LIFE IS SHORT SO SOMEHOW I HAVE TO ENJOY

hey

2008-04-22T04:30:00.000-07:00

HEY ITS BEEN LONG SINCE I WROTE MY BLOG .. WELL ITS BECAUSE OF THE SEASON I AM IN IN MY LIFE ,,, I HAVE STUDIES AND WORK AND YAH ITS GETTING BUSY DAILY

yah its me again

2007-09-17T07:48:00.000-07:00

its been few months of settling down and i have to accept that events have caught me up ,, and i feel so overwhelmed by thigs am working and studying and that means alot to me ,, well i am doing well at the same time and yah not soooo badly ,,,,,, this is gillian yah its meeee

COUNTING DAYS

2007-06-07T06:54:00.001-07:00

LIFE IN NORWAY FOR THE LAST DAYS IS SO GREAT ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT THERE IS SO MUCH SUN ,,,, OOHH ITS SUMMER TIME NOW ,,, WAAA WELL SOON AM HOME..... AND YAH I WANT TO MEET MY FAMILY SO BADLY AND YAH ,, AND MA FRIENDS

2007-05-25T05:15:00.000-07:00

well this is a typical african dressing and the other is a traditional Norways national dress,,,, mmmmmm

its alot of things happening around me right now and yah its abit hard even trying to express myself ,, its fun to debrief since soon am home so its been very busy and alot to do. but one of the greatest highlights is the 17th may ,, Norways independent day ohh this day was marked with alot of colour and warmth,, all over sudden the city am living in had sooo many pple coming for the parade ,,

well the best was that they were all dressed with their national costume ,, yah its very great i think ,,,

yah i think alot of my thinking has been challenged and yah its not easy anymore for me ,, yet am enjoying each bit of the beuty of spring ,, yep its very beutifull and great ,,i love it ,,

SPRING IN MANDAL....

2007-05-02T07:47:00.000-07:00

PÅ HALD

2007-05-02T04:33:00.000-07:00

some friends from hald,,,,,

last week was marked with alot of joy and excitement when i met all my collegues and it was fun to meet all that were in diffrent countries and they now speak all languages.. the best was to meet the Norwegians that were in Kenya and they speak alot of swahili,,,, and they have some kenyan ascent so it sounds great when i listen to themmm ,,,but the most exciing thing is to be together again and spend time with very close friends that i have ,, its pretty exciting.......

then the weekend was marked by krusstreff ,,,, which is a high school celebration and yah its not possible to like explain soooo well about it ,, its alot of stuff

AGE IS JUST A NUMBER

2007-04-18T04:42:00.000-07:00

MY 26TH BIRTHDAY.......... TOOOOOO YOUNG ,, RIGHT,,,
surprise surprise,, this weekend i was celebrating my birthday and it was the greatest i had coz i had three parties ,, i was out in the mountains the whole time with a group of students and on the 15th morning i was dead asleep and i just heard a group singing in the room i was and waaaaa it was breakfats in bed ,, hahaha

then in the afternoon i was shocked to know that my friends milly marianna kjell kristina and livbodil had a planned a party secretly and waaaa i was shocked at how they made it and i didnt know,, well they surprised me quit a big deal,, they are soo cool...

then on 16th i called all my friend together and made them a kenyan meal just to celebrate the doing of God,,,,

i thank God for giving me a chance to live long to please hima nd to do his will for me,,, i am forever gratefull for my mum who carried me 9 months and patiently delivered me ,,her message for me this time was that i may live to be toothless meaning i should see my great grand chlidren,, waaaa great

i am forever greatfull for all my buddies that called all the way from kenya to just say ,, we love u,,,,, oohhhh and offcourse not to mention my very good friends in Norway that are always there for me ,, well u know yourselfssssssssss

JESUS CAN STILL HANDLE MY MIX AT THIS AGE,,,,,

EASTER IN LONDON

2007-04-12T15:57:00.000-07:00

it was fun to be in london and it was exciting to visit,Buckingham park and see what happens around the queens palace especially the guards believe me this was the most fascinating thing i sawa there.

when one is olny trained to stand and not to move any part of their bodies even heart,, waaaaaa a great job i think.

here goes the london eye its not as small as it looks ,,,

below is me and my friends purity and cate wao this kids are great, not to mention beutifull,i spent the whole easter holiday with them and this was a great time as u will soon see in the pictures..

isnt it good to be young .......

it was indeed great spending time with them and above all making easter eggs and offcourse eat them..

not when mummy says we go to bed this is what happens sometimes when we dont have sleep ...... ??????????

