Well it has been a while now....Wassup? As for me the old AT is on his way back now...it feels nice...first time in a looong period that I feel comfortable and myself again.....
Well since the last update it has happened a lot. I have had a terrible cold and gotten well again, a visit from my friend Jonas and his fiance Marie from San Diego, attended a conference...been down to San Diego on a short trip.
Lots of thing, spend a lot of money but also enjoyed myself in many way. San Diego was wonderful with pretty good weather and I got the chance to surf again...it was fun but hard. It was also really great spending more time with Jonas and Marie and I had a lot of fun.
X-mas is getting closer and the one does starts to feel the spirit. It was strange with all the decorations and songs in November..but now it is just so nice...we even got some snow. I am soooo looking forward to christmas but I will miss the kids back home...first time I spent christmas without my family...well luckily I will spend it at my sisters place.
Take care and I´ll be back soon
Hugs
//AT
tisdag 4 december 2007
måndag 29 oktober 2007
New York City!!!!!
Finally the rough week is over and things are getting more to normal again..still empty and exhausted after the last week...never had such a tuugh week before mentally but luckily it seemed that I survived.
The best thing about last week was the NY trip. It was kind of stressful though I went there on Thursday morning and was leaving NY on Friday afternoon, however it was sooo nice to see and spend time with Jenny P....and of course also enjoyed the company of Janne adn Hanna. They really arranged the hotel matter for me so I am so greatful for that. I had a blast...had the oppertunity to see a little bit of NY like Gound Zero, Empire state Building, Rockerfeller Center (where they actually had an event with the Swedish curling team), the famous Fifth Avenue and time square. We also managed to do some shopping and had a great dinner at a fancy steakhouse. I have never had such a big piece of meat in my life...a Porterhouse steak..I really tried to finish it but I just couldn´t manage and had to leave a small piece..it was probably the best steak I ever had.
Anyway to everyone that read this...I understand why people go to NYC to shop...the stores were neverending...and one can really get bargains to paying amounts of money that I can not imaging to pay for cloth or other things....but it was a cool expereince..and I will definately be back to visit other cool things like the Metropolitan museum or the Gugenheim etc...
The only bad thing is that I spent way to much money...again...well well...my excuse this time is to cure the depression!!
Ok..back to work!!
Take care and Puss och Kram
AT
The best thing about last week was the NY trip. It was kind of stressful though I went there on Thursday morning and was leaving NY on Friday afternoon, however it was sooo nice to see and spend time with Jenny P....and of course also enjoyed the company of Janne adn Hanna. They really arranged the hotel matter for me so I am so greatful for that. I had a blast...had the oppertunity to see a little bit of NY like Gound Zero, Empire state Building, Rockerfeller Center (where they actually had an event with the Swedish curling team), the famous Fifth Avenue and time square. We also managed to do some shopping and had a great dinner at a fancy steakhouse. I have never had such a big piece of meat in my life...a Porterhouse steak..I really tried to finish it but I just couldn´t manage and had to leave a small piece..it was probably the best steak I ever had.
Anyway to everyone that read this...I understand why people go to NYC to shop...the stores were neverending...and one can really get bargains to paying amounts of money that I can not imaging to pay for cloth or other things....but it was a cool expereince..and I will definately be back to visit other cool things like the Metropolitan museum or the Gugenheim etc...
The only bad thing is that I spent way to much money...again...well well...my excuse this time is to cure the depression!!
Ok..back to work!!
Take care and Puss och Kram
AT
måndag 22 oktober 2007
...Monday...
....the worst days ever....or actually I think I had my worst day ever yesterday. The sun is shining and it just feel sooo strange to have more than 25 degrees in the end of October.
Yesterday was really one of those days that you feel like you don´t want to get out of bed, do anything at all or just breath...yeah you got even breathing was tough....it started bad in many ways and also ended up quite unfun...The worst thing was that I needed to finish up a presentation for my labmeeting today...and it did not made my mood better with that I had trouble saving my files in powerpoint...so overall yesterday sucked!!! Big time....so I was kind of sad and felt..empty...well well....luckily I still got som good things out of yesterday....
Anyway...it feels a bit better today so it was maybe good to have that kind of "decharging" yesterday. I did not do to good at the labmeeting though, at least it did not feel that way, but I survived.
Something that I really look forward to though is to meet up with Jenny Presto in NYC on Thursday, it will a blast. I just booked my bustickets.
Ok enought weining for today....gonna try to get some energy from the pilates class later...
Take care and lots of love from me
Dr. Do
P.S Posting some smiling pictures....better for all of you to see me like that rather then me know....D.S
torsdag 18 oktober 2007
another week...
..is soon going toward its end...time really passes quickly doesn´t it? A friend and I were just discussing how much work is and means to a scientist yesterday and well, first time I ever seen it like this. We were calculating that every person are awake around 16 h a day...and work takes for us, or probably any scientist, 10 to 12 hours a day. Then we have about 4-6 h remaining a day to live the rest of the life including other compulsory things to do. After some discussion as a scientist on have appr. 2-3 h or real quality time to live the life as one wants to, 2-3 h to dedicate to personal matters, relationships or just relaxing....so..basically...the life I am living or any sicentist is living...is work......quite an intruiging thought, not happy but interesting...
Anyway...life in Boston i moving on...I have another grant application to work on and really need the projects to start working soon...the anxiety is not getting better the longer it takes....Except for that..I feel ok..my foot is starting to be strong enough for me to do some easy exercise on it.
Tack Jonas och Jenny för era inlägg..det ska bli himla skoj o se er båda. Gällande Jenny så blir det tyvärr inte så mkt tid vi hinner o ses men ja en kväll e väl så mkt bättre än inget alls och vilken kväll det kommer o bli i NYC :). Jonas: ska bli himla skoj o ha dig o Marie här innan jag dyker upp i SD. Jag är ju trots allt skyldiga er en middag åsså.....dock så blir det nog inte lika aktivt här som det blir när jag kommer ner till er i SD.....ser fram emot o få surfa åsså..kanske jag kan lyckas lära mig o stå på brädan den här gången...blir det kanske ngn klättring åsså? Sen ser jag fram emot o få använda mitt Baja Fresh presentkort jag fick av er åsså...hehehe...
Nu är det dags o framkalla WB och det blir nog jobb hela helgen för mig. Måste presentera på labbmötet på måndag dessutom, så vill gärna ha ngt resultat o visa upp...
Kram Kram Kram
Anyway...life in Boston i moving on...I have another grant application to work on and really need the projects to start working soon...the anxiety is not getting better the longer it takes....Except for that..I feel ok..my foot is starting to be strong enough for me to do some easy exercise on it.
Tack Jonas och Jenny för era inlägg..det ska bli himla skoj o se er båda. Gällande Jenny så blir det tyvärr inte så mkt tid vi hinner o ses men ja en kväll e väl så mkt bättre än inget alls och vilken kväll det kommer o bli i NYC :). Jonas: ska bli himla skoj o ha dig o Marie här innan jag dyker upp i SD. Jag är ju trots allt skyldiga er en middag åsså.....dock så blir det nog inte lika aktivt här som det blir när jag kommer ner till er i SD.....ser fram emot o få surfa åsså..kanske jag kan lyckas lära mig o stå på brädan den här gången...blir det kanske ngn klättring åsså? Sen ser jag fram emot o få använda mitt Baja Fresh presentkort jag fick av er åsså...hehehe...
Nu är det dags o framkalla WB och det blir nog jobb hela helgen för mig. Måste presentera på labbmötet på måndag dessutom, så vill gärna ha ngt resultat o visa upp...
Kram Kram Kram
tisdag 9 oktober 2007
Back from nature...
and feeling good, although a bit tired. I spend the past weekend in White mountains watching the foliage...it was quite an incredible scenary. I mean I have seen trees skifting colors, who hasnt but I have never seen sooo many doing it, trees in valleys or on mountains, at the same time..so many colors...so rich in colors...amazing and so beautiful.
We stayed at a hotel in a place called Whitefield, and the hotel vas located so beautifully with mountains around it. It also had so many facilities and things one could do...apart from hiking..going with cable car, my niece Vivienne took horseback riding while I spend some time in the jacuzzi...very nice. We also drove up on Mount Washington, which is the highest mountain in New England and it was cool, a bit scary but cool...aparently this mountain has its own micro climate and the weahter changes so much on the way to the top.
Today...back a work...stressed right away...an a bit tired so I will stop here...
I hope all of you out there have had a wonderful weekend and have a pleasant week to look forward too...
Lots of Love
Dr. Do
We stayed at a hotel in a place called Whitefield, and the hotel vas located so beautifully with mountains around it. It also had so many facilities and things one could do...apart from hiking..going with cable car, my niece Vivienne took horseback riding while I spend some time in the jacuzzi...very nice. We also drove up on Mount Washington, which is the highest mountain in New England and it was cool, a bit scary but cool...aparently this mountain has its own micro climate and the weahter changes so much on the way to the top.
Today...back a work...stressed right away...an a bit tired so I will stop here...
I hope all of you out there have had a wonderful weekend and have a pleasant week to look forward too...
Lots of Love
Dr. Do
torsdag 4 oktober 2007
Long time no see...
..so it is time to write something here again. Things have been a bit stressful lately..but unfortunately still not much result..however I have managed to submit 3 applications for postdoc fellowhips...so hopefully I will have some chance eventhough I do not expect anything.
My anckle still hurts, but I have started to do some exercise anyway...can´t just be still and do nothing. I have been kind of lazy with that lately but that is mostly because I have been terribly tired for some reason..however next weel I will have to get better and go back to my normal routine...
To something fun the...I have jsut booked a ticket too Jonas and Marie in San Diego on thanksgiving..that will be a blast and really something I look forvard to...
That is all for now folks....take care and hasta luego
Dr. Do
My anckle still hurts, but I have started to do some exercise anyway...can´t just be still and do nothing. I have been kind of lazy with that lately but that is mostly because I have been terribly tired for some reason..however next weel I will have to get better and go back to my normal routine...
To something fun the...I have jsut booked a ticket too Jonas and Marie in San Diego on thanksgiving..that will be a blast and really something I look forvard to...
That is all for now folks....take care and hasta luego
Dr. Do
måndag 10 september 2007
monday in september....
Time really goes by quick doesn´t it? I just realized that I have been here for just a bit more than 7 month now.... On saturday we still had around 35 degrees centigrade. However yesterday and today really gives the hint that fall is slowly catching up on us here in Boston. The sky is grey and dull, the warmth have turned into chilly breezes...this kind of weather just makes things even more depressing. On top of that it is monday...
Well well one needs to ahve bad days to appreciate good ones right....so one jsut have to look forward for the good things now.
Keep up the god work everyone...
