Onsdag 23 April 2008 - Stockholm
i have a plan...
10 steps i have to finish before i can finally move to Australia
1-3 get in to the 3 courses i need to apply to the school in oz
4-6 finish the courses with good grades
7 pay off my debt
8 get my driving licens
9 get in to the school on oz
10 save enough money to survive in oz
5 steps are now done, got all the courses i wanted, im done with two of them.
the third course starts next week.
Feels great knowing everything is going as planned =)
my social life is now dead, i work full time and study full time... not much time left for friends.
but yesterday was my birthday and cause of that 4 friends are coming to stockholm to visit me. two of them were my flatmates in sydney (they're from sweden tho)
they're staying here all weekend, cant wait to see them! its gonna be great to have ppl around again!
xoxo
10 steps i have to finish before i can finally move to Australia
1-3 get in to the 3 courses i need to apply to the school in oz
4-6 finish the courses with good grades
7 pay off my debt
8 get my driving licens
9 get in to the school on oz
10 save enough money to survive in oz
5 steps are now done, got all the courses i wanted, im done with two of them.
the third course starts next week.
Feels great knowing everything is going as planned =)
my social life is now dead, i work full time and study full time... not much time left for friends.
but yesterday was my birthday and cause of that 4 friends are coming to stockholm to visit me. two of them were my flatmates in sydney (they're from sweden tho)
they're staying here all weekend, cant wait to see them! its gonna be great to have ppl around again!
xoxo
Måndag 21 April 2008 - Sverige
in halv an hour its my 22nd birthday =)
it might be my last birthday in sweden...
my courses i take now are going good and im saving money so it seems like im actually going to Australia in january!
if that happens im gonna spend my 3 coming birthdays in oz and who knows, after my studies i might stay there or maybe live in another part of the world.
its a weird feeling realising my dream might come true and realising i might be leaving sweden for good...
like it though!
xx Camilla
it might be my last birthday in sweden...
my courses i take now are going good and im saving money so it seems like im actually going to Australia in january!
if that happens im gonna spend my 3 coming birthdays in oz and who knows, after my studies i might stay there or maybe live in another part of the world.
its a weird feeling realising my dream might come true and realising i might be leaving sweden for good...
like it though!
xx Camilla
Torsdag 7 Februari 2008 - Sverige
the biggest misstake anyone can do is to ask me something about my time in oz. if they do ill start telling my story slowly but when i get started i cant stop!
when i first got back home i didnt have much to tell, my friends and family asked a lot but its hard to tell them about my trip. so much happened, i was away for a whole year, its hard to describe a year of your life in a few sentences.
now when ive been home for a while and still think constantly about my great time over there, i can talk for hours!
Sydney, such a great city! remember one saturday night, i only had two days left in the country. we didnt go out clubbing as we usually did, we went down to the main street, George st, and just started to walk up and down the street. the city was alive! 10pm the street was full of cars with young partying people in them. the music was pumping from every car. boys and girls were shouting, pumping the horns and laughing. they were all on their way to different parties. it was great just walking there and watching the night getting started. fell in love with sydney from the first day and that saturday i felt that this great city always gonna stay in my heart!
i stayed in sydney quite a long time, longer than expected, my plan was to actually start travelling the country after a few days but we had so much fun there so i ended up spending all my money there and after borrowing some money to do smaller trips to melbourne and New Zealand i ended up broke and felt like i had to leave the city as i couldt find any work. loved oz and thought that fruitpicking could be a good idea, since u can get a second year visa if u pick for three months.
called the Harvest line and they told me to go up to Ayr, a smalltown an hour south of townsville. to be honest i didnt wanna go but i had no choise. Im so happy i did it!
Ayr- population 8000. a lot of houses, six pubs and one main street, queen st, the only street.
i had the best time over there! Ayr is the first place ill go to when i get back to oz!
worked everyday picking zucchinis. early start, 6am and we worked 7-10hours a day on the fields in 35 degrees. the best thing with the hostel if u compare to other hostels i've been to, everyone was in the same situation. we were all tired and muddy after work which made us a big family instead of just backpackers passing through. we were all there cause we were broke so everyone had to stay for a while to save up for the next big trip.
i ended up staying for 4,5months. didnt save that much money cause i spent it every weekend at queens hotel, the greatest pub ever! i got to know quite a lot of local people and i had my backpacker friends, that made all my partying nights great. it was a great feeling walking in to the pub and knowing u had friends all over the place!
leaving Ayr was the first time i cried in oz. it hurt so much leaving my friends there, not knowing if i was ever gonna see them again. no it seems like i will, after all im going back there, arent i? =)
enough for this time! told u, i cant stop once i get started!
xoxo Camilla
when i first got back home i didnt have much to tell, my friends and family asked a lot but its hard to tell them about my trip. so much happened, i was away for a whole year, its hard to describe a year of your life in a few sentences.
now when ive been home for a while and still think constantly about my great time over there, i can talk for hours!
