It’s a bizarre topic, isn’t it? But I have read and seen a few YouTube videos about it recently, and I became curious myself.

Believe it or not, but I actually think in two languages rather than one. I switch between English and Norwegian all the time, and I love it! Of course, I, like most people, think in the language I speak in when I’m opening my mouth and produce my words. But that’s not the point. The point is that these small (or big) switches happen when I’m alone -just me, thinking.

I don’t like to think, I love it. Thinking is such a fascinating thing to do. You can imagine pretty much everything, or simply just reflect upon what you’ve done, and what you’re going to do. To be honest, I find believe thinking is a rather big part of our lives. It’s a way of reflecting who you are, inside and outside,

So, let’s go back to where we started. Which languages do you guys think in? I think in two languages, and can’t imagine what it’s like thinking in just one. I need both English and Norwegian.
Compared to someone thinking in just one language, I might be rather lazy as I love finding the short cuts. If I find something being to hard in Norwegian, it might be easier in English and vice versa. The short cuts and my way of thinking is the key to everything. Making things easier is important.

I’m just curious, -that’s all. This topic is actually quite fascinating, and I wanted to state my personal opinion. Here you go.

I’m publishing this text now. It isn’t finished, but that’s not important. This text doesn’t need to be completed because it describes what I felt right after the bomb in Oslo in July. Changing this text will make it loose its main point, and we don’t want that to happen, ok? Well, I wish you a pleasant reading.

I’m not feeling good at the moment, and I don’t understand why I should be as happy as I was 12 hours ago. What happened today Is such a shock, and there is no way to describe it properly.

The weather yesterday was quite nice and my family and I ate actually dinner outside. However, the weather today was totally different. It was windy and it rained, so I was expecting some kind of a thunderstorm to come. And it did. Or, I thought it did. Around 3 o’clock, I heard a noise that reminded me of thunder, and seeing the pitch black clouds in the background made me sure. A possible thunderstorm made the most sense to me. -Or did it? My mum was kinda surprised, and the noise was incredible loud. I decided to not think about it.

About an hour later, I finally heard what happened. Even though the weather was perfect for a possible thunderstorm, it was far from the actual truth. It was  a bomb, and it was and the building where the prime minister’s office is. 

Just like most Norwegian citizens, I’m in some sort of a shock. People want to believe that Norway is a safe place. Because we don’t even have  enough people to replace the amount of people in some cities, and… I guess we want to believe that it creates some kind of a safe connection between the inhabitants, and therefore; if this safety net is breaking apart, people will notice, and they’ll try to fix it. Also; neither is Norway one of the “big” countries when it comes to politics and the media. The international media is rarely writing about Norway, because things that happen here isn’t as important as things in other countries.

Hej!

I dag skal jag skriva lite på svenska for er. Hm… Jag är inte god i att skriva på svenska. Problemet är inte att svenska är vansklig i seg själv, men att jag inte har skrivit mycket på svenska. Det här är min första text på svenska. Ja, vad mer skal jag säga? Jag vet inte.

(translation)

Hi!

I’m going to write a little bit in Swedish for you today.  Hm… I’m not good at writing in Swedish. The problem is not that Swedish is difficult, but rather that I haven’t been writing much in Swedish. This is my first Swedish text. Yes, should I say anything else? I don’t know.

And: I apologise for my super-poor and horrible Swedish. As I’ve mentioned earlier, I have never written an actual text in Swedish before. Also; I want to add the fact that I’ve never actually sat down learning the language. Everything I know is based on listening and reading, not any kind of education.

And the translation is probably not the best either…