HOLIDAY

2007-04-04T09:09:00.000-07:00

thia week am having a one week holiday off work and its so exciting coz am visiting England and am in london now ,, i flew here yesterday and it was so good to land and see london and see the old buldings around and meet the family am visiting ,, they have two girls and they were waiting for me since morning and that was good to meet them ..then opening the presents i had bought in Norway for thyem as so lovely ,, waaaa then i had bought a typical Norwegian cheese for them and they liked it soo much so today they have been up and around pepping at it hoping to eat it,,,,,
then have fun and played alot with them ,,,,,,,,
well as you realise i havent put pictures coz site seing begins tommorrow and so soon i will post some and maybe you can get to touch my holiday and feel it tooo
i hope to have the best week this year and enjo myself in the U.K////
AM ENJOYING EACH AND EVERY BIT OF LONDON I HAVE.

GIRLS WONT YOU HAVE FUN

2007-03-27T08:31:00.000-07:00

winter is over and spring is here .. me and my close irl friends decided to lauuch spring in style and decided to have fun , so we bought ice cream and celebrated and drove one hour far from our island to have a day out and we drove with so loud music ,,,, yep,,,at a kinda circus thing..

the babies in us went out so badly and we had all fun ,, liv long livbodil and marrianne and milly ,,, du er sooo søt.... below dressed in a t,shirt ,, yah it was so hot this day,, i felt like in africa,,,

this are the girls i hanged out with,,,

you know what it feels to be like a kid .. hahahahahaha

STORM IS OVER I CAN SEE THE SUNSHINE

2007-03-21T07:24:00.000-07:00

yep yep the only thing that is remaining is shopping for sunglasses now ,, we have sun now , so koselig,,,,cossy and lovely hyggelig..

yep as i write this am way to excited coz winter is over and spring is here ,,,, am so happy and my smile is back coz i have some people smiling back at me ,, it looks so perfect weather here now and i can hardly escape the temptation of sitting down and having some icecream as i have walk ,, waaaa it looks like its s new day a new place a new season..

TOO EXCITING

this weeked we hope to have a kenyan weekend and i think its perfect wethear for this yah like the sunny kenya i miss so much,

yah all about sun and sun and sun ,, its soo cool i mean,,,, its perfect weather.

great

2007-03-09T04:39:00.000-08:00

meet one friend from brazil who is lovely ,,,,,,,,,,

2007-03-09T03:50:00.000-08:00

last week i had a chance to visit the famous vigeland , a park full of naked monuments and it was great to see it for myself and i think its crazy yet the art behind it is great,.. this is in the capital city of Norway ,Olso. it was for real interesting to see so many foreighners walking up and down and i was with one of my friends from brazil ad we had fun , you can be sure and i took alot of pictures with some of those sculptures.

EAST OR WEST THERE IS ALWAYS A HOME IN ANY STRANGE LAND

2007-02-21T13:54:00.000-08:00

its so clear that when God takes you to a new place he will give you pple that simply open their lives and actually do the things that your parents or grand parents,,,would have done for you ,,,,,,,, meet one of the couple that has made our lives great in the island we live in ,,,,,,,,,they are so cool ,,, being in their house feels like one is in thier mothers house ,,, especially the delicacies the lady has ,, ohhhhhh so lovely.

offcourse wanting to feel like we have a dad ,,,,or a grand father maybe well wichever ,,, he is a great guy.....

