Study abroad

Ok, so there are a few things you need to know about this place and how it might make you feel:

- you will have the feeling that everyone knows more than you do

- you will think that you're the only one that doesn't understand what the hell the professor is talking about

- you will believe that you're the only one not working 10 hours every day, including weekends

- you're not from a public school? Here on a scholarship? Ha-ha. Well. God loves you too

- you will feel alone, stupid, not fit for this place - but remember, everyone feels like this, even PhD students do!

- overwhelmed? You'll get into it, it just takes a while!

- strange traditions? Don't even bother. There are too many, you'll never learn them all in three years

Any questions? No? All right then. Welcome to Cambridge, everyone!

noen får sagt det

Etter noen år med en slik utvikling er demokratiet "the only game in town"

You know you're Bosnian when...

• your family owns a manual coffee grinder
• you take your shoes off when you enter the house, and every family member has his/her own slippers
• you start your day with a cup of coffee and a cigarette
• you have 17 consonants and 2 vowels in your last name
• your mother/nena won't accept the fact that you're not hungry
• you have "pita" or burek for dinner at least 4 days a week
• you're 6 and your father sends you out to buy him a pack of cigarettes and beer
• you chop up some onions and then decide what to cook for dinner
• your mother insists that "promaja" will kill you
• your mother tells you to wear "potkosulja", no matter what the temperature outside
• your mother tells you not to sit close to the TV, and not to use cell phones, because you'll get brain tumor
• your mother tells you that you'll get sick from drinking cold water
• your parents tell you that they had you and your sister/brother when they were your age
• a couple of days really means a week or so
• spring cleaning is really every two, three months, which includes washing the carpets, as well as the curtains
• the time is divided into "before" and "after" the war
• your father refers to all politicians with "djubrad", "lopovi", and "kriminalci"
• you don't want to talk about the war to anyone, but that's the only thing you talk about with other Bosnians
• parents keep telling you to shut up so they can hear the news on TV
• you eat baklava and hormasice at least twice a year
• you keep all your old unfit clothing until your relatives grow up, so you can give them something to wear

you know this is propaganda

"Moshtarak, the Combined Force and the people, will defeat the insurgents and bring a better life. Where will you stand? Help us and report enemy activity on this number."

Urgo datt på isen og fekk øl i håve!

Forberedelse

Hå-innbyggerne briljere med sine intelligente og gjennomtenkte refleksjoner:

Aftenbladet 4.11.2009

-Dersom me hadde møtt mennene nakne i Vigrestad sentrum, ville me meldt dei
til politiet. Med etiketten kultur, ser det ut som alt er lov, seier Oddrun
og Nils Terje Aarsland.