Besos
AT
Well well one needs to ahve bad days to appreciate good ones right....so one jsut have to look forward for the good things now.
Keep up the god work everyone...
Besos
AT
fredag 31 augusti 2007
...fredag igen...
...och är på ganska dåligt humör idag. Sovit dåligt sen jag stukade foten, så är trött och har fortfarande ont i foten. Veckan har dessutom gått för fort då jag inte har hunnit med vad jag hade planerat att göra den här veckan.Det är allmännt en dålig dag idag alltså. Gör inte saken bättre då alla experiment har skitit sig totalt den här veckan åsså...hoppas bara ansökan är ok och att det inte saknades ngt..då skulle jag verkligen bli skitsur...vet inte vad som hänt med den gamla hederliga glada Anh-Tri...kanske bara börjar bli gammal och bitter?
Nåväl, det är i alla fall helg och ngt att se fram emot. Har dessutom en långhelg då måndagen är ledig. Dock hjälper det inte att ha helg då man har en miljon saker hängande över sig som bara måste göras!!! Men men...ska se till o få en massa gjort så att jag inte är så butter till nästa inlägg...
Jag kan i alla fall önska alla en trevlig helg. Hoppas att vädret blir bra och att ni kan njuta av det sista som sommaren kan erbjuda.
Kram på er
AT
Nåväl, det är i alla fall helg och ngt att se fram emot. Har dessutom en långhelg då måndagen är ledig. Dock hjälper det inte att ha helg då man har en miljon saker hängande över sig som bara måste göras!!! Men men...ska se till o få en massa gjort så att jag inte är så butter till nästa inlägg...
Jag kan i alla fall önska alla en trevlig helg. Hoppas att vädret blir bra och att ni kan njuta av det sista som sommaren kan erbjuda.
Kram på er
AT
onsdag 29 augusti 2007
Finally submitted...
I finally submitted the first grant application for this round....one down, three to go!!! The worst thing is that I am already fed up with it...however, I must thank my boss and my previous supervisor and examiner for all the help they have provided me for this. Although I am happy so have submitted the application...my expectations are quite low...but we will see..please cross your figners for me. I also got the good news that a paper which I am 2 nd author on, was accepted for publication last night.
Otherwise I am a little bit pissed off at the moment because I injured my right ankle quite badly last sunday playing football. It really sucks since I finally got my exercise going and are getting used to the running and classes, and is actually starting to get in shape!! Then this shitty thing happens and I probably can´t do any classes nor running for a while...sucks big time. Luckily I shoul probably still be able to workout my upper body.
Well that was all for this time....don´t want to write more, a bit grumpy....
Otherwise I am a little bit pissed off at the moment because I injured my right ankle quite badly last sunday playing football. It really sucks since I finally got my exercise going and are getting used to the running and classes, and is actually starting to get in shape!! Then this shitty thing happens and I probably can´t do any classes nor running for a while...sucks big time. Luckily I shoul probably still be able to workout my upper body.
Well that was all for this time....don´t want to write more, a bit grumpy....
fredag 24 augusti 2007
Thanks god it is Friday...
End of a really tough week!! For some reason I have not been able to sleep very well this week..maybe it is the stress of writing a grant application or soemthing else....anyway a bad week. Eventhough it is nice that it is Friday I probably need to work on the grant the whole weekend anyway and maybe also in the lab...well keep your fingers crossed that I don´t have to that. Also...this week, although being bad, has been passing by too quickly...since I need more time writing. It has also been a bad week of exercising....have been so tired and heavy the whole week. I will only have managed to exercise 8 sessions this week...that is almost just half of last week :( ...but welljust have to think of it as some rest maybe...
So what do you think about my new T-shirt? As you all know I don´t buy t-shirts that often but I just couldn´t resist buying this one...especially after talking about the movie Borat yesterday with my collegues at lunch. It is kind of red though, and slightly tight...but a large would be way to long and they did not have a medium size one, so I just have to show off some of the burgerfat....I think it is really cool....I also couldn´t not resist buying another one with our Man the "Hoff" on it.....I will take a picture of it when I wear it.
So, I am a bit dissapointed of all of you that did not even comment on my last posting....you all should know better and comment on that one... :(
I hope that you all will have a good weekend and that the weather will keep being sunny and warm...as for me...still having the dark clouds hanging over me...but it is getting better...
Have a wonderful weekend, shame on you for not comment..and take care
Puss och Kram
AT
tisdag 21 augusti 2007
...tired...
Well again....hate mondays and this week also tuesdays!!! I guess I just had a rough week last week, with to much work and exercise. Yesterday I was sooo exhausted and kind of feel the same way today. I am currently also working on a fellowship application...forgot how much work it actually is. I spend the whole morning just to fill in the general information about me and my working experiences from now back to high school to just get started..I mean..what the hell do they want to know when and where I sent to high school? and I am stillnot done yet...
Anyway..sorry for the complaints...probably just a bad day....let go to something more fun and maybe a bit more cheerful. I think it was a long time ago since I asked anyone this question.....and I hope that I can get as many answers as possible...otherwise I will be a bit dissapointed....here it comes...
So tell me friends...What day is it today? ;)
Puss och Kram
Anh-Tri
P.S. Ge dig Jonas, jag e enbart på Yogan för att det e kul och otroligt välbehövligt för mig.....dock så kan jag ju säga att söta flickor i tights aldrig e fel det heller, som bonus....men inte sett så mkt än mäste jag säga...dessutom...jobbar inte på det viset, jag e en snäll pojke vet du...!!! Hälsa Marie att jag hemskt gärna springer me henne om hon tar det lugnt....så bra e jag inte än...
Anyway..sorry for the complaints...probably just a bad day....let go to something more fun and maybe a bit more cheerful. I think it was a long time ago since I asked anyone this question.....and I hope that I can get as many answers as possible...otherwise I will be a bit dissapointed....here it comes...
So tell me friends...What day is it today? ;)
Puss och Kram
Anh-Tri
P.S. Ge dig Jonas, jag e enbart på Yogan för att det e kul och otroligt välbehövligt för mig.....dock så kan jag ju säga att söta flickor i tights aldrig e fel det heller, som bonus....men inte sett så mkt än mäste jag säga...dessutom...jobbar inte på det viset, jag e en snäll pojke vet du...!!! Hälsa Marie att jag hemskt gärna springer me henne om hon tar det lugnt....så bra e jag inte än...
fredag 17 augusti 2007
...Have a good weekend to you all out there...
Well, another week has passed and it is now heading towards the weekend again. This past week have been filled with work and also filled with gymclasses. I have been continuing the Yoga thing and also tried out some Pilates and muscle conditioning classes throughout the week in the gym...the results...a totally sore body, however it feels nice. This week I have also increased the total running distance for one week to appr. 15 miles..that is an improvement of about 4 miles for the whole week. And despite of what you all think, no names mentioned, Stefan and Jonas, the Yoga and other classes is only for the sake of excercise and getting rid of the huuuuuuge belly that I have started to develop. The goal is to get trimmed again and hopefully get in the best shape I can be in, ever. But of course, a little is also about to get in good shape for Jannes wedding..do not want to embarase him on his big day!! So as you can see the exercising is finally starting to get back to usual.
As I told you all before...I am a bit anxious and feel like I have not done anything good at work yet so the coming time will be full focusing on work. I have 4 different projects going on at the moment and need to write a couple of fellowship applications and most of all..I need some results. Before that I will probably pick up my old habits of working alot and exercising a lot. My life the coming fall and winter will be all about work and gym....so I will save all the fun things to do for any visiting friends next year. Hopefylly I can manage to get rid of this anxiety and start to feel good about what I am doing here soon. It is going toward the right direction so far and I have been much more focused the past 3 weeks...
Well I want to end by wishing you all a very nice weekend, do lots of fun things and I also hoep that wherever you are in the world, you will have good weather to enjoy. As for me..I have a triple session to look forward to tomorrow morning starting at 8.30 with running, 9.30-10,30 with muscle condition, and finally Poweryoga at 10.45 to 11.45. The rest of the weekend will probably be dedicated to work, however I might manage to squeeze in som shopping in between.
Have a great weekend and Lots of Love to you all out there
Anh-Tri
As I told you all before...I am a bit anxious and feel like I have not done anything good at work yet so the coming time will be full focusing on work. I have 4 different projects going on at the moment and need to write a couple of fellowship applications and most of all..I need some results. Before that I will probably pick up my old habits of working alot and exercising a lot. My life the coming fall and winter will be all about work and gym....so I will save all the fun things to do for any visiting friends next year. Hopefylly I can manage to get rid of this anxiety and start to feel good about what I am doing here soon. It is going toward the right direction so far and I have been much more focused the past 3 weeks...
Well I want to end by wishing you all a very nice weekend, do lots of fun things and I also hoep that wherever you are in the world, you will have good weather to enjoy. As for me..I have a triple session to look forward to tomorrow morning starting at 8.30 with running, 9.30-10,30 with muscle condition, and finally Poweryoga at 10.45 to 11.45. The rest of the weekend will probably be dedicated to work, however I might manage to squeeze in som shopping in between.
Have a great weekend and Lots of Love to you all out there
Anh-Tri
måndag 13 augusti 2007
,,,Monday again...
...and always tired. I don´t know why mondays have to be soooo hard... Anyway..the weekend has been great with wonderful weather and relaxation. I went down to Connecticut to visit my sister and my parents, that are here in US on vacation. It was nice spending some time with them again. Basically we just hang out and did not do anything special. I got back home to my apartment around midnight esterday so I was pretty tired this mornign on the meeting with my boss. Otherwise life is going as usual, still having anxiety for not having any results yet and feel a bit stressed about that too, hopefully things will come along soon and I can start feeling like I am doing something good again. One good thing is that I have finally joined a gym, so I am poor again but hopefulle fit soon, and to Mr Fling...Yoga e bra för själen...inget med "tights" o göra, jag tränar ju alltid för hälsan skull :) ...sen så e det en fransk bekannt som jag lärde känna då jag bodde i Bergen...träffat fransk tjej, nää, jag jobbar inte på det viset vet du.
Thanks for the comment Mr Fling and Adeline...I did not think that anyone was reading my blog anymore. To Adeline, yes I had a very good time in france...you know I like france and thing that come with it ;) and as you mentioned to bad that it was to far from where you live otherwise it would have been fun to pay you a visit to see that you are doig good and being a good girl and also meet you cute friends ;). Your Italy trip also seems very nice, I bet that you an your friend was popular among the italian guys right ;)
Well that is it for now...take care alll of you that do pr do not read my blog.