VALENTINES

2007-02-14T13:03:00.000-08:00

Well it was surprising to see that valentine is not celebrated in this part of the land. well in my homeland its red allover and alot of excnanging flowers and alot of love in the air. pple dress up in red and all is red ,,,, well for me it was fun coz i havent been crazy about it anyway even when am in kenya ,,well some friends of mine made a plot and it ended up being a great day i promise ,,, ohhh in the evening they made pizza and then one of them had like presents for me and milly nad yah it was fun ,,, well thinking about love ohhhhhhh Gods standards of love are sacrificing for one another so when i thin k of love yah i know its commitment and yah ,,,, yeeee, any way all we need is love ,,,, and for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son ,,,, yah ,,,,

happy valentines day to all ,,,

FRIENDS

2007-02-04T06:44:00.000-08:00

well meet some of the friends i have made in the island i live in ,,,,always never forget th gift of friendship you have and yah keep reminding your friends that u care... this was in a camp ,,,

3000 TEENAGERS

2007-02-01T06:52:00.000-08:00

This weekend was marked with a great event that was interesting as far as am concerned because it had attracted teenagers from all over the nation.yah IMPULSE was one of this place that i really enjoyed the worship and the noise ,....some of the topics handled jesus story and it was expressed in such a simple way that one didnt need to struggle at all to get the message.

The best part came when we had to stand on the Hald school stand and yah talk about our school and this wasnt fun i promise i was soo tired and yah i was looking forward to getting in the meeting and just worshiping ,,,,,,,yah i hope that some of those people we talked to would be willing to join hald. its kinda strange to see the young pple having alot of opportunites in life and the biggest deal then becomes wether they can make wise decisions.

I specifically talked to one student who is interested in kenya and wants to come and atleast work for one year with focus and this was cool. yah

Then meeting my schoolmates from hald and leaving with them was fun ,,, romouldine , miriam robert and william ,, we had fun ,,,,,,,,, soo

AFTER 85 DAYS OF RAIN

2007-01-24T07:37:00.000-08:00

This morning i woke up and i thought i was in africa because the sun was shining and ohhh it looked soo nice ,,, from my window then when i looked out there was so much snow outside ohhh soo much that all the cars had been covered , i was soo excited , i think the fact that the sun was up i was soo psyched to go out that day. so i couldnt take a bus because it was soo beutiful and yah i was feeling like i could fly ,, so i got late for my language classes yet i thought i had no apologies for that coz it wwas irresistable ,, especially seing the sun out ,,,,

yah so it looked like this and it was so beutiful..... i couldnt help it but put a smile on my face it was so coool

below is the sun rise it was soo beutiful....

these is my neighbourhood,,,the snow looked soo good when reflected by the sun ohhhhhhhh good l liked it soo much ,,, today is one of my best days ,,,,it was soo cool,,,,,

am glad that after soo much rain we have snow ... i like it soo much,,,

JEG SYNES AT SNØ ER GODT

2007-01-24T06:46:00.000-08:00

well when you look at this picture the it shows you someone who is ready to go skating ,,, thats me ready to skate ,,,, actually skating mmmmmmm

Well this is my personal opinion,,, if i was to consider coming back to Norway, one of the reasons would be snow ,,, i thinks its soo beutiful.
so this week the first thing that i was going to do was to go skating ,,, waaaaaaa that was such a scaring thing , i thought skyiing was easier ,,,,, so we arrived at the skating ground and all ice and yah i almost gave up,, so it was tyme to dress up and go skating for my first time.
you should have seen me i was freaking out.......

this how the skating shoes look ,,, hahaha it was funny walking in them,,, then we got in with some other friends and milly ,, it was soo funny coz we had to use crates to support ourselfs and i felt so helpless oh oh but as soon as we got in we had the confidence to skate ,, then yah it was cool .,....,,, i think i enjoyed alot...

