jenipher

tHE WAY OF BUILDING IN NORWAY IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF AFRICA ALTHOUGH THE DRESSING IS QUITE SIMILAR

DRESSING HERE DIFFERS IN THE FOUR DIFFERENT SEASONS OF THE YEAR. IN SUMMER, THE DRESS ON DRESSES, SKIRTS USUALLY THE COMMON ONES ARE PANTS ( TROUSERS OR PYJAMMAS) T-SHIRTS, ALSO BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF AUTUMN THEY BEGIN PUTTING ON HEAVY CLOTHS FOR WINTER PERPARING FOR THE WINTER.


BUILDINGS ARE BUILT WITH WOOD,HUT OR A- SHAPED ROOFS, DOUBLE GLASSED WINDOWS AND SERAL HEATERS IN IT .

HUT OR A-SHOPED ROOFS ARE VERY LARGE BUILT IN THE SHAPE COZ OF SNOW .WHEN IT FALLSIT JUST ROLES AND FALLS ON THE GROUND SO WHEN THE HOUSE IS BUILT FLAT, THE SNOW PACKS ITSELF ON TOP AND THIS CAN BRING IN TWO RISKS
THE HOUSE PLUS THE THE WHOLE ROOF WILL BE TOO COLD CAN COUSE DISCONFORT , UNHEALTH COLTIONS AND SICKNESS

THE SECOND ONE IS THAT THE ROOFS BE SO HEAVY WITH SNOW AND SO COLD THAT WILL RESULT TO THE FALLING OF THE HOUSE TO PEOPLE


tHE HOUSES ARE BUILT WITH WOOD SIMPLY THEY HAVE ALOT OF TREESS WHICH IS CHAEP AND EASY TO BUILD IT TAKES ONLY FEW DAYS TO BUILD THEM FOR STONES, BRICKS, SAND AND MANY OTHER THINGS THAT MAY TAKE LONG TIME TO FINISH BUILDING BUT AT THE SMAE TIME LONG LASTING.

I INTERVEIW SOME ONE HE TOLD M,E THAT ARE NO TERMITES, EARTH QUAKES IN NORWAY . iTS ALSO EASY TO WORM UP WHEN ITS COLD THAN BRICHED AND CEMAENTED ONES.


DOUBLED GLASSED WINDOWS THATS EASY TO WARM UP AND IT PREVENTS COLD TO COME IN AND SNOW TOO. BUT ITS ALSO FUNNY WHEN U ENTER IN THE HOUSE, U FIND THAT HALF OF THE HOUSE IS ACCUPIED WITH THE GLASSES THATS FUN. THEN THAT PERSON STILL SAID THAT IT MANTAINS THE BEAUITY OF THE HOUSES.

What aboring trip some one has when traves for long distances using the train????????? It was really boring for i even felt sick, vomiting and all un wanted diseases.

I began my journey at 9.00 am to Trandheim then reached there at 21.35 p.m very long and boring indeed.

i went for the Global krik, visiting, african night as usual and to meet other friends. Ifound all my freinds it was very interesting coz amet with more new friends we went for kafe, went for afriends birth day, next day went to church the biggest church in norway for 15000 people went round and got aplace with the hold water that if u touch it, u be healed of ur probs or diseas so i tried to touch, nothing happened any way........ tipical jenipher.


In the evening went for dinner in the tollest long hotel with 74m away from the ground. This was interesting to me coz when u reached to the rotating floor, i felt like not even looking down i thought i would fall down that was so funny of me tipcal jeniphher.


hard global krik, then African night where we made much african foods though they were not real african things but at least we tried. Norwegians were using their hands with no spoons thats what it was said some didnot know how to use but alast they liked it they finished all the food which was good.

the follwing day back to kr.sand.


GRATE TRIP FOR JENNY

This is an interesting season in the år Most of Norwegians love this coz ex-mass apears very fast or comes. Eve, new year. People are seriously waiting for the snø snø snø all the time they say!! During this time, every one appears very fat even the tiny ones eh eh eh eh eh ha ... this is coz of the many and heavy cloths they put on coz they are protecting them selves from the cold. My first time in this kind of wether, it was really very difficult to dress on many and heavy clothes in the body coz i have never done this in life and my country doesnot need such dresses evey is ok with our sun that God gifted us with.