Oh Yeah...one more thing....Welcome to US Micke!!! Your apartment looks great...I am really jealous of you..but well that is probably what you get for being a hot shot NIH postdoc compared to a peasant one as me....good luck with everything and don´t forget to keep i touch ok
Hugs and kisses
Anh-Tri
Thanks for the comment Mr Fling and Adeline...I did not think that anyone was reading my blog anymore. To Adeline, yes I had a very good time in france...you know I like france and thing that come with it ;) and as you mentioned to bad that it was to far from where you live otherwise it would have been fun to pay you a visit to see that you are doig good and being a good girl and also meet you cute friends ;). Your Italy trip also seems very nice, I bet that you an your friend was popular among the italian guys right ;)
Well that is it for now...take care alll of you that do pr do not read my blog.
Oh Yeah...one more thing....Welcome to US Micke!!! Your apartment looks great...I am really jealous of you..but well that is probably what you get for being a hot shot NIH postdoc compared to a peasant one as me....good luck with everything and don´t forget to keep i touch ok
Hugs and kisses
Anh-Tri
onsdag 8 augusti 2007
...my first Yoga session...
well well..many of you know that I have wanted to try out yoga for quite some years now...either because of my incredible stiffness or the expected cute girls in tight that I might see...the truth..well well..think about it...
Anyway I am trying out a gym that I am interested in joining, finally shopping for gym!! I feel like it is time to get in shape now...have to fight the aging that is catching up on me. So, I got a free guest pass to a gym close to where I live. I decided to try out a class, so why not Yoga. Today at 7.25 I went off to join my first Yoga session ever. When entering the studio, (I definately did not see the expected cute girls so of course it was is for the stiffness....) there were only 3 people...which suited me fine since I would probably make a fool out of myself. Starting out it was tough...it felt really good butI realized how stiff I was and had a hard time to relax, but I tried hard to keep up. After the session it felt really good...sore but in a different way compared to normal. And I also think that I did not make too much of a fool of myself...well..I probably will continue with Yoga.it was great fun but hard.
That was my first Yoga expierience, and hopefully next time you see me I will be as toned and flexible as all the hollywood start that are doing yoga!! (or not..)
I also finally got a bike and bought my first helmet ever....see getting old and careful.
Otherwise I am having some hard time at the moment. Nothing at work works...and I am a bit anxious about not having any results at all yet...and I need to apply for more postdoc grants...stress stress stress..
Well that is all for this time folks..
AT
Anyway I am trying out a gym that I am interested in joining, finally shopping for gym!! I feel like it is time to get in shape now...have to fight the aging that is catching up on me. So, I got a free guest pass to a gym close to where I live. I decided to try out a class, so why not Yoga. Today at 7.25 I went off to join my first Yoga session ever. When entering the studio, (I definately did not see the expected cute girls so of course it was is for the stiffness....) there were only 3 people...which suited me fine since I would probably make a fool out of myself. Starting out it was tough...it felt really good butI realized how stiff I was and had a hard time to relax, but I tried hard to keep up. After the session it felt really good...sore but in a different way compared to normal. And I also think that I did not make too much of a fool of myself...well..I probably will continue with Yoga.it was great fun but hard.
That was my first Yoga expierience, and hopefully next time you see me I will be as toned and flexible as all the hollywood start that are doing yoga!! (or not..)
I also finally got a bike and bought my first helmet ever....see getting old and careful.
Otherwise I am having some hard time at the moment. Nothing at work works...and I am a bit anxious about not having any results at all yet...and I need to apply for more postdoc grants...stress stress stress..
Well that is all for this time folks..
AT
lördag 28 juli 2007
...another weekend...
The weekend started out quite well..nice weather and goodies at work (our every month after work hangout at the institute). Then I had visitors from Sweden....two old colleauges that were dropping by after a conference on their way to NYC. Unfortunately I couldn´t take the day off so I had to go back to work after meeting them and taking them out to a mexican place for lunch. But I think they did well and manage to walk around Harvard square and also get to down town. When I finally got off work I met up with them downtown and showed them some shopping places and aroudn town. After some good shoe shopping we past Boston common to check out the Shakespeare in the Common a bit before we went on to have a late diner at the Cheesecake factory. I think they had a nice day but were very tired and fell asleep right away. Today they took the noon bus to NYC and I wen tback to work a bit. Then the T-storms started and it just pored down. Later in the afternoon I met up with Anders and Emma to have a "fika" and do some shopping. Both me and Anders managed to find some bargains..you know me...I like shopping :). Then Anders & Emma went to the movies to watch the new Harry Potter movie, chish I have already seen, so I went home.
My sister Anh is coming tomorrow so we´ll see what we will do then..but no more shopping I think..need to start saving some money, btu we will have a nice time.
Well that´s all for this time folks....I mean summer, good, weather..good food and a lot of cute girls to see....I better spend more time out then sitting in front of the computer right?
Lots of Love
AT
My sister Anh is coming tomorrow so we´ll see what we will do then..but no more shopping I think..need to start saving some money, btu we will have a nice time.
Well that´s all for this time folks....I mean summer, good, weather..good food and a lot of cute girls to see....I better spend more time out then sitting in front of the computer right?
Lots of Love
AT
tisdag 17 juli 2007
Hello...
long time no see dear friends. How you doin? Are there anyone reading this blog? Anyway...I have been back in Boston for two weeks now and really trying to be more active and live a more active life...as close to the one I use to have back home in Sweden as possible. I have started to exercise again..and got back to a little bit healhtier food although it is incredibly hadr stay away from the Boston Creme at Dunkin or the burgers, but I ill try.
The past weeks have been quite nice...both at work and in my free time. The weather has been great and the summer do offers so much more than the winter here. Today my whole lab went out to lunch together to celebrate a paper that I also have been a part of. That was very nice however...as usual I ate to much and are very sleepy....Yesterday I had dinner with Anders and Emma and Emma´s mother and sister, which were really nice. I had a steak and ribs combo which I gladly without any problem finished....sooo gooood. That was my celebration of my good friend Martin´s 30th B-day. So if you are readign this Martin..Happy Birthday (one day late though).
Until next time...take care, let me know that you are alive adn best wishes
Bamse hugs
//AT
The past weeks have been quite nice...both at work and in my free time. The weather has been great and the summer do offers so much more than the winter here. Today my whole lab went out to lunch together to celebrate a paper that I also have been a part of. That was very nice however...as usual I ate to much and are very sleepy....Yesterday I had dinner with Anders and Emma and Emma´s mother and sister, which were really nice. I had a steak and ribs combo which I gladly without any problem finished....sooo gooood. That was my celebration of my good friend Martin´s 30th B-day. So if you are readign this Martin..Happy Birthday (one day late though).
Until next time...take care, let me know that you are alive adn best wishes
Bamse hugs
//AT
torsdag 5 juli 2007
Back in Boston....
I do have kind of a funny feeling coming back to Boston. Eventhough Sweden is home....it feel liek coming home to Boston because it is in Boston where I have my own living place. I did have a wonderful time at home in Uppsala and also in France. I do miss all you my friends very much and it was nice seeing that everyone is doing great. It was a bit sad to leave Sweden because it is so nice there now in the summer...I guess that there is really something special abotu the swedish summer that I cannot explain.
Yesterday US celebrated their independence day and I saw the biggest firework ever live. It was incredible eventhough I had to stand in the rain watching it.
Today is the frist day at work adn I am a bit tired....started the day with a seminar followed by a meeting with the boss....tough start but totally ok actually...it seems like I managed to recharge the batteries very well.
I will post some pictures from my vacation here to so enjoy.
Love
AT
onsdag 20 juni 2007
Home sweet home but....
....having separation anxiety from my dear apartment! I ad for my apartment can be foun on:
http://tinyurl.com/2wla54
Please have a look if you want to see how I lived before moving to Boston. I love my apartment but unfortunately I will not be able to keep it so I had to sell it. I just hope that I can get a fair price for it so that I can pay back the loans and get back some money for all the effort I have put on it. But it is not about money...more about feelings....I have been through a lot int hat apartment and also chose all the colors, tiles and everything else in it..it is like a part of me that I am selling.
Well to more fun things...I really enjoy my time here in Sweden, but is is all but relaxing. I have been running around seing friends, but it has all been wonderful. Everyone is fine..planning for trips, vacation, weddings, kids....just a lot happening with my friends here. It is just so nice having so many friends around again and also actually have things to do everyday and be active again. I even mangaed to run 11 km yesterday!!! I tought I would die since I haven´t really done any running since last Septemer.
I will leave for France on saturday...and soo looking forward to that...but before that I have to make it through the swedish "Midsommar". This year will be calm an no partying...just a nice and relaxing BBQ with my friends Janne and Martin....and a couple of bottles of really heavy liqour!! jsut kidding there will be only softdrinksinvolved such as beers, wine and for me coke.
Ok time to go to bed, getting late!!!!!
Au revoir and Besos
Dr. Do
http://tinyurl.com/2wla54
Please have a look if you want to see how I lived before moving to Boston. I love my apartment but unfortunately I will not be able to keep it so I had to sell it. I just hope that I can get a fair price for it so that I can pay back the loans and get back some money for all the effort I have put on it. But it is not about money...more about feelings....I have been through a lot int hat apartment and also chose all the colors, tiles and everything else in it..it is like a part of me that I am selling.
Well to more fun things...I really enjoy my time here in Sweden, but is is all but relaxing. I have been running around seing friends, but it has all been wonderful. Everyone is fine..planning for trips, vacation, weddings, kids....just a lot happening with my friends here. It is just so nice having so many friends around again and also actually have things to do everyday and be active again. I even mangaed to run 11 km yesterday!!! I tought I would die since I haven´t really done any running since last Septemer.
I will leave for France on saturday...and soo looking forward to that...but before that I have to make it through the swedish "Midsommar". This year will be calm an no partying...just a nice and relaxing BBQ with my friends Janne and Martin....and a couple of bottles of really heavy liqour!! jsut kidding there will be only softdrinksinvolved such as beers, wine and for me coke.
Ok time to go to bed, getting late!!!!!
Au revoir and Besos
Dr. Do
måndag 11 juni 2007
....on the way to Sweden.....
...tonight. My plane will leave from Boston Logan at 18 tonight. After two cancellation of flight, Finnair booked me on British Airway to get to Stockholm. On top of all the booking hustle, I have to get to the airport even earlier then usual just to re-issue my new ticket. Well after this trip I will probably never fly with Finnair again under normal circumstances that I can choose. But it will be so nic to be at home..looking forward to see familiar faces again...although it has not been that may people that have talk to me about getting together.....a bit worried...maybe people have forgotten about me at home?
The past weekend was really nice and relaxing with a lot of fun too. Me, Carl and Jenny planned a combined stag/hen day for Anders and Emma and it worked out fine, we even managed to catch them n the bed!! It will be nice to see the pictures Carl took!!