New day

2007-01-19T10:57:00.000-08:00

each day comes with its own blessings and i am gtatefull that God s mercies are new every day and that gives me courage to face out every day,,,,,, yah i think,,so great,,,,,

the lord is commited to make us be what he wants us to be and its for us to cooperate with him and let him lead as we follow carefully and looking only on him who cares more than we do,,,, yes life is getting more inteesting as i learn a new culture yah yep ,,,,,,

ZOO

2007-01-11T08:45:00.000-08:00

well i start by anatomy b efore i go to zoology ,,,, this is me as i was energized to see animals

yahhhh in the zoo over the weekend,,,, i saw the most ugly animal in the whole world ,,, ohh a sea lion,,, oh i couldnt look at it actually imagine, then a snake oops ohhhhhh

I think one of the most exciting things i had as the year began was to visit an animal orphanage and see alot of animals in Norway and i think it was interesting to see how well they maintain those animals soo well,, it was soo exciting to see soo many diffrent types of animals,,,,, well it wa sexciting anyway

EXCITING

2007-01-10T08:17:00.000-08:00

sometimes in my life am filled with doubts about the love of God in my life , there is something that i have been praying about for the last three years about my family and you know what yestrday the lord answered ,,,,, am soo excited........ well i think it makes me feel stupid the way i think sometimes God doesnt even care but i know he does and yah i think its exciting to live my life for him......not coz of what he does but coz of who he is ,,,, he is God and he is good forever,,, yah 2007 is really a great year,,,

snow snow,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

2007-01-03T11:46:00.000-08:00

making snow balls and then putting some candles is koselig..... then we had a barbicue and yah we forgot spoons and yah we had to use sticks ohhhhh funny
well such a tough girl i have become......... viking,,,,,,

SNOW

2007-01-03T10:52:00.000-08:00

when you fall then you know you have to screem yah....
well alot of stories down there but i thought to first give you alook of what it means to see snow for first time and incase you dont know this is my face under snow haaa

got to taste some snow ohhhh it tastes great ,, well i was soo thirsty
i have a new hobby skying,,, yes and i am doing cool,, you can be sure,,,,
my christmas was marked with alot of things and yah i have never had such a busy and interesting christmas like this one, especially the fact that i had diffrent food,
well they say that it is possible to take a man from the village but its hard to take the village from the man,,,,, i was with some few africans and besides the norwegian food we found ourselfs eating ugali,,, a kenyan meal ,,,, hahahaha

Then the first time for me to see snow yah was this christmas and yah you jusy needed to be around me and you would have known its first time. i went skying for like 6 km and ate alot of snow and made snow balls angels ... went sliding on spårk oh it was soo muh fun ,,,,,, then i was burried in snow ohhhh well may be photos can explain more,,,, see them and enjoy,,.............................,,.......yah

yah fine

2006-12-19T15:44:00.000-08:00

so this is the sitting room it looks like this ,,, well not much but yah its cool ,,,,,,

one of the most expensive fruit in kenya has offcourse become my best and very cheap,,,, apple(epler)yah ,,,,, i like it,,,,,,

pictures of 2006

2006-12-19T15:16:00.000-08:00

yah one of the friends i have made this far,,,,,,,on the left am in my kitchen making some ugali,,,, african meal but it was tasting funny and diffrent coz there is no maize flour here,,, i miss ugali,,, hahahaahahahahha

when you meet babies who just smile at you what do you do,,,,,, i love this boy he is lovely i like playing with him.

merry x-mas

2006-12-19T08:00:00.000-08:00

christmas is here and the mood is really great,, its cool to taste diffrent dishes that are prepared in this country and i am excited coz i will spend christmas with a family that has kids and am sure i will have fun in a place called stavanger,,,,,yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhh
merry x-mas

HOPE

2006-12-17T04:43:00.000-08:00

HOPE
have you ever kept quiet and imagined that there is no reason to put a smile? yah especially when things in your life are not as you would want them to be.yah i have found myself in such a state. and at that point don moen's song (lord you seem so far away),,,,,,,,,,,,,seems very relevant. yah then a small still voice talks behind you teling you,,,,, I HAVE LOVED YOU WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE,,, then you realise that joy that comes from the lord not because all is well ,,,,, fills your life then you put on a smile and rejoice in every day that comes along since his mercies are new every day,,,,,,, this gives me hope,,,,, as christmass comes ,,,,,, ,,,,,
AS THE NEW YEAR COMES HE STILL LOVES US ,,,,, YEEEEEEEESSSS