Then when mrs snø comes, many activites come in such as skiing, this is when they get different types of skiing such as up the mountain skiing, slops and flate areas but for the flate ground is not interesting coz just following the road and may be coners thats not fun but for the up the mountains, is nice coz u go up then come down with or with out balance that so funny coz if urnot care ful, u will break ur self . As per me, am afred of breaking my small bones, so i take the flate on the ground.

It nice to skiing i lke it very much thus why i went skiing. The funny one again is ice skating . I like trying every thing so i tried it but not even 30 mins, i was afred of it i had to stop. Its fun to see several things happening in these activites like breaking of the legs, falling down,walking on the ice and driving on the seas and lake scovered by the snø ,making snø balls,man and so on.

This season veries in places like in northern norway is alot of snø and the south so little at times even nothing But this year 2006 was too much in kr.sand and it took four months be4 it went off.

The important factor is the atitude of the place high think forests and ano. of oceans seas lakes and fjord.



SPRING TIME.......

This is the time btn the winter and the summ. Every dead liviing thing and coverd by the snow begins to
germinate and shoots up with new fresh green color on leaves appears . The mixture of rain and sunshin comes. Poeple now begin to put on a litt bit light clothes


SO INTERESTING EXPERINCES ARE.

Spring is the last season in the cycle of the four seasons giving way for the bright and nice sun in the summer.

What is climate like in norway? Norway has four types of climates .

SUMMER:

During summer, temperatures may reach 25-37 degrees, and the sun sets down very late in the evening ( btn 9.00- 10.00)

In this season, alot of things are done eating alot, swimming,in the bitches and laying down under the sweet and bright sun and hot . This time trees are very green coz it has alot of chlorophyll in the leaves. The compounds appear very beatuiful and nice indeed with different types of flowers , colors so nice to see.

Still during this time, some youth are moving almost necked, boys and girl friends are seriously kissing, doing any thing they feel like but not not having sex in the open no just just .... If u donot have aboy or girl friend, u kill ur self softely unknowningly ah ah ah ah ah i lough all the time just feelin jeolsy and saying that!!! if mine was also there????::::

Families are going outing just enjoying the sun coz thats the only time they are seeing it and if u miss it.



AUTUMN;

This is when all the green stuffs begin changing from green beauty to yellow , making the whole thing to shine with yellow bright then falling off the tees fainally on the ground leaving the trees naked without leaves. The temperatures may reach from 12-0 degrees, preaparing for the winter . Alot of rain and very havey and piercing winds.

This is also deffers from place to place in kr.sand, takes short time and winter comes 1-2 months but this year it awas worse four months.

Most of the food eaten in Norway is bread plus its combination. In the moring, bread and many topings plus milk, water, juice and other liquid things and they are so cold in need. Lunch also the same thing. Every where bread even the children in the schools survive on bread and bread to bread all the the time . This bread eaten is in d ifferent types , there is the white, light brown, brown,dark brown, mixed with rice, sim-sim, surger and many other mixtures and many different topings like, aslice of bread with margarin or butter, which can be added on with sweet things or any other salty thing . The rules and challenges of eating normally , you should not mix the sweet things with the salty ones . This is amust you must follow that . But one can mix in the way he or she wants and like best.

Lunch is packed thats bread of course u carry with u where ur going either school or work place they donot cook from work place.


Other thing is coffeee this people drink very bitter coffee they say that its good coz it makes u aweak.

thats what i have not taken my first time in norway they asked me wether i could take coffee i said yes when i tested, it was really bitter i had to leave

This is an usual in my country. bread is for break fast then hot mails are for lunch and dinner. thats not there. The first months in Norway, i faced a big problem where by all the time they were eating bread and cold things yet the place is too cold.I was freezing while eating the same cold thing. i was very tired that i even wanted to separate my own cooking yet this is not allowed its aschool so what other people are eating, y should also eat. That was avery big problem till when the time reached, i got used and was just thinking of bread all the time more than the owners.


They also have other types of foods such as rice, pototes, maccoroni, greens maize and many other food stuffs but all this foods are eaten in mixtures . The hot mails are eaten at 6.00 or 5.00 thats the time of eating .For my case, it was again wast coz back home, we could not eat dinner very eary like that so when they could eat eary, i feel am very hungry just like i had not tested any thing. Thats was bad for me but i got used to that life.
u have to say that its nice though u donot like it, u have to say u like it.

