theOven

The time has come to part with the city I have learned to love and appriciate the last 3 years of my life, and my dear friends that have been such a big part of making Melbourne so special to me. I will now head out for a month of travel before I start living a responsable life with jobs and everything that comes with it. This is were I’m heading:

2nd of August
Departure Melbourne - Arrival Bangkok

Departure Bangkok - Arrival Penang

Travel to Georgetown and take the Ferry to Langkawi where I will meet Line and James

13th of August
Departure Kuala Lumpur - Arrival Siem Reap

Ankor Wat here I come!!

17th of August
Riverboat from Siem Reap to Phnom Phen

19th of August
Departure Phnom Phen - Arrival Bangkok

24th of August
Departure Bangkok - Arrival London

29th of August
Departure London - Arrival Oslo

I am fully aware that there are some blanks in my travelling plan, however I am confident that they will be filled in as I travel. I will try to keep everyone updated, however it all depends on the internet connections on the places I will be.

I’m really looking forward to travel, but at the same time really sad that I’m leaving. It’s a bitter sweet feeling, which is hard to deal with. Don’t know if I should be happy or depressed.

In no specific order:

The Final 4 (Love you all !!)
A Bar Called Barry, 4 am in the morning
RMIT Handball Club
Playing scratch matches 9 am on a Sunday morning
Thursdays training at Petersen reserve
Hampton Football Club
Brunch at Lava on Carlisle st on the weekends
Prince of Wales on a hot summers night
Beach handball at Port Melbourne
Puggs after Sunday trainings
Ordering the worst pizza in the world to be delivered at 5 am and loving it.
Living with Laura
5 days weekends at Line and James’ place
Going to Uni at RMIT and everyone at the sports and tech offices knowing my name
Playing nationals with a bunch of retards…(sorry guys)
The coffee at Coffeine
The pizza at Cafe Quiet Earth
Noodle Hut’s number 13
The Belguim Beer Garden on a hot Sunday afternoon
Carlton Draught and James Boags St George’s
Saying; Please, when asking for something
4 Duke st, St Kilda 3182, Victoria, Australia
Living close to Nanna
Random participation at rooftop parties
The Victorian Institute of Sports
Fitness First
St Kilda Football Club (Go Sainters!!)
Being at a packed Telstra Dome or MCG when the Saints are playing
“Comedy Inc, The Late Night Shift” and “Ernest the Engine” on Channel 9
Hating everyone from NSW; hope you all DIE and go to HELL !! (not really..)
Kangaroo steak on the BBQ
Only have to walk 10 mins to Fitzroy st and 5 mins to Balaclava station
Being stopped on the street and asked if I’m jewish
Having drinks with 40 friends at all kinds of bar around Melbourne on special occations
Having Danni telling us (me and Laura) about special occations…
V6 Editing suit, building 24 at RMIT University City campus
Saying “mate” to people I don’t know
Paying $12 to get home from the City in a taxi/$18 from Fitzroy and Brunswick st
Riding my bike on St Kilda Rd
Having Ice-cream on Acland St
Having people telling me I don’t have an accent (even if I do..)
Australian Open Tennis
The International Comedy Festival
The International Film Festival
Having the possibility to attend the F1 Grand Prix, but never go

My Australian adventures are soon over. It is comfirmed that I have graduated from the Master of Media Production at RMIT University and I’m no longer a student. I have therefor booked my tickets back to Europe and the possibly the most fun, memorable and influencial era in my life so far, is now over. It’s a sad and frighten felling leaving a place, a city and people that I care so much about, going to a new and unknown place. REM say in their song “Leaving New York” that it’s easier to leave, than be left behind, but I’m not sure if that’s always true.

I have started looking for jobs already and my first application has been sent. It is for a job as a journalist for NRK (national broadcaster in Norway) in Vadso. For those who don’t Norway that well, it’s has the same climate as Alaska and only a population of a few thousand. If I get the job it will be a huge transition, but also a excellent way to starting my career. Trying to not get my hopes up yet since it is my first application, and can’t expect to get a job on the first try.

But before the cold north (Norway or the UK, only time can tell) is awaiting, I’m going on my first backpacking adventure to celebrate my new adult life and responsibilities. I’m going to travel Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia mostly be myself. To all of you back home in Norway: these are not countries that have been effected by the new tragic tsunami. I’m specially looking forward to see Ankor Wat in Cambodia, as I’m a sucker for histrorical monuments, and this is the biggest and oldest in the world!!

Also looking forward to see Line and James in malaysia and spend some lazy days, drink beer and hanging out on the beach, in perfect summer surroundings. I need a few weeks of summer since I will just miss the European summer, and the fact that Melbourne have been freezing this winter doesn’t help either.

I will use this blog to report on my travels in Asia and in life, start uploading pictures and have a lot more fun with it now that I do not need it for Uni anymore. So keep yourself updated if you are interested in what happens next with me.