Sydney, such a great city! remember one saturday night, i only had two days left in the country. we didnt go out clubbing as we usually did, we went down to the main street, George st, and just started to walk up and down the street. the city was alive! 10pm the street was full of cars with young partying people in them. the music was pumping from every car. boys and girls were shouting, pumping the horns and laughing. they were all on their way to different parties. it was great just walking there and watching the night getting started. fell in love with sydney from the first day and that saturday i felt that this great city always gonna stay in my heart!
i stayed in sydney quite a long time, longer than expected, my plan was to actually start travelling the country after a few days but we had so much fun there so i ended up spending all my money there and after borrowing some money to do smaller trips to melbourne and New Zealand i ended up broke and felt like i had to leave the city as i couldt find any work. loved oz and thought that fruitpicking could be a good idea, since u can get a second year visa if u pick for three months.
called the Harvest line and they told me to go up to Ayr, a smalltown an hour south of townsville. to be honest i didnt wanna go but i had no choise. Im so happy i did it!
Ayr- population 8000. a lot of houses, six pubs and one main street, queen st, the only street.
i had the best time over there! Ayr is the first place ill go to when i get back to oz!
worked everyday picking zucchinis. early start, 6am and we worked 7-10hours a day on the fields in 35 degrees. the best thing with the hostel if u compare to other hostels i've been to, everyone was in the same situation. we were all tired and muddy after work which made us a big family instead of just backpackers passing through. we were all there cause we were broke so everyone had to stay for a while to save up for the next big trip.
i ended up staying for 4,5months. didnt save that much money cause i spent it every weekend at queens hotel, the greatest pub ever! i got to know quite a lot of local people and i had my backpacker friends, that made all my partying nights great. it was a great feeling walking in to the pub and knowing u had friends all over the place!
leaving Ayr was the first time i cried in oz. it hurt so much leaving my friends there, not knowing if i was ever gonna see them again. no it seems like i will, after all im going back there, arent i? =)
enough for this time! told u, i cant stop once i get started!
xoxo Camilla
Lördag 5 Januari 2008 - Stockholm
25th of october... the day i got back to sweden
5th of december... im still here and i still cant get over oz!!!!
think about it day and night!
i got a job as soon as i got back, which im really happy about... its just the local supermarket but still, its money! everyone at work is telling me not to work too much, (i only had 3days off in december) but i can work everyday if they just let me! anything to make my dream come true!
as i said before, my plan is to get back there in december and start studying in january next year! three years of OZ spirit! Cant wait!
i have friends here in sweden but some of them moved away from my hometown and they all kept living their lifes while i was gone, for some reason it felt like time stood still here while i was in australia... I was wrong. and now when i work all the time i dont have a social life so no wonder nobody calls me anymore... at least it feels that way =(
to keep me happy i have a few shorter trips to do
in JANUARY hopefully im going to my friend's "summer house" for a weekend with her family, thats one of a few things i missed when i was on the other side of the world.
in FEBRARY im going on a cruise, nothing special just a 24hour booze cruise =)
in APRIL hopefully a whole week in london to meet Anna and Joanna that i met in sydney and travelled NZ with. and while im there im gonna try to meet up with other people i met in oz... Ayr Reunion! =)
in JULY, Sensation Black in holland!!! me and Amanda (that i met in Oz) we're gonna party hard!! =) and off course im gonna make sure to meet Leonie and Marieke, my flatmates in sydney
Maybe go to Serbia in AUGUST to meet Diana!! one of my best friends since before... sadly she moved there before i got back so havent seen her for such a long time!!!
and after that im just gonna work work work so i can get back to OZ!!!
going to bed now... early day at work tomorrow...
xoxo
5th of december... im still here and i still cant get over oz!!!!
think about it day and night!
i got a job as soon as i got back, which im really happy about... its just the local supermarket but still, its money! everyone at work is telling me not to work too much, (i only had 3days off in december) but i can work everyday if they just let me! anything to make my dream come true!
as i said before, my plan is to get back there in december and start studying in january next year! three years of OZ spirit! Cant wait!
i have friends here in sweden but some of them moved away from my hometown and they all kept living their lifes while i was gone, for some reason it felt like time stood still here while i was in australia... I was wrong. and now when i work all the time i dont have a social life so no wonder nobody calls me anymore... at least it feels that way =(
to keep me happy i have a few shorter trips to do
in JANUARY hopefully im going to my friend's "summer house" for a weekend with her family, thats one of a few things i missed when i was on the other side of the world.
in FEBRARY im going on a cruise, nothing special just a 24hour booze cruise =)
in APRIL hopefully a whole week in london to meet Anna and Joanna that i met in sydney and travelled NZ with. and while im there im gonna try to meet up with other people i met in oz... Ayr Reunion! =)
in JULY, Sensation Black in holland!!! me and Amanda (that i met in Oz) we're gonna party hard!! =) and off course im gonna make sure to meet Leonie and Marieke, my flatmates in sydney
Maybe go to Serbia in AUGUST to meet Diana!! one of my best friends since before... sadly she moved there before i got back so havent seen her for such a long time!!!
and after that im just gonna work work work so i can get back to OZ!!!
going to bed now... early day at work tomorrow...
xoxo
Fredag 16 November 2007
It all started at the airport in stockholm, i met my internet friend and we started our journey.