Its aseason of rest,relaxing and a time of reunion in afamly memeber says a Norwegian......................

Many people have been busy working and doing all kinds of stuffs and not having opportunity of seeing and meeting with others but this good friend said ex-mass brings all of them back Be4 ex-mass day, people are busy shopping, shoping, shoping and shoping lots of things . During this peroid, every thing is ex-mass. FOOD,CLOTHES,BREAD, SODA,TEA, JUICE BEER SWEETS , CANDLES, CUPS CLOTHES, MOVIES PICTURES, BAGS, SHOWS AND MANY BTHINGS THEY ARE ALL WRITTEN JULE , JUL ,JUL SO NICE AND BORING AT THE SAME TIME.

Decorrection in every coner of the streets that doesnot happend at times in my country they think that is wasting time any way they are still back ward.
its really nice to be in norway during ex-mass time buttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt at time boring coz u will be also missing ur ex-mass back home.

Its now 8months in norway and seen many things happening among the youth. There are very many differences bt norewgian youths and africans or ugandan to say. I looked at this in acertain porospective way such as in economic soceity in general, family, spiritual among others . I ask my seif, why are the youth different in Norway and that of my country???? How does this come abt and how it perists and some reflactions on issues takkled. Norwegian youth grow in luxrious environment and this gives it more defferent . Its complete opposit on the other side in my country there is remendndeous gap btn them.

Ayouth growing in norway doesnot worry of probs across like that of school fees feeding and so on .

Good job opportunities are awaiting them .

Good relationship with their parents is 100% good though
when they get their probs the first ones at times is to the friends bt not comon. Given this atimosphere of equality , norwegian youth are free to say what is in their mind without fear .


It very nice when they are talking to their parents and above all ....... which very nice is that when the child tells the parent that i have aboy friend or agirl friend and they donot say any thing provided that u can stay with that girl or boy of urs .

An interesting one is when ur boy or girl friend comes to the parents house which is not allowed by some parents in africa this is really good if i was in norway, i could count my seif among the luck ones.


In my country, ur not allowed to have aboy friend even just introducing that person home its like committing sin which not good.The only time ur allowed to ahve agirl or boy friend is after ur studies and ur working which is not good .When girls and boys rae doing this, its akind of stealing that is not wanted .

Norwegian youth have freedom of choice they are asked to make achoice on what to do. also at times when u donot want to be with that friend, ur free to tell that person that i donot want to be with u thats achoice.



What do u think abt freedom of choice?

its good to choose what u want to do than forcing u to do what u donot want and this make apreson to learn on his or her mistakes


Have the youth turned to drugs when they have abrob.?

Yes thruogh bad family back grounds like divorce and not getting attation from them.

Do u have enough in life?

Yes i have afamily to depend on and more so the government is suporting me.
Children need parental guidence and care so that they may not turn to drugs.

this is aserious prob in uganda when the parents have refused to take care of u, u become athief, prostoted, players, and so on which is not there in Norway.

thats nice experince for life.
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This is an interesting thing in life and if u want to know more abt Norwgian children and to prove on what the parents say abt them, just go and work with them in either aprimary school or in barenhage u will know more.


Its now 8 months when am doing my practise work in a barenhage. In the beginning, children were afred of me coiz of my black culor and also the languge coz they donot know english their main laguage is norsk so without that, u may not have access to communicate with them but as time went on, after one months when i had also learnt the languge, things were very nice and very good. To communicate with the chn needs u to go back to become as achild, have chn language and above all, create any story then the cmmunication will go on and they will love u very and very much.


Norwegian chn are very strong they try to do things by their own tehn when they fail, they will ask for help from u. You find that even the one of one year is very strong trying to do things alone this is not usual in uganda .Chn need to be helped they cants do things on their own.

Norwegian children have table behavior u find that i young child will request u have give something that he or she needs the exciting one is that even achild of ten months can use aspoon for eating and its very strong thats so encouraging.


At school, they the way of punishment is totally different from the one of africa. In my school, when achild is disturbing, he or she will be told to stop doing that and if he countuines, he will be separated from others and will be told to sit alone for almost and an hour with out doing any thing then the child will know that he has not been doing some thing good.

Back home, children are punished by the beating or not will be given asasupation from school of abt one month then u have to come with ur parent at school and its still the same, u will be sent away from that school which will not be good for some.