Det ska bli så sköönt o komma hem....dock även lite stressande åsså så klart, men det blir nog bra så fort jag e på väg hem. Hoppas nu att det inte blir några strul me planet igen. Tråkigt att vädret verkar bli sämre nu när man e på väg hem bara, men men man kan inte få allt eller hur. Dock hoppas jag att folk har möjligheten o träffas när man e hemma bara, ser fram emot många glada stunder med alla vännerna!!
ok dags o kolla igenom packningen igen så att allt e med!
Pussar and hugs and see many of you soon!!
Dr Do
The past weekend was really nice and relaxing with a lot of fun too. Me, Carl and Jenny planned a combined stag/hen day for Anders and Emma and it worked out fine, we even managed to catch them n the bed!! It will be nice to see the pictures Carl took!!
Det ska bli så sköönt o komma hem....dock även lite stressande åsså så klart, men det blir nog bra så fort jag e på väg hem. Hoppas nu att det inte blir några strul me planet igen. Tråkigt att vädret verkar bli sämre nu när man e på väg hem bara, men men man kan inte få allt eller hur. Dock hoppas jag att folk har möjligheten o träffas när man e hemma bara, ser fram emot många glada stunder med alla vännerna!!
ok dags o kolla igenom packningen igen så att allt e med!
Pussar and hugs and see many of you soon!!
Dr Do
måndag 4 juni 2007
...only one week left to go...
....before I jump on the plane to go home to Sweden. It feels nice to go home soon but at the same time I am kind of stressed. I haven´t manage to do as much work as I have hope to do this first period here in Boston. THings have taken longer that expeted to get started. But well, have to let that go an try to enjoy the vacation since I am going anyway. My collegues did not pity me at all since I am going on vacation and also to St. Maxime/St. Tropez. Well well......just have to live with it. I also better tiden up a bit before I leave for home....can you imagine that I have not had a haircut since January? Anyway, I still got my swedish mobile number: 070 751 4761, in case ther are someone that can take some time to se me when I am home
Sen vill jag passa på och gratulera två kära vänner som fyller år 5:e juni. Först ett stoooooooooooort grattis till pappa Stefan som blir hela 30 år gammal...shit va gammal du e nu, men ja, måste erkänna att du hunnit med väldigt mkt på dina 30 år!! En stor födelsedag som måste firas rejält!!
Ett andra stort grattis till Henke, som blir ja...lite äldre..men bara lite :). Du e ju inte nes gift..så fortfarande ung........
Hoppas att ni båda blir firade med dunder o brak därhemma i Uppsala. Henke kommer ju att ha så mkt att fira denna månad!!!
Kisses and kramar
Anh-Tri
Sen vill jag passa på och gratulera två kära vänner som fyller år 5:e juni. Först ett stoooooooooooort grattis till pappa Stefan som blir hela 30 år gammal...shit va gammal du e nu, men ja, måste erkänna att du hunnit med väldigt mkt på dina 30 år!! En stor födelsedag som måste firas rejält!!
Ett andra stort grattis till Henke, som blir ja...lite äldre..men bara lite :). Du e ju inte nes gift..så fortfarande ung........
Hoppas att ni båda blir firade med dunder o brak därhemma i Uppsala. Henke kommer ju att ha så mkt att fira denna månad!!!
Kisses and kramar
Anh-Tri
tisdag 29 maj 2007
...Great weekend....
Hey,
Well, the sun is still shining after a week of sunshine....inredible. The weather has just been incredibly nice the past week. Spend the long weekend at my sisters place in Connecticut together with my sister, brother in law and niece. We had a nice time together...relaxing and fun. Also managed to do some shopping and eating. We got som huge lobsters..8-9 pounds for two and that was nice. Although I still have to admit that I liek the alaska king crab better. Vivienne is doing great in swimming and gymnastic and it was fun spending time with her.
Nu är det bara två veckor kvar tills jag åker hem till Sverige och U:a. Det ska bli himla kul och hoppas att alla har tid o träffas, åtminstone lite. Samtidigt är det lite stressigt då det är nu som experimenten börjar komma igång på riktigt, men ja....får väl jobba stenhårt efter att jag kommit tillbaka hit igen.
Idag disputerar Chris och jag vill passa på och önska honom lycka till. Dock tvivlar jag inte med att redan säga Congratulations dude!!! You made it and welcome to our side!!! There is not a single bone in my body that would have any doubts on you....you will make a great job!!!!
Sen vill jag även gratulera Henke så mycket för jobbet!!! Superkul, men ja, inte hade vi väl några tvivel på att du skulle lyckas få jobbet!! Coolt att känna en polis.....äter svenska poliser donuts?
With that I will sluta detta inlägg och hoppas att jag kan träffa så många av min akära vänner som möjligt när jag är hemma.
Puss och Hugs
Anh-Tri
Well, the sun is still shining after a week of sunshine....inredible. The weather has just been incredibly nice the past week. Spend the long weekend at my sisters place in Connecticut together with my sister, brother in law and niece. We had a nice time together...relaxing and fun. Also managed to do some shopping and eating. We got som huge lobsters..8-9 pounds for two and that was nice. Although I still have to admit that I liek the alaska king crab better. Vivienne is doing great in swimming and gymnastic and it was fun spending time with her.
Nu är det bara två veckor kvar tills jag åker hem till Sverige och U:a. Det ska bli himla kul och hoppas att alla har tid o träffas, åtminstone lite. Samtidigt är det lite stressigt då det är nu som experimenten börjar komma igång på riktigt, men ja....får väl jobba stenhårt efter att jag kommit tillbaka hit igen.
Idag disputerar Chris och jag vill passa på och önska honom lycka till. Dock tvivlar jag inte med att redan säga Congratulations dude!!! You made it and welcome to our side!!! There is not a single bone in my body that would have any doubts on you....you will make a great job!!!!
Sen vill jag även gratulera Henke så mycket för jobbet!!! Superkul, men ja, inte hade vi väl några tvivel på att du skulle lyckas få jobbet!! Coolt att känna en polis.....äter svenska poliser donuts?
With that I will sluta detta inlägg och hoppas att jag kan träffa så många av min akära vänner som möjligt när jag är hemma.
Puss och Hugs
Anh-Tri
måndag 21 maj 2007
....Sunny Monday...
Hola amigos/amigas,
Long time no see.....it has been a week since I last wrote here and well...nothing has really happen. The past week has been a bad week for me. Allergi problem, sleeping problems and on top of that...heavy rain and boring weather. So guess if I was happy to se the sun today. Anyway, I recovered from the bad week by sleeping and shopping in the weekend. I also went to this nice or rather cool Jazz place called Wally´s Jazz Cafe, on friday. It is small crowded place with a small scene and a bar, ran by two big black guys with lots of attitude, although they were nice. The music was great and the yeah...I really needed to do something like that on friday. Except for that...nothing is realy happening.
One fun thing today at lunch though was that my female collegue seem to react and think that it was funny that I was out shopping with Josh...another colleague at work..the fact that two guys went out shopping was kind of fun for them. Isn´t that strange....I mean isn´t that what we do often back home friends? Well Americans!!!!
Så hur står det till med alla mina kära vänner? Något kul som händer därhemma? En sak jag har att meddela är att jag kommer hem snart...så jag hoppas att ni har lite tid över då jag e hemma. Håll ögona öppna och ja, vem vet ni kanske ser mig snart!!! Snacka om att jag skulle behöva "grooma" till mig innan jag visar mig igen....jag har blivit amerikan..sjabbig och tjock efter onyttigt men go mat och snacks....får väl ta tag i motionen innan jag åker hem så att ni känner igen mig.
Oki dags att jobba vidare och see you later!
Pussar and Hugs
Anh-Tri
Long time no see.....it has been a week since I last wrote here and well...nothing has really happen. The past week has been a bad week for me. Allergi problem, sleeping problems and on top of that...heavy rain and boring weather. So guess if I was happy to se the sun today. Anyway, I recovered from the bad week by sleeping and shopping in the weekend. I also went to this nice or rather cool Jazz place called Wally´s Jazz Cafe, on friday. It is small crowded place with a small scene and a bar, ran by two big black guys with lots of attitude, although they were nice. The music was great and the yeah...I really needed to do something like that on friday. Except for that...nothing is realy happening.
One fun thing today at lunch though was that my female collegue seem to react and think that it was funny that I was out shopping with Josh...another colleague at work..the fact that two guys went out shopping was kind of fun for them. Isn´t that strange....I mean isn´t that what we do often back home friends? Well Americans!!!!
Så hur står det till med alla mina kära vänner? Något kul som händer därhemma? En sak jag har att meddela är att jag kommer hem snart...så jag hoppas att ni har lite tid över då jag e hemma. Håll ögona öppna och ja, vem vet ni kanske ser mig snart!!! Snacka om att jag skulle behöva "grooma" till mig innan jag visar mig igen....jag har blivit amerikan..sjabbig och tjock efter onyttigt men go mat och snacks....får väl ta tag i motionen innan jag åker hem så att ni känner igen mig.
Oki dags att jobba vidare och see you later!
Pussar and Hugs
Anh-Tri
måndag 14 maj 2007
...long time no see
Hi everyone,
Sorry for not posting anything for a while..but there hasn´t been anything new to tell you about. The past week have been quite busy with work. I still have not gotten used to the mice....and it even seems like I am back to square one regarding the mouse work. I still freak out when they try to bite me and well....it is horrible. Silly isn´t it, but true.....I am trying to bribe a colleague of mine to help me out with the mouse work but she simply refuse so we will see what happens....I would also take the oppertunity to congratulate my friends Lena, Anna and of course dear ooold John for their great work and for getting their PhD title. I am very sorry to have miss out your celebrations.
I helgen var jag åter igen ute och dansade...himla kul och det kändes som om det var längesen. Det var en kollega till mig som fyllde år i torsdags förra veckan som tyckte att det kunde va kul o samla lite folk o gå ut o dansa...som ett slags firande. Självklart hakade jag på för det e ju så kul o dansa så det blev en Salsa/Swing klubb. Detta fick mig att inse att jag nog ska hålla mig till latinamerikanska rytmer....swingen gick si så där bra. I alla fall var det mkt trevligt och kul att få skaka av sig lite svål och lära känna eller åtminstone prata med nytt folk. Dessutom är det ju som alltid mycket söta flickor på såna ställen och det är väl aldrig fel eller hur? ;)
Jobbet rullar på med det går långsamt. Hoppas att det lossnar snart och att jag kommer över min musskräck...det e faktiskt inte alls kul att jobba med möss och jag trodde inte heller att jag skulle ha så svårt för det som jag faktiskt verkar ha...men men ....bara till o bita ihop.