1. Sydney.............................2months
2. Mildura.............................3weeks
3. Melbourne.......................1week
3. Sydney..............................2weeks
4. New Zealand...................2,5weeks
5. Sydney..............................1,5months
6. Surfers Paradise............5days
7. Ayr......................................4,5months
8. Port Douglas...................2days
9. Cairns...............................1day
10. Ayr....................................1day
11. Airlie Beach....................1day
12. Whitsunday Islands.....3days
13. Rainbow beach.............2days
14. Fraiser Island.................3days
15. Brisbane.........................10days
16. Surfers Paradise...........3days
17. Sydney.............................2weeks
18. Malaysia/Kuala Lumpur.2days
19. Sweden/Stockholm........for too long
had such a great trip and i wouldnt change anything!
1. Sydney.............................2months
2. Mildura.............................3weeks
3. Melbourne.......................1week
3. Sydney..............................2weeks
4. New Zealand...................2,5weeks
5. Sydney..............................1,5months
6. Surfers Paradise............5days
7. Ayr......................................4,5months
8. Port Douglas...................2days
9. Cairns...............................1day
10. Ayr....................................1day
11. Airlie Beach....................1day
12. Whitsunday Islands.....3days
13. Rainbow beach.............2days
14. Fraiser Island.................3days
15. Brisbane.........................10days
16. Surfers Paradise...........3days
17. Sydney.............................2weeks
18. Malaysia/Kuala Lumpur.2days
19. Sweden/Stockholm........for too long
had such a great trip and i wouldnt change anything!
Torsdag 8 November 2007
I really wanna go back to Australia and i have a second year visa that allowes me to go there... but after that its gonna be really hard to get them to let me stay in the country.
so, my plans is to study there as soon as i have some money saved and when i finish my studies after 3 years im gonna use my second visa and try to get a good job. hopefully its gonna work out and they can sponsore me =D that means i can stay 5-8 years in Oz!!!
and in that time i should be able to meet my dream man and we can marry and i can stay in Australia the rest of my life =D
haha... i do daydream a lot!
i do hope my plan works out tho... at least the study part.
wish me luck
xoxo
so, my plans is to study there as soon as i have some money saved and when i finish my studies after 3 years im gonna use my second visa and try to get a good job. hopefully its gonna work out and they can sponsore me =D that means i can stay 5-8 years in Oz!!!
and in that time i should be able to meet my dream man and we can marry and i can stay in Australia the rest of my life =D
haha... i do daydream a lot!
i do hope my plan works out tho... at least the study part.
wish me luck
xoxo
Måndag 5 November 2007
it all feels like a dream, feels like i never left sweden. i had the best year in my life in Australia.
I left sweden 27th of october last year to go on this big adventure, i was gonna travel on my own for the first time! I applied for a visa to stay a year but nobody thought i was actually gonna stay that long, my father didnt like the idea of me staying away for so long and told me i shouldnt plan a whole year. Even though i never said it i knew i was gonna stay untill my visa expired. Im not suppose to live in sweden, i love it here but its always been something telling me its wrong.
So, a year in oz... had a great time, met a lot of friends, saw beautiful places, felt lonely, happy, sad, i laught, i cried, I did everything you normally do during a year. The only differens was that it was on the other side of the world. And now im back in sweden and i really wanna leave... only been here a week but i just feel sad, the weather isnt helping either. Didnt think it was gonna effect me this much not being in Australia
Cant belive im back here, in my old room...
wanna leave, i will leave as soon as i saved enough money. and next time i wont come back...
will be back to visit but never to stay, im not ment to stay here...
I left sweden 27th of october last year to go on this big adventure, i was gonna travel on my own for the first time! I applied for a visa to stay a year but nobody thought i was actually gonna stay that long, my father didnt like the idea of me staying away for so long and told me i shouldnt plan a whole year. Even though i never said it i knew i was gonna stay untill my visa expired. Im not suppose to live in sweden, i love it here but its always been something telling me its wrong.
So, a year in oz... had a great time, met a lot of friends, saw beautiful places, felt lonely, happy, sad, i laught, i cried, I did everything you normally do during a year. The only differens was that it was on the other side of the world. And now im back in sweden and i really wanna leave... only been here a week but i just feel sad, the weather isnt helping either. Didnt think it was gonna effect me this much not being in Australia
Cant belive im back here, in my old room...
wanna leave, i will leave as soon as i saved enough money. and next time i wont come back...
will be back to visit but never to stay, im not ment to stay here...