YET GOD IS STILL IN CONTROLL

2006-12-14T11:45:00.000-08:00

GLØGG

2006-12-12T09:20:00.000-08:00

its untill you read then you can taste some of this ,,,,,, i wish i could offer gløgg on internet then i would send all my friends as a christmass gift,,,,,,,,,more ,,,,,,more ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,warning,,,, if you havent tasted gløgg its soo bad for you.........ahahahahahahahah am sorry for you,,,,,,,,,
this is the house we made with milly,,,,,,,,,,,,,yah,,,,,,,,its soo cool to have so many activities at christmass,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Last weekend was marked with an event that was koselig.
in the bedehus we had alot of fun as we drank gløgg and enjoyed alot of pepper kake,,,,,, yah then the funniest bit was when me and milly decided to make a pepper kake hus ,,,, just like all our buddies ,,,, this was really good,
well pn of the things i will do when going back to kenya is to carry some gløgg because yah yah ,,, glløgg is cool,,,,,,,,,,,,, bra,,,,,,,

enjoy baking

2006-12-09T03:00:00.000-08:00

WHEN THE DEAL IS TOO GOOD

2006-12-09T02:32:00.000-08:00

yap yap just thinking through coz unlike kenya i have to send christmass presents.in ma country we dont send christmass gifts but here its such a big deal,,,,, this is kind a fun i have some few presents already and am going to open them on christmass,,,,, well i almost feel like i would send myself to all my friends and be their presents ,,,, mmmmmmm good idea,,, or what do you think,,,,,,,,yap merry xmas.... har de bra

FUN

2006-12-09T02:21:00.000-08:00

YES YES
The going is getting better and better as i get used to the Norwegian culture and the most interesting thing is that the things i used to think were strange am now getting used to them ,, this is pretty cool and i feel like its becoming home though i still miss kenya my home land crazily,,,,,
yah alot has been happening in stord and more has been one to one interaction with the young pple and yah i have some few friends ,,,,, i guess,,,, the young pple around this place are so friendly and its cool.

JULE

2006-12-07T08:52:00.000-08:00

still think its early to be in a christmass mood? wrong, in Norway its counting down to christmass. yesterday me and some of my friends made a count down on an orange ,, where we remove one stick every day,,,,see in the pictures,,,,, funny.. dont you think so.and this girl in a rabbit attire hahahahaha is a good representation that christmass is here,,,,, come one,,,,,,,,more photos

trying bowling

2006-12-04T10:33:00.001-08:00

i went bowling and yah i had this friends who were real bowlers hahaha,,,, and yah they helped me to learn and all over sudden i just did it soo welll,,, i was so proud of my self and yah ,, almost feel like bowling all the weekends yet,,, the thought of leaving my house this days is far,,, yah,,,,,,
yet i have been jogging every morning just to help me know its morning coz its too dark in the morning but ... when i jogg i feel like the day is bright,,,
i like the weather in Norway,,,,yah yah yah,,,,,
am looking forward for a hyke,,, we are having with some students this week,, hahaha,,, its gonna be fine,,, atleast i will have frisk luft at the mountains,,,,

trying bowling

2006-12-04T10:33:00.000-08:00

friends

2006-12-04T09:38:00.000-08:00

yap some general photos,,,,,,, with ma buddies ,,,,, friends are such precios gifts yap yap

BELIEVE IT JULE IS HERE....