Annars är allt bra här och trivs utmärkt. Dock verkar det ju som att alla ni färhemma redan har glömt bort mig...inte mycket nyheter hemifrån här inte....
Hoppas i alla fall att allt är bra med alla därhemma och medans jag kommer ihåg.......GRATTIS PÅ FÖDELSEDAGEN HANNA!!! Hoppas att du firas rejält av din Stefan och Ida.
Many Hugs from Boston
Dr. Do
Sorry for not posting anything for a while..but there hasn´t been anything new to tell you about. The past week have been quite busy with work. I still have not gotten used to the mice....and it even seems like I am back to square one regarding the mouse work. I still freak out when they try to bite me and well....it is horrible. Silly isn´t it, but true.....I am trying to bribe a colleague of mine to help me out with the mouse work but she simply refuse so we will see what happens....I would also take the oppertunity to congratulate my friends Lena, Anna and of course dear ooold John for their great work and for getting their PhD title. I am very sorry to have miss out your celebrations.
I helgen var jag åter igen ute och dansade...himla kul och det kändes som om det var längesen. Det var en kollega till mig som fyllde år i torsdags förra veckan som tyckte att det kunde va kul o samla lite folk o gå ut o dansa...som ett slags firande. Självklart hakade jag på för det e ju så kul o dansa så det blev en Salsa/Swing klubb. Detta fick mig att inse att jag nog ska hålla mig till latinamerikanska rytmer....swingen gick si så där bra. I alla fall var det mkt trevligt och kul att få skaka av sig lite svål och lära känna eller åtminstone prata med nytt folk. Dessutom är det ju som alltid mycket söta flickor på såna ställen och det är väl aldrig fel eller hur? ;)
Jobbet rullar på med det går långsamt. Hoppas att det lossnar snart och att jag kommer över min musskräck...det e faktiskt inte alls kul att jobba med möss och jag trodde inte heller att jag skulle ha så svårt för det som jag faktiskt verkar ha...men men ....bara till o bita ihop.
Annars är allt bra här och trivs utmärkt. Dock verkar det ju som att alla ni färhemma redan har glömt bort mig...inte mycket nyheter hemifrån här inte....
Hoppas i alla fall att allt är bra med alla därhemma och medans jag kommer ihåg.......GRATTIS PÅ FÖDELSEDAGEN HANNA!!! Hoppas att du firas rejält av din Stefan och Ida.
Many Hugs from Boston
Dr. Do
måndag 30 april 2007
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söndag 29 april 2007
...Biiiig accomplishment....
Dear friends and family,
Wassup? I am doing fine here in Boston although my wallet is not doing very well at the moment. Work is proceeding but the past week has been bad mouse week, I dropped one mouse and we had to spend like half an hour to chase it on the floor and catch it. We also had wonderful weather here monday and tuesday but it turned worse from wednesday to today. This weekend have been good and I have made quite an accomplishment yesterday. Not just only spending way tooooo much money but I also managed to eat a 1 pound hamburger at a place called Fuddruckers. Goood stuff!!!! Since the last time I posted soemthing here I have also managed to go to a salsaclub....it was a blast, really lots of fun!!
Japp..ni hörde rätt..450 gram...det var helgens stora bravad!! Gott var det...ialla fall de första 420 grammen sen började det ta emot. Jag tror att Carl o Jenny och Anders o Emma har dåligt inflytande på mig här ...hehe... jag hade ju redan svårt o kontrollera mig hemma med shopping och hamburgare och det e inte lättare här. Snacka om att jag hade svårt o sova igår natt...kändes som att man hade en bomb i magen.
Ok, with a risk to bore you with too much text I will stop here this time.....I promise to get back as soon as I have been om more food adventures or adventures in general!!
Hasta Luego mi amigos/amigas
Puss and hugs
AT
Wassup? I am doing fine here in Boston although my wallet is not doing very well at the moment. Work is proceeding but the past week has been bad mouse week, I dropped one mouse and we had to spend like half an hour to chase it on the floor and catch it. We also had wonderful weather here monday and tuesday but it turned worse from wednesday to today. This weekend have been good and I have made quite an accomplishment yesterday. Not just only spending way tooooo much money but I also managed to eat a 1 pound hamburger at a place called Fuddruckers. Goood stuff!!!! Since the last time I posted soemthing here I have also managed to go to a salsaclub....it was a blast, really lots of fun!!
Japp..ni hörde rätt..450 gram...det var helgens stora bravad!! Gott var det...ialla fall de första 420 grammen sen började det ta emot. Jag tror att Carl o Jenny och Anders o Emma har dåligt inflytande på mig här ...hehe... jag hade ju redan svårt o kontrollera mig hemma med shopping och hamburgare och det e inte lättare här. Snacka om att jag hade svårt o sova igår natt...kändes som att man hade en bomb i magen.
Ok, with a risk to bore you with too much text I will stop here this time.....I promise to get back as soon as I have been om more food adventures or adventures in general!!
Hasta Luego mi amigos/amigas
Puss and hugs
AT
torsdag 19 april 2007
...Tusen Thanks.....
Dear friends,
I cannot say how happy I am that you remember me on this day. Thanks you very much, it means a lot to me. It actually turned out as a very good and nice day. All the nice messages and also a surprise from my collegues and boss...fells funny having your boss singing though. It was a big surprise and I am very touched. Tonight they are kind enough to take me out for dinner :).
Tack för alla trevliga meddelanden, brev och e-kort!!! Skönt att veta att ni inte glömt bort mig trots allt. Det blev visst inte en så dåligt dag trots allt. Blev mkt förvånad över att kollegorna gjorde ngt, har ju trots allt inte varit här så länge. Men det var kul och höra chefen sjunga :). Ska bli kul att gå ut på middag ikväll åsså....
Tack igen för allt och a big hug to all of you!!
The oooooooooold man
I cannot say how happy I am that you remember me on this day. Thanks you very much, it means a lot to me. It actually turned out as a very good and nice day. All the nice messages and also a surprise from my collegues and boss...fells funny having your boss singing though. It was a big surprise and I am very touched. Tonight they are kind enough to take me out for dinner :).
Tack för alla trevliga meddelanden, brev och e-kort!!! Skönt att veta att ni inte glömt bort mig trots allt. Det blev visst inte en så dåligt dag trots allt. Blev mkt förvånad över att kollegorna gjorde ngt, har ju trots allt inte varit här så länge. Men det var kul och höra chefen sjunga :). Ska bli kul att gå ut på middag ikväll åsså....
Tack igen för allt och a big hug to all of you!!
The oooooooooold man
onsdag 18 april 2007
..HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIVIENNE..(my niece)
Hi,
First of all...HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dear niece Vivienne!!! I hope that you vill hae a good time with mum and dag and that your party next sunday will be a blast.
So how are all my dear friends? Anything new happening, I am all open for some update. Boston is still great however the weather is crap at the moment...where is spring!!!! A storm just past us in the end of the weekend and I don´t think I have ever seen such strong wind. Anyway I went down to Connectivut to visit my older sister the past weekend and I had a blast. We had good food and did some shopping at the Outlet mall. I am happy to have some family hear. I also got some time to spend with my niece Vivienne that is turning into a big girl now...8!!!! On monday I took her out for some shopping and that whas a blast...I think that we definately will see more of that from now on.
Lena, hur känns det nu då, bara några dagar kvar. Va lugn du kommer att klara av det galant!! John hur känns det för dig då? Du lär inte heller ha nägra problem direkt. Se bara till att kunna njuta lite av dagen som alla brukar ha så svårt för då man e så spend. Ni båda e superduktiga och låt ignet ta det ifrån er!!!! Hur står det till annars med alla? väntar fortfarande på lite uppdateringar. En sak till Anders Hansson och familj....TACK!!! Ni var dem första....jätteglad att ni kommer ihåg!!!
Ok ska sluta innan jag tråkar ut er.
Puss och Kram plus lots of love
Your ooooooold Dr Do
First of all...HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dear niece Vivienne!!! I hope that you vill hae a good time with mum and dag and that your party next sunday will be a blast.
So how are all my dear friends? Anything new happening, I am all open for some update. Boston is still great however the weather is crap at the moment...where is spring!!!! A storm just past us in the end of the weekend and I don´t think I have ever seen such strong wind. Anyway I went down to Connectivut to visit my older sister the past weekend and I had a blast. We had good food and did some shopping at the Outlet mall. I am happy to have some family hear. I also got some time to spend with my niece Vivienne that is turning into a big girl now...8!!!! On monday I took her out for some shopping and that whas a blast...I think that we definately will see more of that from now on.
Lena, hur känns det nu då, bara några dagar kvar. Va lugn du kommer att klara av det galant!! John hur känns det för dig då? Du lär inte heller ha nägra problem direkt. Se bara till att kunna njuta lite av dagen som alla brukar ha så svårt för då man e så spend. Ni båda e superduktiga och låt ignet ta det ifrån er!!!! Hur står det till annars med alla? väntar fortfarande på lite uppdateringar. En sak till Anders Hansson och familj....TACK!!! Ni var dem första....jätteglad att ni kommer ihåg!!!
Ok ska sluta innan jag tråkar ut er.
Puss och Kram plus lots of love
Your ooooooold Dr Do
måndag 9 april 2007
Happy Easter...
Hi,
Long time no see...wassup? Well fist, happy easter, I hope that you all have had a nice weekend. As for me....didn´t do anything special, hardly felt that it was easter and no days off. Life here in Boston is fine..starting to feel like I am living here and I enjoy it very much. The only people I know is basically from work and then we have my swedish friends. It is kind of surprising to me that it´s not that easy to get to know the americans outside of work. I was expecting it to be much easier since they tend to be very friendly and open. Hopefully things will get better in that part soon too. As for work...I have three project that I am going to start....maybe more than I can handle but we will see...lots of things to do.
Här är det ingen påskledighet direkt men det går bra ändå. Helgen var lugn ivolverad städning, tvättning, köp av livsmedel samt lite jobb. Jobbet rullar på och det börjar se ut som att jag kommer att ha gansk afullt ut framöver. I lördags var jag ute och åt med Jenny och Carl + några gäster som var på besök hos dem. Det var gott men tror att jag definitivt åt för mkt. Första gången jag faktiskt känt att jag höll på o explodera och det berodde nog på min efterätt.....mkt gott men ja....lite för mkt. Annars ser vi inte skymten av våren än och jag längtar. Dessutom tror jag att jag för första gången någonsin (tror jag) faktiskt är rejäl sällskapssjuk. Det finns såååå mkt att göra o sååå mkt att äta, bara man hade sällskap. Jag är himla tacksam över att Carl, Jenny, Anders och Emma finns här som "rastar" mig då och då, men det verkar inte räcka just nu..
