What to visit in Kisumu Kenya.

1. Lake Victoria. 

Take a tuktuk (150 shillings), or a pikipiki (around 40shillings).  to hipo-beach or fisherman-beach. Hire a boat (maybe 1000shillings) from there to go out on the lake. The best time is early in the morning before sunrise (6 am). Enjoy! 

Football final

After I went for a walk in the city last night, I could not stop singing football songs ... Ooohh Bergen city!! ÅÅÅÅLESUUND! By the way, it is great to see how many night owls who have signed up to protect girls from being attacked ! : D

Happy Halloween people!

Oslo is scary these days. There have been several attacks on women in the last couple of days. Today I took the bus instead of walking home. Hopefully the police will work out the situation soon. In the meantime, we must be careful girls. Do not go home alone!

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/07/world/world-nobel-peace-prize/?hpt=wo_c1

I'm so happy! This is great news! :) Congratulations Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen!

http://www.youtube.com/user/YGlobal?blend=3&ob=5#p/u/3/dmSMSYK92K0

I'm back!

I have finally gotten my precious baby MacBook back, and now we'r celebrating in the reading room at the university! :D

In memory of those killed 22.07.2011

Norwegian: Til Ungdommen av Nordahl Grieg Kringsatt av fiender, gå inn i din tid! Under en blodig storm - vi deg til strid! Kanskje du spør i angst, udekket, åpen: hva skal jeg kjempe med hva er mitt våpen? Her er ditt vern mot vold, her er ditt sverd: troen på livet vårt, menneskets verd. For all vår fremtids skyld, søk det og dyrk det, dø om du må - men: øk det og styrk det! Stilt går granatenes glidende bånd Stans deres drift mot død stans dem med ånd! Krig er forakt for liv. Fred er å skape. Kast dine krefter inn: døden skal tape! Elsk og berik med drøm alt stort som var! Gå mot det ukjente fravrist det svar. Ubygde kraftverker, ukjente stjerner. Skap dem, med skånet livs dristige hjerner! Edelt er mennesket, jorden er rik! Finnes her nød og sult skyldes det svik. Knus det! I livets navn skal urett falle. Solskinn og brød og ånd eies av alle. Da synker våpnene maktesløs ned! Skaper vi menneskeverd skaper vi fred. Den som med høyre arm bærer en byrde, dyr og umistelig, kan ikke myrde. Dette er løftet vårt fra bror til bror: vi vil bli gode mot menskenes jord. Vi vil ta vare på skjønnheten, varmen som om vi bar et barn varsomt på armen!

English translation Face the Foe By Rod Sinclair (2004) Faced by your enemies On every hand Battle is menacing, Now make your stand Fearful your question, Defenceless, open What shall I fight with? What is my weapon? Here is your battle plan, Here is your shield Faith in this life of ours, The common weal For all our children’s sake, Save it, defend it, Pay any price you must, They shall not end it Neat stacks of cannon shells, Row upon row Death to the life you love, All that you know War is contempt for life, Peace is creation Death’s march is halted By determination We all deserve the world, Harvest and seed Hunger and poverty Are born of greed Don’t turn your face away From needs of others Reach out a helping hand To all your brothers Here is our solemn vow, From land to land We will protect our world From tyrants’ hand Defend the beautiful, Gentle and innocent Like any mother would Care for her infant.

English literal translation By Morten Årstad (2011) Surrounded by enemies, go into your time! Within a bloody storm - devote yourself to fight! Maybe you ask in fear, uncovered, open: with what shall I fight what is my weapon? Here is your defense against violence here is your sword: the belief in our life, the worth of mankind. For all our future's sake, seek it and cultivate it, die if you must - but: increase it and strengthen it! Silently rolls the grenades' conveyor belts Stop their drift towards death Stop them with spirit! War is contempt for life. Peace is to create. Throw your strength into it: Death shall lose! Love and enrich with dreams all that was great! Go towards the unknown wring answers out of it. Unbuilt powerplants, unknown stars. Create them, with spared lives' bold minds! Noble is mankind, the earth is rich! If there is need and hunger it is by deceit. Crush it! In the name of life injustice shall fall. Sunshine and bread and mind belongs to all. Then the weapons sink powerless to the ground! By creating human worth we create peace. Those who with their right arm carry a burden, precious and inalienable, cannot murder. This is our promise from brother to brother: We will be good to humanity's earth. We will take care of the beauty, the warmth as if we carried a child carefully in our arms!