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This is home

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Why every blog should begin with an obituary.

Out of all blogs that are  created, most would succumb to an early death. An unintentional death, as all deaths are - but it will happen nevertheless.

It's the act of creation itself that bestows mortality upon the creation. After all, everyone has had the idea of creating a blog. "It would be a good idea to make a blog", one would say, and chuckle at such an intriguing idea.

And such is the nature of ideas. They are immortal. They do not die. Rather, they shift shapes and change forms, never staying the same.

And as soon as you catch the idea and give it life - it becomes broken. It accumulates filth and rots. Eventually you have to put it out of it’s misery - or it withers away sadly on it’s own.

That’s why every blog needs an obituary. And I will write one for mine. I want it to die a dignified death, rather than suffer. Obituaries give things a retrospective purpose - a sense of closure.

So, please let it be known - that UWC Journey was the attempt at chronicling my journey through UWC. The ultimate cause was Death by Misadventure. And what a glorious misadventure would it be.

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I didn't take that many photos in Friluftveka, but here are some of the few

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Ég er komin aftur út. Kom seint í gærkvöldi. Það eru blendnar tilfinningar af vera að fara “aftur” að heiman, núna er meiri alvara bundin við það að fara, aftur.  

Nú er ég ekkert að fara koma aftur næstu 5 mánuði. Nema að ég komi heim um páskana, sem ég er ekki viss um.  

Næstu vikur verða þó ekki tómar, enda (alltaf) mikið að gera hérna.

Í næstu viku verður “Prom” (skólaball) og vikuna eftir “Prom” verður PBL vika þar sem við munum læra skyndihjálp og taka þátt í MUN (ModelUnitedNations). Í ferbrúar verður svo skíðavika og fleira. 

Herbergið. Áttaði mig á því að ég hef aldrei tekið almennilegar myndir af herberginu mínu. Ef þið viljið sjá hvernig ég bý, þá getið þið skoðað myndirnar hérna fyrir ofan. Við erum ss. 5 í herbergi, í hverju herb. er baðherb. 

Eigið góða viku, Magnea

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Returning

Winter break is ending and it’s time to once again leave my family and friends in Sweden. This time I probably won’t return for five months. Even though I’m not as nervous about leaving as I was in August, it’s still quite strange to leave. I don’t now if returning to RCN is an escape from or return to reality. During my time at RCN I’ve experienced so much happiness and love, but I can’t deny that I’ve also felt great sadness and disappointment. I have to remind myself of what life there is like because staying at home for so long has made it seem more like a dream than reality. My life at RCN is fundamentally different from my life at home. Things there happen and change quickly, which makes all experiences and emotions so intense. How can it be possible that all of that has happened to me? As much as living in the Flekke bubble hurts sometimes, my love and joy of living there is greater than I ever thought it would be. I am more independent than I’ve even been before - amazed by how easy it’s actually been. My first term is over and now I’ll see what the next three has to bring. 

See you soon, Flekke!

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Discovering my new home

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UWC Red Cross Nordic - Our Surroundings

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Hi Anna! I'm Aurora, I'm from Nicaragua and I would like to know how you're feeling about get into an UWC?

I don’t yet know how the actual experience will be, but it feels great to have been accepted! Since I found out about UWC over a year and a half ago, it’s been a dream for me. Living and studying with such fascinating and passionate people from all over the world is a very unique experience. During the application process I pictured UWC students as perfect which makes getting accepted seem even more surreal. I am absolutely not perfect and now I know that no UWC student is.

Though I am incredibly happy to have gotten accepted, I’m perhaps not as ecstatic as I thought I would be. Leaving home is a big thing for me. My family and home as always been my safe place. I love my friends at home, my cat and my school. It is difficult to leave, but I know that UWC is going to be worth it. At RCN I will be able to experience things and meet people I wouldn’t. There will always be time for the people I love at home.

Getting to know some of the other students has definitely been one of the best things thus far. A few weeks ago I met some of my Swedish co-years and second years and they all seem great! I’ve also met a Norwegian co-year whom I have talked to online and happened to be in my town. The people I have talked to, both online and off, seem very nice and interesting. Meeting them makes me even more excited and certain in my decision to accept my scholarship to UWC.

This turned out longer than I expected. Oh, well…