Ok nog om det och det e dags för lunch. Hoppas att ni alla har det bra och se till o skriv en rad när ni har tid. John, Mette o Jenny....hur mkt sprit blev det i skåne och inte snällt att lämna Henke själv i Uppsala tycker jag.....men jag förstår att man inte kan ha med en blivande polis när man ska smuggla sprit över gränserna hehe....
Well until next time....be good and take care.
Kram
Anh-Tri
Long time no see...wassup? Well fist, happy easter, I hope that you all have had a nice weekend. As for me....didn´t do anything special, hardly felt that it was easter and no days off. Life here in Boston is fine..starting to feel like I am living here and I enjoy it very much. The only people I know is basically from work and then we have my swedish friends. It is kind of surprising to me that it´s not that easy to get to know the americans outside of work. I was expecting it to be much easier since they tend to be very friendly and open. Hopefully things will get better in that part soon too. As for work...I have three project that I am going to start....maybe more than I can handle but we will see...lots of things to do.
Här är det ingen påskledighet direkt men det går bra ändå. Helgen var lugn ivolverad städning, tvättning, köp av livsmedel samt lite jobb. Jobbet rullar på och det börjar se ut som att jag kommer att ha gansk afullt ut framöver. I lördags var jag ute och åt med Jenny och Carl + några gäster som var på besök hos dem. Det var gott men tror att jag definitivt åt för mkt. Första gången jag faktiskt känt att jag höll på o explodera och det berodde nog på min efterätt.....mkt gott men ja....lite för mkt. Annars ser vi inte skymten av våren än och jag längtar. Dessutom tror jag att jag för första gången någonsin (tror jag) faktiskt är rejäl sällskapssjuk. Det finns såååå mkt att göra o sååå mkt att äta, bara man hade sällskap. Jag är himla tacksam över att Carl, Jenny, Anders och Emma finns här som "rastar" mig då och då, men det verkar inte räcka just nu..
Ok nog om det och det e dags för lunch. Hoppas att ni alla har det bra och se till o skriv en rad när ni har tid. John, Mette o Jenny....hur mkt sprit blev det i skåne och inte snällt att lämna Henke själv i Uppsala tycker jag.....men jag förstår att man inte kan ha med en blivande polis när man ska smuggla sprit över gränserna hehe....
Well until next time....be good and take care.
Kram
Anh-Tri
söndag 25 mars 2007
Tja, kommer inte riktigt på ngn rubrik...
Hey,
How you doin? Well another week have passed and it is time to report. Nothign really exciting have happened the past week except that I think spring finally found its way to Boston. I have been working on the VR postdoc application and needed to re-write the whole thing after soem very good comments from a collegue an my boss. By the way...it was the wrong Cheers that we went to, not the original one, sorry....now it finally became less cool....
Jag har fortfarande itne vant mig vid mössen, men som tur är, är tjejen som brukar gå med mig ner till mössen väldigt uppmuntrande o hjälpsa...vi får väl se hur länge det håller. Annars har jag varit ute o ätit i det italienska kvarteret "North End" i fredags med några kollegor och dessutom köpt Cannolis på ett känt ställe..Mike´s Pastry. För er som itne vet vad cannoli e..slå upp det..hehe..men ja glupsk som jag e som vanligt så köpte jag två medan alla andra köpte en....gott var det i all fall. Livet rullar på är och allt r väl som det ska. Dock är jag bara lite stressad över ansökan...dumt, stressad och använt mkt tid till det o det värst e att chansen att få e så lite...jaja...kan ju alltid prova eller hur.
Ha´t bra och vi hörs.....och HALLO..har ni redan glömt bort mig?
Puss and Hugs
Anh-Tri
How you doin? Well another week have passed and it is time to report. Nothign really exciting have happened the past week except that I think spring finally found its way to Boston. I have been working on the VR postdoc application and needed to re-write the whole thing after soem very good comments from a collegue an my boss. By the way...it was the wrong Cheers that we went to, not the original one, sorry....now it finally became less cool....
Jag har fortfarande itne vant mig vid mössen, men som tur är, är tjejen som brukar gå med mig ner till mössen väldigt uppmuntrande o hjälpsa...vi får väl se hur länge det håller. Annars har jag varit ute o ätit i det italienska kvarteret "North End" i fredags med några kollegor och dessutom köpt Cannolis på ett känt ställe..Mike´s Pastry. För er som itne vet vad cannoli e..slå upp det..hehe..men ja glupsk som jag e som vanligt så köpte jag två medan alla andra köpte en....gott var det i all fall. Livet rullar på är och allt r väl som det ska. Dock är jag bara lite stressad över ansökan...dumt, stressad och använt mkt tid till det o det värst e att chansen att få e så lite...jaja...kan ju alltid prova eller hur.
Ha´t bra och vi hörs.....och HALLO..har ni redan glömt bort mig?
Puss and Hugs
Anh-Tri
lördag 17 mars 2007
My Fist St Patricks Day.....
Hi,
Sorry for not posting anything for a while. Anyway saturday the 17th of March is St. Patricks day here and there is quite a celebration with lots of drinking. Actually when posting this, I just got back from the pub we all know so well from tv..Cheers... I went with Anders and he´s girlfriend Emma and had a nice time. First time out here and could probably not have picked a better day although it was difficult to get in because of long lines at every place. People were happy, wearing green and drank green beer, yes you heard me correctly..green beer. I also saw a lot of cute girls tonight hehe....but as you all know me..just look...
Jag har i all börjat komma till rätta här. Jobbet börjar komma igång och jag trivs bra på jobbet. Dock tycker jag fortfarande att det är läskigt o jobba med mössen. Idag var jag och åt lunch på the cheesecake factory...och MMMMMM...ni får veta när ni kommer på besök....himmelska tårtor...och även annat. Idag var det som sagt första kvällen ut och det var trevligt och spännande. Stan har mkt att erbjuda och jag får väl passa på och göra en massor när jag är här så jag kan stället innan jag får besök. Dock måste jag tacka Jenny, Carl, Anders och Emma för det för det är ju inte så kul att göra en massa och gå ut o äta själv. Imorron ska jag till ett ställe som kallas "The Butterfly place" ..japp ni hörde rätt....ska bli kul. Annars har jag ångest över VR ansökan....
I hope that you will have a great weekend and ...hoppas att ni alla mår bra hemma.
Puss och hugs
Anh-Tri
P.S. Vad tycker ni om min svengelska i detta inlägg?
Sorry for not posting anything for a while. Anyway saturday the 17th of March is St. Patricks day here and there is quite a celebration with lots of drinking. Actually when posting this, I just got back from the pub we all know so well from tv..Cheers... I went with Anders and he´s girlfriend Emma and had a nice time. First time out here and could probably not have picked a better day although it was difficult to get in because of long lines at every place. People were happy, wearing green and drank green beer, yes you heard me correctly..green beer. I also saw a lot of cute girls tonight hehe....but as you all know me..just look...
Jag har i all börjat komma till rätta här. Jobbet börjar komma igång och jag trivs bra på jobbet. Dock tycker jag fortfarande att det är läskigt o jobba med mössen. Idag var jag och åt lunch på the cheesecake factory...och MMMMMM...ni får veta när ni kommer på besök....himmelska tårtor...och även annat. Idag var det som sagt första kvällen ut och det var trevligt och spännande. Stan har mkt att erbjuda och jag får väl passa på och göra en massor när jag är här så jag kan stället innan jag får besök. Dock måste jag tacka Jenny, Carl, Anders och Emma för det för det är ju inte så kul att göra en massa och gå ut o äta själv. Imorron ska jag till ett ställe som kallas "The Butterfly place" ..japp ni hörde rätt....ska bli kul. Annars har jag ångest över VR ansökan....
I hope that you will have a great weekend and ...hoppas att ni alla mår bra hemma.
Puss och hugs
Anh-Tri
P.S. Vad tycker ni om min svengelska i detta inlägg?
tisdag 6 mars 2007
Hi
Hi,
How are you? I am doing fine thanks. I have finally moved in to my apartment which feels good. It is around 30 square meters and pretty neat in Boston standard. Something I don´t´like to much it that the floor is coverd in carpet so I basically spend the whole sunday vaccum cleaning. I think I need to do that every week to be sure that it will be clean. On top of that the vaccum cleaner I got from the guy that leaved there before suck, so I need to buy a new one. There will be some things that I need to buy but I have to take it easy to not spend to much money. You all know me, spending money is dangerous easy for me, especially on stuff for the apartment, but I promise myself to not be to picky on my living conditions this time. At the moment I can not cook vecause I do not have anything to cook with, so lycky me that there is a lot of restaurants closeby right? I will go to Ikea with Jenny and her husband on saturday!!! So unfortunately I have to eat out this week.....hehe.
When it comes to work I am struggling with the mice...I still think that they are gross and well I don´t know if I wil ever get use to them. Well I just have to continue with them. But at the moment I have to start focusing on the VR application that has to be submitted in the end of March.
Ulrika..hur gick det på lic:en? är säker på att allting gick bra..du e ju rätt smart trots vissa brister!!
Rebecka...hur stor har magen blivit nu? Skänt att ha lämnat in lic-avhandlingen va? jag håller tummarna men är säker på att det kommer att gå super!!!
Hur mår alla andra? Det var länge sen jag hört ngt från er..ni har väl itne glämt bort mig redan? Förlåt att jag inte har skrivit så mkt, hoppas dock att det blir bättre!!
Kram på er and lots of love
AT
How are you? I am doing fine thanks. I have finally moved in to my apartment which feels good. It is around 30 square meters and pretty neat in Boston standard. Something I don´t´like to much it that the floor is coverd in carpet so I basically spend the whole sunday vaccum cleaning. I think I need to do that every week to be sure that it will be clean. On top of that the vaccum cleaner I got from the guy that leaved there before suck, so I need to buy a new one. There will be some things that I need to buy but I have to take it easy to not spend to much money. You all know me, spending money is dangerous easy for me, especially on stuff for the apartment, but I promise myself to not be to picky on my living conditions this time. At the moment I can not cook vecause I do not have anything to cook with, so lycky me that there is a lot of restaurants closeby right? I will go to Ikea with Jenny and her husband on saturday!!! So unfortunately I have to eat out this week.....hehe.
When it comes to work I am struggling with the mice...I still think that they are gross and well I don´t know if I wil ever get use to them. Well I just have to continue with them. But at the moment I have to start focusing on the VR application that has to be submitted in the end of March.
Ulrika..hur gick det på lic:en? är säker på att allting gick bra..du e ju rätt smart trots vissa brister!!
Rebecka...hur stor har magen blivit nu? Skänt att ha lämnat in lic-avhandlingen va? jag håller tummarna men är säker på att det kommer att gå super!!!