2006-12-04T08:59:00.000-08:00

Having come from kenya i have been surviving a shock for the last few days ,,,, why,,,, well this may sound funny but the truth is its tatally diffrent from my culture.christmass......i was caught opening my mouth by one of my freinds when i woke up in the 1 st of december and all over the city were lightings for christmass and all families in the island i live in put some stars that shine at the windows and ,,,,,,,the city looks soo coulorfull...trees having some decorations... oh my God.
well this is very diffrent from ,my country coz we start christmass mood around 20th of december.

well then there are specific products for christmass like jule brus jule tea which people are really crazy about,,, well this i really admire,, especially the jule tea its good,, well the mood almost makes me feel like its tommorow,
food for thought,,,,,,,,,,,,,, is it coz the weather is very depressing and people have to have something to have their attention from the darkness and the cold,,, hahahahaah thats just a thought,,,,,well i really enjoy being here for this christmass then i can have a taste of jule(CHRISTMASS)in Norway...........its kind fun hahahaha........

christmass

2006-12-04T07:40:00.000-08:00

christmas is here waaaaaaaaaa

short days

2006-12-03T09:39:00.000-08:00

its getting interesting as the days get shorter and shorter as it gets dark so early during the day and in the morning its dark untill may be 9.00 ocklock. this is really interesting

Gillian's blog: FORGIVEN

2006-11-10T13:19:00.000-08:00

Gillian's FORGIVEN: as a christian i think the atonement by christ is what really draws me to him ,the fact that he bears all my punishments so that i can be free,and become a jesus freak........................yap jesus is my hero

One Day At A Time

2006-11-10T12:58:00.000-08:00

what about this
what about you were born in this family and you only knew your parents and your two sisters or two brothers and you never left home atall and you only eat your mums food and she insists that you shouldnt eat at other pples houses,,,,,,,,,
well then you would never know what life outside your small house is, well now i know what it means to experience life in another culture and know that its not only food cooked by my mum[culture] is the best,,,, yapppppp

A SMILE COSTS NOTHING

2006-10-31T12:56:00.000-08:00

AT THE SAME TYME I CAN AFFORD A SMILE

CANT WAIT FOR SNOW

2006-10-31T11:00:00.000-08:00

WINTER
it may look strange but i have now learnt to speak about the weather like a Norwegian,i came to Norway during summer and its been interesting to see how the weather has been changing every day,the most interesting part has been moving from autumn to winter which we are in right now.
one needs to eat well otherwise the wind can carry you if you are not able to stand it.then the trees turning yellow and allover sudden they are now falling down yap
the funniest was on 29th oct when i was supposed to adjust my clock an hour behind meaning that if i dont i will always be early, i think you can just imagined what happened,
its getting very cold at the same time and this offcourse has made me to follow suit and not talk when am walking outside since the nose if uncovered get soo cold this makes me stop wondering why people are so quiet.
in the island i live in{stord]its been raining alot yet i think i cant wait to see snow so it would better stop raining and we have snow hahahahahahahah
unlike africa i finish a whole day without sunrays i think this is a little stressing especially when the days become soo short with darkness soo early during the day.oh this makes me sad at times yet , for me the fact that everyday comes with a diffrence makes me look forward to another ,,,,,at the same tyme its soo exciting to be here at this time of the year.and i hope before this week ends there is going to be snow.
LETS SEE WHAT TOMMOROW BRINGS

2006-10-19T05:45:00.001-07:00

AUTUMN
Being in Norway is interesting especially the fact i will have to experience all the four seasons which is not common in the country i come from , thats kenya,. well this gives me an opportunity to see the diffrences as they come ,,, one of the greatest diffrence that i have seen is in the way like the trees turn yellow and some turn red and this is very beutiful and i cant avoid it but take pictures all the time.
Then the change in the dressing and i have definately been a victim since we dont have such weather in my country,well i think dressing warmly helps alot and for example having to wear woolen clothes underneath has been very helpfull .the funiest was when i wore two trousers coz i was freezing oh
well the peopl e also seem to be affected by the weather and so they seem soo quiet and its like there is no more life any more ,,,,, oh some of them i guess perhaps they are a little stressed ,,,,
this i will qualify as time goes on.

2006-10-05T07:57:00.000-07:00

MY LIFE FOR OTHERS? NO .YAH

2006-10-04T10:41:00.000-07:00

The most interesting thing for me in life is when i live a meaningfull live in terms of living my purpose in this world.my worry is that i may not unless the lord helps me , crazy i think.....

well life in Norway is cool.