Scandinavians

[Mr. Borkström 63]

Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Wow.

<------- This mind?

Boggled.

@Bork - the sales manager for the store I'll most likely be going to when I get over has the last name Stalin... me and my mother have had intense discussions about why you would keep that name.

Hehe, yeah when I worked at a school here in Västerås I had a student whose last name was Stalin (not pronounced the same way though; emphazis on the second syllable).

[turion2 2]

I bought the ticket for the 18th...

If I dont get the visa in hand, worst case I will loose the ticket ($500)

but instead I can probably work another week so it will even out and I can get a new ticket.

Wish me luck!

Happy Holidays!

[Mr. Borkström 63]

Bryt ett ben!

Eh. Sounds better in English. Break a leg.

[jaycali 415]

Tickets booked! Leaving on the 10th of January. Scary. Trying to clean up and box up now. Last 2 weeks will be spent at my parents house for some quality "mum time". I got my passport back really quickly, interview on the Tuesday and arrived in the mail on the Friday, but I would NOT be counting on that quick of a send off. Obviously I didn't and it screwed me slightly ;)Didn't think about the fact that my monthly pay for December would be lower since I have my last shift on the 26th and nearly had a heart attack when I opened the paystub today... Good thing I'm not paying rent this month!@Bork - the sales manager for the store I'll most likely be going to when I get over has the last name Stalin... me and my mother have had intense discussions about why you would keep that name.

Awesome! Have a great trip!!

When I interviewed, there was a guy interviewing for a non-immigrant visa named Stahlen - Guess how the CO pronounced it? Lol

[jaycali 415]

My wife's aunt and uncle have been visiting Hawaii this week. I've met them countless times but only at their house in Koreatown in LA, so this was the first time I met them outside their usual setting.

What I find funny is that the first things they wanted to do when they got here was to 1. Find a Korean church to go to, 2. Find a Korean supermarket to shop at, and 3. Find a good selection of Korean restaurants to eat at while here. I found all three

I tried to take them to a Hawaiian bbq place today, but they refused, as there was a Korean bbq place on the same street. Aside from tourist sights and souvenir shops, the only non-Korean place they've requested to go was Wal-Mart.

When my parents go on vacation the last thing they want is to eat kjøttboller and fiskekaker.

Edited December 21, 2012 by Jay Jay

[Mr. Borkström 63]

Plane leaves in 11 hours and 30ish minutes.

Arrival: T-minus 24 hours and 35 minutes.

That is all.

[jaycali 415]

Have a great trip!!!! Remember POE review lol.

[MR193 2]

Plane leaves in 11 hours and 30ish minutes.

Arrival: T-minus 24 hours and 35 minutes.

That is all.

Good luck on your trip and Welcome to USA... You are going to have the best Christmas ever ..Don't forget to bring the Swedish Christmas treats . God Jul!!!

[jaycali 415]

Borkie is on a jetplane. I have my first day of work tomorrow. Ending the year if dread 2012 with a bang. May you all have a merry xmas, and I hope 2013 brings much joy to all you fellow Scandinavians and Scandinavian lovers!

[rarasantiago 3]

When my parents go on vacation the last thing they want is to eat kjøttboller and fiskekaker.

My husband's the same usually, but we're on our first post-visa international trip visiting my brother in Canada and were looking for Danish food but can't find any here in Vancouver, actually not any Scandanavian restaurants either, seems like Seattle is our best bet.

Plane leaves in 11 hours and 30ish minutes.

Arrival: T-minus 24 hours and 35 minutes.

That is all.

Have a safe flight and great reunion with your wife!

Borkie is on a jetplane. I have my first day of work tomorrow. Ending the year if dread 2012 with a bang. May you all have a merry xmas, and I hope 2013 brings much joy to all you fellow Scandinavians and Scandinavian lovers!

First day work day on Christmas! Hope it's not a long day

Good luck izola

Glædelig jul alle!

[Mr. Borkström 63]

Just wanted to let yinz know I'm now safely in Pittsburgh. Everything has gone extremely smooth - way above my expectations. My Christmas Eve today (which is when we start celebrating back home) has been nothing like Christmas in Sweden... but that's how I wanted it to be anyway. Mullin's diner for breakfast (the Hungry Man breakfast made me a very un-hungry man lol), we got julmust at IKEA, nice lil visit with the in-laws... Now drinking the julmust with choc chip cookies and WWE raw wrestling - Xmas eve in America!

God Jul - Merry Christmas everyone. Seriously, I love you guys. <3

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

I had my first Danish Christmas last night complete with dancing around the tree and singing whilst my daughter put her fingers in her ears and begged everyone to stop.

Today I get a celebration with like 23 of my husband's relatives and there will be pickled herring. Actually, I am looking forward to it - he has got the sweetest and nicest family I have ever met. :luv:

I'm going to the store tomorrow (if they are open) to pick up some more uniquely Danish holiday things for next Christmas. (I've already got a supply of God Jul ribbon).

How is everyone else's holidays going?

[Mr. Borkström 63]

That's great Nola. My Christmas is coming along nicely. Something that isn't coming along nicely is my sleep. I haven't been sleeping well at all the last 2.5 weeks, and now being in a new time zone hasn't exactly helped. I imagine it's going to take a week or two for me to get my inner clock to start functioning again.

[Mr & Mrs Owl 1]

Merry Christmas to all fellow Scandinavian VJ'ers!

A GREAT update on our CR-1 process:

In some way, my visa was sitting at the post office for some time without my knowledge. I never received the first "Rekommenderad försändelse" paper slip from Posten to be able to pick it up, so I was surprised when I received a "Påminnelsebrev" (reminder letter) last week which I assumed/hoped would be the visa. And sure... the visa was issued in early December.

I am most likely leaving at the end of January 2013 (date unknown), POE will be LAX.

[jaycali 415]

Congrats Owl, and congrats Bork! Nola - glad you got to have a real Scandinavian Christmas!

My wife and I both missed it tremendously, and it did not make it any better when skyping my family in Norway during their Christmas eve ribbe and pinnekjøtt dinner.

Mele kalikimaka as they say in Hawaiian is not how we plan to spend the next Christmases lol. It just simply does not satisfy my Viking soul.

In a wonderful play of irony however, I received my green card in the mail yesterday, on Christmas eve!

Edited December 25, 2012 by Jay Jay