Hur mår alla andra? Det var länge sen jag hört ngt från er..ni har väl itne glämt bort mig redan? Förlåt att jag inte har skrivit så mkt, hoppas dock att det blir bättre!!
Kram på er and lots of love
AT
onsdag 28 februari 2007
Three reasons to be happy......
First, a big congratulations to Janne and Candice that jsut got engaged. I am very hapy for you and wish you all the best!! You will face a tough time with all the moving and probably some minor economy challanges but I am sure that everything will work out great and as long as you think of the great fact that you are engaged after all this time and miles between you, you will have a lot of nice things to look forward to in the future...........remember..."The Best Day Ever".......
Second, I have finally found a studio that I can live with and are also approved to rent it. Although it is not perfect it is clean and neat and the location great for me and also for any future visitors. I will move in on Sunday and hopefully I will manage to make a home from the place. Again I hope that the fact that I live in a studio will not scare anyone of you, my dear friends, to visit me. It may not be big but I wll promise you that there is space for you to have a good stay here in Boston.
Third, my sister Hanna have just delivered a big, dark and curly haired baby girl!! I do not have any picture or information about her yet so I am waiting for that, because as far as I know, I will be her godfather (or Buddhapappa..hehe, new concept)..if not Hanna & Håkan have changed their minds!! I am very honered and can´t wait to se the little girl. So a biiiiiiiiiiig congratulation to my sister and brother in law and a biiiiig hug to their baby girl!!!
As for me here in Boston well, still trying to settle in, take time and I am a bit frustrated that I haven´t managed more, at work and also exploring Boston more...but I hope it will get better when I have settled in. However I do enjoy it here. end of last week and this week I have learned new things so is is moving forward although slow. I hope that I will get into is better soon. I do feel a bit crippled not having a car for the furniture hunting and buying things for the home but well..that is life, just have to learn how to deal with it.
I hope that you are all fine and doing well in whatever you are doing!! Don´t forget to write me and let me know what´s going on in you life.....you all know that I care.....
Lots of Love
Anh-Tri
Second, I have finally found a studio that I can live with and are also approved to rent it. Although it is not perfect it is clean and neat and the location great for me and also for any future visitors. I will move in on Sunday and hopefully I will manage to make a home from the place. Again I hope that the fact that I live in a studio will not scare anyone of you, my dear friends, to visit me. It may not be big but I wll promise you that there is space for you to have a good stay here in Boston.
Third, my sister Hanna have just delivered a big, dark and curly haired baby girl!! I do not have any picture or information about her yet so I am waiting for that, because as far as I know, I will be her godfather (or Buddhapappa..hehe, new concept)..if not Hanna & Håkan have changed their minds!! I am very honered and can´t wait to se the little girl. So a biiiiiiiiiiig congratulation to my sister and brother in law and a biiiiig hug to their baby girl!!!
As for me here in Boston well, still trying to settle in, take time and I am a bit frustrated that I haven´t managed more, at work and also exploring Boston more...but I hope it will get better when I have settled in. However I do enjoy it here. end of last week and this week I have learned new things so is is moving forward although slow. I hope that I will get into is better soon. I do feel a bit crippled not having a car for the furniture hunting and buying things for the home but well..that is life, just have to learn how to deal with it.
I hope that you are all fine and doing well in whatever you are doing!! Don´t forget to write me and let me know what´s going on in you life.....you all know that I care.....
Lots of Love
Anh-Tri
onsdag 21 februari 2007
First real day at work....
Hello dear friends,
Wassup? See how americanized I have gotten!! Thanks for all the comment on the blog....it is nice to know that you have not forgotten me, wherever you are in the world.
As for me and some news about my life here then, I have finally decided for an apartment, it is only a studio but it is quite neat and spacious, at least measured in Boston standard. However I do not know if I am aloud to move in there yet, I have to fill in an application to the landlord to get the permission to rent the apartment and yeah, I need as much paper work as applying for the visa to get here so cross your finger for me. I am a bit fed up by looking at apartments now so this is the best one I have seen by far, eventough it is not ideal. So when I finally get a studio to live in you are all most welcome to visit me, my house is you house!! I hope that the fact that I only will live in a studio won´t scare you to visit me....I promise that I will do my best for your comfort anyway!!! Unfortunately I can not say that I will get the studio yet so I don cannot give you any address. I will not be able to give you any phone number to work either dince they are setting up a new line for my own phone and that will take a week or something like that, but I will fore sure let everyone know as soon as I will get address and phone ok!!
As for work then...today had my first real whole working day. I learned some new thing like how to chech the pluggs on female mice....for those that do not know what that means...well dont bother....I also learned how to embed tissues for sectioning ans also did some sectioning in a cryo-machine...what kind of tissue did I worked with? Well I don´t think that I will mention here for those sensitive peoples that might read my blog.
I also did the first exercise after my illness today, we played basketball after work with som collegues at the BBRI and gosh I think that two weeks in bed quite killed my muscles and physic in general. It was lots of fun although I sucked compared to the old day ad I am totally exhausted at the moment....I think that I wil sleep well today. I have to appologize to the "training buddies" at home because I haven´t been to the gym for more than 4 weeks now and unfortunately It wil probably take some more weeks before I get settled down enough to find me a decent gym to exercise in. The membership and monthly fee is also really expensive for the gyms here. I promise tha tonce I started I will go back to old Anh-Tri again ok!!
Ok time to chill out with some tv before going to bed!!
Miss you all and tons of big hugs to all of you..especially for the ladies ;) ...sorry guys...always ladies first!!!
//AT
Wassup? See how americanized I have gotten!! Thanks for all the comment on the blog....it is nice to know that you have not forgotten me, wherever you are in the world.
As for me and some news about my life here then, I have finally decided for an apartment, it is only a studio but it is quite neat and spacious, at least measured in Boston standard. However I do not know if I am aloud to move in there yet, I have to fill in an application to the landlord to get the permission to rent the apartment and yeah, I need as much paper work as applying for the visa to get here so cross your finger for me. I am a bit fed up by looking at apartments now so this is the best one I have seen by far, eventough it is not ideal. So when I finally get a studio to live in you are all most welcome to visit me, my house is you house!! I hope that the fact that I only will live in a studio won´t scare you to visit me....I promise that I will do my best for your comfort anyway!!! Unfortunately I can not say that I will get the studio yet so I don cannot give you any address. I will not be able to give you any phone number to work either dince they are setting up a new line for my own phone and that will take a week or something like that, but I will fore sure let everyone know as soon as I will get address and phone ok!!
As for work then...today had my first real whole working day. I learned some new thing like how to chech the pluggs on female mice....for those that do not know what that means...well dont bother....I also learned how to embed tissues for sectioning ans also did some sectioning in a cryo-machine...what kind of tissue did I worked with? Well I don´t think that I will mention here for those sensitive peoples that might read my blog.
I also did the first exercise after my illness today, we played basketball after work with som collegues at the BBRI and gosh I think that two weeks in bed quite killed my muscles and physic in general. It was lots of fun although I sucked compared to the old day ad I am totally exhausted at the moment....I think that I wil sleep well today. I have to appologize to the "training buddies" at home because I haven´t been to the gym for more than 4 weeks now and unfortunately It wil probably take some more weeks before I get settled down enough to find me a decent gym to exercise in. The membership and monthly fee is also really expensive for the gyms here. I promise tha tonce I started I will go back to old Anh-Tri again ok!!
Ok time to chill out with some tv before going to bed!!
Miss you all and tons of big hugs to all of you..especially for the ladies ;) ...sorry guys...always ladies first!!!
//AT
söndag 18 februari 2007
...Happy New Year!!!!.....
Hi,
Most of would probably wonder what I am up to now, but well It is actually the chinese new year celebration now so I have to wish you all a happy new year.
It is also a holiday here called the presidents day and I have a day off on Monday the 19th. So for this long weekend I went and visit my sister in Connecticut, where I am now. I will go back to Boston tomorrow evening and continue my search for an apartment. Anyway, I am having a nice weekend with lots of food and it is always nice to see my big sis and her family again.
Now to new experiences here in US.....as many of you know I am a picky coffee drinker so I have spend some time at Starbucks, which I find have the best coffee so far, at least among the chains. Anyway every time I order and are waiting for me normal latte, I always here these funny coffees that people order. How about a extra hot, tall non fat, decaf latte with some soy milk? Or an medium hot decaf, non sweetened, non fat extra creamy green chai latte........hmmmmm what happened with the normal coffee or what I ordered normal latte? I do not think that I have bumpted into anyone else except me that just have a normal coffee without any extras.
Ok, thats it for now and I wish you all a prosperous and successful year of the pig with good health and lots of joy!!
Many hugs
Your Dr. Do
Most of would probably wonder what I am up to now, but well It is actually the chinese new year celebration now so I have to wish you all a happy new year.
It is also a holiday here called the presidents day and I have a day off on Monday the 19th. So for this long weekend I went and visit my sister in Connecticut, where I am now. I will go back to Boston tomorrow evening and continue my search for an apartment. Anyway, I am having a nice weekend with lots of food and it is always nice to see my big sis and her family again.
Now to new experiences here in US.....as many of you know I am a picky coffee drinker so I have spend some time at Starbucks, which I find have the best coffee so far, at least among the chains. Anyway every time I order and are waiting for me normal latte, I always here these funny coffees that people order. How about a extra hot, tall non fat, decaf latte with some soy milk? Or an medium hot decaf, non sweetened, non fat extra creamy green chai latte........hmmmmm what happened with the normal coffee or what I ordered normal latte? I do not think that I have bumpted into anyone else except me that just have a normal coffee without any extras.
Ok, thats it for now and I wish you all a prosperous and successful year of the pig with good health and lots of joy!!
Many hugs
Your Dr. Do
tisdag 13 februari 2007
Happy Valentines Day!!!!!!
Dear friends,
I just want to start by wishing you all a happy Valentines Day and hope that you will have a nice time with people you love...partners, friends or maybe your family.....remember never take love for granted ok!!
Then some news.....I have started to look at some apartments, mainly studio at the price range 1000-1200 USD cause that is all I can afford if I want to live convenient and in Cambridge. Anyway the two that I looked at on monday was well..CRAP!!! I mean I don´t think that we would have been aloud to let out apartments like that in Sweden....they were worse then flogsta ot any dorm and for that price.....they weren´t to big either, around 25-35 square meters. Well this is what I can get for the money, can you imaging how dissapointed I got? Anyway I was a bit happier today when I at least saw a decent clean studio, the only bad thing about this one is that it only got one window that doesn´t get to much light. I will see more apartments tomorrow and if neither of those looks better....I will probably decide for the one I looked at today. The really goodd thing about this one is that is has everything in the surrounding, restaurants, shops etc, but unfortunately no parking....but well I don´t have a car yet so at the moment that is fine. But we will see.....
