I've very stressed. ok, maybe not stressed, just... a bit, agitated. I'm working on my African politics essay. I'm writing a comment on donor policy priorities on democratization vs. the role of bureaucratization - which should be promoted. my final thesis is that supporting "efficient and capable" bureaucracies do not really offer an alternative ( Read more... )

i met up with XiaoYun from Imperial MUN - we went to the flower market and i bought way way too many flowers. I was in a happy mood - but now i just spent about 4 hours worth of work - so there goes all the pay i earned on Thursday! anyhow, Xiao gave me soft copies of all the pictures the professional photographers took at LIMUN. There were two of ( Read more... )

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the other day i introduced myself in the AA fashion - "hi i'm Lili. and I'm an alcoholic" just to be funny. Well, the thing now is.. though i'm not a drunk - i have CRAVINGS for cider. I LOVE swedish cider - i absolutely crave it. Kopparberg is so so good! I use to drink Magners which is a Irish cider, but now, it's all about Kopparberg pear cider ( Read more... )

"oh goodness" that being one of my major phrases over the weekend, again proves its self useful to describe the past 24 hrs. I don't even know where to start. LIMUN was a MAJOR success! We got our conference evaluation forms back, and wow, we were surprised by all the good stuff they wrote! I was even specifically mentioned a couple of times =) I ( Read more... )

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So last Friday was our annual Diplomat's ball. I, out of my normal character arrived 45 mins late - just when they rang the dinner bell. Quite pleased that i didn't miss my 35 quid dinner.. and actually more pleased because i didn't have to do all the small talk required before dinner =) But yea, i set next to Louise and Sinan and also the ( Read more... )

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I just spent 3 hours at the A&E (accident and emergency) center. Samantha was having difficulties breathing. See i'm a good friend. I went to the A&E for her.. i don't even go for myself ( Read more... )

haha.. with all the ridiculous things i've done in my life.. i think befriending Erlend is probably on the top. It's been 3 years almost four. Isn't that amazing? Time goes by so fast. outrageously fast in its constant tempo. I gave him a call tonight just to keep in touch.. and boy oh boy.. every norwegian/swede i've been in contact with in the ( Read more... )