Woke up in the morning feeling like Pdiddy…

Just kidding. My morning started out great! Went to Elkjop to remedy my wifi situation only to find out that they were sold out of the Router that I wanted, it was 199NOK, so cheap! So, I had to go all the way to Skøyen to get the router, which was across town.

From there, I decided that since I was already out and about, that I would just go buy some groceries for myself, since I was craving something nutritius and was something that was actually a meal. I headed over to Grønland, which has a heavy immigrant population, that sells cheap, but worth, vegetables. Once there, I realized that a) there are a lot of desi folk walking about, and b) there are a lot of muslims walking about. Grønland is made up of small boutique type shops with amazing deals. So, I bought food from the store, Meny, and made my way back to Sogn.

At 14:00, I went to Vilhelm Bjerkne’s Hus on the Blindern Campus to meet my buddy group. In the Matemathics and Natural Sciences Faculty, I  was placed in the Lutefisk group! Whoo! Lutefisk is sort of the traditional/national/acquired taste dish of the country.

While at this meet, we played an “awkward” name game and then procedded to take a tour of campus. After this, we went to the Georg Sverdrups Hus, which houses the general campus library and had a “social hour”. There is a library for each faculty. After which, we went to a lecture titled, “Norway in a Nutshell”, which outlined what to expect as international students, how to dress for the weather, and various useful/unusful knowledge. Following this, we went back to the Vilhelm building and proceeded to consume delicious pizza.

Later that night, the Social Sciences faculty hosted a welcome party at the pub located in their basement. Interesting fact: all faculties on campus have a pub in their basement. These pubs are a gateway to a great many things and opportunities that you don’t want to miss. I didn’t go to this party becasue I knew that there would be a party each night of this welcome week, so I had a relaxing evening in.