I have now good experinces that i will apply to my children too in th near by future. I have also learnt alot and that children need their parents and guidens.

A child is any one below the age of 18 yrs this is in every country in the world.

There is asaying that states that its better to lead anotion then to bringup a child,This is not true and possble i oppose this motion by saying that, its better to bring up the child then leading anation. Anation means people and they are group up if they are mature, why then lead them???.

If its hard to bri ng up the child, who can do that then? 50% should be then by the parents and teachers 50% that would be avery nice thing.

Norwgians love and take care of their children very nice and very good.It now seven months that am working with the children of abt 2-6 years of the age what i have seen and also read from the books talk of the same things. I have also taken some time to inveiw some parents when they come to take their children they are really nice and tell me more thats grate of me.


One parent told me that in life in order to manage ur children, there are some basic thing u have to do and she said that we Norwegians have the following things abat their children.

1. Respect and pay attation to ur chn.

2. Care alot and mind alot abt ur chn.

3. dDonot force ur child to what she or he doesnot want .

4. Respect childrens rights and aproved all the basic needs .

5 Donot Displine by beating

6.Listen and respect their veiws .

8. Praise for good behavior, for reward is stronger than punishment.

9. Never threaten to stop loving .

10. Praise for good effort and work done.

SHOW LOVE AND SECURITY.

Actually when i hard all abt this , i was so happy and i told her that i have to apply this too to my chn in future that was really encouraging.

Unlike some of the afn parents who donot take care of their children at times they forget that they have some like achild.

This is for the children in norway to their parents.Hve love for their parents.
2. listen and obey their parents.
3 they have freedom to do what they think its right for thaem.

These all sums up to the good care and security for the childre.

Its so exciting and interesting to live in Norway.If ur " bongo ice," You might think that u have been left out un knowingly. Equality is their struogest weapone to fight.Every one in norway is the same either aman or womman what the man can do, even the woman can do Eg doing work in the ketchen a man can cook while the wife is doing cleaning the flow, awan can do dishes while the man is preparing the child to go to school,The man can set up the table for break or dinner while the woman is bathing. This is not there in most of african countries they say that the kitchen is for the woman their work is just to wait nd making women to hurry while they are doing nothing .Norwegians are very serios with every thing they are doing how small or much the thing is, Norwegians are very rich.

They donot care whom they know during time of work.So who you know matters, but not as much what you kow is more inportant . So donot be offended by the casual atomspher . Lack of protocal doesnot mean Rejection, Nor is dishonoring . They donot know what your Rules are so leave them at home .And when you are with them, you must address the people by their Names unless others use titles. Its always exprience is the best teacher they are in alow context culture unlike africans that have high conext culture where by they honor everthing around the like just God the creator.Not forgetting that the bible also says that .........................................



TIME AND PLANNING

The norwegians are time oriented.They have the watch while africans have time Every thing ur doing must be on time .Meetings, work,etc exctly you must be there at the time they are saying .If you cannot make teh time they told u, come earier than that so that they may find you there. Throuh that, they enjoy using thier time e
fficently .


They are also structured to their approch to life . Norwegians try to plan their day and saving time is avalue .

They expect the e.g the dinner the arrival of the guest or ameeting to to begin at the announced time .Visiting or informally chatting happenes be4 or after the event .

Short ,direct qns show respect for the person s time , as well as professionalism. Ayes must be yes and Ano musT be No there are no hinden meanings.

Honsty , direct answer is information only ,it doesnot reflect or how the person feels abt you.

You can say what you think nicely and it usually not be taken personally.


PRIVANCY
People enjoy their privancies through having time and space to themslves .They are expected to be asked for permission to borrow something or to interrupt their aconversation . Each person is considered to be the steward of his or her possessions and has the resposiblity to matain and protect them . Its accepted to hold aprivate conversation or make a exclussive plans with afew people not including every one.

When your going to visit any family, you must go along with aflower. At times some people carry their own food when they are called to be with them .

RESPONSIBLE.
when you have gone out with anorwegian, you must not expect that person to pay for your expences or bils no every person is reponsible of his or her own seif during this time. this is not the case with my country when aperson has called you to go out with him or her, the person is responsible of you. But i have lie this way for the Norwegians because one side is not loosing as the other side is gaining NOOOOOO.