It’s time again for a new batch of library books! During the week I have placed some books reservation with the public library—10 in total—and collected them all on Thursday after work. It was after library hours but because I have the meröppet library card […]

It’s Saturday, I’m catching up on my blog feed and came across a few interesting discoveries. As usual, I started with Austin Kleon, my favorite of favorites. […]

Muntlig presentation is one of the four assignments required to be completed to pass the svenska som andraspråk grundläggande delkurs 4. This means students are to prepare a presentation on any topic (the topic must be checked with and approved by the teacher) and then presented in class on an agreed date.

I did mine about 2.5 weeks ago. […]

I have been updating my svenska som andraspråk (Sva) journey in this post but achieving this milestone is worthy of a standalone post, so here it is…

1.5 years after moving to Sweden, I have completed my fundamental Swedish as a second language (in Swedish: grundläggande svenska som andraspråk). […]

Today is Sunday and it's my day of reflection. The essay below, "Keys to Success," written by B. C. Forbes in 1917, is a constant reminder to me of what life is about. I refer to it often and am inspired to share it today:

Your success depends on you.
Your happiness depends on you.
You have to steer your own course.
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Two weeks ago I wrote about Sweden’s book sale and all my purchases have arrived! The first package from Bokus arrived on Tuesday, 21 February. Then Amazon on Wednesday, 22 February. And finally, Adlibris and Bokus—again, both on Friday, 24 February. […]

The event of the year that I have been waiting for has arrived! BOKREA! BOOK SALE! What's super exciting is that all three of my favorite Swedish online bookstores are hosting their respective sales: Bokus, Akademibokhandeln, and Adlibris—in that order of notification from them. [...]