Esther and Jenipher in Norway: The 17th of May

Esther writes about the celebrations of Norway's national day:

17th of May is the National day for Norway. This day is a great day for the children in Norway, during the day there is matching along the street and service in churches, its also a day of eating eating ice cream especially the children.

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Jenipher continues:

Most of the poeple dress up their best spring clothes , with the norwegian fag or the 17th may ribbon pinned on thir lapel. It has become increasing popular to wear national dress -- the bunad-- on this occasion .There are many different forms of bunad from different parts of the country , and its amagnificent sight to see so many national costumes at one time.

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Jenipher in Norway: The russ celebration

Jenipher shares her thoughts about the Norwegian russ celebrations:

THE 17th OF MAY IS THE STUDENTS LAST DAY YEAR IN THE UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL CELEBRATE THE END OF 13 YEARS OF SCHOOL . THEY CALL IT THEMSELVES RUSS, WEAR COLOURFUL OVERROLLS. HIGH SPIRITS ARE THE NORM AND THEY GENERALLY HAVE ALOT OF FUN. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PROCESSIONS WITH THE PAINTED VANS AND BUSSES DECORATED WITH SLOGANS AND JOKS AND PLAYING LOUD MUSIC.

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Jenipher in Norway: Dressing and buildings in Norway

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.

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Jenipher in Norway: Mr Winter

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.

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Jenipher in Norway: Climate in Norway

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

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Jenipher in Norway: Main food eaten by Norwegians

Jenipher blogs about bread ... and coffee:

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 .

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Jenipher in Norway: Norwegian youth

Jenipher shares her thoughts about the difference between Norwegian and Ugandan youth:

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 .

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Jenipher in Norway: Working with children in Norway

What is it like to work with Norwegian children?

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.

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Jenipher in Norway: Bringing up children in Norway

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.

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Jenipher in Norway: My experiences living abroad

Jenipher blogs about time, gender roles, money and privacy:

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 .

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