Yesterday evening was interesting and very boring at the same time... At around 6 pm I was hungry so I decided to end my studies for the day and go home. There were alot of snow yesterday so I took the bus instead of the train, the bus is more probable to keep the time schedule.
After almost one hour on the bus (I'm living on the country side now) it was time for me to get off. We drove past the small supermarket where I live and it looked so dark. I thought to myself "That supermarket really needs to put some lights up, because you can hardly see it's a supermarket there. Ah, well, I'm in the country side. What do they know about stuff like that...". The bus continued to drive and according to me this was my bus stop, but I couldn't see anything.
I got off the bus, the bus drove away and then I realized it's REALLY dark. Where the hell am I? I couldn't see anything! "Ah, the power must be gone...". I tried to look down to see my feet, couldn't see them. Tried to walk and felt the snow around my feet and my legs. "Uhm? I must be in a pile of snow". Tried to feel my way around with my feet "Hm, am I on a side walk or not?". I had to stand there for a while to be able to see in the dark, so there I was standing in the middle of nowhere in a pile of snow.
After some time I saw this dark gray building "ah that must be my mom's building", so I started to walk towards it. I fell once coz I stumbled on someting but finally came to the building door. "Ah, shit where is the key?!". Started to dig in my bag but apparently someone inside heard me, so he opened the door for me. Came indoors and realized it was even darker there. The guy, who let me in, mumbled someting about "loosing his cell phone under the stairs". I tried to get my cell phone "where the hell is my cell phone... ah there it is..". The poor guy was crawling around on the floor trying to get his cell phone. "Uhm, do you need any help? Can you see it from the light of my cell phone?".
Came to my mom's appartment and saw her sitting in the couch with a torch in her hands. "Mom, how long have you been sitting there with the torch?". She said "a while" and it must have been because the torch was about to drop dead. Started to run around to look for candles before that torch had done its job. For over 3 hours we didn't have any electricity. Talk about fun hours... not. I was sitting in the sofa half asleep. The worst part was that I was so, so, so, so hungry but couldn't eat my dinner because I had to use the micro wave oven.. which I couldn't. The power came back quite late and at that time I was sleeping in my bed, so no dinner for me yesterday. Maybe the new way of being on a diet... :)
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| Courses I've studied at Uppsala University Math Introduction to Mathematics 3 points Algebra MN1 7,5 points Analysis MN1 15 points Linear Algebra MN1 7,5 points Analysis MN2 15 points Fourier Analysis with Applications 7,5 points ---------------------------------------------------- Math total: 55,5 points (60 points = 1 year) Computing Use of MATLAB 7,5 points Scientific Computing NV1 7,5 points ---------------------------------------------------- Computing total: 15,0 points (60 points = 1 year) Physics Science in Society MN1 7,5 points Quantum Physics and Astrophysics 9 points Mechanics MN1 7,5 points Mechanics MN2 7,5 points Wave Physics NV1 7,5 points Mathematical Methods of Physics NV1 7,5 points Electromagnetism MN1 7,5 points Solid State Physics MN1 7,5 point Thermodynamics MN1 7,5 points Statistical Mechanics MN1 7,5 points Theory of Special Relativity 4,5 points Quantum Mechanics MN1 7,5 points Electromagnetic field theory MN1 7,5 points ---------------------------------------------------- Physics total: 96,0 points (60 points = 1 year) Astrophysics The structure of the Universe 7,5 points Introduction to Astronomy 7,5 points Principles of Astronomy MN1 7,5 points Astrophysics II 5 points Physics of the Planetary System 10 points Radiation processes in Astrophysics 10 points Galaxies 10 points Cosmology 10 points Dynamical processes in astrophysics 10 points Celestial Mechanics 5 points Observational Astrophysics I 5 points Observational Astrophysics II 10 points ---------------------------------------------------- Astrophysics total: 97,5 points (60 points = 1 year) Thesis Image reduction and dust map construction of the local galaxy UGC08012 by using NOT observations | bryt | About Uppsala University Uppsala University (Swedish: Uppsala Universitet) is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded as early as 1477, it is the oldest such institution in the Nordic countries, and for centuries has been one of Europe's most renowned seats of learning. One of the main centres of higher education in Europe, the university rose to pronounced significance during the rise of Sweden as a Great Power at the end of the 16th century and was then given a relative financial stability with the large donation of King Gustavus Adolphus in the early 17th century. Uppsala also has an important historical place in Swedish national culture, identity and for the Swedish establishment: in historiography, literature, politics, and music. Many aspects of Swedish academic culture in general, such as the white student cap, originated in Uppsala. It shares some peculiarities, such as the student nation system, with Lund University and the University of Helsinki. Uppsala belongs to the Coimbra Group of European universities. The university has nine faculties distributed over three 'disciplinary domains'. It has about 40,000 students (20 000 full-time eq.), and about 2,000 doctoral students. It has a teaching staff of 4,000 (part-time and full-time) out of a total of 6,000 employees. Of its annual turnover of around 4.3 billion SEK (approx. 715 million USD), approximately 60% goes to graduate studies and research. Architecturally, Uppsala University has traditionally had a strong presence in the area around the cathedral on the western side of the River Fyris. Despite some more contemporary building developments further away from the centre, Uppsala's historic centre continues to be dominated by the presence of the university. Source: Wikipedia |
Newspapers I've been in Newspaper: Populär Astronomi, Sep 2009, No 3, Year 10, Page 22 Language: Swedish About: My homepage, my education and astronomy interest, and me moving to Australia. Pages: 4 Newspaper: Upsala Nya Tidning, Dec 7 2008, B6 Language: Swedish About: My homepage and my astronomy interest Pages: 4 | bryt | Articles I've written Popular scientific Newspaper: Populär Astronomi, Sep 2009, No 3, Year 10, Page 30 Language: Swedish Swedish title: Behövs verkligen mörk materia? English title: Do we really need dark matter? About: The MOND theory. Pages: 4 Popular scientific Newspaper: Populär Astronomi, Sep 2008, No 3, Year 9, Page 32 Language: Swedish Swedish title: Solens nya innehållslista English title: The Sun's new content list About: The chemical abundances in the Sun according to Martin Asplund et al. Pages: 4 |
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