, Duane, Jens Jacob and myself went to the store. A small one that is.
But in the US, small means a store equal to a big Føtex in Copenhagen with live lobsters, more products than I have ever seen, packing guys (packs your stuff while oyu pay) and a freaking Starbucks. IN THE FREAKING STORE. Geez. I love this country!
Sitting and chilling with Jens Jacob with a beer (Henry Weinhard's), which is a great beer btw. and Carol is making food right now :)
Friday, October 2, 2009 5:32 PM Posted by Christian 'Ensey' Sjoebeck
Hey people!
At the moment, theres 7 hours and 56 minutes until the departure by bus towards Hamburg!
I have to be honest and admit, that I haven't been able to concentrate about anything in school this week. The necessary homework has been made, but that's it! I have been so excited about this trip :)
I'd like to thank my Mom, Dad and Grandma for giving me extra money for my trip. You're the best!
For the bus trip, I have bought some Marabou chocolate and I will be bringing a few bottles of water with me as well.
As entertainment I've got mah iPhooone, 2 books ("Tilfældets Musik" ("The Music of Chance") and a Java-programming book), my Rubik's Cube, a set of cards and my laptop! So I won't be bored!
I'm so excited and I will probably buy a digital camera from Amazon.com, when I arrive in Seattle, so I can supply you all with photos!
I will be writing one post per day and make additional updates to each post if needed.
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- Christian
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