One to go!

The last two weeks have been incredibly fast, with courseworks and hand-ins all the time! Yesterday evening we handed in our International Commodity Trade coursework. The task was to create a business plan about a self-defined shipping, energy or logistics business. We chose to purchase 2 VLCCs and convert them to FPSOs. For questions, ask Wikipedia... I'll post a picture of the concept nevertheless



The picture is of Berge Helene, an Bergesen Worldwide Offshore FPSO.

Today I have just relaxed, and I'll probably just clean my room and wash some clothes this evening. Tomorrow we aim to complete our last coursework this term, about handling a bond portfolio for two weeks. In my eyes a bit stupid task, since bonds aren't really the financial securities that fluctuate the most on a two week basis...
I'm going home to Haugesund on Tuesday, and I'm staying home until April 8th. Then Elisabeth and I will have a couple of days in London before we spend Easter in Norway, Finally, I'll return to London on April 18th. Right now I'm just sorry that Ryan Air don't have a Frequent Flyer program. I would surely have had a Platinum card by the end of Easter.
On Wednesday we managed to fit into the schedule a panel discussion with persons in the Shipping industry who previously took a Cass MSc in Shipping, Trade & Finance. Very interesting! After that some of us went to a shipping dinner put together by Norwegian-British Chamber of Commerce and Acergy (Stolt Offshore previously). The food was very good, the presentations were OK and the people we met were great! For those of you who have it available, Tradewinds wrote a piece about it this week.
Other news this week is that Statoil have considered all the Norwegian shipping and energy students to be lightweighters. In other words, I've received rejections on all the positions I applied for there. I can't really do anything about it, but I've heard of applicants holding only a Bachelor's degree with no abroad experience who got an interview. So I guess the bottom line is that I'm VERY disappointed. It's their loss, though...
I've got a couple of other jobs I have applied for where I still await response, and I cross my fingers and check my mail every day. So maybe I'm lucky there.

I'm still alive!

If some persons think I have disappeared from the surface of the planet, I can comfort you: That rumour is slightly exaggerated. The last weeks have been very busy with several courseworks along with the normal lectures. Also, Elisabeth, her mother and father came for a visit. I was lucky enough to live with Elisabeth on Selfridges Hotel for three nights. I must also admit that since her parents also were there, my hours with shopping was drastically reduced...
I have promised some pictures from the weekend with the boys, and here goes. I guess you regret your interesting grimace on the Valley now, Tommy... :)



All Bar One, Friday evening. Beer in the hand saves the day!




Knut seems to have something fascinating to say. Håvard is a bit sceptic...




Portobello Road, Saturday around 12.30. In about one hour we'll be sitting in a taxi who drives like he has stolen both the car and the petrol. Well, we made it to the stadium in time!




Håvard in front of the world's (?) only Mexican-Polish bistro...




The match. Aston Villa has the corner kick, and you can se Charlton's Norwegian Thomas Myhre as number 36. The match ended 0-0, and Myhre had a good match.




Here are the boys, after watching an unforgettable match between eh... well... two English teams.


Now I'm off to see Man Utd with Robert while having breakfast at Printworks. Then it's coursework all the way. Have a nice day!

Another list here...

Ragnvald put a list on his blog that I do not wish to copy... However, I saw an interesting experiment on Maria's blog. So here is a naked, unedited version of random 20 songs on my iTunes playlist:

Little Miss Strange - Jimi Hendrix (Electric Ladyland)

She's The One - Ramones (Anthology)

Heropsychodreamer - Live (Secret Samadhi)

Geigerteller - Xploding Plastix (The Donca Matic Singalongs)

Put You Down - Alice In Chains (Facelift)

Is Yesterday, Tomorrow, Today? - Stereophonics (Performance And Cocktails)

All You Want - Dido (No Angel)

Joy To The World - Three Dog Night (Forrest Gump soundtrack)

There's a place - The Beatles (Please Please Me)

Upside Down and Inside Out - Broder Daniel (Broder Daniel)

The Shadowlands - Ryan Adams (Love is Hell)

An Unkind - Soundgarden (Down On The Upside)

The End Of Medicine - The New Pornographers (Electric Version)

Good Night - The Beatles (White Album)

Topanga - Euroboys (Soft Focus)

Street Spirit - Radiohead (The Bends)

It Must Be Summer - Fountains of Wayne (Utopia Parkway)

The Grand Duel (Parte Prima) - Luis Bacalov (Kill Bill Soundtrack)

Feel Good Hit Of The Summer - Queens of The Stone Age (R)

I Get Around - The Beach Boys (Best Of The Beach Boys)

Well, that wasn't so bad... Robert and I have a competition nowadays. Who are most frustrated over the lack of job offers? I think we have a draw at the moment. I hope I'll at least go to ONE interview among all the jobs I have applied for. Rejections from employers you really want to work for are extremely frustrating. But what else can I say but: THEIR LOSS! I know I will do one hell of a job wherever I finally get one. So please: bring it on!