There is also a storm coming in over Boston during the night and there are warnings about a couple of inch of snow...doesn´t sound to much to me but that is what everyone have been talking about the past couple of days.
Alright that is all for now and I hope to hear about you at home soon.....
Many hugs and...what the hell it is Valentines day....Lots of kisses!!
//Dr. Do
I just want to start by wishing you all a happy Valentines Day and hope that you will have a nice time with people you love...partners, friends or maybe your family.....remember never take love for granted ok!!
Then some news.....I have started to look at some apartments, mainly studio at the price range 1000-1200 USD cause that is all I can afford if I want to live convenient and in Cambridge. Anyway the two that I looked at on monday was well..CRAP!!! I mean I don´t think that we would have been aloud to let out apartments like that in Sweden....they were worse then flogsta ot any dorm and for that price.....they weren´t to big either, around 25-35 square meters. Well this is what I can get for the money, can you imaging how dissapointed I got? Anyway I was a bit happier today when I at least saw a decent clean studio, the only bad thing about this one is that it only got one window that doesn´t get to much light. I will see more apartments tomorrow and if neither of those looks better....I will probably decide for the one I looked at today. The really goodd thing about this one is that is has everything in the surrounding, restaurants, shops etc, but unfortunately no parking....but well I don´t have a car yet so at the moment that is fine. But we will see.....
There is also a storm coming in over Boston during the night and there are warnings about a couple of inch of snow...doesn´t sound to much to me but that is what everyone have been talking about the past couple of days.
Alright that is all for now and I hope to hear about you at home soon.....
Many hugs and...what the hell it is Valentines day....Lots of kisses!!
//Dr. Do
fredag 9 februari 2007
First day at work
Hi,
How you doin? So, finally, I am well enough to start working. This is my first day at work and I really do not know what to do. Well I have been to the HR officer and will meet with the receptionist to get entrycard and stuff like that soon. I also need to get an social security number as soon as possible, to be able to get paid. I am actually wondering how much that will be after tax. However...they told me that I could get a month payment in advance to settle in.
Anyway everyone is very friendly and helpful in the lab. and of course happy to see that I am alive. So I now I just need to do what it takes to settle down. At least I got my space, both office space and lab space, but I think I will have to clean a bit before I can start. I am very excited to start now.
Take care and have a nice weekend!!
Best
Anh-Tri
How you doin? So, finally, I am well enough to start working. This is my first day at work and I really do not know what to do. Well I have been to the HR officer and will meet with the receptionist to get entrycard and stuff like that soon. I also need to get an social security number as soon as possible, to be able to get paid. I am actually wondering how much that will be after tax. However...they told me that I could get a month payment in advance to settle in.
Anyway everyone is very friendly and helpful in the lab. and of course happy to see that I am alive. So I now I just need to do what it takes to settle down. At least I got my space, both office space and lab space, but I think I will have to clean a bit before I can start. I am very excited to start now.
Take care and have a nice weekend!!
Best
Anh-Tri
onsdag 7 februari 2007
Day 10, still not well yet.......
Dear Friends,
Thank you so much for the caring wihes and comments, I really hope that i will live up to the expectations. Anyway it is now day 10 and I am still ill and have not started to work yet. I think I will stay at home the rest of this week too so really get back on track. It does feel awful to start the new job by being on 2 weeks of sick-leave and I really hope that my new boss have understanding over this, otherwise I am in big trouble or I might see you all again sooner that we´ve all thought.
You know what? I had my first cup of coffee in 10 days and is wasn´t as bad as I thought. Although I must say that it is the first time I made coffe in the microvave and using something like a teabag. You know how many kilo´s I have lost this past one and a half week?.........5 kilo!!!! I feel soooo unhealthily thin now.... :(
Take care and don´t forget me ok!!
Hugs
Anh-Tri
Thank you so much for the caring wihes and comments, I really hope that i will live up to the expectations. Anyway it is now day 10 and I am still ill and have not started to work yet. I think I will stay at home the rest of this week too so really get back on track. It does feel awful to start the new job by being on 2 weeks of sick-leave and I really hope that my new boss have understanding over this, otherwise I am in big trouble or I might see you all again sooner that we´ve all thought.
You know what? I had my first cup of coffee in 10 days and is wasn´t as bad as I thought. Although I must say that it is the first time I made coffe in the microvave and using something like a teabag. You know how many kilo´s I have lost this past one and a half week?.........5 kilo!!!! I feel soooo unhealthily thin now.... :(
Take care and don´t forget me ok!!
Hugs
Anh-Tri
söndag 4 februari 2007
....Day 7 in Boston.......
...and I am still lying i bed but getting a bit bored. Hopefully I will be back soon. I got my first good sign of recovering last night., and guess what that was?.....I dreamt about a big and looooooong "smörgåsbord" with lots of lots of meat!! Mmmmm that wouldl have beeen sooooo goood!!!! Gosh I would give sooo mcuh for a tasty piece of meat right now. I wonder how many kilos I have lost during this week?
Take care for now and I will hopefulle return with more interesting stuff soon
Hugs.
P.S Tack för att krya på dig hälsningar och omtanke, "You are the best" som man säger härborta!! D.S
Take care for now and I will hopefulle return with more interesting stuff soon
Hugs.
P.S Tack för att krya på dig hälsningar och omtanke, "You are the best" som man säger härborta!! D.S
fredag 2 februari 2007
...getting better....
Dear friends,
How are you? I hope that you all are better than me at the moment. Anyway, it is day 5 of my life overhere and I am not recovered yet from the illness, but at least am am getting better. By the way...sorry Sylwia for the germs that I might have passed on to you, I hope that you are feeling fine now.
You want to know a funny thing?...since i ave been quite ill I haven´t really bothered to find out anything about where I live if there are any numbers people can reach me etc..it feels strange to have so little information about my situation in a totally new place. I know that some of you might get a bit worried but well I promise that I do take care of myself and as soon as I am fit enough I will have more information to report to you ok. In the meantime I can still be reached on my regular mobile and mail.
Ok, time to rest a bit again, take care and thanks you all for you nice thoughts!!
Hugs
Anh-Tri
How are you? I hope that you all are better than me at the moment. Anyway, it is day 5 of my life overhere and I am not recovered yet from the illness, but at least am am getting better. By the way...sorry Sylwia for the germs that I might have passed on to you, I hope that you are feeling fine now.
You want to know a funny thing?...since i ave been quite ill I haven´t really bothered to find out anything about where I live if there are any numbers people can reach me etc..it feels strange to have so little information about my situation in a totally new place. I know that some of you might get a bit worried but well I promise that I do take care of myself and as soon as I am fit enough I will have more information to report to you ok. In the meantime I can still be reached on my regular mobile and mail.
Ok, time to rest a bit again, take care and thanks you all for you nice thoughts!!
Hugs
Anh-Tri
torsdag 1 februari 2007
....bad start...
......sorry for not reporting before...but I had a pretty bad start here in Boston. Either it was before on on the plane, I caugh the flu or something real bad so I had the worst flight ever in my life over here. Well, finally arriving in Boston I had to rest right away and since then I have been in bed. Today was the first day that I actually could eat and sit up to write this message.
Anyway I am feeling better and hopefuly the normal energetic Anh-Tri wil be back. I already miss you all very much, escpecially lying in bed in a totally foreign and cold country. Thanks for all the emails from you back home, they have really made me felt much better today.
Lots of love
Anh-Tri
Anyway I am feeling better and hopefuly the normal energetic Anh-Tri wil be back. I already miss you all very much, escpecially lying in bed in a totally foreign and cold country. Thanks for all the emails from you back home, they have really made me felt much better today.
Lots of love
Anh-Tri
söndag 28 januari 2007
And so the journey begins......
Dear friends and family,
So, the adventure have begun. I hope that you are all fine and I appologize for not having time to say godbye to everyone of you.
It is now January the 29th, 05.18 AM and I am waiting for my plane that will depart at 06.35. Current personal status then is a bit sleepy, tired and caughing (right spelling??) quite a bit, but hopefully the americans will still let me into the country.
There is quite some thoughts flying around in my head at the moment, however I am not sure if I really realized that I am leaving now, but I do feel some butterflies in my stomach. I think this mostly because I have said goodbye to so many good friends the past week. You are what I will miss the most leavign Sweden. Otherwise I am very excited to start my journey and new life in Boston. First priority will of course be to find a decent place to live in so that you can feel comfortable to come and visit me, which I hope that many of you will.
So I would like to end my first journey report by saying that I will miss all of you that had kept me with such wonderful company for the past years and helped me to get to where I am today.
Lots of love and Hugs
Anh-Tri aka Dr. Do
P.S Did you see me in UNT on saturday? :-) Quite strange to see yourself in the newspaper, however they did get confused about what my thesis was about. I can strongly recommend the "promovering" and the Bal at the Castle...don´t miss that when you are graduating with your Ph.D ok!! I will put on some promoverings pictures as soon as I can use my own computer. D.S
So, the adventure have begun. I hope that you are all fine and I appologize for not having time to say godbye to everyone of you.
It is now January the 29th, 05.18 AM and I am waiting for my plane that will depart at 06.35. Current personal status then is a bit sleepy, tired and caughing (right spelling??) quite a bit, but hopefully the americans will still let me into the country.
There is quite some thoughts flying around in my head at the moment, however I am not sure if I really realized that I am leaving now, but I do feel some butterflies in my stomach. I think this mostly because I have said goodbye to so many good friends the past week. You are what I will miss the most leavign Sweden. Otherwise I am very excited to start my journey and new life in Boston. First priority will of course be to find a decent place to live in so that you can feel comfortable to come and visit me, which I hope that many of you will.
So I would like to end my first journey report by saying that I will miss all of you that had kept me with such wonderful company for the past years and helped me to get to where I am today.
Lots of love and Hugs
Anh-Tri aka Dr. Do
P.S Did you see me in UNT on saturday? :-) Quite strange to see yourself in the newspaper, however they did get confused about what my thesis was about. I can strongly recommend the "promovering" and the Bal at the Castle...don´t miss that when you are graduating with your Ph.D ok!! I will put on some promoverings pictures as soon as I can use my own computer. D.S
fredag 5 januari 2007
Finally, pictures from Spain...
I finally transfered the pictures from Spain to my computer, sorry for the delay. Of course I will show a lot of Guapas...and some Guapos..but, all friends of course..very nice people!!!! Enjoy and I will get back with more news about me later. I hope my friends will not disapprove the pictures I put on here :)
Love
Anh-Tri
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